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Maria Sophia wrote:

> Never heard of FolderSync Pro...
> 
> Hence, I have a basic question about "FolderSync Pro", which is what does
> it do that the presumably free versions of similar packages do not have?
> 
> Dunno what FolderSync Pro even does, so I looked it up:
>   a. Sync folders automatically
>   b. Connect to SMB shares
>   c. Run in the background reliably
> Is that what it does?
yes, but it does it for all manner of remote (and local) folders, smb, 
s3 buckets, ftp, dropbox, gdrive, webdav, onedrive, etc, etc

I was many years ago that I used it, I considered it worth paying for, 
better free apps may exist now ...