For quite a while, I’ve had the annoying problem of using 2 (and really 3) computers – my desktop, my laptop, and my work computer. While this is great in theory – different machines for different purposes – it also is really annoying, because half the time the files I need are on the other computer, or I have two versions of the same paper I’ve been working on, and I can’t remember which one is more recent… you get the idea.
And now, the solution: FolderShare. This program runs in the background of all your computers, and you set up which folders you want it to sync. Anytime to make changes to a file on one computer, it automatically updates the version you have on your other computers. Brilliant. And it’s free. =) (thanks for the tip, Ben)
But it doesn’t work in linux!
For very good version controlling of files, especially when multiple people are going to be updating them, Subversion is a great tool. Not quite as easy to get up and using, though.