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Posted by Franz Grieser
Sep 11, 2014 at 06:06 PM

So: I am using Boxcryptor to encrypt a few folders in my Dropbox. Everything works smoothly so far (though I cannot say how save it really is, though AES has a good reputation).
I however recommend to read/view the tutorial thoroughly before installing. I didn’t. And sat there cursing because things didn’t work as I had expected - finally realising that everything was fine. I had just missed one point (described in the online help). Shame on me.

Posted by Prion
Sep 12, 2014 at 12:17 PM

Hi Franz

I have used Owncloud and Seafile, two self-hosted Dropbox alternatives. In the end, I found Seafile more robust and since I was mostly interested in file syncing and not so much calendars etc, I kept using the latter. The project originated in China, but it is open-source and has a large international group of developers and users.
It runs on a Mac mini but there are also ready-made solutions to host it on a Raspberry Pi.

In looking back, I never had such a trouble-free solution for keeping files in sync. If the 500GB of storage space will ever be limiting, I can increase it further for the price of a new hard drive. Once I got it running, I have only looked at it if I wanted to.

Best regards
P

Franz Grieser wrote:
Hi.
> >I hope it’s only half off-topic: I am about to move more of my stuff
>over to Dropbox because sharing databases and manuscripts via USB sticks
>and keeping things up-to-date is getting more and more cumbersome.
>So: What do you use to encrypt your content in the Cloud? I use mainly
>Dropbox across Windows, iOS and Mac OS X.
> >Or do you use a “private cloud”? If so: Which software?
> >Thanks, Franz

Posted by Franz Grieser
Sep 12, 2014 at 01:49 PM

Thanks, Prion.
Ownclowd is still on my list “give it a try when you have more time”. For now, I will stick with Dropbox as it is supported by all OSses and apps I use.

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Sep 13, 2014 at 03:06 PM

Prion wrote:
>In the end, I found Seafile more robust and since I was mostly
>interested in file syncing and not so much calendars etc, I kept using
>the latter. The project originated in China, but it is open-source and
>has a large international group of developers and users.
>It runs on a Mac mini but there are also ready-made solutions to host it
>on a Raspberry Pi.

Thanks for the heads up on Seafile. I have this ‘vision’ of a micro power mobile office run by a photovoltaic panel, and a Raspberry Pi file server fits brilliantly in the picture :-)

I see that the server software is available for Linux and Windows; how did you make it run on a Mac Mini?
http://seafile.com/en/download/

Posted by Prion
Sep 14, 2014 at 07:51 AM

Both Seafile and Owncloud run smoothly in a virtualized Linux environment. I tested two Linux distros, Ubuntu and Mint, in combination with Virtualbox. It takes a little time to set up everything but smooth sailing since then in my case.
I am looking forward to setting up a similar system using Raspberry Pi for someone else, which promises to be even simpler.
Prion

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