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Profile Settings - Files/More
This tab sheet contains additional options for fulfilling less common requirements.
Use macOS API copyfile Function
This option causes the program to use a file copying algorithm provided by macOS, rather than using its own copying routine. This affects only the copying process of each individual file, not the general behavior of the software when processing a profile. The macOS API Copying function is sometimes more compatible with some devices.
Copy only X files per run
When this option is selected, the profile will stop after copying the specified number of files. The remaining files, or another X files, will be copied during the next profile run.
Copy only X MegaBytes per run
This setting allows you to limit the total amount of data to be copied during a single profile run. The amount is specified in MegaBytes, so for 1GB you would type 1024, or for 100GB it would be 102400.
Never Replace Any Files
A rarely used option. This setting causes missing files to be copied over, but existing files won't be updated even if newer versions exist on the other side of the synchronization.
Don't Add Any Files
Use this setting if you want to update existing files only and not copy any new files from one side to the other. This is also rarely used.
Ignore Global and Group Speed Limits
This causes the global speed limits to be ignored. The global speed limit can be specified on the Program Settings dialog. Group Speed Limits can be specified by right-clicking a profile on the Profile Overview screen. This option is enabled only if the Global Speed Limit Mechanism is activated on the Program Settings dialog, tab sheet Advanced.
Always Append Smaller Destination Files (Use Only For Log Files)
This setting causes destination files to be resumed when the source file is larger. The program does not verify if the file is still the same, so this option is not usually employed in order to resume transfers. For general resuming, use the Auto-Resume feature from the Files tab sheet. A good example of where the Auto-Resume feature cannot be used so that you must use the setting "Always Append..." would be log files which get bigger each day, and you only want to copy the new information each time. In some cases, you may need to combine this option with the following one so that the program uses the suitable copying direction.
Always Consider Larger Files Newer (Ignore Timstamp)
This settings causes the timestamp to be ignored, and files to be compared only by their size. This is not normally recommended but may sometimes be necessary.
Check Destination File (Again) During Copying Phase
Normally, the program checks the existence of the destination file just prior to copying each file, in order to see if it is going to be overwritten. However, some NAS devices respond slowly to these checks if the folder contains many files. Therefore, you can disable this setting in order to speed up the process. Similarly, you can choose if the check should be done Via Internet Protocols Too, as it can be a little slower depending on the protocol.
And Compare File Details (Again)
This checkmark also causes the Last Modification timestamp of the files to be compared again just prior to copying. If the situation has changed and the file no longer needs to be copied, it is skipped.
Copied Files Receive Current System Time as Modification Timestamp
This option is rarely used. Normally, files copied to the destination are given the same timestamp that they had on the source side. However, if you would like to see the time of the copying operation as modification timestamp on the destination, this option will do it.
Preserve Last Access Timestamp On Source
By default, macOS may update the Last Access Timestamp of the source files when they are accessed for copying. Using this checkmark can prevent that.
Use Temporary Files On Local Drive When Copying From Cloud To Cloud
Since version 11, Syncovery can avoid using temporary files from copying from one Internet storage to another (using an Internet Protocol on both the left and right side in the profile). In many cases, this is quite beneficial and faster than with temporary files. However, sometimes you may prefer using temporary files, and you can choose it here.
See also:
Upper Part Of Dialog Box
Advanced Settings