For those who work in multiple operating systems (Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X) one challenge is getting files transferred between the two. We will show you four strategies on how to keep your files in sync and shared between your MacBook and a Windows Notebook.

USB Drives – For Occasional Transfers

If you only need to occasionally transfer a few files, the fastest way is to just get a USB hard drive or flash drive and plug it into the source computer, copy it over and then unplug it. Take the drive to the other computer and plug it in and copy it wherever you want it. On Windows you would use Windows Explorer and on a Mac you would use Finder.

If you want it to be more automatic, one solution might be Clickfree’s USB backup drives. They make it pretty easy to do. Just plug in the drive and it finds the files in your user or home folder and copies them over. The first time will take a long time, but after that it just grabs new or changed files. Now you can take the drive to the other computer and have access to the files you want.

When moving between Windows and a Mac, file formats can be in issue. For example it is not easy to read files created in Pages on a Mac when they are on a Windows computer. We have a guide to show you how to do that if that is your issue. Otherwise, be sure to save files on the Mac in a format that your Windows computers can read or vice versa. For example, in Pages, Numbers or Keynote on a Mac, save your files in formats that are compatible with Microsoft Office. In Pages go to File, choose Save As, and then look for the drop down box at the bottom. Select it and then choose Word Document from the drop down list.

The Save As Dialogue Box in Word 2011

It is much easier when going from a Windows computer to a Mac. Most file formats that can be created on a Windows computer can be read by software on a Mac. If you have problems, do a Save As in the program and choose one of the following formats:

• Word, Excel, PowerPoint (can be read by Office and iWork)
• PDF (can be read by Macs with Preview app)
• RTF (can be read by Macs with Text Edit app)
• Almost any picture file format including JPG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, BMP
• Video files work best on Mac with M4V, MOV, MPG

DropBox or SugarSync – For Syncing Lots of Files Between OS X and Windows

If you have a lot of files to keep synchronized on both Mac and Windows, then services like DropBox or SugarSync are great tools. If you are coming from Windows and already use Windows Live Mesh, it too works on a Mac, but we think these other solutions are better.

What is synchronization? It is automatic copying of files between two devices. If you create a Word document on your Mac and save it to a synchronized folder, it will automatically upload to the service’s online storage site and then download it to the second computer. Then, let’s say you go to the other computer and open the file and edit it. Save it and close it and the file will become available on the other computer and the online storage site. Be sure to close files or they will not sync.

Security: If you are worried about security, remember a few things. First, both services encrypt the files which scrambles them and keeps them from being viewed by anyone other than you, unless you give away your password or put the file in a special public folder that it is viewable by others. Don’t put anything in that public folder and you have nothing to fear.

Second, if you are afraid of having your files on the Internet, remember they are encrypted. Only you can read them. Also, this is no different than having your email on the Internet. In fact email is less secure than these services, so as long as you create a secure password and keep others from getting access to that password, you should be safe.

Here is a video that explains what Sugar Sync can do:

The basic operation of each service is the same. Install the client software on both machines, With DropBox there is a new folder in the user folder. Anything put in that folder is synced. On SugarSync, just tell the program which folders you wish to sync. From then on, any files in the folders will be synced immediately after they are saved or changed. Also, you can access them at the online site from multiple devices, including any computer, tablets, or smart phones including Android, iPhone, Blackberry and Windows Mobile. The only Windows Mobile app comes from SugarSync, so if you use that device, that’s the service to use.

These services are popular so many other programs and apps will work along with them. So let’s say you snap a photo on your iPhone or Android phone. Many apps will take those files and upload them to DropBox for you.

To see the differences between the two, check out Sugar Sync’s comparison chart. One benefit tipping in favor of SugarSync is the amount of  free online storage. They recently upped it to 5GB. DropBox only offers 2GB for free.

To learn how to use DropBox check out this great Howcast video below. Just wait a second and click Skip this Ad.

Here’s one for SugarSync:

Network Attached Storage – for Making Files Available, but not Stored Locally

A third option is for those who want to keep files available to a Macbook Pro or MacBook and a Windows notebook, but do not want to actually store them all on both computers. For example, let’s say you are creating a bunch of videos on your MacBook. After creating the video you want to be able to access it from the Windows computer, or any other computer. But you don’t think you will want to access that file all the time. There is no reason to copy it to the other computer’s hard drive until you plan to view it.

