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The next logical step is to have a look at a Process Monitor trace to see what's actually going on at a file system level: [URL]

Date selection on Modified Date can be accomplished also with FFS. Look for "Select a time span for files to include via the date column context menu" at the "Tips and Tricks" page…

On my Macbook, MacOs Sierra 10.12.6, I downloaded the update 9.2. The files are in Finder, but I do not know how to proceed now to install the update. See the attachment.[Attachmen…

To understand what's going on you should look at the preview shown when you press Compare. May be that these hops from one disk to another make some changes in date/time stamps.

FFS running as Admin - still no log files in root C:\ Created a folder, like you suggested. Now working fine. I guess it was silly to try to use the root anyway! Thanks

Thank you all

Hi I have a large folder full of subfolders (all just single layer deep). I would like to copy all the files from all these folders to a single destination. Which include/exclude s…

The issue is very likely a corrupted download. What FFS version were you running previously? Is the installer executable signature valid?

I have created a FFS batch file. I then copied the batch file path to RTS command line. The command line reads as follows: "/Applications/FreeFileSync.app/Contents/MacOS/FreeFileSy…

I'm currently getting this same error. Any suggestion on what it means or how to resolve it?

OK, I found it. Done!

I looked around for this, but didn't really know how to phrase the search. Is there are way to change the default save folder for new .ffs_gui files? Thanks.

The error above (Error Code 121: The semaphore timeout period has expired) is unrelated to FreeFileSync, and indicates a more general issue with your system.

There is a specific flag to un-check [x] Hide protected operating system files Please follow my link and look for 5. To show protected operating system files

Hey guys I keep getting this error message when my sftp server is doing a sync and I don't know what to do any help would be appreciated greatly as it reoccurs every few minutes du…

when I setup the realtimesync with my android, it says "The MTP protocol does not support directory monitoring: "mtp:\(phone model)\Internal Storage\Download"" Or there are any way…

Hallo all, with FFS 9.2 I want to synchroniz files/folders between on network drive (is the "master") and a laptop. Files on both sites are equal (name, timestamp), but after compa…

Hello, Is there a way, in the mirror mode, to know the size of the files about to be deleted? For instance, if I remove a 30 MB file in the source folder and launch a comparison, i…

OK----I decided to take my own advice and look for a 'cause'. Turns out, I embedded my icons into the application I wrote and that the .ico file isn't even needed in that folder. I…

I would start by looking at a single error message at a time, e.g. start with the first one and try to find out what it is about. After this is done, the next steps will become cle…

I read that! It was just because I did not get here.

Hi there Is it possible to just copy NTFS permissions (ACLs) from source folders to target folders? If so how? Thanks HB

So I was just wondering if there is way to sync the dates between the sync'd folders? Any suggestions would be very appreciated.

ok, thanks. Just wanted to make sure that example should work and was valid for a "single" individual/user scenario. Not sure why bustachili was wanting to zip up the installed/act…

Hi, I'm struggling to find the correct path description for folders on mtp-devices to enter in one of the FFS addressbars for syncing files between my android devices and my deskto…

The folders preserved are only those starting from the folder you indicate as your source. So to achieve what you desire, if your source is C:\Users\foo\bar the destination must be…

That's a known Android bug: [URL]

USB memory sticks or external hard disks often get different drive letters assigned when plugged in... [URL]

Hi, I created a batch file for real time sync. It is supposed to sync my home directory (Ubuntu) to an external HDD. When I open the batch with FreeFileSync it works perfectly. How…

9.1 dump sent.

Unless this is your first sync, where this behavior is expected, there must have been an issue reading the database file, in which case FreeFileSync has shown a warning message.

Now it is working great. I don't understand what happened in first place. Great app, Thanks alot.

Hi, When RealTimeSync is monitoring and detects changes, is it supposed to run through a full comparison of the folder pairs before syncing the changes? The way I read the Manual, …

I'm new to FreeFileSync, I've been using my own robocopy scripts for backups but wanted something a little better. Two questions about running a batch file via task scheduler: If I…

I also have exactly the same problem but on the Mac OSX version of FFS. My NAS is a QNAP. However, I also run Windows PCs on my network, and they work fine.

Thanks to Gianni1962. That worked.

[Quote] Yes, enough!

Hello guys, is it possible set freefilesync to copy files from a folder on a remote ftp (not sftp) folder, and then move the local file to another local folder? It seems to work wi…

The "Copy locked files" option is part of the FreeFileSync global options. RealTimeSync will launch FreeFileSync so the setting should be respected.

As you can see [URL], the period you are entitled to updates of the FFS donation version depends on the amount you donated.

Hi Lukas, I hope you had managed to recover your lost files. If not, I recommend you Recuva from Piriform, is free and effective. DON'T use the pc where you have lost your files be…

[Quote] OK, GOT IT. I didn't know about the ability to configure "local" versioning, it was grayed out when I tried. A little check box later and I had what I wanted. Thanks again.

Ok thank you, and sorry for having missed the page in the FAQ ! ;)

Hi. I have a domain user "backup" that is a memer of groups "Domain Users" and "Backup operators". Domain user "backup" is a member of LOCAL "Administrators" group on server where …

When syncing to my HTC-M9 Android phone I get the error messages below. ========================================================== Phone- HTC-M9 Android Version: 7.0 Kernel Version…

Hello. Seems developer ignoring that problem: [URL] [URL]

[Quote] ...or: have you run FFS elevated? By default the elevated process doesn't share mapped drive from the non-elevated account. There is a registry entry to change to enable th…

Good morning. As I wrote in the subject deleted files on a HD1 are restored on HD1 instead of being deleted on the HD2. In the attached file an example with a file that was deleted…

You should ask Microsoft that question. And you know how responsive they generally are ... :-( , particularly on topics that they do not deem very important.