"What differentiates Synchronize! Pro...is its ability to copy and restore the users & groups AppleShare information. This allows...easy replacement of a downed server."
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"Having used Softobe's FoldersSynchronizerX for several months for backup purposes, I grew white hair when syncing two hard disks via FireWire. So I purchased Synchronize! Pro and set up a speed comparison.

My sync test with a 9 GB internal HD and a corresponding folder on a 30 GB LaCie Pocketdrive (which is a very cute casket, by the way) led to the following results:

As expected, the initial copies took about the same time in both FSX and Synchronize! Pro, and so did the inevitable folder scans.

The terrific difference was to be experienced during the second, that is, the 'regular', sync process, when there were only seven out of 32,000 files to copy. After the folder scan, taking about four minutes with both applications, Synchronize! Pro appeared to simply copy the files just recognized as modified, whereas FSX seemed to pass through every single file twice more (due to separate processes for both copy directions), whether the file had been changed or not!

Thus, Synchronize! Pro was completely done in barely five minutes - FSX took a lot longer... 19 minutes overall, which results in a speed factor of 3.8x or saving nearly 75% of the time.

Besides, at first sight Synchronize! Pro appears more reliable since FSX for example happened to 'forget' its destination folders if the target disk wasn't continuously available, which is quite annoying if you run your nightly backup unattended.

While Synchronize! Pro may be the less handsome piece of software, it surely is the far more useful."

"Synchronize! Pro can run entirely automatically, mounting a file server with a password, identifying changed files, copying files, copying privileges, and unmounting the file server at any preset time..."
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