Beyond Compare is a file compare and directory sync utility wrapped in one. Beyond Compare Standard edition ($30) is a powerful utility for tracking down differences between files and folders. Its ...

You often may need to compare one version of a file to an earlier one or check one file against a reference file. Linux provides several tools for doing this ...

I am doing some backup and restore testing and was wondering if there was a good freeware app out there that would let me say "Compare \\server\restores_path To \\Production\Path" and show files that ...

Programmers have used diff utilities for years. In brief: A diff utility lets you input two files, then the program calculates exactly where the files contain changes. Diffing is the basis of such ...

FreeFileSync provides a straightforward way to compare two files and then synchronize them through one of several methods to free up space. Comparison options: In order to find similarities between ...

The Linux comm command makes it easy to compare a couple text files and determine if they both contain the same lines -- whether the file contents are sorted or not. The comm command on Linux systems ...

Whether you want to sort out duplicates or figure out which folder has certain files and which doesn't, you can use the diff command in the Terminal to find out fast. While traditionally used to look ...

Editor’s note: The following review is part of Macworld’s GemFest 2012 series. Every weekday from mid June through mid August, the Macworld staff will use the Mac Gems blog to briefly cover a favorite ...

The case we are discussing here is where you keep the same set of files at multiple places. You can assume this is a backup case where you cloned the same folders and plan to take a backup every day.

If you would like to verify two copies of files or two mirrored directories, there are some Terminal commands that will let you do just that. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a ...