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TeraCopy
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Sometimes clashes with 7 zip
From my experience, TeraCopy does not do well in conjunction with 7zips. It seems to error on some systems when you do a drag-and-drop extract.
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Faster file deletion
It deletes files much much faster than built in Windows file manager.
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Can check files for copy errors
TeraCopy can automatically check/verify the copied files for errors, by calculating their CRC or other checksum/hash value.
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Seamless shell integration
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Skips badly copied files
TeraCopy skips badly copied files during the copying process, and then displays them at the end of the transfer "Verify" with checksum/hash, so you can see which files to re-copy. See also, OpenHashTab for Windows and DeadHash for Windows, Linux, Android.
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Platforms:
Windows, Mac
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rsync
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Fast and bandwidth efficient
Only the changed parts of files are synced. For instance, if a long log file increases by just a few lines of text, a small diff will be sent to and saved in the archive. Rsync also compresses data in transit.
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No official GUI
To use rsync, you have to know your way around the command line.
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Works over SSH
SSH support allows sending files securely over the network by encrypting all communcation.
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Complicated, and you can accidentally overwrite the wrong files
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Pre-installed on OSX and most Linux distributions
Many *nix systems bundle rsync so there's nothing to install. All you need to do is open up the terminal and start using rsync.
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Free and open source
Licensed under GNU.
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Platforms:
Linux, Mac, BSD
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WinDataReflector File Synchronization and Backup
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Portable
Portable version available.
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Multiple tabs for tasks
Can run multiple tasks in tabs.
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Syncs USB drives
Recognizes removable USB drives and automatically and automatically starts synchronization when they become available.
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Scheduler
Built in scheduler for synchronization and backup tasks.
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Real time synchronization
Detects changes as they happen and syncs them.
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Can synchronize to the cloud
Supports synchronizing to SFTP, OneDrive, DropBox and Google Drive.
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Beautiful interface
Good looking functional interface no clutter.
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Visual comparison
Shows differences between synchronized folders before actually syncing them and can manually change the default action for each file.
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Very fast synchronization
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Backblaze
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No Linux support
There's no Linux client for Backblaze.
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Beginner-friendly defaults
The default configuration includes everything except for system files to be backed up. That also includes external USB drives. This will work for most people. It can, of course, be customized to each person's liking.
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Pay extra to keep deleted files permanently
Additional $2/Month plus $0.005/GB/Month for files updated, changed, or deleted more than one year ago.
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No file size or traffic restrictions
There are no limitations of file size or amount of data you can upload. The $5/mo plan gets you unlimited cloud storage.
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Backblaze does not support network (NAS) drives
If you use a thing like Drobo, Backblaze will not back it up.
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Excellent restoration performance
Backblaze creates a zip file of all your files for you to download, thus decreasing the amount of data you need to download and increasing the speed of the download since it's one connection instead of multiple that need to be opened and closed for a list of files.
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Buggy
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Secure
AES encrypted files are transferred over a secure SSL connection.
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Download any backed-up files from any web browser
Some backup services like Carbonite require a client to be installed to restore files. Backblaze allows you to login and download any or all files from a web browser, meaning it also serves as an ad-hoc cloud storage platform.
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Users can order a physical copy of their data
You can have a flash drive or an external hard drive delivered to you. They cost $99 and $189 respectively.
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Platforms:
Windows; OSX; Android; iOS
Versioning:
Yes
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Incremental:
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WizTree
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Exceptionally fast for NTFS drives
Because it reads the master file table (MFT) directly from NTFS file system.
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Intended for NTFS only
It'll work with any other file system but with the same speed as any generic space analyzer.
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Free
There is no limitation to using it.
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Multiple view such as tree view, tree map, extension view, file view
Unlike other similar apps, which usually only offer single view, this app offers multiple views.
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Handles "hard linked" files correctly - doesn't count them more than once
WizTree is faster and much more accurate than all the others as it properly handles hard linked files (doesn't count them more than once) so the total allocated size reported by WizTree will actually match the space used on the drive as reported by Windows.
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Platforms:
Windows
Interface:
GUI
Treemap:
Yes
Path exclusion:
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Process Hacker
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See programs with active network connections
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It might be a little intimidating for some users
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Real-time information on disk access
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Can be set as your default task manager
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10x more detail and information about usage of PC resources and processes
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Detailed overview of system activity with highlighting
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Can create, edit and control services
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Can track which processes are using a file
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Open source
You can find the code here.
