In DropSync the term "Synced Place" refers to two things. Firstly, it refers to a physical location where you want to store data (eg a remote computer, a USB stick or an external hard drive). Secondly, it refers to a bookmark where all the settings for syncing to and from that location are stored for future use.
Understanding how Synced Places work can be challenging at first because DropSync works with directory trees rather than simply syncing pairs of folders. Because this syncing model is different from most other software it is worth taking some time to understand the concepts behind it. These are described under Syncing Directory Trees
Setting up a Synced Place involves the following steps
When creating a Synced Place you'll be asked to give it a name. DropSync allows multiple Synced Places to be set up, and their names are used to uniquely identify them.
When DropSync copies files to/from a Synced Place it either does so using the mac filesystem (local access), or remotely over a secure connection (ssh access). If you can browse the files for your synced place using the mac finder the mode of access will be "local". SSH Synced Places require some extra work to setup. In particular you will need to configure login settings for the remote computer being accessed
DropSync calculates differences between two directory trees by comparing them relative to their root paths. Two root paths are required, one for local files and another for Synced Place files.
One root paths are setup, folders can be added for syncing by clicking the relevant check-box, or using Drag-n-drop. Folders added at this stage are referred to as "Synced Items". They represent parts of the directory tree to be synced and must therefore be under the relevant root path (see Syncing Directory Trees).
When setting up syncing to remote locations via SSH you will also need to;