- The latest version of BitTorrent Sync is 2.5 on Mac Informer. It is a perfect match for Download Managers in the Internet Tools category. The app is developed by BitTorrent, Inc. And its user rating is 5.
- BitTorrent is a leading software company with popular torrent client software for Windows, Mac, Android, and more.
Original author(s) | Konstantin Lissounov |
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Developer(s) | Resilio, Inc. |
Stable release | |
Operating system | Windows NT, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Amazon Kindle Fire |
Available in | 13 languages |
English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Turkish, Dutch, Indonesian | |
Type | File Synchronization |
License | Freemium |
Website | www.resilio.com |
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Resilio Sync (formerly BitTorrent Sync) by Resilio, Inc. is a proprietarypeer-to-peerfile synchronization tool available for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Amazon Kindle Fire and BSD. It can sync files between devices on a local network, or between remote devices over the Internet via a modified version of the BitTorrent protocol.
Although not touted by the developers as an intended direct replacement nor competitor to cloud-based file synchronization services, it has attained much of its publicity in this potential role.[1] This is mainly due to the ability of Resilio Sync to address many of the concerns in existing services relating to file storage limits, privacy, cost, and performance.
History[edit]
On 24 January 2013, BitTorrent, Inc. announced a call for pre-alpha testers to help test a new 'distributed syncing product to help manage personal files between multiple computers'.[2]
Several private pre-alpha builds of 'SyncApp' were subsequently made available to a limited group of alpha testers between January 2013 and April 2013. In mid-April 2013, the name 'SyncApp' was dropped in favor of 'BitTorrent Sync'.[citation needed]
On 23 April 2013, the previously private 'alpha' was opened up to general users.[1][3][4]
As of 6 May 2013, more than a petabyte of anonymous data had been synced between users, with over 70 terabytes synced daily.[5]
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As of 16 July 2013, more than eight petabytes of data had been synced using the software.[6]
BitTorrent Sync migrated from 'alpha' to 'beta', released an Android app, and introduced versioning on 17 July 2013.[7]
On 27 August 2013, BitTorrent Sync for iOS was announced.[8]
On 5 November 2013, BitTorrent announced the release of BitTorrent Sync Beta API and version 1.2 of the client, along with the milestone, having over 1 million monthly active users synced over 30 petabytes of data to date.[9]
As of 26 August 2014, there have been more than 10 million user installs and more than 80 petabytes of data synced between users.[10]
On 3 March 2015, the product finally exited beta as a commercial product, with the inclusion of a paid Pro version.[11]
On 9 September 2015, with the release of Sync 2.2, in the free version, the 10 folder limit that had been introduced with 2.0, was removed.[12]
On 21 January 2016 the release of Sync 2.3 introduced the Encrypted Folder [13] plus the ability to run as a Windows Service, to use the SDcard on Android and for paid users Selective Sync support in Linux[14]
On 1 June 2016, product and team were spun out of BitTorrent Inc. as an independent company, Resilio Inc. which will continue development of the product under the name Resilio Sync.[15][16] Former Bittorrent CEO Eric Klinker became the head of the new company.[17][18]
Technology[edit]
Resilio Sync synchronizes files using BitTorrent.[19] The user's data is stored on the user's local device instead of in a 'cloud', therefore requiring at least two user devices, or 'nodes,' to be online to synchronize files between them. Resilio Sync encrypts data with an Advanced Encryption Standard AES-128 key in counter mode which may either be randomly generated or set by the user. This key is derived from a 'secret' which can be shared to other users to share data. Data is sent between devices directly unless the target device is unreachable (e.g. behind a firewall), in which case the data will first be relayed via an intermediary node. Many devices can be connected simultaneously and files shared between them in a mesh networking topology.
