Truck - The Rsync Client 4+

A faster alternative to FTP

David Gradwell

    • 3.0 • 3 Ratings
    • $8.99

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Description

Still using FTP? Truck hauls data 30x faster thanks to its modern rsync engine (included) which compresses, de-duplicates and encrypts – giving significantly higher performance and security, right from the first transfer. Setup takes 3 clicks (no command line), then just drag-and-drop to transfer. Unlock the performance of rsync with the simplicity of Truck.

– Upload and download via rsync by simply dragging-and-dropping. No command-line interaction required.
– Browse, rename, copy, move and delete remote files very quickly and easily.
– Works over a securely encrypted SSH tunnel (included; no setup required).
– Includes the latest rsync 3.1.3 – the same algorithm found at the heart of Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, iCloud, SkyDrive, OwnDrive, etc.
– Connects to any remote machine.
– Checkboxes to quickly enable rsync’s most powerful features – such as backups/version-controlling, bandwidth-management, retention of partial transfers, etc.
– Push-update the remote system's version of rsync (includes precompiled binaries to suit a variety of remote machines).
– Advanced GUI controls to selectively tune over 125 other rsync options. Even application-defined defaults can be overridden for a near-command-line level of control.
– Autocompletion and inline documentation provided for each option.
– Specify when the option applies (e.g. when uploading/downloading/both).
– Enable ‘scavenging’: a preference to boost transfers by systematically employing rsync’s –copy-dest option; essentially reusing data from existing files in recently-visited directories. Fuzzy matching means that even files that are non-identical can be used as a basis for boosting.
– Filter rules to include/exclude items based on text matching (or advanced pattern matching).
– Toggle visibility of hidden files.
– Specify ‘initial paths’ – for connecting straight into the given directory.
– Fine tune custom preferences for each direction (upload/download) for each server.
– Save multiple Favourites and work with multiple servers in multiple windows.
– Bonjour browsing to easily connect to servers found nearby.
– Use your SSH RSA private key instead of a password to connect to AWS, Google Cloud, etc.
– An ‘Open Terminal Here’ action to quickly jump into an SSH session in Terminal.app – pre-authenticated and ready in the right directory.
– Detailed operation logging.
– Filter any view of files and use the keyboard to navigate.

Benchmarks:
18x faster – uploading a new installation of WordPress.
30x faster – downloading a used instance of WordPress.
12x faster – sending an app to another computer in the office.
No data was pre-existing at the destination, these were all first-time transfers – all gains are thanks to rsync’s compression and de-duplication.
Comparisons were made versus the fastest FTP and SFTP apps for Mac, and native SMB sharing.

Certified for use with:
- Google Cloud.
- Amazon AWS.
- Dreamhost.
- (And works with any other service provider offering standard rsync-over-SSH.)

Compatible with:
– Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion and Mountain Lion Server)
– Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks and Mavericks Server)
– Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite and Yosemite Server)
– Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan and El Capitan Server)
– macOS 10.12 (Sierra and Sierra Server)
– macOS 10.13 (High Sierra and High Sierra Server)

Notes:
- To connect to a remote Mac, simply enable 'Remote Login' in its System Preferences.

For more information and video demos please visit bonhardcomputing.com/truck

Please email me with any enquiries -- info@bonhardcomputing.com

What’s New

Version 2019.02.10

- New icon.
- Error summaries are no longer reported (as the operator has dealt with the individual errors).
- --ignore-errors is now a default behaviour when Commit Deletions is checked.

Ratings and Reviews

3.0 out of 5
3 Ratings

3 Ratings

MichaelThwaite ,

It's basic but it works and it is fast.

Update 2023

I gave it another try and, yes, it does work now, it's very basic but, if you have even the freshest experience with unix (linux/macos, even windows now) you'll be able to get this going and, it is very, very fast compared to SFTP.

Developer Response ,

Version 2018.08.20 now includes rsync for Debian. It also lets you choose a custom rsync, if you need that for the Raspberry Pi. Please feel free to send the application error log (which gives more detail about the unknown error) to info@bonhardcomputing.com. I am sorry the application did not meet your expectations but please get in contact and we will make it work.

We are the Emperess Jadis ,

Needs a Bookmarks feature

Update:
- the latest update has a critical error: it's no longer possible to download files
[2018-04-23 13:40:55,012] [33209] [CRITICAL] [exception_logger:188] [Unhandled exception] [<class 'AttributeError'>] ['NoneType' object has no attribute 'startAccessingSecurityScopedResource'] [file: main_window.py, line: 598, version: 20180410]

Developer Response ,

Version 2018.10.01 fixes this issue. Version 2018.10.13 adds the bookmarks feature. If you have any other issues at all please reach me at info@bonhardcomputing.com.

maitri1 ,

no bookmarks, favorites gone after restarting app

Absurdly under-featured for the price. No documentation, but I guess there isn't much to document.

Developer Response ,

It has favourites which can equally well be used as bookmarks. Features and price are both thoroughly and accurately described in the description. You can even try-before-you-buy at bonhardcomputing.com. Around 50 pages of rsync documentation are included with the app but if you have any questions, just email me! info@bonhardcomputing.com I'd also be interested in a bug report if your favourites have 'gone'...

App Privacy

The developer, David Gradwell, has not provided details about its privacy practices and handling of data to Apple. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

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Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.