Two concerns about Freefilesync

Posts: 2 · kylescousin 23 Feb 2016, 19:37

Hi there,

First of all, thanks for this amazing program! I constantly use it.
I have 2 small problems. When I sync a folder from my computer with the NAS, Freefilesync seems to take up a ton of resources, because I can't even properly move the mouse while it's syncing. It's a very powerful system, so I wonder why this is happening. Is it normal? Is it possible to assign only 1 CPU core to freefilesync, so it can run in the background?

Another thing is that it doesn't scale on high dpi displays. Any way around this?

Frank

Posts: 7099 · Zenju 24 Feb 2016, 18:20

When I sync a folder from my computer with the NAS, Freefilesync seems to take up a ton of resources, because I can't even properly move the mouse while it's syncing. [...] Is it normal?kylescousin

No, certainly not normal. But it's unlikely this is an issue caused by FreeFileSync, but more likely by "sub-optimal" (network?) drivers which for example may do too much work in kernel mode.

Another thing is that it doesn't scale on high dpi displays. Any way around this?

What do you mean, do you have a screenshot?

Posts: 2 · kylescousin 26 Feb 2016, 21:09

Thanks for your reply Zenju.
By scaling I mean that the program is not aware of high density displays.
For example on my XPS13, which is 3200x1800 resolution on a 13" display and scaling 250%, it looks like this: http://i.imgur.com/6s5PZI1.png

Posts: 7099 · Zenju 28 Feb 2016, 12:05

Currently FFS is marked as high dpi aware and looks okay at 125% scaling, but obviously not at 250%. Maybe it's better to use the default upscaling for non-dpi-aware apps?
http://www.mediafire.com/download/5oh5j8cmx8cccb8/FreeFileSync_7.10_beta_Windows_Setup.exe