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Re: SugarSync’s Bitter Aftertaste

Ben McClure — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:14:51 -0000

I'm under the impression that it'll sync PST and things like accounting files after they are unlocked (when the program using them is closed).

I completely agree regarding it not telling you the things it didn't back up, and just having a lot of missing files (or replaced files which return to the original) and other sync issues.

I love the idea behind SugarSync, and the way in which it works in theory--it just doesn't do an adequate job of ensuring data consistency in all cases.

After several years of testing, I can safely say that I have found nothing which syncs half as well as Dropbox, even though its feature set is more limited than most other services. It's caused me to gladly shell out the extra cash required for adequate Dropbox space, because it's the only thing I've found that works quickly, and has never caused me any data consistency issues.

Ben

Re: SugarSync’s Bitter Aftertaste

Disappointed — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:05:02 -0000

Unfortunately there are a number of problems, it wont sync pst files or accounting files (MYOB, Quickbooks). It also doesn't tell you what it didn't backup, I suggest you start checking your web account as there may be other folders totally missing as well.

Re: Asus WL-500g Premium Power Supply Issue

Ben McClure — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:42:57 -0000

Great to hear! The WL-500g really is a special router. Powerful WiFi, enough internal memory for OpenWRT to run comfortably, built-in USB ports, etc. It's still a much better router than most current offerings so many years later.

Re: Asus WL-500g Premium Power Supply Issue

Aleš Balcar — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:07:40 -0000

Thanks a lot!

I was just going to throw my 6 years old Asus WL-500g out of the window, since the "Troubleshooting" section of the instruction manual does not cover this issue (steady light of all indicators EXCEPT power and air).
Since I am no tech geek, I bought a new power supply 15 menutes ago and it works again.
Unfortunately, these come expensive here in Czech Republic, so it cost me about 1/2 of the price of the cheapest WLAN router.
But still - this is a much niftier machine and I do not like to litter by throwing away what is good to use for another decade.

Re: Dropbox vs SugarSync

Ben McClure — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:27:12 -0000

I would appreciate keeping the affiliate links to a minimum, as I told the commenter just before you. If you feel you must post the link, that's fine, but please then make the rest of the comment at least useful, informative, or directly related to the article content in the future.

Thank you! :)

Re: Dropbox vs SugarSync

Ben — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:46:45 -0000

A handy tip for signing up to DropBox… If you want some extra storage from the start
use my referral link to sign up

http://goo.gl/StEow

Both Dropbox users ( you and I) get an extra 250MB on top of the free 2GB.

Once Joined you can then refer others and receive an extra 250MB per referral up to a max of 8Gig… Free.

Re: About

Alexander Nyberg — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:18:28 -0000

Hello

I saw your post at http://andrewsheppard.wordpres... and tried to find an email to you. I have a third party RTD server provider that I'm trying to access via C# and have the same problems that you faced (getting null returns). Did you solve the problem? Would you mind sharing the solution?

Re: Asus WL-500g Premium Power Supply Issue

JGtex — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:22:01 -0000

Thanks for the suggestion on the Enercell. I've had problems trying to find the right one for this router and been burned twice. For anyone who finds this post, the router uses positive polarity. Took me forever to find that answer.

Re: SugarSync’s Bitter Aftertaste

Ricardorivaldo — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:03:34 -0000

I got an entire folder that just "vanish" from my laptop. The web interface shows the folder, but no way to get it back. I have reset the configuration and try to download everything again, no lucky yet. But I HAVE A BACKUP, actually, I keep at least 2 backups, just in case. My conclusion: NOT READY FOR CRITICAL MISSION WORK.

Re: Collaborative fiction is pretty cool

Ben McClure — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:36:58 -0000

Thanks, it looks very interesting--I'll check it out!

Re: Collaborative fiction is pretty cool

Wribly — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:27:13 -0000

I realize this is an old post. If you are still interested in collaborative writing, you may want to check out a new site I am beta testing now: http://www.wribly.com/

Re: Dropbox vs SugarSync

Ben McClure — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:07:39 -0000

@223074417ff1850108a1856b2aaec0fc : I would appreciate if you could keep the affiliate links to a mimumim--at least make your comments more relevant if you do still feel the need to post affiliate links. It's not that your comment isn't at all relevant, but that I feel the reason it was posted is to provide your links, rather than provide useful content for other people.

Re: Dropbox vs SugarSync

Frankla — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 06:14:28 -0000

I’ve been using SugarSync and 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:

http://goo.gl/JEN9Z

or dropbox

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Re: Asus WL-500g Premium Power Supply Issue

ThetaEater — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:41:17 -0000

Genius! This was my exact problem for my WL-500W. I went to Radio Shack (shudder) and bought a replacement PSU - Enercell 5V 2.5A and Tip M. Works like a charm now.

Thank you.

Re: SugarSync vs SpiderOak

Andrew — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:36:26 -0000

Although SpiderOak only advertises 2GB free storage, you can get an EXTRA 4GB bonus free for life (6GB total) using the following referral link and entering the code "hurricanesafe" (without quotes): https://spideroak.com/download...

Re: SugarSync vs SpiderOak

newsjunkies — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:55:56 -0000

The biggest attraction to Spideroak for me is the local encryption, whereas the files are encrypted before they leave your local client, thus making it even more secure in the cloud. I'm hoping that they offer any student discount.

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Re: Asus WL-500g Premium Power Supply Issue

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Re: Dropbox vs SugarSync

Ben McClure — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:04:00 -0000

While your comments are appreciated, continued advertising in them will result in them being marked as Spam.

To the first half of your comment at least, I am torn: While I much prefer the flexibility and features of SugarSync, the problems it's caused me has made me lean toward the simplicity and reliability of Dropbox.

None-the-less, I am quite happy now with SpiderOak.

Re: Dropbox vs SugarSync

Lee — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:04:12 -0000

I definitely prefer Sugarsync to Dropbox, way more features and 5GB free as standard rather than 2Gb

Get an extra 500MB here at the link below, so you will have 5.5GB to start with. I also get 500MB if you signup using this link, thanks in advance!

https://www.sugarsync.com/refe...

Re: Fixing My Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver for Windows

Kinglv — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:50:58 -0000

Thanks your fix worked...

Re: SugarSync’s Bitter Aftertaste

Marc F Gould — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:31:36 -0000

Thank you for all your comments on SugarSync. What do you think of DropBox?

Re: SugarSync’s Bitter Aftertaste

Ben McClure — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:37:32 -0000

Great to hear. I have had a great experience with SpiderOak since becoming a customer, and am happy to have turned a few others toward them as well :)

So far, SpiderOak has perhaps been a bit slower than other systems, but more importantly, in my experience if it tells me a folder is synchronized, it actually is. I'd be interested to hear your experience with it as well.

Re: SugarSync’s Bitter Aftertaste

A User — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:37:51 -0000

Agreed, emphatically! We've decided, after yesterday's experience, that sugarsync is too risky. Based on your recommendation in other posts, we've signed up for spideroak and will hope for the best :)

Re: SugarSync’s Bitter Aftertaste

Ben McClure — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:01:01 -0000

This is the exact reason that problems like you and I have had with SugarSync are not OK--even if they are related to growing pains, or if there are still bugs to be worked out, customers are paying for mission-critical data synchronization and SugarSync does not seem to be able to deliver that at the moment.

I really like the SugarSync plans, their desktop and web interface, and a lot of other things about them, but they're all for naught if SugarSync can't properly make sure that files are in sync.

Thanks for the comment!