Mac-to-mac syncing?
Is it possible to sync two mac desktops?
Thanks,
Jim
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Hi @jimwilkins
It certainly is.
We have three possible sync methods that will work for between two Macs. We have Dropbox, iCloud and Folder Sync. Now we usually steer people away from the Folder Sync unless they know what they're doing, it's aimed at the advanced users that just don't want to use a cloud sync service. For people that don't mind Dropbox and iCloud they are pretty much set a and forget.
Dropbox has a few advantages, over iCloud. iCloud is for syncing just apple products and for devices owned by a single person. Dropbox allows you to sync folders with other users and sync with other platforms. Those two alone are pretty big advantages.
Now if you require the sync to be via iCloud it's worth knowing that iCloud support is only in our MAS (Mac App Store) version of 1Password due to Apple's restrictions. If you were to go with Dropbox then both the MAS version and our Web Store version are more than capable.
The advantage of our Web Store is we have more control over pricing. We can offer older users discounts when updating from one version to another is going to cost or we can offer bundles if you're planing to run on both OS X and Windows - we don't have that kind of control in Apple's store.
If you'd like more information about a particular method of syncing or I've created more questions than please post here and we'll do out best to answer them for you.
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Thanks much. I was trying to find a way to use Wifi, but I will just go back to Dropbox.
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I know some users use an iOS device to act as a bridge to sync two Macs via Wi-Fi Sync but that just seems overly painful to me and I'm an advocate of Wi-Fi Sync. As long as you have no objections to Dropbox it's a case of set and forget and who wants to be mucking about with stuff like this when it can be made simple? :smile:
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