Syncplicity

Syncplicity is a file share and synchronization service developed by Syncplicity Inc. The service lets users store and sync files online between computers. It supports Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.

Syncplicity, Inc. was acquired by EMC Corporation on May 21, 2012.

History

Syncplicity Inc. was founded by three former Microsoft employees. The service was initially available for beta test, and became public in 2008.

In late 2010 a client for Intel-based Macintosh computers running version 10.6 or later of Mac OS X was released.

In July 2015, Skyview Capital, a global private investment firm, purchased Syncplicity from EMC.

Account types

Syncplicity offers both free and paid accounts.

Other file synchronization services

Several file synchronization and backup services launched around the same time as Syncplicity, including Live Mesh, Dropbox, and SugarSync. Syncplicity allows synchronization with other online services including Google Docs, Zoho, and Facebook. Documents can be synchronised with an associated Google Docs account from Windows or Macintosh computers; however, documents uploaded to free Google Docs accounts will be converted to Google Docs file formats where conversion is supported, and otherwise ignored. Photos can be synchronised with Facebook albums. Online services including Scribd and Piknik are supported by Syncplicity.