ChronoSync
Synchronize and back up your files/folders.
Version: 4.0.4
Not worth your money
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: PiotrGM Sunday, February 01 2009 @ 02:21 AM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
Recommend Product: NO
If ChronoSync 3.3.6 impressed with its speed and ease of use, its nimble flexibility and total reliability, ChronoSync 4.0.1 disappoints greatly. It is a slow and clumsy beast, and constantly chokes ("spinning beach ball," hurray!); it always asks for Keychain access - even when the option 'Always allow' is checked, ChronoSync repeatedly asks for permission to access Keychain! And without giving it that permission by clicking the appropriate button, it will not start. This is just one of the many bugs this version suffers from. But the most questionable flaw is its inability to automatically back up data, despite the schedule being properly set. No matter what I tried, ChronoSync 4.0.1 would not work in the background - it has to be activated manually, and manually only was I able to back up data. Perhaps it is my own fault, I do not know. But what I know is this: once version 3.3.6 was set according to my wishes, it worked perfectly (five stars, period). Version 4.0.1 deserves half a star, at best. Not worth your money. Hold on to the older version until the developer makes the programme usable. For now, it is not even a beta version.
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Comments
Not worth your money - Vinita Boy
I must agree completely . . . especially with the above KeyChain comment. Nothing I do can get CS to stop asking for permission to access its KeyChain component! Allow, Always Allow . . . no matter what is chosen I must answer the question BEFORE and AFTER launching 4.0.1.What is going on here?
Monday, March 23 2009 @ 09:14 AM PDT
Not worth your money - Vinita Boy
Thanks, dpdp. My bad. Shoulda' found this on my own. Owe you one!Monday, March 23 2009 @ 09:28 AM PDT
Not worth your money - Vinita Boy
Actually, after two days of follow-up, CS is STILL asking for KeyChain access every time I open and close the application. It is sitting correctly in the Applications folder (not within another), but nothing I do resolves this nagging KeyChain problem.Hmmmm.
Tuesday, March 24 2009 @ 07:25 PM PDT
Not worth your money - arodney
I'm also experiencing very slow sync speeds in V4. It seems to get "stuck" analyzing one or more files, the SBBD (Spinning Beach Ball of Death) goes for quite some time and eventually the sync finishes.Wednesday, March 25 2009 @ 12:38 PM PDT
Not worth your money - PiotrGM
Just for the record and to make it perfectly clear: I NEVER place my apps anywhere else but in Applications or Utilities folders. I downgraded to version 3.3.6 - I keep older versions of software just in case - and am one happy camper. CS 3.3.6 is awesome, its successor, lame.Thursday, March 26 2009 @ 03:52 PM PDT
Not worth your money - dpdp
The keychain problem arises when the program is anywhere other than the Applications folder (including when it is in a subfolder within the Applications folder) or the Utilities folder. This is mentioned in the FAQ on the Econsoft website, and is indeed annoying -- but fixable. There are other instructions to follow to fix this as well, see the website.Unfortunately, I have to agree about slowness and beachballs. For example, right now, as I write this, Chronosync appears to be in an endless beachball loop, and I will have to force-quit it.
I wouldn't be as strongly negative as the reviewer, however, but I hope the next version fixes things. I am sticking with Chronosync for now, though if it were easy to downgrade to the previous version, I would.
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