This is going to be a short post, but this lil tip/trick has already saved me a lot of grief and pain so I shall share it here. I use a lot of computers, like 5 daily. I have 2 laptops, 2 desktops a couple of virtual environments, etc. Most of the platforms are setup with the same programs with some minor exceptions for things like netbooks and such not running Photoshop. I found myself trying to come up with ways to deal with syncing my configuration, things like FileZilla config files, fonts, license files, preferences etc. Of course I could setup some sort of domain or something, but that is way overkill for what I wanted. I had up until now been using DropBox (which I still recommend for anyone and everyone… its free!) but I was copying a lot of files back and forth and I would have to remember to do it. Then one of my brilliant friends, Bruce Williams,  let me in on a secret, he used a method of source control, more specifically git and github, to keep track of all his configuration and “syncable” files. Not only does it get and puts things right from where they need to be, it keeps versions of them. Long story short, now all my stuff is synced up, it is backed up as well and I can move from computer to computer without worrying about if I this or that font, which textmate bundles and themes I have, etc.

Anyway I won’t get into the how, because if you don’t know it is probably too complex of a solution to learn for this purpose, but if you are already using source control, might be a quick and easy trick to help you out.