Effective Usage: How to Sync Folders in Your Private Group

The following posting is an update on a previous posting explaining how to sync your folders in your group. Instead of syncing your files to different computers, why not sync them in a private group and share the folder with your fellow group members? This is great for small teams who need to have access to the same files on multiple computers.

Your Requirement
In order to setup and link a group sync folder to your computer, you need to have the permission to do so. In short: Please check your role and its permission in your private group (Go to the group and click on File > Manage Group). Your permission needs to be set to Add and delete any item, otherwise you cannot sync a group folder.

How To Setup A New Sync Folder
In order to setup a new sync folder in your group, go to your group and click on the green plus sign. Select New > Sync.
Select the folder on your computer. Wuala will automatically sync your local folder to your private group.
How To Sync An Existing Folder
Choose the folder and go to File > Synchronize with this computer...


Choose the local folder on your computer by clicking on Choose folder.
From now on you can simply edit and add files to your local folder on your computer and Wuala will automatically sync them with your private group and on all associated computers.
Tips
When syncing a group folder to your computer you should be aware of the fact that other group members can add and delete any file in the sync folder, hence this also affects your local folder on your computer. In case a file is deleted, you can still find the file in the trash of your group as long as the trash has not been emptied.

We recommend the following: Since files are available in a local folder on your computer, only use group sync with people you trust.

CloudBox: Safe In The Box, Secure In The Cloud

We are proud to announce the first joint product with LaCie - meet the CloudBox! Combing local and online storage in one device, the CloudBox ensures that your data is always safe, secure and - best of all - always accessible.
How It Works
With the CloudBox you do not have to worry about backing up your data in multiple places, instead you have double protection right from the start. All data stored on the CloudBox is not only stored on the device itself, it is also backed up to the cloud automatically. In case something bad happens to your CloudBox - theft, damage or fire - you can still access your files online and restore them immediately.

Data Security
Thanks to the CloudBox you have two copies of your files in two different locations without having to lift a finger. Before your data is sent to the cloud it is encrypted directly on the CloudBox itself, so that no one - not even LaCie as the provider - can access it. The Online Restore application also lets you access up to 10 previous backups and gives you the opportunity to restore your complete online backup within minutes.

The CloudBox is available in 100 GB capacity and includes a one year backup contract for 100 GB which can be easily renewed. Prices start at 229.90 CHF (VAT included) / 199.99 USD / 199.90 EUR (VAT included). Learn more at www.lacie.com.

[UPDATE: Typo with the price in EUR. Now updated.]

iOS Update 1.15 - Now for the iPad!

Another update has hit the App Store! Our newest update comes with a revised user interface. The logout button is now more prominent, while pictures can be viewed in landscape mode.

Best of all - the app has an iPad optimized interface, allowing you to view all your files on your iPad!

Download the app here.

Cloud Security

As Wired reports, one of our competitors suffered from a bug on Sunday that allowed everyone to access everyone else's files for about four hours. As the article points out correctly, problems like these wouldn't be possible if the files were encrypted already on the client, like Wuala does. Encrypting your files before they are sent to the cloud makes Wuala inherently more secure than solutions that rely on server-side encryption. We couldn't expose our users' data to others (neither accidentally nor intentionally), thanks to out commitment to client-side encryption.

I recently talked about this at a security lunch (German link) of the ISSS (Internet Security Society Switzerland).

The Backup Song

Just stumbled over this one. I hope you'll never have to sing along. In case you do want to sing along, you'll find the lyrics below.




♫ Yesterday,

♫ All those backups seemed a waste of pay.

♫ Now my database has gone away.

♫ Oh I believe in yesterday.
♫ Suddenly,
♫ There's not half the files there used to be,
♫ And there's a milestone hanging over me
♫ The system crashed so suddenly.
♫ I pushed something wrong

♫ What it was I could not say.

♫ Now all my data's gone

♫ and I long for yesterday-ay-ay-ay.
♫ Yesterday,
♫ The need for back-ups seemed so far away.
♫ I knew my data was all here to stay,
♫ Now I believe in yesterday.

Source: http://www.iks-jena.de/mitarb/lutz/usenet/yesterday.html