Best way to sync files on 2 different MacBook Pros?

i use 2 macbook pros. what is the best way to keep files - docs, pdfs, psds - synced on both computers?

An external hard drive that you move between the two computers. Keep all the active files you're working on on the external drive. At the end of each working session, save copies of them to the computer's internal drive before moving to the other computer for your next work session.

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