Goodsync - Safe To Proceed Or Not Safe To Proceed?

As you look at the below screen shot I am asking for some advice. As you can see I am wanting to place GoodSync (a file sychronization program) onto my computer and other computers in my household.
The screen shot shows that the software requires the Windows password for my workstation(s). This request kind of bothers me. Am I opening myself up for trouble here? Is it safe to have the Good Sync Server know my Windows 10 password(s)?

Thanks,

Dekade

 

Syncing your files between home network computers is usually not a good idea. It would mean you would have at least two copies of every file, any of which can be modified independently of the others, and Goodsync on its next run will update the others whether you want them updated or not. Sync programs are a great backup tool so use it to keep your NAS, or the computer you use as a NAS, synced with the folders on the computers you need backups of, but not in an attempt to keep two computers in sync. As far as the password is concerned I don't consider it important at all, it's the sync configuration itself that really matters.

 

Thanks Earthling. I wasn't expecting that scenario. I was thinking that a sync between computers was a great idea. But, I can see your explanation puts a different spin on my assumptions.

Let me ask you this. I have gotten carried away and neglectful in the past few years with my external and internal hard drives. I have duplicate subject matter "folders" in multiple locations among my exterior and interior drives. I need to do some serious merging.

For example: I have 3 photo folders strung across interior and exterior hard drives. However, different photos are in each photo folder. Wouldn't a program like Goodsync be of great use to me to get one copy of all pictures merged into one final master folder? That scenario was my secondary reason for looking at Goodsync (or a similar program). What do you think, or advise, on that scenario?

 

Sounds like you just need to create a plan for what you want to keep where and work you way through it using good ol' c & p, drag and drop etc. Trying to configure 3rd party software such as Goodsync to do the work for you would be possible but not imo worth the effort. It's also dead easy to accidentally lose files and folders when doing this sort of thing so I strongly recommend you keep it simple and take it a step at a time.

 

Understood, thanks for your time.