Alternate Data Streams may contain additional information about a file, such as additional file properties.
In many cases, their existence is little known to the user and their content is
not very important. However, some users and some software may store important information in Alternate Data Streams. In
such cases, you may want to make sure that they are preserved in your backups.
Alternate Data Streams are copied along with the files by default, if possible. They can be copied between local folders and network folders,
but they cannot be copied directly via FTP or other Internet Protocols. Alternate ways to store the streams are therefore offered below.
In most cases, you will want to keep the checkmark below chosen for the best behavior. However, in some cases you may opt to have the alternate
data streams be removed during the copy, for example to gain speed or to remove additional file properties.
Copy Alternate Data Streams (if possible)
If files are compressed:
Store Alternate Data Streams inside the zip/sz file
Add Alternate Data Streams to the zip/sz file itself (not via Internet Protocol)
Use ".metadata-syncovery" files to save alternate data streams (rather than using native file system streams):
For folders on the left side
For folders on the right side
This option can be useful if you still have an old (now absolete) Macintosh file share on Windows NTFS volume. Such file
systems store Macintosh resource forks and Finder Info in alternate data streams. Using the checkmark below, you can make Syncovery split the metadata into separate AppleDouble files whem copying form "left to right", and merge the data when copying "right to left". Split and Reassemble Macintosh Resource Forks To AppleDouble Files
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