[OS X] staying in sync

[Andy Jacobson]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Todd Ruston
> Date: August 31, 2007 9:46:54 AM MDT
> To: Andy Jacobson <Andy.Jacobson at noaa.gov>
> Subject: Re: [OS X] staying in sync
>
> On Aug 31, 2007, at 8:19 AM, Andy Jacobson wrote:
>
>> Recently however, I started using a machine for which I wasn't  
>> free to wipe & reinstall.  This meant that I had to migrate all my  
>> settings and data by hand...yuck.
>
> Hi Andy,
>
> I'm a long-time lurker on your OSX list.
>
> Any reason simply running the Migration Assistant (/Applications/ 
> Utilities/Migration Assistant) wouldn't work for you in that  
> situation? It doesn't have to be run only during a fresh install;  
> it can be run any time to migrate a user from one machine to another.
>
> Another handy utility for synchronizing things among Macs without  
> a .Mac account is SyncTogether from Mark/Space.
>
> <http://www.markspace.com/synctogether.php>
>
> It's not free, but it's cheaper than .Mac and works very well, at  
> least in my experience. It doesn't sync Firefox bookmarks, so the  
> Google Browser Sync plugin would still be needed for that.
>
> Just thought I'd toss those out in case you or your readers weren't  
> aware of them.
>
> -- 
> Todd E. Ruston
> Information Systems Supervisor
> Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)

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