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I use OneDrive on Mac and I find it a great tool. The bottom line is as a user I want two things: * Enough storage at a reasonable price such that I "don't hav
by extr 3y ago
I use OneDrive on Mac and I find it a great tool. The bottom line is as a user I want two things:
* Enough storage at a reasonable price such that I "don't have to think about it"
* Some kind of online-aware virtual file system such that I can see my "online only" files right next to my "offline" files, and only download the online ones if I explictly download or try to access them.
I find many "hardcore" techy backup solutions recommended on HN and elsehwere miss this second bit. I don't particularly want to manage uploading a perfect byte-for-byte replica of my filesystem every month or whatever. I just want it to be magic. Perhaps occasionally I'll put things on my own external SSD. I guess if Microsoft data centers get nuked or whatever I'm SOL on the last 3 months of data updates. I don't really care. I just want the cloud to function as an extension of my local hard drive in the most seamless way possible.
- fsmv 3y agoHave you seen syncthing?
- scumola 3y agosyncthing blows. Don't trust your data to it. Tons of posts on the forums about "out of sync" and no real answers other than "delete the database and start over". I've given syncthing a try over and over again for > 10 years and every time it fails to sync. Use rsync.
- fsmv 3y agoI don't know what you must be doing because I've been using it for years and haven't had any problems that weren't quickly solved
- nyanpasu64 3y agoI've never had to delete a Syncthing database, but I have had issues where computers don't always see each other (for one thing, you need to run as root on Android or it can't discover computers using mDNS) and a constant stream of sync conflict files.
- Saris 3y agoSyncthing doesn't have a DB? Are you thinking of Duplicati maybe?
- jorvi 3y ago> * Enough storage at a reasonable price such that I "don't have to think about it" Sadly for me only iCloud offers this with their 50GB for $1 tier. I basically need cloud sync to be a USB stick that’s plugged into all my computers simultaneously.