Acrosync for Mac - Acrosync

unable to send data over the ssh channel

st6f9n — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 10:27:46 +0000

Hello,

after syncing a few files acrosync always stops with "unable to send data over the ssh channel"

I use the newest Version between MacOS Mojave und Ubuntu 18.04.

Any ideas ?

Best regards

Stefan

Any way to set deletion parameters?

andrew_hart — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 15:07:44 +0000

Hi,

I can see in the logs that it says "delete during" -- but I'd like to have it delete after a delay. I believe that's part of the rsync basic functionality -- but is there a way to customise how Acrosync does its delete -- rather than just ON/OFF?

Thanks!

//Andrew

Failed to upload rsync: failed to set times on "/mnt/GWNAS/.": Operation not permitted (1)

gweston42 — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 21:08:49 +0000

Server is running FreeNAS 11.2-U7

Dry Run option for Mac

charlc — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 20:14:27 +0000

Hi Gang,

I notice there is a "dry run" option in the Windows build, but not in the Mac build; would you be able to add it to the Mac build too please?

Thanks in advance!

Charl

SSH connection is not stable

Shijia — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 12:54:23 +0000

When I want to `Download` a large number of files from a remote server, the acrosync ssh connection is often disconnected during the transfer and needs to be re-clcik the `Start` button. The problem is never happened with small number of files. Any ideas?

failed to convert utf8-mac to utf 8 invalid multibyte sequence

st6f9n — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 14:12:36 +0000

Hello,

uploading from MacOs Sierra to Ubuntu 16.04 doesn't work:

failed to convert utf8-mac to utf 8 invalid multibyte sequence

Any ideas ?

Stefan

Skip file as its name contains illegal characters

st6f9n — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 16:54:18 +0000

Hello,

we get a lot of error messages when downloading between Acrosync on MacOS and Ubuntu 16.04, eg:

Skip file '.Macbook-Old/Dropbox/Icon' as its name contains illegal characters

Skip file '.Macbook-Old/Dropbox/2013_JUCS/03_reviews/results-for-authors/01/J.UCS Special Issue "Interaction in Massive Courses" Review Results.eml' as its name contains illegal characters

Skip file '.Macbook-Old/Dropbox/Public/Icon' as its name contains illegal characters

Skip file 'Documents/Microsoft-Benutzerdaten/Excel Script Menu Items/Beispielworkflows für Automator/Blatt mit einer Verzeichnisliste erstellen\scl.workflow/Contents/info.plist' as its name contains illegal characters

Skip file 'Forschung/Backstage/Orchestrierung/Icon' as its name contains illegal characters

Any ideas ?

Stefan

Can't create profiles

brandon — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 15:01:27 +0000

I'm testing the trial version of acrosync.

There's one profile by default. I can't figure out how to create a second profile. I've tried right clicking in the top area of the app and on the existing tab. Should there be an application icon in the tray when the program is running and a menu in the top of the screen? I'm not seeing one even when the app is the only thing running in osx sierra.

Any ideas what could cause this?

Verification

sam1am — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 02:11:02 +0000

What kind of verification is performed on the transferred files?

Rsync command

sam1am — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 02:11:40 +0000

Is there any way to see the Rsync command that is being run? How about adding or removing my own arguments?

Acrosync preventing OSX to go in sleep / screensaver

cferron — Thu, 18 May 2017 02:26:13 +0000

Anyone has experienced this?

Running in Terminal.app

pmset -g assertions

Shows me that AcroSync is the PID preventing OSX from going to sleep.

Listed by owning process:
pid 595(Acrosync): [0x0001cccc00051871] 36:31:05 NoDisplaySleepAssertion named: "Acrosync client running"
pid 595(Acrosync): [0x00013515000510a0] 69:31:03 NoDisplaySleepAssertion named: "Acrosync client running"

OS X El Capitain

10.11.6 (15G1421)

Quitting it will allow sleep again... Acrosync is not syncing anything...

Thanks

Claude

unable to exchange encryption keys

ardi — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 13:50:51 +0000

pasted my key from ~/.ssh/id_rsa

added id_rsa

am able to ssh to aws server from terminal

verified id_rsa password

what's the issue?

"Uploaded 0 Files"

TheBridge — Thu, 05 May 2016 11:54:13 +0000

Hi all,

I'm a long-time Time Machine user switching to Acrosync after my umpteenth disappointment with Time Machine's nonsense.

I was running Time Machine via OS X Server on a Mac Mini to an attached RAID. I would like Acrosync to back up to the same drive.

