Syncing Imac and MacBook

Hi,
I have an older IMac G5 2 GHz running leopard 10.5.8, and a MacBook running the same - I would love to be able to make them sync everything - I take my MacBook to work, then when I come home I'd like to push some button such that they connect and the Imac finds anything different on the MacBook and makes them equal.
Is this possible?

sure it is possible try this one app
http://mac.eltima.com/sync-mac.html

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