By default, other users’ files cannot be accessed, not even by an administrator. To get access to other users’ files, you have to add explicit permissions.

No. SyncTime relies on the file copy mechanism provided by macOS, which returns an error if something goes wrong. If an error happens, SyncTime always displays it. If no error happens, with all probability the copy operation was successful and there’s no need to perform an additional verification of the copied data, which would double…

Please see Sync confirmation dialog.

No. SyncTime offers the option to compare the modification date and/or size of a file to avoid comparing the actual file contents, which depending on the file size could take a long time. A checksum (or hash) is a short character sequence computed from a given input (e.g. a file). A checksum is, with high…

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. That’s why the source and the destination need to have the same type: they both need to be either directories, packages or regular files. If you want to…

macOS sometimes creates files that are hidden in the Finder and may cause confusion when mentioned in a sync error or listed in the sync confirmation dialog. Tip: you can toggle the display of hidden files in the Finder with the keyboard shortcut Command-Shift-. For additional help, see Filters.

To view the available AppleScript commands, open the Script Editor app (in /Applications/Utilities), then select File > Open Dictionary and choose SyncTime in the application list. The following sample script runs all the available commands:

CPU usage can increase linearly with the number of syncs running in parallel. CPU usage can also vary depending on the speed of the involved volumes. If you have several syncs running in parallel, you can try to run them sequentially to reduce the amount of resources used at the same time. Some possibilities are:

It means that the sync was never completed successfully. It may look like all files are already synced, but some files may be missing or synced incorrectly. On the side of the sync item you should see a button with the error count: clicking on it will show all the errors that happened during the…

Among the scripts that can be executed when a sync completes, SyncTime allows to install one that sends a Slack message. When installing the script, you are prompted for the webhook link to which the messages are to be sent. The webhook link can be generated after creating a Slack app. To create a Slack…