# Synchronizing your files [edit]

This page describes how to create a new FTP sync to synchronize the files on your hard drive with a remote site.

## Introduction

Note: Before you can use FTP to synchronize or transfer your files between your hard drive and other sites, you need to set up a connection to your remote web site. See Adding an FTP site to learn how to set up an FTP site. See Adding a site connection to learn how to set up the connection between the FTP site and your hard drive.

Perform an FTP sync to transfer files from your hard drive to a remote site, download files from a remote site, or synchronize the files between your hard drive and remote site so that both places have the newest versions of the files available.

## Instructions

To synchronize your files using FTP:

1. In the Sync Manager View, right-click your new connection and select Synchronize... from the context menu. (You can also right-click the folder in the File View and select Synchronize > Synchronize... from the context menu.)

   Aptana opens a Synchronization Options window.

2. On the Synchronization Options window, specify how you want to synchronize your files.
   1. From the Synchronize drop-down list, select whether you want to synchronize your entire site or just the selected files.
   2. Choose your synchronization direction:
      - Upload transfers changed files from your hard drive to a remote site.
      - Dowload downloads changed files from the remote site to your hard drive.
      - Both Directions synchronizes both the remote and local sites so that both directories have the newest versions of each file.
   3. Check the box next to either or both of the Options for synchronization:
      - Delete files not on local drive* - Deletes files on the remote site that were not found on your local hard drive. This cleans up files at your remote site. (*Not yet functional in Milestone 5.)
      - Use CRC check when files are less than 1 minute apart - Performs a non timestamp based check to ensure that the newest files are used in synchronization.
   4. Click the Preview button to preview the synchronization.
3. From the Synchronization Preview window, review and make any final changes to the files to be synchronized.
   1. To make changes to a file, select the file, and then click the appropriate button.
      - To have FTP "ignore" a file, click the Ignore button . Click the Ignore button a second time to have the file included in the synchronization.
4. Click the Synchronize button to synchronize your files.

   Aptana synchronizes the files between the folder or project that you specified and your remote site.

5. In the File View, click the Refresh button to see your changes.

## Related Topics

- About the Aptana FTP tool
- Adding an FTP site
- Adding a site connection
- Editing a file from a remote site
- Uploading or downloading a file or folder
- Displaying the Sync Manager View
- Cloaking files or folders

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