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Apr 9 2009

BURAK  I've asked them a question and they've replied. Nice and easy to set up and use.  
(Version 2.3.6332)

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Mar 31 2009

TWOPAGEAFRO  spideroak is nice but i've used [url=http://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTg1MzY1ODkdropbox]dropbox[/url] much longer. i find it to be much cleaner and easier to use.   
(Version 2.3.6332)

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Mar 20 2009

BMEEKS24  I would like to see the price come down to what the others are ($5 for 150G vs $10 for 100G) and I also would like to see the iDrive-like ability to manage users. Looks good otherwise.  
(Version 2.3.6332)

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Feb 11 2009

PROPOSAL  I've asked them a question. Nobody answers at all.  
(Version 2.3.6332)

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Mar 19 2009

HOBOJOE  Nonsense. I've contacted them several times, and have always received an answer within a day. There are too many ways, e.g., junk mail filters, network issues, user error, etc., that modern communication gets interrupted for you to make a pronouncement on a company's reliability based on one poor experience.

I asked the Dropbox people a question about their policies and never got a response. Should I make a big deal out of it?  
(Version 2.3.6332)

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Dec 24 2008
****.

SFURST  This program has real promise. Similar to Mozy, with cross-platform clients (Mac, Windows, Linux), you get 2 GB free and 100 GB for $$$. It has the unique feature of having "zero knowledge encryption", which means your files are encrypted at the client with YOUR KEY, stored encrypted on the server, and not even the names of the files can be determined by SpiderOak or anyone else. This is true security.

In addition to the OS client, there is web-based access where you can download a file, and a neat sharing facility that allows you to share some or all of your files with others.

In my testing I've found the program very fast to upload, with good block-level hashing to upload only the "changed" portion of your files (great for those big files, especially your Entourage database).

There are still things to fix, and the Mac interface isn't too Mac-like (as noted by other reviewers), but the developers are very responsive and interested in making things better.  
(Version 1.6005)

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Dec 23 2008

APPLECRYPT MODS  spideroak appears in the menu bar, so is there a way to remove it from the Dock?

Great product btw - 9/10 (but for the above) ;-)  
(Version 1.6005)

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Nov 25 2008

UMIJIN  Similar to this product is Mozy - also with a Mac client and fee for additional space past 2Gb.

http://mozy.com/  
(Version 1.5798)

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Dec 16 2008

APPLECRYPT MODS  yeah Mozy is AWESOME, as is SpiderOak too!

I use both :-)  
(Version 1.5798)

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Aug 20 2008

MARMOZI  cool! i also recommend Backup To EMail (http://emailer.zapto.org).  
(Version 1.5046)

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Aug 16 2008

MONDELE  The software is free, and the first two gigabytes of storage are free, but additional storage is not.  
(Version 1.5046)

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