There is no limit on the amount of data that can be synced, other than the available free space on each device.[20]
Compatibility[edit]
Current builds of Resilio Sync are available for the following operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows (Windows 7 or later 32 bit and 64 bit)
- OS X (10.8 or later)
- Linux (web interface, also GUI available for Debian derived systems)[21][22][23]
- NAS Devices[24]
- Android[25]
- Amazon Kindle[26]
- iOS[27]
- Windows Phone[28][29]
See also[edit]
- Syncthing, free and open-source peer-to-peer file synchronization application.
References[edit]
- ^ ab'BitTorrent Sync challenges cloud-based file management'. BBC News. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ^'Test BitTorrent Sync Pre-Alpha'. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^'BitTorrent Sync Alpha Now Open To All'. Archived from the original on 7 August 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^'Forget online drives, sync directly with BitTorrent Sync'. CNET. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^'BitTorrent Sync Crosses One Petabyte Milestone'. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- ^'Behind the Scenes: The Making of BitTorrent Sync'. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ^'Now in Beta: BitTorrent Sync'. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ^'BitTorrent Sync for iOS: Available Now'. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^Protalinski, Emil. 5 November 2013 TheNextWeb. 'With over 1 million users and 30PB synced, BitTorrent speeds up Sync, adds iPad support, and debuts an API'
- ^'Introducing BitTorrent Sync 1.4: An Easier Way to Share Large Files'. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ^'Sync 2.0: Skip The Cloud, Share Direct'. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^'Sync 2.2 Now Available'.
- ^'Understanding the sync encrypted folder'.
- ^'sync 2.3 brings more features for power users'.
- ^'Important News about Sync'.
- ^Roettgers, Janko (2 June 2016). 'BitTorrent Spins Off Sync App Into Separate Company to Focus on Media (EXCLUSIVE)'. Variety. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^Mlot, Stephanie (20 June 2016). 'BitTorrent Sync Now a Separate, Enterprise-Focused Biz'. PCMAG. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^https://lifehacker.com/remains-of-the-day-bittorrent-sync-will-soon-be-called-1780440410
- ^'BitTorrent Sync technology'. Archived from the original on 30 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ^Sync BitTorrent, Inc. 'BitTorrent Sync'. bittorrent.com. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^'BitTorrent Sync Packages and GUI'.
- ^'Debian and Ubuntu Desktop GUI Packages for BitTorrent Sync'.
- ^'Debian and Ubuntu Server Packages for BitTorrent Sync'.
- ^'Supported Platforms'.
- ^'BitTorrent Sync: Android apps on Google Play'.
- ^'BitTorrent Sync: Appstore for Android'.
- ^'BitTorrent Sync on the App Store on iTunes'.
- ^'BitTorrent Sync 1.3 now supporting Windows Phone'.
- ^'BitTorrent Sync: Windows Phone Apps'.
External links[edit]
- Official website
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Resilio_Sync&oldid=985852894'
In today’s post, tech writer TJ Luoma shares how he uses Sync to set up the folder structure on his Mac, keeping things like his ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ and ~/Library/QuickLook/ folders synced.
From TJ:
From TJ:
My last article for TUAW was BitTorrent Sync gives you the flexibility to sync anything, which included a farewell Easter egg. However, I didn’t have the time to explain a lot of what I use BitTorrent Sync for, which is what I want to do now.
The first thing I did was setup syncing for the standard OS X folders:
- Desktop
- Documents
- Downloads
- Pictures
- Movies
- Music
If you’re a Mac geek of a particular type, you are probably wondering if you can sync your ~/Library/Preferences/ and~/Library/Application Support/ folders. I definitely would not recommend that, as I think it is just begging for trouble later on. However, there are a few sub-folders in there that you might want to sync.
~/Library/LaunchAgents/ – I sync my LaunchAgents folder, but I use the .sync/IgnoreList feature to not sync any file that begins with com. That actually prevents most from syncing automatically, but the ones that I make and do want to sync I prefix with sync.com.tjluoma. so I’ll know those will sync to all of my Macs (I hinted about that in Keep Desktop Clean By Name).
