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(If FFS "translated" a character, physically, on the target end, there is still the issue that the source name is not changed, so the next Compare will still find the same file. If FFS had an option to "treat as equal", so ".$" (ending dot) is truncated (to "$"...

(Aside from your question...)

When FFS crashes

Any message given as to the cause?

And in your Comparison are you comparing Project 1\images -> Project 1\images Project 2\documents -> Project 2\documents ... Or are you comparing from some other topmost directory? ALL\Projects\ which includes \Project 1\images & \Project 2\documents... ALL\Projects\Project 1\images ALL\Projects...

On the Sync tab, you can specify to use Recyle bin or Permanent (or Versioning).

Explain "Word ... includetext fields". (I looked, but didn't understand what it was saying.) Are they separate files, separate directory structures, or some virtual structure, or... ? Are they supported on all Word versions (or at least on the versions you have on your systems)? Are includ...

(Simply a link to another "slow" thread, viewtopic.php?t=10592.)

Suffice to say (not that doing so will do much good, at this point) but some "resource" has been used up, that is affecting program operation. (Now just what, that's a different matter ;-).) About how many files in total are we talking about? Aside from GDI "resources", there is ...

Tools | Options -> Default log folder:, is that what you want?

Oh, you mean the sync.db (or whatever they're called, so ignore the above).

I'm thinking it's a "task scheduler" related issue. In that when running "task scheduler", you are not "you", task scheduler is using its' own credentials. So you, logged in with your password, is fine. But task scheduler is not using your credentials, so does not know ...

Does changing the ADS change the file date/time ? What type of scan are you using? If Content & there is no file content change, then no ADS changes will not be detected. If Time/Size, & if it changes, then it looks like yes the file will be re-copied, along with the update ADS. (FFS is not ...

So you can run .ffs_batch directly, & that works.

But when you use RTS, the .ffs_batch fails with a Permissions denied.

What version of FFS?
Any change if you test with the older 12.4?
https://freefilesync.org/archive.php

I don't have a password so they can't browse my Gdrive folders Explain? You don't have a password to your Google Drive (account)? And who is "they" that can't browse your folders? Do you need to allow them permission - on the Google end - in order for them to browse your folders? IOW, wou...

I'm going to say, it appears it does not save it.
(Only Configuration & Overview sorts.)

@aura, shareA Open shareA on "PC A". Click on a link. Does the file "open" (or do what it should do)? IOW, is the link actually valid? I have a remote PC B sharing his own directory "shareB" PC B is a laptop and I want to get ALL THE FILES link to "shareA" loa...

Picture31.png, here, https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2016/12/02/symlinks-windows-10/
shows correctly what should be happening
- though it does not, from what I can see, in Win7 (at least with mklink.exe).

First case, I used full paths for both Link & Target. Second case, I used full path for Link, but a relative link for Target. Both links are created, though the First case is valid, Second case fails. C:\TMP\BRU\real1>mklink c:\tmp\bru\real1\symbolic\CCC-mklink+path c:\tmp\bru\real1\c symbolic l...

Win7, should that matter. And oddly, using ln (as opposed to mklink), the same type of links I created originally, do work as expected (in FFS). C:\TMP\BRU\real1>ln -s c symbolic/CCC ln 2.933 c 1 file linked C:\TMP\BRU\real1>ln -s c symbolic/CCC.TXT ln 2.933 c 1 file linked C:\TMP\BRU\real1>ln -s c...

( You need to use backslash Oops, sorry about that. I find it far more difficult to type \ compared to /. So when I typed, above, I used /. When I created, which was successful, I used \. Though getting anything meaningful out of that, is a different matter. Win7, should that matter. Now, when parti...

If you had "hard" links, that works. Do note that a "hard" link *IS* the very same, *IS*, the file it is linked to. (So anything you do to either end affects "both" [as they are the very same file].) Problem with hard links, is that Windows gives you very little "g...

In Comparison settings Include symbolic links, you've checked Follow (rather then 'As link')? --- I'm totally confused by (Windows) symlinks? As in if existing: c:/real/a.TXT mklink c:/sym/symA.TXT c:/real/a.TXT DIR c:/sym/ 08/28/2023 12:16 PM <SYMLINK> symA.TXT [c:\real\a.TXT] Yet... clicking symA....

Right-click the column headers (Name or Log).
Is 'Last sync' checkmarked (enabled)?

Does Windows Explorer see 'smb://hp/photos/Miscellaneous' (or similar)?


Perhaps related, https://forum.manjaro.org/t/thunar-how-do-i-access-folders-shared-on-windows-computers/116649 ?

Did you take this into consideration?

Note:

Windows: Copying symbolic links requires FreeFileSync to be started with administrator rights.

(I'm not talking out of my butt ;-).) Oops... that was supposed to say, "I'm NOW talking out of my butt" (as I know nothing of Mac much less whatever "Finder" may be). Anyhow, you've certainly determined that it "Is NOT normal to be so slow". And for whatever reason, t...

FFS is intend to backup (typically) "data" files.

It is in no way intended to (re-)create a bootable system environment.

with a real file

"A", as in a single file? And what size was that file (or the size of the entire transfer)?

If you attempted to do the same with "Finder" (I'm not talking out of my butt ;-).), does it take the same amount of time?

Then I take it Everything is working correctly in that regard.

Everything and WinMerge, don't consider the two names to be equivalent

In Everything, is there a difference when (Search Match) Diacritics is enabled, or not?

Fortunately the drive works well enough If a drive is suspect, even though you are able to "copy" or "clone"..., even though it "worked", does not necessarily mean that it correctly. I.e., the possibility exists that while the copy may have worked, the actual data is i...

(Not that I know about such things...) The accented lowercase y (if you will) does not appear to be a valid character? (Accented uppercase Y is OK.) That "o", with the accent (the accent belongs to the "o") seemingly is \u0301. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_diacritics Ημερο...