Swift Share is a utility for creating and managing folders to share for both Mac OS X and Windows based machines across your network and even in remote locations. While Mac OS X allows for some limited file/folder sharing functionality via the Sharing System Preferences pane, plenty of users out there need more robust features for things like specifying various folders for sharing, setting specific permissions (read, write, both, etc.) and much more, not to mention the fact that making all this stuff work between both Macs and PCs isn't exactly one of Mac OS X's strong points either.
While I admit I don't have much use for an app like Swift Share and I don't even have any Windows machines lying around the house, I can definitely see the appeal and need for an app like this. Typically, Swift Share costs a mere $19.95, but for today only that price has been temporarily set aside in a whopping 55% sale for a grand total of $8.95. Sounds like a darn good deal for anyone working between both sides of the fence.
While I admit I don't have much use for an app like Swift Share and I don't even have any Windows machines lying around the house, I can definitely see the appeal and need for an app like this. Typically, Swift Share costs a mere $19.95, but for today only that price has been temporarily set aside in a whopping 55% sale for a grand total of $8.95. Sounds like a darn good deal for anyone working between both sides of the fence.
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6-22-2007 @ 12:10PM
Rob Roark said...
There's a freeware pref pane called Sharepoints that does this very same thing: http://www.hornware.com/sharepoints/
I used it to turn a Mac Mini running vanilla Tiger into a file server.
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6-22-2007 @ 12:33PM
Tim Kimberl said...
I'm all for posting of deals, but is this a MacZot spam site now?
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6-22-2007 @ 12:39PM
Dave Chartier said...
#2: We've only covered two or three MacZOT sales in the last two or three days, and they're only because these are apps we use and like. You have nothing to worry about.
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6-22-2007 @ 1:22PM
iGO said...
SharePoints works perfectly across my home network and provides so much more....it's FREE.
I have a RAID1 (mirrored), 750GB, Firewire Hard drive hanging off one of my iMacs. All my media lives there (iTunes, iPhoto, movies, doc's etc.) I can get to that external Raid drive from any machine on my network, including all my windows machines. For iTunes alone, I have a shortcut/alias, in the iTunes Music folder of every local machine on the network, pointing back to that one library of music to manage.
SharePoints 1 (free)
SwiftShare 0 ($20)
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6-22-2007 @ 1:27PM
Josh said...
Share Points has become very outdated, lacks a fluid Apple-like design. Offers very few server configuration options in comparison to Swift Share, and from the looks of it will not support automounting, ACL support, or syncing any time in the future. Those last three features are planned for Swift Share this summer.
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6-23-2007 @ 5:24PM
ant said...
@5:
Like adding shares to NetInfo is such an unfathomable task to anyone who uses/needs those features.
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