Nor do they seem to realize that users might want to have a backup of any of the data on the machine just in case.

They have all boxes locked down and will not provide admin rights to users without a seriously intensive q and an as to why. Unfortunately, I cannot install the program on that machine due to rights issues.

I would like to use FFS to sync my files on my company machine to external media. is Open Source software, available for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Key is a folder comparison and synchronization software that creates and manages backup copies of all your important files. It wouldn’t make much sense to include encryption protocols Practically speaking, the only limiting factor for extremely large sync jobs is the amount of free memory available: For each 1 GB of RAM can synchronize roughly 1.7 million files pairs at a time. This is purely a synchronization product, and because it doesn’t actually store data in the cloud, there’s no reason for the developers to include security protocols and algorithms with this tool. It is designed to save your time setting up and running data backups while having nice visual feedback along the way. FreeFileSync is a free Open Source software that helps you synchronize files and synchronize folders for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

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