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View detailed stack traces with kernel-mode
Supports WOW64 and .NET.
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Graphs and statistics to quickly track down resource hogs and runaway processes
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Syncthing
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Free and open-source
Licensed under MIT.
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In beta
Although mostly stable, such stability is not guaranteed, and support is only community driven. Caution advised.
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Cross-platform
Available for Linux, OS X and Windows and web.
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Works out of the box
Requires no configuration to protect your privacy; it just works.
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Reasonably active community forum
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Unofficial Android client available
An Android app was created by a third-party.
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Platforms:
Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, Android
License:
MPL-2.0
Technology:
Go
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CarbonCopy Cloner
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Auto-Run
Even if you have tasks in queue, once you connect, it will begin automatically backing up for you.
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No Organizing Tasks
Once your tasks are in the queue, you can't reorder them. You also can't organize them into folders.
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Flawless Execution
Backing up and restoring your computer are fast and easy. There's no confusion.
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Clear Interface
The interface is extremely streamlined. It walks you through the entire process. There are advanced options but they remain hidden until you want them.
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CrashPlan
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Buggy
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Unintrusive
You set it up once and from then it runs in the background whenever you are not using your computers (or at specified times).
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Home edition discontinued
CrashPlan's home edition will be shut down on October 23, 2018. They are no longer accepting new signups or subscription renewals.
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Supports multiple backup destinations
You can set up different files/folders to back up to specific places.
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Popular features (local backup and trusted offsite backup) no longer available
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Differential and incremental file backup
CrashPlan updates only that part of the file that has changed, saving bandwidth and time.
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Heavy client
The BackupClient is based on Java and therefore a lot more memory-intensive than most other backup solutions
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Unlimited online storage
The $5/mo individual plan and the $12.50/mo family plan gets you unlimited cloud storage.
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Buggy
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Allows custom encryption keys
Custom 448 bit user-provided encryption key can be used to encrypt the backed up data in the cloud.
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Users can order a physical copy of their data
They will send you an external hard drive to your house.
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Unlimited revision history
CrashPlan saves all previous versions of a file.
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Platforms:
Windows; Linux; OSX; Android; iOS
Versioning:
Yes
Incremental:
Yes
Continuous:
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Acronis True Image
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Cross Platform
Acronis is available for: Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and Facebook
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Non Windows Versions Less Capable
Capabilities, features, and GUI, are less robust on the Mac version.
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Provides Scripts and Instructions for Complete Uninstall
https://kb.acronis.com/content/48668
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Downloads / Restore from Cloud Times Out
Acronis expects most users to restore from local copies. Cloud restoration capabilities is far from robust. One has to navigate a file tree to download files in small batches because larger downloads (talking anything more than a few GBs) times out. Major PITA.
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Very unreliable
Has a variety of bugs that can make the software almost unusable. Very slow, frequently hangs, and has been known to freeze the computer. Can make your data inaccessible and offers unhelpful error messages with no further instructions.
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Dropbox
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Easy to use
You can use Dropbox via website, by installing a desktop client that creates a folder that you simply drag and drop files into, or with their mobile app. Everything synchronizes across all devices used and cloud storage. And Dropbox offers easy methods of sharing whatever is within it.
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Too little free space
There is just too little of free space available comparing to the competition.
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Cross-platform desktop and mobile
Dropbox is available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows, OS X and Linux. By having a client for so many OS's pretty much anyone is covered no matter what kind of device or OS they are using.
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Not secure
They don't apply end-to-end encryption, files are visible to admins, governments, etc..
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Allows sharing a folder
Using a desktop client: right click on the folder you want to share and select Dropbox > Share This Folder, then enter the e-mail addressees of people you want to share the folder with.
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No privacy
Extensive collecting and distribution of user data to commercial third parties.
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Smart updates to big files
If a small portion of the file is changed it sends/receives only the differences (not the whole file), which is fast and bandwidth-efficient.
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Consumes a lot of CPU resources when syncing many files
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Allows sharing a single file via link
Whether using desktop client or web interface, simply right click on the file you want to share and select Dropbox > Share link, then send the link to the people you want to share the file with. The recipient does not require a Dropbox account.
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All-or-nothing (non-selective) upload
Uploading generated contents (cache, compiled code, etc.) is prone to conflicts, wastes bandwidth and free space.
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Up to 18GB of free storage space
Dropbox personal accounts start out free, with 2GB of space, but users can get extra space by recommending the site to friends, or taking part in events like "Dropquest", where users can win extra space by solving puzzles.
