Tag Archives: Synchronization

Fast Back’em Uses Data Repositories To Quickly Sync Files Between Multiple PCs

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It doesn’t hurt to keep a backup of your important files, particularly when storage mediums, such as HDDs, flash drives, SD cards etc. don’t cost a fortune nowadays. Not to mention, the free cloud storage services and their paid subscriptions that can be bought for the price of a toothpaste. The point is, wherever you keep your backed up data, the task itself is of utmost importance. Data backup tools are not that hard to find, too, but if you're still in search for one that suits your taste, try Fast Back’em, an application for Windows that lets you effortlessly create backup copies and the whole procedure is pretty quick. The application employs a system governed by synchronization logic that reduces the overall time taken for backups. It compares files between the destination directory and your data Repository, and moves only those files to the backup folder that are new or have been recently updated. This way, the backup can be created on multiple computers. Read More

Create & Schedule Data Backup & Two-Way Sync Jobs With WinDataReflector

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Previously, we have covered a number of different backup tools - such as Exiland Backup (reviewed here) and Cobian Backup (reviewed here) - that let you easily back up your files to a specified location by simply creating backup tasks and then schedule them to run from time to time. WinDataReflector is a similar backup application that enables you to create backup & sync jobs and execute them with a click. Its mainstay feature (i.e., file synchronization) lets you compare files that are added to the backup job. This feature may come useful in instances where you want to check whether all the files in the source directory have been copied to target location or not. Additionally, it supports two-way synchronization, which keeps both source and target folders synched. For instance, if you place some files in the target folder, it will automatically copy them to source folder and vice versa, however, you may configure how this sync feature works from within the application. Apart from manual file backup and sync, you may also schedule these jobs for a later time. Additionally, the tool fully supports NTFS file security to help you easily move files along with encryption information to the destination folder. Keep reading for more details. Read More

Z-DBackup: Modular File Backup Solution With Advance Directory Sync Options

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Looking for a data backup utility that can do a lot more than just copying all the files or just newly created files from source to target locations? An application that supports numerous types of target mediums, while allowing you to create and configure file backup schemes, design synchronization jobs, set automated backup tasks, perform post-backup operations, burn files to optical discs, and compress backed up data? Z-DBackup is a modular backup system that offers a comprehensive set of features that may help you customize backup jobs as per your data backup and synchronization needs. Although it comes packed with an exhaustive list of backup features and tools, it doesn’t make it difficult for users to select the required tools that they want to use while backing up their files. Some of the noteworthy tools included in the application are backup data at network location, burn CD/DVD with backed up data, auto-shutdown after specified job finishes, create ZIP archive containers, virus self test,  run pre and post backup operations, and backup active and locked files. Read past the jump for details. Read More

notpod: Synchronize Any Portable Audio Player With iTunes

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iTunes is a media manager for iDevices, and thus allows syncing Library items with only iPod, iPhone, and iPad. If you own a non-iPod portable audio player, and want to synchronize it with iTunes Music Library, have a look at Notpod. It’s a miniscule application that lets you synchronize any type of portable audio player with iTunes library without having to tweak the basic structure of iTunes Music Library.xml file. The application disguises your non-iPod music player as iTunes compatible device, and then adds it to iTunes Devices section, letting you synchronize Music Library with specified folder of your portable audio player. Read More

Bdrive: Create Private Cloud Storage On PC/Mac With Mobile Access

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Cloud services like Dropbox, Box.net, SugarSync etc, greatly serve the need of accessing data across all the configured systems over internet, but what if you need your personal cloud storage that doesn’t require uploading files to an intermediary server for performing file sync and share operations? Bdrive lets you deploy personal cloud storage that you can configure as per your requirements. It’s a cross-platform application that supports a wide range of operating systems, including Windows, Mac OS X, Android and iOS. What makes it different from other personal cloud solutions is Mobile Access & Windows Explorer integration; it creates a 'B' drive (or drive letter of your choice) to save the files that you want to synchronize across all the Bdrive configured systems on network. Once the drive is mounted, you can access files from not only PCs, but Andriod and iOS devices (iPhone, iPod and iPad), as well. Read More

CodexCloud Lets You Store And Read your eBooks Anywhere

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CodexCloud is a web app that intelligently recommends new e-books for you to read, and lets you search, upload and catalog your entire library. It allows you to open e-books on an online reader sporting a nice, landscape mode, and allows automatic wireless synchronization with all of your mobile devices - Kindle, iOS and Android. Each book has a brief summary and author info that can help you decide whether you want to read it or not. Read More

AeroFS Offers Unlimited Cloud Storage, Serverless File Sync Using P2P

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Data Synchronization between PCs can certainly be achieved in endless ways. Users who need to sync data generally rely more on online data sync services like, Dropbox, SugarSync etc., instead of desktop data sync and backup tools which are designed to perform two-way incremental data synchronization between specified local locations and external storage mediums. The online cloud-based data sync services, however, provides a more convenient way to keep your data synced across all the configured PCs but there are 2 major factors which every online data sync service user has to keep in mind before saving files on cloud; data upload/transfer speed and total available space. Since cloud based data sync services use servers to respond to data send and receive requests, users have to check overall performance of different data backup/sync services before choosing one to upload their data. Apart from server response time, data security is something which can’t be underestimated. Therefore, one also needs to make sure that his/her cloud data storage privacy can never be breached. Read More

