Selective Sync, Is It Possible?

[syberjj]

Hello guys,

 

I am looking for a way to sync only selected folders to a device.

 

I want to share a whole folder with another computer using one only sync key.

Then, I wan to be able to go to the other computer, see a list of all folders available, but chose wich ones I want to sync at a given time.

 

This would be very useful for large folders from my PC/server where I don't need all files on my laptop all the time, but I want them always available and want to be able to "enable/disable" syncing them as I please.

 

Is that possible? I don't see any features for it, even though the mobile version seems to have this feature built in.

 

I also saw that sync has an own api, but I don't see any way this can be customized in there without having to make changes to the client. Any ideas?

[goli]

Hey there.

 

That's one of the things being announced for sync version 2 to be available as part of the payed version only.

As long as there is no version 2 available: Nope, it's not possible at the moment.

 

You need to wait for version 2 being released and then check for a pro license.

 

 

Regards,

Stephan.

[GreatMarko]

@syberjj, Consider adding your voice/vote to this thread in the Feature Request forum.

[syberjj]

Hey there.

 

That's one of the things being announced for sync version 2 to be available as part of the payed version only.

As long as there is no version 2 available: Nope, it's not possible at the moment.

 

You need to wait for version 2 being released and then check for a pro license.

 

 

Regards,

Stephan.

Hi Stephen, is there anything on how much the paid version will cost? I would be ok with paying a fee if it's reasonable, but if I am paying I would expect some additional support (for example: there is still no oficial sinology NAS app).

 

@syberjj, Consider adding your voice/vote to this thread in the Feature Request forum.

Will do. Thanks Marko

[GreatMarko]

is there anything on how much the paid version will cost?

Please see this blog post and this forum thread.

[syberjj]

Please see this blog post and this forum thread.

 

I read that, and these are my thoughts about the pricing:

 

My thoughts:

• It's unthinkable to charge a fee from every user.
  • If I pay for my shares, I have to be able to share them with free users and they must get those advanced features when accessing my folders. Don't restrict my usage just because my customers/friends/family don't have upgraded versions. You must charge ever user that wishes to CREATE advanced folders, but not every user that wishes to ACCESS them. This is important!
• U$ 40,00 a year per user doesn't work. Make it a monthly payment of U$ 4,00/month and give the home user the option to go yearly for U$ 20-25 a year. Then, charge more if more than 5 different users need access to the folders (company environment) upping it to U$ 40,00/year.
  • Why? This makes it easy to understand, transparent, and accessible for personal use. Your objective here should be: Don't restrict personal users, give them a cheaper version to pay for and get all features. Or you will end up with just a bunch of free users complaining about the high price and no one will pay for it because it is not popular. I am a private user, and I wish to pay, but make it reasonable.

If you follow these tips, I will be totally open to paying a fee, but make it reasonable. Notice that spotify/Netflix charge users 5-10 U$ a month for development, hosting, streaming, AND all the costs for the content, so my pricing model should be more than reasonable.