How can I make the interface only show what's going to be done

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Bob4K

Hi,
I have a backup whose sync is custom, using only "Create" or copy new items to the right.
When I click on "Compare", the tabs show everything that is different.
In this case, it's actually a lot, hundreds of items, and what is really to be copied is not easy to spot.
Is there a way to remove all the clutter and only see the items to be copied?
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Plerry

By clicking on a Compare result category icon, mid-below the Compare results, you toggle the visibility of the Compare results of that category.
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Bob4K

Great, thanks!
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tnmenon

Thank you for the quick response. Most of the items showing up (amost 14,000) comes under "_gsdata_". Can you please let me know what is this? If I exclude this, most of the problem gets solved. But I need to know what is it.
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Plerry

You have to figure out yourself what those items under "_gsdata_" are.
They are not related in any way to FreeFileSync.
FreeFileSync just finds those apparently existing items, and may propose sync actions for those items.
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Tungsten

Have you used 'Goodsync' before to sync your files. These files are related to that program. I have found it OK to delete them.
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tnmenon

Thank you!!