MacDropAny: synchronize with an external cloud any folder on your Mac
Tips Makradar / / December 19, 2019
Cloud storage handy thing and we all use them. However, Dropbox, and Google Drive allows us to have only one folder on the computer, the contents of which will be synchronized with the cloud. That's great, but it is very inconvenient that you need to move files from the original folder in Dropbox. However, there is a solution and now I'll tell you how to sync with the cloud various folders on your Mac, without moving them.
This will help us a tiny freeware utility MacDropAny. She will help us synchronize with Dropbox folders that are located outside. In addition to Dropbox, by the way, supports and other services, including Google Drive, SkyDrive, Box and others.
Downloadable Applications link and install by dragging it to a folder Programs. Setting MacDropAny is very simple and takes less than a minute.
Immediately after the launch, select a local folder, we want to sync with the cloud.
Choose from the list of services to which you want to sync the folder.
Now select the remote folder in the cloud from which our local folder must be synchronized (you can select the root directory).
Specify a name for the folder, and confirms the cloud sync by clicking Sync ...
Also there is an alternative method of synchronization. To do this, simply drag a local folder on MacDropAny icon and specify the service, destination and name.
Here, in fact, all that is needed to configure the synchronization of external folders to your favorite cloud service.
Basically, the app does not do anything supernatural, it simply creates symbolic links in the cloud and on the external folder. Experienced users can create such links manually using the terminal command ln -s.
The application is available for Mac, if you use Windows, try the similar utility from Microsoft - SyncToy.
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