FreeFileSync Forum

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…

Thanks for your answer drivetheory but i can't find these capabilities. I read all the manual. And i'm using FFS under the context of the current user.

Hello, I like the feature of Dropbox to restore older file versions if needed. The build-in file history in windows is bad imo so I'd like to create a filehistory with FFS. Current…

To start with, open FFS, click Tools from the menu up top, click options, checkmark "Copy locked files", click OK.

[Quote] No. Just as Plerry and Kilrah explained, "ignore" does not skip folders, but merely ignores the warning. [Quote] You don't make it easy for people to want to help you, do y…

[Quote] There is no reason why the message should not be correct. Did you check with Process Explorer?

I set sync option to Mirror. It's been working perfect for long time. But lately when I click synchronize, pop up synchronize Preview screen shows no changes, both left and right s…

Thanks Ellul, Knowing where the various files need to reside for proper installation helps. My 7.9 version of FFS does work.

HI, I'm using FFS 8.2 with ElCapitan and a WD EX2100. Everything is perfect, but deleted folders in "Source" will not be deleted in "Target". Even Files, I delete in "Source" will …

I'm running Ubuntu Mate 16.04. I've downloaded FFS 8.2, unpacked it and it runs by clicking the FFS icon. I'd like to 'install' it so the file associations and menu icons work as p…

Use USBDLM with an Autorun.inf on each USB device USBDLM [URL] Autorun.inf [URL]

I have downloaded freefilesync to my Mac in order to facilitate making backups of Microsoft Office for Mac documents and spreadsheets on Microsoft OneDrive. However, I get an error…

I love FFS. After a successful sync I see a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark. It tells me: sync completed with warnings. Where or how to find these warnings? I did not find…

Well, I have narrowed down the problem. It appears that RealTimeSync crashes when I have my Roots Magic ancestry database open and doing updates to the database. Otherwise, RealTim…

Sorry should have clarified. It's been slow on that drive when it was working but also to various USB's and other folders on the hard drive. I've been looking into it a little more…

It means you need to manually choose what to do for that file.

Huh! I should have thought of that. Thanks.

Hi, Were you able to find a solution for this problem? A thought about your issue is maybe try delete the destination folder that didn't inherit the permission and resync it? not t…

The default SFTP port ist 22. Does dropbox even support SFTP?

I clicked on the Windows download but the page didn't answer. What to do?

Several times now I have found after syncing files that a number of my photos are not being synced. FreeFileSync only places an empty folder (no photos). I have not filtered anythi…

Hello Guys, I have the same issue connecting through SFTP, can anyone tell me how to debug the isssue? What are the possible cuases? By the way, I can connect to my SFTP account us…

howdy y'all, does anything like a global exclusion list for CURRENT jobs exist? i'm having some serious problems right now with updating a dozen ffs jobs to include newly noticed f…

@Plerry: Hi! When i installed the software i thought it would be automatic, but after some tests i noticed that it needs to be reloaded after PC restarts. So, if you want to stop i…

The version is the latest at the time "8.1 Build Apr 21 - Unicode x64", I just downloaded 8.2 and not sure if this is different, but either way I'm confused. In the left(ish) (comp…

You can manually copy to a third location using "Ctrl+T" on the main grid.

HI First post, first problem. When I try and copy from my SAN on two different computers, FFS creates a lock file, but it uses an absolute location in the source file system. When …

Unfortunately this is an old problem with Norton: [URL]

Many thanks!

I need an installation of FFS instead of a standalone version and I am already EXTREMELY angry and frustrated over this Cannonical 16.04 BS-release cause NOTHING works that used to…

solved! it was the Ostiarius app [URL]

TIL "+" != array_merge for flat arrays. Fixed! The OS X download is shown again.

Hi Zenju, is there any special reason why you don't support portableapps? You built an amazing software and there are a lot of guys out there who you could reach if you fixed that …

ok thanks ill look into that. appreciate the time

Beta shows same, dump sent.

The contrary of "local settings" is "global settings". This local versus global issue refers to the case where you have multiple left-right folder-pairs. Global settings, as define…

This video opened my eyes on several points on using FreeFileSync and RealtimeSync [URL]

Plerry: I must have been mistaken the other day; today, all is as expected. Thanks for your reply. Dan

I agree. I do not know when they are happening, but they are pretty consistent. I do not see any calls in the code to it either. For now I will ignore these errors as it seems like…