Comments on: Chronosync 4.0 Released. Reviewed.

By: CJ

CJ — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:46:06 +0000

“The only flaw in this whole thing is you need a separate license for every Mac you install Chronosync or ChronoAgent on, which means you will have to spend at least $80 to make the whole exercise useful.”

Not true at all. You only need Chronosync installed on one Mac. You mount the other Mac (over the network, for instance) on the computer with Chronosync installed and Chronosync synchronizes between the host and mounted drive.

By: Milind Alvares

Milind Alvares — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:28:42 +0000

I haven’t used v3 before so I can’t say whether it is actually faster. That’s the reason I quoted the text from the press release.

As for the review, I didn’t concentrate on backing up as much as synchronising. But I do see how archiving can be a replacement for Time Machine, especially if you want to backup to a network drive or something that TM doesn’t agree with. For the record, I did try making a bootable backup, and it worked without a hitch.

As for Spotlight, I don’t see how Chronosync will help you enable Spotlight on a remote disk, being that Spotlight doesn’t index files on a remote location.

Any more questions or doubts, don’t hesitate to ask.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:24:55 +0000

Since this is a review… how does it compare to version 3? Is it up to 3 times faster than v3? Did it successfully create a bootable disk? Does it enable spotlight on the backup drive?

> “Of course, you aren’t really backing up as much as synchronising.”

Not necessarily. If you use archive feature you can use it to backup multiple versions, like Time Machine so you can go back in time and restore old backups.