Macos Automator

Posts: 2 · richard49 5 Jan 2026, 23:40

Hello,
As a 'newbie' here I saw a video which implied that I could use macOS Automator to automatically sync files whenever there's a change on the source drive.

Is that correct and if so how would I make this work; I've only just downloaded FreeFileSync and have never used Automator.

Any advice/help would be very welcomed as I can't find a video explaining it.

Thanks,
Richard

Posts: 4867 · xCSxXenon 6 Jan 2026, 04:59

https://freefilesync.org/manual.php?topic=realtimesync
Save an RTS configuration and configure it to start automatically upon logging in

Posts: 2 · richard49 28 Jan 2026, 11:24

Sorry to come across as thick but I've looked at the page concerned with regard to ReelTimeSync and can't find a file to download to use on my Mac or do I have to write the file myself?

Is there a simple guide/video clip showing me what to do being new to Mac and File Sync?

Posts: 2947 · Plerry 28 Jan 2026, 12:23

https://freefilesync.org/tutorials.php (the bottom-left video)
And the earlier mentioned https://freefilesync.org/manual.php?topic=realtimesync

To automatically start a FreeFileSync (FFS) synchronization, see
https://freefilesync.org/manual.php?topic=schedule-batch-jobs#macos
To automatically start a RealTimeSync (RTS) job, act as per the link just above, but in step 7 do not drag and drop the *.ffs_batch FFS sync configuration file, but instead drag and drop your *.ffs_real RTS configuration file.