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at first: nice that FreeFilesync is now available for AppleMac, thank you. I have a problem with a batch created. If I doubleclick the FreeFilesync batch that comes with the job, b…

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What code page is used for log file generation? My main text editor TextPad (win 7) gets very upset about the characters used after "Mirror" in logs, so too do other editors, altho…

I think I might have the answer, but not 100% sure: My files are mostly image files saved on a Mac with Mavericks version OS. Some of them have had tags added to them in the Mac fi…

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DOH! I should have remembered that. Thanks.

[Quote] Thanks a lot!!

You don't install it the way you normally install a program on a Mac. Download FreeFileSync and you will get two program files and two text files. Make a new folder in the Applicat…

I'm copying across computer files that are compressed (in blue) at source computer to a destination computer. I see that the destination files are also compressed (in blue) yet I w…

I observed that the file I mentioned in the strace output, when it segfaulted, is a symlink. I wonder if that is the cause of the problem. I am now compiling FreeFileSync 9.7, rele…

@Zenju, same problem here when compiling on Ubuntu 14.04 with: FFSync source 9.7 gcc 7.2 Any idea how to get it to compile? The Ubuntu 14.04 repository only has up to version 7.7 o…

Thank you for clarifying. Well, the benefit is clear to me when I think about it. Take my example above. Just like excluding *\ syncs only the contents of the desktop and excludes …

I ran into the same error. Fixed it by opening the private ppk key file in PuttyGen and choosing Conversions -> Export OpenSSH key and save the resulting file.

howdy y'all, the paid version has suddenly gone back to installing as the free version. how do i get back to the paid version? take care, lee

The portable version of FFS is part of the [URL] .

Hello all, I'm trying to use FreeFileSync to synchronize my Log directory to another one. But in this new folder I just want to keep my last log file which FreeFileSync generates w…

I remember seeing that problem myself. It probably has to do with different library version numbers in OpenSUSE and Fedora. It is probably being compiled by Zenju on such an OpenSU…

I have a bunch of git repositories in the folder structure I'd like to sync and I don't want to have to exclude each manually or forget to exclude when I add a new repository. Is t…

I am new to FreeFileSync, I created a job and when I run it from the command line I get Error, Unable to shut down the system. Error Code 50: the request is not supported. [SetSusp…

[Quote] Thanks, fixed.

You can have many folders pairs as you want in the same configuration/sync job. Example: C:\A\ -> D:\A\ C:\B\ -> D:\B\ C:\C\ -> D:\C\ And so on. Then should be of help to read the …

Brilliant thanks.

SPAM... but it reminded me I never got back here to report that it effectively fixed the issue I saw, the system is running sync fine now

Many thanks

I want to copy a set of folders (and files in them) from the SSD on my Mac to an external HD and keep the exact file folder/names structure on the destination drive. I ran some tes…

but it did not. how do you do it ? it put all the files on the destination drive in the top level folder that I selected and did not create/duplicate the sub folders from the sourc…

It is also possible to install FFS on one or both laptops. In case of installing it on just one laptop, you would need to mount a share on your Ubuntu server and one on the other l…

Ok, originally I understood that RTS besides getting triggered on a file change, it additionally receives the name of the changed file. By this allowing RTS to omit the compare / s…

I like to reset temporary exclude, the ones created by pressing the space bar. How can I reset them without resetting any other filters? Thanks

I was backing up my computer to an external hard drive when I interrupted the sync by stopping FreeFileSync. Now, whenever I plug in the external hard drive, I cannot right click o…

I thought for sure someone may have had an idea for this one. Ok...I'll have to batch delete them. Can't figure a way to filter this out.

Yeah. I saw that. Anyway, now I have everything working the way I want. Thanks!

Hello everybody, I encounter a strange behavior of FreeFileSync. I have filtered out two folders that contain a very large number of small files. However, FreeFileSync still syncs …

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Maybe you didn't extract the .key file from the archive?

on Ubuntu 17.04 64-bit system "Download FreeFileSync 9.6 Ubuntu 17.10 64-bit" throws up "./FreeFileSync: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `CXXABI_1.3.11' not found…

I have a 3TB external drive to move files to and from Client Locations. Most of the files don't get modified over time but when I do change files I use FreeFileSync to sync my lapt…

Is it possible to configure RealTimeSync to only keep the last 10 file versions?

The issue has been fixed, thanks a lot for your report!

Hello, same problem on ubuntu 16.04 32 bits ! No possibility to start it. Is there any solution please ? Thank you very much.

Hmm I guess I didn't read enough. :D "The FreeFileSync Donation Edition may be used and installed by a single user on their computer. This includes installation on portable storage…

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Sorry guys, this is a dupe, I didnt realize it was an idle time setting and not a delay setting..., I set idle time way too high.

Installed FreeFileSync on a new laptop under Windows 10 pro. When clicking Compare, I got an error code 122 as following, what is the issue? Cannot set directory lock for "D:\01_WO…

Hi forum, because my beloved tool Filesync does not install anymore on Win10 64bit, I'd like to switch to the famous FreeFileSync... However, is it true that there is no equivalent…

HI, I found the issue, was on type of File System on my USB key, better with FAT32 type. JL

I should have looked there first! Thanks.

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