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Well it has been like two weeks after one of the BitTorrent Team replied saying that they are looking into it.. Be patient

Wow that is some rare edge case glad you found the solution to it!

I would also remove that share and re-add it with the new SyncIgnore file already in place. I kept having issues with files still syncing even after I stopped sync and restarted it after my changes to that file.

Yes, I have talked about this with a couple people at BitTorrent and I hope they will add this in a future release. New features are always difficult but this would add to it's usability. +1 from me as well

Even if the folder is called ".git" ?

Ahh ok I see.. yeah but doesn't the iTunes that you are plugging your iPhone into be synced with the iPhone in order to get a file on there? AFAIK you cannot plug an iPhone into a different machine that it doesn't know and sync something to it. Haven't verified that in a while so I could be wrong..

Just install OwnCloud and be done with it

Well then you are not using sync for anything really... Can you maybe explain in more detail what you are trying to achieve with this?

Have you seen this document? http://help.getsync.com/customer/portal/articles/1902074-is-one-way-synchronization-possible-?b_id=3895 It also helps searching the forum.

Right click on a whole folder that is inside if your share that is marked as being "Disconnected" and contains all files and say "Sync to this device" will download everything in this very folder only. Is this what you were thinking about?

What I would do is update on your iMac and MacBook to the latest available version of BitTorrent Sync which is 2.1.4. Lot's of bugs have been fixed since the 2.0.125 version and you are not running on that version so this might have already been fixed ;-) After doing this, please report back.

Basically the manual upgrade is just replacing the binary file from the download with the one on disk. Glad to help with commands to make it easy for you to upgrade your version every so often manually.

What I would suggest doing is completely uninstalling BitTorrent Sync and starting from scratch-scratch and not just removing the folder and re-adding it. There are temporary files BitTorrent Sync is reading from and writing to and I had a couple issues like that, that got resolved due to a fresh install on the very latest version of it. There is a help document at help.getsync.com that explains how to properly uninstall it. Let me know if it helped!

Guys please take a look at this post here: http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/40942-ability-to-change-the-ssl-certificate/?p=110695 Maybe that'll help. You can definitely run BitTorrent Sync with your own SSL certs if you have some.

Please see the help.getsync.com website as it has multiple documents on how to change some behavior or things with the config file. Here is a dump of the sample config file from the binary: pi@raspberrypi:~/.btsync$ ./btsync --dump-sample-config{ "device_name": "My Sync Device", "listening_port" : 0, // 0 - randomize port/* storage_path dir contains auxilliary app files if no storage_path field: .sync dir created in the directory where binary is located. otherwise user-defined directory will be used */// "storage_path" : "/home/user/.sync",/* set location of pid file */// "pid_file" : "/var/run/btsync/btsync.pid",/* use UPnP for port mapping */ "use_upnp" : true,/* limits in kB/s. 0 - no limit */ "download_limit" : 0, "upload_limit" : 0,/* proxy configuration */// "proxy_type" : "socks4", // Valid types: "socks4", "socks5", "http_connect". Any other value means no proxy// "proxy_addr" : "192.168.1.2", // IP address of proxy server.// "proxy_port" : 1080,// "proxy_auth" : false, // Use authentication for proxy. Note: only username/password for socks5 (RFC 1929) is supported, and it is not really secure// "proxy_username" : "user",// "proxy_password" : "password", "webui" : { "listen" : "0.0.0.0:8888" // remove field to disable WebUI/* preset credentials. Use password or password_hash */// ,"login" : "admin"// ,"password" : "password"// ,"password_hash" : "some_hash" // password hash in crypt(3) format// ,"allow_empty_password" : false // Defaults to true/* ssl configuration */// ,"force_https" : true // disable http// ,"ssl_certificate" : "/path/to/cert.pem"// ,"ssl_private_key" : "/path/to/private.key"/* directory_root path defines where the WebUI Folder browser starts (linux only). Default value is / */// ,"directory_root" : "/home/user/MySharedFolders/"/* directory_root_policy defines how directory_root is used (linux only). Valid values are: "all" - accepts directory_root and its subdirectories for 'getdir' and 'adddir' actions "belowroot" - accepts directory_root's subdirectories for 'getdir' and 'adddir' actions, but denies attempts to use 'adddir' to create directories directly within directory_root Default value is "all". */// ,"directory_root_policy" : "all"/* dir_whitelist defines which directories can be shown to user or have folders added (linux only) relative paths are relative to directory_root setting */// ,"dir_whitelist" : [ "/home/user/MySharedFolders/personal", "work" ] }/* !!! if you set shared folders in config file WebUI will be DISABLED !!! shared directories specified in config file override the folders previously added from WebUI. *//*, "shared_folders" : [ { "secret" : "MY_SECRET_1", // required field - use --generate-secret in command line to create new secret "dir" : "/home/user/bittorrent/sync_test", // * required field "use_relay_server" : true, // use relay server when direct connection fails "use_tracker" : true, "use_dht" : false, "search_lan" : true, "use_sync_trash" : true, // enable SyncArchive to store files deleted on remote devices "overwrite_changes" : false, // restore modified files to original version, ONLY for Read-Only folders "known_hosts" : // specify hosts to attempt connection without additional search [ "192.168.1.2:44444" ] } ]*//* Advanced preferences can be added to config file. Info is available at "http://help.getsync.com/customer/portal/articles/1902048-sync-advanced-preferences--more-options"For example see folder_rescan_interval below *///, "folder_rescan_interval" : "86400"}As you can see there are two lines that say // ,"ssl_certificate" : "/path/to/cert.pem"// ,"ssl_private_key" : "/path/to/private.key"and there you can specify your own SSL certs. The link to the help center with information on the configuration files you can find here: http://help.getsync.com/customer/portal/articles/2018454-running-sync-in-configuration-mode?b_id=3895 Was that helpful?

