How to copy/bisync/update files only if they are newer

You can achieve it with bisync however it has its quirks - maybe this is why it is experimental. Initial --resync run seems not to respect modtime and just overwrites Path1 with Path2

make local empty folder:

rclone bisync local_path remote: --resync

now when files change and you run:

rclone bisync local_path remote:

it should behave as expected.

You can also run rclone copy with below flag:

-u, --update Skip files that are newer on the destination

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