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  1. Nope. You can configure the default behavior for a peer. E.g. on my MacBook Air I have the default behavior set to selective sync and on my NAS to sync all. If I add a new share on my desktop, it gets synced to my NAS by default, but not to my MacBook Air. They are large, but completely overlapping sets. E.g., I rarely use the web interface of Dropbox. I use Sync with a NAS, so they are largely overlapping for me. Of course, there are differences too. Downloading using Sync outside our home network is capped by our upstream. Dropbox isn't. The cloud is just somebody else's server . But of course, you are right, Google, Dropbox, et al. have far more redundancy. You see this in daily use, e.g. the BTSync daemon on ARM Linux has a tendency to crash every now and then or to get stuck in some unusable state. This means that my permanent peer is unavailable and the whole thing falls down. OTOH, if some critical infrastructure at Dropbox goes down, your machines can't sync at all, while BTSync will do fine on a local network. At any rate, technically they are not completely the same, which leads to different functionality. However, they largely cover the same use case: keeping one or more folders synchronized between multiple devices + sharing those folders such that they can also be synchronized with other people's machines. Also, large differences exist between the cloud services that you mention. E.g. Dropbox syncs only parts of files that are modified, Google Drive syncs a whole file if it was modified. Dropbox has peer to peer functionality where machines that are on the same network can sync P2P. Google Drive does not have this functionality. In Dropbox you can share a folder, and the other person gets the shared folder in their Dropbox and can sync it to their machine. Microsoft's OneDrive cannot do this (the shared folder is visible in the web interface, but cannot be synced locally).
  2. Wrong comparison. Dropbox is one folder, but you can share as many subfolders as you want. With BTSync's 10 folder limit, it also means that you can only share 10 different folders with others.
  3. Yep, just ensure that the folder is in disconnected state on the machines where you don't want it. When hovering over a share, click the three vertical dots on the right-hand sides and select 'Disconnect'.
  4. The columns are not aligned, but doesn't the resident column say 34264, which is ~33MB, or 1.7% of your memory? (So, it's not using 1.7GB of memory.)
  5. For applications the .bts files are really different files. BTSync registers a file association such that when you open the file, it will sync it and remove the .bts file. Since other programs cannot handle .bts files, it will not work automatically. What you can do is right clicking the directory holding the files in Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac) and choosing the option to synchronize that directory locally.
  6. I guess because people use it as a substitute for Dropbox. Sure, it's peer to peer file transfer. But if you use an always-on machine such as a NAS (or a Mac with the bug in the current version ), it functions nearly the same as Dropbox.
  7. I want to like Syncthing, but (1) it's too difficult to set up for family/colleagues; (2) it doesn't provide trackers/relays so it doesn't work if both peers are behind NAT and/or firewall with no control over port forwarding; (3) does not support selective sync; (4) does not support sharing links, late permission revokes, etc. tl;dr nice for hobbyist use or for business use where you just want to sync two machines on a network, but I bet for many users not a real replacement for BTSync, Dropbox, etc. It's a bit disingenuous that people present in these forums as a general replacement of BTSync. It's not yet, and it will probably take a while before it is (e.g. because its current architecture doesn't support it).
  8. And with that one of the other important disadvantages: if Bittorrent Inc. goes bankrupt or cancels BTSync, you have to migrate before your subscription ends. If you own the software, you can migrate at your own pace (and continue to use the software as long as it works). As I also mentioned, Adobe has a subscription model, and it is insane. Before, I used to look what new features an upgrade offered and decide based on that. Now you always pay, even if the changes are only marginally interesting. Luckily, not all their products have moved to a subscription model (yet?).
  9. When my trial was over, it worked just fine for 10 shares (with a large number of subfolders). This is also in the documentation: Source: http://help.getsync.com/customer/portal/articles/1904747-what-happens-when-my-sync-pro-trial-or-license-expires-?b_id=3895
  10. I don't think so, an identity has all the shares associated to it on all peers. However, you can disconnect them on peers where you don't want them and no actual files are sync'ed. You can also configure the default behavior to be connected or disconnected. The new model is indeed more complex than 1.4, but it also has an advantage: you can now configure a NAS with your identity and have it sync new shares automatically. This is much nicer then the old set-up where you had to log on to the NAS to add shares (which may not be visible from the outside). I see broadly two user groups: those who want pretty much the same functionality as 1.4. Bittorrent Sync let down that group by first promising to not remove functionality and then introducing the 10-share limit. I think that was an extremely bad move PR and trust-wise. On other sites you see a lot of people who used to like/promote BTSync who are disgruntled and now effectively advocate against it. The other group wants the the Pro functionality (selective sync, modifying permissions on existing shares) and is quite happy to pay for the extra features (perhaps not in form of a subscription). I am in this group, I really think the extra Pro features are worth it, so I decided to drop money on BTSync a couple of days ago. At any rate, the 10-folder limit makes it really hard to advocate BTSync, and sadly, the PR damage is probably already done. I hope that Bittorrent Sync finds a new groups of users, because I do like the product a lot. Ps. The EU price is not 40 Euro, but 34.99 Euro .
  11. If I understand correctly, your Mac is running 1.4, which cannot handle the new 2.0-type shares. On the Windows machine, hold the Shift key while clicking on the share creation icon. This will create a 1.4-type share, which the Mac should then be able to handle.
