Author: admin
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Why do I get errors when syncing my home directory?
.Library and .Trash are system directories inside your home directory. SyncTime doesn’t have enough privileges to access these directories and all files inside them. You can exclude these system directories with a File or directory or Hidden filter. If listed in the confirmation dialog, you can right-click them to open the context menu and select Add selected files to the…
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Why does my sync not behave correctly with Cryptomator?
In general, SyncTime should be compatible with Cryptomator. There is a Cryptomator issue that causes images in a vault in iCloud Drive to not be copied correctly, which I reported in January 2023: https://github.com/cryptomator/cryptomator/issues/2650
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Why aren’t display types of newer devices supported?
Localiji uses the documented screenshot display types and preview display types. If any of those documented types are missing in Localiji, please let me know. Otherwise, it would be Apple’s responsibility to update the App Store Connect API. Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t seem to keep that part of the API in sync with the new devices…
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Why do I get “Operation not permitted” when scanning ~/Library/Mail ?
If you select the ~/Library/Mail directory as a source (where ~ represents your home directory), the sync should run without issues. On the other hand, selecting one of its ancestors, like ~/Library, can cause scan errors. In general, selecting a directory in an open panel grants an app access to all subfiles and subdirectories, but…
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Why are the source contents copied but not the source folder itself?
SyncTime syncs the source with the destination. It does not sync the source with the file inside the destination that has the same name as the source; doing so would make it less flexible as it wouldn’t allow to sync files with different names. When the source is a directory, you can easily create one…
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Compare directories
Patchword can be used in different ways to compare directories and batch edit or rename files. When comparing two directories, the first one is referred to as the original directory and the second one as the modified one. Clicking on Compare starts a parallel scan of both directories. When the scan completes, the comparison is…