BitTorrent asked Thursday for crowd-sourcing ideas from its more than 100 million users for a new program for file sharing across multiple computers called Sync.

Then, there's BitTorrent Sync 2.0, which is easy to use, works with most devices, and doesn't use a cloud. Sync 2.0 promises simple, fast, and secure file-sharing without a cloud.

So how do you make sure that, wherever you are, the files you're working with are always the most current? Many of us e-mail documents to ourselves or carry them around on USB flash-memory drives.

If you aren’t familiar with the concept behind OneDrive placeholders (or On-Demand Sync), it’s a feature that allows you to see all your OneDrive-stored files in the Windows File Explorer.