Schedule a Batch Job

  1. Create a new batch job via FreeFileSync's main dialog: Menu → File → Save as batch job...
     
    Setup a FreeFileSync batch job

  2. By default FreeFileSync will show a progress dialog during synchronization and wait while the results dialog is shown. If the progress dialog is not needed enable checkbox Run minimized. This will also skip the results dialog at the end.

    Alternatively if you want to see the progress, but not wait at the results dialog, it's sufficient to only select the On completion action Close progress dialog.

    Note
    Even if the progress dialog is not shown at the beginning, you can make it visible later during synchronization by double-clicking the FreeFileSync icon in the notification area.

  3. If you don't want error or warning messages to interrupt synchronization, set Handle errors to either Ignore or Stop.
     
  4. If log files are required, enable Save log and enter a folder path. If the path is left empty, the logs will be saved under the current user's roaming profile, %appdata%\FreeFileSync\Logs.
    Additionally FreeFileSync always stores the result of the last synchronization in file LastSyncs.log (up to a user-defined size, see Expert Settings).
     
  5. Set up the FreeFileSync batch job in your operating system's scheduler:


A. Windows Task Scheduler:

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B. macOS Automator and Calendar:


C. Windows XP Scheduled Tasks:


D. Ubuntu Linux Gnome Scheduled Tasks: