RsyncUI is a pure SwiftUI based macOS application, built for macOS Sonoma, 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.
Changelog and install
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 can be installed by Homebrew
brew install --cask rsyncui
or by download from GitHub.
If installed by Homebrew, the shasum is automatically verified. If downloaded from GitHub please verify the shasum.
Local attached disks, remote servers and passwordless logins
RsyncUI can synchronize your data to local attached disk, remote servers on the Internet and servers on your local LAN. If you only want to synchronize data to a local attached disk, connect the disk, add source and destination and you are ready for your first task.
If you want to synchronize data to a server, on Internet or your local LAN, there is some more setup to do. If you have enabled passwordless login by ssh-keys you only have to add source, destination, login id and servername and you are ready to synchronize. If you have not enabled passwordless login, there are some more actions required before your first task.
New users
The first time RsyncUI starts, it presents a link to important information. There is also info about the latest version of rsync to install.
The catalog for storing configuration files is $HOME/.rsyncosx/macserialnumber/
.
Aborting a task
Please be aware it is an external task not controlled by RsyncUI, which executes the command line tool rsync
. RsyncUI is monitoring the task for progress and termination. The user can at any time abort a task. Please let the abort to finish and cleanup properly before starting a new task. It might take a few seconds. If not, the apps might become unresponsive.
RsyncUI vs RsyncOSX
Which application should I use? Are you on macOS Sonoma? Go for RsyncUI. All new development has for the last year been within RsyncUI and will be for the future as well. RsyncOSX is bug fixed only.
New tasks, verify task and synchronizing data
After adding a task, in the main view, a double click on the task executes a --dry-run
and the second double click executes the real run. A verification of a new task might also be executed by opening the Task or Rsync parameters view from the main sidebar, select the task and choose the Checker flag
on the toolbar. Press the Checker flag
executes an estimation run. e.g a --dry-run
task.
For more experienced users of rsync, from within the Rsync parameters view, select the new task. Copy and paste the synchronization string into a terminal view. The rsync command includes the --dry-run
parameter as default within this view. Always verify, by a --dry-run
, the result of a new task before executing it.