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It would be a lot easier to talk about Resilio Sync if the latest update wasn't almost 2 years old. I've stopped recommending it to people because its future seems to be in such doubt. I don't want to talk someone into using something that ends up being abandonware.

Oh {expletive deleted}… how did I screw that up? Well, the answer is clearly a combination of not paying close-enough attention and wishful thinking. Sorry for the bother.

I received an email about this today and found pricing at https://www.sync.com/pricing-individual/ Is this a sync that Resilio Sync might not be dead? I mean, we still haven't seen an app update in over a year, so it seems like a reasonable question…

Huh. So it is. When did that happen? Would have been nice if they had at least nudged the version number.

And here we are, more than a year after AlexC's question, still asking if there's going to be a new version. It's almost as if we're asking about new versions because there are bugs and unimplemented features. I'm starting to wonder if we will ever see a native version of Resilio Sync on Apple Silicon (arm64/M1) Macs.

I do use Local Folder sync, but only on one of my computers. I guess I can continue to use Resilio Sync for those folders on that computer, but otherwise… I think it’s time to start looking elsewhere. I’ve already found myself not recommending Resilio Sync to people when I would have in the past because its status is so unclear and we haven’t seen any staff or new builds for so long.

Small company or not, the fact that this question has been lingering for a month with not even an official comment is troubling, and does not do anything to quell comments about Resilio Sync being, if not dead, then at least comatose.

FWIW I have an M1 MacBook, and Resilio isn't too bad for me. I'm seeing CPU under 2% and it's not registering as high battery usage, so it may depend somewhat on your usage. It should also be noted that Dropbox, which is a much much much larger company still does not have an Apple Silicon build yet, nor do they have any public comments about when one will be available. In fact, earlier builds of Dropbox failed entirely on Apple Silicon. So, while I hope that there is an Apple Silicon native build coming, I'm willing to give them a little time. Now, if we get to the end of Jan / Feb and still haven't heard anything, then making some noise seems more reasonable.

7 months later and no reply, I find myself wondering if I should be checking out Syncthing too. Is there a quick overview/summary of the differences (especially what Resilio features I would give up if I switched)?

https://www.synology.com/en-us/knowledgebase/DSM/tutorial/Third_Party/supported_third_party_packages_beta same link but in English 🙂

"What's up" seems to be that the app and company appear to be in some sort of skeleton crew / maintenance mode with almost nothing happening for months at a time. It may not be dead, but it seems to be in deep hibernation.

Be that as it may, I still hope the the app will be updated for actual M1 support rather than relying on Rosetta 2.

Thank you, that is what I thought. Then we're back to the original problem, however… how am I getting a ".Conflict" file when I am syncing two folders, and both of them are supposed to be ignoring the file that was renamed with ".Conflict" added.

Wait, what? The '.Conflict' is not added by Resilio? Last I knew, Dropbox uses "Conflicted Copy" in filenames that conflict… I just assumed this was Resilio's version of that…

I have a folder which is syncing between two Macs, both running RS version 2.7.2. The ".sync/IgnoreList" file on both computers includes these two additions: Today I found a "index.Conflict.html" in that folder, which seems like it should not be possible if the ".sync/IgnoreList" file is being respected. What the heck is going on?