Sharing files with GoodSync Explorer

If you like sharing files with friends, you often have to install many different systems and try to remember how to use them all. With GoodSync, you can manage several online storage spaces from a single interface. GoodSync can connect to dozen services, including FTP, Google Docs, and SkyDrive. With GoodSync, you can experiment with sharing services and find out which work best for you and your friends!

Start a Fire

As a fire starter, you can create your own custom space to fill with your favorite files. You can host from your computer and let your friends connect to your files. You’ll need to setup a semi-public storage space. You can use GoodSync to login to a variety of services; this tutorial will use FTP as an example. If you already have another online service, you can skip ahead to Join the Party and enter the login details there.

The first step is to setup an FTP server:

• FileZilla Server (Windows)
• FTP service (Mac OS X)
• vsftpd (Linux)

Once the FTP server is setup, you can use Dyn to register a free domain name such as theparty.dyndns.org, that points to your computer. Test your FTP server using your new dynamic DNS address, ftp://theparty.dyndns.org.

Join the Party

GoodSync Explorer can help you upload and download files from online shares. Open GoodSync Explorer and begin creating a new connection. For FTP, select the storage type FTP then fill in the connection details such as ftp://theparty.dyndns.org and username/password. Finally, name the connection TheParty and click Save.

Drag & Drop Sharing

Once you’ve joined the party, you can upload by dragging files into the connection window, and download by dragging files out of the connection window.

Afterparty

For SkyDrive and other services, create a connection as in Join the Party, selecting the appropriate connection type and filling in the login credentials, finally naming and saving the connection. As before, drag & drop files to upload and download.