Acrosync appears to be able to connect to the remote volume.

Remote drive is: /Volumes/Backups

Local drive is: /

When I click Start:

• the status says: "/ uploaded"

• notification in menu bar says: "Remote dir /Volumes/Backup/ up-to-date"

• log says "Uploading / to /Volumes/Backup", then "Uploaded 0 files"

Settings:

Auto-upload

automatically upload new or modified files

create space-efficient snapshots

full backup every hour

What am I doing wrong?

Feature request

niwrik — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 02:21:24 +0000

Can you please add feature/option to restart sync on error?

For Profiles to run, do I need to login on OSX or are they running in the background

sbuchanYVR — Sat, 28 Nov 2015 02:04:59 +0000

Quick simple question -

For Profiles to run, do I need to login on OSX or are they running in the background

Steve

Acrosync for Mac is now available in the Mac App Store

gchen — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 20:05:18 +0000

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/acrosync/id874547908

We welcome your comments and suggestions!

channel blocked

Kip Kroeger — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:21:14 +0000

I'm using Acrosync with a synology NAS over SSH, and I keep getting the "channel has been blocked for over 120 seconds" and the backup cancels. Is there a setting I'm missing?

rsync: write failed ......Result too large (34)

m44dsw — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 12:01:25 +0000

I have been running Acrosync v 1.7 on my Mac OS X 10.10.5 for some time without a problem. However, I now have an error as follows:

Failed to upload '/Users/daveshave-wall/Music/iTunes’

rsync: write failed on "/Volumes/SG 2TB BACKUP/BACKUP OF MASTER DO NOT USE/iTunes BACKUP DO NOT DELETE/iTunes Library.itl": Result too large (34)

Any ideas why I'm suddenly hitting this error?

Thanks

Dave

Need some hand-holding, new to acrosync

ovidiu — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 20:49:41 +0000

I have just downloaded acrosync from your website and it says expired already.
When I hover over the sync options, it shows 4 options but there are only 3 I can select
What's the benefit/drawback of using rsync with/without "over ssh"?
What exactly does the option "create space-efficient incremental snapshots" do?

Here is a screenshot to explain all my questions: http://screencast.com/t/zoDJgOuxczYY

One way syncing?

paulbloch — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 13:03:21 +0000

Is Acrosync one way only? It only uploads to the remote? It would be nice if it were two way, so it was more like Dropbox. I could start on my laptop, sync to the remote and then move to my desktop computer or my iOS iPad to make further changes.

Unexpected flag error - Sync stops

tecsol — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 21:15:58 +0000

Hi,

We are using Acrosync on OS X to manage remote offsite backups over the internet to a remote server.

Almost everyday the sync is stopping with an error "Unexpected flag: 204 blah blah). What is this? It is doing it on random files (most are MS Word though). Then the sync stops and won't restart again until the next full backup (1am).

Unfortunately this could make Acrosync unusable for us. Help!

Location of Log File?

tecsol — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 00:17:10 +0000

Hi,

We would like to provide notification via email of log status - we have had a number of sync "flag" issues. Where is the log file located so we can read by third party app? Can we find it in the Console App?

Thanks

Propagate Deletion ALL DATA LOST

philoouu — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 02:12:08 +0000

Hello

I was using Propagate Deletion until yesterday.... Unfortunately I lost all my back-up; I can redo it so this is not a big issue in itself but there is no protection when Acrsync cannot read the source directory ! This is what happened

Basically my source was

/Users/xxx/Data/Perso

ssh, 22, propagate deletion checked, (nothing in sync only don't sync)

All the file got remotely deleted and 0 file was uploaded.

Then I checked the log error in the console and found that

kernel[0]: Sandbox: Acrosync(xxx) deny file-read-data /Users/xxx/Data/Perso

Looks like as Acrosync was denied for some unknown reasons access to the directory, it assumed it was empty and did propagate the deletion.

Where Acrosync cannot read it should not assume it is empty....

If this is the case, please fix this issue as soon as possible.

I am running 1.5. I just looked at a similar post in November (deletion happened at restart/reboot for one user); I had the impression this kind of precaution was taken by Acrosync before deleting. But apparently in my case there was not any precaution/warning.

Thanks and Regards

philoouu

Please help with error message

envagyok — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 15:07:59 +0000

Testing Acrosync for Mac with intent to purchase in the AppStore. When connecting to remote mac via SSH, it successfully connects to server, finds directory, but then states:

'rsync: failed to set times on "/Volumes...../.": Operation not permitted (1)'

What's going on and how to fix it?

