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WinMerge mentions (28)

• Windows NT on 600MHz machine opens apps instantly. What happened?

  I use WinMerge[1] a lot, and it's always impressed me how it immediately opens to a useable state. So it's absolutely still possible to write Windows software that can open instantly. I think the biggest issue, which multiple other comments have identified, is that people just don't care. Apps open fast enough these days, and no one is pushing back on developers to improve their app's startup performance. [1]:... - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• Two HDDs that should have identical data on them have a 50GB discrepancy, can't figure out where the files are

  I’ve used winmerge before and had good results comparing drives. Source: about 1 year ago

• Program that deletes files that match an MD5 hash?

  However, if you're looking to compare files that already exist, you can use something like WinMerge. Source: about 1 year ago

• Mirroring my 12 TB Drive. What do I need to check to ensure all data is transferred without corruption?

  I use Robocopy to preserve the original timestamps (using the /COPY:DAT and /DCOPY:DAT arguments) and WinMerge for doing a subsequent binary compare of the source/destination (sorting the results column by which files are different). Source: about 1 year ago

• Compare two Salesforce exports

  I haven't used this one but for example https://winmerge.org. Source: about 1 year ago

FreeFileSync mentions (203)

• Ask HN: What Underrated Open Source Project Deserves More Recognition?

  FreeFileSync https://freefilesync.org/ I have been a happy user for years and have made a donation too. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

• Which synchronization tool are you using together with the pCloud Crypto Folder?

  FreeFileSync messed up my pCloud database a couple times at first (causing disappearing files in the Crypto Folder, mirroring of the same files over and over again). Pcloud support provided an easy way to fix the database. To fix the root cause, one needs to exclude FreeFileSync's temporary files from the backup: pCloud Drive > Settings > Backup/Sync Exclusions, exclude sync.ffs_lock and *.ffs_tmp. Source: 5 months ago

• Why are file backups so slow on Windows 11?

  As per Apprehensive_Arm_754 answer below, https://freefilesync.org is the solution to my particular problem, since it allows all kind of simple rules and logic to apply, so I can make sure that the copy only happens in one direction, and only ever by file date etc. Much appreciated. Source: 5 months ago

• Why are file backups so slow on Windows 11?

  I use this one: https://freefilesync.org. Source: 5 months ago

• Is it possible to sync Calibre configuration between Mac and Windows continuously?

  It was me, I'd probably play around with setting up shared folders of preferences and plug-ins and whatnot on something like dropbox or Google Drive. There are various folder sinking tools on both platforms such as free file sync on Windows. Since they are two completely different platforms, I don't know how interchangeable some of the preferences or plugins would be. I haven't used a Mac in a 100 years. Source: 6 months ago