RsyncOSX is a pure Swift and Storyboard based macOS application utilizing the command line tool rsync for synchronizing files. It is rsync which executes the real synchronizing task, not RsyncOSX. RsyncOSX is a GUI only on top of rsync. RsyncOSX is signed and notarized by Apple. RsyncOSX is no longer maintained The RsyncOSX repository is from August 24, 2024 archived, readonly and not maintained. It is still avaliable for download and from Homebrew....
Caution: always verify, by a --dry-run, the result of a new task before executing it. See synchronize data task how to verify a task. A task require minimum a local catalog and a remote catalog. Continue to add new tasks until completed and tasks are saved to permanent storage after each entry. Select local catalog either by GUI, drag and drop or by enter text directly. Add is selected by choosing Add task on the sidebar menu....
RsyncOSX is signed and notarized. Please see info about the latest version of rsync in install. Important - August 24, 2024 RsyncOSX is no longer maintained. The repository is archived and readonly. Please use RsyncUI if you are on macOS Sonoma and later. Minor non critical issue 7 May 2023 If you in the main view select a task and then to the logs view, RsyncOSX filter the logs for only the selected task....
If you are new to the command line tool rsync and RsyncOSX please read this information. RsyncOSX is a GUI only on top of the command line tool. It is rsync which does actual work, not RsyncOSX. The –delete parameter and new tasks The --delete parameter is a default parameter set by RsyncOSX to rsync. The parameter instructs rsync too keep the source and destination in sync. The parameter instructs rsync to delete all files in the destination which are not present in the source....
There are three options for executing several synchronize tasks. The three toolbar buttons are: Search for all tasks with files to synchronize and execute. or by ⌘B shortcut Do an estimation run and present which tasks with files to be synchronized. or by ⌘T shortcut As above, but for the selected tasks. or by ⌘R shortcut A double click on a task executes an estimation run and shows the result of the estimation....
In Synchronize view tasks can be executed as single tasks. Execute single tasks require two double clicks: the first double click for estimation (--dry-run) and the second double click for executing the task The output from rsync is presented after each run. Verify and execute a single task Execute a single task is a two step operation. The first is an estimation or verify run, a --dry-run execution. The second one is the real run....
The default version 2.6.9 of rsync in macOS was released in nov 2006. And there has been several fixes and releases since then. The news about the current release of rsync is here. Due to new features in rsync and dependency to shared libraries it is not possible to bundle the latest version together with RsyncOSX. It is adviced to install rsync as part of Homebrew. In RsyncOSX select user configuration and set path for optional version of rsync....
RsyncOSX is localized to: Chinese (Simplified) - by StringKe (Chen) German - by Andre Voigtmann Norwegian - by me English - the base language of RsyncOSX Italian - by Stefano Steve Cutelle’ Dutch - by Marcellino Santoso
Logging in RsyncOSX might be switched on/off in user configuration. All log records are listed in table within Logs tab. The log records are by default sorted with most recent ontop. Log records can be filtered by date by search field. Any column can be sorted by selecting the appropriate column. The sort direction, ascending or descending, is selected by direction of the arrow. Log records can be selected for delete as well....
RsyncOSX implements default parameters which are working fine for simple synchronize and restore tasks. The actual parameters used in tasks are depended upon executing rsync over network connection or not. Which standard parameters to use is computed during startup of application by reading the configuration file. The user can also remove default parameters if required. Default rsync parameters The following parameters are applied to all tasks: --archive ensures that all files are transferred with all attributes preserved --verbose make rsync very outspoken, required for counting files in RsyncOSX --delete delete all files at destination which are not in the source this parameter also applies when restoring files, always do a restore to a temporary restore catalog Default rsync parameters networked tasks only The following parameters are for networked tasks only....