BitTorrent Sync
The well-known file-sharing service over the Internet BitTorrent has just launched smartphones your own application. It's called BitTorrent Sync and it's designed to move large files and documents between different user devices. For now it is already available in beta version or trial version for Android, but throughout this morning will also be available for iPhone and iPad, being able to interconnect more devices for sending and receipt of files.
This is a tool that shares the philosophy of P2P (peer to peer) with which it has worked so wellBitTorrent In this way bypasses the cloud system to provide more security to the sharing process these files, without the need for external servers, just through an internet connection But what stands out about this application is that has no limits, allowing you to send a large file to any device with this tool, with no MB or GB limit, that is, no matter how much it occupies.
Its operation is simple and very similar to what is seen with storage tools such as Dropbox Thus, you just have to install BitTorrent Sync on the different devices between which you want to share files and documents, be it computers, devices Android and soon also iPhone and iPadThis creates a kind of cloud or private environment without the need for external servers. From this moment all that remains is to establish a general folder where you can enter the files you want to share and configure the connectionsso that the sending is secure and is established between the different devices.
There are different methods to link between devices. If you are going to use your computer as a base center for BitTorrent Sync just create a folder and set a code Secret An alphanumeric string that is more secure than using a username and password to create such links. Once you know this key, it is now possible to start synchronizing documents between various devices by entering it in them. However, if it is done from the portable device the system is facilitated by entering QR codes Square codes that just have to be scanned for the process to be carried out practically automatic
This starts playing the files on the paired device, creating a backup copy All of this with no file weight limit , only taking into account the storage capacity of the terminal. In addition, BitTorrent Sync has a special system to create backup copies of photographs, synchronizing these with the different devices. And not only that, since you can manage the sending of files remotely, being able to share a document or file from the computer to the tablet at home from anywhere else with the smartphone
In short, a practical tool to transport or send files between different devices, whether your own or not.Something that represents an advance when it comes to sending documents, projects or files with co-workers or to share the same file among several people. At the moment BitTorrent Sync can be downloaded for computers PC, Mac and Linux, for devices Android and now also for iPhone and iPad in the App Store It is available and completely free for the rest of the platforms through its official website
