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Hi, If I understand correctly, you are synchronizing your Google drive files down to your PC and then synchronizing those files from the default directory to another directory. The…

Currently, when a sync is running and using a location you want to use in another sync, there is a message saying: "Directory in use.... PATH\sync.lock - Username: NAME" My request…

I have discussed this with the devs of Drivepool and have the following response: [Quote] I did check object-id and it does persist for moves and renames. What are your thoughts on…

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Unfortunately, that many sub folders to define which goes to which external drive would be a nightmare to manage. And the files are mostly mkv, so I wouldn't be able to to split th…

You will need to create two separate RTS configurations to achieve this, but it will work fine. RTS will wait for all monitored directories to be available and start monitoring whe…

This sounds like a networking issue and not a FFS issue. I suspect that the two machines cannot see each other at all. This can occur if your new mesh extender isn't working in mes…

So after testing a bit more, looks like you can select and run a few configs at a time, much like Syncback. This will work for me and I will most likely NOT use the batch feature a…

[Quote] Arguable ;-). (In general, I would not think that to be relevant to a general purpose sync tool.) In any case, in that respect, why not have the ability to include any Prop…

[Quote] You are my HERO! The closest I figured on my own was /folder/ but that didn't work properly on folders several layers deep. I have a music program and Mozilla Firefox & Thu…

[Quote] No. [Quote] Yes. [Quote] Might you have used command-line (or desktop shortcut) switches to point to a particular GlobalSettings.xml? [Quote] Explain "detailed settings". P…

If you are using Windows 10/11 with Onedrive from Microsoft, you have a folder mounted to your Onedrive. This is how to access Onedrive with FFS. You should be able to navigate to …

Hello, So far, FreeFileSync (Donation version) has carried out all the tasks it was supposed to do excellently, i.e. without errors. But... Sending an email at the end of a backup …

It would be nice to have the option to choose different color schemes. It would be nice to have the option to customize the look and feel of FreeFileSync.

Thanks for the responses. Have installed it now! Seems like the unzip-process may have caused the problem. The failing setup (.exe) was around 15k and gave an error message when I …

[Quote] Many thanks @xCSxXenon ;) This situation was causing me some confusion and, therefore, I was putting these files in `Exclude`!... ahahah :)) It makes perfect sense to be as…

If your large folder comprises multiple subfolders, then you can use FFS and define [URL]. E.g. C:\SourceFolder\SubFolder1 => E:\Backup\SubFolder1 and C:\SourceFolder\SubFolder2 =>…

But there is 2 measures, number of files and size of files. Taking the average should fit.

Thanks for the detailed answer and the solution for file type filters - I will go with a single folder pair given the advantages you mentioned. That said, I can see several argumen…

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I'd like it to work this way as a fail safe method. I have structural designs in construction job. The work computer have a shared network drive which saved all on going jobs. That…

FFS knows nothing about s3 storage. You likely need to mount the s3 storage using an open source cloud mounting program.

Sorry, I can't agree: It should indeed be synchronised, but only on the basis of the file name and date. I would just like to leave out the size ...

Idea: currently, there are two ways to compare files when dealing with Google Drive sync: by time and size and file content (byte-by-byte comparison) However, I noticed that gdrive…

Is there a way to limit the filesize of the LogFile when an error occurred? For example, the disk is full, or the drive is lost during a sync?

You could: - Create a second sync that doesn't shut down - Change the setting prior to running the sync - Cancel the sync before it finishes - Change the post-sync command to wait …

👓 💾 do not impart enough meaning. You did hint to it before, but I've forgotten. And you can't "search" for them. Even if there were a mouseover that would help the forgetful. (Oh,…

Yes. CompactOS seems normally to compact just the OS files, but I use it to compact all the program files too; some programs are quite large normally. What's available for people i…

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[Quote] A real puzzle, indeed! :) These two pieces of information gave it away: [Quote] Confusingly, the existence of the results screen after each sync doesn't make any sense when…

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Thanks, I understand now. In this case, I guess all folder synchronization apps are working in the same way

My compare process took over 24 hours to complete and was for over 7TB of data. Why can't we get some kind of pause ability even if the pause is not instantaneous but rather let it…

This can be done with Robocopy: [URL] Also been discussed on this forum quite a bit. There are various scripts that you can have run post-sync [URL] [URL]

The warning is just that: a warning. It does not block anything; your FFS sync will run just fine. As an alternative you can use [URL]. This will retain as many previous versions a…

@Plerry Your suggestion is the solution I was looking for. I had some confusion at first. I had in FFS the path to Folder1 and Folder2 (Update). At first I couldn't figure out wher…

Thanks a lot! I'll follow that thread. Yes, it's exactly the same problem I'm having!

[Quote] Please change the part where you can set what happens on certain differences back to pre ffs13. It was so easy to understand what you do with these icons in previous versio…

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I was looking for a backup program that would have the following characteristics: 1. The backed up files could be opened on another computer without having to have the original bac…