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Profile Settings - Files
This tab sheet contains various settings related to files, such as detecting moved and renamed files. The option "Automatically Result" can be important, as it uses temporary file names during transfer. That way, incompletely copied files can never be mistaken for valid files.
Detect Moved Files and Renamed Folders
When files have been moved into different folders, or even when the folder structure has been reorganized, Syncovery can detect this. Rather than creating duplicates by merely copying files between the left and right locations, it will perform the same moves that you have done on one side, on the other side. Select this option to enable the detection of moved files.
A limitation of this feature is that moved files can only be recognized as such if they haven't been edited on one side. If they still carry the same timestamp and they still have the same size on both sides of the synchronization, then this software is able to detect that they are identical, even if they are not in the same folders.
You also need to specify whether the location of moved files should be adjusted on the left-hand side or on the right-hand side. On the side that you choose, the file will be moved in such a way that its new location matches that of the other side. Note that these radio boxes are automatically adjusted when you change the main direction of the synchronization.
If you don't want to specify a fixed side (left or right) where the location of files should be adjusted to match the other side, you can use SmartTracking.
Detect Renamed Files (based on timestamp and file size)
This feature can detect renamed files. It works only when file deletions are processed. If it sees a file that is to be deleted, and another one that is to be copied, and they have the same timestamp and file size, it will transform these two actions into a rename action.
Automatically resume (copy with temporary filenames, keep incomplete files when stopped)
This checkmark will enable resuming of interrupted copying operations even when the job is stopped and run again later. During copying, the destination filename will have an additional extension, flagging it as a temporary file. When the copy is complete, the destination file will be renamed to the actual file name. The checkmark is recommended in many cases, because it can prevent incomplete copies on the destination from replacing good files, and thus avoid data corruption. It is also useful to prevent incomplete files from being processed by other software, or from being copied by other profiles.
Protect Files From Being Replaced With 0-Byte Files
This checkmark prevents empty files from being copied over a non-empty file.
Do not scan destination - copy all files regardless of their existence at destination
When copying only in one direction or moving files, you can select that the program does not check to see which files are currently present on the destination side. The purpose is usually speeding the profile up. This however means that all files will be copied each time unless filters are applied. For backup purposes, you may want to combine this setting with the Archive filter (Copy Only Files With Archive Flag and Clear Archive Flags).
Number of files to copy in parallel
Copying several files in parallel threads can be a great way to speed up the process. It may make better use of your network bandwidth, but may not be a good idea if you are copying extremely large files.
Copying Speed Limit (Bandwidth)
If you want to limit the bandwidth that the copying process will use, you can specify it here. The limit is specified in MegaBytes per second. As an example, if you want to limit to 1 MegaBit/sec, you need to type 0.1 here. Divide a MegaBit value by 8-10. You can use the Scheduled Limits... checkmark to specify different limits for different hours and days. If you need to use a really small bandwidth, you may also want to reduce the number of files being copied in parallel (on the Files tab sheet).
Skip Files Whose Size Is Changing
This setting helps prevent copying incomplete files which are just coming in or being created on the source side. Syncovery will wait for a few seconds to see if the file size is still changing. If so, it will skip the file. The profile should be scheduled in such a way that the file will be copied in the next run soon after. For example, such profiles can use a small interval such as every minute, or use real-time copying.
See also:
Upper Part Of Dialog Box
Advanced Settings