syncing Windows and Mac Machines

[Robert McN]

I have two laptops, one running Windows XP and the other one a Mac with the
earlier version of OS X (I think it is Tiger). I'm using MS Office on both
machines and I'd like to sync the data so that the same files appear on both.
Is it possible? If so, how?

Thank you for any information you can give on this.
Bo

 

[Bob I]

Put the data files on an External USB drive

 

[Robert McN]

Thank you for your suggestion, Bob. I think you are saying that I should
either get an external hard drive or a very large USB Flash drive. I think
that would work, but but given that there are several gigs of files, could
you then recommend a good way of syncing a hard drive or USB flash dive and
my widows machine, so that I could use that third element as the common
syncing element between the other two machines?

Thanks,

Bob

 

[Bob I]

If the only file repository is the External drive, you don't need to
"sync" anything.

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was 2/25/2008 5:22 AM, and on a whim, Robert McN
pounded out on the keyboard:

I have two laptops, one running Windows XP and the other one a Mac with the
earlier version of OS X (I think it is Tiger). I'm using MS Office on both
machines and I'd like to sync the data so that the same files appear on both.
Is it possible? If so, how?

Thank you for any information you can give on this.
Bo

Hi Bob,

I would network the two of them together, share a folder on the XP drive
and keep the files in one central location. The Mac will be able to
access the shared folder. Or purchase a network drive and store the
documents there and access them from either laptop.

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[Robert McN]

Thanks Terry. I'm not quite sure how to do this, but it sounds like a
solution is emerging. I should have noted that I have manually copied many
but not all of files onto the hard drives of both machines. I'd like to have
both machines stay current with all the files that are both. For this
reason, I think I'd still then need to have some process of routinely
syncing. Would you use the "synchronize" utility found on XP under
"Accessories" to achieve this?

Thanks,

Bob

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was 2/25/2008 1:56 PM, and on a whim, Robert McN
pounded out on the keyboard:

Thanks Terry. I'm not quite sure how to do this, but it sounds like a
solution is emerging. I should have noted that I have manually copied many
but not all of files onto the hard drives of both machines. I'd like to have
both machines stay current with all the files that are both. For this
reason, I think I'd still then need to have some process of routinely
syncing. Would you use the "synchronize" utility found on XP under
"Accessories" to achieve this?

Thanks,

Bob

Hi Bob,

I don't know if syncing between machines is possible without possibly
mapping a drive. And I'm not sure that is the best way to do it, having
two copies on two different machines. But that's just my opinion. The
problem will be that you can only sync one way, XP to Mac, not the other
way, so you will always have to remember to sync on the Windows machine
before modifying files. I believe I offered two options that would work
better for the best reliability.

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