Hey Greg,

True sync is essentially the featureset that would encompass this - and it's something that we want to! I don't have a firm timeframe on this, but it is on our product roadmap, and I will reply here when we have a better idea as to when you'll see it.

Hello,
i am planning to buy a PogoPlug, essentially to make it host my mac iPhoto, iTunes and Video libraries, taking the changes from home's "master" computer (my Macbook Pro) and making the media available to the office room's iMac and the Media Center Mac Mini...
though it seems that PogoPlug will not really SYNC but only copy the ADDED FILES, making the iTunes and iPhoto libraries different on the other macs...
can you confirm that for me and ensure me that the timeframe WILL (one day) (not so far) (maybe) allow PogoPlug to really SYNC like DropBox ?

If yes, i buy.

thanks for your honesty ;-)
maybe other members can help me with that ?...

For the Mac, I've read good things about the shareware product ChronoSync.  I tried out an open-source utility called Synkron -- it may not be as polished, but it did what I needed to do at the time.  I haven't tried it, but Cyberduck also looks promising.

I'm not sure if these would sync your iTunes database correctly.  The media files would sync, but the iTunes database file needs to be updated to point to them.

Hradec said: This thread seems dead since May, so I just want to touch base and see how the "dropbox sync thingy" is going... any new development from the pogoplug dev team on it? Still only planned or is anyone working on it? Would we see such a feature available anytime soon? (I know Jon said it wouldn't be anytime this year, but doesn't hurt to ask again... priorities can change in 6 months! :) ) I'm also asking because I got tired of waiting for a simple "for dumies" solution like dropbox is, and I decided on work on a dropbox replacement of my own. Although you can get the same functionality using a sync solution like described above, it's not as good as the simple one-install dropbox client is, which means it doesn't work very well for non-technical folks, like my sister-in-law who lives on the other side of the globe... and I want to be able to sync a folder back and forward with her and other "non-geek" family members and friens... My solution is basically a high-level UI wrapping rsync functionality on Mac, Windows and Linux, using a central server as the "mirror server", just like dropbox does. Although clients will be multi-os, the server is linux only, as a linux daemon that can be very well be installed in any linux system, from webhost servers to a pogoplug. I'm planning to release it under a GPL license, so people can help develop it further. I'm planning on have all code in python, using wxpython for the multi-os UI. So, in case pogoplug dev team is working on the same, maybe we could combine efforts. If not, maybe you guys would be interested on integrate it in the pogoplug client software or offer it as a download option to customers... Anyhow, as soon as I got something that I can "demo", I'll drop another message here. -H

When will you have a demoable version?

I't sounds great, however you don't need to favorise it - I will survive without it, as I have done in the last year.

Any update on this Dropbox type sync functionality? I don't believe its that complicated (granted I haven't written code in about 10yrs) but a lot other programs offer this functionality and it is so core to this product's overall mission. You guys need to add it as your next major project. Thank you.

I am still hoping that pogoplug implements true dropbox style sync. I've just purchased these for my whole family who are mostly also dropbox users and have filled their dropbox. They are used to having files sync back and forth between computers through dropbox and if pogoplug had this feature I would never have to try to recover pictures and music off my sisters' laptops again. They are able to store all of their documents in dropbox to protects them but they have far too many pictures, music, and video files to make dropbox practical. Plus they don't want to pay the monthly/yearly fee.

Please pogoplug! I don't want to keep telling my sisters that their files are gone and they should have backed them up! You would make my year.

+1,000

I have pretty much stopped using my Pogoplug despite the huge 3TB of storage I have attached because its so annoying to not have it synced with my other drives. I find that Dropbox is my go to solution for anything I need synched and stuff I almost never check I put on the pogoplug.

PogoPlug needs this and needs it soon.

I bought the Pogoplug because it seems like the most likely possibility to provide this support in a NAS drive. The SeaGate & the WD products don't come close. I think I'm going to have to use a third party solution along w/ the Pogoplug drive in order to make this work, but I'd really like it to work on its own.

Before I bought the device, the customer service at Pogoplug told me that this was possible with their "sync" settings. They apparently didn't understand when I said, "I want it to sync multiple devices so that a change on one propagates to the other devices."

::d|julian::

I'm also majorly interested in the bidirectional 'true' sync feature request. This is the only thing keeping me from using pogoplug instead of dropbox. I hope the dev's read this and consider the importance of making this feature 'core'.

In that regard, any news on when it will be implemented?

i wish i could set up my drive to sync at specific times. i would set my drive to sync every day at like noon (while im at work) and at like 3am (while im asleep). i hate the way that active sync works, if i create a folder, it adds the new default named folder to the other drive. then i rename the folder, it creates a second folder with the new name and leaves the old default named folder still there. creates a lot of garbage on the backup drive. if i could have it take a snapshot of the way the working drive is, and copy that to the backup drive, delete outdated files, stuff like that, it would be perfect.