What's the best way to smart-copy a large folder tree over internet?
On my Mac at home, a G5 running Panther, I have some data in a large folder tree (about 40 Gigs-worth, about 3 folder levels deep in all). At work, I have an Intel Mac Pro running Tiger. I'd like to copy the data, but much of it is already in place, so I need a smart-copy application that won't copy what's already there. This is most important because any normal copy process of this type will interrupt at some point and if I re-start, I don't want to restart from the very beginning. I guess I could bring the whole thing on a portable hard drive but in the future, I want to keep the work machine synchronized with the home one. What's a good Panther-compatible smart-copy application that can work over the internet?
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