Trashes for deleted files) and these are usually locked. Is that you're syncing to root of your attached disk, and there are always some hidden folders in roots of hard disks (one is. I hope it isn't a bother to help me sort this out. Check the action’s properties and try running the workflow again. The action “Run Shell Script” encountered an error. I tried with both -va and -aE and with and without quotes around the source folder. Rsync -va -delete '~/Desktop/testfolder/' 'Volumes/My Passport/' When I wrote and saved this in a RunShellScript in Automator: Rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-42/rsync/io.c(452) Rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (8 bytes received so far) Rsync error: errors selecting input/output files, dirs (code 3) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-42/rsync/main.c(580) Rsync: push_dir#3 '/Users/Jan/Volumes' failed: No such file or directory (2) rsync: link_stat '/Users/Jan/~/Desktop/testfolder/.' failed: No such file or directory (2) Rsync -va -delete '~/Desktop/testfolder/' 'Volumes/My Passport'īuilding file list. Rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-42/rsync/main.c(992) Rsync: opendir “/Volumes/My Passport/.Trashes” failed: Permission denied (13) Rsync -aE -delete ~/Desktop/testerfolder/ '/Volumes/My Passport/' I have not used the terminal nor the Automator before, so I apologize in advance for my total lack of knowledge. I tried the modified version of your instructions found on practically efficient dot com.

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