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SyncToy Differences
HEIC to JPEG edited this page Mar 27, 2023
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- Enumeration of the file system is an order of magnitude faster than SyncToy. Where SyncToy took nearly 2 hours to enumerate files, FileSyncToy can often complete within a few minutes.
- FileSyncToy can handle millions of files from local and remote devices.
- Running multiple sync jobs simultaneously. Because FileSyncToy uses a single window for all the sync jobs, we do not 'lock' the main navigation. This allows you to move between sync jobs while they are in preview and running.
- Native Arm64 support
- Does not store any files (hidden or otherwise) in the folders to be sync'd. SyncToy stores reference metadata in the root of each left and right folder; this was deemed unacceptable as it 1. Alters the user’s filesystem and 2. Can leave artifacts in the filesystem with no way to clean it on uninstall.
- The sync type “Echo” and “Contribute” (Left to Right) differ from the original SyncToy in that they behave as expected. The right folder in “Echo” for example, will always be a mirror of the left folder. In the original SyncToy, changes were propagated left to right, but no account of changes in the right folder were considered. This often led to the right folder becoming out of sync with the left folder and SyncToy would not correct it. FileSyncToy ensure that in “Echo”, the right folder is updated to match the left folder even when the right folder is altered outside of the application. This is possible due to the performance improvements in FileSyncToy.