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I have to iTunes folders that have been managed and consolidated by iTunes. However in order to free up space I want to delete the old folder. I'd like to compare them and delete a…

I have a folder structure i would like to sync to a flattened folder. I would then like to be able to sync updates back to the original folders. I believe I can do the later howeve…

New with FreeFileSync 10.13: notification sounds are managed via the global options dialog

New with FreeFileSync 10.13: notification sounds are managed via the global options dialog

New with FreeFileSync 10.13: notification sounds are managed via the global options dialog

New with FreeFileSync 10.13: notification sounds are managed via the global options dialog

New with FreeFileSync 10.13: notification sounds are managed via the global options dialog

New with FreeFileSync 10.13: notification sounds are managed via the global options dialog

I set up an automatic synchronisation with RealTimeSync real time sync on my Mac (Mojave 10.14.5) and would like to start RealTimeSync every time I log in. In the settings of the O…

[Quote] A great thanks... solved (partially) where schedTask Bkp log should go (each in is own bkp dir) Two things left: 1) How to show the log when the task finish.... per task ba…

I managed to use RealTimeSync as service under [URL]. Initially, this went well. However, I created up to 22 instances of RealTimeSync that synchronize many folders from the source…

Hi everybody, I can't keep this error from appearing at every synchronization. Can you help me? Error Unable to move file "Z: Scans trashbox marrocu.8c9e.ffs_tmp" in "Z: \ Scans \ …

Sounds like this Android bug: [URL]

marvellous, thank you! and thank you for answering so quickly. i have also now tested FFS with a NAS drive and recursive folders and it seems to work perfectly. i am most grateful.…

[Quote] Interesting. In any case I've fixed the machine-id-not-found-issue for the next release. [Quote] Indeed, it looks like the manual should be updated. Maybe "kcron" is the be…

How can I make this work without removing lock protection in global settings? Syncing stopped on at least one computer because of sync.ffs_lock. PC1[PC1 RTS folder] <-FFS Bi-sync o…

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FreeFileSyncCrash.dmp: seems somehow corrupted, I'm not able to debug this file. FreeFileSync_Running.dmp: FFS is currently scanning folders and it looks like the process has been …

Mmm... 1) Use "Mirror -->" sync and make the left-side your C:\ drive and the right-side the location you want to copy the C:\ drive folders/files into (for example right-side = X:…

Hello, I'm using FreeFileSync 10.12 on a MacBook, 16GB, High Sierra. When I try to sync my iPhoto folder I get an error message saying "too many files open" at around 550.000 file …

Several times has happened that I'd start large sync job overnight, only to wake up seeing that just a few MB have been transferred because there was an issue and there is a dialog…

As far as I know that isn't possible. Only options are: File time and size File content File size However, you are not being clear on what it is you would like to achieve. If you l…

In this case, just double-click on a .ffs_gui file in Windows Explorer: (2. Start a FreeFileSync GUI configuration) [URL]

You may try running FFS with [URL]

When opening FFS, it tries to check on-line if a newer version of FFS is available, and if so, the user is notified of that. The message you get tells you that this check has faile…

[URL] and [URL] should cover everything important.

I found this program [URL] and using that found the times to the second of the two files: For the Left Side File: Created: 19/9/2018 06:21:35 PM Modified: 26/4/2019 06:33:54 PM Las…

0x80042009 is Invalid ObjectHandle: [Quote] Similar issue: [URL] I assume pressing "retry" does not help? I'm not sure if FFS should silently ignore this error.

Stavell, You're not being very clear at all on what setup you have that is causing the issue. To my mind, from what little information you have provided, it just sounds like you ha…

did FFS indicate the files as changed? Could it be that you made different hardlinked pairs on both sides, e.g. different file date, being copied then by the sync process? I also t…

I have two objectives and the first is to store my important files in the cloud. That is fairly easy but I want to use pCloud in particular and I also want to sync those files acro…

After configured FFS to work with Windows Task Scheduler in domain environment, odd situation happened: FFS copied all files running under scheduler context(run under specified acc…

Hi, I've first installed standard version in linux mint using software manager. After that I've donated and got a link to install donation version. Downloading it and I have a fold…

Hello to all! Installed, configured and now RTS runs on my computer properly. But! Every time the computer waked up from hibernation, FFS do a scan (or something that uses the hard…

I’ve set up a sync from a Mac to a Samba share on a NAS The sync starts but locks after about 2 minutes. I think the Mac drops the connection to the share. I have to force FFS to q…

Is this a correct assessment of the trigger options then? On Completion - Sync completed with or without warnings/errors On Errors - Sync completed or not with warnings/errors On S…

Solved! Thanks for the hint Zenju. I went back to v8.8 and various values got reset to their defaults. It worked. Went through 9.4, 10.2, 10.8, and finally 10.11 and everything sti…

The activation also directly connects with freefilesync.org

Okay ty. The next time i run a backup i will try ffs again and set it to mirror this time.

Hi, I have 5 jobs setup. How can I run a job individually rather than having to sync all jobs? Thanks PR

Sounds like you'll need CTRL+T: [URL]

[Quote] Indeed, but it's an additional rule that is not explicitly stated in the manual but that FFS implements: If a folder is matched, then all its child items are matched as wel…

There's always the notification area icon, but it is not visible by default (Windows requires the user to do this): [URL]

Hi, I'm new to FreeFileSync, but yes, you can use the 'two way' option and google drive for both PC's Home PC > {Google Drive} {Google Drive} > Work PC ..and vice versa. You can se…

I am having similar problems, but I am not running web filtering or web protection software. is there a known issue with donation edition on mac where the program cannot connect to…

Thanks. I think it is working ok, but my PC power supply has failed so I have other things on my plate at the moment! I will come back to this if there are any problems when I get …

Hello I have the same problem. I first created the ffs batch file with the GUI where everything worked well (previously accessed the share in the file explorer). When running the f…

This is still an issue years later. It's some kind of resource fork that macOS can't delete if you are using the new Google Drive File Stream so it sits here with 400 files that wo…

Thank you @Plerry for your detailed response. It's comforting, and reassuring to know one was headed in the right direction. I was fiddling with the notion of running two instances…

Thanks Plerry. There was no log because the job never finished. Here is the problem and the solution that I discovered. I was using volume labels, for example: [VolLabel], for the …