Thanks!

Can't login to Synology 214Play from Acrosync for Mac 1.6 build 427

ianq — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 18:24:14 +0000

Might be something stupid I am doing (or not doing), but cannot login in to my Synology NAS from Acrosync.

I can log in to the NAS from everywhere else: Finder, terminal using either telnet or ssh, using admin, but not from this app.

I think I have the permissions set up properly on the NAS as I can log in from elsewhere.

Any ideas? Thx...Ian

13:11:25 Permission denied, please try again.

13:11:37 rsync command: rsync --server --modify-window=2 --sender --out-format=%n --links -tude. . ""

13:11:37 Permission denied, please try again.

13:13:58 rsync command: rsync --server --modify-window=2 --sender --out-format=%n --links -tude. . /

13:13:58 Permission denied, please try again.

13:14:27 rsync command: rsync --server --modify-window=2 --sender --out-format=%n --links -tude. . /

13:14:27 Permission denied, please try again.

13:15:58 rsync command: rsync --server --modify-window=2 --sender --out-format=%n --links -tude. . /

13:15:58 Permission denied, please try again.

13:23:41 rsync command: rsync --server --modify-window=2 --sender --out-format=%n --links -tude. . /

13:23:41 Permission denied, please try again.

Profile with Propagate Deletion works manually, but deletes everything when running from schedule.

DaVig — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 10:27:31 +0000

Hi!

Hoping someone can help me diagnose this issue.

I have a profile setup to sync my iTunes music to my music server. Here are the basics:

Port 873

Over SSH: unchecked

Pub Key Auth: unchecked

Propagate Deletion: checked

Don't sync these files:

/Album*Artwork /Previous*iTunes*Libraries /iTunes*Media/Audiobooks /iTunes*Media/Books /iTunes*Media/Downloads /iTunes*Media/Movies /iTunes*Media/Podcasts /iTunes*Media/Automatically*Add*to*iTunes /iTunes*Media/iTunes*U /iTunes*Media/Mobile*Applications /iTunes*Media/TV*Shows /iTunes*Media/.iTunes*plist .DS_Store

This all works fine when Sync Mode is Upload (with Propagate Deletion on). The initial upload works, subsequent changes are uploaded or deleted as expected when I upload again.

But when I set it to Backup (daily) a run just deletes everything in the sync destination after the initial full upload. The Backup Options I'm using are:

Automatically upload...: unchecked

Create ... snapshots: unchecked

Start profile on login: checked

Full backup every hour: off

Full backup at: everyday, 11:00 PM

After the first time it deletes everything, when it then runs the next day, the add patterns in log look fine, but zero bytes are uploaded, so the sync destination just stays completely empty.

Here's the rsync command:

rsync --server --modify-window=2 --out-format=%n --links --recursive --delete-during -tude. . music-share/iTunes/

Any thoughts? Thanks!

-DaVig

Unable to schedule a wakeup due to Apple's sandboxing rules (Mac Mini, Yosemite)

DaVig — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 10:12:25 +0000

Hi folks,

Anyone else encounter this message in the log? I've been using Acrosync on my MBP (with Mavericks) for a couple weeks and it has worked well. I decided to set it up to run permanently on a new Mac mini (with Yosemite) - re-keyed in the same profiles. Seems to run fine with a manual upload, but the schedule will not wake due to Apple's App sandboxing. When using sandboxing, Apps need to specifically request resources of the OS. Since it works fine in on MBP I assume the App has the correct entitlement requests. Any thoughts as to whether there's a OS X setting I need to tweak, or does Acrosync need to be updated for new Yosemite sandbox entitlements?

Thanks!

-DaVig

Please improve file and directory inclusion/exclusion and profile management

fgp — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 08:18:09 +0000

Hi,

I been looking for an OSX rsync client which syncs continuously for quite a while, so I was quite excited when I stumbled over Acrosync recently. Unfortunately, however, it currently is mostly unusably for me, due to the extremely basic feature set it currently provides.

What I'm striving for - and what Acrosync's homepage promises - is basically an rsync-based Time Machine. Unfortunately, Acrosync currently fails to deliver on that promise, because there's no easy to way to select which files its supposed to sync. Say I want to sync everything in my home directory (or even my whole machine), except for a few things like ~/Downloads which I don't deem important, or which are too huge . How am I supposed to set that up?

