SecretSync issue with Airfoil on OS X

So any time you release a product for a platform, users will find interesting and sometimes inexplicable problems that you don't pick up in testing. This one was brought to our attention by user Quinn, an early-in user of the SecretSync app for OS X. (Thanks, Quinn!)

There is a product called Airfoil, released by Rogue Amoeba software. It's a great looking piece of software, and they seem to be a great company with a real straightforward approach to communicating with their users. Something we totally applaud.

They released a version of Airfoil that may cause problems for third-party apps on OS X Lion. Turns out SecretSync was affected. We managed to track the problem of the crash, and verify the subsequent fix, through the help of Quinn.

If you launch SecretSync Manager on OS X Lion, and get a crash report citing EXC_BAD_ACCESS / KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE, and are running Airfoil, there's a good chance you may need to downgrade Airfoil per the following instructions:

http://rogueamoeba.com/utm/2011/08/20/well-shoot/

Rogue Amoeba does an excellent job of explaining the issue, and how to fix it.

SecretSync for Mac OS X is now available

Just a quick post to let you know that we've just released SecretSync for OS X.

It's been tested on Snow Leopard and Lion and will work cross-platform, meaning you can now sync between Linux, Windows, and OS X computers if you need to do so.

It runs on login, just like Dropbox or your other synchronization services, so once it's installed all you need to do is start adding files in the SecretSync folder:

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