Comments on: arRsync – an Rsync GUI for Mac OS X

By: Bart B

Bart B — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:54:27 +0000

David – you’re not stupid, aArsync does not support rsync over SSH, it’s for local use only. Unfortunately this means aArsync isn’t the right tool for your problem.

Droid – you are technically correct, but it’s generally a rather meaningless distinction. The small amount of Mac-specific data that gets lost is rarely used, and in the vast majority of cases irrelevant.

By: droid

droid — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:54:39 +0000

To everyone using this as a backup tool, please bear in mind that it uses the built in version of rsync. This is a flawed version in terms of the amount of extra ‘Mac specific’ data that it doesn’t copy.

arRsync on 10.6.4 fails to copy creation dates, symlink ownership & hardlinks. Earlier versions of the OS have even worse versions of rsync.
Test it with backup bouncer – n8gray.org/code/backup-bouncer

You will not get a ‘true copy’ of your data with this tool.

It is possible to install the latest version of rsync & add patches to copy all of the data intact (currently 3.0.7).
See how – bombich.com/mactips/rsync.html

By: David

David — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:11:14 +0000

Either I’m stupid or its missing a key feature….

I have a linux server and I wanted aRsync to provide a pretty gui and bookmarks for some command line rsync stuff I do. But it appears that both source and destination have to be locally mounted file systems. That means the command:
rsync -vcr /Users/foo/somefolder someuser@someIP:/home/someuser/somefolder
can’t be done because I can’t enter the destination.

So I’m hoping I’m just too dense to figure it out…

By: samwize

samwize — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:42:09 +0000

arRsync is great! With it, I am now able to sync macs across the local network.

By: fordiebianco

fordiebianco — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:36:38 +0000

Great App. I have been struggling to get rsync going for some tiem, but your GUI made it a doddle.

Thanks for saving my music collection

By: Bart B

Bart B — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:10:12 +0000

The download is listed on the front page of the arRsync home page: http://arrsync.sourceforge.net/

By: Barrgr

Barrgr — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 08:34:18 +0000

OK, bad day. I have read all the comments here and would like the app. Where do I download it from though. Am I missing something?

By: More Retrospect woes

More Retrospect woes — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:19:27 +0000

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By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:03:53 +0000

Truely bizarre… this is the third rsync frontend that I’ve downloaded that doesn’t not support remote connections. Completely worthless for 99% of people who are looking for an rsync gui!

By: Bart B

Bart B — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:01:04 +0000

Hi Jonathan,

What it does with files depends on the options you set. Personally I only ever use it for uni-directional syncs, i.e. backups, and I know it deletes files for me on the target when I delete them at the source.

I’m guessing you’re using it differently. If you think there’s a bug I’d suggest contacting the author. I’ve corresponded with him a few times over the years when I found bugs and I found him really responsive and helpful.

Bart.