I’ve been using Windows Live Sync / Live Mesh for some time now and it’s done a pretty good job of what I need. However recently I added an iPad to my stable of computers and suddenly the files I needed access to on LiveSync are not easy to get to anymore. I’ve been searching for an alternative and for a while I played with DropBox. However the security concerns around DropBox made me reconsider them as an option for my needs. This is another worthy read on DropBox.
Today I’ve started trials using Trend Micro SafeSync. I’m using a free trial account that I got from Trend Micro for their personal edition which has a limit of 5GB of cloud storage. You can optionally purchase increased limits of 20GB/50GB or 100GB. Personally – the data I need to protect and have access to like this is likely to be in the region of 5-10GB or so.
Installing it was dead simple and after installation, I have a new drive letter (which I reassigned to W: )
All I need to do is to save files into this location and they will automatically be sync’d up to the cloud and also down to any other computers I have SafeSync installed on. For my testing I plan to use a variety of word, excel and PDF documents and use this location as my primary storage for them for the trial.
A big advantage of SafeSync over LiveSync/LiveMesh is that I can access the files stored on it via my iPad. I note that they also support Android as well which is a great sign for open standards.
So I’m off an running now – I’ll report back in a month or so as to how the trial is going. If I like this, I’ll move over everything from my LiveSync over to SafeSync.
Note that the version I’m using now is a personal version. There is a Business version coming soon that will allow for more features such as the ability to more finely control access permissions to files stored on SafeSync.
If you want to give it a try then go ahead click here to get a free trial (note clicking on that link will give me 1 more month on the free trial)
Thanks for the info Wayne. My trial has 20Gb and not the 5Gb you got. Is that because you referred me? 😉
SafeSync slowed my computer to a crawl and used up my entire month’s download allowance in 4 days. I have uninstalled it.
I signed up for the Business version with the promise that i would receive a Not For Resale version of the product upon its release. (I was keen to try it anyway regardless of the NFR offering). The multi-computer / multi-user testing I was required to perform took a lot of my time but I was quite impressed with its capabilites. I have been running it on my Apple mac, iPhone, SBS2003 server and Win7 workstation with relatively few hassles. I have also been testing Sugarsync, Dropbox, MobileMe for a few months (and LiveSync briefly)and Carbonite on my SBS2003 for a couple of years though I class that as a different type of product. Dropbox looks postively archaic in comparison to what Sugarsync and Trend are offering. I am disappointed Trend have changed their pricing / download amount policy along the way but its still very good. I am very disappointed that I have seen no sign of my NFR and that Trend Australia dont seem to know much about the product at all. Well worth having a look at in my opinon, people.
Hi Kelvin,
I’ve asked the local Trend Product Manager for a response for you. Will advise when I get it.
Wayne
Hello Robert:
Sorry to hear about your experience with SafeSync. We would love to take a closer look for you.
Can I trouble you to contact our technical support team for consumer products? I really appreciate your time to give us feedback and a chance to resolve the issues for you.
Australia – 1300 305 289
NZ – 0800 507 901
Thanks & Regards,
Tina Su
Senior Product Marketing Manager – Asia Pacific, Trend Micro
Hi Kelvin:
It was great chatting to you on the phone.
As a follow up, I’ll have the local sales team contacting you next week, regarding NFR program and product availability details.
Tina
Thanks Tina for your followup on these things – really appreciate Trend Micro getting involved.
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