  12. There are advantages and disadvantages to making a separate identity. First of all, if you add a share on one machine, it will be shown on all other Bittorrent Sync instances that use the same identity. Of course, that doesn't mean you have to sync all data, there are basically three states: (1) disconnected, which means that the share is not synced on that peer; (2) connected without sync all, this is selective sync (requires Pro); and (3) connected with sync all, which syncs all data in that share. So, in your current set-up, you could disconnect your wife's share (but it should indeed not be removed, because it will remove the share on all BTSync instances that use the same identity). When it's disconnected, it should not be sync'ed. Another possibility is to indeed create a separate identity for her. However, you'd also need to run an extra instance of Sync on the server to avoid running into the same situation (because with only one instance on the server, you would need to add your wife's share via a sharing link, and it would appear again on all Sync instances with your identity). The identity system is less flexible than 1.4-style folders, but also has an advantage: you can configure a server or NAS to synchronize any new shares. This makes it much easier to quickly add/share folders without manually adding those to the NAS. You can just move/rename the folder and sync should pick it up. However, depending on the OS, there may be some caveats: http://help.getsync.com/customer/portal/articles/1902066-can-i-move-or-rename-a-syncing-folder-?b_id=3895
  13. Thanks for the tip! On the Mac: rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/BitTorrent\ Sync/License/*/license.bin It's probably best to quit Bittorrent Sync beforehand. I also had to close and open Sync once more to be able to pass the renewal screen (the first time, clicking 'X' did not work). Still undecided whether I want Pro or not (or if I'll continue with cloud providers + encryption [1]). I really like Sync. And if it didn't use a subscription model, I would buy it instantly for its current price. But after Adobe's annoying cloud subscription move, I am not sure this is the future I want. And if you don't want it - voting with your wallet is still the most effective. Just imagine that Bittorrent decides to stop with Sync in a year. With a real software purchase, I could still rely on direct peer to peer syncing and DHT, and slowly look at other options. With a subscription, I cannot renew it, and it's immediately over. (In principle, $40 per year is fine with me. Just do a major release every year and entice me to upgrade. This is how e.g. licensing for IntelliJ works, and it's great. They provide value, I buy.) </rant> [1] Yes, this may sound inconsistent, but with a cloud provider I am subscribing for *something*, namely storage and bandwidth.
  14. Maybe just move the files from the old folder (except the .sync directory) into the new folder? That should avoid resyncing. I get the impression that when you remove a folder it's not possible to reconnect them (?).
  15. Did you use one of the tarballs or the yeasoft Ubuntu packages? I did the upgrade from 1.4 -> 2.0 using the yeasoft packages, which worked without an effort. So far, I still understand what happened. In Bittorrent Sync 2.0, any share that is added to your identity is added to all peers (either disconnected or connected). So, what probably happened here is that Sync 2.0 on Windows has a 'Music' folder, Sync on Ubuntu doesn't have it (according to it's own configuration). Then it tries to add the 'Music' share automatically by creating a 'Music' folder. However, it then finds '/home/XXX/Music' and does not want to overwrite that folder and creates '/home/XXX/Music (2)'. It always does that when a folder already exists. This must be a bug. Since Sync created the 'Music (2)' folder on Ubuntu to synchronize 'Music' on Windows, it should not consider that a new share and start syncing to Windows again. If you still have the logs, I guess it would be helpful to send them to support, even if you are a former user now . Maybe it will help preventing this for others...
  16. I looked at SyncThing. Problems: It does not have trackers/relay servers. So, it doesn't work when both peers happen to be behind a NAT/firewall where uPnP does not work and port-forwarding is not an option.It's currently not something I can tell my parents to install and configure (whereas BTSync hasn't been a problem).It does not have a link sharing facility.No selective sync.I guess that most advocating SyncThing here use it in limited scenarios (e.g. synchronizing two computers on the same network), because I can't see how it can currently be e.g. a Dropbox replacement with full sharing capabilities and selective sync. I also wonder why people who don't like Sync have to come back here everytime to promote SyncThing. It's wouldn't be awfully productive if people who like Sync would go to the SyncThing issue tracker all the time posting messages how it's bad compared to Sync.
  17. Do the logs say anything useful? The logs should be in the directory set by 'storage_path' in the configuration file.
  18. On machine B, click the preferences cog, then select 'Manual connection'. Paste the URL obtained by sharing on server A. The procedure is described in the documentation: http://help.getsync.com/customer/portal/articles/1924477 Note: if you use the same identity on A and B, shares added to A will automatically be added to B.
  19. I agree that it would be nicer if this was a normal 2.0 folder. This would also allow for removing photos from a desktop machine, which can be far more comfortable than on a phone. Oh well... .
  20. Nope. Camera backup folders are always 1.4 folders. See the last sentence of this page: http://help.getsync.com/customer/portal/articles/1910920-how-do-i-use-camera-backup-mobile-?b_id=3895
  21. The trial is only 30 days. Do you happen to have installed 2.0 on one of your machines earlier? If so, the best thing to do would probably be to start with a new identity. Otherwise, that is probably be a bug.
  22. As far as I understand, you have to go through the 30 day Pro trial (which doesn't require registration or anything) to get the free version. There were some tricks on this forum (by changing the system clock) to have the trial expired immediately. Though, that's not really elegant. I'd just sit through the 30 day, as long as you don't create more than 10 shares, you'll be fine afterwards.
  23. This sounds like a disaster in the making . What if BTSync is started at a point when the CIFS mount is not available? It could think that the directory is now empty and sync all peers accordingly. (I think this is only safe when Bittorrent sync's internal administration is also on the same CIFS mount, because then the BTSync daemon will just not start when the data is not available.)
  24. Are you sure that both devices use the same identity? Shares are now associated with an identity. You can check this by looking at the identity fingerprints and seeing if they match up: Open the BTSync UI.Click the cog in the upper right corner.Choose 'Preferences'.You'll see your identity user name and fingerprint.
  25. Tap the vertical dots on a share (right-hand side), select details. Ensure that the 'sync all' is enabled.