Posted on 12/31/2016 6:38:53 PM PST by Still Thinking
For years I used a folder sync utility, I think shareware, but have changed computers a couple times, so no longer have it. I've looked at all the usual shareware sites (download.cnet.com, tucows, softpedia, etc.) and can't seem to find this one. Googled, etc.
The things that I remember that might ring a bell for someone are the compares could be saved as "jobs" and there was a list of recent jobs, so you could redo the same compare/synch again later. Also, if you did a compare on a directory with subdirectories, the comparison display would highlight in different colors to indicate files on left but not right, right but not left, newer on one side, etc., which is typical, but you could expand and collapse the tree view, and the highlighting would inherit to the directory level. So you could see a tree, and if there were differences only within a couple subdirectories, those would highlight, and you could drill in.
I've tried a few of the ones I've found while looking, but I don't like any of them as well, and none of them seem to have that feature, so I'm really trying to remember what this one was called.
Anyone know the one I'm talking about?
Ping for you all’s and your list’s help.
Thanks!
synchredible?
Best for the money - Beyond Compare. Absolute bargain for what you get out of it!
Name doesn’t sound right, but I’ll check it and see.
Rococopy would do it, but I don’t know if that’s what you’re looking for.
That one’s not bad, except that it looks like they waste a lot of screen space on chrome, and I can’t tell if you can collapse the compare to a higher level and still see the compare status.
search through your “*.exe” files and see if the name pops out at you.
SyncToy is what I use
It’s not on this PC. It was one I used to use, but have changed PCs a couple times since then.
Thanks! I did find that page and scanned down hoping one of the names would tickle my memory, but none did.
Dual File Manager XT
Duplicate Cleaner
DirSync Pro
FreeFileSync
ADSync
on Chrome? I wouldn’t know how it runs on Chrome. I’ve used the Windows version for years. Yes, it lets you collapse the hierarchy and the level of difference indicators still show the highest directory that something is or isn’t ‘the same’
It does compares for file and folder, deep compare or ignore unimportant differences, also Sync as in Update one or both sides/Mirror one side to another, etc.
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