Below you find a list of help topics. If you don’t find what you’re looking for, you may post a question on the Contact page, on Discord or on Reddit.
- Source, destination, base
- Filters
- Sync types
- Overwrite policy
- File modifiers
- Track moved files
- Backup strategy
- Verify backups
- Sync confirmation dialog
- Custom script before or after a sync
- Keep synced in background
- Sync errors
- Logs
- Sort sync items by relevance
- Sync groups
- Schedules
- Export and import settings
- Control SyncTime with AppleScript
FAQ
What lies behind the event horizon?
- What’s the difference between SyncTime and Time Machine?
- What are .DS_Store, .localized, .DocumentRevisions-V100, .Spotlight-V100, .TemporaryItems, .Trashes?
- What are files with the ._ prefix?
Why are bees striped?
- Why do I have to confirm each sync?
- Why do some files seem to change without apparent reason?
- Why is the app interface using [this language] instead of [other language]?
- Why is the last sync date not updated?
- Why are the source contents copied but not the source folder itself?
- Why do I get “Operation not permitted” when scanning ~/Library/Mail ?
- Why do I get permission errors when unzipping while syncing in background?
- Why am I getting “Error while copying X to Y. File exists”?
- Why is CPU usage so high during syncs?
- Why do I get an error when downloading/updating from the App Store?
Do I need / Can I omit underwear?
- Does SyncTime use checksums to compare files?
- Do syncs follow hard and symbolic links and Finder aliases?
- Can SyncTime run while the Mac is asleep?
How do I bake the greatest apple pie of all time?
- How can SyncTime be launched at login?
- How can I hide the Dock icon or status item?
- How can I sync my iCloud Drive folder?
- How can I only sync files with a given extension?
- How do I solve the error “Couldn’t set the custom file icon”?
- How can I avoid syncing custom directory icons?
- How do I add my server as a source/destination?
- How can I sync a regular file or package like the Photos Library?
- How can I encrypt my backups?
- How can I sync other users’ files?
- How to connect to Slack?
- How can SyncTime be force quit?
- How can I create a backup of SyncTime itself?
- How can I upgrade from SyncTime Lite to the full SyncTime version?
- How can I get a refund?