Compare & Sync Folders 4+

Backup, two way synchronize

VADIM ZYBIN

    • 2.7 • 44 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Compare & Sync Folders is an easy-to-use app for beginners, has the ability to fine-tune synchronization settings for the most exacting professionals.

The app can synchronize multiple pairs of folders at the same time. Using convenient preview mode you can view the changes before sync and change the operation with files, if required. The Compare & Sync Folders also provides robust tools to filter files and folders so that you sync exactly what you want.

Compare & Sync Folders is perfect for backups to external storage devices including:
USB, memory cards, disks on remote computers within your network, folders on Cloud services (Dropbox, etc.) With each re-backup, the app finds and copies only new files and new file versions, thereby reducing backup time and extending the life of your storage devices.

Do you have terabytes (TB) of data to sync? No problem! Compare & Sync Folders has been optimized to work with extremely large number of files. Sit back and relax, your data is being automatically synced!

The app supports bidirectional synchronization!

Please, contact us with any questions, we are very happy to provide quick answers and make the app better for you.

Install another our great product, VPN Server Configurator, and you can synchronize folders on a remote Mac from anywhere in the world!
Install the Sync Folders Pro app, and you can synchronize folders "on the fly" using our REAL TIME SYNC technology or by schedule!
Learn more at www.greenworldsoft.com.


FOR BEGINNERS
- Select two folders to synchronize.
- Click "Sync" button.


FOR PROFESSIONALS
- 9 modes of synchronization. Real bidirectional synchronization. Tracking deletions, additions, changes in synchronized folders.
- 6 file comparison modes allow to synchronize files on the storage devices with different file systems (OS X, FAT32, etc.)
- 9 modes of file operations. Convenient Preview mode. Change the operation with files before sync, if required.
- 5 search modes for items of the Preview table (by name, path, name & path, …).
- 11 filter modes for items of the Preview table (Missing&Diffs, Missing, Diffs, Equal, …).
- Synchronization over the network. The ability to automatically connect network folders before synchronization.
- Protection for unauthorized disconnect storage devices (folders) during synchronization.
- Saving the last/all versions of files to be deleted. Using this mode, you can always restore deleted files, even if folders have synchronized several times.
- Compare files using QuickLook or "Line by Line" comparison before sync.
- Shows selected files in the Finder.app
- Opens selected files in the default app.
- Execution of file operations for the selected items of the Preview table.
- Copy the selected items (Missing, Diffs, …) of the Preview table into the third folder.
- Resolving the file versions conflict.
- Each pairs of folders shows when synchronization was done the last time.
- The synchronization process is logged.
- Save / Load the program settings to a file.
- You can transform the app to the convenient file manager using powerful filters for files and folders and writing your own copy script.
- Synchronization of subfolder attributes.
- Writing your own copy scripts, for example:
- Copy all non-synced files to selected folder before copying.
- Copying files using Unix commands: cp, rsync ...


The main difference from the similar apps on the App Store:
- Real bidirectional synchronization. Tracking deletions, additions, changes in synchronized folders.
- Faster synchronization of the large folders.

What’s New

Version 1.6

- Improved macOS 14 compatibility

Ratings and Reviews

2.7 out of 5
44 Ratings

44 Ratings

kbern3 ,

Hard to imagine a worse _and destructive_ UI

If you actually intended to write the most complicated UI you could, you'd be hard-pressed to beat this.
I don't know how the one person could write "this is pretty straightforward"... It's not at all straighforward, and I'm a software develper.
The fields are complicated, screen views are re-used (like if you choose "Settings" from the main app menu, instead of bringing up a panel, it replaces your window contents with settings, and then you have to figure out how to get back to your window contents!)
It's called "Compare & Sync FOLDERS", but I see no way to just see the folders that are different without seeing the view completed polluted by all the files that are different
It has this weird "preview"/"sync" checkbox and "x" in the top left, but if you choose the checkbox (which I believe is non-acting/non-destructive compare), after it does the compare, it automatically switches it to "X", so if you didn't notice that and hit the "recycle" icon to re-compare, it would actually ACT.
OMG, get this app away from me!

GenHob ,

So far, I like and recommend this app very much.

I am using the app to make certain that folders such as Documents, Pictures, Movies, Music, etc., are always backed up. The ability to copy to an external drive, without worry about removing deleted files, is a great plus in this endeavor. It assures that I always have all of my files on the external drive, and allows for making room on the internal drive without worry. I have found the app to be very useful, easy to use, and I have found no problems. One issue I had in the beginning, which turned out to be my error, not the app, was quickly resolved, with the help of the developer. He responded very quickly, with several emails to help me sort it out. One cannot ask for more than that.

Jswisnj ,

Syn Folder

Many of the reviews are very onformative and I would like to add mine.
Syn Folders is one of the easiest method to synchronize folders on a Mac. Just drag and drop as all Mach apps should be. Easily customizable to exclude sub folders where data does not change. Much quicker and less of a hassle that setting up time machine. I have multiple drives for different types of data and i’s very easy to select which folders, especially medical data etc that I like backups on in case of a lot or failed drive. I recently lost also 4 TB of data, most valuable to me was 18 years of digital photos from the many cameras that I have had over this period. i wish I would have found Syn Folders earlier.
joe swistok

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