How to automatically sync external drive to cloud storage?

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2014-04
  • user293725

    Im looking for a cloud storage service that will allow me to store my computer files (Macbook) as well as everything in my external hard drive. I prefer for the files to be adding automatically without me having to drag-drop/select every file I need to store. Does anyone know any services that will do this?

    Thanks

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  • Biapy

    An auto-hosted solution is Seafile. I use it to synchronize over 250 Giga Bytes of data. It works seamlessly. You can setup as many "library" you want. A library can be synchronized to any folder on your Macbook / Windows / GNU/Linux (included the folder where is mounted your external drive). A little warning though: the initial synchronization can take a long time.

    I've written a installation guide in french for setting up Seafile with encryption and MySQL database: Installer Seafile sur Debian.

    The best known commercial alternative is using DropBox, but it can be pricey.

  • flobbie1

    Right now Box.com is having an introductory 50GB free storage. Download the desktop client and point its directory to your external drive. This will sync everything in that drive to the cloud. From there, you can access it from your iPad, another computer, or anything, also, it will stay up to date as you change or add files.


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    Hi,

    I have 1 Extra Hard-drive and want copy some of my file and folder from my internal hard-drive to it. but after a while I add extra file in my folder in Internal Hard-drive, is there any way or program that let me synch one(or more) folder from internal hard-drive to one (or more) from exteranal-hard-drive.

    I don't want use back up program becasue I store Data in my External-Drive in different way of my internal-hard drive, I just want each time I give 2 folder (from different hard) to that program and it copy extra file from one hard to another.

    Tanx in advance


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  • William Hilsum

    You may want to take a look at Microsoft SyncToy, If I understand your question, it should be able to do what you need.