October 8th, 2011 - 2.5MB - MacIntel with MacOS X 10.7 or higher - Download this latest version   -   Buy this latest version

What's new

1. •It runs on MacIntel machines only with OS X 10.7 or higher.
   

2. •The version 4.1.0 for PPC & Intel machines, 32bit, for MacOS X 10.5 or higher, is available for download here.
   

3. •As requested, we added the check-box "Skip Permissions Check" to the Settings panel. If marked FS will skip the permissions check during the Scanning Folders phase only. FS will always perform the permissions check during the copy phase, and in case it cannot copy/replace/delete a file/folder it will report an error to the Log, as always. Skipping the Permission Check during the scanning phase could improve the speed of the scanning task, but it is not recommended. In facts, you could discover the "permissions denied" cases only after the whole scanning folder has been performed, that is maybe after a long long time.
   

4. •Improved the "Send log via email" feature (Preferences/Log panel).
   

5. •This version doesn’t longer copy the main folder/disk custom icon (if any).
   

6. •Fixed a bug at mounting volumes requiring a password.
   

7. •Fixed a bug at un-mounting remote volumes.
   

8. •Fixed a bug at auto-defining the volumes to mount.
   
   

Version History

Features

1. •FoldersSynchronizer is a nifty and popular shareware utility for MacOS X and 9 to Synchronize and Backup files, folders, disks and boot disks.
   

2. •FS can backup the whole MacOS X boot disk and make it bootable.
   

3. •FS can auto-mount local and remote volumes.
   

4. •FS can exactly sync/backup the files/folders deleted or renamed (Exact Sync and Exact Backup features).
   

5. •FS can create, save and open "Sessions Files".
   

6. •FS allows creating, renaming, duplicating, deleting, editing of several Sessions in a single file.
   

7. •FS can assign to each session several options, as: Settings, Timers, Multiple Folders, Filters, Exclude, Conflicts, Auto-mount, AppleScript.
   

8. •FS can execute in a single task, one or all the Sessions defined in a file.
   

9. •FS can execute one or all the Sessions simultaneously at the time you specify in the timer list.
   

10. •FS can show the Timer Scheduling list.
    

11. •FS can execute "Multiple" synchronizations/backup (up to 32 pairs of folders or disks) specified by a single Session.
    

12. •FS can "Filter" the documents to copy by FileName, Type, Creator, Creation Date, Modification Date, File Size, Owner, Group and Kind (File or Folder).
    

13. •FS can "Exclude", from the sync or backup, the folders and files (with absolute path) you specify in the Excluding item list.
    

14. •FS can check and behave as you specify whether a "Conflict" occurs before replacing or deleting a recently updated file.
    

15. •FS can check whether both the files have been modified after the last Sync/Backup.
    

16. •FS can check, during a backup, whether the destination file has a most recent modification date.
    

17. •FS can run an user's AppleScript before and after executing each session (sync or backup).
    

18. •FS can copy invisible Files and Folders.
    

19. •FS can include/unlock the locked files, so it can delete/replace also the locked files, if necessary.
    

20. •FS can resolve Aliases and SYM links.
    

21. •FS can skip the empty folders.
    

22. •FS can copy the new files only and skip the most recently updated files.
    

23. •FS can stop or skip or ask for further instruction, if an error or a conflict occurs.
    

24. •FS can show the "Items to be copied" Preview List. Here, again, the user can exclude some items from the copy (skip).
    

25. •FS can save/display short or detailed Log Files (always or only if an error occurred).
    

26. •FS can send the Log Text via Email to a custom email address (always or only if an error occurred).
    

27. •FS can work with root privileges, even if the user is not the root (if requested by the user, FS asks for the root's password at any launch).
    

28. •FS can use a "modification date delta seconds" value when calculating the most recent file.
    

29. •FS works properly on Unicode Strings, Long file names, Unix permissions, ACL and Extended attributes, Multiple forks, Forks > 2GBytes, SYM links and GMT Date/Time.
    

30. •FS allows drag and drop of source and destination folders/files/disks and aliases.
    

31. •FS can automatically check for updates.
    

32. •FS can work in background (multithreading).
    

33. •FS registered copies have no limits regarding the amount of files and folders or the total byte size.
    

34. •FS versions for MacOS Classic never needs extra memory for large amount of files or for large file size.
    

35. •FS has been successfully tested on MacOS X from 10.1.2 to 10.7.1.
    
    

36. •FS is available also as lite version for $20 (version 3 only). This documentations regards the full version. The lite version is like the full version except for the fact it has not the following features: Timers, Multiple Folders, Filters, Excluding, Conflicts, Auto-mount Volumes, AppleScript, Send Log via Email, Sync & Quit, Sync & Shut Down, Expand Preview Items Automatically, All Sessions. It can quite execute backup, sync, exact backup, exact sync, backup and sync of any kind of file, folder and disk (included the boot disk) without any limit about the number of files/bytes to copy. Also it can create, delete, duplicate and rename sessions, show the preview of the items to be copied, replaced, and deleted, can save log files and shift the modification dates. You can download both the versions here and compare the features they grant.
    

Technical Notes

Release Notes - Version 4.1.0