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[Quote] I figured it out. I was trying to compare based on content rather than file size and time. It works with file size and time. On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 12:03 AM, Phillip Fries…

Subject says it all. Strangely neither does rsync. Any ideas?

Actually, they are saved as ffs_batch extensions. They were created by using the far right icon in the configuration section of the GUI.

I have to External HDDs that I have purchased for my MBP. I would like to mirror the content of each other. Is that possible through Freefilesync? If yes, could someone please guid…

Thx you, it works :)

>Is there any way to tell it to "always retry"? Yes, go to menu -> tools -> options: "automatically retry on error"

I downloaded from this URL; the tar.gz package does not appear to contain any package file that I can install with apt-get or equivalent or with dpkg. is there some trick here whic…

I have no strong tendencies about case 3. Considering that running a .ffs_gui file should mirror behavior of a .ffs_batch file it probably makes sense to just start comparison in t…

Hi, any idea what am I doing wrong? I am able to mount my network drive (I replaced the IP with nines to not publish it here): jan_helebrant@Latitude:~/Dokumenty$ sudo mount -t cif…

Windows XP, SP3.

I am able to copy thousands of files within a hundred folders with XCOPY and Windows Explorer drag-n-drop. Unfortunately, there is still no consistency with FFS on which files or f…

I downloaded the latest version but can find no installation instructions or package - is the tar.gz package corrupted?

Can you reproduce this with FreeFileSync 6.13?

Hi, as I did not find a precompiled package for my 32 bit OpenSuse 13.2 system, I tried to compile FreeFileSync 6.13 from the source. I downloaded the source archive FreeFileSync_6…

There's no difference between the sync variants when it comes to file copying and setting time stamps. FreeFileSync consistently checks for errors, but it's sometimes possible that…

Thanks a lot for the quick reply. The help files include the windows syntax so I had difficulty translating that to mac. Intention was to sync only .Picasa.ini files and .picasaori…

I am trying to copy the contents of my Bitcasa (formerly) infinite cloud drive to an external hard drive. I had manually copied a number of the folders (painfully) using the window…

I've several FFS batchjobs running from within a bat-file (win8.) I tried all options in Windowds Tasklist and Find options to check if any FFS-job is still running. If so continui…

I've had this problem for a while as well (I'm led to believe that Koen might be right about it being a Task Scheduler problem as I also use that). With the GUI I can complete each…

Hi Perry Thanks - that sounds like the problem. I have tried resetting sync settings, but have not had any success, so far. I guess a reboot and/or install as administrator may do …

Your observation is correct, "CopyLockedFiles" is stored in GlobalSettings.xml which is a per-user setting stored under "%AppData%". "ProgramFiles" as location won't work for multi…

It's available here (and works great, btw)... [URL]

Currently running FFS v6.12 on Windows 7 64bit A folder called RecycleBin_0.ffs_tmp has appeared in a folder I backup regularly. I can't delete it in Windows or a DOS window becaus…

Thanks, I can confirm that the bug is fixed now. :) Happy holidays!

I want my user folder (C:\Users\MyUser) is duplicated with some exceptions on another disk. So I created a folder pair, eg. C:\Users\MyUser > D:\MyUser When Free File Sync has fini…

Request to add an option and an alert. I acknowledge that my only two requests for help, legitimize and properly presented in the past on this forum, have been ignored by all. This…

[Quote] I think my question was pretty clear: What message text do you propose instead? Or is this nothing more than an unconstructive rant?

Just reporting that FFS 6.12 (like 6.11) continues to cause a 'tamper alert' from Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 (the corporate version of their antivirus product): SYMANTEC TAMPE…

Trying to figure out how to use the On Completion functionality -- all I want to have happen is that the app quit when a batch operation is complete instead of halting with a statu…

Hi, When I manually run the batch file, it works without issue. When I follow the instructions for using the windows task manager I get the following message: After a reboot, after…

Hi, i cant copy folders and files with checked "Copy NTFS permissions". I get error "The specified user does not exist", but i dont know which user "NOT" exist??? Every User is of …

For some reason when I run the 6.12 setup for Windows everything updates except the portable version (which is the only one I use). The executable file remains: FreeFileSyncPortabl…

AFAIK zip does not store file permissions.

Trying again. Keep getting error messages: Cannot create directory "/Volumes/Backups/(some directory name)". Error code 22: Invalid argument (mkdir) I am logged into the NAS with r…

The "Copy locked files" box was unchecked. Issue solved, sorry for the trouble.

After comparison, right in the center under the two panes there's a little box that says "Showing 6858 of 22,814 rows." How do I get it to show me the rest of them? I can't find an…

Hello Everyone, I am an happy user of FFS since years with my Windows based laptop and never had a problem. Recently i bought for work a MACbook and i have a big problem with it an…

Slight correction... there are two ways to delete a saved configuration on an Apple computer with OS 10.10: 1) Control Click (Right Click) on the configuration and delete it; and 2…

Support for copying extended attributes has been added: [URL]

Hello I am using FreeFileSync on a Win7 to synchronize my files from a Fedora computer to the Win7 computer. The folders on the Fedora Computer are shared using a Samba Server prov…

Thanks, it's working today. Likely a temporary something at Fosshub

Thanks, that fixed it for me!

thanks for the reply. I now understand :screens changed and I stopped a little bit to early.

[Quote] It is a showstopper issue for almost half a million users stuck on 6.2, that's almost a fifth of your total users [URL] shows 489,404 users have downloaded the PortableApps…

When I installed Linux Mint 17.1 yesterday, I noticed that the newest FFS that I could get through the PPA is 6.9, where the download site has a tar.gz with version 6.12. On checki…

[Quote] Answered my own question. For reference sake, FFS cannot do this it seems. To resolve my issue, Robocopy to the rescue... [Code] Thanks/No Thanks.

Thanks, will check it out. It looked 'prettier' in earlier versions, which is why I raised this.

There's a link on top right of the table with files for download saying "Direct Download Link: Off". This causes the links to download some kind of app downloader from sourceforge,…

Thanks! That seems to fix the issue :-)

Let's try this again with FFS version 6.12, release planned for tomorrow.