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I've found an alternative way of scheduling batch jobs in macOS, using the launchd service management framework.

It involves the following 2 steps (see example below):
1. Create a plist (property list) file
2. Load the batch job using launchctl

Example
1. Create a plist (property list) file
The ...

A little Googling identified the -W flag for 'open', so:
ensures that FFS finishes before restarting RTS.

I don't believe that 'open -a' waits, and so 'sleep 10' (seconds) will not be sufficient in all cases.

Instead, I'll look at using 'Run a command: On completion' in the FFS synchronisation settings.

Thanks for this advice.

I've created the following shell script, which may be of use to other macOS users:

#!/bin/zsh

# Script to stop RTS, run schedule FFS batch job, restart RTS

killall RealTimeSync
killall RealTimeSync_i386

sleep 5

open -a FreeFileSync ~/Documents1/FreeFileSync/Personal ...

I've got FreeFileSync on macOS set up to run an ffs_batch job on a schedule (19:00 daily), to do a mirror sync from folder A to folder B.

I've also got RealTimeSync monitoring the same folder A for changes, and running the same batch job when these occur.

However, I find that when the FFS job runs ...

OK, I seem to have resolved this - seems to have been due to over-zealous Gatekeeper protection in macos Catalina.

The solution - as described on a number websites - was to temporarily disable Gatekeeper through a Terminal command so that the option 'Allow apps downloaded from Anywhere' appears. (I ...

I'm currently running version 10.15 of FFS on macos Catalina 10.15.6, and wanted to take advantage of the new version 11.0.

I've donated and downloaded version 11.0, but the Installer freezes (rotating beachball) on step 1. Introduction (when clicking on Continue).

Have tried several times.