The best solution for this is a network attached storage device, or NAS. If you have a network at home to share your Internet connection between multiple computers, then you will likely have a router. The router might have a USB port on it intended for hooking an external USB hard drive (see above – Netgear WNDR3400 Wireless Dual Band Router). Consult your router’s support page or documentation to see if it does. If so, you can get a cheap USB hard drive and plug it in. Configure it to be available to all the computers on your home network. It might even have the ability to make the files available to you over the Internet.

If your router doesn’t have a USB port on it, then you might want to try out a device like the PogoPlug. We reviewed the older version and found that for accessing files over a network or from the Internet, it is great.

PogoPlug shares hard drives and printers

PogoPlug is a box that plugs into your network via an Ethernet cable. It can also be done wirelessly, but if you can we recommend using the Ethernet cable. Then, you plug in up to four hard drives which can then be accessed from any computer on the network or through a special web interface anywhere in the world from the Internet. There are a lot of other features to including:

• Accessing from tablets and smart phones
• Sharing certain models of printers over the Internet or to some tablets and smart phones
• Sending file to hard drive via email
• Streaming video, music and pictures via the Internet to many devices

Setup is a little tricky, but it is worth it. They have three options, but we recommend the PogoPlug Pro. It has built-in Wi-Fi and replaced the ugly pink with black. It is $99 direct although we found one on Amazon for just $72.23.

Google Docs or Windows Live SkyDrive – for Transferring Office Documents Between Mac and Windows

Some people only want to share their office documents, like word processor files, spreadsheets, presentations, etc. For those people, the best option might just be to use either Google Docs or Windows Live SkyDrive in conjunction with Microsoft Word 2010 and 2011. Microsoft’s tutorial page shows how their service works.

For SkyDrive, from within Microsoft Office 2011 apps on a Mac, like Word, just choose File, Share and then “Save to SkyDrive…”. It will ask you for your user name and password and export the file to the online storage. Then, just access it by going to your SkyDrive page on the other computer.

To dot his on a Windows computer, just follow our guide. For this to work you will have to have a Windows Live ID, which you can get at the Windows Live site.

If you prefer to use Google Docs, you will need an account. For Gmail users, you already have one. Just go to the Google Docs site and sign in using your Gmail credentials. From there you can create the document and save it. Then go to the other computer and sign in and open the document.

One benefit of Google Docs is you have both Google’s online office suite, but you can also upload a lot of different files formats and have them accessible online.

What is really cool is you can just open up the folder that contains the file(s) you wish to upload and drag them from Finder on a Mac or Explorer on a Windows computer to the box on the docs site (see screen shot above). To see what kinds of files you can upload, click the “File types and size limits” link below the “Drag and drop files here” box. It includes:

• Word .doc
• OpenDocument text .odt
• StarOffice text .sxw
• PowerPoint .ppt and .pps
• Excel .xls and .xlsx
• OpenDocument spreadsheet .ods
• Comma-separated .csv
• Windows Metafile .wmf
• Photos with .jpg, .gif and .png formats
• PDF

One thing is for certain, sharing files between Mac OS X and Windows is much easier than it used to be thanks to a collection of free or cheap tools. If you switch between systems on a regular basis we highly recommend one of these solutions to simplify your file sharing and access.

How to Transfer Files Between Mac and Windows – 4 Solutions is a post by Kevin Purcell from Notebooks.com.

With the iPad now available for as low as $350 and the iPad 2 coming in at $500, they are both a tempting notebook alternative for many users. We still think Notebooks are needed for many settings, but as home and student users try to replace their notebook or desktop with an iPad, we wanted to share a collection of apps that can help complete the experience.

We’ve already shared Seven must have iPad accessories for users that want to turn their iPad into a notebook, and with these apps, you can take the experience a step further. If you think we missed a must have app, leave a comment below to set us straight.

iPad and iPad 2 Apps to Turn your iPad into a Notebook:

Pages, KeyNote and Numbers – $9.99 each: The trio of iPad productivity apps allow you to create and edit the most common workplace documents. The apps will work with their respective Mac applications as well as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel files so that you can get some work done without looking for a computer to open up these often used file types. You can use other apps to download the files or open them into the Pages, Numbers or Keynote app from the built in Mail app.

