App: Compare & Sync Folders
Developer: VADIM ZYBIN
Genres: Productivity, Utilities

Compare & Sync Folders is an easy-to-use app for beginners, has the ability to fine-tune synchronization settings for the most exacting professionals.

The app can synchronize multiple pairs of folders at the same time. Using convenient preview mode you can view the changes before sync and change the operation with files, if required. The Compare & Sync Folders also provides robust tools to filter files and folders so that you sync exactly what you want.

Compare & Sync Folders is perfect for backups to external storage devices including: 
USB, memory cards, disks on remote computers within your network, folders on Cloud services (Dropbox, etc.) With each re-backup, the app finds and copies only new files and new file versions, thereby reducing backup time and extending the life of your storage devices.

Do you have terabytes (TB) of data to sync? No problem! Compare & Sync Folders has been optimized to work with extremely large number of files. Sit back and relax, your data is being automatically synced!

The app supports bidirectional synchronization!

Please, contact us with any questions, we are very happy to provide quick answers and make the app better for you.

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FOR BEGINNERS
- Select two folders to synchronize.
- Click "Sync" button.


FOR PROFESSIONALS
- 9 modes of synchronization. Real bidirectional synchronization. Tracking deletions, additions, changes in synchronized folders.
- 6 file comparison modes allow to synchronize files on the storage devices with different file systems (OS X, FAT32, etc.)
- 9 modes of file operations. Convenient Preview mode. Change the operation with files before sync, if required.
- 5 search modes for items of the Preview table (by name, path, name & path, …).
- 11 filter modes for items of the Preview table (Missing&Diffs, Missing, Diffs, Equal, …).
- Synchronization over the network. The ability to automatically connect network folders before synchronization.
- Protection for unauthorized disconnect storage devices (folders) during synchronization.
- Saving the last/all versions of files to be deleted. Using this mode, you can always restore deleted files, even if folders have synchronized several times.
- Compare files using QuickLook or "Line by Line" comparison before sync.
- Shows selected files in the Finder.app
- Opens selected files in the default app.
- Execution of file operations for the selected items of the Preview table.
- Copy the selected items (Missing, Diffs, …) of the Preview table into the third folder.
- Resolving the file versions conflict.
- Each pairs of folders shows when synchronization was done the last time.
- The synchronization process is logged.
- Save / Load the program settings to a file.
- You can transform the app to the convenient file manager using powerful filters for files and folders and writing your own copy script.
- Synchronization of subfolder attributes.
- Writing your own copy scripts, for example:
- Copy all non-synced files to selected folder before copying.
- Copying files using Unix commands: cp, rsync ...


The main difference from the similar apps on the App Store:
- Real bidirectional synchronization. Tracking deletions, additions, changes in synchronized folders.
- Faster synchronization of the large folders.

Release notes:
- Added autosaving of preview table settings.

v.1.x
- Improved copying process.
- Improved synchronization for files that have special language characters in the file name.
- Improved compatibility with macOS 11 Big Sur and Apple Silicon.
- Improved Dark Mode support
- Shows the description when select the sync mode.
- Improved "Line by Line" comparison. Ability to choose a "Line by Line" comparison app on the "Settings" tab.
- Added Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch languages.
- You can change the file operation for a few selected items of the Preview table before sync.