syncthing/syncthing-macos

Macos: no automatic scanning

cvlc12 opened this issue · 5 comments

cvlc12 commented

Hi,

After a fresh installation and setup (1.27 bundle) on Macos, incoming changes from the remote device (Linux) show up instantly, but local modifications are not propagated until I hit "Rescan".

Periodic scanning (every hour) seems to work.

Is there anything specific to set up on Macos for automatic scanning to work, different from other OSes?

Thanks

xor-gate commented

No problem here almost instant file transfer, tried with the following versions:

  • macOS 12.7.1 Monterey
  • Syncthing for macOS v1.27.0-1

Make sure you have the Advanced setting per folder correctly set to "watch for changes". I'm not sure when you have a very large folder what the performance impact is and if Syncthing it then disables.

cvlc12 commented

Thanks for your answer. I checked and the checkbox is properly enabled.

xor-gate commented

Which macOS version are you running and are you watching a big folder?

cvlc12 commented

The folder is empty except for small test files.
MacOS is 13.6.1.
I'm trying now with a folder created on the remote and then shared, and that seems to work. Not instantaneous but reasonable, maybe 5s. However on the first folder created on the Mac, it's still one way until a manual or periodic rescan.

[edit]
also works for a new share created from the Mac. All settings are the same. No idea what was wrong with the first.

cvlc12 commented

Oh OK I think I got it. The first folder was stored in iCloud. I'm not used to Macs so I didn't see the difference.

Shares synced to local folders work.

Thanks !