Dropbox – Free: The best way to keep your files handy on your iPad and anywhere you take your notebook is to keep a copy on Dropbox. You can store up to 2GB of files for free and you’ll have access to the same files on your iPad, on the web and on any computer you end up using. If you have a notebook or desktop at home you can install Dropbox and it will always keep you files up to date. Dropbox is a must have iPad app.

Google Docs – Free: Another great addition, especially if you use Gmail, is Google Docs. This isn’t an app, but you can add a shortcut to your home screen and gain easy access to many Google Doc files. We love how easy it is to work with Google Docs that are connected with our Gmail account and the ease with which we can share the documents with our contacts.

LogMeIn Ignition – $29.99: LogMeIn Ignition will allow you to remotely connect to other computers and accomplish tasks that the iPad can’t handle. Whether you are connecting to your old computer, a work computer or one you share with a friend, this app will get you there and extend the capability of the iPad. You need to install LogMeIn on the computers you want to connect to ahead of time.

GoodReader – $4.99: This app is one of our favorites and a must have for using the iPad to replace a notebook. GoodReader lets you find files on your iPad, connect to remote sources like Dropbox and others as well as download files from the web and act as a preview app for PDFs and a wide array fo file types. At $4.99 GoodReader is a steal!

PaperHelper – $.99: There is no way a student should try to use the iPad as a notebook without PaperHelper. This app allows you to pull up an area to write on the same screen as a web browser. This allows you to work on a paper while checking out a source or news article. Without PaperHelper you’ll waste precious time switching between apps again and again. We can’t wait to see what PaperHelper looks like on a bigger monitor. It’s like adding a second screen to your iPad.

Evernote – Free: Evernote is another indispensable iPad app which allows you to take notes on your iPad, and back them up to the cloud so that you can also access them on the web, your phone or another computer. With Evernote and Dropbox you can have a backup of all of your important files in case your iPad dies or is stolen.

If you really want to use your iPad as a notebook or laptop replacement, we also suggest you pick up the Pandora app for streaming music and Friendly for an iPad optimized Facebook experience. You should also be sure to check out our 7 iPad accessories that will help complete the transition form iPad to notebook.

Turn Your iPad Into a Notebook with these 7 Apps is a post by Josh Smith from Notebooks.com.

If you have ever received a Pages document on a Windows PC or any other computer that does not have Apple’s word processor loaded, you have been unable to view the document easily. Thanks to the recent addition of 12 new file formats to Google Docs compatibility list, anyone can open and view a Pages document.

First, to open the Pages document in Google Docs, the user must have a valid Google Apps account. This comes standard with any Gmail account. If you don’t already have one, sign up for a free account. After signing into the new Gmail account, find the Documents link in the upper left part of the screen. Now click the Upload button on the left.

From the next screen, either drag and drop the file into the box that says “Drag and drop files here” or choose the “Select files to upload link” below that. In our experience the Drag/drop box was not working on a Mac. It could just be an anomaly.

Select the Pages file, if you choose the link instead of drag/drop, and it will start to upload. If you wish to import the file into a specific collection, do so before hitting the “Start upload” button by choosing the Destination collection drop down button (see above). Also the privacy option can be selected here too.

Once the file is uploaded, there will be a link to view it within Google Docs on the resulting page. The image below shows that it worked flawlessly on the document we tested.

Unfortunately Numbers and Keynote files are not supported. Below is a demonstration video we made.

How To Open Apple Pages Documents Without Pages is a post by Kevin Purcell from Notebooks.com.

While some scanners come with built-in support for scanning to Evernote and Google Docs, such as the ScanSnap and Doxie scanners, there is a new tool called ScanDrop that will allow you to scan straight to the cloud from your existing scanner.

Not hooked yet? Did we mention it’s free (and cheap on Mac) and works with a large variety of scanners?

ScanDrop is tool being offered by OfficeDrop a scanning service that allows users to mail in documents to be scanned and offers online organizing of your scanned images.

ScanDrop is available for Windows and Mac and boasts the following features.

• Get your paper into Evernote, Google Docs, OfficeDrop
• Easily upload scanned PDFs without opening a web browser
• Works with many, many scanners and on Windows
• Rotate & re-arrange pages prior to uploading

ScanDrop works with popular Fujitsu ScanSnap Scanners and many other specific models, but the OfficeDrop claims that the service will work with almost any “TWAIN” standard scanner.

