Noob Questions on Syncing

[randybaer]

Using this program for the first time, really like it.  However, I am a bit confused when I open up the program, it does not remember my syncing information (ie, schedules, etc.).  Where do I save this information?  And can the program automatically start syncing again after restarting?

Thanks, very nice program!

[JD]

Save your connection as a Bookmark (see Bookmarks menu -> Add Bookmark) then the schedules will be saved with the Bookmark and automatically executed as necessary. Reconnect to your server using the Boomark by selecting its name from the Bookmarks menu.

Glad you like it so far

[randybaer]

Awesome, that works.  One more question...how do I turn off the window that pops up at launch?  Can it just go straight to the bookmarks window and bypass the choose connection login?

[spacific]

Under Preferences->Interface, check "Show Bookmarks window at launch", and uncheck "Automatically show New Connection window".

[randybaer]

Awesome, thanks.

Got a new question for you. 

We have an FTP site where we download images from, and it has many many folders and sub folders that we need to sync to our local Mac server.  The key is we copy what is inside the subfolders to the main folder of the Mac, not the folders as well.

Example:

FTP Side:
/Images/Images 1
/Images/Images 2
/Images/Images 3/Images A

Mac side those individual files would copy, without folders, to...
/Images/

Is there an easy way to do this?  We tried setting up multiple connections, but that was really slow.  The issue is that we have around 250 folders and subfolders on the FTP, and around 30 folders on the Mac side...

Thanks for your help, it is appreciated!!

R~

[JD]

Isn't there a danger of duplicate file names at the Mac side as a result of this?

There isn't a built-in way to achieve this. My suggestion would be to make a simple AppleScript which downloads the contents of each of the folders that you'll have to list.

If you turn on recording in AppleScript editor (in Applications -> Utilities) then navigate to each folder in turn, select all the files then download them, you'll get an idea of how to write the script. It's really quite simple.

Email me if you need more help on scripts, although check out the examples in the Extras option from the Help menu first.

[randybaer]

Awesome, thanks.  I appreciate your help!