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Updated Dropbox can now sync the folders you want it to!
Dropbox is an awesome sync application, and one which gets a lot of love from techy types. It runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems and the 2GB of free cloud storage is enough room to handle all kinds of useful and important files you need to be able to access from anywhere.
Until now, one knock against Dropbox was the limited choice you had with your Dropbox folder. You could choose where you wanted the base location to be, but that's it -- everything inside was synced to the cloud. In today's experimental build, selective sync has finally been added. Now you can head to your Dropbox preferences window, click the advanced icon, and press selective sync to tell Dropbox to stop syncing any subfolders you wish!
Yes, at last you can set your 'My Dropbox' location to your home folder (like C:\Users\Me\My Dropbox) and sync only the nested folders of your choosing. It's another great addition to an already great app.
To take the new version for a test run, download the Dropbox experiemental build from the forum post.
Note: please don't post your Dropbox referral codes here. They will be deleted.
Until now, one knock against Dropbox was the limited choice you had with your Dropbox folder. You could choose where you wanted the base location to be, but that's it -- everything inside was synced to the cloud. In today's experimental build, selective sync has finally been added. Now you can head to your Dropbox preferences window, click the advanced icon, and press selective sync to tell Dropbox to stop syncing any subfolders you wish!
Yes, at last you can set your 'My Dropbox' location to your home folder (like C:\Users\Me\My Dropbox) and sync only the nested folders of your choosing. It's another great addition to an already great app.
To take the new version for a test run, download the Dropbox experiemental build from the forum post.
Note: please don't post your Dropbox referral codes here. They will be deleted.
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Subscribe to commentsDAJMay 28th 2010 10:03AM
"Yes, at last you can set your 'My Dropbox' location to your home folder (like C:\Users\Me\) "
Maybe a little misleading -- This would result in c:\users\me\my dropbox which then works with selective sync. You have always been able to move your My Dropbox location of course.
216May 28th 2010 10:20AM
coo
stinlen56May 28th 2010 12:39PM
oh come on, the title isn't even accurate. It should be, "Dropbox can now not sync the folders you don't want it to". Newsflash! It could do that already, just don't put folders you don't want synced in your dropbox.
Everyone loves dropbox but when are they going to stop playing these games with half implemented features and just give an interface as easy to use as syncplicity but with delta sync.
bloomin feelingMay 28th 2010 3:02PM
Im surprised to hear nothing about Windows Live Mesh. I mean, you can select any folder and all of its files are uploaded to the cloud, plus you can download said folder to any computer and the files in it are synced instantly to the cloud folder and other computers with the same folder. Plus theres 5GB of storage. I used to use Dropbox but Live Mesh is just so much better.
stinlen56May 28th 2010 3:14PM
I'm a live mesh user and I would recommend it. I used to use drop box, then syncplicity, but I really appreciate the newsfeed feature on live mesh. The biggest problem with live mesh is the inability to not sync files within folders you designated to sync. Also, there is no toaster popups for changed files. I would also like delta sync, but as the arrogant developers of syncplicity have rightly pointed out, most of the time it does no good. It only makes sense for txt, bmp, or other uncompressed files.
chrishighMay 28th 2010 5:44PM
I only switched from Live Mesh because of Dropbox's iPhone app. Makes getting things on & off your iDevices a breeze.
PeterMay 29th 2010 9:07PM
I've used both Live Mesh and Dropbox and the only thing Mesh really has going for it is the built in remote access. For syncing, Dropbox is far easier to use. If you don't need the remote access, stick with Dropbox.