The Windows version of ScanDrop is free in beta form, but the Mac version will run you $1.99 in the Mac App Store.

ScanDrop Scans Straight to Evernote and Google Docs is a post by Josh Smith from Notebooks.com.

Google Docs has finally been updated to allow users to edit Google Docs documents on the go. In an announcement on the Google Blog this morning Google stated that an update was rolling out across the system to let users visit docs.google.com from their mobile device to edit documents.

Once the updates finish rolling out, users will be able to tap the edit button in the upper right hand corner and edit the Google Docs on the go. We haven’t had our accounts updated yet, but given the amount of work we o on the go these days we can’t wait. Expect to see this rolling out over the next few days.

Now that you can use Google Docs on the iPad, you have to wonder if the sales of the Pages app will slow down a bit as users turn towards this free solution that makes it easy to keep documents available in multiple devices. Especially since you can see the edits others make to the document.

The update will allow Android users with Froyo 2.2 installed and iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad users with iOS 3.0 or greater to edit documents on the go by visiting docs.google.com in their device’s mobile browser.

Edit Google Docs on the iPad, iPhone, Android and other Mobile Devices is a post by Josh Smith from Notebooks.com.

Templates are one of the easiest ways to save time while creating new documents based on a predefined designs that people might use repeatedly.

For example, creating an expense report based on a template might save someone a lot of time instead of making it from scratch. We will show you how to set up a new document based on a template using Google Docs. The principals are the same regardless of what software or cloud document service you use.

To start you will need a Google Docs account. If you have a Gmail account or your company/web site has Google Apps for Your Domain set up. We will assume that you have one or the other. For this How To we will use the publicly available Gmail version. It should look the same on a Google Apps account.

Log into your account and select the “Documents” link near the top towards the left side.

Now select the “Create new” drop down box and click “From template…” at the bottom.

A new window will open showing you all the “Template Gallery” which has three tabs as follows:

• Public Templates – those available to all Google Docs users
• Templates I’ve Used – those you have used before; this will be blank unless you have created a new document from a template before
• My Templates – these are templates you create; it too will be blank unless you have made your own template in the past

Along the left side is a list of filters which will narrow down the kinds of templates that are available. For example, the top section filters by those that are “Hottest”, “Most users” and “Highest rating”. Below that are types of templates – documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms, and drawings – which corresponds to the various modules of Google Docs. The best filters are on the bottom as they are categorized by purpose. For example, there are templates for Calendars & Schedules, Personal Finance, and many others.

Now lets select the category Students and Teachers at the bottom. My wife is a teacher, so she might wish to use one of these. All the templates that fit that category will be listed. There are a bunch of them so you may still want to filter by type. Select Document and Highest rating to narrow the list down more.

In each template there is a thumbnail of it, the title of the template and it’s creator, with the rating below the title. There are other links for rating the template yourself, embedding it on your own site by copying the code that is displayed when the link is clicked, and the a link to report abuse in case the template is something that is inappropriate. The description gives an idea of what the template does.

The above Reading Notes Template is one we might want to use so we can click “Preview” to see a sample. If you like it then click the “Use this template” button.

If you don’t see the template on your list, it is simple to find. Just do a search in the “Search Templates” box at the top.

The template will be open in your account. You can now edit it the way you want. For example our chosen template has fields marked by brackets.

We can replace “[AuthorLasName]” with the name of the author of the book we are taking notes about. Continue till you have all the other content changed. Then use the template as it was designed.

This is a very simple template. Others are more complex. But there are so many templates. If you wish you can create your own and even submit it by clicking on the “Submit a template” link in the upper right.

Here is a short video showing you how to use templates in Google Docs:

How To Create Documents Using Google Templates is a post by Kevin Purcell from Notebooks.com.

This week Google Docs rolled out a new chart editor for Google Docs that makes it easier to share your data stored in a Google spreadsheet wiht others. The chart editor will note only help you figure out what chart to use, but you can now choose form more charts and embed the results on webpages.

The new chart editor brings organizational charts, gauges motion charts in addition to many others that give you a broader choice to use when showing your data to others. the new charts editor also helps you tell a story with your data by finding the best chart for your data set.

