Yes, it’s intentionally singular.<\/p>\n
For the uninitiated, “the Cloud”<\/em> is the intarwebz; and just as .Mac or MobleMe would want to host your data in the Cloud, I found myself recently trying to accomplish the same thing.<\/p>\n This will be a long post, but I can say with a certain degree of confidence that the information here can be very useful<\/em> should it be applicable to you.<\/p>\n\n The main reason that makes it practical for me to start storing pertinent data in the Cloud is because I’ve now been frequently<\/em> switching from 4 different devices that have the means of access such data.<\/p>\n Before, I just had a synchronization utility to mirror key databases on my two main machines (Desktop and Laptop) – just so when I use one or the other, I know I’ll be using the most recent bookmarks, passwords, etc. I mainly use my Desktop since I work at home, and I switch to my laptop on the rare occasions I feel extremely lazy to even sit up. In such events, I’d usually start the synching routine before I transfer, which can take quite a bit of time. Then do it again when I switch back.<\/p>\n This routine has proven to be annoying, but bearable given how often I had to switch devices. But at the advent of Mobile OSX v2 and the promise of applications in the AppStore, I now find myself being able to switch between 4 devices; the desktop, the laptop, the iPhone, and the iPod touch.<\/p>\n The issue I’m faced with is that there’s no way to “sync” the iPhone stuff without plugging it into iTunes. And of course plugging it to iTunes would mean I have to plug it to the computer with the most recent database – which becomes doubly frustrating since I just really want to sync the more important stuff like the Calendar, Addressbook, the [non-existent] ToDo list, etc.<\/p>\n So how do I make sure everything is consolidated and synced without having to pay an annual $100 premium for a MobleMe account? Naturally, the only choice I’m left with: other “Cloud” services.<\/p>\n So first thing to decide is what data you prefer to be available to you in the context of the device you’re using. In my case, between the desktop and laptop I have about 9:<\/p>\n First, I eliminate 4, 8 and 9 because those are things that I really don’t need to have synced beyond the two big machines. So what I did was put the data either in the Time Capsule or the Drobo and just used symlinks to access them from any of the machines. This only requires me to manually sync their database indexes and not the actual files 1 <\/sup><\/a>Because they’ll ultimately be accessing the same place<\/span><\/span>Why the Cloud?<\/h1>\n
What do I really need?<\/h1>\n
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