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Low bandwidth
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Linux support
Dropbox offers native Linux support, integrates with Nautilus file manager.
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Dropbox keeps deleting features, chasing customers away
For instance, all photo albums got deleted. It used to be very easy to share a couple og photos, now it's PAINFUL and must be done file by file.
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Reliable
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Nocive development model
Takes a lot of decisions that usually damage community, from deleting features to making impossible to use with other filesystems than ext4 because they decided without a plausible reason (they said it was about xattrs, but all modern linux filesystems supports xattrs, so it's bs.)(they remove this later, but it's too late).
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Desktop client has no file size limit
As long as you have enough storage available, you can upload files of any size using Dropbox desktop client.
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Problems when synching between Linux and Windows devices (unconfirmed)
This summer I lost thousands of files due to this problem on older projects which subsequently needed revising and had to be rebuilt as tons of the source was gone.
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Folders can be downloaded compressed to save bandwidth
To save bandwidth and download speed you can choose to compress a folder into a zip archive for download.
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Restricted only to 3 devices for FREE accounts
Recently dropbox decreased the number of linked devices to 3, so you can't have more than 3 linked devices. This is problematic if you use Dropbox to sync between your computers.
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Adjustable bandwidth use
To not slow down the network or save traffic you can limit the upload and download speeds of Dropbox.
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Can unintentionally delete your files if you reinstall your OS without closing Dropbox
If you reinstall the operation system for your PC and you do not close Dropbox, it will delete all files.
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Lots of addons and integrations
There are official and third-party Dropbox add-ons that extend the functionality of the service and add ease of use of existing features. Additionally, Dropbox can be integrated with existing applications to bring its functionality to other apps.
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30-day version control
Dropbox keeps deleted and earlier versions of files for a month.
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Instant disaster recovery
Your files always synced online means instant disaster recovery. When your hard drive becomes unbootable, pick up another laptop and just carry on with your life from where you last saved.
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Available free storage can be increased with referrals
You get extra free space for you and your friend if they sign up.
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Fast sync speed
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, OSX, Android, iOS, Windows Phone
Offline access:
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Macrium Reflect
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Can mount backups like a hard drive
You can mount backups, then browse them in explorer to search for files and copy them back.
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Bit complex for a new user - best if you're experienced with computers
Not ideal for really basic users.
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Multiple backup methods
Supports full, differential, incremental.
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Incredibly intrusive - computer becomes unusable during backups
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Recovery boot menu
The recovery boot menu enables directly booting to the recovery environment from the Windows OS selection menu, without the need to burn a recovery disk or USB flash drive.
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Incremental only for pro users
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Automatic schedule password protection
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Installation needs a restart
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The only cloning/imaging software we could get to work with Intel SRT
Odd tech like RAID arrays and Intel SRT cause a lot of cloning or imaging software to just give up, but Macrium is dedicated to updating the Reflect package to actually work with everything
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Has some odd behaviours around cloning
For example, you can resize partitions when resizing but you need to drag each partition from the top area to the bottom yourself instead of allowing it to auto populate the field.
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Nifty scheduler
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Clone laptop drive
Can clone a laptop Hard Disk to an SSD for instance, see SSD replacement for ASUS X53S. Assuming you have another drive with sufficient free space to hold the entirety of your current drive: Download and install Macrium Reflect Run that, and create a Rescue CD or USB (you'll use this later). "Other Tasks" In the Macrium client, create an Image to some other drive. External USB HDD, maybe. Select all partitions. This results in a file of xxxx.mrimage When done, power OFF. Swap the 2 drives Boot up from the Rescue USB you created earlier. Recover, and tell it where the Image is that you created in step 3, and which drive to apply it to...the new SSD Go, and wait until it finishes.
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Easy XML File for editing schedules, etc.
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Supports Live CD
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Incremental backup
During the free trial or in the paid versions.
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Platforms:
Windows
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Seafile
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Free and open source
Seafile community edition is licensed under GPLv2 with source code available on GitHub.
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Requires maintenance
You have to manually keep the server and clients up to date.
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Client-side encryption
All files are transferred with AES 128 bit encryption.
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Platforms:
Windows, MacOS, Linux, iOS, Android
API:
yes
File editing:
yes (optional)
File versioning:
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Sync
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5GB of free storage
250% more space than Dropbox basic plan.
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Privacy conscious
Terms and conditions favor user privacy.
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Encryption
Data is fully encrypted on the client-side, both in-transit and at-rest.
