Re: Mac to Windows Server Sync Software?

Hi Jon,

At 14:26 -0700 2006-07-13, Jon Forrest wrote:
>We like and use the Windows off-line file feature which
>lets laptop users work off-line on files from a Windows
>server, and then automatically resync when the users
>are back online.
>
>We now have several Mac users who use our Windows server
>who are now asking what they as Mac users can do to achieve
>the same result.

   There's a terrific site, XvsXP.com, that compares the built-in
features of Windows XP and Mac OS X. Regarding the off-line
synchronization feature you describe in Windows, there's nothing
comparable built into Mac OS X:

   http://www.xvsxp.com/system/data_sync.php

   So you'll need, at least for now, to look at freeware, shareware,
or commercial synchronization utilities to obtain this functionality.

>In other words, what file synchronization
>software is out there for Macs that people like?
>
>(I suppose that since a Windows share just appears like
>a regular disk on a Mac, the software I'm looking for
>doesn't have to know anything specific about Windows.)

   A starting place to identifying such software might be to search on
terms such as "synchronize" at Mac software download sites such as
<http://versiontracker.com> or <http://macupdate.com>.

   Hopefully other Micronetters will also chime in. In addition, via
this message, I'm copying your query to the MAGNet list. That list
reaches some 240 campus people - many of whom are not on the Micronet
list - who are involved in some way with campus Macintosh support.

Aron Roberts
Information Services and Technology

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Received on Thu Jul 13 14:56:40 2006