Finally, you can embed the charts in a web page with a bit of code, just like a YouTube video and the chart will be updated as you updata data. You can see an example below.

The new Google Charts can be found in your account or you can learn more at the Google Charts page.

Google Docs Offers New Charts and Publishing for Better Visuals is a post by Josh Smith from Notebooks.com.

With schools getting ready to ramp up for another semester soon, you may be looking for some good software tools to make going back to school easier. Here is our list of must have tools for school.

Dropbox

Writing papers and other projects is a key part of school. Backing those up is a must. Add synchronization to the mix and you get a great tool called Dropbox.

Sign up and install a utility on your computer or mobile device and the computer utility will create a folder called My Dropbox. Every file added to this folder is then uploaded to their cloud backup servers. Then, any other computer that has Dropbox on it will automatically download files when they are created or updated. You can also access your files from the web browser on any computer with an internet connection. Not only can you sync, but you now have no attention needed backups.

If you own an iOS device, Android device or Blackberry, you too can access Dropbox via the apps for those devices. The iPad version was our iPad App of the Week back in early June. And finally, users can share documents, pictures or other files with friends too.

Alternative service: Windows Live Sync

Google Services

Google services include Google’s Gmail, Docs, Talk, YouTube, Picasa and others.

The greatest benefit of the simple to use Gmail is the great spam filtering. Some schools may already be using Gmail for their email services even if they give their students an address like student@university.edu as Google lets anyone set up Google’s apps for their own domain. It is good to have a separate Gmail account anyway since you won’t always be a student at that school. Alternatively one could buy their own domain name and set Google Apps to work with that domain.

Along with their great Gmail service Google offers Google Docs, a simple to use online office suite that lets users create and store word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms and drawings. Unless you need some advanced editing features, Google Docs may be the only office suite you need. It is online so you can access from them from any computer and most mobile devices and if you share a document with another student you can both edit the document at the same time.

Google Voice will give you one phone number to ring all your phones. Since you can get a phone number anywhere in the U.S. this might be a good way to let family call you locally even though you live far away. Choose a Google Voice number in your home town and they can dial a local number and reach you at school. You can set Google Voice to ring any number including your mobile phone, your cell phone or temporarily some other phone.

YouTube is the number one video hosting site on the net. Want to share your school experience with friends and family? Then set up your own YouTube channel. Add to video Google’s Picasa service which is a very nice photo hosting site. It does more. In addition to uploading photos for sharing, you can also do some basic editing and order prints.

Alternative service: Windows Live with mail, sync, messaging, office and more

Chrome

If you are still using Internet Explorer or Firefox, then you are missing out. Google’s Chrome browser is a faster alternative and still has many of the great extensions that make Firefox so useful. Extensions are an add-ons that give additional functionality to the browser. Some great extensions include ones that save passwords, sync bookmarks, and respond to mouse gestures. A mouse gesture is where you move the mouse in a certain way and the browser responds. Click and hold the right button and drag to the left to go back a page in browsing history or to the right to go forward.

Alternative browser: Safari

Microsoft Security Essentials

The web is a dangerous place and you need protection. There are a lot of free antivirus applications, but we like Microsoft Security Essentials because it is simple, doesn’t bog down your system and has been tested to be as good as the other free security tools.

Alternative free security: Avira Antivir Personal

Pandora

Music is a big part of our lives and Pandora will put most of the top music at your fingertips for free. This music streaming service lets you create your own radio station” by searching for your favorite artists and they will stream some songs in the free version. The paid version give you a desktop application and lets you skip more songs that you might not like. You also get no ads and unlimited listening. They also have mobile apps for the iPhone and mobile devices.

Alternative music service: Grooveshark

Steam

If you love games then you need Steam. This is a service that sells games for download legally. You buy it once and you can download it and play it on your PC or Mac. The Mac version is somewhat limited, but the PC version has an incredible amount of games. What is nice is there are no discs to keep track of and you can download the games again if you get a new computer or have a hard drive malfunction; there are also many demos to try out and sales are a common occurrence.

