![]() ![]() Up until now, you had the option to sync all files of a selected folder or no files at all. Today, the first two pro features landed in public alpha builds of BitTorrent Sync 2.0. (Mobile apps for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and Amazon Kindle Fire should be available later today. During that announcement, they mentioned the plan to release a BitTorrent Sync 2.0 Pro version that would offer features that the free version would not. Get BitTorrent Sync for Mac, Windows, Linux and FreeBSD. Don’t want to pay? BitTorrent Sync’s free version is still faster option than Dropbox, with no storage limits, and no limits on file sizes or transfer speeds. After that, they will cost $40/year (that’s “per person” not per device). However, if you prefer to avoid those things, and are more interested in design, features, stability, usability, and an app you can use today (instead of something that seems like it might be good someday), I highly recommend BitTorrent Sync.Īll of its new pro features are available for free for 30 days. If you like building things from source, Java, or pre-alpha software, good luck and Godspeed. For those who demand such things, other options exist. How great? I plan to drop my paid Dropbox account when it expires, not just because BitTorrent Sync is cheaper, but because it’s so much better.īitTorrent Sync has often attracted critics who complain that it isn’t open source. Version 1 was good, but version 2 is great. A bunch of new functionality has been added, from enhanced user interfaces across desktop and mobile platforms to a new certificates-based security model with even greater control and ease-of-use. In the program settings you can set a limit on the speed of. All of the core functionality we introduced in version 1.4 last August still exist in 2.0, letting you securely share folders across all platforms, with visibility into who has access. So you dont have to make any unnecessary body movements to move files from one computer to another. We’re now ready to take the beta tag off and deliver a final product. In some ways, BitTorrent Sync version 2 feels like the version they really wanted to make (akin to the iPhone 3GS or the second-generation MacBook Air). Having used BitTorrent Sync regularly, I now find Dropbox to be incredibly slow, especially when syncing large files or even a large number of files. I used version 1 of BitTorrent Sync for many months, and started using version 2 as soon as it reached beta. ![]()
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