What is the problem you are having with rclone?
Hi, I'm a bit stuck with an issue using rclone to bisync a directory on a Linux machine to one on MacOS. When using -v the command recognises changes and states that the sync has run, but the files simply do not sync. The initial copy using --resync copied the files from Linux to MacOS but since then nothing actually syncs.
Run the command 'rclone version' and share the full output of the command.
Machine 1 (running the command):
rclone v1.71.0
- os/version: fedora 42 (64 bit)
- os/kernel: 6.16.9-200.fc42.x86_64 (x86_64)
- os/type: linux
- os/arch: amd64
- go/version: go1.24.6
- go/linking: dynamic
- go/tags: none
Machine 2:
rclone v1.71.1
- os/version: darwin 26.0.1 (64 bit)
- os/kernel: 25.0.0 (arm64)
- os/type: darwin
- os/arch: arm64 (ARMv8 compatible)
- go/version: go1.25.1
- go/linking: dynamic
- go/tags: none
Which cloud storage system are you using? (eg Google Drive)
Local sync via SFTP/ssh
The command you were trying to run (eg rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)
``rclone bisync /home/user_name/Documents/ remote:Users/mac_user/Documents/
A log from the command that you were trying to run with the -vv flag
Output is the following when using the -v modifier:
2025/10/11 11:29:59 INFO : Setting --ignore-listing-checksum as neither --checksum nor --compare checksum are set.
2025/10/11 11:29:59 INFO : Bisyncing with Comparison Settings:
{
"Modtime": true,
"Size": true,
"Checksum": false,
"HashType1": 0,
"HashType2": 0,
"NoSlowHash": false,
"SlowHashSyncOnly": false,
"SlowHashDetected": true,
"DownloadHash": false
}
2025/10/11 11:29:59 INFO : Synching Path1 "/home/user_name/Documents/" with Path2 "remote:Users/mac_user/Documents/"
2025/10/11 11:29:59 INFO : Building Path1 and Path2 listings
2025/10/11 11:30:00 INFO : Path1 checking for diffs
2025/10/11 11:30:00 INFO : - Path1 File changed: time (newer) - Tech/rclone command.txt
2025/10/11 11:30:00 INFO : Path1: 1 changes: 0 new, 1 modified, 0 deleted
2025/10/11 11:30:00 INFO : (Modified: 1 newer, 0 older)
2025/10/11 11:30:00 INFO : Path2 checking for diffs
2025/10/11 11:30:00 INFO : Applying changes
2025/10/11 11:30:00 INFO : - Path1 Queue copy to Path2 - remote:Users/mac_user/Documents/Tech/rclone command.txt
2025/10/11 11:30:00 INFO : - Path1 Do queued copies to - Path2
2025/10/11 11:30:00 INFO : Tech: Set directory modification time (using DirSetModTime)
2025/10/11 11:30:00 INFO : Tech/rclone command.txt: Updated modification time in destination
2025/10/11 11:30:00 INFO : There was nothing to transfer
2025/10/11 11:30:00 INFO : Updating listings
2025/10/11 11:30:00 INFO : Validating listings for Path1 "/home/user_name/Documents/" vs Path2 "remote:Users/macminiserver/Documents/"
2025/10/11 11:30:00 INFO : Bisync successful
2025/10/11 11:30:00 INFO :
Transferred: 0 B / 0 B, -, 0 B/s, ETA -
Checks: 6631 / 6631, 100%, Listed 6933
Elapsed time: 1.2s
Any ideas?