https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/beyond-sync/ en Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:16:04 +0000 hourly 1 FeedWriter https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/beyond-sync/#comment-54112 The manufacturer must support Sync Center for sync to work." So, 99% of Vista users can't sync with network folders (only those who were foolish enough to pay Microsoft for Vista Ultimate can do that). What does "sync between your computer and mobile devices" mean? To Microsoft, this means that Windows Media Player will sync playlists on external devices. Why the heck would I want to sync playlists with my USB flash drive, which doesn't play anything? Can I do something useful, like sync important data? No. So, like I said, what good is it?]]> Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:16:04 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/beyond-sync/#comment-54112 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/beyond-sync/#comment-54111 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:43:48 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/beyond-sync/#comment-54111 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/beyond-sync/#comment-54110 Allway Sync works very well and is free. Also syncs between PC/USB/CDs, etc. Very nice for syncing folders with a variety of files and, because it keeps track of things in its database instead of just looking at date stamps, is VERY good at catching files where you have made changes in BOTH and alerts you to check the files. That way you don't accidentally copy over something important.]]> Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:42:46 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/beyond-sync/#comment-54110 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/beyond-sync/#comment-54109 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:16:17 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/beyond-sync/#comment-54109 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/beyond-sync/#comment-54108 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:41:34 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/beyond-sync/#comment-54108 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/beyond-sync/#comment-54107 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:30:24 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/beyond-sync/#comment-54107 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/beyond-sync/#comment-54106 I also tried to set the destination to an ftp directory on the internet, which is set up to be accessible via My Computer. Beyond Sync ignored that destination when I selected it using the browse feature, giving no error but not copying the address into the box. Apparently ftp destinations are not supported, and I will have to keep looking since that is my need. Find a copy of Novell's NETDRIVE.EXE which lets you mount an FTP site as a drive letter. It's free, but hard to find as its rather old. Then you can use any sync program with it as if it were a local drive. I use Karen's Replicator for whole-disk backups, and SyncToy for incremental daily backups of My Documents. I like Karen's tool because it's robust against things like locked files which some programs actually generate the old 'Abort, Retry, Ignore?' prompt for!]]> Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:00:33 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/beyond-sync/#comment-54106 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/beyond-sync/#comment-54105 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:23:27 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/beyond-sync/#comment-54105 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/beyond-sync/#comment-54104 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:39:49 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/beyond-sync/#comment-54104 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/beyond-sync/#comment-54103 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:29:20 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/beyond-sync/#comment-54103