Syncplicity to withdraw Mac beta; Mac support killed as of July 31st

By on Jul 18, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Services July 18, 2009

Now this is some news we’re most definitely not happy to report. Back in February we told you about Syncplicity, an awesome sync solution that, in our opinion, is far superior to any competing product. In a nutshell, Syncplicity allows users to mirror any folder on a computer (in two clicks) with an always-in-sync online copy, “in the cloud”. Folders can also by synced across computers and shared with anyone in just a few clicks. Syncplicity had just opened its Mac beta when we covered it and since then it has become a staple on every system that hits BGR HQ. Unfortunately, bad news struck our inbox this past Thursday that will change all that:

Our engineering team has recently completed a ground-up analysis of the Mac beta client and the investigation found some issues which require some major changes in the client. Because of this, we’ve decided to pull back the Mac client beta until which point the engineering team has time to make some major changes. We intend to reassess our engineering schedule early next year.

Unfortunately, this does mean that as of July 31st, you will no longer be able to use Syncplicity with a Mac computer.

We truly strive to have Beta software become Final Release software. In the case, we felt the Mac beta client didn’t meet our standards for quality. I apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you, and I thank you for participating in the trial period.

If you have any questions or concerns, I invite you to email me at macbeta@syncplicity.com.

The line, “We intend to reassess our engineering schedule early next year” has us particularly worried as it leads us to believe the company won’t even begin serious work on the Mac client until some time in 2010. Ouch. While Syncplicity’s Windows solution will remain alive and well and we’ll continue to use it on our Windows boxes, it looks like Mac is down for the count until some time next year. If you’re a Syncplicity user with a Mac, make sure you have everything in order so you’re not blindsided when the lights go out two weeks from now on July 31st.

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  • steven
  • m3tric

    Oh well. Apple sucks

  • http://www.hernandezlawAZ.com TechnoBeaver

    Does drop box sync calendar events/contacts like google does?

  • Whitney

    Live Mesh is probably the better product anyway and already supports PC and Mac. https://www.mesh.com/Welcome/howto/reqs.aspx

  • http://www.zatznotfunny.com DaveZatz

    Translation: Our funding is running low and we let our sole Mac developer go. Hopefully the economy will be better next year and we’ll be able to raise some venture capital.

  • janey

    lol! this is hilarious. maybe apple people can now realize that they’re not the center of everyone’s universe.

  • Dirk

    Translation:

    The overall percentage of Mac users in comparison with Windows is so small they don’t want to waste their resources on it.

  • Dirk

    Try again bu thanks for the Link. It’s great.

    It says Mac “Coming Soon”.

    Too Bad. Left out of the game again.

  • rederikus

    I’d rather it was Mac GOING SOON.

  • Metric

    Haha nice

  • Dirk

    Snow Kitty will get them over 5% market share but the computer will cost you $8,000 but the upgrade to snow kitty is only $29.00.

    Gee…
    I wonder how they can make their OS priced so low? $3,000 for a marginal notebook but the OS is only $29.00. Apple you are amazing.

  • Ron

    Are you sure you don’t spell your name with an ‘O’?

  • Adam

    I have to agree with Whitney. I know its Microsoft, and that often gets quickly overlooked by some more savvy computer users, though, Mesh is quite a good product. It seamlessly backs up all changes to files quickly and without much care once you get it set up which takes mere seconds. All your files can be access online and easily synced back down to other computers.

  • Mads

    Ovi Files (http://files.ovi.com) has Mac support and has just been converted to a 10GB free service. The cool thing is that if your home computer is online you can access all its files from any web-browser, e.g., from your phone. If your home computer is not online, you have access to the 10GB stored in the clouds.

    I just started using it with my Mac and it is rather neat…

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  • Jayrodathome

    This is rediculous. The only reason I use syncplicity is to sync my (Windows) work computer’s documents with my (macbook) personal computer.
    Does anyone know if the the application on the macs will stop working or it just will no longer be available on their site?

  • Jayrodathome

    Don’t know where you get $3000 for a “marginal notebook” I paid $1,600 for my macbook pro 15″ and I have a dell 15″ that was $1000. And yes. The macbook was far worth the extra $600. It has longer battery, I never have to shut it off, the screen is OLED, The touch pad is large and multi-touch, The keyboard is backlit. It’s super skinny 1, 3rd the size of the dell, It’s all aluminum instead of plastic, Wireless N, Better Speakers, Comes with usable software iPhoto, iMovie, Native PDF support. Native ISO and DMG and Other disk image support, Trayless CD/dvd multi drive, More Stable……..

    Does that all add up to $600???? I use windows all day at work. But I use mac everywhere else.
    Just no longer has Syncplicity….

  • Mary

    WRITE feedback@syncplicity.com AND ASK THAT THEY CONTINUE MAC SUPPORT!!

    It will be worth their investment. Macs rule.
    Take 2 seconds to write Syncplicity. This is important.

  • Harold

    Oh no you let the apple fanbois out!

  • http://budurl.com/MacBookAir Nicola Baptist

    Yeah this cool I like this post are you going to do a follow up? I just won a Mac Book Air today :) I am so happy about that found a freebee site http://budurl.com/MacBookAir

  • Kristoffer

    When is Mac support coming back? My company is currently evaluating file/folder synchronisation alternatives and we’d like to integrate local file systems with Google Docs. Dropbox has already had Mac support for ages and it has the same degree of integration with the local file system as you offer. However, you have the upper hand in Google Docs integration – but you lack Mac support. If you could give us an ETA for Mac support I think you’d end up as the preferred alternative. Thanks in advance.

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