![]() ![]() However, regardless of the directory you’re currently viewing, the mobile client can only upload files (one at a time!) to the “Web Archive” folder, which is defined as: editing in Quickoffice), and to share files and folders, SugarSync should be a great mobile collaboration tool. With the ability to open files in your local applications (e.g. ![]() Similarly, by sharing a folder with someone, they can drag and drop a file for you to access while out and about. The real benefit of this is that when you’re away from your desktop computer, you can still get your files to those who need them quickly. Fortunately, you don’t need to copy and paste from the Contacts application as SugarSync taps directly into your address book and lets you select multiple contacts. The mobile client also lets you initiate sharing of files and folders by email address. That might not sound too bad, but it’s related to a notable problem we’ll arrive at later. Options for managing your files are limited to opening and renaming though, you can’t move files. As such, you can browse the desktop files held in the cloud just as quickly as you can browse local files in 'File manager' (really). When you tap on the phone icon, you are browsing local files with a view to uploading to your SugarSync account.īrowsing the files stored on (and synchronised to) SugarSync feels quick, and lacks the slight lag that some Qt applications still seem to have. So tapping on the laptop icon will bring up that folder.īecause of battery, storage and bandwidth limitations, your mobile device does not synchronise with the service. In the screen shot below, I registered my laptop, "Ranger", with SugarSync, and only opted to have my desktop folder synchronised. Icons are shown for every computer that you’ve registered with the service, and tapping on them shows the list of their folders selected for online sync. The main menu of SugarSync for Symbian replicates the primary locations on offer on the service’s desktop website. Therefore, SugarSync is better aimed at backing up specific locations on your computer than Dropbox, but this also makes it slightly more complicated to synchronise files between different computers than with Dropbox. ![]() Whereas Dropbox puts one folder on your computer which will synchronise with the Dropbox servers, SugarSync asks you to register each of your computers and select which of their folders will be synchronised with your account on their servers i.e. Also, SugarSync offers 5GB for free versus Dropbox’s 2GB. Actually, the two work slightly differently and so SugarSync may suit some usage patterns better than others. SugarSync is an established cloud backup service, and is a solid competitor to Dropbox. ![]()
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