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Sync Now! was available as a giveaway on October 6, 2008!
Sync Now! is a high performance file sync product helps you to keep your files in sync between local/network folders.
Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
3.43 MB
$29.95
I forgot to mention that Sync Now! requires a DEP exception if you have DEP enabled for everything.
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DownloadSquad has just reviewed
Synkron. Worth a look.
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Why wasn't the description of this changed, when everyone was posting about it? Maybe the company didn't mean for us to get that description, but gee, couldn't it have been changed before more of us saw it and installed, and got rather angry that is DOESN'T Do what is described??? SEEMS like a trick!
Downloaded, installed, & UN-installed. Allway Sync programs are SO much better than this, and they DO what they say! Automatically! Free!
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Beyond Compare, that's what I need. If you want to see a side-by-side full comparison, having parameters to include/exclude files by extension and seeing older/newer files filtered by color code, go for it. Consider Beyond Compare a prior step to the Sync Now! scope - they are NOT part of the same category but for collectors and purists, it's a must have.
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Thanks everyone for the heads up on this software not being what it's said to be. By reading your comments and by sharing your knowledge, you have saved me the trouble of an uninstall. Thank you!
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thanks whiterabbit. I like TES games and I still didn't play at Arena.
about the gaotd, forget it and take dsynchronize, if you really need something like that.
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@ #43
back at ya.
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I've used this program before, the standard version and the file limitations, as well as the transfer limitations are a pain once they are exceeded.
I decided to go with the free version of SyncBackSE at www.2brightsparks.com. Much better in my opinion and it's FREE!!
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To #33 kelly - Absolutely hilarious!
Now we have kelly telling someone to "think think think".
Considering the tripe he delivers us every day - and looking at his previous post #3 with its typical deep and comprehensive analysis, it would suggest a strong case of the pot calling the kettle, don't you think?
Time to change your name again, ken!
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By the way, what I do for real-time sync (with freeware) is this - it's rather complicated to set up but once it's in place, it's maintenance-free and really slick...
1) set up a linux that serves SMB (either a real box or a virtual machine on your PC if you have enough spare memory & cycles)
2) remap your 'my documents' to come from a directory on the linux.
3) export your old 'my documents' directory and have the linux server mount it.
4) on the linux, run 'filesystem in user space' (fuse) with a filing system (dupfs) that has the property that anything you write to the directory where it is mounted is duplicated in some other directory. Then set the other directory to be the mounted original 'my documents' from your PC...
So when you tie all this rather confusing muddle together, you simply save your files in 'my documents' as normal. The linux writes a copy to the linux file system, *and* writes a copy back to your PC where it would have been saved in the first place.
The copy saved on the linux can be local *or* you can save to something like 'sshfs' which copies the files to some remote location with scp or sftp.
Bingo! - instant real-time mirroring of your data off-site, for nowt! (well, not 100% real time - for performance reasons, the copy is saved only when you finally close the file, but it's close enough to real time for government work...)
For the linux programmers among us (I wouldn't dare suggest this mechanism for someone who wasn't...) the code to do the duplication is here: http://www.gtoal.com/fusestuff/dupfs/src/dupfs.c.html
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I would go for the Pro version, but as someone here said, SyncToy has all the capabilities of the Standard version.
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#45: Oh, grow up. The comment "it now seems that the only ones benefiting from GOTD is the people who run the site" is assinine.
I've "benefited" considerably from GOTD's existence, and will hopefully continue to do so.
The fact that today's software developer seems to have attempted to pull a fast one -- isn't the first, won't be the last -- doesn't mean you're the victim of some International Conspiracy from which only the people behind GOTD will benefit.
I'm not DLing something whose contents don't match the packaging -- but so what? It's my choice today. And tomorrow -- thanks to GOTD -- there'll be a different choice: nobody is forcing you to DL anything.
Posts like yours really are dumb.
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this program is VERY Fast at Synchronization. On My AlienWare 7500 Core 2 Duo 2.66GHZ 2GB RAM System W NVIDIA 8600 GTS GFX. This program sync'ed over 1,000 picture files in less than 20 seconds, cool, thanks and this program is VERY Useful, swift and effienct here!
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This is just fabulous, because i just got a new house 3 bedroom, and i have 3 pc's that I want to swap files with, Thanks GAOTD I Appreciate This one alot!
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On June 11 GOTD gave away a program called "Beyond Sync"
Below is the description of the software offered then.
Compare this with the description for the software offered today.
The company for "Beyond Sync" is Fevosoft 3.38 mb
The company for "Sync Now" is Liuxz. 3.43 mb
The 2 discriptions and file sizes are almost identical.
