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GoodSync is an easy and reliable file backup and file synchronization software

It automatically analyzes, synchronizes, and backs up your emails, precious family photos, contacts, MP3s, financial documents, and other important files locally - between desktops, laptops, servers, external drives, and Windows Mobile devices, as well as remotely through FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, and more.

Features:

Easy to Use Windows Interface
- Do routine multiple folder synchronizations with one click.
- Automatic, on-screen, context sensitive hints.
- Minimal questions asked before file sync starts.
- Multilingual user interface with localized file names support

Performs real all-way file and folder synchronization
- File modifications and deletions are stored in a database.
- The innovative algorithm does not rely on file system precision or accuracy.
- Actual folder (directory) synchronization.
- Virtually any file system is supported

Can be used in various scenarios
- Sync data between your desktop PC and laptop (notebook).
- Update and backup files over a local network or the Internet.
- Synchronize more than 2 directories.
- Do data replication and backup between home and work computers.
- Synchronize a removable (USB key, flash drive, CDRW) device with a local drive. You will combine the performance of local file devices with the absolute mobility of a removable drive. And don't be so afraid of losing your USB key or even of your hard drive crashing: be at ease, knowing you have kept a copy of your most important data

What's New:

* Use server timestamping technique to prevent server side Analyze scan when nothing has changed on server. Turn it on in Options -> Advanced -> Fast Pre-Analyze. Used in RoboForm Online syncing.
* Add Windows Offline Files (Net Share files cached by CSC) detection and warning. Offline Files must be turned Off, because they cause problems in syncing due to lack of consistency.
* Skip Offline files when analyzing (unmounted tapes, offline per Hierarchical Storage Management).
* If GoodSync cannot connect via proxy (say, due to bad authentication), try to connect directly.
* WinCE: speed up and optimize two jobs working with the same WinCE device.
* LocalNet: Do not purge cached credentials of the server we are connecting to, on Analyze.
* FTP: fix processing of some error replies that could causes cycling in rare cases.
* FTP: better test MFMT command, as some hosts do not support it while claiming otherwise.
* WMI: more timely release of WMI handles when closing GoodSync.