Create Synchronicity is a portable and lightweight file sync software for the Windows operating system. The file synchronization program can be started after downloading and unpacking the program files. It uses profiles that each define a specific synchronization process.
The configuration of a new job is relatively easy. It begins by selecting the source and target directory. The subdirectories of the selected folders will be displayed in the subdirectory section after pressing on the refresh icon in the middle of the two windows. It is here that the folders for the file sync are selected.
Create Synchronicity supports three different file synchronization methods, namely left to right mirror and incremental or two way incremental.
- Left to right mirror: An exact copy of the files on the left side are copied to the right side. New and modified files are copied over and files that have been deleted are deleted on the right as well.
- Left to right incremental: Uses the same method as the left to right mirror synchronization with the exception that no files are deleted in the target folder.
- Two way incremental: Copies files from left to right and vice verse without deleting any files.
Additional options are provided at the bottom. This includes defining include and exclude filters to only copy the specified files or exclude the specified files. Other options include computing hashes before copying the files, replicating empty directories, use strict file comparison and strict mirror creation which will revert files that were modified on the right.
Create Synchronicity is a comfortable file sync software. The only thing missing seems to be a scheduler configurable in the application. It can however be added to the Windows Task Scheduler quite easily since it supports command line parameters. The file synchronization works with network drives as well and a preview function is build in to display the changes that will be made if the synchronization is executed.
The program can be downloaded from its Sourceforge project website.
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