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This program must exist.

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I use Circus Ponies Notebook. I can use it on two machines but only have 1 open at a time.
I’ve used the trial of Together and when open it writes a lock file so if you try to open the program on another machine you risk damage to the data.
I have Things and other programs which can ‘sync’ using Dropbox but if two programs are open at once it could end badly.

Someone somewhere must have written a program that basically says “Add your programs here and when the screensaver starts those programs will be quit”. If they have I can’t find it. I have tried using Automator to detect when the screensaver starts but that fails. I do not want an action to happen when I leave this chair. I’m sure this will be possible with Applescript but I’ve not gone there. But given the number of apps that sync I’m really surprised I cannot find what must be a winner. Seen anything that does this?

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Dropbox – cannot have 2 accounts on 1 machine.
Mozy – does not sync or if it does I have no idea how.
Sugarsync – nice icon, crap program.
Spideroak – nice icon, stupid program.

What I want is 2 dropboxes but without the hassle of the second on the mac. Didn’t get it to work before and have no intention of trying again yet. I’ll keep looking though at this rate I’ll just email files to the laptop. And seriously the last above? Stay away.