Synchronize & Mirror Directories To Create Backup With MetroBackup

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MetroBackUp is an open source application for synchronization and mirroring directories. It functions in three different modes, namely, Mirror Reference Directory, Mirror Reference Directory (without deleting files) and Synchronization. The first allows copying content from one directory to another, the second can be used to make sure that the reference directory files are not deleted, whereas, the third option allows synchronizing data to and from the selected directories. Metrobackup can be quite handy to not only create backup directories but also to sync data between important directories to mirror data. Additionally, you can also import or export XML file metadata for synchronization purposes. Read More

FTPbox Uses Your Host Server To Sync Files Across All PCs

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In the wake of hundreds of freely available cloud based services, Dropbox is considered to be the best cloud service primarily because of convenience it brings for sharing and syncing files. But as we all know about Dropbox data security related vulnerabilities that were revealed just recently, the best alternative would be using your own host server to sync files across all the PCs. FTPbox provides live real-time synchronization between specified local folders and your server via FTP. Just like Dropbox desktop app, you can install it on your PCs to perform file synchronization seamlessly. You specify local folder and it will start syncing its content with specified server location. In similar fashion, you have to configure it on other PCs to let it automatically download and sync data from the server. Read More

Synchronize Data Between Team Members With TeamDrive

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TeamDrive is a cross-platform data synchronization software, which allows syncing data across multiple computers with friends, family and co-workers. It helps in easily sharing data with other TeamDrive members by specifying a folder for synchronization. TeamDrive makes it easy to manage data sync between groups by allowing them to create a team of members which can receive files from a specified system folder. It provides maximum security and uses AES-256 encryption before transferring data to another system. With TeamDrive, you create a Dropbox like folder, which is shared with other selected users and vice versa. TeamDrive treats your computer as a server to send data using Peer-to-Peer connection with AES encryption, which makes your PC a tunnel from where data is sent to TeamDrive servers and received by specified users. This results in personalized security for synchronizing data. Read More

Synkron – Sync Multiple Folders, Restore Overwritten Or Deleted Files, And More

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Synkron is an ingeniously simple application to carry out synchronization between two locations which has a lot different to offer as compared to previously reviewed sync utilities. Beyond the obvious features of every synchronization tool, which includes, scheduling sync job, supporting incremental synchronization, applying filters, etc. It allows you to sync hidden files and folders between two specified locations whilst offering novel features like Multisync (to backup data from multiple sources to one target location), Propagate deletion, and Detect collisions. With Synkron, you can also create a Blacklist of folders, files, and extensions to add an eternal exclusion from sync process. Read More

Make Compressed Backups And Sync Data Remotely With CopyTo Synchronizer

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CopyTo Synchronizer is a data synchronization and backup utility that offers a vast range of features to promptly backup your data across all the nodes connected in network with other standalone systems or to any target folder. It is designed for system administrators, who need to backup all the data from multiple PCs to main system or to copy a set of files/folders onto different systems. Moreover, the application offer filters support, so users can narrow down the search to move/copy/sync only specific files.  The best part is that you can compress data (supports high-level ZIP compression) residing in source and target location to save some extra disk space. The sync/backup projects are saved in its native CP2 format, a saved project can always be retained back to recall settings for performing same set of actions over any other files/folders. Read More

Synchredible Schedules Sync Two Folders, Alternative To SyncToy

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Synchredible is small but powerful synchronization tool which looks quite similar to Microsoft's Synctoy, as far as the primary functionality are concerned. It supports bi-directional synchronization and offers a very straightforward way of syncing two folders, but also differs from SyncToy when it comes to syncing options. It hosts plenty of features which are not there in Microsoft SyncToy, some of which are; sync files which are added/updated after a specified date, sync after every X amount of time, set date for the sync process, action automation before/after synchronization, etc. Read More

Advanced File System Management Toolkit FlexTK Express

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FlexTK Express is a toolkit developed to perform the most important operations and functions which are related with file management. It packages features like; searching and classifying files, scanning file system, file organizing and data migration, file/folder synchronization, analyzing storage utilization, and fault-tolerant copying of large files. The user-defined commands help execute any available function in the way user wants, allowing complete flexibility. Read More

iGoSyncDocs: Sync Google Docs Across Multiple Computers [Desktop]

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iGoSyncDocs is a desktop application that lets users access, download, and upload files to Google Docs across multiple computers. Using this application, you can instantly launch an instance of Google Docs on your computer. All you need is to enter the username and password to your Google Docs account. This tool will then import all your Google Docs files to your PC, allowing you to modify them just the way you like. Read More

SnailSync: Sync Computers With Slow Internet Connection

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Every time we come across a new sync tool, it promises extra features and options, and look more appealing than the one’s we tested earlier. Considering the fact that Sync tools are abundant these days, primarily due to comparing & syncing files is an irksome job to get along. Out of multiple options you have to sync files, SnailSync really stands firm, as it comes with simple IDE layout, easier to use interface, and most importantly ability to find the differencing files and make a single compressed file out of it. According to the developer, it is a perfect tool for synchronization of distant computers with slow internet connection. Read More

Shoot-out: Dropbox vs. SugarSync

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Backing up files in the cloud has become an activity that has been made sufficiently intuitive to actually improve productivity. Easy-to-use automatic backup clients like Dropbox, Live SkyDrive and Mozy give people easy backup or synchronization facilities. SugarSync is another player in the folder synchronization segment, allowing you to have your files available on all your computers, as well as online. A direct comparison between SugarSync and the better-known Dropbox is the crux of this article. Read More

Create Server Backup Plan With Ocster Backup

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If you have a Home Server, it is recommended that you connect and make a backup of all files to an external hard drive. You can also opt for backing up your files online on the cloud. If you are looking to back up all your files to an external hard disk, then Ocster Backup can help you in the process.

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