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That's by design: when you click Start Transfer, the first run happens straight away, so you know the transfer works and get a copy now. From then on it follows the schedule — the Next run time you saw in the sheet.

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If you'd rather it didn't run until the scheduled time, the simplest way is to set it up close to that time; there isn't a separate "don't run now" option.

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Related: Schedule a transfer

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Why did my scheduled transfer run immediately instead of at the time I set?

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Short answer: By design, the first run happens as soon as you click Start Transfer, so you get a working copy straight away. After that it follows the schedule shown as Next run.

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That's by design: when you click Start Transfer, the first run happens straight away, so you know the transfer works and get a copy now. From then on it follows the schedule — the Next run time you saw in the sheet.

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If you'd rather it didn't run until the scheduled time, the simplest way is to set it up close to that time; there isn't a separate "don't run now" option.

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Related: Schedule a transfer

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