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The Syncovery Service

Note: Syncovery comes with two services: the Syncovery Service and the Syncovery Remote Service. Most customers will only need the Syncovery Service, which is documented on this page. The Remote Service is only used to generate remote listings or file hashes, and to uncompress incoming compressed packages on a remote backup server. See our web site for more details.

The Syncovery Service

The Service is used as a replacement for the background scheduler. The service itself is invisible. If installed, it is started when macOS bootes, even before users log on. This means that scheduled synchronizations take place without users having to log on.

Installing the scheduler as a service

The service is installed and started from the Scheduler tab sheet of the main application window. To install it, please stop the Background Scheduler first. Then change "Use: Background Scheduler" to "Use: Service Scheduler" and click "Install and Start Service". Please wait until the service starts, which can sometimes take 10-20 seconds or longer.

See also:
Configuring the Service via Syncovery Service Control Panel on the Scheduler tabsheet.