smart computer use?

Long story short, this software works really well for me.

I had been looking for a free piece of software to basically sync certain files from one computer hard drive to another, allowing me to back up and sync files automatically on a schedule.

I’ve used other software in the past to achieve this, but had never found one that I liked particularely well. Or, should I say, I had never found one that seemed to work particularly well.

Recently I found Karen’s Replicator.

The Replicator is currently on version 3.6.5 as a write this. It has been updated as recently as Nov 2008 so that’s always a good thing in the world of software! You never know when a favorite piece of software might no longer work or be supported any more!

From the Replicator web site:

Automatically backup files, directories, even entire drives! Karen’s Replicator copies selected files from one drive/folder to another. Source and Destination folders can reside anywhere on your network.

Options include repeated copies at intervals as short as a few minutes, or as long as several months, copy only files that have changed, and the replication of folder and file deletions.

New features allow you to specify which files should not be copied, and also which days a file should be skipped!

Sounds pretty much like what anybody would expect from Backup/Sync software.

Now, to my experience with the software.

I’ve been using it for about 1 month. It’s run great (I’m using Vista) and has not caused me any problems whatsoever. It has been working exactly as advertised. It syncs up my files with a backup on a nightly schedule. When the machine that my files are getting backed up to is not available, the Replicator remembers that and attempts to sync again automatically when able. I like it!

Now I don’t have to worry so much about backing anything up. Really, when you think about it, automating backups is the only way to go. That way you don’t have to think too hard about it and it just happens.