San Francisco-based BitTorrent released the beta version Wednesday of a new application for its digital distribution software: syncing files across multiple devices. The company says its Sync software ...

Dropbox (and similar cloud services) are awesome, but they don't give you that much control, security, or privacy over your files. If you want to take control into your own hands without losing the ...

Making files accessible between devices, while convenient, sometimes comes with privacy trade-offs or additional costs. Free cloud storage quotas run out too quickly and not everyone has the skills to ...

The debate over how much we should trust cloud companies with our data (see “NSA Spying Is Making Us Less Safe”) was reawakened last year after revelations that the National Security Agency routinely ...

Now that its file synchronization tool has received a few updates, BitTorrent is going on the offensive against cloud-based storage services by showing off just how fast BitTorrent Sync can be. More ...

“Syncing to the cloud” may sound like marketing-speak, but it’s actually a convenient thing to do: Upload your important files to an online server and access them from any of your other computers and ...

I keep my Obsidian notes synced with AutoSync and Google Drive. However, it's not ideal for sharing large files due to the limited storage offered by Google and the slow sync speed. Since I only ...

Editor’s Note: This article, published in our August 2008 issue, includes information on .Mac, which will be replaced by MobileMe in early July. Any instructions may change significantly. Most people ...

With a facelift and back-end improvements, Transmit is now nearly up to date. File-transfer programs seem like a vestige of the internet that once was. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is one of the ...

Microsoft Office files opened in Google Docs, Sheets or Slides now automatically sync for offline use Your email has been sent Offline work with Google Docs, Sheets and Slides in either Chrome or ...