Setting up for the first time

[Darkkhelmet]

I'm following the quick start to test the functionality of this app but need some clarification. I created a directory with one small file in it and want to sync it to my NAS. I selected 2 way with the new folder as the source and the top directory on the NAS I want to sync it to as the destination. When I click the sync button the app wants to sync that top directory back to the source drive but that's not what I want. I simply want to sync the test folder I created with the same test folder on the destination NAS. How can I have the app sync only that new folder without also syncing the top directory on the destination NAS? Is there a way to deselect multiple files from the NAS side because there are thousands of them? As can be seen in the image, the only thing I want to sync is the X:\synctest folder to the \\Truenas\backup2\Judy folder and nothing else.

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[Plerry]

> I selected 2 way with the new folder as the source and the top directory on the NAS

Your image shows you are now syncing
X:\synctest <=> \\TRUENAS\backup2\Judy
So, you are not syncing to the top directory on the NAS, but rather to backup2\Judy, which is not the top directory.
With this setting, FreeFileSync will sync all the contents of X:\synctest (but not the synctest folder itself) to \\TRUENAS\backup2\Judy and sync all the contents of \\TRUENAS\backup2\Judy (including subfolders) to X:\synctest.

> I simply want to sync the test folder I created with the same test folder on the destination NAS

Then you should not just left-side select said synctest folder, but also right-side.
Assuming the full path to the synctest folder on your NAS is \\TRUENAS\backup2\Judy\synctest, you should be syncing
X:\synctest <=> \\TRUENAS\backup2\Judy\synctest

[Darkkhelmet]

Thank you for the explanation and direction.

[Darkkhelmet]

Could I get some additional clarification please. Do the folders for the source and destination need to be the same name for this to work? So, for example, if I want to sync folder abc as the source can I designate folder xyz as the destination? I tried and that didn't work for me.

[Plerry]

> Do the folders for the source and destination need to be the same name for this to work?

No, you can sync any arbitrary left-side location with any arbitrary right-side location (as long as there is no full or partial overlap between between those two locations).
So, you can e.g. specify a left vs right sync as
X:\abc <=> \\TRUENAS\backup2\Judy\xyz
The left and right path depth is arbitrary, and does not need to be the same left-vs-right.
So, other valid examples are e.g.
X:\FolderA\abc <=> \\TRUENAS\backup2\Judy\xyz and
X:\FolderA\SubFolderB\abc <=> \\TRUENAS\xyz
In all case, this will sync the content of the specified abc folder on X with the specified xyz folder on TRUENAS.

> I tried and that didn't work for me.
Feel free to share the left and right folder-pair you specified in your attempt.
I may then be able to point out your mistake.

[Darkkhelmet]

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