SyncTime is the easy-to-use and flexible solution to synchronize your files. Keep all your backup copies up to date with the click of a button, with automated schedules, from the Shortcuts app (requires macOS 13 or newer) or even via AppleScript.
* To find out if SyncTime is the right solution for you, you can download and use SyncTime Lite for free. The only limitation of SyncTime Lite is that it discards any previous sync settings when closing and opening the app again. *
You can create as many sync items as you need and customize each one individually. In the standard configuration, a sync item consists of two directories: a source and a destination. You can choose any directory reachable in the Finder: it can be located on your Mac, on an external drive, or on a remote server.
Among the possible options you will find:
• select several sources and destinations: all the sources will be virtually merged and copied to every destination
• overwrite policy: overwrite only if the source file is newer than the destination file, overwrite if the source file has a different timestamp or size, always overwrite or never overwrite
• sync type: one-way sync (copy source to destination), two-way sync (merge source and destination) and one-way move (delete the source files after a successful copy to the destination)
• remove files that don’t exist on the source anymore
• add file filters with names or tags containing specific words or matching a regular expression, or modification dates or sizes in a specific range. Matching files can be excluded or included
• track moved and renamed files
• background syncing: files on your Mac are monitored for changes in real time
• start to sync automatically whenever source and destination become available or set up a custom sync schedule
• dependencies: a sync item will first trigger all its dependencies (if any) and run automatically when they are completed
• backup strategy: files to be overwritten or removed can be moved to the trash, or to a custom directory, or a full, incremental copy of the destination can be made, linking unchanged files
• skip the confirmation dialog once you're confident that the sync behaves correctly
• install AppleScripts (or create your own) to be executed when a specific sync has completed or after all syncs have completed. By default you can install scripts that shut down your Mac, send an email with the sync results, and more.
If you have any requests, suggestions or bug reports, please visit the website by clicking the Support button.
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Perfect for my needs
0BPM
Even tho I’m a techie, I’m always on the lookout for simple interfaces to do complicated tasks. This app reminds me of the old Windows SyncToy - easy to use. I was up and running and had setup my sync jobs within 5 minutes of downloading. Great job dev!
it’s pretty basic, needs improvement
andus21
I’ve been using it to backup some external drives I work off, onto another separate external drive. it works fine and scans for changes well, and you can exclude things etc. But if you decide to move or rename a folder, it thinks it’s been deleted, so it will delete it from the backup, but copy the new one over there in the changed place or name, which when your dealing with huge a huge amount of files, it bogs down taking ages (the slow hard drives fault) but still… just scan the files like gemini duplicate finder pleaseee.
Developer Response
Thank you for your comment. In the meantime, SyncTime has the feature to track renamed files among other additions, so you‘re welcome to try them out. Thank you for your time.
Spectacular — Still works on latest Mac OS
Sean ordinary
Ability batch run, ability to choose multiple sources and consolidate into a single folder. Shows changes and overwrites in preview before applying. Epic.
Very Reliable & Simple to Setup
Banjo.in.Brisbane
Great product at simply synch'ing your selected files, to another drive, or a NAS.When I had a problem with a Mac OSX update, it was patched and released within a few days.Great product. Great support.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the wrong file to be copied if the source volume didn’t support hard links and the destination did.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the sync completion to be logged and possible subsequent sync items in active sync groups to start if the sync item had the option “Keep synced in background” enabled and a file change was detected before the scan completed.
• Fixed a crash that sometimes happened when removing a step from an active group.
Version 5.6.2
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