updating/syncronising

Here's what I'm trying to achieve:

I have files on my work p.c. that are constantly updated during working hours.
I want to transfer these files to a portable hard drive so I can do the work
at home knowing I have the updated files from work with me at all times. I
will be periodically updating the little portable with the files from the
work p.c. not adding anything else. Now these files are fairly large in
number so all I want to do is to copy the new updated files from my work p.c.
to the portable rather than the whole lot, which now takes too long... How do
I go about this...
I have heard little bits about briefcase but don't understand how I can do
what I want above, then there is sycronisation but will this take into
account the fact I only want to copy over new files..., so how does it know
what is new from the work p.c. and what is already on the portable... If
anyone can help I would be very grateful..
Phil.

Phil wrote:

> Here's what I'm trying to achieve:
>
> I have files on my work p.c. that are constantly updated during
> working hours. I want to transfer these files to a portable hard drive
> so I can do the work at home knowing I have the updated files from
> work with me at all times. I will be periodically updating the little
> portable with the files from the work p.c. not adding anything else.
> Now these files are fairly large in number so all I want to do is to
> copy the new updated files from my work p.c. to the portable rather
> than the whole lot, which now takes too long... How do I go about
> this... I have heard little bits about briefcase but don't understand
> how I can do what I want above, then there is sycronisation but will
> this take into account the fact I only want to copy over new files...,
> so how does it know what is new from the work p.c. and what is already
> on the portable... If anyone can help I would be very grateful..
> Phil.

Look into using SecondCopy from www.centered.com. I believe it will do
exactly what you want. You can run the backup/synchronization manually
or set the time for when you know your external drive will be
connected.

Malke
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