ChronoSync is a useful Mac program that provides you with an efficient and quick way to back up your data. This application enables you to schedule backups to various types of destinations, such as your Google Cloud account, a different local drive, an SFTP Server, and many others.
The utility comes with a straightforward interface, features a comprehensive help manual that comes in handy if you're new with this types of programs, and provides you with easy-to-configure settings. Furthermore, you won't even notice when this app backs up your data as it uses a small chunk of your CPU resources.
You can create multiple backup profiles. For example, you can create a profile for backing up a local directory to another drive. The app lets you schedule the backups according to your needs. You can back up your data weekly or monthly, on specific days of the week, and at a certain hour.
Furthermore, the program allows you to define your own rules for the backups. For example, you can configure the application to back up the files that have a certain extension or size.
To summarize, ChronoSync proves to be a reliable solution for backing up your important files. It's intuitive, immediately backs up the selected data, and comes with a reasonable price.
v4.6 [Apr 2, 2015]
- Implemented SmartScan which delivers significantly faster changed file detection.
- Implemented Checksum Data Verification to dramatically speed up 'verified copied data' Option.
- Modernized Memory Management to deliver performance increases.
- Implemented a Yosemite Native User Interface.
- Incorporated Gradient-free Controls.
- Developed New Icons.
- Activated new Visual Effect Views.
- Added Full Voice-Over Accessibility support.
- Added Document Info Popover in the Document Organizer.
- Added More Info Popover in Container and Syncronizer Document editors.
- Added Special Notes field to the 'Setup Panel'.
- Added a Readiness State Popover with expanded Readiness State Information.
- Added Last Run information Popover added to the 'Setup Panel'.
- Added larger Sync Direction buttons on the Setup Panel that run the sync.
- Animated the System Menu icon to indicate sync in progress.
- Added the 'Animate during scheduled syncs' preference setting in General preferences.
- Revised POSIX Rule Description to better resemble BSD-style file permissions.
- Implemented the, Yosemite-only, "Compact Toolbars" preference setting.
- Added Event Bookmarks that are automatically tagged in Sync Document Logs.
- Added Finder Tags Rule.
- Numerous User Interface tweaks and adjustments to be more consistent across localizations and OS versions.
- Created 'Only run if target volumes or agents are available' scheduling option.
- Created 'Prompt user before running' scheduling option.
- Created 'Abort is still running at...' scheduling option.
- Added Push notifications of sync success or failure sent to ChronoMonitor 1.1 iOS app.
- Added Mount/unmount locally attached drives to sync or backup.
- Added Option to Assert Volume Ownership when using Admin Access.
- Implemented a custom 'Tags' field in Analyze Panel, Trial Sync Selector and Conflict sheet.
- Added Quick Start Guide to the download DMG.
- Added dock-bounce mitigation which terminates the dock icon bounce after an elapsed time.
- When blessing a volume after a bootable backup operation, we now create a boot.efi, if necessary.
- When blessing a volume after a bootable backup operation, we now render a text label for the firmware-based OS picker.
- Tweaked the progress reporting logic to be more proactive about displaying folders being analyzed.
- Added the ability to invoke "Open Log" from the "Actions" menu when a synchronization is running.
- Improved compatibility with OpenZFS file systems by not erroneously thinking it was an MS-DOS/SMB filesystem.
- The list of volumes presented when choosing a target on an agent connection (including local agent) is now sorted.
- Ensured last chosen rule is retained in the intermediate and advance rule selection sheets.
- Mousing over the target tab on the Setup Panel now displays a "Pencil" icon, providing a visual clue that the tab is editable.
- Expanded path information display for each selected Target to avoid truncation.
- Target Icon may now be dragged to other sync documents or apps that accept drag & drop pathnames.
- Raised the demo mode file count limit to 5000.
- Implemented a potential fix for the hard-to-identify heartbeat/status crash.
- Fixed a potential document corruption that could occur if a volume icon provided by the OS contained system specific information.
- Fixed a bug whereby the Scheduled Documents Manager might not properly refresh itself at the end of a sync if it can't obtain a thread lock.
- Fixed a bug whereby the Registration and Prompt to Insert Media dialogs were not giving the current run-loop any execution time.
- Fixed a bug whereby switching from a bootable operation (backup or mirror) to a non-bootable operation would not apply auto-exclusions at the root level of the targets.
- Fixed a bug whereby when restoring from the Archive to a specific folder, the destination path would not be preserved in between successive restore attempts.
- Added some logic to Analyze panel that should prevent the rare occurrence of "(null)" filenames listed in the outline view.
- Fixed a bug whereby if connected to a ChronoAgent with no volumes available for selection (due to whitelisting), CS would just beep when the user tried to select a target.
- Fixed some logic problems associated with preparing the "Access Restrictions" sheet window for display after access restrictions were already enabled.
- Fixed a potential crashing bug that can occur when applying auto-exclusions to the root level of a synchronizer and the entries at the root level change while doing so.
