Synchronize completion window no longer appears

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gradi

I have been using freefilesync daily on Apple Silicon Macs for a few years. About a week ago though the behavior changed in one particular way. I am using 13.6 and have been using this version since it came out some months ago.

When the Synchronize is finished it would always show a window telling me that and make a sound. Then I would click okay and the window would close. Starting about a week ago though after Synchronize finishes there is no window and no sound. I have not changed any Preferences or other settings. It just magically started behaving different than it has for years.

I want the window and sound that it always did before. How can I get it back? And why did it stop doing it?
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gradi

I just now did a copy as I usually do and I noticed that while the copy was being done the Synchronize window did appear, but then it disappeared as soon as it was done. I noticed though that during that short period there was an option to close the window automatically and it was checked. I had no chance to uncheck it because the window very quickly disappeared. As far as I know, I never checked that option. How can I turn the option off? Is the only way to uncheck it is to do a long copy that gives me enough time to uncheck it? Is there any other better way?
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kriebie

I suppose you can do this using
Tools => Options => Show hidden dialogs and messages again => Show details
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xCSxXenon

Correct, you want:
"Leave progress dialog open after synchronization, (don't auto-close)"
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gradi

Hmm, in the Tools menu there is no Options in the list. The only items are:

Language
Find
Export file list
(grayed out)
Reset layout

I then tried pressing the Mac Option key, but the menu is still the same.
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kriebie

Options is the top item, above Language, of that menu (Version 14, Windows).
Missing on Mac?
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gradi

Yes, no Options on Mac. I was using 13.6, but I just now installed 14.0. Still no Options.

I ran it and when the Synchronize window came up I tried to very quickly turn on the option to keep the window open, but it was impossible. It finished too quickly. I will try to do a bigger copy that last long enough that I have time to do it.
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Zenju

"Think different"! The options menu item is in the system menu on the left.
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gradi

The system menu is on the left of what? Do you mean on the left of the freefilesync menu? I don't see a system menu there. Do you mean on the left of something else?
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gradi

Oh, do you mean the FreeFileSync menu? And do you mean Preferences inside that?