Sync task coping all existing files

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ano
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Sync task coping all existing files

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Hi all,

I have backup set up and it works perfectly!
However, I have issue with synchronization. I want to sync my external drive (connected to Win11) with NAS (mounted as a network drive).
I manually copied the data from ext. drive to NAS and I set up the task to keep it synchronized. However, the task will start overwritting the files in NAS (mounted network drive). I also tried to enable and disable "clear archive attribute" but I can't figure out what I need to change. Any ideas? Thanks!

My test task:
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Thanks for the great tool! I'm using it since 2012~2013.
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The first backup on a task will be done fully (unless you tell otherwise in the options)
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Re: Sync task coping all existing files

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Thank you for very fast response!

I disabled "First backup always full" option in Options->Engine->Common. Then I clonned the task and run it.
I see the same, it is still coping the existing files.

Am I still missing some setting?
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Options/Engine/First backup full. Unckeck.
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Re: Sync task coping all existing files

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yep, this was my set up.

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I let it run and it copied the rest of the files (I canceled the first run once I noticed it is coping existing files). Now it is okay and when I run the task again it won't copy the files again. So let's say problem solved. Thanks!
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:OK
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