How do I keep files synchronized with Amazon Cloud Drive?

I want to begin using Amazon Cloud Drive unlimited, but there is no synchronization available. Using Cloud Drive Desktop there is only an upload. I do not want to keep uploading 1500 gigabytes repeatedly. They discontinued Cloud Drive Sync Application (formerly called the "Cloud Drive desktop application"). Though it can be found and will still work I won't use unsupported software.

I regularly back up my machines to a terabyte drive and when finished I clone that drive to another. I want to begin synchronizing in the cloud. I have a few folders I back up in between full backups and would like to keep those synchronized, too.

The terabyte drive has a lot of old files, archives, and historical stuff as well.

2 Answers

An excellent solution became available for Amazon Cloud Drive that works wonderfully! The interface to Amazon Cloud Drive, provided by Amazon, leaves much to be desired. There is a web interface and PC application, neither of which work very well except to do a one-time placement onto the server.

SyncBackPro recently implemented an Amazon Cloud Drive interface. This is different from their Amazon S3 and Amazon Glacier interfaces. I can't believe how well it works. It is a bit slow initiating upload on a file by file basis, but once it begins processing a file it goes at the limit of the connection. SyncBackPro has excellent accountability over files processed with a good visual representation and good logging. It's a very nice piece of software. I like the "mirror" feature which will delete from and add to the destination as necessary to match the source.

The setup was so simple. I merely started an "everything" account for Amazon Cloud Drive. SyncBackPro took me to one-time Amazon authentication page, a key was exchanged, and that was it, with the least amount of interaction possible.

Amazon Cloud Drive "everything" costs $59.99 per year and according to customer support accepts up to 200 terabytes under this plan. I'm very glad I held out. This seems to be the best value for the money. SyncBackPro costs $54.95.

I found this question while trying to sync a subfolder in Amazon Cloud Drive. So here's how to enable local syncing for a subfolder already in Amazon Cloud Drive:

1. Right-click the Amazon Cloud Drive notification area ("tray") icon.
2. Right-click the vertical ... menu and select Preferences.
3. In the Sync tab, click Choose folders.
4. Put a checkmark next to any folder you want to sync.
5. Click Sync.
6. Click OK.