Opus 9.1.1.8.3357. I use synchronize to keep my MP3 collection updated across my various players and thumb drives. When I do a synchronize and then another compare there are always a few files that still need updating. I have the "Ignore seconds when comparing by timestamp" checked but no matter how many times I synchronize I still get the same files that need updating. However if I CLEAR the "Ignore seconds when comparing by timestamp" checkbox all works correctly the first time. Am I misunderstanding the Ignore seconds checkbox? Seems backwards. My hard disk is NTFS and my players are FAT32. Thanks.
What are the dates & times on the source and destination files?
Date and time appear to be identical, why opus thinks they are different when the ignore seconds is checked is the puzzle. Thanks.
Strange... Could you show us a screenshot of the lister with the sync panel open showing which settings you're using, and a couple of the files that are affected?
Also, does the DST Compensation option make any difference? (It shouldn't in this case, but worth checking in case it's related to what's happening.)
I get the same thing syncing to two of my USB devices. I use an Iomega Rev Drive, which uses the UDF v1.something file system, and a Kingston Datatraveler USB drive, which I have formatted to use the FAT32 file system (since I sometimes boot disk utilities from it). Sometimes, what we might be seeing is related to the DST Bug. Or sometimes it could be related to how NTFS stores timestamps relative to the file system of your device. Ensure you have the options below enabled in Opus Synchronize utility panel:[ul][li] DST compensation[/li]
[li] Ignore seconds when comparing by time stamp[/li]
[li] Date (different) or size[/li][/ul]If that still doesn't work, try this.[ol][li] Synchronize between your two folders (external device and local hard drive.)
At this point, you are confident the files are the same. But something is just different enough to mess with you.
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[li] Change your synchronize around the other direction and make the external device the Source, and make it a one-way synchronization.
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[li] Synchronize again.[/li][/ol] That usually fixes things for me.
If I remember, there was once an old Opus issue report where some of sync options only worked one way in a two-way synchronize operation.