Alfresco has released an early preview of Alfresco Desktop Sync Client application which Sync files and folder on Local machine from Share Site’s files and folders on Cloud & on-premise Alfresco.
This App works against user accounts in Alfresco in the Cloud, Enterprise 4.0+, and Community 4.0.e+.
IMPORTANT: As this is an early preview, data loss is possible. Alfresco recommends you DO NOT use this with important data.
How to Install & Configure?
Download the App for Windows or Mac from: https://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Community_file_list_4.0.e#Desktop_Sync_-_Early_Preview
For Windows, installation is simple. Just follow the instructions and you’re done. Now, Start the application, you will the following screen.
Click on “New Account” button and select the Account Type (Private or Cloud).
Enter your User Name, Password, Server details and click on “Login”. (Select Cloud, if you have an account for Cloud) 
You will see list of Share Sites created in Alfresco Repository as shown below.
You can choose what all Sites and Sub Folder, you want to Sync on your Local Machine.
Now, Click on “Start Syncing” button.
After Syncing, you can see all selected Sites on your local machine as below.
Now you can create any files and folders from here and it will automatically get synced with your Alfresco Repository.
To know what is happening behind the scene, you can see the log file which keep track of all events.
The log file is kept in “%APPDATA%\AlfrescoSync” folder and can be found in these locations.
• Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\@lt;username@gt;\Application Data\AlfrescoSync
• Windows 7: C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\AlfrescoSync
• Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\@lt;username@gt;\Application Data\AlfrescoSync
• Windows 7: C:\Users\
The log file AlfrescoSync.log will look like:
23:13:48.531 DEBUG PrivateAPI - Creating new PrivateAPI for account: PrivateAccount [server=http://localhost:9091/alfresco, id=0c53a08b-ce18-4caa-abe8-4b6345a87f94, user=deepak.keswani@cignex.com, password=*************************, sites=null, localFolder=null]
23:13:48.609 DEBUG PrivateAPI - Calling webscript: http://localhost:9091/alfresco/service/api/nodelocator/siteshome
23:13:48.937 DEBUG PrivateAPI - Reading response webscript: http://localhost:9091/alfresco/service/api/nodelocator/siteshome
23:13:49.062 DEBUG PrivateAPI - Reading response webscript: http://localhost:9091/alfresco/service/api/metadata?nodeRef=workspace://SpacesStore/f6989708-ecb2-4297-8078-0a44e091fb52
23:14:02.531 TRACE SiteElement - Tree Selector -> Selected node: /Technologies/MongoDB
23:14:04.062 TRACE SiteElement - Tree Selector -> Selected node: /Technologies/Liferay
23:14:04.671 TRACE SiteElement - Tree Selector -> Selected node: /Technologies
23:14:05.265 TRACE SiteElement - Tree Selector -> Selected node: /
23:14:06.109 TRACE SiteElement - Tree Selector -> Selected node: /Technologies
23:14:07.093 TRACE SiteElement - Tree Selector -> Selected node: /
23:14:12.171 TRACE SiteElement - Tree Selector -> Selected node: /Technologies/MongoDB
23:14:14.625 TRACE SiteElement - Tree Selector -> Selected node: /Technologies/Alfresco
23:14:15.218 TRACE SiteElement - Tree Selector -> Selected node: /Technologies/Liferay
23:14:15.703 TRACE SiteElement - Tree Selector -> Selected node: /Technologies/MongoDB
23:14:16.343 TRACE SiteElement - Tree Selector -> Selected node: /Technologies
23:14:23.046 DEBUG SetupDialog - Favorite Sites Refresh Button Pressed
