ChronoSync Features List of the important features in ChronoSync

CUSTOMIZE TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT!

ChronoSync, the complete sync, backup and bootable backup app for the Mac, is packed with features. With ChronoSync you can Schedule, Monitor and Validate your backups and syncs. You can Log, Filter and Archive your data. Not sure if ChronoSync can handle your backup or sync scenario? Contact support and we will guide you through your setup.

Trial Sync​

THINK BEFORE YOU SYNC

For peace of mind, you can run trial synchronizations before synchronizing. Trial synchronizations analyze all the files but don’t actually synchronize them immediately.

When a Trial Synchronization is performed, a list of file changes are displayed so you can see what happens before it happens. No other synchronizing application lets you manage your data so thoroughly.

Trial synchronization results are presented in a sheet window, allowing you to investigate each file that ChronoSync wants to synchronize. Overriding or skipping each specific operation is a snap. ChronoSync will even estimate the space requirements for the synchronized files. When ready, just click “Synchronize” and let ChronoSync do all the work!

Schedule

ANY TIME, ANY PLACE

Tasks can be scheduled to run any minute, hour, day, week, month, or any combination you can think of. If your Mac is off and ChronoSync misses a schedule, it will make it up the next time you start your Mac. ChronoSync can even wake up your Mac to run a scheduled synchronization or have the same task run at different time intervals.

EVENT TRIGGERED SCHEDULING

ChronoSync supports event-based schedules. For example, you can trigger a synchronization to run when a drive is connected to your computer or when you mount a specific file server. Used in conjunction with ChronoAgent, you can also detect when other computers have joined your network and automatically trigger a synchronization or backup to occur with that specific computer!

DON'T LIVE ON A SCHEDULE

You can configure your task to monitor the chosen target for changes and only run when changes have been detected. Relieve yourself of tedious time-based schedules and know that your changes are being backed up automatically as they occur.

Intelligence

MODIFIER ASSISTANTS

Choose some or all of your previously created tasks and apply mass changes like error handling behaviors, task monitoring, enabling Admin Access or setting up schedules.

INCREMENTAL COPIES

Only files that have been modified since your last backup will be copied. This speeds things up and cuts down on the storage requirements for your backed up data.

CHANGE DETECTION

Instead of just comparing files against each other, ChronoSync creates a snapshot and compares the existing state of your files against their last known state.

METADATA CHANGE DETECTION

Metadata changes such as access permissions, locked states, Finder labels, tags, Spotlight comments, etc. are detected and will be applied to a counterpart file if that is all that has changed.

SMARTSCAN

Performance jumps to a whole new level with SmartScan, an advanced algorithm for analyzing a volume for changes. While SmartScan won’t copy your files any faster, detecting which ones need to be copied can see dramatic speed improvements.

CONCURRENT COPY

Multiple files can be copied simultaneously, greatly increasing the efficiency of your syncs and backups. You’ll see the greatest improvement when dealing with network or cloud-based connections.

PROGRESSIVE SCANNING

If a sync or backup task is prematurely terminated, progressive scanning will pick up where it left off and scan only those files not scanned in the previous run.

CONFLICT DETECTION

Many sync apps are incapable of accurately detecting conflicts. ChronoSync’s unique change detection algorithm makes it ideally suited to detect and report such conflicts.

SAFE COPY

Data is first copied to a temporary file. Once the copy has been successfully completed, the destination file will be replaced. This keeps your destination file intact in case there is some error or connection loss encountered during the copy.

I/O THROTTLING

When enabled, disk I/O operations are performed at a low priority, allowing you to continue using other applications unimpeded. This feature is intelligent and will only slow down when it detects you are actively using other applications.

FILE SYSTEM FREEZING

If using APFS, this feature will take a snapshot of the file system first. This guarantees the destination will mirror the source at the exact moment the sync/backup begins.

DETECT FILE SYSTEM

ChronoSync is able to choose different program logic depending upon the file system being used. If an older system is being used, ChronoSync still works optimally using HFS+.

Filtering

FILTER FILES & FOLDERS

ChronoSync is designed to be flexible. It can meet the needs of any synchronization or backup strategy, no matter how simple or complex. ChronoSync offers multiple methods to exclude files and folders from your sync/backup task.

