FreeFileSync Forum

Hi, so a few observations:
The initial sync job did NOT have the database option checked for UPDATE.
The global option fail-safe copy is ENABLED.

For fun, I ran the sync job with the global option of fail-safe copy OFF. The result was pretty much the same.14 minutes to transfer 7.23MB of data, with ...

I hear you - I typically shy away from forums for the same reason. Experience and all... anyways.

Do you think you can post what software you end up using if it's successful? It'd help users like me in case we need to explore other options.

Thanks, and happy hunting!

Thanks for the replies and thanks @therube for posting those links - I will look and see what those settings are configured to in the transfer job. I have been away from my workstation but I will have a look tomorrow at the discussed options. It's interesting to me that those other forums stated ...

Thanks sdanffs, your writeup I thought was thorough and useful to someone perusing the forums looking for answers. Although I cannot offer any help with the ftp side of things, I am now curious about this odd behaviour you're experiencing as it is similar to my little issue that I've discovered with ...

That is correct, the scan stage actually completes rather quickly for the entire job, maybe around 60 seconds or so. The issue occurs during the sync stage.

I should double check my sync settings to see if that database is enabled... I have a feeling that it is enabled since I believe it is enabled ...

Hi all, thank you very much for taking the time to reply with your workarounds and suggestions.

Unfourtunately, that is what this is - workarounds. I posted this here to report a potential bug (or odd behaviour) in the software as my workflow has been working fine for about 5 years now.

In one of ...

Thanks for the reply, therube!

So I just transferred the same thumbnail folder via the typical windows copy paste function and it completed the copy in about 25 minutes (I overwrote any existing files that FFS already transferred).

If it helps, the thumbnail folder is actually ".thumbnail" with ...

Hi,I have an interesting issue where my typical transfer of images and data from my Samsung S20 FE device to my Win 11 Pro PC via the USB C cable is VERY slow - we're talking about 10 kb/s and less. Specifically, the issue seems to happen when my saved job tries to transfer the thumbnail folder (In ...