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A Call for Quiet
Too much information Running through my brain Too much information Driving me insane —The Police This is a call for quiet. Our world is increasingly saturated with information. Computers generate it. Sensors record it. The internet in all its various... Continue reading
Posted Nov 6, 2013 at Moonwatcher
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Shutting Down Today
Posted Jun 19, 2013 at Spanning Sync Blog
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Corey-
Spanning Sync has a server component that costs quite a bit of money each month to operate. Since last June, Larry and I have been paying the server bills out of our own pockets but we can't do that forever.
We've got about 5 weeks until we shut down the servers, at which point the service will stop working. The good news is you can get calendar and contact sync for free in modern versions of OS X. We don't think it's as good as Spanning Syhc, but we're biased. ;-)
Thanks again for the years of support. It's been a fantastic experience.
Thanks,
Charlie
End of the Line for Spanning Sync
After much deliberation, Larry and I have decided to discontinue sales of Spanning Sync. We'll continue to operate the service for existing customers through June 2013, but we won't be selling new subscriptions or renewals. It's been an incredible 5 years—5 years!—since we released Spanning Sync ...
The trouble with our increasing clock speed
Posted May 5, 2013 at Moonwatcher
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You would prefer another target? A military target? Then name the system!
Posted May 4, 2013 at Moonwatcher
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My Dog Jake
Posted May 3, 2013 at Moonwatcher
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Hi Raphael-
We're handling cases like that on a one-by-one basis. We tend to look at how much service we've delivered since the customer signed up and figure out how much they would have paid if they had bought a yearly subscription. So if they purchased a lifetime sub less than three years ago, they've essentially paid more than they would have had they gone year-to-year and are entitled to a prorated refund. Ultimately though we do what everyone decides is fair.
Thanks,
Charlie
End of the Line for Spanning Sync
After much deliberation, Larry and I have decided to discontinue sales of Spanning Sync. We'll continue to operate the service for existing customers through June 2013, but we won't be selling new subscriptions or renewals. It's been an incredible 5 years—5 years!—since we released Spanning Sync ...
Hi Steve-
No, we haven't gone home and I promise we're still listening! We'd like to be able to extend everyone's service past their subscription expiration date and provide service to everybody through next June, but at this point we're writing checks out of our own pockets to pay the server bills, and it's only by natural attrition (as people reach the end of their subscriptions) that we're able to keep doing this.
We really appreciate your support and desire to keep using Spanning Sync. We've talked to the guys at BusyMac, makers of BusyCal, and they're offering a discount to Spanning Sync customers. Just email them at info@busymac.com and mention that you're a Spanning Sync customer.
Thanks again for your support.
Regards,
Charlie
End of the Line for Spanning Sync
After much deliberation, Larry and I have decided to discontinue sales of Spanning Sync. We'll continue to operate the service for existing customers through June 2013, but we won't be selling new subscriptions or renewals. It's been an incredible 5 years—5 years!—since we released Spanning Sync ...
End of the Line for Spanning Sync
After much deliberation, Larry and I have decided to discontinue sales of Spanning Sync. We'll continue to operate the service for existing customers through June 2013, but we won't be selling new subscriptions or renewals. It's been an incredible 5... Continue reading
Posted Jul 24, 2012 at Spanning Sync Blog
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Thermopyl-
That's right--if you're on any version of OS X prior to 10.7.4 you will not be affected by this issue.
Thanks,
Charlie
OS X 10.7.4 Update Breaks iCal, Spanning Sync Sales Suspended
To our great disappointment, the Mac OS X 10.7.4 update introduced a severe bug in iCal that prevents Spanning Sync from functioning correctly. This bug also affects other sync apps including BusySync and Blackberry Sync. It's unclear whether Apple intends to fix this bug. Larry, Byron, and I don...
OS X 10.7.4 Update Breaks iCal, Spanning Sync Sales Suspended
To our great disappointment, the Mac OS X 10.7.4 update introduced a severe bug in iCal that prevents Spanning Sync from functioning correctly. This bug also affects other sync apps including BusySync and Blackberry Sync. It's unclear whether Apple intends... Continue reading
Posted Jun 19, 2012 at Spanning Sync Blog
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Oppenheimer, the Fall of the Roman Empire, and Google Drive
Cross-posted from the Spanning Backup Blog: At Spanning, we've been doing sync since 2006. (Damn, that's a long time.) But we hadn't been doing it long before we realized that sync makes backup even more important. Because with sync, when... Continue reading
Posted Apr 13, 2012 at Spanning Sync Blog
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You can force all contacts to resync in other of two ways:
1. Spanning Sync > Advanced > Option-Click "Start Over" > Contacts
2. Make some change to the specific contact in Google, then sync
There's no automatic way however to make Spanning Sync replace contacts deleted in Address Book with contacts from Google.
