Custom directory icons can be set in the Finder by opening the Info panel (from the main menu View > Get Info, or by pressing Command-I) and dragging an image onto the icon on the top left of the Info panel. A custom icon can be removed again by clicking it in the Info panel…

To create a copy of the settings, you can export them from the File menu or the main window context menu. This is the preferred way of saving the settings when you are planning to use SyncTime on a new Mac, knowing that the files synchronized by the previous Mac are up to date and…

This error usually happens when the destination volume doesn’t support custom file icons. You can check if the destination volume supports custom file icons by manually setting one in the Finder. Custom directory icons can be set in the Finder by opening the Info panel (from the main menu View > Get Info, or by…

If the schedule of a sync item is set to a time when the Mac is asleep, macOS automatically delays the sync until the Mac wakes up again. There might be instances where you want a sync to run while you’re not using your Mac, such as if a sync is expected to copy many…

Everything you see in the Finder, you can select as a base in SyncTime. If the server you want to select isn’t visible in the Finder, you can mount it by clicking the Finder icon in the Dock, then selecting Go > Connect to Server in the main menu. You are prompted to enter the…

The overwrite policy determines what happens when a file already exists on the destination. The overwrite policy can be changed in the Synchronization tab of the sync item settings. Note: in order for a standard sync to be as quick as possible, the overwrite policy determines whether two files are equal by comparing their attributes,…

To learn more about filters, see Filters.

When selecting the iCloud Drive folder from the Finder sidebar or Go main menu, or from the sidebar of an open panel, you see a special view of all your files: It can therefore be confusing to realize that when selecting this special view in an open panel such as the one used by SyncTime,…

Dock icon The Dock icon can be toggled in the status item menu by selecting Show Dock icon. Note: when macOS hides the Dock icon of an app, it hides the main menu as well and doesn’t list the app in the Force Quit window. When the Dock icon is hidden and you can close…

macOS launches an app in the first of your preferred languages that is also supported by the app, e.g. if German is placed higher in the list than English, the app will be launched in German. You can change this in System Settings, under General > Language & Region. At the top you can change…