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by SyncUser
11 Sep 2025, 00:22
Forum: Help
Topic: What does "local filter" mean?
Replies: 13
Views: 431

Re: What does "local filter" mean?

I was away for a while.

I see that screenshot - now "folder pairs" is obvious. and I presume the funnel icon is the button to show a local" rule

I had missed the tiny little green plus sign on the left to add another set of files to sync.

The funnel icon for local does not appear until you add a ...
by SyncUser
03 Sep 2025, 07:48
Forum: Help
Topic: What does "local filter" mean?
Replies: 13
Views: 431

Re: What does "local filter" mean?


Yeah, you would just set the base folders that are being compared to the AppData folder directly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


Umm, nope.

A) That is then one sync per user, I want to sync all users in one step. Mostly because I share this config file with friends and family and I do not know the name of their ...
by SyncUser
01 Sep 2025, 10:36
Forum: Help
Topic: What does "local filter" mean?
Replies: 13
Views: 431

Re: What does "local filter" mean?

I've seen messages like "There does exist local filters if you have more than one folder pair present." before. But I don't know what it means.

What is a "folder pair"? I'm sort of assuming it means a source and destination folder - but there is no explicit declaration of a pair of folders. It's ...
by SyncUser
31 Aug 2025, 22:39
Forum: Help
Topic: What does "local filter" mean?
Replies: 13
Views: 431

What does "local filter" mean?

I think I'm having a problem similar to the one in this topic
https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10977

I'm syncing my C:\Users folder to Z:\Backups

I have inclusion and exclusions filters.

The AppData directory (C:\Users\me\AppData) is using a ridiculous amount of space. I want to ...