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Thanks a lot for your reply, it was pretty easy :)

How can I make RealTimeSync sun silently (hidden) on Mac El Capitan? The Scanning window appears every time it runs. I would rather it didn't.

I've tested RealTimeSync with the command: cmd /c echo %change_action% "%change_path%" >>%UserProfile%\Desktop\log.txt to see if anything is logged, but it doesn't even output the …

What OS are involved? Do you (did you) have 'Copy DACL, SACL, Owner, Group' enabled in FFS? If so, then maybe its just a permissions issue not being set correctly or sufficient on …

Yes, the fix will be included in the next release.

Yah, I'm using VPN. Didn't even occur to me, sorry to have made such a fuss. I disconnected from VPN and tried again, all went well. Thank you for your efforts and, again, sorry!

There is no way to disable this initial scanning. On the other hand there aren't any real drawbacks to this behavior. Even if the drives are actually in sync then this first result…

FFS 8.3 installed on Windows 10 computer, connecting to three different Android devices running various versions of Android. Workflow is that I download a suite of files from the w…

Of course I can do this (by myself) ... sorry for my ignorance and thanks for your little picture ... I got the idea and finished the fullscreen mode by myself ... such a dumb thin…

I'm using an up-to-date Windows10 version and when I start a syncing procedure, the PC goes to the PC initialization procedures. The syncing procedures immediately stops Where is t…

Based on another thread, I tried disabling Bitdefender temporarily, and the install completed successfully. BD was reporting "an infected item in C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Temp\ns0…

Good day, First let me start by saying I love FreeFileSync, it beats viceversa hands down. Now as you can see from the attached images I’m having trouble syncing that I had not bee…

Windows Server 2008 R2 does not have a built in SSH server. Have you installed a SSH server on your Windows Server?

I've been trying to use FFS to sync the SD card in my tablet (Samsung GT-N5110 / Android 4.2.2) since the '8' series (8.1, 8.2, 8.3) came out and in all cases the compare works but…

I have a single batch file that needs to sync files from 2 folders I can't rely on 1 machine being logged in all the time but would prefer to have RTS just running from 1 machine. …

[Quote] Is there some official Apple guideline or is it just personal preference?

It was good to read Zenju's post which explained the situation well from his viewpoint. I would prefer to stay with the small donation-get an ad-free download. I can choose whether…

I would like to know also. I am syncing to a WD Cloud device and FFS is telling me the sync is going to take a third of a year 120 days. I might as well delete my WD Cloud and send…

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I did the setup of this and now I have a problem I can't get rid of this message Incorrect command line: File: "files" Arg: or subfolders change Error Code 2: The system cannot fin…

To autostart RealTimeSync in Mac did the following. Start Automator.app; Select "Application"; Click "Show library" in the toolbar (if hidden); Add "Run shell script" (from the Act…

In the computer world there are often several ways to skin a cat ... The way that works for me is to use the (Windows) Task Scheduler to launch desired applications (e.g. RTS) upon…

What can I do, I got this message? "Warte während das Verzeichnis gesperrt ist: ......... Ermittle aufgegebene Sperre ... 21 sec"

OK.Thx!

No Need for sending a valid download link. I downloaded and installed Version 8.3 and it seems to work fine!

I have been silly and neglected updating FFS for literally years because it was working fine. Used every day, automatically. Just Worked. Now I wish to upgrade, (although it still …

Hi, To increase reliability of my backups, I was thinking to run FreeFileSync and back up the files on two different harddisks at the same time. This, in case one of the harddisks …

I've found out. The FTP folder path is one thing and the FTP versioning path is other.

I would like to sync a folder on a PC with a notebook, when the notebook is powered on. The folder was open in the notebook with the same name "XXX". But if I open a file in notebo…

... "VSS won't work from a 32-bit process on a 64-bit OS." Ok, then, in such constellation, this option should not be activatable in ffs, and write an Info in ffs-Log ... ... "Who …

Thank you very much. So now I know the whole history and it is clear for me :) But it doesn't help me. It is a pity. Apparently I have to stay with v7.9 in office computer because …

Temporary copy for non-native file paths has been implemented for 8.3. Let me know if you find any issues: [URL]

@ Arunderan hello, i had the same problem: reason seems to be that Comodo adds ADS streams to the files it has checked, purposedly to make later scannings faster, etc., which expla…

It's such an edge case that I don't even feel comfortable asking for it. Thanks a bunch for giving your time getting to the root of the problem. For now, I'll try to keep files ASC…

I maintain a chocolatey package (like apt-get for windows) that automatically grabs the windows install URL and if there is a version change, builds a new package and calculates th…

Hi, I am using free file sync, In that during synchronization at last its showing one icon by name Number of files and folders that will be deleted . What is the meaning of that Ic…

Thank you very much! It works great. syncer2016

If it is that important to you, why then not use two different syncs, each with their own archive/versioning location ..

Dear Friends, I have downloaded the latest version for MAC. but when i click the FreeFileSync.app , it directly prompt an application . I supposed the one with installation wizard …

It is ok to monitor the changes of actual directory. It is also ok to sync the content of symbolic directory to target. But the RealTimeSync cannot to monitor the changes of files …

I can connect via SFTP with my ISP using Filezilla. Using EXACTLY the same settings (server, port, user, password) in the FFS, I get this error (when I click the button to browse f…

old post, but still open and for administrative purpose ;) What I can see is that it doesn't has incremental/differential backup's. From the FAQ: "use recycle bin" or the build-in …

FreeFileSync is crashing in BsShell.dll *C:\Windows\System32\BsShell.dll This seems to be a third-party component of BlueSoleil software. Uninstalling or updating to a newer versio…

hello all I have installed FFS via terminal so I should have the latest version. Trying to sync files from home drive to usb but at times FFS cannot find my folder on the home driv…

Hi all, I'm looking for a way to have FreeFileSync provide my server withe the username and password it requires before it will unlock access to the drives I am attempting to sync …

It seems to be able to list folders with a >'< sign in the name. In another test it could be, that it is stopping on a file with only an extension (e.g. >.project<). There didn't s…

i think that exocomp was saying sources c:/user d:/music dest z:/folderdest/c/user z:/folderdest/d/music i was using mr mirror so far and i am looking to recreate a folder root to …

I just tested and download seemed to work. Maybe it was a temporary issue. You may want to try again.

Hi I'm trying to understand the versioning functionality. If I setup a backup and use the "move old files to specific folder" with a sftp-Server, than I put in a line like sftp://.…

Hi, i would like to have several sync jobs that runs every hour or day and retrieve status information (current progressions, error or success, etc..) into a conky window, so it wi…