Connection Types

Save-N-Sync has the potential to connect to a number of different file systems, both online and on a network. Available connection types are based on installed licenses.

Possible connection types include:

NOTE: Currently, only the "Local or Network Share" connection is available for trial and purchase. The Save-N-Sync Online Storage Package will soon be available for trial and purchase.

To configure a path that is a local or network share, enter the desired folder path in the text field shown below or click the Browse button to the right of the text field. If a folder path is manually entered, it must following the folder path conventions of the operating system that you are running. The folder can be on a local system or on a network computer or storage device. If a selected folder is valid but does not exist, it will be created when the job is ran.

NOTE: You can open the selected path in a Windows Explorer window by clicking on the appropriate text field and pressing the Enter button. This is currently only available on Windows-systems.

Depending on your installed licenses, the Network Login link may be active beneath both the source and target path fields. Clicking this link will bring up the following dialog:

Here, you can enter log-on information for password-protected network shares. Upon doing so and clicking OK, these credentials will appear within the path configuration.

Variable folder paths can be used to create:

The following variables can be used:

Date                        %Date%

Time                        %Time%

Date/Time                %DateTime%

Minute                        %Minute%

Hour                        %Hour%

Day                        %Day%

Day of week                %DayOfWeek%

Year                        %Year%

Month/Year                %MonthYear%

Minute                        %n, nn%

Hour                        %h, hh%

Day                        %d, dd%

Month                        %m, mm, mmm, mmmm%

Year                        %y, yy, yyyy%

Day of week                %E, EE, EEE, EEEE%

User Name                %UserName%

User Profile Path        %UserProfile%

Computer Name        %ComputerName%

User Temp Path        %Temp%

Depending upon the argument used, these folders will be dated, named after the currently logged user, and/or named for the PC from which synchronization was launched.

NOTE: Multiple variables can be used within any path but each individual variable must be enclosed in a pair of % signs. The only variables that can be grouped within the same set of % signs are the single letter time and date variables (ie: %dd yyyy%).

NOTE: Any variable defined in the registry under 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folder' or 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders' may be used with Save-N-Sync as well. IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT NO CHANGES ARE MADE TO THE REGISTRY.