help for file tag sync

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Joe
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help for file tag sync

Post by Joe »

I used Goodsync for several years, but it doesn't work to sync file tag and symbolic link. Today I tried this app, I am happy that the symbolic link can be two-way sync using smarttracking, but the file tag doesn't works, I already set the compare including attributes.
I just sync files between home Mac and office Mac every day by a movable USB disk.
I don't know why, could you get me a suggestion.

tobias
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Re: help for file tag sync

Post by tobias »

Hello,
theoretically it should work if you go to Special->More and click on the button "Extended Attributes, ..." and then choose
X Compare Extended Attributes for Existing Files

But for two-way jobs, this doesn't work because file tags do not have a timestamp, so Syncovery cannot know which side has the newer tag.

It works fine for one-way jobs.

I will check if there is some way to guess which side is newer if only the tag has changed.

Joe
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Re: help for file tag sync

Post by Joe »

Thanks for your quick answer. Could you let your app to create a file to record tag, this way the app can know time.
Hope you find a way to sync tag.

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