Exactly the same problem here. The active copy button in the app preferences sends me to the web account, and there I cannot set a Mac folder as source folder for an active copy. So is "local" active copy lost in this version? If so, I plan to revert back to the old software until this is added back.

The ability to set Active Copy to only run locally again would also be much appreciated. I don't want to sync all of my things over the internet, but only when I'm at home via LAN (to save my bandwidth).

I've not tried the active copy off the LAN. If it does the sync on a slow connection it could be a really "bad" problem. Sometimes we have to deal with 56kb dial - I think you know what I would mumble if the sync started while on that connection and I am trying to get something important done. The SYNC should be by default LAN only with the option to "give it a try" when out and about traveling.

Personally, I am not really sold on using Active Copy when off the LAN with the vendors using the "up to XXXmb" speeds that are mostly really slow during the business hours.

Give me the choice. The choice I would want to be default is "Active Copy only on LAN" with an option to see if it works when out and about.

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I can imagine it's confusing if the workflow has changed for someone but I don't see any difference in the end results.

Instead of selecting folders for active copy in the drive software you enable remote access to those folders and from the web interface you enable active copy to copy their contents to your Pogoplug.

You might say I don't need my computer to be in the cloud. But it kind of already was if you used active copy. And now you will be able to copy also in the opposite direction! This is a feature that looks like a big improvement to me!

I'm even hoping Cloud Enginenes will in the future change active copy into active sync! So that you can keep a folder on your computer in sync (both directions) with a folder on your Pogoplug.

I can't even see my local folders on my PC to start an Archive copy.

Plus, for the record, my PogoPlug is not showing up as a drive letter.

And I can't install the Beta on two different machines to see how the cloud thing works.

I am ready to ditch this beta and go back to the old way that actually works.

There is an incidious side to ACTIVE COPY I learned the hard way when I logged into my Pogoplug world from another computer with active copy enabled but not restricted to only the LAN. Up until this time, active copy was set to start upon connection from the desktop application.

I needed to access one of my Pogoplugs and had to borrow another computer. To make an embarrasing story short, I did it the lazy way and used active copy to collect the files from My Video. Then the moment of, "Oops," I got more than just my files.

I have learned that "automatic" Active copy to sync files has to be watched carefully if away from one's "safe" LAN!

My point? Sync is good, BUT do two things: 1) make it optional; and 2) ask if the file is really supposed to be transferred.

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TRK said: Looks to me like the beta software is not correctly installed on your PC. I would suggest to download it again and reinstall.

I tried and it still won't work properly.

I need to use my drives so my only choice is to uninstall the beta.

I am finding the Active Sync (or Backup as it appears now?) to be painfully slow in copying new files over to the pogoplug drive - but worse, it seems to totally ignore random files and/or folders - yest states that it is "up to date"

Hope these issues are fixed quickly.

Has the new version been fixed to allow desktop source to target pogo just like the old version? I was thinking of updating.

I have a question on Active Copy. My Mac is pushing its Documents contents up to a Pogoplug "Docs" directory, but if I put something from my PC into that Pogoplug directory, its not being "Synced" to the Mac. Its not copied down.

Is this by design or is it a bug?

Thanks in advance for the help!

-K

In the new PC version the active copy is not really active, has bugs, sometimes it copies over to the pogo drive and other times it does not and has to be re started. I'm thinking of going back to the old version which worked perfectly.

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