Free SYNC software?

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Free SYNC software?

Does anyone know of any freeware sync software (perferrably Universal Binary) that allows you to sync the contents of 2 folders each on 2 separate machines (macs)?

Also, prior to syncing, will/can the software be able to scan the dates of the nested files of parent directories and extract/sync only the new ones?

[For eg. If I have 2 folders with a bunch of files in each (some identical, some newer, and some different altogether extras) and I would want an 'ultimate updated' folder which contains ONLY the newer revisions of the same filenamed files and the new extra files altogether.]

MBPC2D $2499 option. Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Dec 26, 2006 9:39 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 26, 2006 10:16 PM in response to Fardad_F

Off hand, I can't think of any, but I am sure you can find what you are looking for by checking the downloads section of Apple's Mac OS X web site at http://www.apple.com and/or
http://www.versiontracker.com

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Answer 2

Dec 27, 2006 12:16 AM in response to Fardad_F

I use RSyncX which is a GUI for the built in RSYNC unix command. It's free. It even has a script assistant to help with building scripts that don't require the GUI.

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rhwalker

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Dec 27, 2006 12:22 AM in response to Joe Raymond

rsync is broken for certain types of files. The exact nature of the break varies from OS X release to release. All of the broken variants relate to metadata (ACLs, old Classic files with resource forks, etc.).

Russ

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Fardad_F Author

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Dec 27, 2006 12:49 PM in response to rhwalker

RsyncX 2.1 is also a bit buggy when it comes to commiting synchronizations. It seems that a first time synch is inactive, the second time it is. Also upon synch, terminal and finder don't seem to update to the changes being made in folders.

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Answer 5

Dec 28, 2006 5:22 AM in response to rhwalker

OK. So back to his original question. What's a good, free sync program?

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