195: Syncing and Cloud Services

David and Katie revisit cloud and local services and syncing and storing data.

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Links for this episode:

• Cloud computing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Cloud computing involves computing over a network, where a program or application may run on many connected computers at the same time.
  
• Mac Power Users 98: Mac from Scratch | Mac Power Users
  
• MobileMe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  MobileMe (formerly .Mac and iTools) was a subscription-based collection of online services and software offered by Apple Inc. All services were being gradually transitioned and replaced by iCloud and the service ceased as of June 30, 2012, with transfers to iCloud available until July 31, 2012.

• Apple - iCloud - Your content. On all your devices.
  
• Mac Power Users 171: Photo Management | Mac Power Users
  
• Apple - iTunes - iTunes Match
  
• MindNode
  Mac App Store Link

  iTunes Link

• Apple buys Beats Electronics for $3 billion, Iovine and Dr. Dre to join company
  
• Mizage - Shush
  Mac App Store Link
  
• 1Password
  
• Automatically OCR Documents with Hazel and PDFpen — KatieFloyd.me
  
• PDFpen OCR Folder Action Script — MacSparky
  
• Dropbox
  
• SugarSync | File Sharing, Online Backup & Cloud Storage from Any Device
  
• Dropbox: The Inside Story Of Tech's Hottest Startup | Forbes
  "Jobs smiled warmly as he told them he was going after their market. “He said we were a feature, not a product,” says Houston"
  
• Carousel
  iTunes Link

• The Dropbox Blog » Blog Archive » Introducing Carousel: A new gallery from Dropbox
  
• MPU 004: Staying in Sync | Mac Power Users
  
• Dropbox Buys Mailbox, All 13 Employees Joining And App Will Remain Separate | TechCrunch
  
• Box | Free Cloud Storage, Secure Content & Online File Sharing
  
• Microsoft OneDrive
  
• Google Drive
  
• Amazon Cloud Drive: Learn More
  
• Mac Power Users 194: Workflows with Tom Merritt | Mac Power Users
  
• Two-step verification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Two-step verification (also known as Two-factor authentication, abbreviated to TFA) is a process involving two stages to verify the identity of an entity trying to access services in a computer or in a network.
  
• PDFpen: Mac PDF Editor - Edit, Sign, and Correct PDFs - Video Tutorials
  
• Transporter Sync: Hard disk drive requirements | Transporter
  
• App Developer | Transporter
  
• Transporter and PDFpen like Chocolate and Peanut Butter — MacSparky
  
• Chunky Comic Reader for iPad
  iTunes Link

• Pogoplug - Online backup and cloud storage for iPhone, Android, PC, Mac and tablet
  
• ChronoSync: Synchronize | Backup | Remote Bootable Backup | Econ Technologies
  
• DSM 5.0 - Cloud Services - Synology - Network Attached Storage (NAS)
  
• SynoBox
  
• Mac Power Users 138: Syncing and Sharing | Mac Power Users