File versioning

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Posted by pereh
Feb 8, 2010 at 03:32 PM

I hope this is not too far off topic…
I am currently looking for a reliable program that creates versions of documents etc. whenever they are changed. So far, I have found ‘AJC Backup’, File Hamster’ and ‘History Explorer’. Are there any more such programs I should take into account to be able to make a proper choice?

Best regards,
Peter.

Posted by Gorski
Feb 8, 2010 at 05:54 PM

You could consider using version control, which software developers use. Writers can make use of it too, and it’s free, but it requires more technical sophistication to set up than off-the-shelf software.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1846666,00.asp

http://lifehacker.com/5232049/flashbake-automates-version-control-for-nerdy-writers

http://wiki.github.com/commandline/flashbake/

Posted by $Bill
Feb 8, 2010 at 06:53 PM

I use SyncBackSE for versioning.

http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/sbse-features.html

Posted by Mitchel Haas
Feb 8, 2010 at 07:05 PM

I tend to agree with Mark, in that there are some very good file versioning systems out there which developers use.
One of the most popular, which isn’t tied to a development platform, is Subversion. If you’re a windows user, you would also want to install Tortoise, which will allow you to use subversion within Windows Explorer.

The nice thing about having actual repositories for your data (documents), is that you have a complete history of every change, or commit, you make. The repositories don’t take up as much room as you’d think, because subversion stores the changed information, not a copy of each change (commit)

Posted by Pierre Paul Landry
Feb 8, 2010 at 09:09 PM

Why not simply use DropBox. It does superb file versioning and it is totally free (2GB free).

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