I’ve been using Dropbox, which lauched in September, to do secure file syncing between multiple computers, both Mac and PC (it also works with Linux). It’s by far the best hosted file synching solution that I’ve used so far. I also use it in combination with 1Password to securely sync passwords between my Macs. It works flawlessly.
Dropbox is also great for general file storage (it comes with 2GB for free or 50GB if you upgrade for $9.99/month) and to share your files with other people.
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I use Dropbox long time ago. And I does the same with passwords but Keepass for syncing passes with Windows/Mac/Linux.
Also I have discovered LastPass for firefox, pure gold.
Hear hear. At first I used dropbox just to keep data files in synch that I was working on. I could go from my desktop to my laptop and the file would be there in the state I left it in. I don’t like keeping all my stuff in the ~/Dropbox folder, so I created soft links to the places I normally keep my data. Just open a terminal and type:
cd ~/Dropbox
ln -s ~/Documents/whatever
This will put a link to *whatever* in your dropbox folder. Then do the same thing on your other computer and now that other folder is the same on both machines.
Then I started doing this with application data. I wouldn’t do this with something like iTunes (because the files are too large if you want to include the actual MP3s in your library), but it works great for lots of little apps that save preferences (like Firefox).
Viva le DropBox!