Please let me know if you have any questions or run into any problems.
Thanks,
Charlie
Spanning Sync v3.0.4 Now Available
Spanning Sync v3.0.4 is now available as an automatic update for all existing users. New users can always download the latest version at spanningsync.com/download. (Spanning Sync 3 requires Leopard or Snow Leopard. Tiger users should continue to use v2.1.3.) What's New in Spanning Sync v3.0.4: ...
Google Breaks iCal Sync (On Purpose) -- Spanning Sync to the Rescue!
In response to a recent interaction problem with iCloud, Google has purposefully broken their CalDAV sync with iCal. From the Google Calendar Known Issues page: Events deleted in iCal on Mac OS are not deleted in Google Calendar until further... Continue reading
Posted Nov 15, 2011 at Spanning Sync Blog
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The Emerging Mobile+Cloud Stack and Its Natural Owners
Apple is set to launch iCloud in the next few days, and with it Steve Jobs plans to move the center of your digital life to the cloud. Amazon just announced the Kindle Fire, which Jeff Bezos calls a service,... Continue reading
Posted Sep 30, 2011 at Moonwatcher
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OK for now at least, Leopard users should uninstall v3.2 and reinstall v3.1.2 (links in the particle above). We'll take a look and let you know what the final verdict is on Leopard support.
Thanks,
Charlie
Spanning Sync v3.2 Now Available
Spanning Sync v3.2 is now available as an automatic update for all existing users. New users can always download the latest version at spanningsync.com/download. Spanning Sync 3.2 requires OS X Lion or Snow Leopard. Leopard users should continue to use v3.1.2. Tiger users should continue to use...
Was it on a PowerPC-based Mac? We've updated the post above with a note that 3.2 is only compatible with Intel-based Macs. PowerPC users should continue to use v3.1.2 (link above). Sorry for any confusion!
Spanning Sync v3.2 Now Available
Spanning Sync v3.2 is now available as an automatic update for all existing users. New users can always download the latest version at spanningsync.com/download. Spanning Sync 3.2 requires OS X Lion or Snow Leopard. Leopard users should continue to use v3.1.2. Tiger users should continue to use...
Spanning Sync v3.2 Now Available
Posted Sep 6, 2011 at Spanning Sync Blog
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Spanning Backup on the CloudPlumbing Podcast
Recently I spoke with Ryan Parsley at CloudPlumbing about the need to back up data in the cloud. Give it a listen! Continue reading
Posted Aug 19, 2011 at Spanning Backup Blog - Back up Google Calendar, Contacts, and Docs to the cloud
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HI Brad-
No, not at all. Please create a problem report (Advanced > Create report) and send it to support@spanningsync.com so we can figure out what caused that to happen.
Thanks,
Charlie
Syncpocalypse!
This past Tuesday we had what you might call a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Wednesday too. Early Tuesday morning our user database kicked the bucket. Technically, one of our underlying database files became corrupted, but the result was that no one could sync. And for a company in...
Syncpocalypse!
Posted Aug 4, 2011 at Spanning Sync Blog
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Spanning Sync is Fully Compatible with OS X Lion
Posted Jul 27, 2011 at Spanning Sync Blog
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Our First Anniversary
Posted Jul 27, 2011 at Spanning Backup Blog - Back up Google Calendar, Contacts, and Docs to the cloud
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Spanning Backup Increases Storage to 25GB for All Paid Users
Posted Jul 25, 2011 at Spanning Backup Blog - Back up Google Calendar, Contacts, and Docs to the cloud
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Hidden file structures and surprising side-effects
This guest post was originally published on the Google Docs Help Forum and was written by Bas Braams, a Level 12 Google Guide who has answered thousands of questions about Google Docs. It details a number of ways in which Google Docs can behave in unexpected ways. It is possible to create a collection and an item in the collection and give them different ownership, even arranging it so that the collection appears private to user A (Alice) and the item appears private to user B (Bob), but such that (invisible to both A and B) there is still a... Continue reading
Posted Jul 5, 2011 at Spanning Backup Blog - Back up Google Calendar, Contacts, and Docs to the cloud
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