Best practice for working on multiple computers

How do I handle working on multiple devices without having to sync the local files with the remote/testserver everytime I change my machine?
I have 2 computers, a desktop and a laptop. Usually I code on my desktop but from time to time, I need to make a few edits on my laptop, e.g. when I'm not at home.
In my early days (CS3) I used to edit the files directly on the remote server, which is not possble anymore since - I think - CS5. Moreover I'm quite happy for having local files I can browse and search through very quickly.
However everytime need to make a quick edit, I need to sync the whole site with my local files - which is very inconvenient for me. And sometimes I forget that I edited a file on my laptop, uploaded it to the server and then I start working again on the desktop with the old local version of this file. Some projects are quite large with thousands of files due to plugins (e.g. tinymce), for example a webshop. It is a real pain to wait for the sync when I just need to edit one word.
So what is the default solution for this problem?

Well, thank you for your anwers.
Using an online drive system like dropbox seems to be a fine solution - however I wished I wouldn't need a 3rd party software to do so. There two concerns about this solution:
Syncing problems: when I hit CTRL+S, Dreamweaver automaticalles saves my local files and upload them to the server. If there is an additional dropbox sync, isn't the whole solution prone to errors? (Any experience with ondrive? As it comes preinstalled and has 25 Gigs free, I might give it a try for syncing the local DW data)
Most important: Password security. I story my mySQL connection information (dbname, passwords, hosts...) in a PHP file. As this connection information is in plain text, I'm not very happy that MS (or Dropbox, Google, ..) can see and scan this data.
@Nancy O.: I will start using check-in/check-out, it seems to be a great feature. Just so define what it does what it does not do: As long as I checked-out a file, I can't edit on my other machine, which is nice. However, back to the new-file.html example, I won't see this file on my desktop unless I sync it (using DW sync, Dropbox, or anything else), correct?

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