General Information

RsyncUI is a pure SwiftUI based macOS application utilizing the command line tool rsync for synchronizing files. It is rsync which executes the real synchronizing task, not RsyncUI. RsyncUI is a GUI only on top of rsync. RsyncUI is signed and notarized by Apple. RsyncUI is built for macOS Sonoma only. Before commencing use of RsyncUI See the changelog for updates. RsyncUI is built as a Universal macOS Binary, which means it runs nativly on Apple Silicon and Intel-based Mac computers....

RsyncUI is signed and notarized and built as Universal macOS Binary. If you miss some functions please drop me an email: thomeven@gmail.com or create an Issue on GitHub. All suggestions about enhancements are welcome. Version 1.9.1 (build 99) - not yet released Work on next version is commenced, and so far the following enhancements are added: adjusted width of RsyncUI to .frame(minWidth: 1100, idealWidth: 1300, minHeight: 510) width might be reduced to 1100 points (CGFloat), default 1300 points as now if Monitor Network is on in settings, there is a check for connectivity to remote server every time a task is kicked of if no connection during timeout an error messages is thrown in Add tasks, selected tasks might be tested as in parameters for rsync only a —dry-run to verify what the task does This version is to be released sometime in May 2024....

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 RsyncUI. It is adviced to install rsync as part of Homebrew. In RsyncUI select user configuration and set path for optional version of rsync....

RsyncUI read and store configurations, log records and user settings as JSON files. The location of files is: $HOME/.rsyncosx/macserialnumber. RsyncUI evaluates the computer mac serial number at startup. Configuration files $HOME/.rsyncosx/macserialnumber/configurations.json If profile is utilized: $HOME/.rsyncosx/macserialnumber/profile/configurations.json Log records $HOME/.rsyncosx/macserialnumber/logrecords.json If profile is utilized: $HOME/.rsyncosx/macserialnumber/profile/logrecords.json User settings The user settings are stored as: $HOME/.rsyncosx/macserialnumber/rsyncuiconfig.json The user settings applies to all profiles.

There are a few settings to be tweaked. Settings are saved to permanent store. Usersettings might be opened by the default shortcut ⌘,. Settings - rsync and other settings Ssh - SSH settings Environment - set environment variables for ssh, there are a few variables to set, RsyncUI only support one environment variable The Info shows version of rsync in use and the path for storing and reading configurations to permanent store....

You can any time backup the current setup, configurations and logs including all profiles by the wrench icon on the toolbar. The backup executes a copy to your Documents catalog and postfixes the copy with a timestamp -month-day-year/hour/minute. $HOME/Documents/RsyncUIcopy-05-06-2021/08/21 When opening the catalog it might be seen as empty. The copy is a .catalog and your filebrowser might not see such catalogs. Rsync version and path It is adviced to install rsync as part of Homebrew....

If you are new to the command line tool rsync and RsyncUI please read this information. RsyncUI is a GUI only on top of the command line tool. It is rsync which does the actual work, not RsyncUI The –delete parameter and new tasks The --delete parameter is a default parameter set by RsyncUI 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....

The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2021 - Thomas Evensen Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:...

RsyncUI is signed with my Apple ID developer certificate and notarized by Apple. This means that the app is verified and checked for not containing malicious code and it will work with Apples Gatekeeper technology. A message from Apple is issued when opening either a new or updated application the first time. Notarizing is required for all software.