With ChronoSync you can narrow your sync/backup tasks by targeting specific folders, Excluding files & folders, filtering files & rules using Rules, or a combination of these methods.

MANUALLY EXCLUDE

Quickly and easily exclude any files or folders from your target with a click of the mouse.

RULES

Create rules to synchronize or backup folders and files by name, date, size, creator codes, extension, labels, flags, permissions, or any combination of the above, adding intelligence and creating flexibility in the file selection process.

For instance, you may want to only synchronize the files in your Pictures folder that contain a specific word in the filename. Just create a rule and only those files will copy over to the destination. Likewise you can exclude any files you want using rules. Perhaps you don’t want to synchronize video files that are more than 1 GB in size – a simple file size rule will take care of that!

ChronoSync offers three rule-base modes: Simple, Intermediate and Advanced. The ‘Simple’ mode provides five convenient rules that you can enable to perform rulebase filtering of your synchronization or backup.

The Intermediate and Advanced rule modes allow the creation of custom rules from over a dozen different rule types. You can also choose from over a dozen predefined rule templates.

You can create as many rules as you’d like, combining them in simple or complex boolean expressions. Any set of rules can be saved as a template making it easy to reuse custom rule sets in other synchronizer documents.

Archiving

JUST IN CASE

ChronoSync maintains an exact copy of all the files from your source drive, but what if you want to access older files or files that you have deleted? No problem!

ChronoSync saves old versions of your files in case you need to go back in time. Instead of just deleting files, ChronoSync saves deleted and modified files by placing them in an archive folder. Set the archive options to save older files based on a specific number, length of time, or a combination of both. You can also compress archived files to save disk space.

Archived files are accessed in the Archive panel. The list view makes it easy to find, sort, and manage your archived files. Quickly find the file’s name, type, version number, archive date, and file date. Then open or restore any older version of a file with one click.

Files or groups of files are restored from an archive to one of three locations:

  • Its original location (the source, if this is a backup).
  • Its counterpart (the destination, if this is a backup).
  • A specific folder of your choosing.

Integrity

BUILD TRUST IN BACKUPS

Double-check the integrity of your backups by running a separate validation of your data. Corruption of your backup data may go unnoticed by your daily backup regimen. The Validator is a tool that can perform a byte-for-byte comparison of your file contents and metadata. Get a report of anything that might be out-of-sync. Validation confirms your older backups are preserved accurately without modifying anything on your two targets. Trust your backups to ChronoSync so you can trust your backups!

Monitor

PROGRESS BAR

View the the progress of any sync/backup in real time.

MENU BAR

The “Running Scheduled Tasks” menu item will display all scheduled tasks that are currently executing along with a status/progress indicator even if ChronoSync is running in the background.

LOGS

Each task maintains its own log where details of every operation can be recorded. You choose how much information is posted to the log.

In addition to all synchronization operations, all scheduled synchronizations are logged so you can look back and see what scheduled syncs ran when and what the outcome was.

PUSH NOTIFICATIONS

Deliver push notifications to your iPhone via ChronoMonitor. Get notice of completed backups & synchronizations — success or failure — nearly instantly while you’re anywhere in the world!

EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS

Each task can target a different (or multiple) email account using custom subjects to facilitate email filtering. You can choose to receive a summary or detailed log information including all errors.

SYSTEM NOTIFICATIONS

Task completions and errors can generate user notifications that appear in the Notification Center. Keep track of what ChronoSync is doing while using other apps or even from the login screen!

Enterprise

PUSH BACKUPS TO A SERVER

Install ChronoSync on all your networked Macs and configure them to backup to a central server. The advantage of this method is that each user’s machine has more control over exactly what gets backed up and when. Backups can be configured to run when each machine is turned on, when it joins the network, throughout the day, before logging out, or all of the above! It provides users with easy access to their backed up data, allowing them to restore lost or archived files on their own. The disadvantage is, well, sometimes you don’t want to give your users so much control!

