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"chown" needs admin rights => either disable "menu -> tools -> options: Copy file access permissions" or start FreeFileSync with admin rights.Zenju

sudo didn't work so I disabled "Copy file access permissions"

What is this option supposed to do?
Thanks

I am having this error message when synchronize involve writing to my NAS

Cannot write permissions of "/Volumes/NAS/@My Data/2.txt.ffs_tmp".
Error Code 1: Operation not permitted (chown)


1- This is a Mac OS
2- From Finder, I have normal write permission to the NAS
3- It was working on version 6 ...

Thanks a lot for the quick reply.
The help files include the windows syntax so I had difficulty translating that to mac.

Intention was to sync only .Picasa.ini files and .picasaoriginal folders which are created by picasa, then ignore everything else that starts with dot '.' since Mac OS and WD My ...

I am on a mac and having difficulty getting the filters to work.
I want to stop syncing the below divided into files and folders

(Folders)
.wdmc
Large Videos

(Files)
Thumbs.db
._Thumbs.db
.Picasa.ini
.DS_Store

The below filters did not work. I still get them in the comparison.
/.DS_Store
/.wdmc ...

I am on a mac and having difficulty getting the filters to work.
I want to stop syncing the below divided into files and folders

(Folders)
.wdmc
Large Videos


(Files)
Thumbs.db
._Thumbs.db
.Picasa.ini
.DS_Store

The below filters did not work. I still get them in the comparison.
/.DS_Store
/.wdmc ...