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by clipper1
22 Apr 2019, 19:02
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Swap Sides" Button (safety option against accidental use)
Replies: 19
Views: 2770

Re: "Swap Sides" Button (safety option against accidental use)

imho user friendly software design should explain to the user all important things and consider human failures like typo etc. (For example do not place the BackupDisk-button next to the FormatDisk-button)

While testing yesterday I accidently hit Sync while on "Two ways" instead of intended "mirror ...
by clipper1
22 Apr 2019, 18:26
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Move files instead of deleting them to different sites
Replies: 1
Views: 477

Re: Move files instead of deleting them to different sites

Generally, moved files will not be deleted. And instead of files getting deleted you can specify any one folder to move them to: Synchronization - Versioning - Specify destination folder
https://freefilesync.org/manual.php?topic=versioning

I'm not sure what happens in a conflict case. If for some ...
by clipper1
22 Apr 2019, 09:29
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Reason for not renaming folders?
Replies: 3
Views: 963

Re: Reason for not renaming folders?

First I be sure to have the 'Detect moved files' box checked at 'Synchronization Settings' once and for each session.
Be sure that it's not accidently unchecked.
Then I only have to Compare and Sync the container folder to create a new database.
This database is necessary for the MoveFile feature to ...