Syncplicity releases public beta for Mac data synching

February 2, 2009 | Dean Takahashi | Comments | |

Syncplicity is now launching the public beta of its synching software for the Mac. The San Francisco company launched a private beta a few weeks ago and is now inviting anyone to join.

The software makes it easy to sync your files across a bunch of computers, letting you breathe easier, since you don’t have to manually back up your data to an external drive or the Internet cloud. It has a bunch of rivals, including Dropbox, SugarSync and Microsoft’s Live Mesh. On the Mac, competing solutions are MobileMe and Time Machine. But Syncplicity’s solution is simple and connects various islands of data.

Syncplicity’s differentiator is what it calls “intelligent conflict resolution,” meaning that when two people are working on the same file, it syncs both copies so that no one overrides the other’s work. If you sign up to synch less than two gigabytes of data, it’s free. For more, a subscription costs $9.99 a month. For each referral, the company will add another free gigabyte of storage to your account. Although, in this day and age of digital photos, two gigabytes is nothing, so I think they should expand that number.

The company raised $2.35 million in its first round of venture funding in October. True Ventures and other undisclosed private investors contributed to the funding. It formally launched its Windows version in November.

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  • Ronnie Somerville
    If they can make MobileMe calendars work properly, that would be a good thing.....
  • Aaron deMello
    Its not really accurate to say that Time Machine is a competitor. Time Machine is a backup service, not a sync service. Mobile Me, as you mentioned, is a competitor.