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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
- can encrypt the backup copies of files for additional security
- money-back satisfaction and bug-free guarantees
- localized in Danish, Finnish, French, German, and Italian
What's new in this version:
- Fixed crashing bug in synkd which could cause various anomalous behaviors
- More automatic deduction of proper directory permissions when synchronizing
- Improved cataloging behavior for runs on pre-existing directory structures
- Better logging in "disk full" situations
- Temporarily suppressed conflict flagging for .DS_Store files to ease upgrade from pre-5.2.2. This will revert in another release or two when most users are up to date and have the conflicts automatically resolved.
- The usual collection of small tweaks and fixes
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Mac OS X 10.3
Additional Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher
Universal Binary
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Download Synk Version 5.2.3 (File Size: 5.6M)
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Feedback Summary:
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| Overall Rating: |  (5.0) |
Features: | (5.0) |
Support: | (5.0) |
| Ease of Use: | (4.5) |
Quality / Stability: | (5.0) |
Price: | (5.0) |
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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.
