Portable PathSync

Chances are you need to have a folder always up to date with files you recently modify. It can be a pain to take matters into your own hands, even if this simply means copying some files from one place to the other. Alternatives come in the form of applications like Portable PathSync, which make it pretty easy to synchronize a couple of folders.

As the name clearly points out, there’s no setup involved to make the application work, which means your computer’s health status is not put at risk, since registry entries are not modified to ensure functionality. As such, it can even be carried around on a thumb drive in case you plan on using it on the go.

All you need to work with is found in a classic window frame which doesn’t pose any accommodation problems. A couple of fields need to be filled in with the folder paths of interest, represented by local and remote tags. You need to use the browse dialogs, because it’s not possible to drop a folder over the field.

Synchronization options come in several forms. By default, the application attempts to mimic content of the two folders, so they look the same by the end of the process. Apart from a bidirectional process, you can move files from one folder to the other, either with or without removing existing files.

The two folders are first analyzed, with files from the local folder displayed along with details like status, action, and size. You can choose to ignore file size, date, or missing items, and even set up a filter according to mask, in case you only want to target a particular set of files.

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that Portable PathSync is a straightforward tool with which to easily update the content of an important folder. The only downside to the operation is that there’s no option to set up a monitor or create schedules for the process to start automatically.