Comments on: Windows “Live” Foldershare Dead For a Week

By: Genie

Genie — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:34:31 +0000

PowerFolder has totally unjustified price and does not get the job done. Definitely you can NOT rely on it because it dies and loses connection between computers all the time – so when you would need that file from remote machine chances are you would get an old copy. Or nothing at all.

I chose getdropbox, after trying most of the other alternatives – it just works. Price? Free. Usability? 3 minute setup and it just works after that. Can’t really beat this.

By: Basmentman

Basmentman — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:03:46 +0000

Well dropbox looked nice to me but finally its only another service which stores your data on their servers and when the servers are down you are lost. And I dislike to store data on other peoples computer.

Thanks to this blog I found an solution which is really great for me: I bought a PowerFolder lifetime Home license i put an old linux computer in my basement and thanx to my flatrate I AM the service now doesn’t matter what Powerfolders server does. I really think they are the only one who really can work in LAN.

From the cost side well you need to pay but only once and as far as I see I get all updates and support.

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:46:40 +0000

Dropbox (getdropbox.com) looks like a good option to me. I’ve toyed with it a bit, but haven’t switched over because Foldershare’s ability to let me browse my machine remotely is handy. If I were to drop FS, I’d switch over to Dropbox.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:37:37 +0000

I’m using Mesh with pretty good results. I have a laptop running both Mesh and FS monitoring the same folder, with each syncing to an individual desktop to compare. Both work pretty well with Mesh allowing you to store an on-line copy (up to 5GB) so you can still access data even if your PCs are off-line.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:27:12 +0000

Zoli, are you still using Foldershare or something else? Foldershare has been down since last night, so I am once again thinking about trying something else…maybe BeInSync or PowerFolder but they aren’t free. I have been using Foldershare for years, but maybe it is time to move away to something else. Any thoughts? Thanks.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:57:53 +0000

Zoli, thanks for the hints. I will give them them a try when I can. Funny how dependent I am on FS. I am going to have to rethink my filing syncing.

By: Zoli Erdos

Zoli Erdos — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:11:15 +0000

Justin, I saw that error several times. One, rather clumsy way to fix it is to delete the placeholder file it tries to sync, and rename the file on the other machine. Then FS thinks it’s new and will sync it.

Of course the real trouble is files it misses without you noticing it

Oh, and when it can’t sync an open file and there’s not way to skip the file; the only options are “retry” or close the entire apps. That’s just pathetic.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:13:41 +0000

I was thinking of checking out PowerFolder, but OUCH…it is expensive. Sorry Christian, too much $$ for me.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:03:32 +0000

Anyone else having this problem…some of my folders sync while other do not. For a file under the “status” column, it just says “sending request”. It ends up timing out or something then moving on to another file. Pretty frustrating.

By: Christian Sprajc

Christian Sprajc — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:32:06 +0000

I still recommend PowerFolder (http://www.powerfolder.com) as alternative.