Follow these instructions in Terminal on both the client and server to download and compile rsync 3.0.7:
Download and unarchive rsync and its patches
cd ~/Desktop
curl -O http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-3.0.7.tar.gz
tar -xzvf rsync-3.0.7.tar.gz
rm rsync-3.0.7.tar.gz
curl -O http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-patches-3.0.7.tar.gz
tar -xzvf rsync-patches-3.0.7.tar.gz
rm rsync-patches-3.0.7.tar.gz
cd rsync-3.0.7
Download arRsync (A Mac OS X frontend) for free. A Mac OS X graphical front end for the utility rsync. The rsync version on my OS X (10.10.3) is an old one, 2.6.9. I've tried to upgrade it using Homebrew but I get the following error: Error: No available formula for rsync The new one is supposed. Rsync free download - simple sync, and many more programs. Rsync free download - simple sync, and many more programs. Enter to Search. My Profile Logout. CNET News Best Apps.
Apply patches relevant to preserving Mac OS X metadata
patch -p1 <patches/fileflags.diff
patch -p1 <patches/crtimes.diff
Configure, make, install
./prepare-source
./configure
make
sudo make install
Verify your installation
[bombich:~] /usr/local/bin/rsync --version
rsync version 3.0.7 protocol version 30
Copyright (C) 1996-2009 by Andrew Tridgell, Wayne Davison, and others.
Web site: http://rsync.samba.org/
Capabilities:
64-bit files, 64-bit inums, 64-bit timestamps, 64-bit long ints,
socketpairs, hardlinks, symlinks, IPv6, batchfiles, inplace,
append, ACLs, xattrs, no iconv, symtimes, file-flags
rsync comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you
are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. See the GNU
General Public Licence for details.
By default, rsync will be installed in /usr/local/bin. If that isn't in your path, you will need to call your new version of rsync by its absolute path (/usr/local/bin/rsync).
Rsync Mac Download
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Rsync E Option
Note: rsync may be updated more frequently than this article. Check the rsync downloads page for the latest version of rsync and update the instructions above appropriately. [Last updated 7/1/10]