Alternative game download service: Direct2Drive

Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010

We may all want to use free suites like Google Docs, but the standard is Microsoft Office and their Home and Student 2010 version is not that expensive at only $150 or $79.95 with a valid .edu email address. The newest version has some compelling things to make it worth the upgrade for those on Office 2007 or earlier versions. The Home and Student version comes with Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. It is very likely that most students and professors will be using Office so sharing files will be easier if you do to.

Alternative free office suite: OpenOffice.org

These are just a few. If you want to get discounts on back to school software, Notebooks.com’s own Carter Sprunger posted a list of student discounts on some of these and many other programs. For an alternate list, check out NotebookReview.

Must Have Back To School Applications and Services is a post by Kevin Purcell from Notebooks.com.

Google has improved their Docs sharing features making collaboration easier, according to a blog post over at The Official Google Docs Blog.

There are five basic upgrades in Google’s cloud based office document editing tool.

First, links to documents can be shared in one of three ways: Private, Anyone with the Link, or Public. The difference is that private docs are only viewable by the person who created it and then anyone he or she has given access to via the sharing tools. An example is an expense report I recently sent my boss. I don’t want everyone to see it so I can set it as private and then share it with just him.

If you set the document’s sharing option to Anyone with the Link, then it can be accessed by any person who has been given the link. So if you email it to a person they can access it and share the link with others too. If you know the link you can access it. Google compares it to an unlisted telephone number. Anyone can call the number, but they have to know it. This would make it possible for a group of people, like the editors at Notebooks.com to collaborate on a story. Maybe the editors want to be able to send the link to friends in the tech industry to read, edit or contribute. But they don’t want anyone else to find it via Google search. If so, they could set it to this option.

The Public setting makes it open to all. The difference between this and the previous setting is that this one will be indexed by Google and other search engines. The “Anyone with the Link” setting means those docs won’t be indexed and accessible via search engines. So if you search for the document title in Google, the second kind of document won’t show up, but the third kind will eventually show up. This might be a document like this one: Click to See a Fully Public Document.

The second change is Google is also making it easier to see who has access to your documents from within the Google Docs window. The visibility options is shown next to the title of the document and in the docs list. The full list of editors and viewers is shown in two places when you click on the visibility option next to the doc title and in the Share menu drop down menu.

Third, Google docs has a streamlined the dialog box that shows who has access to the documents, the access management features, and the option to invite others. Previously these were in three tabs within this dialog. Now there are no longer going to be tabs, but one box.

Fourth, now you can reset the document URL. This gives you more control over who can access it. If the link gets out and you want it more private – let’s say using the second  option – then you can reset the link and the previous one no longer works.

Finally, you can make changes to all your documents sharing settings at once. Select them all or just some of them and then click on the Share button. Select Share Settings and from there you can change who has access to the document.

Google Docs Sharing Improvements is a post by Kevin Purcell from Notebooks.com.

A beta version of Memeo Connect 2.0 is now available. Connect 2.0 enables users to create, update, and store documents both locally and in the cloud using Google Docs.

The first version of Memeo Connect, currently available for $39 a year per user for non-Google Apps Premier account holders, enables users to sync documents between Google Docs and their computers. It also provides access while offline. Saving documents to Memeo on one computer updates the version stored in the cloud and across all of the computers that the software is installed on, and in Google Docs.

Memeo Connect 2.0 adds the ability to integrate with the computer’s file system. When the software is installed, a GDrive appears on the computer, allowing seamless interaction with drag-and-drop functionality. Also, you can save files directly to the GDrive from applications.

With all of this functionality, Memeo Connect 2.0 seems like an easy solution and better alternative than hardwire networking for a small business. If you have a Google Apps Premier account, the first version of Connect is available for $9 a year per user. Having the ability to sync documents in the cloud and among all of the computers would be a useful asset to a company, without the need for a dedicated IT professional to manage it. With Connect 2.0 adding the GDrive feature, updating files gets even simpler.

Order your copy of Memeo Connect for you or your business today. There is currently no word on a date when Version 2.0 will be out of the testing phase and available for public use. However, you can still download the beta version by clicking “Download Connect 2.0 Beta”. Connect and Connect 2.0 Beta are both available on the Memeo Connect website.

Via VentureBeat, and Memeo Connect

Memeo Connect 2.0 Serves as ‘GDrive,’ Syncs Docs Between Google Docs and Computers is a post by Carter Sprunger from Notebooks.com.