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Synchronizing Folders without Cloud in Acronis True Image 2016

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After Update from Arconis True Image 2013 to 2016 I am not able to synchronize a local Folder on my PC with a Folder in a NAS without using the Cloud.

But I don't want to use the Cloud. Is there a possibility to do it still like in Version 2013?

Otherwise I need to use another Software to do that but I hope someone can help me.

Christian

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You will have to use another third party software to sync folders locally.  Unfortunately local sync only has been removed form the product.  Below are what cannot be synced using the feature in TI 2016:

You cannot synchronize the following data:

  • Disks and partitions
  • System files and folders
  • Hidden files and folders
  • Temporary files and folders
  • System registry
  • Databases
  • Data of e-mail programs (including Microsoft Outlook and others)
  • Other data that cannot be represented as separate files or folders (for example, contacts from your address book)
  • Windows 7 and Windows 8 libraries (Documents, Music, etc.)

Please submit in application feedback asking to bring this feature back.  You are not alone in missing it.  With enough request, hopefully it will be incorporated in later updates/releases.  Otherwise, as you mentioned, third party tools are it for now.

I personally use robocopy as it is built directly into Windows and costs nothing.  It's command line driven, but fairly easy to use:  Here are two examples (make sure you run command prompt as administrator):

1) C:\WINDOWS\system32>robocopy.exe "C:\mydata" "D:\mydata" /MIR /R:0 /W:0

2) C:\WINDOWS\system32>robocopy.exe ""C:\mydata" "D:\mydata" /E /R:0 /W:0

The first one will copy your C:\mydata to D:\mydata using the MIR command.  Doing this, whatever in the C version will be exactly in the D location after it runs. If you delete somethign in the C: version, it will be deleted in the D: version.  If you add something in the C: version, it will be added in the D:version

The second one will copy your C:\mydata to D:\mdata in a similar fashion.  However, it will only copy updated/added changes that are made in C: version, but it does not copy delete changes that were made in the C:\version.  So if you delete a file in the C:\version, it will remain in the D:\version.  However, if you change, update or modify somethign in the C:\version (without deleting it), the change will be replicated to the D:\version.