Syncing a folder on two Mac OSX computers

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Yes, I am new to Macs so this is most likely a newbie question (I am sorry, but I have tried searching the web with no luck). I have a MacBook Pro and the iMac that I am using for college (I have MobileMe if that helps). Is there a way to set up a folder that will sync one folder on both computers so they will always have the same files and documents? No I am not trying to do this over the Internet, but only on my local network when I am at home.


Lately I have been finding myself searching both computers for a document that I had started and can’t remember which computer has the document. I am working on different projects at the same time and it would be nice to keep everything together on both computers.


When I was using a PC, I was able to use a briefcase on a thumb drive to keep them synced, does Mac have something like this? I really don’t want to keep going back and forth with a thumb drive is why I am trying to sync the folders, but if that is the only way, then I guess that I am stuck.

Thank you for any help you can provide me in solving this problem.
 
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You could use the public folders and share files across the two computers on your network.

Mac 101: File sharing

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Second vote for dropbox. Yes it is in the cloud but for document access it works quite well. Then there is no syncing - just access the document. Dropbox shows up on your sidebar like iDisk.

Another choice is a commandline program called rsync.
Geek to Live: Mirror files across systems with rsync
 

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