~/Library/QuickLook/ – This keeps my QuickLook
.qlgenerator
files sync’d together, and I have a sync’d LaunchAgentplist
which watches ~/Library/QuickLook/ and runs /usr/bin/qlmanage -r
whenever it changes.~/Library/Application Support/Screen Sharing/ – I sync this to keep my Screen Sharing .vncloc files in sync across my Macs.
/Library/Caches/Homebrew/ – I use Homebrew on all of my Macs and tend to install the same packages everywhere, so I sync the cache folder so I don’t have to re-download the packages for each Mac.
~/.ssh/ – This one will be controversial to some people who worry about security and who are right now terrified at the idea of someone managing to get into my ~/.ssh/ and muck about with it. But the reality is that my life is boring and no one is likely to ever try to do that, and it’s convenient to have my
known_hosts
, config
, and authorized_keys
sync’d. I added id_rsa*
to the ~/.ssh/.sync/Ignorelist so my private key doesn’t actually sync.Folders Which Do Not Sync Well
I tried syncing ~/Library/Safari/Extensions/ to keep my Safari extensions in sync, but Safari does not like that, and seemingly refuses to recognize new extensions which are added directly to that folder. (This is probably a security feature, in that it prevents some malicious installer from putting something in there which will take over your default searches, or something like that.)
I also tried to sync /usr/local/ because I generally install the same Homebrew things on each computer. That did not work well either, and I recommend avoiding it.
If you use a database app like DEVONthink I would make sure that its database is not stored in ~/Documents/ because I am not sure that it would handle syncing well.
Likewise, I would not recommend keeping your iPhoto library in ~/Pictures/ if you are going to sync it. Ditto for iTunes in ~/Music/. I moved my iTunes files to ~/iTunes/ ages ago because it didn’t make sense to keep it in ~/Music/ when it also includes TV and Movies.
Syncing to Dropbox
I keep Dropbox running on my MacMiniColo machine, and I sync my BTS folders to that machine too, which means that I do not have to worry about my BTS folders not being available for some reason.
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I use and love SendToDropbox which is a great way to email files to your Dropbox account. SendToDropbox saves those files to ~/Dropbox/Apps/Attachments/ so I sync that folder (using BTS) to my other Macs. I never really liked the name “Attachments” but using BTS I can name the folder whatever I like, so I call it ~/SendToDropbox/.
Other Folders
All of my Macs share a ~/BitTorrent Sync/Torrents/ folder so I can save a .torrent file to it. On my MacMiniColo machine that folder is actually ~/Dropbox/Torrents/ and I have a Hazel rule on that Mac mini which launchesTransmission whenever a new .torrent file is added to that folder. Transmission looks in that folder and automatically starts sharing the torrent.
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This website is run on Statamic which uses plain text files for its configuration and posts. I sync that folder to my Macs so I can write/edit to my website from any of my Macs.
I have a nice short domain name which is conducive to making short URLs, and I wanted an easy way to add those. I wrote a shell script called 302.sh which lets me automatically add those entries to my site’s .htaccess file and syncs it to my website. The short URL for that script is http://luo.ma/302, naturally.
(The short URL for this article is http://luo.ma/BitTorrentSync.)
Automatically start (or restart) BitTorrent Sync
Because BitTorrent sync is a crucial piece of my setup, I have created a
launchd
plist which will not only launch BTS when my computer starts up, but will also automatically restart it if it crashes. [1]To install, first launch BitTorrent Sync.app, go to preferences, and be sure to turn off the option to have the app start at login. (That will be handled by
launchd
now instead.)Quit BitTorrent Sync.app before proceeding.
Once BitTorrent Sync.app is no longer running, enter these commands in Terminal:
None of those lines will give you any feedback, but when you enter the last one, you should notice BitTorrent Sync launch.
HTH
I hope this helps give you an idea of the ways that you can use BitTorrent Sync to keep any folder on your Mac in sync with other Macs.