Cubby - LogMeIn's competing 'Dropbox' product

Blue_muppet · 2nd May 2012, 5:45 PM

Hi All,

I've done a few searches here on OCAU and it seems there isn't any info about this product just yet - probably fair enough seeing as it's still in closed beta stages. Product website is here, to request an invite go here. My invite took a week or two to come through.

I am an avid DropBox user already, but this product goes a little bit further and offers the ability to sync files across your personal computers without necessarily storing it in the cloud. The Cubby P2P protocol knows if your machines are LAN'ed or separated by the Internet. Currently it's supported on Windows & OSX (unfortunately, as tr3nton points out below, there's no Linux support at the moment).

Here's the 'Getting Started' pdf you get when your Cubby folder is activated.

Note points number 8 and 9:

Quote:

8. Make your stuff the same on each of your PCs or Macs.
That’s called syncing. Here’s what you do.
- Install Cubby on another PC or Mac.
- Open Cubby on the new computer and click 'add to this computer' to start syncing.
Your stuff stays the same on both computers.

9. Take advantage of unlimited peer-to-peer syncing.
There’s no storage limit when syncing between two of your own computers. Limits only apply to cubbies synced to the cloud.

Has anybody else used Cubby yet?

Primüs · 2nd May 2012, 6:13 PM

A much better concept, if you ask me. I'll definitely be looking into it for different uses.

Pirki · 2nd May 2012, 6:39 PM

very interesting thanks for sharing

tr3nton · 3rd May 2012, 8:43 AM

https://www.cubby.com/faq

Quote:

What are Cubby system requirements?
<snip>
Linux
Linux is not supported.

Still, they may expand. Sounds interesting enough. Sounds similar to U1 - where you select the folders to sync on each device. Point 9 quoted above does sound unique from current offerings, though.

Taceo Corpus · 7th May 2012, 6:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tr3nton

Point 9 quoted above does sound unique from current offerings, though.

Windows Live Mesh.

Rezin · 7th May 2012, 7:00 PM

Note: when you get the 'Welcome to Cubby!' e-mail, you gotta download the PC client (most likely the same with the Mac client) linked to in that e-mail, and install it to setup a password. Simply installing the Android client from Google Play doesn't give any prompts to setup a password... it assumes you already have one.

Caught me out for a few days, as I downloaded the Android app and joined the beta through that, and assumed another e-mail was coming which would contain the password.

maev · 19th May 2012, 5:09 PM

Wow, that's really cool it identifies the network types and syncs without the cloud. There's been a few times I've wanted a feature like that in a program!

Dimtar · 3rd June 2012, 2:50 PM

I have one spare invite if anyone wants one, very cool program also. I just threw 50GB at it so lets see how it goes.

ThunderbirdMoz · 9th June 2012, 8:51 PM

May I have the invite please if you still have it. I can be contacted by PM. Thanks

PabloEscobar · 9th June 2012, 9:16 PM

Quote:

9. Take advantage of unlimited peer-to-peer syncing.

Does this mean my stuff is publicially seeded into a group of a cubby users, and then each computer can download a copy.

Isn't this the same as just renaming your My Documents "Paris Hilton.zip" and pointing Kazaa at it

?

Dimtar · 9th June 2012, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThunderbirdMoz

May I have the invite please if you still have it. I can be contacted by PM. Thanks

PM me your email address, I can send you an invite tomorrow.

Dimtar · 9th June 2012, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PabloEscobar

Does this mean my stuff is publicially seeded into a group of a cubby users, and then each computer can download a copy.

Isn't this the same as just renaming your My Documents "Paris Hilton.zip" and pointing Kazaa at it

?

As far as I can tell this doesn't work, to do free syncing you need to be using the same account. Sharing a folder with a friend requires that folder to be synced to the cloud.

Elfanger · 10th June 2012, 7:32 PM

Can the function to share on lan only and not store anything on the cloud be used via vpn to computers not physically at the home lan network?

Thanks.

Dimtar · 10th June 2012, 7:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elfanger

Can the function to share on lan only and not store anything on the cloud be used via vpn to computers not physically at the home lan network?

Thanks.

It's not LAN only, it can detect a LAN to make transfers faster. I have three machines synced and one is not physically here.

kogi · 12th July 2012, 5:40 PM

~~Have 5 invites if anyone needs~~
All gone

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