![]() File time and size, File content, or File size). As you have worked out, just run the comparison again after the sync and it will show up any differences in terms of what Variant you have chosen in the Comparison Settings (i.e. Or one can dump the My Cloud and find another manufacturer’s product that meets their needs. Yes, you will have done everything correctly. Or one can find workarounds to mostly use the My Cloud as marketed/designed. One can continue to complain about the various issues of the My Cloud/WD software and hope WD might get around to fixing those issues. In the end though, one has three basic choices if they are having problems with the My Cloud or the WD software. WD Sync should work 100% of the time, but it doesn’t. We customers/end users shouldn’t have to use third party software to get proper sync functionality, but we do. Down side is I cannot remote sync unless I use VPN or similar secure remote connection to my local network. Using Free File Sync I have zero problems syncing and mirroring to/from the My Cloud. Bottom line is this, if you do not need to remote sync your data, dump the WD Sync software and use third party software. jenae 3 Re: Free File Sync/Windows Error Code 5, access denied Hi,this may be caused because the NT Service\MpsSvc account does not have adequate permissions on the following registry key:- HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess To resolve this follow these instructions 1. This subforum is littered with many complaints about WD Sync failing to properly sync. ![]() The single bay My Cloud is at it’s core a low cost local network attached storage device with limited remote access capabilities and limited features. ![]() Doesn’t matter what marketing terms WD is using and what assumptions the customer is making when they hear the word “cloud”. The single bay My Cloud is not like Google Drive or other online storage services. I’m really disappointed and hope I can find a working product from another brand. Others: Please, stop saying this is not like google drive… the product is being sold like a personal cloud and MUST work like one. This unofficial mod was created because WD removed the ability to remote map the My Cloud when they released the OS 3 firmware over a year ago. Im a new user and Im trying to sync Documents on my desktop PC (my main computer) to my notebook (I last copied the file over using a memory stick a few. If one is using the older first generation v4.x single bay My Cloud units there is the unofficial app CloudDAVMod that allows one to remote map their My Cloud. The downside to software like Free File Sync is the inability to remotely sync without having to perform some non supported modification to the My Cloud firmware.Īs with any sync software if the file is open or in use the sync software may not properly sync the file. Many here who do local syncing only have dumped WD Sync due to its problems/issues and use third party software like Free File Sync ( ). The main benefit of the WD Sync program is with remote syncing to the My Cloud. There are a number of third party programs that will “sync” content across the local network to a NAS device like the My Cloud. There are a number of third party backup programs that can be used to backup to an NAS drive like the My Cloud. The downside to both of these programs is they do not sync remotely.įor backup one can use WD Smartware for Windows, or use Apple Time Machine on Mac’s. More than a few have found WD Sync to be problematic for local network computer syncing to the local My Cloud and use Free File Sync ( ) or Microsoft SyncToy ( ) instead. Each performs a slightly different function/task. Please can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?įreefileSync error.png (30.… some other back-up tool (not WD Sync) and see if it’s reliable.ĭo you need a backup program or a sync program? They are NOT the same thing. Then another run either from the batch job or the FreeFileSync GUI, I start to get the error Then I created a batch job from there and opened it in RealTimeSync just to get the command line arguments to use in Windows Task Scheduler, where I just created a basic task to run a program daily & used the two halves on the command line section of RealTimeSync to enter the first half as the program to run & the second in the arguments box. ![]() If I use Compare & sync it works well for a few times. I have created a sync job using the update sync method of about 14 left & right pairs, where the target is another physical drive on my Windows 10 Home (32 bit) pc. I am using the current version of FreeFileSync V8.1 April 21 2016.
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