This document shows how to use Synchronize! Pro 4.0 to synchronize files with a folder on a SpeedShare Server.
In order to complete this tutorial, you'll need a second Macintosh running the application called "SpeedShare Server". If you're not familiar with SpeedShare Server, or if you don't have a SpeedShare Server set up yet, please open the companion document called "Setting Up SpeedShare Server", which is in the same folder as this document.
Synchronize! Pro comes in a folder with a number of other documents. In order to access files on a SpeedShare Server, two applications are needed: Synchronize! Pro and Copy Engine. To access files on a SpeedShare Server manually, you'll need a third application: SpeedShare Client.
Step 1 - Open Synchronize! Pro
Step 1a. First, double-click the Synchronize! Pro icon to open it.
You see an opening dialog:
Step 1b. Click OK.
Step 2 - Set up connection information
Note: If you don't have a SpeedShare Server set up yet, please open the companion document called "Setting Up SpeedShare Server", which is in the same folder as this document. It describes how to get a SpeedShare Server running, so that you can connect to it with Synchronize! Pro.
Step 2a. Use the Edit menu to choose Connections. You see the following dialog box:
Step 2b. Click New.
Step 2c. Enter the name of the SpeedShare Server that you want to connect to. The SpeedShare Server is given a name when it is set up. This is the name that you use to connect to it.
Step 2d. Press the Tab key.
Step 2e. Enter your user name. User names are assigned when the SpeedShare Server is set up.
Step 2f. Enter your password. This is also assigned when the SpeedShare Server is set up.
Step 2g. Click OK.
Step 3 - Create a new sync setup
A "sync setup" is the information needed to synchronize or backup two folders. It contains the locations of the source and destination folders and option settings.
Step 3a. Use the Edit menu to choose New. You see this dialog:
Step 3b. Choose "Synchronization", Backup", or "Mirror file server" and click OK. You see an untitled window like this.
Step 4 - Choose a folder on your computer
Step 4a. Click on the folder icon called "Folder A". This dialog box is for choosing a folder on a disk connected to your computer:
Step 4b. Find the folder you want to backup or synchronize and choose it.
Step 5 - Choose a folder on the SpeedShare Server
Step 5a. Click on the folder icon called "Folder A". You see the same dialog box you saw in the previous step:
Step 5b. Check the "Use SpeedShare" box. You see a slightly different dialog. This is used to choose the folder on the SpeedShare server.
Step 5c. Double-click the name of the SpeedShare Server that you entered in the Connections dialog. It's shown here as "Remote Mac", but the name will be whatever was assigned to the server when it was set up.
Step 5d. Find the folder you want to synchronize with or backup to, then click Choose.
Step 6 - Start the synchronization or backup
You're ready to scan the folders.
Step 6a. Click the Sync... button. You see a list of files to be copied.
Step 6b. Review the list. If the files are as you expect, click Start, and the files will be copied.