


Google Drive OneDrive and Dropbox Syncing - Insync
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Motie
6727 reviews
N/A
6 months ago
Was amazing at least that s what I thought
I m saying this straight out as it is I m a software developer and was looking for something to automatically synchronize my files without uploading a huge load of unnecessary files e g node modules with thousands of files At first I thought this app was amazing because it really was It was a huge step forward compared to Google File Stream that offers no flexibility at all Now I could finally just work on what I wanted when I wanted to do it from anywhere as long as I had Insync installed I also checked the reviews before buying it and people said This is the first thing that just works And it was amazing for the time it lasted A month ago-ish I was going to continue working on a project I had been working on for a huge amount of time To my surprise no files were there The only thing remaining was the folder of the project name Can you imagine my frustration now I had been working on that project for 2 months straight and was ready to launch in under a week Boom all my files were gone Luckily Google Drive still has them saved but they are spread everywhere and if you are to restore the files you have to do so chronologically And by that I mean you have to restore every single folder file and whatnot from the root-folder I spent hours on this and I lost some of my updates in the process because apparently Insync had created 5 different copies making it impossible to know which one of them was the latest Once I had restored my files I thought this was my fault for using it with Boxcryptor an encryption software that you can use with Insync So I decrypted all my files and stopped using it After a week I thought finally insync was working as it should Now as I m writing this Insync freaking managed to do it again Where the hell are my files Yeah they ve copied them 3 times and put them everywhere and it s so inhumanly difficult to restore them that I m about to quit this project and rewrite it WITHOUT Insync I ll get rid of this damn application and will never ever use it again Once I m done with this project I will create my own application to sync files but I ll make one that s working and release it to the public for FREE I ve made many stupid purchases in the past but they haven t cost me my time and annoyed me this much so I can justifiedly say that this is the worst purchase I have ever made in my entire life
xmichael
6727 reviews
N/A
6 months ago
Looks shiny but it s very amateur
I m a software developer who was looking for a background service to keep my data backed up and was fooled by the fake reviews for Insync It s supposed to maintain state between the local and the remote but it doesn t unless you open it up and start hitting buttons - not what I had in mind Most of the effort has gone onto the user interface which suggests its always syncing but if you monitor your network traffic you ll see it s not It will appear in your taskbar and use 100 of CPU making you believe it s syncing but it s not Use rclone It s harder to setup for novices but worth it as it actually synchronises your files
Bryan C
6727 reviews
N/A
6 months ago
Deleted everything in my cloud
Deleted everything in my cloud Worked great on my linux machine Then I installed it on my windows laptop which was apparently a massive mistake I changed the default sync directory and for some reason it didn t take So I tried to change it It wouldn t take the change so I uninstalled deleted the directory and reinstalled As soon as the reinstall was done it proceeded to sync a blank directory to my cloud store and wiped everything out Crap software that really needs to be reworked Wouldn t trust in a professional environment Stick with Google client
Anton Babushkin
6727 reviews
N/A
6 months ago
Terrible experience
Terrible experience Canceled the contract very soon after signing It is not the program it s the people
Coolwhip
6727 reviews
N/A
6 months ago
Stay away
I ordered bikes in May when I phoned to cancel I was told that my bikes were despatched so I cannot cancel 2 months later I am yet to receive the bike or the refund On Monday after 10 days of chasing them I was told that the refund was processed only to get an email today 3 days later that this has actually been processed Overall I was lied to on all communication with the team there Be aware
Jelmer
6727 reviews
N/A
6 months ago
Terrible product
Terrible product uses 90 CPU every time you reboot for multiple hours fails to sync 10 of the time and randomly you find it using 100 of your CPU even though you haven t changed anything in the sync folder
MOMOMOMO
6727 reviews
N/A
6 months ago
Don t waste your time
I ve been using Insync since they first launched and originally it was pretty good and I loved selective sync and managing multiple accounts The product just seems to have gotten worst with each release to a point now that it s mostly unusable There are a lot of bugs and glitches I make updates and it completely ignores my changes I don t trust it to manage my files anymore Just stick with the official apps and don t bother
Daniel Bonn ry
6727 reviews
N/A
6 months ago
All the time stops working with error
All the time stops working with error only helps manual moving file out of insync folder and back No any real support just stupid questions Would like to get money back
Tran Tuan
6727 reviews
N/A
6 months ago
Insync deleted all of my data
Been using Insync to sync Google Drive with Ubuntu 20 04 for a year It s deleted my entire harddrive TWICE and has been a giant headache for over a year Program is full of bugs and needs to be re-installed and re-configured constantly literally about once a week with regular usage DO NOT USE THIS PROGRAM TO BACKUP SENSITIVE DATA I lost 30 years of data I wish there was an alternative for google drive usage Since there isn t I just stopped using Google Drive I still use Insync when my friends share google drive files with me but this directory is unstable and I learned to keep it isolated from the rest of my system Do not recommend I do not trust this company
Neil Cowley
6727 reviews
N/A
6 months ago
Files magically dissappear
I ve been using InSync for many years and after investigation highly suspect that there is some type of issue with the software that causes files and folders to magically disappear I may be wrong- I m saying that it is a suspicion not a proven fact- and without going into detail I want to say I am fairly confident that it is an issue with InSync and that is why I am writing this review After uninstalling InSync I learned that I can achieve with Google Backup and Sync exactly what I achieved with InSync the ability to have multiple Google accounts on one computer