"Beyond Sync has an easy to use build-in scheduler. You set it and forget it, just focus on your own jobs. Your financial documents, work files, emails, contacts, photos, iTunes, MP3s, and other data will be synchronized and backed-up automatically. You can also use your favorite scheduler, e.g. Windows Task Scheduler, to automate the sync.
Beyond Sync is a file sync product allows you to synchronize files between local folders/network drives/USB disks, etc.
Never lose your emails, photos, MP3s, documents, etc.
Beyond Sync combines bulletproof reliability with an extremely easy to use interface to compare, synchronize, and backup your emails, contacts, photos, iTunes, MP3s, and other important files to local directory/USB disk/Network drive/laptops, etc
Sync your files in Realtime!
Realtime sync is a very attritive feature in Beyond Sync. It’s fast and very reliable. Your can see your files are being synced as soon as you save them! It’s an amazing feeling.
Make sure your files were synchronized 100% successfully by our unique Byte to byte verification
We value your data, we totally understand your files are so important. You can’t afford to lose/corrupt them. With “byte to byte” verification, Beyond Sync will verify source and target file byte to byte to ensure your files were synced 100% successfully.
Automation"
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#33
Sorry, I didn't see your post or I wouldn't have repeated what you basically said.
You are right too that people just spew out stuff without thinking first.
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I wonder why there are always complaints about when the software is available. People complain that it is offered on the west coast USA at lets say midnight and not until 3:00AM East coast USA.
UHHMM... let me see here.......
IT"S THE SAME DAMN TIME. GET OVER IT!!!!!!!
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watch this its really cool...its called CUT and PASTE, PLUS its far simpler to just cut/copy and paste to the destination then open a program to sync stuff!! today's giveaway seems pretty darn useless.
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I went to the website, and sure enough, on the comparison page, this is the standard version, and all the sweet talk up above is only available on the Professional version listed for $49.95. This could be an honest mix up; I hope so, and I hope it is rectified because I would really like the pro version very much. I'll keep my eye open for any change in the situation. Thanks GAOTD for all your hard work!! I hope you earn a lot for all the trouble we give you.
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At #5. I live in Ohio which is eastern time zone and these are not up until 3am. So, whatever point you were trying to make is not valid. I can see your mistake and am not bashing you, but the Giveaways are given at the same time globally. So, it is midnight for you and 3 for me.
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TO all of those saying we should not "complain". Well stating the fact that this is the FREE vesion and NOT the Pro being advertsed is FACT not a complaint.
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I don't understand how Val comment #42 who contributes some useful information yet gets a negative vote of usefulness, yet comments such as 'Who said that' who have nothing whatsoever to say except a big gripe because they aren’t getting the software they want are getting positives.... It's beyond me?
Not only that..... the usual 'knock the developers software' comment such as that from Stan comment #40 really will only help towards alienating the giveaway project from other developers, thus accelerating the demise of this fantastic project. It just takes that sort of negativity, which lets be honest really isn't constructive criticism, but just self centered ranting because (as with the first case above) the complainer isn't seeing useful software they want for themselves....... and some even have to go as far as to insult those that think this software is okay.
I'm sure that's why the game giveaway side of this ended up going bottoms up - you just have to look back at the constant whining about how c**p most of the games were..... despite most of them being good commercial games that most of the big developers sold.
That said there’s nothing wrong with negative comments such as Fubars which is rich in info and suggestions.
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Is this any different from the previous Liuxz giveaway FTP Synchronizer (which was remarkably similar to another product, Fevosoft's Beyond Sync)
(the previous giveaway isn't listed on http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/category/liuxz-software/ but you can read about it here: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/category/ftp-synchronizer/ )
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I use Karen's Replicator at http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp
Great program, free and has the source code.
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More crudware! Nothing more then another half stepping offer thats just a waste of time & possible headaches so why did you bother?
It now seems that the only ones benefiting from GOTD is the people that run the site. For the rest of us, it might just be time to move on.
Do us all a favor "Liuxz Software" & don't come back until you get off your cans and offer a worthy download! Theres a sucker born every minute but you won't fine one here!
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Brilliant dont know what people are moaning about. Does as it says.
Thanks gaotd
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Most of the responses to this offer are just repeats of what has already been said. If you cannot contribute information of value, then you are only takeing up space.
I seldom D/L a program from here, but discovered it is well suited for finding alternative FREE sources that are usually superior.
;-)
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The program installed fine. Tried its various features, especially the various sync/backup options to mirror, copy files between directories.
This program is different from most programs in this category because it has some backup options most others don't have. It is the closest program to Microsoft SyncToy 2.0., which is truly unique. I was looking for an alternative to Synctoy because Synctoy setting can not be backed up or saved.
