FreeFileSync Forum

Hi everyone :) Thank you in advance for your help. I am using FreeFileSync for the first time in order to create a backup of my entire Dropbox folder to an external hard drive. I a…

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Hmm, here are the features: auto-updater parallel file copy email notifications zip portable zip So, to your point, a few nice little things.

If you never want to delete files from your destination location that do not, or no longer exist on your source location use, as xCxXenon describes, use the Update sync variant. If…

If you find this to be a common occurrence with software, you're the problem

Thank you! Just now saw this.

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Is your S-drive perhaps write protected via a hardware switch? E.g. some thumb-drives have such a switch. If such switch is activated, a write attempt to that drive might manifest …

My university requires a two-factor authentication method. Would anyone know how to create an input method for this? [Code] Thank you for any help!

Just as i have posted this i tried to sync same files again (some already synced in a few previous tries, so not exact same set) and it maintained 40-50 MBs in 2 threads. It is lik…

Never mind...won't need this.

What program are you using as ssh server?

that is correct, i had unknowningly change the sync options, they should have stayed at just mirror (L) and use db (L). Thanks!

This has worked all fine earlier but now suddenly there is a 2 min delay before writing the first file to my phone using mtp (reading is ok). After the first file is written all wr…

Good morning John1234 and Plerry, the error was that the batch file was under the users directory. Now I have moved this file to another location, created a new shortcut and it is …

If you specify a not yet existing folder as your left or right base location, FreeFileSync (FFS) will ask you if it should create that folder for you. If you confirm, FFS will crea…

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Hi, for backup, i clone sometimes my SSD, exactly the same type, and install the clone in the Laptop. After installing the business edition, i did yet again. But now FFC business d…

I keep getting this error whenever my batch copy to Google Drive runs. How do I get rid of it? "Cannot find the following folders: gdrive:\[Email] _________________________________…

There are some folders I consider "generic" across installations, that are located in the User "Documents" folder. Savegames are one example, but also any that might be considered …

I had the same problem. I was starting RealTimeSync from a .ffs_real file. Syncing worked, but I got multiple instances. Instead of starting from a .ffs_real file, create a shortcu…

Got it. Thank you! This needs to be written down somewhere in a visible place, since many people ask about it.

Well that explains my confusion. Thanks for the clarification and advice.

> 1.How Do I Set Automatic Synchronization by Second, Minute, Hour, Day, Week, or Month? You develop and verify a sync configuration in the FreeFileSync (FFS) GUI, and the save tha…

So, you have your Task Scheduler launch FreeFileSync (FFS) every Monday to run your syncro.ffs_batch sync configuration. And that seems to work fine. You can check the FFS log to s…

the only workaround i have is manualy uncheck the locked flag on mac side. but if there is too many folder. you will give up

Thanks! It only (...) took me 6 years to fully get it ... ;-)

Hi Everyone, If am happily running the excellent software to take files that have been downloaded from the Internet up to 2 different Internet sites as a Mirror. It seems to work v…

That is only true if such folder comprises file-types that should not be synced, whereas similar file-type items from its subfolders should be synced.

Works fine on a NON Domain setup. Will not work if the system is domain based

This has been resolved. I needed to grant FreeFileSync access to my Google account. I have been using FFS for a couple of years now to sync my laptop to my Google drive. A week or …

The batch job task is set to wake up the computer. So it appears the problem is with the Task Scheduler. Do you have any recommendations on diagnosing the Task Scheduler? Thanks, G…

Thanks, I didn't know that column had links to the logs. I thought it simply showed the sync status. Thanks, Gary

Your post is quite lengthy, but if I understand your first part correctly, you should have an Include Filter of /*.ext1 ( so: not /*ext* ) /folder1/folder11/folder112/folder1121/fi…

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Responding to Plerry (25 oct 2022, 06:47): Even today the problem of the incompatibility presented by 2flow2 (25 oct 2022, 01:58) persists in RTS, especially in Linux Ubuntu 24.04.…

RTS simply kicks off a CMD command-line, which is running your FFS config. The log will be with the other sync logs

Thank you again, I got it working. My next challenge is realtime sync.

Try ignoring errors for this sync. You could disable the 'lock' files by modifying the FFS XML file, but that's more difficult than ignoring these errors if it gives you the option

Thanks, I found it and was just about to delete this post.

That worked perfectly Plerry, I guess I must have accidentaaly clicked on it somewhere down the line. Many thanks for your help.

Thank you very much. If this proves to be over my head, I'll use FreeFileSync since my Media Drive does not have files added or deleted that often.

Ptyxis is now supported.

You'll have to have the key, in advance. And if the machine continues to not have Internet, you'll also have do it again (get a new offline key) whenever you might update. [URL] [U…

Thank you. FYI: Root: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Path: SOFTWARE\WOW6432node\FreeFileSync Key: InstallDir

I read a number of forum posts about the file manager, Dolphin, freezing which led me to this one, [URL]. It advised deleting the ~/.local/share/mime/ folder. Instead of deleting i…

Long time user of FreeFileSync, using same config for several years to migrate to DEV/STAGING Using 4 threads, FTP. The "compare" is really fast. The "Sycnronize" task is the issue…

Good Morning Plerry, Many thanks for your excellent reply. I will give it a try. Best regards, Vyodacoda.

Thankyou for explanation. I've try again to import the batch file in RTS and delete the target link folders (i leave only the source folder link) and now works!

Hi, Thx ! Solved indeed ! My FFS came from the Ubuntu app installer (Discover). As you suggested, leaving the mouse over the greyed-out button did inform me about a README file tha…