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App of the week: arRsync for the Mac

August 25, 2011 15:05 by: Karl Johnson   0 Comments

Categories: AOTW , Mac Applications , Review

Tagged: backup , synchronization

This week's app is a folder synchronization tool called arRsync. This is a great tool that can backup or synchronize folders and files. Any folder that the finder sees, whether local or network based, can be synchronized.

arRsync does a nice job of backing up folders from one's local hard drive to an external or networked hard drive. The best part about this tool is that it is free.

arRsync is a graphical user interface (GUI) or front end for a terminal or UNIX program called Rsync. While this front end is an open source beta application, the Rsync program is not. The actual file synchronization is done by the unix program and not the front end.

arRsync does not contain nearly as many options as Rsync, but that's not a bad thing. If one needs more options than arRsync, just use Rsync directly via the terminal. arRsync allows those who are not comortable with UNIX commands to a solid built-in synchronization program with an easy to use interface.

arSync options include bidirectional synchronize, unidirectional backup, unidirectional merge, and preserve permissions and extended attributes. This gives the common user enough options for most backups and synchronization jobs.

If you are looking at a backup tool for just folders instead of the entire drive, check it out.

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