Schedule Batch Jobs

  1. Create a new batch job via FreeFileSync's main dialog: Menu → File → Save as a batch job...
     
    Setup a FreeFileSync batch job

  2. By default, FreeFileSync will show a progress dialog during synchronization and will wait while the summary dialog is shown. If the progress dialog is not needed, enable checkbox Run minimized and also set Auto-Close if you want to skip the summary dialog at the end.

    Note
    Even if the progress dialog is not shown at the beginning, you can make it visible at any time during synchronization by double-clicking the FreeFileSync icon in the notification area.

  3. If you don't want error or warning messages to stall synchronization when no user is available to respond, either check Ignore errors or set Cancel to stop the synchronization at the first error.
     
  4. Set up the FreeFileSync batch job in your operating system's scheduler:


A. Windows Task Scheduler:

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B. macOS Automator and Calendar:


C. Windows XP Scheduled Tasks:


D. Ubuntu Linux Gnome Scheduled Tasks: