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OS X Lion has a hidden 'drop box' for easy file syncing between Macs
- RVijay007 15y agoThis is awesome. Just tried it out and it syncs to all my Mac desktops / laptop. However, I'm not sure how to access the content on my mobile devices (iPad and iPhone).
- eli 15y agoYikes, I sure wouldn't use an undocumented feature to keep track of anything important.
- davweb 15y agoI'm currently staying away from iCloud syncing as I'm hearing lots of bad stories from people using its _supported_ functionality, so I too definitely won't be using a undocumented feature. Since Dropbox is both free for 2GB and rock solid why wouldn't you just use that? (And there is an iOS client too.)
- eli 15y agoDropbox is a fantastic piece of engineering and I recommend it to everyone. But once you start needing more space, it gets relatively expensive. I'd love to use Dropbox to replace my current Windows file server which has about 5 gigs of data accessible to about 50 users. But by my math, that would cost at least $5,000 a year.
- shahidhussain 15y agoFor anyone curious about capacity and pricing versus Dropbox, despite the differences between the services: iCloud 5GB free, 10GB: $20/yr, 50GB: $100/yr Dropbox 2GB: free, 50GB: $120/yr, 100GB: $240/yr
- jkmcf 15y agoI'm curious if Dropbox will proactively adjust their capacity/pricing, or wait to react.
- anon1385 15y agoRecent discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3192006 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3192006 (19 comments)