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Synk Backup - 6.4.4

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This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	6.4.4
Release Date:	2009-05-19
License:	Shareware
Downloads (this version):	324
Downloads (all versions):	8,564
Price:	$25.00

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Product Description:

Synk Backup allows you to harness the power of the Synk 6 engine without all of the complexity. Just choose what folders you want to back up and where to send them, and Synk Backup just does the right thing. You can even archive old versions of files as they're replaced so you can get files back not just the way they are now, but the way they used to be.

All versions of Synk 6 feature the revolutionary new ZeroScan technology, which makes updating backups up to 100 times faster than competing products and previous versions of Synk.

What's new in this version:

Improved scanning performance.
Log entries in the UI now consume significantly less memory, allowing many more to appear at once without causing memory issues. (We still recommend keeping your "Keep at most __ logs for each script" preference set to a sane value, however, for general cleanliness and saving disk space...do you really need 10,000 logs?)
Fixed a couple corner cases where ZeroScan could react incorrectly to certain odd sequences of file operations.
Fixed an issue where ZeroScan was not being reset as it should have been when some settings were changed.
Fixed a problem where deleting folders with locked items in them could improperly fail.
Fixed some problems with the German localization.
The usual variety of general tweaks, improvements, and fixes.

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

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SMB/Cifs mounting ? - Version: 6.1.1, 8/20/2007 07:40AM PST

MacWarrior

If I use the correct SMB login credentials, the volume doesn't mount. That makes Synk useless for me. What's wrong with the app's SMB mounting ?

Home folder ok; bootable system not yet ready - Version: 6.0.3, 2/20/2007 10:39AM PST

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thomem

If you have realized how great it would be to have a current bootable system on an external drive, keep looking (hint: SuperDuper). Synk is ok and I've used it for a long time for home folder backups. But it isn't quite ready to do the whole enchilada for you. Then again, neither is Apple's own Backup 3.0...

And yes, that new hierarchical log needs an "expand all" function. It'll drive you nuts...

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Home folder ok; bootable system not yet ready

A GREAT app. Wish it revealed errors easier, though. - Version: 6.0.2, 11/26/2006 12:36PM PST

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Jay

Been using Synk and SuperDuper for over a year now, and the latest versions of Synk are just better (and support is excellent). However, after a backup the app reports if there were any conflicts or errors at the top of the window, and you're supposed to look at the log to learn about those conflicts/errors. the problem is that each backed up item may be burried in folders within folders, so it's really time consuming to find your errors -- you have to click the arrow for each folder and subfolder until you find the error/conflict. it would be great if you could just double-click the conflict/error report at the top of the window to reeveal the problems.