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When I try to use SYNCHRONIZE with a NAS folder in one pane and my SFTP website in the other I get an error: "Operation is not supported for the chosen folders"
Not sure if this is a bug or that synchronize to SFTP is simply not supported. Could not find any information on this in the HELP or FORUM.

I maintain a website and keep the original on my NAS drive. Up till now I have been using GoodSync to synchronize the files and folder structure to the website. I wanted to start using FC for this.

Strange thing is that I can use FILE COMPARE with the same NAS and website SFTP. I can compare, copy, move, delete files on both sides. So FC seems to be fully functional here. It is just when I select FOLDER SYNCHRONIZE that I get this message. The synchronize window does not even show. When I select 2 NAS folders I do not get the error message, so it seems that the SFTP folder is triggering this message.

Am I doing something wrong?
Is synchronize with an SFTP website simply not supported?
If not, will this be supported in a future version of FC?

PS did not try with the default settings.

Thats by design.
FC would have to download all files and compare them before a sync is possible.
Most File managers including FC don't support this.

Thanks for clearing this up, at least I am not doing something wrong.

So the issue is the file contents. So if the sync would only use file name and file size and maybe time stamp (but not compare file contents) would then a synchronize function be possible?
For me this would be a perfect solution. Is this something that is considered for a future version of FC?

By the way, I get the same error message when one of the sync sides is my android phone. In this case I would imagine that comparing file contents is possible, so that does not seem the limitation in that case. Why is synchronize to an android phone not supported?