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Features
- Editor's Rating:
- Average User Rating:
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Downloads:
3,908,962
- Operating Systems:
Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Additional Requirements:
Windows 2000/XP
- Limitations:
Some features disabled after 30 days
- Date Added:
December 20, 2005
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Previous Versions:
Publisher's description of BeInSync 1.6.21
From Phoenix Technologies:BeInSync securely and seamlessly syncs your files and e-mails between your computers, making sure your data is available to you anytime, anywhere. Additionally, BeInSync helps share any size file with colleagues, partners, family, and friends. Version Version 1.6.21 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
Editor's review of BeInSync 1.6.21
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- "Never be out of touch with BeInSync"
- Version reviewed: BeInSync 1.6.21
This slick file-synchronization utility gives you remote access to e-mail messages, Web favorites, and other files. It keeps the files on secure online servers, so you can work with them from anywhere using your Web browser. Unfortunately, a lack of in-program help and an interface too simple for its own good keeps BeInSync from earning a top rating.
Installation and setup are straightforward. A wizard helps create "shares" for private or group use. Your private shares can include messages and contacts from Outlook or Favorites from IE, though unfortunately you'll get no support for alternative e-mail clients or browsers. You create group shares in four simple steps: select the directory or files you want to share, add e-mail addresses, write a note, and click Send. From there, adding people to group shares is simple, though removing them is not.
In fact, the whole interface is a mixed bag. The View, Settings, and Status buttons on top do most of the work, but finding our way around wasn't as easy as we expected. The online-only help has good information, but it's also difficult to navigate and is not searchable. Nevertheless, as long as you're comfortable with sharing your information via BeInSync's secure servers, it's a very effective way to backup or sync data across multiple computers and share files with friends and colleagues.
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User reviews of BeInSync 1.6.21
- Average user rating: 4.4 stars out of 807 votes
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16 out of 23 people found this review helpful
Version: BeInSync 1.6.21
"Cannot recommend it highly enough"
Pros: Works perfectly on my two computers. I estimate this software already saved me many hours.
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27 out of 43 people found this review helpful
Version: BeInSync 1.6.21
Pros: Really easy to set up. I installed it on my computer at home and at work so I could work of a weekend, and I'm now using it constantly.
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8 out of 12 people found this review helpful
Version: BeInSync 1.6.21
Pros: I read about beinsync in a column by Walt Mossberg and gave it a try, and I'm really glad I did
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23 out of 35 people found this review helpful
Version: BeInSync 1.6.21
Pros: I have been using this product for a few weeks and so far everything is going on very well.
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25 out of 38 people found this review helpful
Version: BeInSync 1.6.21
Pros: I'm telling you, this thing changes the way you look at accessing your files from wherever your work and travel takes you. Synchronization is simply brilliant!
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