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Posted by Tom S.
Feb 9, 2010 at 01:29 PM
Pierre Paul Landry wrote:
>Why not simply use DropBox. It does superb file versioning and it is totally free (2GB
>free).
>
I use Dropbox and I also recommend it for light use. There are limitations however.
1) It only archives a month’s worth of files. If you need versioning which goes back to files oder than that, you need to pay (its called “Pack Rat” or something like that).
2) As far as I know, you can’t make notes to identify one version from another. For instance, you can’t say “I did this, got this far and changed this”. So you have to go through version after version until you find the one you want to revert to.
Cheers,
Tom S.
Posted by Graham Rhind
Feb 16, 2010 at 10:05 AM
I’ve just come across i-Memorize (http://www.i-memorize.com/) which you might find useful. It seems to be new - I haven’t seen it mentioned before on this forum.
It’s a horrible website, and to download the trial you need to provide a name and e-mail address (though you can probably fake those - they don’t seem to do anything with them for the download). Once installed you can run a 40 minute tutorial video which outlines the program’s features, including what appears to be very extensive file versioning capabilities.
Graham
Posted by Tom Colvin
Feb 21, 2010 at 03:30 AM
I use History Explorer, which will keep versions of any type file you wish to track. I like it myself.
Posted by Edwin Yip
Feb 23, 2010 at 07:56 AM
For tech savvy users, TortoiseSvn is highly recommended!
Although it’s designed for software developers, It’s super easy to install and very usable! It’s integrated into the Windows Explorer, for example, right click a versioned file and select “Show Log”, you can view all previous versions and revert to any previous version. And I like the way how it filters out files that you don’t want to version in a folder. And you can do project-based versioning also, but don’t be afraid by the word project, a project is simply a folder that contains all documents related to a project ;)
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Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Aug 15, 2010 at 08:45 PM
You can view the i-Memorize video without actually installing the application, here: http://www.i-memorize.com/TrainingVideo.htm (I assume that it’s the same 40 minute video!)
Graham Rhind wrote:
>I’ve just come across i-Memorize (http://www.i-memorize.com/) which you might
>find useful. It seems to be new - I haven’t seen it mentioned before on this forum.
>
>
>It’s a horrible website, and to download the trial you need to provide a name and
>e-mail address (though you can probably fake those - they don’t seem to do anything
>with them for the download). Once installed you can run a 40 minute tutorial video
>which outlines the program’s features, including what appears to be very extensive
>file versioning capabilities.
>
>Graham