![]() ![]() To set it, click the left Browse button and choose where on your computer the documents you want to Sync are. If your documents are mostly the same in both places and you just want to synchronize things going forward, don’t worry about it. First you say where your documents are coming from (the Left). Left Hand FirstĮven though we are synchronizing, GoodSync setup works in a left-to-right manner. In our case, we want changes to be reflected both ways, so we will choose Synchronize. GoodSync thinks of anything that you might want to do with it as a Job, so your first step is to create a new Job. For the purposes of this demonstration, I will be enabling it. You can, of course, choose to not use Connect, and just synchronize your documents with local servers. Your actual documents are not transferred to the service. The way GoodSync Connect works is that it allows your computers to find each other. “Wait a minute Brooks,” you might say, “I thought the whole point of using GoodSync was to not store our documents online. When you first install the program, it asks you if you want to use GoodSync Connect or not. If you want to synchronize between different computers, you’ll need to install the client on each machine. If you want to synchronize your documents with an external drive, a USB key, or an online server like FTP or Amazon S3, you just need to install the client on the one computer. ![]() To start, you need to download and install the GoodSync client. I don’t have two Windows computers to test this on, so I will be synchronizing from a Windows computer to a Mac computer. I finally had a chance to try GoodSync myself, so I will go through how to synchronize the files between computers. There are many ways to do this of course, but one popular way is a piece of software called GoodSync that is available for Mac or Windows.Ī few months ago, I posted a great video by George Holt that runs through how to synchronize your documents with a USB key. Do try it out, and you will be surprised of all the things that it can do.So, you have documents or other files that you want to synchronize between multiple computers, but you don’t want those files to be stored on a cloud service. This tutorial to sync files between Windows and Android is only a tip of the iceberg on what GoodSync is capable of. The support for various devices and cloud services makes it even more useful. GoodSync is really a powerful tool for file synchronization as well as backup. Lastly, click the “Sync” button to start the synchronization. Once you have selected the L and R folders, click the “Analyze” button. In this case, I have selected the “Document” folder in my phone internal storage. Select a folder in your Android phone where you want to sync files to (and from). In this case, choose the “Documents” folder under “My Computer”.Ĭlick the right Browse button, this time select “GoodSync Connect,” and browse the connected Android account. On the window that appears, you can select from a variety of locations, including web services like Amazon S3, Dropbox etc. Do you notice the two input fields at the top with a Browse button? Those are for you to choose the L and R folder to synchronize.Ĭlick on the left Browse button. Enter the Job Name and select whether you want to do a two-way synchronization or just a simple backup. This time, it will prompt you to create a new sync job. Open the GoodSync app and enter your GoodSync Connect login credential.īack to Windows, open GoodSync from the Start menu. Click “Apply” to apply the settings and start the server. This will complete the GoodSync Connect setup. This will allow GoodSync to read and write files to your machine. Next, you will be prompted to enter your Windows password. This is used as an identification for all devices running GoodSync Connect.Ĥ. When prompted, select “Yes, connect my computers using GoodSync Connect”.ģ. The free version comes with full features for the first 30 days after which there is a limitation on the numbers of jobs and sync-able files. Download and install GoodSync in Windows. In this tutorial, we will focus on syncing files between Windows and Android, though the same thing can be done between Android/iOS and Mac/Windows. The GoodSync Connect feature that comes with it allows the users to sync files over a P2P connection. It supports Windows, Mac, iOS and Android as well as various online services like FTP, SFTP, Amazon S3, Google Drive, SkyDrive, WebDAV and Azure. GoodSync is a useful file synchronization tool that you can use to sync files between various platforms. ![]()
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