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i spent so much time with this issue - i am not a coding expert and i even started looking at other software - but i kept coming back to this one as being the best alternative fee …

Try running a compare and then use the ctrl-T option. See the [URL].

Just extract the contents of the zip file you downloaded into a single folder (this will give you two files in the folder). Then launch the FFS installer. During the install routin…

anyone help??

I'm not sure I understand how that would work for my scenario. What would the process be for utilizing this feature to accomplish the task of performing an update sync from one dri…

The error code description seems to suggest the user under which user credentials the FreeFileSync (FFS) task is run does not have write permission in D:\Users\Ian\Documents\Buddhi…

Hi Guys, Enjoying the software, but think I've found a small issue. Source: PC running Win7 SP1, internal hard drive Destination: Synology NAS using FTP Sync: Comparison: File time…

I looked all over the forum before posting. did not find this one. What is strange that I have been using it for quite a while, never had a problem downloading a new version. I tho…

According to the error message, there should be at least two items (file or folder) with the name "myfile.GED" (or other case) inside folder "/mydirectory", which makes the path am…

Hello, I donated to get the updated version of FFS. I have a computer that I am backing up files from where I am not able to install the normal download (it asks for an Admin PW th…

I have the same issue with the latest version (10.8). Out of 2,269 files with a total of 278 GB it always wants to copy the same six files for a total of 18.2 GB even though none o…

Both computers running Windows 10. I know that FFS uses a database file to track file movement, and that this enables the "Detect Files Moved" feature. It works when 1 computer syn…

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Hi everyone, since not finding a solution for my topic in the FAQs and this very forum I'm asking for your help with this new post: While syncing the program stalls in 80% of all c…

For those cases, it may be an option to use a dedicated Templates directory, containing all such templates. And then run not a Mirror sync but instead an Update sync on the Templat…

When Mirroring From Mtp (Android Phone) To Windows 10, Files On The Right Are Not Deleted. Same thing when mirroring using FTP server from Android to Windows.

I wanted recently update from 10.5 to 10.8 (and later tried to 10.6 and 10.7), but facing a ton of issues. As I found out the file names are now totally different starting from ver…

All right, will do. Thanks.

Wonderful!! Exactly what I was looking for!! thank you so much!!!!!

FreeFileSync (FFS) is always executed in two phases, a Compare phase and a Synchronization phase. If you run (FFS) via the GUI, after running the Compare phase, FFS shows the compa…

Yes, I just thought of that myself and was going to post in. Glad it got solved!

I confirm, the problem is solved in FFS 10.9 Beta.

Oh.. thanks very much. Seems like I overlooked that. Everything is working now

Thank you. This is very helpful

Hi I always get this error when syncing files to onedrive folder."It is impossible to move file to ... "RecycleBin.cb78.ffs_tmp"... Any help?

Zenju, Thanks for the link. However, the linked beta version 10.9 is for Windows while I am working on a Mac. Any beta version for HighSierra? Further, have now deleted the server …

would really like a package for synology and qnap ... just sync on qnap with backup station - fails - why? either filename not supported on destination fs right issue or ?? I am NO…

You need to do the following: (1) Extract all the content of the zip file you downloaded into a single folder. So that will be two files in that folder: FreeFileSync_10.8_[Donation…

Thank you Radish

Hello, I’ve been using FFS without any problems and I like it a lot. However, one of the things I would like to be able to do was to sync my mobile photos with my desktop and I can…

Thanks Plerry, I'm not getting notifications that I know of so will check the forum settings.

Why does it take so long to compare my file sync that has been done many times before, and have an Icon Link to it on my desktop with the correct file paths included?

I currently run V10.8 donation edition on 64bit Windows 10. I do a scheduled backup every early morning. Each backup normally updates the LastSync log file. The log file was last u…

Thank you Plerry.

Very cool! Thank you for your quick return. I just installed it. I'll monitoring it during few days and I go back to you if something goes wrong. Thank's again!

Have there been any updates to this topic? I would like to be able to see the FFS GUI while still allowing the program to run when my user account is not logged in.

Hi. I have a MacBook Pro 2018 from MacOS Mojave. I need to make a progressive copy of selected catalogs. I would like to make a copy of the directory: / Applications / XAMPP / htdo…

Not sure what you mean with "interrupted", but as regarding speed you may compare with another SFTP client to see if it's a server/connection problem or not.

Non-problem. The large blue down arrow in the sync window minimised both the sync window and the comparison window. Either at that time or a little later the comparison window clos…

Maybe you need to change the "Select view" setting at the bottom of the screen. If all source & destination files are the same you won't see anything in the Overview panel unless y…

I understand this, but my proxy require authentication and FFS do not provide any credential, so I receive error 403. There is a way to manually set a proxy server, so I can set an…

Many thanks, all fixed, great !

I've a similar issue with my SD CARD (Not with the internal memory) of my devices Samsung Galaxy (Tab S2/S7Edge) when there are a big amount of files and I try to sync by Ftp.

It seems all Google Docs files have 0 file size when listed in FreeFileSync. I'm not sure if it would be useful to automatically exclude them by FFS, even though they cannot be cop…

If you need to do a two-way sync (files may change on both sides, path A and path B), then you need the database and you should not delete it. Exactly to notify you if the same fil…

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You can define an FFS sync in line with any of the above three options. Once proven OK, you can store the job as *.ffs_batch file. You then let RealTimeSync (RTS) monitor the relev…

From my current understanding, if I use a mirror configuration, deletions on the local drive will also be deleted in the target drive. In the case of a drive failure, if I have a n…

Hi, Is it possible to embed one FFS job inside another? What I would like to do is have a number of FFS jobs to copy over discrete folders such as 1. Documents, App Data, Program D…

I have the opposite problem!! My sync runs overnite in batch mode but the summary disappears before I get to it in the morning or never appeared. I did not check run-minimized nor …