Description
You want a routine backup of a few folders that matter, and the backup program opens by asking you to create a "job", pick a "plan" and configure a "policy" — a pile of concepts standing in front of one simple sentence: copy what is in folder A into folder B. SimplySync Backup is built around that sentence. The top of the window is a table pairing source folders with backup folders; add a few pairs, choose a mode, press start. The installer is under a megabyte.
Neither side has to be a local disk. Either end of a pair can be a UNC path on the LAN or an FTP address, so pushing documents to a NAS and pulling a website directory back down use the same table and the same two clicks.
Folder pairs: the main screen is a source/destination table, one pair per row, with a checkbox deciding which pairs run this time and arrows to reorder them — no separate job object per directory.
Four modes: common backup (overwrite existing files at the destination), strict backup (also delete destination files that no longer exist at the source), restore (copy back the other way), and sync (both sides take the newer file), all switched in the same window.
Incremental by default: only outdated files at the destination are overwritten and unchanged ones are skipped, which makes every run after the first far quicker than a full copy.
Skip system and hidden files: two separate toggles, so system files and piles of hidden cache directories do not ride along.
Network and FTP targets: paths accept LAN shares and ftp:// addresses directly, so backing up to a NAS or a server needs no mapped drive first.
Scheduled backups: a configured backup can be put on a schedule and run itself instead of waiting for you to remember.
Saved configurations: the whole pair table saves to a file and loads again later, which makes moving to another machine or switching between setups straightforward.
Error log and tray operation: a log shows which files failed to copy after a run, and the program can sit in the tray waiting for its next one.
Neither side has to be a local disk. Either end of a pair can be a UNC path on the LAN or an FTP address, so pushing documents to a NAS and pulling a website directory back down use the same table and the same two clicks.
Features
Folder pairs: the main screen is a source/destination table, one pair per row, with a checkbox deciding which pairs run this time and arrows to reorder them — no separate job object per directory.
Four modes: common backup (overwrite existing files at the destination), strict backup (also delete destination files that no longer exist at the source), restore (copy back the other way), and sync (both sides take the newer file), all switched in the same window.
Incremental by default: only outdated files at the destination are overwritten and unchanged ones are skipped, which makes every run after the first far quicker than a full copy.
Skip system and hidden files: two separate toggles, so system files and piles of hidden cache directories do not ride along.
Network and FTP targets: paths accept LAN shares and ftp:// addresses directly, so backing up to a NAS or a server needs no mapped drive first.
Scheduled backups: a configured backup can be put on a schedule and run itself instead of waiting for you to remember.
Saved configurations: the whole pair table saves to a file and loads again later, which makes moving to another machine or switching between setups straightforward.
Error log and tray operation: a log shows which files failed to copy after a run, and the program can sit in the tray waiting for its next one.
