What is the best application to use for keeping your desktop and laptop synced? [closed]

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Which is the best application to Sync two folders?

I have a script that I currently use that copies a specific working directory to my main network every night based on the archive bit state. I would like to use a program which does not rely on scripting and can also specifically exclude certain files and folders. Some folders have confidential information I do not want being copied up to the network where inapropriate access might occur.

Anyone use a program to do this sort of thing?

Answer 1

SyncBack will probably do what you want:

• You get to select if you want to sync one or two way.

  

• You get to choose what folders you want to sync and if it should include children

  

• File collisions are easily solved

  

• Incremental Backups

  

  Only new and changed files are copied. Incremental backups are supported, and variables can be used, e.g. backup to a folder based on the current date.

• Automation

  

  Once you've created your backup/sync profile you can have it scheduled to run without any user interaction. You don't need to remember to backup your files.

• Performance and throttling

  

  Everything is done as fast as it possibly can be. If you need to slow it down, e.g. limit bandwidth usage, then you can.

Answer 2

My personal recommendation is to use a combination of Windows Live Mesh and Windows Live Sync (formerly FolderShare)

Answer 3

You might try out Microsoft's SyncToy

Answer 4

If you're comfortable using the Internet, or don't have large storage requirements, Dropbox and Live Mesh work very well.

If you must use the network, I would look at using Microsoft's SyncToy. It's a fairly robust syncing application which is easy to use.

Answer 5

Unison is a great backup tool, and is very good about bandwidth usage.

I'm not sure if it's exactly what you're looking for, but it's worth looking at.

Also worth noting it's open-source and cross-platform (Windows/Mac/Linux).

Answer 6

Microsoft Office Groove

(although I like Mesh better for this, but that's already answered)

Answer 7

I personally use a couple of apps. For syncing on a local network I use AllwaySync. It's really easy to set up, yet has a variety of customizable features. For anything I want to sync that isn't on my local network, I use LiveMesh (as someone else already mentioned)