FreeFileSync Forum

Normally port 21 is reserved for unencrypted connections via traditional FTP. Perhaps you can ask the admin if there is a separate SFTP encrypted port number such as 22 for example. 22 is the longstanding default for encryption over SSH which gives you SFTP an encrypted FTP connection. I use a highe...

I'm going to replace a pc that has one of my donation licenses. Should I just uninstall from the old pc and install to the new, or is there something else I need to do? Deirdre There is nothing that you must do. However, if you go to the web link that you have to download the donation edition there...

I assume you will be running FFS on either your Mac or your Windows machine. In that case, you only need to share your to-be-synced folder(s) on the machine on which you do not run FFS. Correct. If FFS is running on Windows, you only need to configure the Mac. Turns out you can enable SSH Server on...

You can add an SFTP server to Windows and Mac. It's free, open source. You'll have to do your own Googling on how to add to the Mac because I'm unfamiliar with the Mac. Open SSH server is built into Windows as an optional installation through the settings program. This will let you use FFS to connec...

Hi, I have good luck synchronizing files to and from my Android phone using SFTP which is the protocol that free file sync supports natively. The SFTP server program that I use on my Android phone can be installed from the Google Play app store. It turns your phone into an SFTP server. No cables and...