One of the key features of .Mac is exte ible a lication syncing. Sure, there have been roll-your-own-.Mac contests, plenty of solutio for individual a and even a guide for switching from .Mac to Google, but none of these have offered a serious replacement for the entire syncing umbrella that .Mac offers. SyncTogether from the makers of Mi ing Sync, looks to change all of this.This new syncing a from Mark/ ace works with many of the same fundamental a , such as Addre Book, iCal, Mail and Safari, but it employs some unique features. For example, you can chose ecific grou in Addre Book (i tead of simply 'everyone'), and you can then share this information with other users on your home network. Want to let mom, dad and the kids all collaborate and add iCal events for Macworld 2008? SyncTogether has you covered, though it might be a little clunky to work with: local syncs sound easy, but the system requirements state that you must know a machine's physical IP if you're going to sync remotely while you're away from that machine.
For now, SyncTogether is pla ed to drop Q1 of 2007, and until then, there is least one major question that I haven't been able to a wer from Mark/ ace's product page: Will it be open to 3rd parties like A le's Sync Services? As far as pricing is concerned, users who are unha y with .Mac's yearly su cription model will probably rejoice that SyncTogether's price is already set at a flat $49.95, but those are all the details we have for now.
[Update: Our own Mat Lu clued me in (via email) on the fact that SyncTogether is very likely the product of Mark/ ace's acquisition of MySync. MySync, for those who aren't familiar, *did* su ort any extra 3rd party a that plugged into A le's Sync Services, so in theory, a like Yojimbo and Tra mit should already be along for the ride, with no extra work on Mark/ ace's part nece ary. However, Mat also pointed out, and I agree, that it's kind of strange that SyncTogether's page makes no mention of this exte ibility.]
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