Sync Folders on Multiple Mac

Hi,
I have a iMac and a Macbook pro. One of them I use for home & other at work. I have same user account for both mac's. I have made 2 parition onto both of my mac just like how you have C & D drive in Windows. I save all my important documents in additional drive(paritioned drive) onto mac which has similar data on my MBP & iMac. Everytime I update those files I have to come home & update into those respected Mac's in order to maintain the latest versions of the doucments. I am looking for something that once I enter home after switching on my both the Mac through wireless it can either Syncronize the user account or the additional storage drive(created on both Macbook pro & iMac) just like how my address contact sync's through iCloud.
Please let me know if anybody could help me out.
Thanks in advance.
Jimmy

Have you looked at Dropbox?

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I would appreciate if anyone would help me.
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#1: As has been said, you can't get around it. An iPhone cannot be synched to more than one computer for any media content (it can be for contacts and calendar information, I believe).
#4: You can transfer items purchased from the iTunes Store to another computer but only if you disallow synchronization and authorize that computer to your iTunes Store account. There are third-party utilities that can transfer non-iTunes Store content.
#5: there is no disk mode in an iPhone and no way to enable one, at least not in the sense of disk mode in earlier iPods. There are third-party apps that allow some file transfer to and from an iPhone.
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Welcome to the Apple Community.
This user tip might help you understand how accounts work with Contacts (Address Book).
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Other than an old post about now-defunct iDisk, I don't seem to easily find an answer to this on the boards so am posting my own question.
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Anyone willing to share the "best practice" approach to getting this done in a secure way that doesn't have me worrying about some third-party accessing all the documents?
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You can use Sugarsync for this, it is free (up to 5GB) and inexpensive if 5G is insufficient.
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-Chris

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But what will update the iPhone until I reach the office computer (say I sync at the offic, I just updated things on the home computer, synced via .mac so things are OK for the computers, and it is the Friday evening... )
I will have a couple of days of outdated schedule in my pocket until Monday.
I want to keep a current iCal on my iPhone.
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Roger,
Thanks for such a quick response. I am strictly copying and pasting that command (which then enters with the tilde ~). You mentioned both username and the tilde and your meaning of the word "that" becomes a little ambigous, did you mean to use the tilde or replace it with my username?
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Syncing folders between 2 macs

Peace be onto you dudes....
I've fairly new to macs ( just recently switched over form using a PC over 10 years) and I recently purchased a new Macbook Pro, and i already have a Imac at home thats connected to a firewire 800 1TB HD used partly for time machine backups. What is the best way to keep files syncronized on both the iMac and the macpro? Say have the directories documents always be in sync on both computers, meaning any photos i add on the iMac would automaticly appear on the laptop and in iPhoto? files would act the same way etc.
I know about folder sharing the iMac does show up in the finder, and i can login as admin and access all files on there and vice versa, but i want something easier, and automatic (if there is such a thing) just between these 2 macs.
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Hi lukegt
Welcome to the world of happy Mac users, and glad to hear you switched.
You've got a host of different options open to you in regards to sharing files, or syncing files.
It really depends on which preference you have. I'll doubt I can even scrape the tip of the iceberg... but here goes:
First, my personal suggestion is to get a second drive for your files. As a matter of preference, I wouldn't want my important files on the same drive that I'm backing up on. It kinda defeats the purpose. If the backup drive fails... all is lost in your case (back up and originals).
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You can either network a hard drive (via Ethernet, or wirelessly via Airport Extreme or Time Portal), or you can use a file sync program like CrushSync (see downloads section of Apple.com page) to integrate your data.
If you're really savvy, you can begin to delve into Automator actions...
If you opt to network a drive, you'll be working in the actual file.
If you opt to sync, you'll be working on remote copy of the file and syncing it later.
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I'm sorry if this has been discussed elsewhere. I looked around and couldn't find anything and it seems a fairly simple thing. Here's the deal and please tell me if I'm wrong.
I understood that if I bought a movie I could have it on more than one mac (up to five). I have two, a MacPro 8 core (2010), and a new Macbook Pro (2011). I bought a movie on itunes the other day on the MacPro but also want to have it on my laptop when I travel. I've tried copying it to the laptop but it disappears off the laptop as soon as I play it on the MacPro. Both computers are authorized.
I've never had trouble moving music around that I have bought from itunes. What am I doing wrong? Or, did I misunderstand that I can have the movie on both computers?
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Jim,
Thanks for your reply. I haven't had any trouble copying things from one computer to the other in the past.
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