The functionality of the service is – without a doubt – superior to DropBox.

But unfortunately the desktop application seems to be rather buggy:

-- It consumes *constantly* between 1 and 1.5% CPU cycles, all windows closed. This is way to much for a menu-bar-only-style background application and means that I'll launch the application only when needed. But for this type of applications I want to see the application in the Dock, not in the menu bar. There is no GUI option to toggle this.

-- After turning off the "file status icons" in the preferences and relogging-in the application refuses to start. After removing the SugarSync folder from Application Support it works again, but of course it restores his shell extension stuff in Application Support and the icon badges are there again.

I'm not sure why we keep getting comments along the lines of: "I've worked out how to use it but it's really a bit too complicated for ordinary mortals". It's certainly more complicated to set up than using a Dropbox folder. However, if you don't want to reorganise your file structure to suit Dropbox's requirements but would like to sync folders that live elsewhere your computer then Dropbox is at least as difficult to set up.

In fact I use both: I have a number of miscellaneous files that I want to keep in sync and that I'm happy to lump together in a single folder - Dropbox serves the purpose ideally. I also have a large (4+ GB) folder that I want to keep where it's always been. For that SugarSync is perfect - and still free!

My only small gripe with SS is that I can't quite fathom why sometimes it seems to sync files instantly and others it leaves it till later.

Not intuitive as Dropbox, took me quite some time to sync two folders between two computers (because I defined them previously to be backup independently - I think). I agree with cstephen87 - too much for the average user. On top of that HOW DARE THEY to activate automatic check for updates without letting me turn this option OFF - I am NOT a windows user - just for that you receive a single star from me. In passing, their iPhone version is absolutely unusable.

That should be 5GB

SugarSync is nice, it really is! However, for the average user, the features of SugarSync can become cumbersome and rather clumsy! The ideas of Dropbox are here, however it's far too advanced for MOST users.

If you are an advanced or business user, you may appreciate SugarSync's vastness... Otherwise, stick with DropBox.

Peace!

Just downloading - slow connection - 1.7.7

I hope the ugly bug will have gone: the Contextual Menu of SugarSync (aimed at doing nearly nothing at all) is crashing all Office2004 products when invoking a contextual menu !!!
And after deletion it is reinstalled by the app.
What helps? Opening the SugarSync-CM-package, delete the folder Contents:MacOS. Close.