#CHRONOSYNC VS GOODSYNC FOR MAC#
#CHRONOSYNC VS GOODSYNC ARCHIVE#
#CHRONOSYNC VS GOODSYNC SOFTWARE#

The risk IвЂ™d be exposed to is the probability that Glacier loses a file, multiplied by the probability that IвЂ™d actually need that particular file. Then a few weeks ago, I got to thinking that IвЂ™d probably be fine just storing these files exclusively in Amazon Glacier, and doing away with the local hard drive altogether.

#CHRONOSYNC VS GOODSYNC SOFTWARE#

Since hard drives are prone to dying, especially in a hot climate like southern Spain, IвЂ™ve been using the excellent Arq from Haystack Software to keep an offsite copy of these files stored in Amazon Glacier-costing me about $3 per month. All in all, the drive contains some 300 GB of data. These are files that I do not expect to need in the future, but at the same time wouldnвЂ™t really be happy about losing-for example, snapshots of filesystems of computers IвЂ™ve retired, some source media, etc.

#CHRONOSYNC VS GOODSYNC ARCHIVE#

I used to use unison to do this kind of thing but I got fed up with it because I didn't particularly have the patience to maintain profiles describing what I didn't want to sync etc.For years, IвЂ™ve been accumulating an archive of files at home on an external drive connected to a Mac mini. SugarSync - will sync any folder, but more expensive than Dropbox and no LAN sync.Дoes anyone know any software that's a better match for my needs? Or perhaps I've missed existing useful features in these tools, or a completely alternate approach? Does anyone else have similar requirements?.

SkyDrive - pricing reasonable ($50 for 100GB), but no LAN sync and can only syncs the ~/SkyDrive folder.

Dropbox - has LAN sync & selective sync, but only for files that it also hosts in the cloud $100/year for 100GB is too much given that I don't need cloud storage.

Chronosync - another standalone app, similar to Goodsync - again no good selective sync GUI.

To include/exclude folders to sync, you have to type/paste individual folder names into a list, rather than select them from a finder-like directory browser - this is tiresome and error-prone. It just doesn't have the Intuitive GUI for selecting subfolders to sync.

#CHRONOSYNC VS GOODSYNC FOR MAC#

So close! Standalone app, Under $70 one-time payment (licences for mac & the PC with the share). I've looked at a number of options that are out there, but they all seem to fall short: Dropbox's ' selective sync' feature is a good example, especially the 'advanced view': Intuitive Selective Sync GUI for managing subfolders to sync to the laptop.

Syncs automatically or runs on an easily configurable schedule. I don't want sync to be limited to syncing only contents of a particular folder.

I'm willing to consider cloud-based options if they're affordable and offer LAN sync, though. Although I have 100GB+ of data, I don't need it in the cloud, so don't really want to pay the cloud storage rates. I want transfers between my computers on the same network to be fast, not via cloud storage - nor do I want to plug in a USB drive every time I want to sync stuff.ДЄffordable. I'm struggling to find a good solution for this. I have 100GB+ of data (photos, music etc) on a network share, but due to the small disk size (128GB SSD) on my Macbook Pro, I'd like to have a local copy of a small selection of it, and easily manage what data is locally synced.

Chronosync vs goodsync