Syncing folders on the same machine

A couple of people have asked if they can use SlingShot to Publish and Subscribe two folders on the same machine. The short answer is, "Yes!"

While it's true that the user interface on SlingShot is optimized for Publishing a folder and then Subscribing from another machine, there's no reason that you can't use it to keep two folders synchronized on the same machine.

Just Publish the folder as you would normally. Then, click the 'Subscribe' button and select the folder you just Published. Choose another local folder (maybe it's on your external firewire disk that you use for backups) for the Subscription, and then set how often to make the sync happen.

I'm going to be updating our home page and product FAQ over the next couple of days to make this feature more obvious...thanks again to the folks who wrote in to ask about it!