Robocopy Alternatives for Mac
Robocopy is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is FreeFileSync, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Robocopy and 12 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Robocopy are TeraCopy, Unison File Synchronizer, Ultracopier and SuperCopier.
Robocopy alternatives are mainly File Copy Utilities but may also be File Sync Tools or File Managers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Robocopy.
- Freemium • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- openSUSE
- Linux Mint
- CentOS
- Ubuntu
- Debian
FreeFileSync is a folder comparison and synchronization software that creates and manages backup copies of all your important files.
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
A free utility designed to copy files faster and more secure. It can verify copied files to ensure they are identical. It skips bad files during copy, not terminating the entire transfer. Seamless integration with Windows Explorer.
TeraCopy vs Robocopy opinions
james_PTGRobocopy have a lot of copy option (date range, tree structure etc..)
Unison is a file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows.
Ultracopier replaces Windows explorer file copy and adds many features: Transfer resuming, transfer speed control, transfer speed computation, better transfer progress display, faster transfers, copy list editable while transferring.
SuperCopier replaces Windows explorer file copy and adds many features: Transfer resuming, transfer speed control, transfer speed computation, better transfer progress display, faster transfers, copy list editable while transferring.
Discontinued
The official website states "Deprecated, use Ultracopier".SuperCopier 1.4.0.8 was built 2016-01-02.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
A macOS GUI for rsync.
MiniCopier is a multi-platform graphical copy manager.
Discontinued
The program seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 0.5, released in May 2009, can be still downloaded from the official website.
A graphical user interface for rsync, which looks-and-feels like a standard FTP client, but uses the rsync protocol ‘under the hood’ to boost transfer speeds.
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Lsyncd watches a local directory trees event monitor interface (inotify or fsevents). It aggregates and combines events for a few seconds and then spawns one (or more) process(es) to synchronize the changes. By default this is rsync.
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