Now changes made in the target folder won’t be synchronized to the source folder. If you only want the target folder to replicate change from the source folder, but not the other way around, you can configure it to use mirror synchronization by clicking the green gear icon and selecting Mirror in the setting window. That means changes made in either source or target folder will be synchronized to the other folder. Two-Way Synchronization vs Mirror Synchronizationīy default, FreeFileSync uses two-way synchronization. You can also click the Compare button to see what’s the difference between the two folders. Once it’s done, click the Synchronize button to start syncing files between source and target folder. Click the right Browse button to add the target folder. On the right pane, click the left Browse button to add the source folder. Then click OK button and now you can search FreeFileSync in your application launcher. In the “Create Launcher” window, give the launcher a name and specify the command to execute ( /opt/FreeFileSync/FreeFileSync).Ĭlicking the spring icon on the left allows you to choose an icon for the launcher ( /opt/FreeFileSync/Resources/FreeFileSync.png). sudo gnome-desktop-item-edit /usr/share/applications/ -create-new desktop file in /usr/share/applications/ directory. sudo apt-get install -no-install-recommends gnome-panel Next, install Gnome Panel which allows us to create. In that folder you will see two executable binaries: FreeFileSync and RealTimeSync.ĭouble-click the FreeFileSync binary and the program will run.įirst, to keep the file system tidy and organized, move the FreeFileSync directory to /opt/, which is traditionally used to store third-party applications on Unix/Linux operating systems.
The content will be extracted to a new folder FreeFileSync in the current folder. Then right-click on the tar.gz file and select extract here. Once downloaded, open file manager, navigate to the download folder. We need to manually download and install it. Install FreeFileSync on Ubuntu 18.04, 19.04 and 16.04įreeFileSync isn’t in Ubuntu repository and the official PPA isn’t maintained anymore. This tutorial shows how to install FreeFileSync on Ubuntu 18.04, 19.04 and 16.04. The latest stable version is 10.15, released on August 15, 2019. It can be used to back up your files to external USB hard drive. Dropbox, NextCloud, and syncthing are great tools for syncing files and folders between your computer, tablet and smart phone, but what about syncing files and folders on the same device? FreeFileSync is a free and open source file synchronization tool that fits this purpose.
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