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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?

The time remaining on the GUI jumps all over the place. Is it possible to keep it more consistent? It jumps from a couple of minutes to a couple of hours. It is hard to determine w…

Can you add the option to view the File Path in the Configuration Files Path within the GUI version of FreeFileSync? More specificically, in section 10 of the image linked below, i…

I have just heard from a friend that you are removing a lot of languages, because testing all the lang files has become too difficult. It is a shame to let all that translation wor…

Hi All, FFS 7.4; SBS 2011 I am trying to sync MicroBiz's data files. I am getting Visual Fox pro errors and MicroBiz errors complaining that the some file or such and such is read …

I use FreeFileSync (FFS) to sync folders/files for Dropbox & Google Drive. Google Drive always report can't sync file for sync.ffs_db, but Dropbox can sync it. When I change sync.f…

The official pre-compiled portable versions for Debian are available at: [URL] [URL]

Just double-click the .ffs_batch file instead.

[Quote] I'm not able to reproduce this hang with FFS copying an encrypted NTFS folder to a FAT usb stick on Win7 x64. Do you have some specific steps that would allow me to reprodu…

You can look in the download archive for the latest FreeFileSync version that supports Ubuntu 14.04: [URL]

i wish in the next big update a smelt of RealTimeSync from main interface or start RealTimeSync abouve main interface (ask for losing main gui) or made easyer handling :-) and add …

1. wish a support-button by "help"! 2. search for egins of support in your tool. mabe poll?! ---------- great work!

So files on one side and zip file on other side. Would allow files to be stored&synced as zips as a space saver.

Dear sir, 1. The action column(middle column) can be removed by just color coding the result rows. 2. Please provide sync history for each profile with 'auto delete old history'. 3…

Zenju, I think a useful addon it would be to have a way to pause folder comparisson, and execute the sync of the compared files up to that moment. Sometimes, when there is lot of f…

MacAfee, commonly held to be the worst of the bigname paid-for anti-virus products, is blocking Free File Sync with its web advisor internet explorer plug in. I would urge all user…

Just posting this here for closure. The problem was with this theme: [URL] more specifically. After commenting these lines in theme/Sable/gtk-2.0/gtkrc it worked. style "menu-text"…

I am using FreeFileSync to transfer files from one server to another. One is local the other UNC path. I have checked the options to transfer permissions and it seems to partly be …

Hi, Can buttons be properly labeled, instead of icons being used? Being visually impaired, I use a [URL], which reads the contents of a computer display. It detects the UI elements…

I assume you mean "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows". I don't get VSS erros when copying these files on Win10. Interestingly they are removed from the VSS …

That would be the icing on the cake. I love this program and that would be an excellent addition.

[Quote] Hi, thank you for all. In this moment the option "fail-safe copy" seems not to operate. In both cases (flagged or unflagged), when I start the synchronization, the space av…

Disk space has always been pre-allocated when copying files with FFS.