A ramble on Resilio Sync
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estiroseI wanted to ramble a bit about this because I don't know how many people know about it and it's fantastic! (There are a few technical hiccups with Linux because Linux, but that's another matter.)
So, Resilio Sync was once known as BitTorrent Sync, and still uses BitTorrent to copy files. BitTorrent has a reputation for being a bit hard to use, but Resilio Sync is easy to set up on a multitude of OSes (it supports Windows, MacOS, Linux, and FreeBSD on the desktop side, as well as Android and iOS).
It's pretty simple to install on most OSes - just download the installer, run it, and go. (I've never run it on FreeBSD, but I have on every other platform.) Most OSes have their own client, Linux runs a service that you access via a web browser, but it's essentially the same thing. (Linux is also weird because of the way you have to handle access permissions, but that's another matter.)
Then you can share files. If you want to share files between two devices, either to keep them synced or to transfer them, you just create a folder to share on one device, share the link with the other device, and tell Resilio Sync where to save/sync files to. If you use the paid version, you can also choose on desktops whether to actually download the file (mobile versions have this feature built in for free).
The app will copy over the files/make them available to the other device fairly quickly. This feature can also be used to transfer files between different people - for example, a friend of mine sent me over some files that I needed a couple months ago. These folders can be set for different access levels, so if you only want a one-way sync you can set it so that other devices cannot put things in that share folder.
For the mobile versions (iOS and Android) it is fairly easy to use the Share features to "share" to Resilio Sync.
I use this a lot on my Boox Palma (an eReader) because it's the quickest way to transfer files to it than using the built-in file transfer app, but I also use it to, say, copy over the latest version of my Stardew Valley mod folder from my desktop to my Steam Deck.
A quirk with the Linux version is that you have to be fairly comfortable with the command line. I found it hard to set up the permissions needed to get it to access my home directory and had to stick things in a public folder that I could copy from. (Syncing my mods folder involved a local sync to copy the mod folder over to a folder that Sync could read/write from.)
That being said, I love this program and the fact that you can use most of its features for free. You can buy a key if you need the more advanced ones but I've almost never needed them. (I do have a license, bought a decade ago back when it was still BitTorrent Sync, which still works today.)
So, Resilio Sync was once known as BitTorrent Sync, and still uses BitTorrent to copy files. BitTorrent has a reputation for being a bit hard to use, but Resilio Sync is easy to set up on a multitude of OSes (it supports Windows, MacOS, Linux, and FreeBSD on the desktop side, as well as Android and iOS).
It's pretty simple to install on most OSes - just download the installer, run it, and go. (I've never run it on FreeBSD, but I have on every other platform.) Most OSes have their own client, Linux runs a service that you access via a web browser, but it's essentially the same thing. (Linux is also weird because of the way you have to handle access permissions, but that's another matter.)
Then you can share files. If you want to share files between two devices, either to keep them synced or to transfer them, you just create a folder to share on one device, share the link with the other device, and tell Resilio Sync where to save/sync files to. If you use the paid version, you can also choose on desktops whether to actually download the file (mobile versions have this feature built in for free).
The app will copy over the files/make them available to the other device fairly quickly. This feature can also be used to transfer files between different people - for example, a friend of mine sent me over some files that I needed a couple months ago. These folders can be set for different access levels, so if you only want a one-way sync you can set it so that other devices cannot put things in that share folder.
For the mobile versions (iOS and Android) it is fairly easy to use the Share features to "share" to Resilio Sync.
I use this a lot on my Boox Palma (an eReader) because it's the quickest way to transfer files to it than using the built-in file transfer app, but I also use it to, say, copy over the latest version of my Stardew Valley mod folder from my desktop to my Steam Deck.
A quirk with the Linux version is that you have to be fairly comfortable with the command line. I found it hard to set up the permissions needed to get it to access my home directory and had to stick things in a public folder that I could copy from. (Syncing my mods folder involved a local sync to copy the mod folder over to a folder that Sync could read/write from.)
That being said, I love this program and the fact that you can use most of its features for free. You can buy a key if you need the more advanced ones but I've almost never needed them. (I do have a license, bought a decade ago back when it was still BitTorrent Sync, which still works today.)
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