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Thanks. Yes this is logical, but the point is, I have not changed or touched those files in any way whatsoever, so how could they possibly have changed?

I just did a sync which (besides the actual new and updated files) reported this -
851 conflicts - "both sides have changed" etc.... what does this mean?
I haven't touched these particular directories or files on either my main or backup hard drive.
I have had this happen before also, but I always ...

Further, the reason this is an issue is that I'm currently archiving and backing up about 20 drives, and it involves a lot of file/folder renaming and some moving around. Each drive has a backup drive. In a daily backup of Documents there isn't much moving around, mostly new files, so Update is ...

Thanks for the help. Yes, FFS does create duplicates. I'm using Update. I don't generally want FFS to delete files on any side. I want to make sure that new files are created on the right, and I have assumed that if I renamed something, that file would be updated. So I've just been hitting Update ...

I renamed many files on my drive. When I synced, freefilesync wanted to create all new files and leave me with tons of duplicates. This doesn't seem right, and I can't proceed with the sync or any other sync if this is the case. The features list says that it recognizes renamed files.
Please help ...