After we launched AeroFS/S3 integration, we quickly learned from our users that the best use case for it is with our forthcoming Team Server product. Now that we’ve released the AeroFS Team Server, we’d like to show you just how easy it is to use S3 as your secure, encrypted (using your own keys!) endpoint:

Once you’ve created your AeroFS account, log in at www.aerofs.com, find “Install” next to your username in the upper right, and select “Team Server.” ** Note that this option is visible to everyone who is an administrator of a team. This includes if you are a team of one (yourself.)**

Follow the setup wizard, and you will see this prompt during the setup process:

Click “Advanced…” and you will see an option to change computer name and where to store files:

When you choose “Store files on Amazon S3″ you will be prompted for S3 credentials:

Setting up Team Server with S3 is also available via aerofs-cli. Simply input your S3 credentials, a bucket ID, and a encryption key when prompted. And voila, you’re done.

As always, if you have any questions or hiccups setting up Team Server with S3, please ask for help at support@aerofs.com or visit support.aerofs.com to hear from other AeroFS users.

Happy syncing (with S3),

The AeroFS Team

What is our New Year’s resolution, you ask? To streamline, streamline, streamline. One of our goals this year is to improve the way you interact with AeroFS, starting with the way you invite and share AeroFS.

Effective immediately, you will be able to sign up and download AeroFS, as well as manage folder invitations directly on aerofs.com. No more inputting pesky 8-character invitation codes! Similarly, existing AeroFS users can now manage their invitations from any browser, on any device, even if AeroFS isn’t installed on that machine. Sending invitations to AeroFS and AeroFS folders will remain the same: you can invite people from the AeroFS menu or from the command line.

New User Sign Up Instructions:

1. An invitation email arrives in your inbox, inviting you to sign up and install AeroFS.

2. The link in the email brings you to a one-step account creation process:

3. Upon completion, you are directed to download and launch AeroFS.

Accepting Shared Folders:

1. Open the email inviting you to a shared folder, and follow the invitation link.
   

2. Once signed in, you will see a list of all pending folder invitations:

3. Choose to Accept or Ignore folder invitations.

4. Do this one just one machine, and voila! All of your AeroFS clients will join the shared folder immediately.

NOTE: You can view your pending folder invitations at any time by logging into your AeroFS account. Simply click “Sign In” at the top-right corner of the AeroFS home page.

This update is the first of many improvements we are making in the near future, so stay tuned!

As always, we’d love to hear from you either on our user forum or via support@aerofs.com.

Happy Syncing,

Linda & The AeroFS Team

In mid-June we hit a major milestone with the release of AeroFS Beta. The beta release has many improvements that we are quite proud of:

• Personal integration with Amazon S3
• Simplified Sharing and Syncing
• Unlimited version history on local computers Cleaner UI across Mac/Windows/Linux
• Overall improvements to the syncing speed and performance

Because of the many changes between the Alpha and Beta versions, we had to ask users to re-invite friends/colleagues to share files with them. As such, in an effort to cause as few headaches as possible, we made the upgrade from Alpha to Beta optional. Until now.

It has now been three months since the release of the Beta, and as many of you have successfully made the switch from Alpha to Beta it is soon time for us to shut down the Alpha version altogether.

On October 1st we will be shutting down the AeroFS Alpha cloud sync servers, as well as the registration and login servers!  After this date, sharing, cloud back up, and invitations will no longer work with the Alpha version.

Checking your Version

Not sure which version you’re running? To check, simply click on the AeroFS Icon in the taskbar, and click Help->About AeroFS. If you see the (beta) next to the AeroFS version in the About menu, congratulations! You’re running the latest version.

Upgrading is Easy

Those of you who are not running the latest version should see an ‘Upgrade to AeroFS Beta’ menu item in the AeroFS Menu Bar.

Linux CLI users: please run $ aerofs-sh upgrade and follow instructions

If you don’t see the option to upgrade to beta, or have any problems installing AeroFS beta, please send us an email at support@aerofs.com.