The user interface is very nice, easy to use, however I found bugs in the sync algoritm. Changed the content of some files in the destination folder, and the software did not picked those up even in full sync mode. New file additions were picked up correctly, but file changes did not.
Overall I think Sync Now has good potential in it, it is above the average file sync app. It is a good candidate to be a replacement of SyncToy 2.0, but bugs needs to be corrected and some new sync options added, some features of SyncToy (Echo mode) are not yet supported by Sync Now!
Ease of use: 9
User interface: 10
Features: 7
Ovearll: 8 (after the sync bugs had been corrected)
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This is a very timely offering, GOTD, as my brand-new post in my utilities blog (after a summer-long hiatus) discusses syncing issues and reviews a couple of Web-hosted solutions (I recommend Dropbox).
A brief evaluation of this offering reveals that it is a pretty good syncing utility, but lacks features that would help it equal the best competitors.
Andy (#21) and Chuck (#30): I agree that Allway Sync is the best sync program I have found, after reviewing a few dozen. However, the free version does indeed have a limit on the number of files processed (files scanned, rather than copied). Though it's pretty high (20,000/month), I have hit it a few times. See my discusion of sync tool features in post #58 of my utilities blog, which links back to my earlier review of Allway Sync and other worthy competitors.
Viking (#24) and Tom (#29): I also like Dropbox, and prefer it slightly over Syncplicity (as explained in my blog post this week).
I hope this is helpful.
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Liuxz Software have a definite problem on their hands. First the cheapest version of giveaway is SURPASSED in ease of use and functionality by several FREEWARE products.
The second problem they now face is negative advertisement for their GAOTD product release.... it will definitely cost them more in the long run than the cost of releasing the flagship product for evaluation.......
Maybe they're scared to hear the truth about their flagship product!
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Does not do what it says. uninstalled!!!
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I suggest DSynchronize, which has most of these features mentions above (including real-time sync, run as service, scheduler) but just more lightweight and for free.
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Well put Tony Wojo - they've promised this and gave us that
I'm a bit miffed. Theres a few do that on here unfortunately.
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It´s annoying:
Again there is advertised another (more functional!) version as “giveaway” than is delivered - and of course doesn´t meet the price, too!
This “giveaway” is only the “standard"-version for 29,95 $ - not the “pro"-version!
What this means:
While you might cope with 2., 3. and 4., - and perhaps with 5., too, it is not fitting and not appropriate advertising this way!
Thus I will stay with "robocopy" or similar free solutions, scheduled by nncron(Lite), or, in less professional surrounding, with DirSynch etc.
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Well today I will jump on the alternative bandwagon and offer Cobain Backup.. it does run as service , etc, for FREE.
http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm
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First of all, Jason, #20, it's really NOT fine -- free doesn't matter if it's useless, and GOTD doesn't exist only for our benefit -- devs want the feedback. If everyone only always was a cheerleader 'because it's free', noone would offer a thing. If something is normally sold for $30 and it's not even close to worth $30, getting a kick in the pants from us about it is a good thing.
Now, it's funny, I was just looking for something like this, as I plan to get an external drive to backup my stuff. But since the two big things that I need are only in pro version ('set it and forget it', and run as a service), are there any good freeware programs that do this?
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Nom 5 You sure have no idea what is and is not. It is time to think instead of just play with yourself.
I live on the opposite side of the globe form where this begins and it is sent out to the world to all at the same time. It is two in the afternoon here when it appears but that is midnight where it starts. The east coast of the USA will get it at three AM but that is midnight on the west coast.
think think think
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Despite the description disparity between "Standard" and "Pro", I tried this on one of my networked computers, a laptop running Win98SE, which it says is supported - and all it did was crash, no matter what I tried, with the most arcane errors I've ever seen in over 25 years with computers - like "Canvas does not allow drawing"?!?!? What does THAT have to do with sync software??? Sorry, today's offering is a NO-GO and a big thumbs down from me.
GAOTD staff - we know you can't win 'em all. No matter- I'm very happy to keep coming back every day and supporting the site because this is a great place, and I tell a lot of people about it. THANK YOU, from a very happy and satisfied supporter.
BTW, a big THANKS to Stephen/Whiterabbit - man, you are a gem - I really appreciate all you do for us; your reviews are the best and your suggestions and links to other offerings are pure gold! Keep up the good work...
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Thanks Andy for the allwaysync link. I will use it. I prefer freeware where possible, especially when I can delete and reinstall whenever I need to as opposed to the shareware or freebees here that have a limited install time frame. Not saying I won't use some of what is offered here just prefer freeware over time limited install programs.
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I've been using freeware AllwaySync for similar purposes and I like it very much, so I don't have time to check this out.
