Henry Imler August 27th, 2006

I have a notebook and a desktop computer. I spend a considerable
amount of time on each of them. I use both to listen to music and to
work on school work. My problem is making sure I have the right files
in font of me when I go to work or listen to music. I wanted something
that would sync up folders for me. I wanted something that was easy to
use, fast, and reliable. I had looked for some open source solutions,
but they all had problems with my three requirements. Then I stumbled
on SyncToy,
a powertoy that Microsoft developed for digital photo users. Dispited
this, it works with any folder set and any file contents. I have set it
up to sync my music and MU folders. You can set it to run every day at
a certain time. You can also set what type of sync-ing you want to do:

• Synchronize: New and updated files are copied both ways. Renames and deletes on either side are repeated on the other.
• Echo: New and updated files are copied left to right. Renames and deletes on the left are repeated on the right.
• Subscribe: Updated files on the right are copied to the left if the file name already exists on the left.
• Contribute: New and updated files are copied left to right. Renames on the left are repeated on the right. No deletions.
• Combine: New and updated files are copied both ways. Nothing happens to renamed and deleted files.

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