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Mac OS X  |  System / Utilities  |  Backup / Sync / Recover  |  ChronoSync  |  Still needs major work

ChronoSync

ChronoSync

Synchronize and back up your files/folders.

Version:  4.0.4

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Still needs major work

Feedback Type:  Review

Contributed by: DrTimHill Wednesday, April 22 2009 @ 04:06 PM PDT

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Over One Year

Recommend Product: NO

Probably this product works ok when syncing folders onto local drives. But when networks get involved it falls over flat on its face.

1. It gets horribly confused when mounting a remote share. As I type this I see a red warning "Cannot Locate Target" even though the target is mounted in Finder. If I setup its options to automatically connect to the target they simply dont work.

2. Performance is awful. Copy speeds seem to max out at 100Kbytes/sec (across a GB wired LAN!). The analysis phase is *slow* ... expect to wait 30+ minutes for medium sized sync operations.

3. Folder deletes on target dont work. This bug has been around since 3.x days. Tell CS to delete files/folders on the target and watch as it silently skips this. So you *cannot* reliably ask the product to mirror a folder tree.

Basically, it doesnt work. I'd advise *very* careful evaluation of your needs before using this product.

  
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