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I've just spent a couple of weeks "unclouding" everything due to a number of problems like this. I was using OneDrive (the consumer one) with an Office 365 Home

by bananas 12y ago

I've just spent a couple of weeks "unclouding" everything due to a number of problems like this. I was using OneDrive (the consumer one) with an Office 365 Home sub for doing basic personal finance spreadsheets and it decided to literally destroy the contents as it was uploaded and downloaded from one computer to another. I can't really trust it. I tried Google Drive before and found it unacceptable that it just leaves links to documents on your local disk. I could imagine that in a network down situation I'd be in the shit. So I'm here with LibreOffice and local file storage only now and all is good. I don't buy the supposed advantage of these services any more. I'm just going to lump my ThinkPad around and not worry about where my shit is now (it's with me). I'll keep an offline backup at home and one off site (encrypted).

lucio 12y ago
Try BTSync
- bananas 12y ago
  I really want less software to manage my stuff so I'll pass on that.
- nwh 12y ago
  Closed source with that sort of application is uncomfortable.
  - jasomill 12y ago
    If you want open source, and you're okay with manual sync and conflict resolution, I've had good results in the past using Unison[1] to sync multiple systems. At this point, though, I've personally settled on a system similar to the GP's — a backed-up laptop. In the rare event I need to access a document on the laptop when I've left it at home, there's always ssh, and, in the even more rare case where I need a document and I've left the laptop elsewhere, there's always ssh + rooting around Time Machine folders on my backup server. Finally, for times when I don't want to carry the laptop and know I'll need access to files, GoodReader[2] on iOS syncs over a variety of file server and cloud storage protocols. [1] http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ [2] http://www.goodiware.com/goodreader.html http://www.goodiware.com/goodreader.html
- dublinben 12y ago
  Or Tahoe-LAFS, which is free and open source, and much more stable.
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by bananas 12y ago

lucio 12y ago

Try BTSync

bananas 12y ago
I really want less software to manage my stuff so I'll pass on that.
nwh 12y ago
Closed source with that sort of application is uncomfortable.
- jasomill 12y ago
  If you want open source, and you're okay with manual sync and conflict resolution, I've had good results in the past using Unison[1] to sync multiple systems. At this point, though, I've personally settled on a system similar to the GP's — a backed-up laptop. In the rare event I need to access a document on the laptop when I've left it at home, there's always ssh, and, in the even more rare case where I need a document and I've left the laptop elsewhere, there's always ssh + rooting around Time Machine folders on my backup server. Finally, for times when I don't want to carry the laptop and know I'll need access to files, GoodReader[2] on iOS syncs over a variety of file server and cloud storage protocols. [1] http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ [2] http://www.goodiware.com/goodreader.html http://www.goodiware.com/goodreader.html
dublinben 12y ago
Or Tahoe-LAFS, which is free and open source, and much more stable.

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