Allway Sync can synchronize two locations by analyzing their contents. This is very useful when you need to synchronize or back up information across various devices.
The interface layout helps the user visually understand the synchronization process. It displays a different tab for each of the synchronization jobs. To create a new job, you will need to specify what the two extremes of the process are. We cannot speak of source and destination locations because the program allows you to synchronize in both unidirectional or bidirectional modes. Not only hard disks folders are supported but also those on external drives, portable devices, FTP folders and network locations. In addition, it also supports synchronizing data stored on cloud-based services, such as Amazon, Google Docs, Azure and SkyDrive. You can start by having the program analyze the contents on both folders, after which you can get a report including new files, unchanged files and all files. Although the interface is quite basic on the surface, there are lots of other options. Perhaps, the most important options are the synchronization rules. This way you can have the program ignore one-hour differences and set different types of filters, for instance. Once the jobs have been created, they will be run automatically as scheduled. You can have the program initiate during startup and run hidden in the system tray, but better than that, you can install it as a system service. The latter option will guarantee that synchronization tasks are carried out even when no user is logged on.
In general, Allway Sync can satisfy beginners and experts alike because it allows creating basic tasks that can also be made to comply with rather complex rules. It is fair to say that the program carried out the jobs I created just as scheduled without any difficulty.
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