I still use Dropbox, primarily for its broad compatibility with the iOS apps I use, but Sync is definitely the fastest way for me to keep identical data on multiple machines, including an iOS app for access on the go.
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With Sync’s archive support, it’s a Dropbox replacement for most of my needs. The remote mini serves as a “cloud” that I own, and functions as a backup. Personally, I use Sync between my two local Mac minis, my MacBook Air, and my colocated Mac mini. Even considering Dropbox’s LAN sync, though, Sync trumped it with 16x the speed. Sync is a peer-to-peer platform, optimized for direct connections between machines without the need to upload to the cloud, then download to the other machine. If you’re using cloud services for sharing files and remote storage, there are more factors to consider.
If you use the cloud for syncing between machines, Sync is clearly the winner. There are plenty of caveats to note (see the full post from BitTorrent), but the test is replicable and well-planned. Sync performed up to 16x faster than the cloud, transferring the video file in 41 seconds between the machines. Using a 1.36GB video file, they tested the time to sync between two MacBook Pros on the same network. BitTorrent has released the details of a comprehensive speed test they conducted to compare Sync to cloud-based services (Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive).
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