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  1. iswrong
    Thanks. Very much appreciated!
  2. iswrong
    Permissions are bound to an identity. If BTSync on the home machine and server use the same identity, and you create a share on the server, the share plus its permissions are automatically propagated to the home machine (though the share may be disconnected). If you want different permissions on different machines, the machines should use different identities.
  3. iswrong
    I subscribed for Sync news. Unfortunately, Bittorrent Inc. apparently uses this for pushing affiliate advertisement too. I got an e-mail about 'Blur'. It would be a shame to unsubscribe from the e-mail news list, because receiving Sync information is very useful. But if that channel is used to push other products (is that the plan?), then I'll unsubscribe myself.
  4. iswrong
    The feature is a bit hidden, there is more information here: https://danieldk.eu/Posts/2015-10-18-erp.html If you search this forum, for encrypted read-only peer, you will also find more information.
  5. iswrong
    Happy new year! BTSync is a peer to peer file synchronization network. If the peers are not on the same network, the peers cannot rely on multi-cast to find each other. So, instead, all peers register themselves with the tracker server. This registration consists of a folder identifier that is derived from the secret (but cannot be used to compute the secret) and the peer's IP address and port. In some cases, it's not possible for two peers to connect to each other directly (e.g., both are behind a NATing firewall without port forwarding). Both peers set up a connection to a relay server and transfer data through that relay server. Since all data is encrypted in transit, the relay server cannot actually see the actual data. You can avoid the use of tracker servers and relay servers in the configuration: http://help.getsync.com/customer/portal/articles/1901264 If the peers are not on the same network (or the network does not allow multicast), you should use pre-defined hosts.
  6. iswrong
    Did you try this? http://help.getsync.com/customer/portal/articles/1901273-getting-sync-pro (Basically, you paste the content of the key file in the 'Manual connection...' window.)
  7. iswrong
    Indeed. Moreover, rooting will disable some functionality, like Android Pay. The good news is that Android 6.0 allows you to adopt an SD card as internal storage: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/10/android-6-0-marshmallow-thoroughly-reviewed/7/ The bad news is that it will probably take a few years before a substantial part of the Android population is on 6.0 :/. (Currently 0.5% and counting...)
  8. iswrong
    Why not rename the folder on the desktop PC? It will change the name of the folder in the UI. http://help.getsync.com/customer/portal/articles/1902066-can-i-move-or-rename-a-syncing-folder-?b_id=3895 (The share itself will not be renamed, so if you sync it on another computer, it will get the original name.)
  9. iswrong
    Could you describe a bit more what happens? Perhaps also what you see in the logs? What operating system and encoding is Sync running under? My name contains an 'ë', so I have a fair share of files/directories containing that letter. No problems so far...
  10. iswrong
    None of the versions (Free, Pro, Workgroup Pro) has file size or folder limits . See: https://www.getsync.com/buy/pricing And click on 'personal'.
  11. iswrong
    This is app sandboxing: an app can only touch files within its own Sandbox. The only way files could be shared in iOS was by opening the container app (e.g. Dropbox or Bittorrent Sync), selecting a file, and then choosing the option to open the file in another app. This also gave the annoyance that, e.g. you couldn't add e-mail attachments from Mail.app. The only way one could attach files, was by going to the app that has access to a file, and choosing to share the file by e-mail. This has changed to some extend in iOS 8 - an application can implement a File Provider extension, which allows other applications to open files using that application. I am not sure whether the current Bittorrent Sync application providers this, our household has moved from iOS phones to Android phones over the last two years . If it does, you could open files from Sync in other applications, on your request. However, you will never be able to automate things to the same extend with non-jailbreaked iOS. Android simply provides much more freedom.
  12. iswrong
    It's not running, it exited with status code 0 . You might want to try to get more log output through systemd: sudo systemctl status -l btsync or check the log file under /home/osmc/.btsync/data/.syncsystem to see why it exited.
