The text contents of a Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF files can also be compared but not edited. Comparison rules can be tweaked specifically for documents, source code, and HTML. Text files can be viewed and edited with syntax highlighting. Once you've found the specific files you're interested in, Beyond Compare can intelligently pick the best way to compare and display them. FTP sites and zip files are seamlessly integrated into compare activities, so you can update your website with the touch of a button. With Beyond Compare, you can compare entire drives and folders at high speed, checking just sizes and modified times or you can thoroughly verify every file with byte-by-byte comparisons. You can then merge the changes, synchronize your files, and generate reports for your records. By using simple, powerful commands, you can focus on the differences you're interested in and ignore those outside your concern. It’s a file sync utility for Windows.īeyond Compare allows you to quickly and easily compare files and folders in one folder tree to another.
This is one of the reasons why I really like applications like Beyond Compare. I need and want synchronized backups of important files and folders without the need to run any kind of TSR (terminate and stay resident) app. I've got data in multiple places, and want it that way. Keep key files and folders in sync with this handy Windows utility.