Hi,
'Beyond compare' looks like a very interesting tool, unifying features from different worlds in one nice piece of software. There are two suggestions I'd like to make:
1) Synchronization of unconnected computers via small storage device (USB-stick)
This would apply to situations where you want to sync two directory structures on two PCs which are quite larger then the USB device you are using to transport the files but changes only slowly. An example would be the following situation:
- directory structure is 100 GB large
- daily changes are 1 GB
- USB device is 4 GB large
If you could copy only the files that have changed onto your USB device, you could perfectly use a small device to keep two larger folders synchronized. Basically, on the first computer, you would store a list of files on the stick, compare this list with the second computer and copy all files that are newer onto the stick (as well as label files that are newer on first computer to be copied next time).
2) Detect renamings and movements
I know, this has been requested before in the topic "Rearrange rather than delete and recopy", but I would like to second this request. Currently, I know only two tools that are able of correctly recognizing and propagating moved or renamed folders / files. So, if you were able to incorporate such a feature, you would have a huge advantage over most competitors!
Thanks for considering it and keep the great work going!
- spitfire
'Beyond compare' looks like a very interesting tool, unifying features from different worlds in one nice piece of software. There are two suggestions I'd like to make:
1) Synchronization of unconnected computers via small storage device (USB-stick)
This would apply to situations where you want to sync two directory structures on two PCs which are quite larger then the USB device you are using to transport the files but changes only slowly. An example would be the following situation:
- directory structure is 100 GB large
- daily changes are 1 GB
- USB device is 4 GB large
If you could copy only the files that have changed onto your USB device, you could perfectly use a small device to keep two larger folders synchronized. Basically, on the first computer, you would store a list of files on the stick, compare this list with the second computer and copy all files that are newer onto the stick (as well as label files that are newer on first computer to be copied next time).
2) Detect renamings and movements
I know, this has been requested before in the topic "Rearrange rather than delete and recopy", but I would like to second this request. Currently, I know only two tools that are able of correctly recognizing and propagating moved or renamed folders / files. So, if you were able to incorporate such a feature, you would have a huge advantage over most competitors!
Thanks for considering it and keep the great work going!
- spitfire
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