Mac OS X | System / Utilities | Backup / Sync / Recover | Synchronize! X Plus

Synchronize! X Plus - 3.6.1

sync & back up personal data

Download Now

(File Size: 1.5M)

Free Product Alerts!

All Time:	Not rated (0.0)
This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	3.6.1
Release Date:	2008-07-21
License:	Update
Downloads (this version):	953
Downloads (all versions):	30,760
Price:	$29.95

Information Related to Version:

Broken Link? Newer Version? Tell us!

Product Description:

Synchronize! X Plus is a file synchronization and backup utility for personal data on Mac OS X. As a way of introducing you to Synchronize! X Plus, you may use its basic file synchronization and backup features free for folders containing 10MBytes or less. Just download Synchronize! X Plus and try it out.

What's new in this version:

This update is free for anyone with a license purchased within the last two years; otherwise, a license renewal must be purchased.
Fixed a problem which caused "Copy only folders" and "Don't copy folders" to not display folder names.
For a more complete version history, click here.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.4 or higher

Feedback Summary:

This Version:
Overall Rating:	Not rated (0.0)	Features:	Not rated (0.0)	Support:	Not rated (0.0)
Ease of Use:	Not rated (0.0)	Quality / Stability:	Not rated (0.0)	Price:	Not rated (0.0)

Key to Types of Feedback:

Reviews Reviews Troubleshooting Usage Tips Developer Notes Commentary Featured Reviews

some bugs - Version: 3.0.2, 9/12/2007 09:09AM PST

(2 of 2 users found this comment useful)

Fotmasta

1) Gets hung up on file name characters that should be legal.
"Parameter error - there may be an invalid character (that is, /\|:*?”<>) in the file or folder name."

2) Mistakenly things destination drive is full when it isn't even close to full.
"The disk is full."
"B.S."!

Scheduled synchronization very flaky - Version: 3.0.2, 5/9/2007 02:55PM PST

(2 of 2 users found this comment useful)

parallelepipete

Synchronize! X Plus works fine when both Macs are awake and available all the time. However I doubt many users set their desktop, let alone their laptop, never to sleep. Surely most users of this product need to synchronize folders over a Wi-Fi network, where one or both Macs may be asleep or out of range at scheduled sync time, and SXP has to be able to cope with this.

So far I have failed to find a set-up that does not lead to SXP hanging when a volume is not available, despite the existence of a disk error time-out option in preferences. Even the option to abandon a sync attempt if a scheduled time has passed doesn't appear to prevent this.

The most irritating thing is that it slows down the whole system, and after a Force Quit it forgets all my preferences and persistently shows the license splash screen on launch.

Oh, and I agree with the comment that the user interface needs updating. The concept of running 'documents' may make sense in the context of scripts, but especially since the main window of a SXP document only displays the folder names and whether it's a sync or backup, I think a Mail-style Rules window with the syncs listed and an Edit button would be more intuitive.

Solid, reliable, fast - Version: 3.0.1, 1/24/2007 10:52AM PST

(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)

chiasm

I think this a fantastic app and I've been using it since the OS9 days (when it was simply Synchronize) for both synchronization and backing up. Although the interface is not flashy, it tells you exactly what you need to know, exactly what's being changed (before it starts), and its fast, reliable, and error free. I have not encountered a bug or error in the 6+ years I have used this. I've tried lots of backup programs, and I always go back to this one.

One star taken away because: user interface could use a little sprucing up, but its not difficult how to figure out, and its 2 year license is a bit steep since this program has not changed much over the years. If there were major changes, I could see how they can justify new charges just to continue using the same program. Also, I hear it "phone's home" and sends user data back to the developer. I'm not savvy enough to determine this, and I've been using this for over 6 years without any security issues that I know of.

Given these issues I would highly recommend trying this out.

I sync 2 macs (either over appletalk network or firewire HD mode), backup my desktop mac to a firewire drive, and backup current projects to a USB flash drive.