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How does everyone keep files upto date between computers
Hi all.
I have just purchased a iMac 27 and mac book pro 15. Now I only used to have 1 computer. Now I want the iMac to stay at the office and use the mac book between the office and home. I want my files on both computers and upto date with out having to transfere them
I know a little about cloud but your limited to space.
Any other ideas. Maybe using a nas or raid somehow
Cheers
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icloud is pretty seamless and probably the best way forward for you being mac based.
i havent looked into it much but think i was charged £25 annual for storage.
if you have massive amounts of files, then i imagine adjustments on the annual payment will cover it which really is nothing with all things considered.alternatively, i think you can assign only specific folders to back-up.
i mean things that you would need to access when mobile as its not like your going to need huge print jobs to be recalled on your macbook whilst out and about. if you see what i mean?i dont know allot about iCloud but do have it on iphone, ipad etc
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here is todays news… iCloud built in to Mountain Lion
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/new … ntain-lion -
I use Dropbox. It’s free for 5Gb I think and works really well between Mac, PC and iphone/iPad.
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Dropbox for me too. It works really well between Mac and PC. We’ve signed up for 50gb space which I’m sure was only about £10 per month.
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Ok cheers guys.
ill have a look in to it
Do you all share your documents like client work on it then access it between computers.
cheers
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dropbox too and they have a double space deal on at the moment, and get free space by recomending – ill leave someone else to post a link as I have more space than i need at the mo!
nig
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Might not be applicable to everyone ?
If you have multiple designers who could be woring on same client files you really need a network drive or similar. This is a drive that sits on your network or cloud where you access client files, so no client files are stored locally. This way every time you access a file you know it is the latest version
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I know this might be a lot more expensive if possible but could you set up your own "cloud" ?
What I mean is can’t you set up a server at the office that backs up to a server offsite and you can access this via a network portal via the Internet?
I know if I had a server in the office I can connect to it from anywhere through the Internet, I have no idea how as I am not a techie but am sure this is how it’s done.
Is there any merit in doing it yourself rather than an online site?
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Easy Warren how are you by the way ?
Connect a network drive to a pc and the then use free software logmein
http://www.logmein.com you can then access your network drive from anywhre in the world
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