What is Folder Compare?

Folder Compare allows you to, guess what, compare folders. The unique feature of Folder Compare is that it provides you with the means to Choose what you want to do with the differences. I personally do not trust automatic synchronization software much, because there is always a chance that:

• There are files that I do not want to copy.

There can be many files in a folder that mean nothing. Like, if you are a developer, trying to copy the .xSYM files is slightly overkill; you can rebuild them by recompiling. If updating a System Folder, you probably do not want to copy your Web Browser cache. Nor all the system preference files, in fact.

• There are files which in fact, I'd like to Restore!

It happens sometimes. I make a change I shouldn't have. In that case, I do not need to fish into a big folder to fetch the original; Folder Compare will show it to me in a second.

• They do not understand when I just Moved an item.

Most utilities won't understand it. They will think that I removed it and created another with the same name elsewhere. Folder Compare detects that.

In all those cases, I always have cold sweat when trusting a fully automatic utility. The utility might be perfectly safe by itself, but I am never sure if I made the right move.

Website:
http://www.pollet.net/FolderCompare/

Download Folder Compare for Mac

Architecture

68K + PPC (FAT)

System Requirements

From Mac OS 7.5 up to Mac OS 9.2

Compatibility notes

Emulating this? It could probably run under: SheepShaver