It is not often that I come across a piece of software I really like. I have tried all kinds of backup software and had lukewarm results with most of them. A few months ago I tried GoodSync. I was a bit skeptical when installing it but soon learned that this is a powerful tool for backing up files to external hard drives as well as offsite locations.

I stopped taking my laptop home from my office and instead opted for a 16 gb Kingston USB drive. I installed the Goodsync software on my computer in my office as well as at home. Before I leave, I pop the USB drive into the computer and it recognizes my drive, looks for differences between the set of files on my computer and my USB drive and copies over all the missing files and updates any files that have changed. When I get home, I do the same thing and it is set to copy all my files from my USB drive to my home computer. It really is that easy. It was fast to set up although I did have a small glitch and had to contact support.

I also downloaded the Portable Apps software and carry around a ton of software on my USB drive. It has made my life so simple and I don’t have to carry around a laptop anymore. If I ever need a file, or application, I just pop it into a computer wherever I am and I instantly have access to all my files from work, home and my favorite applications.

Goodsync has a fee trial version and sell for under 30 bucks. A good investment. Available at www.goodsync.com