I can add a profile which syncs /Users/me, but how would I then go about excluding ~/Downloads and friends? The "Sync only these files" and "Don't sync these files" fields are completely unsuitable for that! First, the GUI completely fails to explain how to actually put multiple entries into these fields. Maybe separate them with commas? But then, what if some of the file names contain commas? Second, they are way too small! Just imagine putting ten or twenty directories into there, and then trying to figure out a week later if you excluded a certain directory or not. Scrolling through single-line text fields is no fun! Third, its not even clear if you can put directories in there at all - after all, it only says "files".

Alternatively, I might add individual profiles for all the directories I do want to sync. But that doesn't work very well either - it'd require me to enter the authentication information over and over again, since there's no way to have multiple profiles pointing to a single server. Plus, the list of profiles would get rather long in this case, which makes their representation as tabs in the UI about the worst one there could be.

Here's how I believe the UI should look

A profile should conceptually represent a server to sync with, not a specifiec (source, target) pair of directories. What is now called "Remote Dir" should be called "Remote Base Dirt" or "Remote Root".
Each profile should contain a list of (source, target) directories. Target directories should be specified relative to the "Remote Root"
Each profile should additionally contain a source exclusion list, i.e. a list of shell-style patterns, which prevent matching files and directory from being synced.
It should be possible to request a report on what is and isn't synced.

Here's a list of other assorted bugs that I noticed

The copy-paste problem on OS X. You guys really need to make "Ctrl-V" work in the private key window! I was seconds away from giving up and requesting my money back from Apple when I finally figured out that I could paste from the context menu...
Acrosync fails to use the equivalent of "mkdir -p" to create the "Remote Dir". Meaning that it'll successfully create the "Remote Dir" if it doesn't exist only if the parent exists already. But if only the grandparent exists, it'll complain....
It doesn't support IPv6. Maybe not absolutely critical, but in 2014 not nice either. My NAS only has a DNS-entry for its IPv6 Address, so I had to resort to using it's IP address directly...

best regards,

Florian Pflug

Error - bash: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('

m44dsw — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 07:02:30 +0000

Using Acrosync on Mac OSX and it has been working fine. I had an automatic update on 10th October to version 1.4 of Acrosync and since then I have the error above when I try starting a service. It happens with all synchronisations I have setup. Error is as below.

Failed to upload '/Volumes/WD 2TB MASTER/MASTER (USE THIS)'

bash: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('

Can you tell me how to fix this?

I'm using OSX 10.9.5 on my iMac.

Regards

Dave

AWS EC2 issues

swozey — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 14:24:09 +0000

EC2 Ubuntu/etc systems require you to login with a key but you also have to use the username, like "ubuntu@serverhostname" - this app seems to disable the public key authentication if a username is entered. And I can't do connect to ec2 if the username isn't entered. Can you fix this? You can pin up T1/T2 micro instances for free if you need something to test against.

Acrosync for Mac - Acrosync

unable to send data over the ssh channel

Any way to set deletion parameters?

Failed to upload rsync: failed to set times on "/mnt/GWNAS/.": Operation not permitted (1)

Dry Run option for Mac

SSH connection is not stable

failed to convert utf8-mac to utf 8 invalid multibyte sequence

Skip file as its name contains illegal characters

Can't create profiles

Verification

Rsync command

Acrosync preventing OSX to go in sleep / screensaver

Listed by owning process: pid 595(Acrosync): [0x0001cccc00051871] 36:31:05 NoDisplaySleepAssertion named: "Acrosync client running" pid 595(Acrosync): [0x00013515000510a0] 69:31:03 NoDisplaySleepAssertion named: "Acrosync client running"

unable to exchange encryption keys

"Uploaded 0 Files"

Feature request

For Profiles to run, do I need to login on OSX or are they running in the background

Acrosync for Mac is now available in the Mac App Store

channel blocked

rsync: write failed ......Result too large (34)

Need some hand-holding, new to acrosync

One way syncing?

Unexpected flag error - Sync stops

Location of Log File?

Propagate Deletion ALL DATA LOST

Please help with error message

Can't login to Synology 214Play from Acrosync for Mac 1.6 build 427

Profile with Propagate Deletion works manually, but deletes everything when running from schedule.

Unable to schedule a wakeup due to Apple's sandboxing rules (Mac Mini, Yosemite)

Please improve file and directory inclusion/exclusion and profile management

Error - bash: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('

AWS EC2 issues

Listed by owning process:
pid 595(Acrosync): [0x0001cccc00051871] 36:31:05 NoDisplaySleepAssertion named: "Acrosync client running"
pid 595(Acrosync): [0x00013515000510a0] 69:31:03 NoDisplaySleepAssertion named: "Acrosync client running"