Making an optional donation to the developer can get you a few extra features and is a good way to thank them for their work – but it is optional. Continue past the page with the cute animal picture, then, when the installation has finished, click “Finish”. It’s recommended that you keep all of them enabled as is the default, then click “Next”. The third page allows you to choose a number of components. The second option in the installer is the install location, configure where you want FreeFileSync to install (or leave it set to the default), then click “Next”. The first page of the installer is a licence agreement, select “I accept the agreement” then click “Next”. You may receive a “User Access Control” (UAC) prompt about allowing it to make changes to your computer, if so click “Yes” to continue.
To install, double-click the installer EXE after downloading it. Use macros %time%, %date%, et al.Tip: If instead of syncing your files to another hard drive, you want to keep a copy of them in a cloud storage solution, we recommend services like OneDrive, Dropbox and Google Drive which all allow automated cloud syncing.įreeFileSync is a free and open-source tool designed to manage file synchronisation. Cross-platform: Runs on Windows, Linux, macOS Fail-safe file copy prevents data corruption Support long file paths with more than 260 characters Copy NTFS extended attributes (compressed, encrypted, sparse) Comprehensive and detailed error reporting
Detect conflicts and propagate deletions Copy locked files (Volume Shadow Copy Service) Show drive space usage for a directory tree Compare and synchronize multiple files in parallel Manage versions and keep a history of deleted/updated files Detect moved and renamed files and folders Access files online using SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) Free FTP client: synchronize via FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and FTPS (SSL/TLS) Synchronize with Google Drive cloud storage Synchronize mobile devices via MTP (Android, iPhone, tablet, digital camera) Synchronize folders on network shares and local drives It is designed to save your time setting up and running backup jobs while having nice visual feedback along the way. FreeFileSync is a free backup software that helps you to compare and synchronize files and folders on Windows, Linux and macOS.