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I've tried almost all of the programs mentioned above and have found them useful. However, I now use Syncplicity, which automatically keeps designated folders sync'd between different computers via the internet.
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without a scheduler this program is pretty useless....
and how come the UI for this is almost EXACTLY the same as the BeyondSync program that was given away a while ago? I mean some of the screens are Identical.
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Why do you need software to send photo's mp3 etc to a mem stick or other device's
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As others have mentioned, as of the time of this post, the description, screenshot, and price are for the professional version, but this is the standard version, 4.2.2.128.
Install was very clean, simple registration (cut-and-paste is always recommended).
This is a basic synchronization app, with typical features, although the standard version lacks such things as scheduling. It can create a zip file, although you lose some features. It doesn't say, and I didn't test, whether it supports Zip64 (large files; it uses DelphiZip, based on InfoZip). There's a Read Me in the shortcuts, and a list of hotkeys in the program folder.
For XP and Vista users, I recommend Microsoft SyncToy v2.0 instead. Neither Sync Now! nor SyncToy have a built-in scheduler (Sync Now! installs a shortcut to a scheduler, but it doesn't exist), so you'll need to use Vista Task Scheduler / XP Scheduled Tasks. I find Sync Now!'s interface to be more cumbersome than SyncToy's. Of course, nothing else matches some of the features in SyncToy 2. Apart from its special features, SyncToy is generally more versatile in terms of options. Both can preview operations, both generate log files. Both will copy newer file attributes, such as the indexing attribute, but neither copies alternate data streams. Neither Sync Now!'s ribbon nor context menu have a way to edit a task, but double-clicking the task lets you edit it. There are some global options available from the system menu (icon in upper left), sort of hidden via a button on the lower right of that menu. Sync Now! can compare files after synchronizing, but SyncToy can perform a secure hash to determine what files should be synchronized if the timestamps are unreliable.
Advanced users can do their own synchronization via the command-line utility Robocopy; standard in Vista, an older version can be downloaded for XP. It can copy alternate data streams among other things, but you'll lose the advanced synchronization features which SyncToy supports.
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This should be freeware from the beginning;
only their $50 PRO version is interesting.
Posts #2, 13 and 15 already said what's needed.
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For excellent and free real time synchronization (and secure file sharing) I use dropbox, http://www.getdropbox.com/
And for practical real time backup and file sharing, I use SpiderOak ( http://www.spideroak.com
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Here we go again... Well folks it seems "shareware/liteware" is on the rise here and the developers are getting sly on the details. Just that in this case maybe too many deatails but not the right ones?
Okay first off, nowhere on the GOTD page does it mention the particular version being offered. It is likely that one would not even know there are multiple versions if they do not visit the developer's website and look at the comparison chart.
Secondly, according to what is stated in the GOTD description and compared in the comparison chart, it wouldn't be a bad assumption that the company is offering the Profession version. Yet it turns out that the Standard edition is the version offered and it lacks a key feature mentioned in the GOTD description. The Statndard edition may be good in it's own right but I like to get what is advertised.
It is getting quite disgusting now. No thanks to the shareware, I can do without it. Thanks to the companies and developers out there that offer high quality full-featured applications here, you are greatly appreciated and your deeds have not gone unnoticed.
On a side note:
Seriously though this is just crazy, a whole new pro version just for 3 features? Considering the price of the application, why not sale one exclusive version that is fully-featured? If not then make the pro version worth that added price tag. It's just a ploy to sucker people out of their money, other than that I see no reason for the multi-version bull that many software companies exhibit these days. Oh well...
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To anybody looking for a sync / backup solution, I highly recommend SyncBack:
http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/
The free version will do scheduled runs. The SE version is one of the most useful and well thought out shareware programs I've bought. I have no connection with 2BrightSparks, by the way, other than as a satisifed customer.
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I have compaired over a dozen file sychronization programs both free and for a fee types. The winner by a longshot is a program called allwaysync. It will do everything you could possibly want a syncronization tool to do. It is absolutely free for personal use. It is inexpensive (under $20) for business use. No limitations placed on the free version. It it one of the very special tools I use everyday.
Download the program from their site here:
http://allwaysync.com/download.html
"Thumb drive version too"
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This installs and works fine on 64-bit Vista.
It is indeed the standard version, not Pro.
I take exception to the implication that there is some underhandedness or inadequacy in this offer. It's fine. It's free for 24 hours. And there's not a huge difference with the "Pro" version anyway, according to the comparison chart. I wish the perpetual whiners would buzz off to Bits du Jour, where a discount of 50% or so is standard. But of course they won't, because even a DAILY GIVEAWAY isn't enough for them.
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