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:

Local or Network Share

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 folder browser window by clicking on the appropriate text field and pressing the Enter button. This is currently only available on Windows and Mac OS X platforms. On Linux, pressing Enter, will open the folder in a terminal window. From here, the '-ls' command will list all items in the folder.

Network Login

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.

Save-N-Sync Online Storage Service

The Save-N-Sync Online Storage Service is a simple, yet flexible service for backing up and restoring important files over the Internet. All files are encrypted before being uploaded and the transfer process itself is encrypted for extra security. In order to connect to the  Save-N-Sync Online Storage Service, you must have a valid Online Storage Package license and a valid account based on your email address. With a valid license installed, configure an upload to the  Save-N-Sync Online Storage Service by selecting Online Storage Service as a Target Connection Type.

This will bring you to the following dialog where you need to select a source folder and enter your credentials for the Save-N-Sync Online Storage Service. Once this is done press OK.

Once the project with this particular job is run, your files will be uploaded to the  Save-N-Sync Online Storage Service under your computer name.

To download files from the  Save-N-Sync Online Storage Service, add a new job with the following options:

This will bring you to the following dialog:

Here, select a directory to recover your files to (under Local or Network Target Path), enter your email address and password, then press Select Directory. The following message will be displayed while Save-N-Sync gets a list of folders on your Save-N-Sync Online Storage Service account.

When complete, the a dialog with a list of all folders on your  Save-N-Sync Online Storage Service will appear such as the following:

Select a folder from the tree and press Select.

Please note that all files and folders are stored under My Computers and your computer's name. The folder structure will then mirror the full source path of the original files that you uploaded. For example, in the case of an original source folder of C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents, the files would be under / >My Computers > COMPUTER > C: > Documents and Settings > User > My Documents. within the Save-N-Sync Online Storage Service.

Variable Paths

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. These registry-based variables will only work on Windows platforms.