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Release Notes


6.4 (28 May 2008)

  • Scheduling can now be enabled/disabled for scripts independently from the details of the scheduling
  • Progress is now also shown on the Dock icon
  • Worked around Leopard bug that could cause UI meltdown at the expense of not preserving some Finder attributes on symlinks. Will back this out once OS bug is fixed.
  • Better handling of files that change during the synchronization process
  • Now can only email log when problems occurred
  • Cancels now take effect faster in several circumstances
  • The progress bar is now deterministic in more cases, and provides finer-grained resolution
  • More precise protection against nested copies; some situations that weren't allowed before are now allowed
  • Copy engine now more resilient against network failures and similar harsh terminations
  • Archiving now significantly faster when the archive is on the same volume as the old copy
  • Significantly more general improvements and fixes than can be listed here

6.3.3 (7 February 2008)

  • Fixed problem with UI becoming unresponsive when working on batch scripts
  • Fixed problem with automounting disk images
  • Now only using the path to the disk image file to identify mounted disk images (disregarding volume UUIDs). This reduces resiliency to the disk image file being moved, but helps with the surprisingly common case of a disk image file being duplicated and then independently used, making the volume UUIDs no longer universally unique.
  • Fixed a problem with updating to the 6.3.x script store format
  • Worked around a problem that could cause "bad file descriptor" errors to be incorrectly returned to Synk in certain circumstances
  • Reenabled ZeroScan for operations on lists of folders
  • Enabled "autorun on mount" support for volumes involved in a list of folders
  • Improved support for resolution independent display (a.k.a. "Hi-DPI")
  • The usual variety of general tweaks, improvements, and fixes

6.3.2 (10 January 2008)

  • Improved support for resolution independent display (a.k.a. "Hi-DPI")
  • Patched embedded Sparkle autoupdating framework to support changes to application structure
  • The usual variety of general tweaks, improvements, and fixes

6.3.1 (19 December 2007)

  • Tweaked log display process to improve stability
  • Now properly hiding volumes that aren't eligible for autorun on mount
  • Worked around the bug in Leopard that was causing extra items in the dock and improper "not responding" flags
  • Fixed a regression in 6.3 in support for FileVault home directories
  • Fixed a problem with scheduled runs not running until reboot after a previous run ended abnormally
  • The usual variety of general tweaks, improvements, and fixes

6.3 (25 October 2007)

  • Compatible with Leopard
  • Added 'Run on volume mount' capability
  • More detailed reporting of the reason for selecting actions
  • Badging log icons with their action icon to improve visibility of actions
  • Made end-of-run Growl notifications more informative
  • Batch/folder decryption functionality
  • 'Open File/Folder' before/after actions wait for completion when used with executables and shell scripts
  • Added a context-sensitive help button to event entries in the inspector
  • By user request, 'Delay'-style scheduled runs will now run sooner than a full delay period if the last run failed
  • Auto-updating functionality moved to a somewhat-customized Sparkle Plus
  • Tweaked folder selection tab again in our ongoing quest for an easy-to-use N-way selection interface
  • Fixed a problem where updating the script format could fail
  • "Both items modified" safeguard functionality was reversed in 6.2, but is no longer; if you swapped it to work around the bug, you should swap it back now
  • Fixed a problem that could cause previews to behave oddly or be nonfunctional
  • Fixed a crash when disclosing some logs
  • Fixed package mod date calculation on several foreign filesystems/network protocols
  • The usual variety of general tweaks, improvements, and fixes

6.2 (4 September 2007)

  • Added explicit 'Safeguard' switches to give direct control over all conflict generators
  • Improved support for volumes mounted in strange places
  • Fixed a crasher when disclosing logs
  • Fixed a problem with automounting unmounted FW/USB drives
  • Now showing more detailed progress/status reporting during runs
  • Added "minutes" as an available unit in delay-mode scheduling
  • Reduced the Helper's memory usage
  • Fixed a problem where certain passwords would not be stored correctly
  • Added a specific override to not treat iPhoto '08 library packages and Aperture library packages as packages. Technically incorrect behavior, but heavily requested by users.
  • License files should now be more readily recognized by the OS as belonging to Synk
  • Fixed a problem where folders inside disk images wouldn't work properly as base directories
  • The usual variety of general tweaks, improvements, and fixes

6.1.1 (24 July 2007)

  • Fixes some problems migrating from 6.0.x to 6.1.x

6.1 (18 July 2007)

  • Rewrote base directory selection UI; among other changes, now allows lists of folders to be specified in all versions of Synk 6, not just Backup, and supports disk image automounting/unmounting
  • Rewrote log display; dramatically faster, more informative, and easier to use
  • Improved inspector functionality, with new information like end and elapsed time for runs, and new features like a "Reveal in Finder" button in the Preview
  • Added "Duplicate Script" functionality
  • Added Growl notifications for the start of script and preview being ready
  • Potential workaround for Finder's refresh bug
  • Fixed mounting/unmounting issue when scripts contained within batch scripts used the same unmounted volume
  • Removed improper dependence of conflict flagging during a backup on synchronization's conflict resolution settings
  • Further optimized synkd's ZeroScan logging performance under deluges of file events
  • Fixed error messages that could appear when deleting log entries
  • Fixed incorrect creation/modification dates on new archive folders
  • A larger than usual collection of misc. small fixes and improvements
  • Note: Due to the log system revamp, logs from runs under 6.0.x will not be carried across when upgrading to 6.1.

6.0.3c (10 January 2007)

  • Fixed ZeroScan reset that could incorrectly occur in certain circumstances

6.0.3b (18 December 2006)

  • Fixed crasher in Preview

6.0.3 (12 December 2006)

  • Fixed archive rules action
  • Fixed "delay"-style scheduling
  • Improvements to purchasing/licensing experience
  • Better handling of corrupt settings files
  • Potential workaround for erroneous "disk full" messages from network volumes
  • Many minor bugfixes and improvements

6.0.2 (24 October 2006)

  • Fixed regression in volume mounting introduced with the volume mounting fixes in 6.0.1.
  • Improved log loading performance
  • General minor bugfixes and improvements

6.0.1 (18 October 2006)

  • Fixed broken links in help files
  • Addressed issues automounting networked volumes addressed via IPv6 or involving servers/shares with certain characters in the name
  • Fixed problem causing "repair authorization" prompt to not appear when needed if the application was located in a folder with certain characters in the name
  • General minor bugfixes and improvements

6.0 (28 September 2006)

Initial non-beta public release.


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