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Dark mode +1

I don't mean a toggle switch anymore. Just everything permanently darker. No big tech. Problem. domag, 16 Jul 2023, 12:22

I would absolutely support that; just permanently in dark mode. This is where most applications are headed nowadays in general, and for a good reason.

Eyes health is not cosmetic. My life changed after moving from Light to Dark Mode. I am committed to switch off as many pixels as possible on my screen. max5637, 17 May 2021, 11:16

I absolutely second that.
Dark Mode would be a very welcome addition indeed.

Thank you xCSxXenon.
I figured out how to use FFS with Google Drive, but looks like it's more complicated to sync it with OneDrive.

You can use OneDrive and mirror the source to the local OneDrive copy. Or Google Drive has direct integration into FFS


Thank you for your reply!

Do you know if it is possible for OneDrive to detect the modified/deleted files when you make a backup?
Also, do you know if there are any ...

I use FFS to make a backup of my files to an external drive with the "Mirror" option, and I'd like to know if by any chance there are any cloud platforms that offer that option as well. I mean to be able to detect which files have been altered/deleted and update the backup without copying all the ...

Thanks for your opinion JDB. I plan to upgrade to a new HDD like the WD one you mentioned. Perhaps that old Freecom drive has some mild connectivity problem which was the cause of this phenomenon.

Also, thanks for the idea xCSxXenon.

Thank you for your reply JDB .

Do you know for sure that your problem ONLY affected the date/time stamps? Or could there be errors in actual file content data? A problem affecting only the dates would indicate something of a logical origin, like an OS or software bug, or "unsafe removal"; whereas ...

Well, I've never tried to convert the file system of that drive; I think it has always been FAT32.

As for the possibility of the hard drive being removed from the computer without using "Safe Removal", I don't think it has ever happened either, but perhaps at some point the USB connector of the ...

Thanks for your reply JDB.

The only thing that seems relevant in my case is that the particular hard drive was often connected to an older PC that runs Win XP (SP2, authentic). That PC functions normally though.

Does the same thing happen with other folders? xCSxXenon, 07 Aug 2020, 18:02

No, only with the said ones.

Any other ideas on what might have caused this problem?

I did a Content check between the two HDD's and all files between them are identical. The File Time and Size check however finds 1.940 files that are different because their timstamps have somehow been changed with dates from 2026/2017.

Thanks for your reply therube .

No, nothing odd with the source file dates, they all have normal dates from 2018/19.

I did what you suggested: I copied several of the source files that ended up with a wrong date and then synced them using FFS to the external HDD. The "Creation" dates are correct ...

I have two external hard drives that are used for storage and contain the same files. I recently noticed that the timestamps of a large portion of the files in one of the drives (about in the 30% of all files) are completely wrong as the actual "Creation" dates have been replaced with dates of 2026 ...