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Profile Settings - Safety/Unattended Mode

These options specify how Syncovery behaves in unattended mode, and at which times unattended mode is in effect.

Read-Only Files May be Overwritten When the Job Runs Unattended or Scheduled
When this option is checked, the software will automatically overwrite read-only files when running in unattended mode. In attended mode, it always demands a confirmation from the user. When this option is unchecked and the profile is run in unattended mode, then read-only files are skipped without any notification whatsoever.

Larger Files May be Replaced With Smaller Ones if the Smaller One is Newer
When this option is checked, the software will automatically overwrite larger files with smaller ones when running in unattended mode - if the files' modification dates require it. In attended mode, it always demands a confirmation from the user in this case. When this option is unchecked and the profile is run in unattended mode, then such files are skipped.

Exact Mirror Mode May Replace Newer Files With Older Ones
In order to create an exact mirror, the Exact Mirror Mode may sometimes have to overwrite newer files with older ones. Normally, it would ask the user to confirm this. However, when run unattended, this option must be checked or those files will not be replaced.

Unattended File Deletion Allowed
In order to create an exact mirror, the Exact Mirror Mode may sometimes have to delete files. Normally, it would ask the user to confirm this. However, when run unattended, this option must be checked or those files will not be deleted. In addition, please specify a percentage of files that may be deleted. For example, if you leave the figure at 90%, the profile would run without deletions if more than 90% of the files currently present on either side would be deleted.

In addition to the percentage, you also need to specify a maximum number of files that may be deleted in a single job run.

The program will usually not delete all files from either side of the synchronization, even if you specify 100% here. If deletion of all files can occur and you really want it to happen, then you need to create a dummy (text) file which always stays on both sides and which disables this security mechanism, simply by being there. If this is not feasible and you really need the profile to delete all files regularly, please contact support@syncovery.com for a solution.

Ransomware Protection: Replace Maximum % of Files on One Side
This feature allows you to specify a maximum number of files to replace in a single job execution. If there are more modified files than allowed, the job will stop.

Enable Special Safety Checks
These are new safety checks to prevent accidental deletion of files. They may prevent your profile from being executed at all. Please see the Attended tab sheet for details.

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