In the media
SaggiaMente
January 15, 2010 — "Riprendo il discorso sulle alternative gratuite a MobileMe, per parlarvi di fruux, servizio gratuito che permette di sincronizzare tra più Mac i calendari, i contatti, le note ed i preferiti."
MobileMe, alternative gratuite:
sincronizzare calendari, contatti, note e preferiti con fruux
Tech Wired Australia
December 02, 2008 — "If you own a Mac or several with OS X 10.5 Leopard, and only have a need for limited data syncing such as your Address Book contacts, calendars, tasks and Safari bookmarks, then here’s an alternative that is currently in beta, and completely free for the moment. It’s called fruux and it’s a client/server solution that installs as a system preference pane on each Mac that you would like to keep in sync. It’s developed natively for the Mac with Cocoa/Objective-C and uses Apple’s Sync Services framework that is already integrated into the OS, as well as the Keychain for storing account details. It uses SSL encryption when transferring data during syncing, so you can put your mind at ease where security is concerned."
melablog
October 14, 2008 — "Chi desiderasse risparmiare i 79 euro annuali dell’iscrizione a MobileMe (e diciamolo, anche la relativa valanga di disservizi), può farlo grazie a Fruux, un’alternativa gratuita all’omologo servizio di Apple. E’ ancora un po’ acerbo e pieno di limitazioni, ma la roadmap è assai promettente, e vale la pena seguirne gli sviluppi da vicino."
Enterprise 2.0 anyone?
October 11, 2008 — "If you just want to keep your Macs in sync Mobile Me is more than you need and the price is high. Fruux already offers a lot you need and the roadmap looks right too."
TUAW
October 08, 2008 — "Starting with address book sync in earlier versions, fruux has now progressed to include calendar, task and bookmark sync via Apple's built-in apps (Address Book, iCal & Safari) and a cloudservice that stores the synchronized data."
lifehacker
October 06, 2008 — "Once you've verified your account, go ahead and run your first synchronization. Fruux uploads your contact and calendar information to the cloud so it's ready to sync to any of your other Macs. Just wash, rinse, and repeat with as many computers as you want to sync with. Fruux is smart, too, supporting sync conflict resolution when a record has been changed on both computers. [...] Fruux provides a dead simple install-it-and-forget-it syncing setup."
heise online
October 06, 2008 — "fruux ist eine Alternative zu MobileMe, die derzeit kostenlos angeboten wird und sich allein auf die Synchronisationsfunktion konzentriert.
MacWorld
October 03, 2008 — "En l'état, le logiciel permet de synchroniser iCal et le Carnet d'Adresses de Mac OS X entre plusieurs Mac, une fonctionnalité proposée par MobileMe - seule différence, le service d'Apple est payant, tandis que Fruux est gratuit !"
Mac Life
September 29, 2008 — "Hinter dem Namen fruux verbirgt sich ein Dienst zur Datensynchronisierung, der noch in der Betaphase steckt, aber es erlaubt, mehrere Adressbücher untereinander zu synchronisieren. Aktuell wird mit Version 0.7 nun auch die Synchronisation von iCal-Kalendern ermöglicht."
TheNextWeb
September 22, 2008 — "fruux is the latest entry into this market. It is a small and convenient system preference pane, that syncs your AddressBook between different macs. fruux supports sync conflict resolution which will help you when you changed a contact on more than one machine. [...] Their Road map looks pretty interesting."
MacNN
September 22, 2008 — "A new option for syncing data across several Macs has recently moved into public beta. Fruux currently synchronizes Address Book files across each computer a user owns, but the app's developers hope that the next release will add iCal support. By the time the software finishes its beta stages, support for syncing bookmarks as well as system preferences is anticipated."
electronista
February 22, 2008 — "fruux, a cross between social networking and .Mac's sync service, is currently in beta testing and looking for people to help test the service. Fruux synchronizes address book, bookmark, and calendar files with each computer someone owns, and also gives the user the ability to synchronize contact information with others. This allows users to stay in contact with friends, business partners, and family, even if the contact information changes."
MACNOTES
February 15, 2008 — "Unter dem Namen fruux wird derzeit in Münster ein neuer Daten-Sync-Dienst entwickelt, der noch von sich Reden machen dürfte. Neben dem klassischen Adressbuch-Abgleich über mehrere Macs hinweg, wie er auch mit .Mac möglich ist, soll Fruux in Zukunft die Adressbücher von Freunden und Bekannten vernetzen. Ändert sich dann bei einem der Kontakte z.B. die Anschrift, so würden die angeschlossenen Adressbücher automatisch aktualisiert."
The Next Web
Their Road map looks pretty interesting
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Lifehacker
fruux provides a dead simple install-it-and-forget-it syncing setup
MacNN
fruux syncs contacts across many Macs, more coming
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