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This goes all the way back to when I first made this post without knowing what "detect moved files" was It seems that you have setup FFS to do a "Two way" sync, the default when creating a new sync job. Go to Synchronization settings and select the "Mirror" variant, use...

Hello, Please allow me to apologize first off since I am a bit aggravated for not getting any response/update for a project that I did and have still donated to over the years, so for the main feature as to why I backed this project and it not to work immediately after I switch to the donation editi...

As a note, I have tried this on the new version, and quite a few old versions as well. Please let me point this out FreeFileSync is able to detect moved files on one side and can quickly apply the same move on the target side during synchronization instead of a slow copy and delete. To make this wor...

The other reason that I know that the files/folders are being deleted and re copied instead of moved with the "detect moved files" is folders that I am moving on the source drive, when I do a mirror sync with the feature turned on (or off) what is suppose to be moved ends up in the recycle...

I am just trying to tell you how it worked for that first test. I have been trying it and it deletes and re-copies. This puts unneeded stress on the clone/backup/target drive since I did see the program function differently. again, I don't want to MOVE, I want it to detect moved files and move them ...

Yes, that is what I am getting now. But when I ran my test initial test after you showed me the feature on April 26, 2020, there was a different icon that was being used when the (detect moved files) was working properly and did not delete and re-copy, it actually performed the move tasks which for ...

I do not have a screenshot of it because I did not think I would need it. The best I remember of the icon was a spiral arrow that specified the files/folder was moved and would move them accordingly instead of delete and copy

I just set up a brand new computer to do the same test, and I am still having the same results. Using the same version FFS 10.23 free or donation or donation portable. I saw that Icon that you see, so I know that it WAS working, but why it no longer works, even for the test I ran, I am a little aggr...

Thank you, I read that notice and as I stated, that I tested this when you first pointed out this feature to me. As the post above states, when I tested it on April 26th, I was happy with the result and everything worked just fine. As to how I know it is deleting and re-copying. There was a differen...

OK, I have re-ran this test on the installed donation edition and the free installed edition. All of them now show the same results. They delete the items to move them instead of moving them. I remember seeing a "move" icon instead of delete when I first tested this feature. I do not know ...

It seems that you have setup FFS to do a "Two way" sync, the default when creating a new sync job. Go to Synchronization settings and select the "Mirror" variant, use the option [x] Detect moved files. Done!. This setup do exactly what you are looking for. This way you will be &...

Thank you, yes I know. After you pointed out this feature when you originally answered the post 2 weeks ago, I played with it briefly on 2 folders on the desktop and it worked exactly as I wanted, and I posted a reply Exactly what I was looking for. I apologize to everyone here for being so ignorant...

I understand that, thank you. I have been playing with this for two weeks to see if I was doing something wrong before posting back here.

Thank you

Yes, I understand that, and that is why I said my test worked correctly but moving to the practical use, even with detect moved files checked, it does not seem to be using this feature and falling back to only changes based on a delete and update method.

Looking at the error text that you attached, it does seem to be different than what I described above, for some reason the Free File Sync is renaming those files to the destination with a set of random characters.ffs_tmp Hopefully, someone here can answer this better. Good luck. If this is on a NAS,...

Outside the knowledge of this program, but with Quickbooks in general. On many different platforms that I have tried to sync the Quickbooks company file, there are always a few files, especially when Quickbooks is open, that Nextcloud, Google Drive, One Drive, and Dropbox have had issues with. Quick...

Hello again, when I tested this on a small scale before I posted my last post above, it worked wonders. My test was a source and destination on the same drive (on the desktop), just different folders, I created a half dozen folders and put random stuff inside them, other folders, shortcuts, and some...

Exactly what I was looking for. I apologize to everyone here for being so ignorant. I could not think of what to call this feature so looking it up on google got me nowhere.

:) Thanks

I will test this. I was actually using one way since I completely missed that setting.

Thank you so much! This will be a much nicer solution :)

I think I might have thought of a solution that will fit in my parameters, it is a bit more to set up than I was hoping, but it would do what I am asking... It might take me a few weeks to a month to set up this and test it, but I will share my setup once I test it. If anyone else has any other sugg...

Then under each of those folders are subfolders that are categorized to the best of your ability at the time. You make a 1 to 1 clone of the drive and put the backup on the shelf and use the active drive. Over time you come up with better categorizations and organize things better, but while the sa...

Hello, I thought of a "feature" that might make what I want to do possible... Have a program "Pair" the drives, one as Active and the other as Clone Have a service on the computer with the Active drive monitor any changes, deletes, moves, folder creation, folder rename, folder de...

Hello, I really did not know what to search for regarding this situation Under the following situation of having a lot of structured data, for example, pictures, documents, and programs. Pictures Documents Programs Customers\Active Customers\In-Active Then under each of those folders are subfolders ...