SyncBack also suffers a bit from “please everyone” syndrome. A Windows 8-like interface or similar would work wonders, as it has for the recently released Acronis True Image 2015. But the UI needs a bit more pizzazz to sell well in the mainstream. It’s easy to use, though the icons could be more intuitive. SyncBack’s interface is plain and will undoubtedly appeal to IT types, who generally prefer the straightforward approach. Licenses for Touch are sold in a five-pack for $30. iOS is not currently supported because of its restrictions on data access. Both versions of SyncBack 7 can also sync with other devices and PCs running the company’s new SyncBack Touch background service. SyncBackPro adds the online storage destinations, which include Amazon S3, Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft Azure, and OneDrive. You can sync with SyncBackSE to any direct-attached storage, as well network and FTP locations. SyncBack also supports Media Transfer Format for dedicated photo and movie transfer functions. Highly useful if, say, you should wish to copy all the jpeg files in a folder, but not the movie files. SyncBack also has a filter function that lets you limit which files are copied.

SyncBack offers three basic types of copy/sync jobs: Backup, where files are simply copied to the destination with rules to govern conflicts with existing files (overwrite, rename, etc.) Sync or SmartSync (which retains older versions of files) which are bi-directional routines that make sure that all the latest files are copied to both directories and Mirror, which is a unidirectional operation that creates an identical copy of the source directory in the destination directory. However, SyncBack’s ability to copy profiles and organize them into groups, then run those groups in batches produces the same result, if not quite so neatly.

Personally-and especially for syncing-I prefer the single-source/multiple-destination approach. jobs, for which you define the source and a single destination, choose options, then save. SyncBack provides plenty of options, the current state of which are display in the profile synopsis.

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