SugarSync review

Have to pick up on a few points here-
1. You can include/exclude folders using the File Manager - it's easy
2. There is no backup now option as it backs up continually. Any file changes are *immediately* detected and result in upload as soon as they occur (not the case with some other solutions)
3. Microsoft Live Mesh wasn't the answer for me as it was too buggy when I tried it. In fact, it's still a beta and will soon disappear completely. How can PC Pro seriously recommend this as an alternative??

Found Sugarsync to be stable and, importantly, reliable over the past couple of years. Has never let me down. Also, it's far more flexible than other options where you are limited to a single sync folder (who remembers to transfer their files to a sync folder after every version update?)

Just my thoughts...

By mgill on 21 Aug 2010

BuddyBackup

I've enjoyed reading your reviews of backup software. Any chance of a mention or review of BuddyBackup? It's a free alternative that you can use to backup on a friends computer (and vice versa). I've been using it for a couple of months now it it seems pretty good.

By nanlonan on 23 Aug 2010

I have experimented with a number of these offerings (more for synchronisation than backup) and my experience is that a number have come a long way in the last year or so, from buggy, beta type software to something more professional. Personally, I now use Livedrive and find it excellent both for sync and backup. It isn't free, but offers limitless storage and I find it very effective. It doesn't seem to have been reviewed for a while, but it may be worth another look.

By Philip on 24 Aug 2010

Good Stuff

I've been using SugarSync for about a year now and I'm really satisfied. Very little system load compared to other similar products I've tried and has never once crashed.

If you sign up via my referral link below we both get an extra 500 MB if you sign up for a free account or 10 GB if you sign up for a 30 GB account or larger:

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Pros:
Many features, very stable, easy on system resources

Cons:
Sometimes if you choose manually to move the files to all synchronizing computers (instead of just moving them to the shared folder of ONE computer and then letting SugarSync sync the others via the internet) Sugarsync creates duplicates even though we're dealing with completely identical files (same checksums). Sugarsync renames the duplicates according to where they we're found again so you'll get to versions of the same file (but with different names) on your computers.
Sometimes you can circumvent this by pressing CTRL-SHIFT-R thereby ordering SugarSync to do a clean restart. But how it really works I don't know....

By larryvega on 17 Nov 2010