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Environment: ========== Linux ubuntu-virt 5.8.0-48-generic #54-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 19 14:23:58 UTC 2021 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux (Essentially an Ubuntu Virtual Machine runn…

1) Yes, you can use the filters at the bottom-middle of the comparison to show what items to display/hide. You can select all the are equal on both sides, then change the sync opti…

Unable to connect to Google Drive. CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT: Unable to connect to [URL] port 443: timeout [curl_easy_perform]

Update: PayPal seems to have fixed the bug.

Before you edited it, it said syncthings. You changed it to say FFS after I responded, sorry for the mixup

You would have needed to keep the installer for that version

Exclude that file and set up a second pair that only includes that file with a custom setting to switch the direction

For instance I'm using Zapier to add the email to a spreadsheet and I just want 1 line to show up. The line that says what was updated. I see there are tools within Zapier I can tr…

Having the same problem with Linux Mint 20

[Quote] Hello, I recently started having a problem apparently similar to the one described above. I was unable to synchronize my pc with my pendrive because the system returns an "…

Any more thoughts on how I might fix this? My SSD has a write speed of 1500Mb/s, so any buffer flushes ought to be near instantaneous

Hi, is there any plan to have the "expert settings" modifiable in the "normal options" screen ? :)

Yep I'm on 64-bit. Since the recent reboot, I haven't seen this error occurring again, so tentatively I would that was the solution.

Glad you got it figured out!

Without being an IT specialist, How do we get the Realtime sync to work. It is not on the main menu. Does any one know?

Hello everyone, this is more of a very specific issue but I noticed that several people complain about problems with the "last sync" # of days in the forum so maybe this helps some…

Get rid of third-party and bad antivirus, problem solved

Wipe the local and re-copy the remote to the local

Oh yes, sorry, I missed the tool-tip-text. Thanks a lot, it works now!

Hy everybody on IPhone if you disable convert to PC format in Settings it works for me.

Happy Easter to you! Using Retry the sync was successfully recovered, but you should be concerned about a disconnecting USB drive.

If I execute two consecutive synchronization jobs from one folder (first one job, then another) (mirror from folder to disks) to different disks, will there be a conflict due to th…

I figured this out by comparing the old and new installations! C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\FreeFileSync\GlobalSettings.xml When 11.3 was installed, this file started with t…

Thank you very much for the reply. I'm going over it now and seeing if I can utilize it to solve the issue.

On the Mac I've been using the documented method of using Automator and Calendar to start a sync every night. This has worked great for a number of years. Recently, syncing has sta…

Whatever locations you enter in the left and right will end up identical after a mirror sync.

Thank you xCSxXenon! With file explorer it has always worked without problems ... then I will try with a 2.0 port and not SS ... I have already tried other tips such as closing all…

[Quote] Hello. Joining late. I have the same issue (with files of all sizes): CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT: Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 15 seconds [c…

I would also like to see the "Verified Copied Files" added per config, instead of a global setting. It's handy to have on some drives and not others. I'd like to be able to just sw…

SOLVED In case someone stumbles on to this thread, the solution is to reset the folder attr to "read only". Who woulda thunk? Some more googling found this 6 year old post: [URL]

Hi, I just donated and received the Donation_Edition. I'm trying to install this in Linux (Ubuntu) using a silent install, but I get the error: ./FreeFileSync_11.8_\[Donation_Editi…

Thanks for you help. I think I can work with this RTS. I can not use fixed intervals, as I could then accidentally get temp files copied to the folder. The temp files are not named…

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If you can not run in WIN10 Windows Scheduled Task mode1: windows login is no password. security options 1.When running the task, use the fllowing user account: your pc user name (…

Best way to get a starting config is to drag and drop a .ffs_batch file on the RealTimeSync GUI: [URL] From the screenshot it looks like you entered everything manually.

Within [URL], the problem with syncing (reading) from Linux symbolic links was solved in FFS 11.6 (release notes: "Support reading FTP file symlinks"). This covers 99% of my use ca…

Thanks TAC109, I have just checked and that seems to be the issue. The problem USB drive is FAT32 while the one that was OK is NTFS. Much appreciated.

Sorry everyone, My bug was caused by a filter which excluded every files in the destination folder. Eveything is working fine now! Shame on me!

Hello, Thank you @dynosire for a tip - I managed to overcome the topic during the weekend by using rsync and Samba shares. Regarding FFS and CLI mode - I did not manage to use it. …

Hi Most of my files are in gdocs or gsheet format. I wanted to make a backup of the files but when I do so the backed up file only contains something like HTML code. Is there a way…

Yes, the .run file is a x86_64 binary, but it also contains zipped contents that unzip or 7zip (7za) should be able to extract. [Code] The main zip file that used to be the main do…

Thank you for this explanation -> Thread closed Resolution: It is not a bug, it is a feature. ;) BR Joe

They would have deleted if they ended up in the recycle bin.

Many thanks!

If you are running a bi-directional sync, or a Mirror sync with "Detect Moved Files" enabled, xCSxXenon's remark is likely spot-on. The ffs-db files work based on file-IDs. And alm…

You would have to sync all of the sources folders to one target folder and use the "update" method to sync to avoid pairs from deleting previously synced data. Is this going to be …

No. You would have to have OneDrive sync to that external hard drive by default. Otherwise, you have to sync the external with the local copy of OneDrive

Sweet! My pleasure!

[Quote] Yes, and I didn't see it 😅

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