Configuring Beyond Compare Pro Edition

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Start Beyond Compare

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Select the Tools Menu and Profiles…

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From this dialog box Select the Add (+) button on the bottom left of the dialog

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The following drop down list will be displayed (Select Amazon S3 Profile)

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The following dialog box will be displayed.

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Enter your Access key, Secret key and Bucket name (as supplied in the Credentials email)

The bucket name is optional but will assist in streamlining your navigation later on.

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Select Save As… and give the profile a useful name like ‘

My temp ASB Data Submission bucket’

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Close this configuration and return to Main interface.

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After returning to the Main interface (above) Select the Session menu and New Session – Folder Sync

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The following screen will be displayed

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On the left hand frame - Select your Source location using the ellipsis (…) beside the drop down list icon.

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On the right hand frame - Select the new Profile that was created – My temp ASB Data Submission bucket and Highlight the 'upload_data’ folder before Selecting OK.

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When the Main interface screen is re-displayed, ensure that the Sync operation is Copying from Left and Updating to the Right.

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Select Sync Now

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Note: there are some other configurations that can be adjusted, however the default setting for these are usually OK. Investigate all the tabs to familiarise yourself with the product.

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You can also use Beyond Compare’s Folder Compare session after a Folder Sync session to validate a successful and complete copy. The comparisons can be on file names, dates, attributes and binary comparisons.

The Log messages feature in Tools menu – Options – Tweaks is another useful feature which can be modified to include Successful and Unsuccessful copying logs.

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