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Sounds like this case can be solved via the "Update" variant.

In filesystem like NTFS, each file have a file ID, reside inside the MFT file record of each file, no matter how you change or move the file on the same NTFS volume, the file ID would remain the same. FreeFileSync use the file ID provided by the filesystem and store it into the database file sync.f...

Not directly. But when you go to "Shared with me" while logged in with your Google Drive account, then right-click "Organize -> Add to starred", the folder will be accessible from FreeFileSync.

FreeFileSync already did the assessment about two months ago, and... it passed! I'm surprised myself!

FreeFileSync 13.3 [2024-01-07]
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Completed CASA security assessment for Google Drive

No, FFS will store the DB files in the left and right folders that are selected on the main dialog.

There should be two sync.ffs_db files, one in each left and right folder. If not, the warning comes up.

The MAC address is not transferred online, but it is used to generate a unique "hardware id". This is documented in the privacy policy: https://freefilesync.org/privacy.php

There is a warning message after each of your comparisons. I assume that reading it will give a clue.

" .ffs_tmp" files are a special case: They "belong" to FreeFileSync. If a new run finds them remnant from a previous sync, they will be unconditionally and permanently be deleted as a cleanup. See "fail-safe file copy".

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management enables support for your IT security administrators to block vulnerable application versions. If you receive this detection, it means that you are running a vulnerable version of the application that has been blocked. Your security administrator requires ...

Looks like anti virus software is blocking the installation.
Bitdefender is one such culprit.

BTW: FreeFileSync doesn't use .NET and the installer doesn't care about UAC being enabled or not (it does require admin rights, though).

The problem seems to be that the network card MAC it keeps changing after each reboot.

Although I'm not in need of this today , I agree the Export is useful I'm wondering: Who is in need for a file list export in first place? Why is this a useful feature to keep in FreeFileSync, rather than remove it to simplify the GUI? In its current form the "export file list" seems more...

The problem is that for "multiple threads" to boost transfer times your sync has to process multiple files. If there is only one file, multiple threads does nothing. FileZilla on the other hand splits up a single file into multiple uploads, which is a feature FreeFileSync does not have (at...

Thanks dklev! I've made a few tests and observations: 1. the timeout of the FTP control connection occurs for uploads that take longer than 120 seconds 2. it's the FritzBox FTP server that silently terminates the FTP control connection at this time, but doesn't stop the FTP data connection from stil...

Good consideration... That only applies if you are using someone else's open source code in your own project. Correct. And FreeFileSync does not use other GPL-licensed code. But that does still mean the standard version can be used commercially if it's licensed with GPL That's a big if ! It should ...

- You can't buy the donation edition, you only receive it from donating That's correct. - FFS is described as "open source", by you, and open source software is explicitly allowed to be used for commercial use without restriction. This is also corroborated with the GPL included with the s...

If you buy something privately, but then use it for your work, it's obviously commercial use. Nothing gray about that.

??? "QUOT" command? Quota? What in the world are they talking about? There is no "QUOT" command issued by FreeFileSync. This has nothing to do with any "quota". The server issue is trivally seen in the Wireshark log: The server nonsensically responds with 500 FTP error ...

There is the "prompt during login" password option.

Did you ask about the FEAT response? It's obviously broken as can be seen with multiple clients and your logs.

If you like you can send me an email. Then I can send you my credentuials and you can reproduce it with my FTP- Server. dklev, 12 Dec 2023, 00:49

Yes, if I could reproduce the issue from my end, chances are much higher to find out what this time out is really about.

I don't know. The server's FEAT response obviously returns garbage. This should be reported to "World4You" as a bug.

This is one crazy/broken FTP server: 1. The FEAT responses for FreeFileSync and Cyberduck are different! This should not be possible. 2. For FreeFileSync FEAT includes "CLNT". But when FreeFileSync sends "CLNT FreeFileSync", the server returns "500 Unknown command"!? Th...

Let's see...
File object IDs are supported only on NTFS volumes

But for NTFS we have:
In the NTFS file system, a file keeps the same file ID until it is deleted

Ergo:
Object ID = useless
File ID = perfect as persistent file identifier (on NTFS).

Warning Cannot write file attributes of "E:\HD 1\DB At bkup\IC".
ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER: The parameter is incorrect. [SetFileInformationByHandle(FileBasicInfo)] Attilo, 08 Dec 2023, 21:32

It's a different issue. What is "E:\HD 1\DB At bkup\IC"? Is it a file or a folder?

Ordered by increasing fees: bank transfer, credit card, PayPal

Bank transfer isn't free because it's also handled by Stripe, just like credit card.

Is this error reproducible? I've seen Apache mail servers bounce back "without error details". It turns out, they do in fact return details, but inconveniently disguised as email text, rather than part of the "message/delivery-status" block that email services expect and parse. I...