Technical Overview

BeInSync create an on-the-fly private peer-to-peer network that spans your colleagues, friends, computers and online storage. Once established, BeInSync makes sure your photos, videos, music and documents are always available and up-to-date wherever you need them:

• Files and folders are efficiently synchronized so that they are available and up-to-date on all your computers. Synchronization is peer-to-peer and uses compression and byte-level file transfer for maximum speed.
• Files and folders can be easily shared over the Web or kept in sync with a group of people.
• Users may access their remote files from any Web browser.
• Files may be kept always backed up to a secure off-site online storage.

Advantages of the BeInSync technology include:

• Unlimited file size - since file synchronization and sharing is based on peer-to-peer communication, it does not require any server storage or its associated costs. Whether it's 1MB, 1GB or 100GB BeInSync will let you sync it, share it and access it!
• Instant, no upload - you do not need to proactively access your data, to upload it or to send it to someone. Your data will be made available to you or your friends seamlessly.
• Secure and private - All P2P communications are fully secure using industry standard SSL encryption. Additionally, P2P communications are direct between your computers thereby offering the highest level of privacy.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. How is BeInSync different than remote access software?

With most remote access or VPN solutions users are required to connect to their remote machine, work on it remotely, often to download files and upload them back again, and more. With BeInSync, users can have their files always in sync across their computers, so there is no need to proactively connect to a remote computer. User data is made available automatically!

2. Will changes to files made while my computer is offline be synchronized? Do my computers need to be online all the time?

You do not have to be connected to the Internet while working on your files in BeInSync. Even while you are offline, BeInSync will monitor and track the changes you make to your files. This way, the next time your computers are connected simultaneously to the Internet, the changes you made while your computer will be transferred to your other computers.

3. What if a two people change the same file at the same time?

BeInSync is designed to handle cases where a file conflict occurs. In such a case a little sign will appear next to the file in conflict. When you open it, you will be able to select which version of the file you would like to keep.