One shadow IT trend that IT organizations often find annoying is when users invoke file synchronization and share services in the cloud without IT approval. Truth be told, however, most end users ...

Right now I'm currently using FreeFileSync on my work machine to effectively mirror files from my local disk to a network drive. I have a batch file saved, and have created a scheduled task (using ...

I've been tasked with finding a piece of software that works with Macs, Windows, a Linux that can synchronize a user folder to an SMB volume. I need to be able to purchase a maintenance contract, and ...

It’s hard to find someone who is not using cloud storage services these days. If you are using Windows 11/10, OneDrive doesn’t need an introduction. It’s already tied to your Microsoft account and ...

If you’re like plenty of people these days, you have more than just one computer–and I don’t mean just a traditional desktop or laptop PC, but also a smartphone or a tablet. A smartphone is little ...

Whether you’re working with your Android device on the fly, collaborating with other team members around the world, or all in one location, it is not so much of a Geekly thing as it is a necessity to ...

Backing up important data is always a good approach so that it can be easily recovered if something goes wrong. However, it would be a tedious job to back up a folder manually. But, using a folder ...

OwnCloud recently released the latest version of the ownCloud Community Edition with a number of usability, performance, and integration enhancements. Based on an open-source project of the same name, ...

Taking back ownership of your data is rough. I’ve been trying to de-Google my life for almost a year, and I still haven’t mastered it. I still need my Google account and Gmail address to use my ...

Sync and backup service Sugarsync has a new iPhone app that lets you access and use all the files from your PC or Mac right on your iPhone. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple.

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

The FreeFileSync open source development team has released FreeFileSync, a free file synchronization utility for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux systms. It’s optimized for both CPU and file I/O ...