Have you read and followed the following steps in the article I linked to? There is also a part on how to be careful on folders filesystems..

Once you have add the folder you are trying to sync - if it's the whole harddrive then it would be the root directory of it - BitTorrent Sync will start indexing all the files and folders. If you have 3 TB worth of data that might take up to 8 hours or more depending on what the resources are available on the server/computer where BitTorrent Sync is runnning on (lot's of CPU power or low CPU power etc). After that only changes will be added to the files. It won't sync the whole file if you change something on it but only the pieces that have changed. So if you add something to a 5GB file it won't sync the 5GBs again but the bits and bytes that have changed within the file. Did this answer help you?

No, since this is not an issue with BitTorrent Sync it self rather your configuration you are running it from. Please follow the steps provided to you and report back.

Ok does the folder start with a dot in its name? If yes, you have to stop BitTorrent Sync, open the IgnoreList file for THAT share where the folder is in and remove the ".*" but you have to add ".sync". After that save the document and start BitTorrent Sync again. You might have to move the folder in an out to see it actually syncing. You also have to do this on the other end of the peer or more like for every peer that is trying to access that share. You will have all files and folder that start with a dot syncing so be aware of that.

I would also try to email the support.. this seems to be an edge case

NicCo, please utilize the help.getsync.com website since there are a lot of common questions explained in detail. http://help.getsync.com/customer/portal/articles/1910522-ignoring-files-in-sync-ignore-list-?b_id=3895

The log file could be more specific than the File History in the GUI. The log file, like in other sync applications or in general applications are way more detailed and you could have program parse once a minute. There you could grep for specific paths or folder names etc. That's just a thought of me personal so don't mind me

Uncleatt if you want to remove your Mac mini from your Devices list in My Devices you have to, before you format everything, go in BitTorrent Sync settings and unlink it from there. There is a help guide under https://help.getsync.com. If you just delete everything before unlinking a device it will still be attached to your My Devices and can't be removed. You can hide it by clicking the X in My Devices view on every Device that is still active but it always will be there. What I would suggest, if you don't already have a huge Sync setup with multiple people: start over on all devices with a clean, new ID.

Is there a way to log file events? Was wondering that for a while. I think I have read a request for it but forgot about it until now.

Interesting. But you do have to add the shares back manually, so it's sadly not automated.. unless you have all your shares configures through a config file.. then you are good to go I guess. But interesting find/"solution"