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dmahon1
Nov 26, 2011Aspirant
What exactly does it offer?
I have a ReadyNAS (NVX). It has an IP address. I backup daily to an external device and use ReadyNAS Vault for my most important items so they are backed up almost instantly and have versions availabl...
JohnnyEgnyte
Feb 21, 2012Aspirant
victorhortaliveson wrote: Thanks, but you're assuming too much in the way of users etc.
It's just one user (me) trying to access the same data files from more than one device.
It's possible I don't appreciate the options available to me in OSX, but I have 1 PC and 1 MacBook and may get another MacBook. I want to access the same files with all three instead of having to manually sync data.
Yes, I could opt for a conventional Cloud approach, but I would rather have the data in my location on my devices.
Mapped drives would work if I were only using WIn7 PCs, but the mix of OS is causing me a problem.
Okay, got what you're saying. So what you'll need to install is Personal Local Cloud (downloaded from your Egnyte account), which does automatic file sync so you don't have to manually do it. It's definitely a workaround from using mapped drive. Or you could just go back to the basics and use Egnyte's web-browser client, but that's more of a "manual" process. Either way, you'll need to do a one time initial sync of all the files from the NAS to your Egnyte account to gain access to multiple remote devices.
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