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Two-factor authentication
Even free accounts offer 2FA.
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Rapid environment editor
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Warnings
Displays wrong entries in red, e.g. paths that do no longer exist.
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Simple
Some may not consider it a "power" user tool.
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Easy
Editing of Windows environment variables is easy, splits long lines.
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Resolve variables values, make easy a refactoring of PATH by extracting different elements in their own new variable
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Convert variables between verbatim and expandable
Windows supports referencing variables within variables, but only if they're marked in the registry as expandable, and conversion between the two types is exposed in the context menu for each variable.
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HovText
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Trusted signed executable and open source
HovText has existed for 20 years and has always been open source.
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Remove formatting from text copied
Copying text from the internet or from Office applications most often will include styles and formatting when pasting, but HovText can remove all this formatting, so only the raw unformatted cleartext will be pasted - this is a life-saver :-)
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Keeps the most used clipboard entries at top
Most recent entries copied/pasted are available from a top-down principle.
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Trim whitespaces and empty new-lines on copied text
When marking text with the mouse, it often adds a whitespace at the beginning or the end of the text or there are some empty lines above or below that gets copied too, but HovText has an option to remove whitespaces at beginning and end - very useful.
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Intuitive, fast and modern UI for finding previous copied texts or images
When viewing the list of previous copied clipboards, then it is easy to find the relevant text or image you need.
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Fully user configurable
All hotkeys can be configured and all layout, style and screen display can be tweaked, so there is a chance you can have it setup as you want.
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Portable and no installation needed
Fast, light, no installation process and no registration needed - just "click and use".
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Save clipboards on computer
The clipboards can be saved to local computer, so it can be reused after a computer shutdown.
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Platforms:
Windows 7/8/10/11
Initial Release:
2004-02-24
Approximate Size:
2.7MB
Newest Release:
2024-02-02
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Greenshot (for Windows)
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Scrolling window capture is only working in Internet Explorer
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Free and open source
Greenshot is licensed under GPL with source code available on BitBucket.
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This version only works on Windows, not Linux nor Mac
However, the same author now has a separate version of Greenshot for iOS, which is available (for a small fee) in the Mac App Store at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/greenshot/id1103915944
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Freezes screen when you capture
When you enter a capture mode, the screen content is preserved as it was when you started capturing.
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Allows annotating, highlighting and obfuscating screenshots
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Can capture an entire webpage
Instead of just capturing the visible portion of the page, this tool can capture all of the page in one image by scrolling through the page, taking images at set points and then stitching the images together.
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Can be quickly invoked with the print screen button
Pressing the print screen button will allow you to select the captured area.
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Selecting custom rectangle is the default
Easy to use selection tool with a magnifier to select only the part of the screen that you need.
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Classic UI design makes it easy to use.
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Listary
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It's also a launcher
Once you find the file you need, you can launch it or use custom actions.
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Search as you type everywhere
You can start typing on the desktop or any folders and it'll just search for you.
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Supports other explorers
It supports not only Windows Explorer but also XYplorer, Directory Opus, Total Commander and all the other explorer alternatives.
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duplicity
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Encrypted locally before sending (using GnuPG)
Data is encrypted locally before being sent, and kept encrypted by a key that is never stored on the remote machine. So you might even store your data on a public space, people would still need your key or brute force it.
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You have to invest a few minutes in setup time
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Bandwidth and space efficient
Duplicity uses the rsync algorithm so only the changed parts of files are sent to the archive when doing an incremental backup. For instance, if a long log file increases by just a few lines of text, a small diff will be sent to and saved in the archive. Other backup programs may save a complete copy of the file.
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Versioning and incremental backup
You can retrieve older versions or files you recently deleted locally even after having updated your backup.
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Free and open-source
Licensed under GNU GPL v2.
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Works with scp/ssh, ftp, rsync, Amazon S3...
Duplicity does not make many demands on its archive server. As long as files can be saved to, read from, listed, and deleted from a location, that location can be used as a duplicity backend. Besides increasing choice for the user, it can make a server more secure, as clients only require minimal access.
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Has a Dockerized image
Docker allows to run programs on any Linux without having to really install them, and allows to manage versions so it runs exactly the same on different machines.
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DriveImage XML
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Hot images
Can backup while the drive is in use.
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UI looks dated
The user interface looks dated.
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Run from CD
Can run from a live CD, useful when your system disk has crashed.
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Copy drive to drive
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Compact
Less than 2 Mb in size.
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Platforms:
Windows
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