The LAN option sounds good. When I Synced my machines (via MobileMe/iDisk) I was syncing a new iMac and I had mistakenly checked everything to sync, when I discovered that it had used 7 odd Gb. in one go it took me a while and some advice from WAMUG to figure out what had happened, the clincher was that there is approximately 7 gigs of data on both machines and there has not been any repetition of the event since turning the sync off, so I concluded that was the cause.
Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 09/05/2010, at 2:15 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: > Hi Adrian, > > I haven’t been using it that long, or put much data into my Dropbox – so I > certainly haven’t seen this yet – but I guess that it would depend on how > much data you were trying to sync and how often it changed. I certainly > wouldn’t be thinking of having my Entourage database or my Parallels VM file > in DropBox! > > One thing I have done is “Enable LAN sync” in the Dropbox preferences – that > way all my local computers (including the MacBook Pro) will stay in sync over > the LAN (rather than downloading from the Dropbox server) - at least until I > take the MacBook on the road (and, even then, it is unlikely that both > computers will be on simultaneously and syncing – I can only be in one place > at a time and syncing changes on my laptop to my desktop will wait until I’m > back home and switch the desktop back on). > > As I see it, the only sync I will need via the internet from the Dropbox > server is when I set up an account on my Mother-in-Law’s computer in Perth – > so I thank you for the heads-up on this – I will need to check her broadband > plan before I do this. > > > Time will tell how this will actually impact our downloads. > > > Cheers > > > > Neil > -- > Neil R. Houghton > Albany, Western Australia > Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 > Email: n...@possumology.com > > > > > on 9/5/10 10:40 AM, Adrian Skehan at adrianske...@me.com wrote: > >> Good morning all, >> >> Sounds good but if you intend using it to Sync computers be aware that the >> sync process uses a lot of download, I got caught earlier this month when I >> synced my MacBook Pro and iMac it took 7Gb of download. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> Adrian >> >> adrianske...@me.com >> >> >> >> >> On 09/05/2010, at 9:37 AM, Pedro wrote: >> >>> Morning all ... and Happy Mothers Day to all >>> >>> Thank you Neil, I will be taking you up on your offer as my partner has >>> just received her new MacBookPro from Daniel and it will come in very handy >>> for her >>> >>> cheers >>> >>> Pedro >>> >>> On 08/05/2010, at 7:42 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I recently set-up a free Dropbox account and was amazed at how easy and >>>> user-friendly it all was. >>>> >>>> >>>> A free account gives you up to 2GB of space - but you can get more with >>>> referrals. >>>> >>>> So, if anyone was thinking of opening an account, YOU can get an extra >>>> free 250 MB - AND get ME an extra free 250 MB :o) if you use this link to >>>> sign-up: >>>> >>>> <https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTY2NjA1NDM5> >>>> >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Neil > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
