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  1. Bill Prothero Avatar
    Bill Prothero

    I am having trouble getting the best Filter settings to reduce copy errors.
    It would help a LOT if there were some simple examples of specifying the filtering out of:
    1. How to specify the filter params to inhibit a folder and its contents from the copy
    2. How to filter out a particular file.
    Here are some problems I’m having:
    How could I change the HIDE parameter to stop this error? Is the “.” just before “TemporaryItems” the problem? I want to reference a folder and its contents.
    Error scanning /Volumes/External-BU-TB-1/.TemporaryItems
    The operation couldn’t be completed. Operation not permitted
    NSPOSIXErrorDomain 1

    Or this error:
    Error setting metadata for /Volumes/External-BU-TB-1/Resources3 Bu1/Users-iBook Pro/prothero/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-Personal
    Couldn’t set the custom file icon.

    or:
    Error setting metadata for /Volumes/External-BU-TB-1/.Trashes
    You don’t have permission to save the file “.Trashes” in the folder “External-BU-TB-1”.
    NSCocoaErrorDomain 513

    It would help me immensely if there were some simple examples posted of typical copy errors that a newby to SyncTime and system programming would encounter.

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    1. admin Avatar
      admin

      There are some help topics that should help you solve those issues: What are .DS_Store, .localized, .Spotlight-V100 etc.? and How do I solve the error “Setting the custom file icon failed”?

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  2. Edgardo Avatar
    Edgardo

    Is it possible to keep the main root directory of the source when it is copied to the destination?

    Example: Backup C:\Folder01 to D:\MyBackups\

    = D:\MyBackups\Folder01\All content of Folder01.

    Thanks and Merry Christmas.

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    1. admin Avatar
      admin

      I understand that you want to keep the same name of the source directory. This should be easy by simply creating a directory with that name on the destination volume and selecting it as the destination.

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  3. Henry Lausch Avatar
    Henry Lausch

    I’d like to use AppleScript to control SyncTime. Will the below script do what I’m looking to do? I’m not sure about the “Quit SyncTime” part.

    tell application “SyncTime”
    run sync group “Local Backups”
    once all syncs are completed “Quit SyncTime”
    end tell

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    1. admin Avatar
      admin

      The “Quit SyncTime” part won’t work unless you have a script with that name installed in your User Scripts directory. For help about creating a script: Action after sync completion.

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  4. Joe M. Avatar
    Joe M.

    I recently had to reinstall the Operating system on an M3 2024 MacBook Air. (Sequoia 15.2) After reinstalling Synctime (14.12.3 (164)) I continue to get multiple errors on syncs. The errors are for “dot files” e.g “.Spotlight-V100″,”.Temporaryitems”,”.Trashes”, “.Documentrevisions-V100”, “.DS_Store”. Repeating sync does not resolve them.

    Any idea how I should proceed?

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    1. admin Avatar
      admin

      Please see What are .DS_Store, .localized, .Spotlight-V100 etc.?

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  5. Justin Avatar
    Justin

    Hi, I installed SyncTime Lite and ran a test using the “incremental” backup solution. I created two local folders, test1 and test2, and set to backup incrementally from test1 to test2. To start with I just put a few files in test1. Between runs I added, deleted and modified some files in test1. When there was a change in test1, the whole folder was copied to a new subfolder in test2, including the files that had not changed. The behavior I expected was for the unchanged files to be replaced by aliases in the new subfolder. Is that not a thing? The speed and simplicity are impressive, but ultimately I’m looking for a backup solution for an external volume with terabytes of data on it, so it’s not really practical to create full copies of unchanged files on a regular basis. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to fix this. Thanks

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    1. admin Avatar
      admin

      The unchanged files are linked by so-called “hard links”, which are indistinguishable from the linked files in the Finder. They are not full copies. You can read more about this here: Backup strategy.

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  6. Bill Maslen Avatar
    Bill Maslen

    After much successful syncing with SyncTime, which is a lovely app, it’s suddenly decided that none of the folders on my machine can be opened (every attempt to open a new “base” produces the message “The file could not be opened”). SyncTime has full disk access permissions.

    I’m running the latest version 4.12.3 (164) on macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 (MacBook Pro 14, M1 Pro). I’ve successfully run operations with this version of the app up until the end of last week.

    I have uninstalled and reinstalled it (twice, in fact!) using a full-fat uninstaller.

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    1. admin Avatar
      admin

      It sounds like you’re experiencing an issue with macOS 15 that randomly prevents apps from accessing your files. This should have been fixed by Apple in macOS 15.1, so I would suggest that you update macOS and try if you still have any issues. You can read the technical discussion about the issue here: https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/764435?answerId=806097022#806097022

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  7. Les Avatar
    Les

    Is it possible to keep two external drives synced? They are not always connected, but when they are, they can be connected at a similar time. This is to edit media on one drive, and have it backed up on the other.

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    1. admin Avatar
      admin

      Yes, it doesn’t matter if the drives are internal or external. If you’re unsure, you can always download SyncTime Lite for free from the App Store, which allows you to test all the features of SyncTime.

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  8. Garry Gould Avatar
    Garry Gould

    Hi, I recently purchased SyncTime for a simple application. I use it to back up a very large folder (736GB) containing many other folders and files. Previously, this was a lengthy process that took about 6 hours, so I only did it weekly. Now with SyncTime I can backup daily, overnight. I think I have set it up correctly, but I occasionally get an error which alarmed me. It says, “Some source files will overwrite more recent destination files”. In my mind, that should not be possible. Could that be related to something I have done wrong?

    The other small issue is that I get a report most mornings that says what has happened in the previous night’s backup. It appears I have to OK that report each morning before it finishes the backup operation. Is there a way to make this automatic so that I don’t have to do the review, rather like Time Machine? Thanks, Garry

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    1. admin Avatar
      admin

      Since the overwrite policy is set to „Overwrite if modification date or size is different“, it can happen that a source file is older than a destination file. You would have to change the overwrite policy or check what files are highlighted in yellow in the confirmation dialog to make sure if the older modification date on the source makes sense.

      Regarding the confirmation dialog, you can skip it automatically, as seen here: Sync confirmation dialog.

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