FreeFileSync Forum

Hi all, I'm currently in a situation where comparsion by filesize only would be required. I would need to disable comparsion by timestamp. Probably a input for further developement…

Sorry, I just found out that "copy locked files" was not activated in the settings! Now it seems to work.

Hi, Sometimes you want to copy from a source to a destination and then re-structure the destination (pictures, in my case). This means that you want an incremental copying of files…

[Quote] It's working fine now. Thank you!

Has anyone found a solution to disable automatic updates for all users of a machine using globalsettings.xml (unattended setup)? I tried to copy the file to the user's "%appdata%\F…

Hi there. FreeFileSync is a great program. I'm so thankfull! I have been successfully using it to do the first copy of the NTFS data files. The problem is: How to detect the files …

This is a Norton-AV false positive: Norton's heuristics are very blunt: If the file is not well-known (= distribution + age) => flag as suspicious.

I second this. The application is fantastic. But when it comes to large file backups that I'm versioning, it would really be nice to limit the number of versions I need.

Hi, I would like to sync mirror a remote folder but I would like to know if it's possible to create a DB for destination files in order to not scan destination every time ? Thank y…

External apps in the context menu only work when hardwired if the folder locations left and right are passed to FFS via command line. Paths like ..\WinMerge\WinMergePortable.exe "%…

Hello! First of all, thank you for this great app. The only wanted thing is smth like bandwidth limiter (like in Vice Versa pro for ex.). Found a small bug in windows 2012. The log…

[Quote] > Sorting in the "Overview" area can be made by folder pairs collumn, so that the folder pairs in the task can be in same order as the corresponding lines in the "Overview"…

Great news Zenju - appreciated. I am just home after 18 months working in Central Asia/Afghanistan and no immediate plans to return. But when I do, improved timezone management wil…

This already possible. Just specify in the include-part of the file/folder filter which files or file-types should be included. E.g.: change the * (all) into *.jpg to include only …

Okay, so I installed FreeFileSync (7.4 on Linux Mint 17.2 from the GetDeb PPA since you're not supporting Ubuntu-based LTS releases) in Linux to stick to what I've been using so fa…

Hi, Are there any plans to use Remote Differential Compression (RDC) on Windows to speed up file synchronisation? Basically, RDC enables an application to only synchronize changed …

Yes, this is right.

I have two requests for this amazing program. The first is one I know has been mentioned a couple times before, which is to clear the history of source and target directories. I re…

Yes, this change will be in the next major release.

I have the same issue on version 7.5 which has not corrected this. Does anyone know why the change was made?

Is there a way to rename a file pair without re-creating it? Thanks...

[Quote] My apologies on the source of my installation. It only shows up under the Ubuntu Software Centre since it is installed on my system. Checking my installation notes, yes, it…

It works after unchecking! Thanks a lot!

Hi! I will report not a program BUG, but a HELP one. Help says you have to write a folder name after the corresponding keyword, "-leftdir" and "-rightdir", inside a batch file, but…

You could use the context menu of the filter button: [URL]

1. Do filtra "wyklucz"wpisaem: 2. c:\Windows\ 3. Do filtra "wyklucz"wpisaem: 4. *.avi 3. a program dalej sprawdza ten katalog i wyszukuje pliki pliki *.avi Gdy są po obu stronach t…

great! thanks

Hi phil, at least for 7.4 I can confirm, the portable version is included in the installer. Download it; start it up and choose an install directory (e.g. on an USB pen drive); The…

[Quote] OK, thanks ....

[Quote] Fixed for 7.5. Update checks will run asynchronously on Windows.

Currently, a Mirror operation's statistics show the total amount of data that will be copied to the destination but does not account for the total amount of data that will be delet…

See my comments below: Am 19.09.2015 um 19:12 schrieb Zenju: > allow for backup volumes to be offline at backup time > > Not sure what this is about: If a hard disk is not used it …

[Quote] MTP support in FFS requires windows Vista and later.

Regarding your item 4), your request seems to be based on a misconception on how the include and exclude filters work and how to use them. See my reply in [URL] Regarding your item…

pleas give optinal "close app after transfer" and "close app and save log after transfer". the log save is good for some other action like "shut down" ...

I Wish you will be Update Tray Icon. 1. give a alternative update icon in anohter collor like red not yellow and %/time alternative.

Hi. FFS is great, I love it! As a suggestion for future releases, you could implement a way to delete the whole tree of a directory when the whole directory was deleted on the BASE…

I expect "rootless" won't have a special impact on FreeFileSync as long as the user is not trying to sync system directories. In any case, FreeFileSync is very thorough with regard…

How are the Extended Attributes of Mac OS files handled when being copied to/restored from a non-Mac file system?

If you check manually once more it should vanish with the next restart. Are you using the Windows or Linux version of FFS? Is this just some occasional glitch or reproducible?