  13. iswrong
    Maybe the extension is not enabled? Go to the System Preferences, select 'Extensions', look under 'Finder' and check that the 'Sync Finder Extension' is enabled.
  14. iswrong
    Personal Pro is a perpetual license, not a subscription such as business Pro.
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    I see a couple of issues here. First of all, sync will only work with 100 peers at a given moment. Secondly, what kind of games are you talking about? If these are Windows games, don't they need registry entries, etc. as well? In general, sync has quite modest requirements, since each peer will also start sharing data.
  16. iswrong
    New releases are only available through automatic updates after a certain amount of time. This allows them to solve any unnoticed bugs that come up. If you want to update to the latest release immediately, you have to download the DMG and upgrade by hand.
  17. iswrong
    Why don't you break up the shared folders in smaller folders (e.g. via the method that I suggested). Why would you want to share the same 4TB of data with every person? With regards to licensing, I disagree. Bittorrent Sync is already much cheaper than using cloud storage and the free offering is quite generous. They have to earn income to develop the product in some way . That's a strange analogy, because they can sync with you in the free version. In fact, I sync that way with family too. I have a Pro license, family and friends all use the free version (as far as I know). But I have divided up my data in multiple folders. Besides reducing the size, it also gives more granularity in terms of sharing permissions.
  18. iswrong
    That raises an interesting question: I know that with the personal Pro license, you can use the license with up to ten devices under different identities. Does that mean ten devices of the same person, or can it also be e.g. different family members? http://help.getsync.com/customer/portal/articles/1901273 Reading the license, it seems that a Pro license is strictly bound to one person. (So the 10 devices rule would allow a person to set up more complex configurations. E.g. when you want to set up a couple of read-only cloud peers under the same identity.) Sorry for pushing this question a bit. I am definitely not in for free rides -- I think BTSync Free is very generous and that people should pay to get the Pro features.
  19. iswrong
    With regards to the status in the system tray: due to the distributed nature of BTSync and block-level syncing, it could potentially be syncing a large number of files simultaneously. (The same thing might apply to Dropbox, since it has LAN syncing, I guess.) As for Sync status in the finder, that indeed sounds like a great feature!
  20. iswrong
    Indeed, selective sync requires Pro. There is a trick that you can use: http://help.getsync.com/customer/en/portal/articles/1902095-is-it-possible-to-sync-a-subfolder-of-an-already-synced-folder-?b_id=3895 I used this once, and it worked fine, though the constraints may be a bit difficult to understand. As far as I know, the Owner or Read-Write constraint only apply to the machine where you are sharing the subfolder (if the outer folder was Read-Only, and the inner folder Owner, that would be problematic). So, you can still share the subfolder Read-Only with others. If you have any other devices linked to your identity that automatically sync folders, then AFAIR that subfolder will be seen as a separate folder on those devices.
  21. iswrong
    This typically happens when both sides are behind a firewall and no ports can be punched open through NAT-PMP. Perhaps the teachers' iMacs are also behind NAT?
  22. iswrong
    Thanks for the clarification! Just wondering: in which application does this happen? Excel?
  23. iswrong
    Can you see CPU usage on the NAS while syncing? BTSync relies heavily on encryption, so a weak CPU without AES-specific instructions could spend most time on encryption.
  24. iswrong
    Modifying a file on multiple machines with Dropbox will result in conflicting copies. So, working with two or more people together will result in synchronization issues as well (avoiding that > 1 person edits the file at the same time). Collaborative editing only works for programs and applications specifically designed for it, e.g. Google Docs or Office in conjunction with OneDrive.
  25. iswrong
    Just a tip, I see that you now use word boundaries to match 'pi' correctly. In general, people often use some extra markers to avoid ambiguity. E.g., you could put %%%username%%% in the configuration file and use sed to substitute all such instances. This has the added advantage that anyone reading the configuration file template can quickly see where substitutions will take place.