PULL BACKUPS FROM CLIENTS

Install ChronoSync on a central server and have it connect to client computers to “pull” backups from them. Use standard file sharing or, for greater performance and flexibility, install ChronoAgent on each client machine. Schedule backups throughout the day or during off-peak hours. The advantage of this method is that it puts total control of backups in the hands of the administrator and it can be more cost effective. The disadvantage is that it becomes the administrators job to restore lost data for users.

BACKUP ON THE ROAD

ChronoSync can be installed on mobile laptops and configured to connect to your central server over a secure internet connection or on your own private VPN. Perform backups as if you were sitting in your office. You can even retrieve lost or archived files, too! Configure remote bootable backups to maintain a mirror image of the entire hard drive back at the central office. Thus if the computer is lost, stolen or damaged, you can have it back up and running in a snap!

Extras

MOJAVE OPTIMIZED

ChronoSync fully supports macOS Mojave which includes the new APFS (Apple File System) file system, Mojave Security and Dark Mode. ChronoSync v4.9 not only works using the new APFS under Mojave, it still works optimally using HFS+ with older versions of macOS and chooses different program logic depending upon the file system being used.

FREE UPDATES FOR LIFE

Pay once, play forever! Why pay a subscription fee that never goes away or purchase an upgrade just to keep running on the latest OS? ChronoSync has been available since 2002 and has been updated over 60 times since then — and there’s never been an upgrade fee! That’s an an investment that keeps on paying!

MULTIFUNCTIONAL

ChronoSync isn’t just a backup tool. It isn’t just a sync tool. Nor is it just a cloning tool. ChronoSync is all three! Not only does it do all that, it excels at each and every one of those tasks! Why buy a uni-tasker when you can have a multi-tasker that outperforms it?

INTERACTIVE FEEDBACK

ChronoSync offers the ability to preview every operation a sync or backup will perform and allows you to make changes before committing them. Other tools don’t provide any option for interaction, leaving you to run blind and hope for the best.

BUILT-IN RESTORE

Most backup programs leave you on your own when it comes time to restore data. The same goes for retrieving older versions of files that have been archived. Of course, that’s if they even have an archive option (which most don’t). ChronoSync offers a full user interface for restoring files and retrieving older files from an archive.

NOTIFICATIONS GALORE

Email notifications, notification center, and push notifications to your iPhone keep you informed of any sync or backup task as they are completed. No other sync/backup tool offers this many notification options.

EVENT TRIGGERED SCHEDULES

Sure, we all have schedulers for allowing you to specify a time for a sync/backup to run but what if you want it to run when some specified event occurs? Like, having it automatically run when you mount an external drive? Or, in ChronoSync 4.8, monitoring changes in your target and having a sync/backup run when a file changes? ChronoSync can do that … and a whole lot more!

BETTER THAN FILE SHARING

ChronoSync + ChronoAgent allows you to sync/backup data between Macs MUCH faster than built-in file sharing. Not only that but you get full access to remote file systems, control over mapping ownership permissions plus an encrypted connection. No other sync/backup tools have something like this to offer.

POWER USER FEATURES

ChronoSync is pretty easy to use even when configuring extensive backup regimens. Most users will just configure it and let it do its thing in the background. For power users, however, there’s a whole slew of configurable options to fine tune it for your needs. Things like sync triggers, programable rules, detailed log reports, script execution, package file handling, error pre-determination, etc. These are Professional-level features at a Consumer-level price!

Pricing

  • ChronoSync $49.99

    Single License

  • 5 License Pack $199.95

    $39.99 ea (20% savings)

  • 25 License Pack $749.75

    $29.99 ea (40% savings)

  • ChronoSync + ChronoAgent Bundle $59.98

    Single Bundle - a $5 savings!

Contact sales@econtechnologies.com for larger quantities.

STUDENT PRICING

Contact sales@econtechnologies.com using your student email address to get a one-time discount of $10 off the full price of a single license of ChronoSync. This offer cannot be combined with any other offers or discounts.

LICENSING

A ChronoSync License can be registered on only one Mac.

To move a license key from an old Mac to a new Mac, unregister on the old Mac and then register on the new Mac.

Contact sales@econtechnologies.com for any clarification.

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