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Product Description:
- native Cocoa file synchronization application
- clear, user-friendly interface usable by (advanced) grandmothers yet powerful enough for system administrators
- informative preview window gives you full control over what will happen
- intelligent synchronization knows when you have removed a file from a folder or added one in
- rule based inclusion and exclusion allow detailed control over synchronization
- powerful archival feature can keep and organize every modified document
- integrated scheduling support allows synchronizations to be run automatically
- can execute as root to bypass permissions and ownership
- properly synchronizes packages as single units, avoiding data corruption
- safe copy helps prevent data loss in case of lost connections
- unconditional satisfaction and bug-free guarantee
- localized in French, German, and Italian
What's new in this version:
- Memory usage reduced between 5-75%, depending on individual usage patterns
- Fixed crashing problem with status menu
- Implemented workaround for OS bugs causing corruption of ownership on backup copies of files when running as root. See this forum post for details and information about recovering from the effects of these bugs.
- Improved handling of locked and read-only files and folders
- Fixed problem with "kind is application" rules
- Fixed problem where status menu sometimes wouldn't appear on scheduled runs
- Fixed a problem with package change detection in certain circumstances
- Improved reliability in blessing bootable backups
- The usual interface and usability tweaks
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.3.9
Additional Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher. Tiger Compatible.
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Feedback Summary:
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| Overall Rating: |   (4.5) |
Features: | (4.3) |
Support: | (4.0) |
| Ease of Use: | (4.5) |
Quality / Stability: | (4.1) |
Price: | (4.5) |
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Featured Reviews
Good choice - Version: 6.4.3, 2/18/2009 07:34AM PST
(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)
dsphelps
I find this product to be very reliable. I use it to backup/sync my Users folder from laptop to a desktop, and it has been easy to work with. I started by syncing a few smaller folders until I got the hang of the settings, but it backs up over a network just fine, even mounting the disk on the other Mac.
best of it's kind - Version: 6.4, 5/28/2008 09:19AM PST
(2 of 2 users found this comment useful)
trance
This is the most stragitforward, easy and best backup software I have tried.
It even clones signifigantly faster than both superduper and CCC, and produces error free drives, unlike both SD and CCC which I have to fix with diskwarrior and every run.
The only problem is that it leaves some folders visible on the destination disk which should be invisible.
And it's a little expensive too imo, considering Time Machine is free.
It even clones signifigantly faster than both superduper and CCC, and produces error free drives, unlike both SD and CCC which I have to fix with diskwarrior and every run.
The only problem is that it leaves some folders visible on the destination disk which should be invisible.
And it's a little expensive too imo, considering Time Machine is free.
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- best of it's kind
Stay away from this software! - Version: 6.3.3, 3/11/2008 01:58AM PST
(3 of 4 users found this comment useful)
arrakis2
I use to really like this software for it's simplicity and reliability.
But since version 6 I've only had troubles.
I guess it's fine if you have a very simple backup setup.
But I'm backing over a network to different machines every time I check if everything is ok I found out that the backups were running for 2-3 days and then stopped for unknown reason.
I'm having this troubles on different machines and networks.
And now, what made me really give up on this software:
Yesterday my Mac OSX server ran out of space on the system drive! 0kb left on a 350Gb HDD!
I only have the system installed and a couple of extra applications.
After searching for a while, I found out that Synk has created a log file of more than 300Gb hidden in the invisible /var folder.
So I'm switching to Synchronize Pro today hoping to have a better user experience.
Thanks.
But since version 6 I've only had troubles.
I guess it's fine if you have a very simple backup setup.
But I'm backing over a network to different machines every time I check if everything is ok I found out that the backups were running for 2-3 days and then stopped for unknown reason.
I'm having this troubles on different machines and networks.
And now, what made me really give up on this software:
Yesterday my Mac OSX server ran out of space on the system drive! 0kb left on a 350Gb HDD!
I only have the system installed and a couple of extra applications.
After searching for a while, I found out that Synk has created a log file of more than 300Gb hidden in the invisible /var folder.
So I'm switching to Synchronize Pro today hoping to have a better user experience.
Thanks.
