General Discussion • Feature Request: more flexible include-/excludepattern
It would be nice to have more flexible patterns for in- and excludes.As they are available on the comandline like [0-9] or [aDR] or [a-z] to match digits concrete characters or alle lowercase...
View ArticleGeneral Discussion • How about PC vs PC sync other network?
I mean not through shared folder, as it is very slow to scan, but between 2 FreeFileSync applications?Each act as local folders scanner and then they compare results between each other.That would be...
View ArticleGeneral Discussion • google drive security assessment
hello,I've just read about google drive requiring security assessment after February 15, 2024 andI wonder about ffs fateUnfortunately, access to Google Drive will no longer be possible with the cloud...
View ArticleHelp • simple scheduled backup to two external drives
I'm just starting with FreeFileSync and some of the videos are a bit over my head, if anyone feels kind enough to give me a simple plan that would be great...I would like to back up a few large...
View ArticleHelp • Real Time Sync Setup Efficiency
In regards to Real Time Sync. Is it it better to have one listener for a big root folder. Or multiple listeners for each medium folder within the main root folder.Context:I want to set up a listener...
View ArticleHelp • Sync from Google Drive public link
Google Drive allows a folder to be publicly shared by creating a link like this one:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ReIoi1NBYsJjTojWta4FzwfqmnVdxOHEAnyone can access the folder without the...
View ArticleGeneral Discussion • Feature Request - Local SMTP Server
Hi,I would like to request a feature addition of being able to specify a local SMTP server instead of the SMTP server packaged with FreeFileSync. Also, a little customization to to the emails - Eg....
View ArticleHelp • Unable to install FFS on desktop (after years of use on that machien)
Greetings,I am a loyal user (and donor) to FFS. It is by far the best file sync program I have ever used. Yesterday when I wanted to sync various important folders, the program would not start....
View ArticleGeneral Discussion • Wording in FAQ confilicts with license
Hello,I noticed the FAQ states the following:Businesses and government institutions may still use FreeFileSync, but are required to buy the FreeFileSync Business Edition.In order to allow FreeFileSync...
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General Discussion • [FEATURE REQUEST] Сompare files only by name and date
I would love to see a mode where file size is ignored during comparison: Inter alia, this would solve the problem that currently FreeFileSync is not usable for synchronizing to SharePoint.Thanks for...
View ArticleHelp • Problem with syncing sub-folders
So this seems really weird. Two drives, let's say X:\ and Y:\; they are roughly the same but a few differences that I want to compare then sync in both directions. They have folders and sub-folders,...
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Help • .ffs files causing errors
Have been looking for a MS synctoy replacement. FreeFileSync is much better. However, am getting errors from .ffs files. How to fix?
View ArticleHelp • Does the portable version have any functionality limitations?
Does the portable version have any limitations in terms of functionality compared to the regular version (for example, working from the command line, etc.)?
View ArticleHelp • Is it possible to have multiple simultaneous synchronizations from one...
During synchronization, a database file is created, in this case there will be one such file for several tasks, will this not cause an error? In this regard, the question is: is it possible to perform...
View ArticleHelp • FreeFileSync restores deleted files at the target directory
When I delete a file in one directory (I call it source here), it will be restored in the syncing process from the other directory (I call it target here).Similar problem:When I move a file of the...
View ArticleGeneral Discussion • Allow user to create custom variable for paths
It should be great to add a way to create custom variables for paths within the global configuration of FreeFileSync. I think theses variables should be saved in the "GlobalSettings.xml" file.With...
View ArticleGeneral Discussion • Check box to disable some folder pairs in a job definition
It should be great to have a check box to disable paths in a job definition with multiple folder pairs.Some sync batchs are really long to proceed and sometime we got sync errors in just one folder...
View ArticleGeneral Discussion • Complete window "burns" into desktop
Hi, I have had a minor issue with FreeFileSync on many versions of FFS and Windows, and several different computers over the years.Sometimes after it does a sync, the Completed Successfully window...
View ArticleGeneral Discussion • Feature request - adding internal macro %HOSTNAME%
The exiting macro %ComputerName% is limited to 15 characters, when I use this macro try to make a single .ffs_gui that can be used to backup user profile on multiple computer, there was no warning of...
View ArticleHelp • Increase Sync Time
Hi All,Wondering if there is a way to increase the sync time on RealTimeSync?Currently in the test environment, when I modify two files in a row it will sync over, however when I create/modify one...
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