Sync is a file transfer app with full sync, backup and restore for local, external or cloud storage.

NOTE:
Local drive is free while Removable drives and Cloud storage drives are available via in app purchase at the Sync Shop.

TERMS:

DRIVE:
A ‘drive’ is a local storage unit or a cloud storage service where files and data can be stored, e.g. Disk drive, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, Box, Google Drive, Amazon S3, etc.

SOURCE:
A ‘source’ is a local drive that provides files or data to be uploaded to other drives or receives files downloaded from other drives.

TASK:
A ‘task’ is a collection of sources with a target drive, through which a sync, backup or restore operation can be performed.

The app can perform:

• FULL SYNC: compares and synchronises files at two locations, deleted files in one location are deleted at the other, while new files at one location are uploaded to the other

• BACKUP SYNC: upload changed files from sources to the destination drive

• RESTORE SYNC: download changed files on a drive to target sources

• FILE MANAGER: list and browse files and folders on a drive, upload or download files to and from a drive, delete/rename files and folders on a drive.

Usage:
File transfers are performed in tasks and you can create as many tasks for any drive, and with as many sources as you prefer.

When you create a task, you will

1. add a list of sources that point to the data you want to backup or restore. For files, this will be the folder containing the files.

2. add a destination drive and then select a destination folder on the drive where the data will be uploaded to or downloaded from.

Each source in a task can have a ‘path’. A source path is a folder name, relative to the current task’s drive destination folder ,
where a source’s files are uploaded to during a backup or downloaded from during restore.