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Clone X Changelog

What's new in Clone X 4.3.1

Nov 27, 2014
  • Minor changes and improvements

New in Clone X 4.3.0 (Nov 7, 2014)

  • Compatibility Yosemite Mac OS X 10.10
  • Minor changes and improvements.

New in Clone X 4.2.9 (Oct 8, 2014)

  • Compatibility Yosemite Mac OS X 10.10
  • Minor changes and improvements.

New in Clone X 4.2.8 (Jun 12, 2014)

  • New button to add filters to exclude iLife and iWork applications in minimal System (results in a smaller disk).
  • Correction of errors that could be reported when copying iCloud temporary items.
  • Minor changes and improvements.

New in Clone X 4.2.7 (Apr 17, 2013)

  • Minor changes and improvements.

New in Clone X 4.2.6 (Feb 21, 2013)

  • Changes:
  • Improved handling of bad ejections of volumes (unplugged).
  • Correction of a small memory leak.
  • Correction of a bug that may prevent launch on some 10.8 systems.

New in Clone X 4.2.5 (Dec 13, 2012)

  • Changes:
  • Solved an issue with 10.8.2 on some machine, the clone may get stuck at login screen.
  • Various minor improvements for Mac OS 10.7 and 10.8.

New in Clone X 4.2.4 (Nov 27, 2012)

  • New:
  • Boot volume is displayed in menus.
  • Changes:
  • Some enhancements for retina display.
  • Better handling of full destinations.
  • It's now impossible to set the Boot volume as destination.

New in Clone X 4.2.3 (Oct 17, 2012)

  • Changes:
  • Solved a problem with the Save and Execute tool for Network volumes.
  • Several major code modifications.

New in Clone X 4.2.2 (Aug 28, 2012)

  • Changes:
  • Retina Display compatible.
  • Improved behavior with OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.0)
  • Several major code modifications.
  • Corrected: On some French Systems, OS 10.8 may not correctly detect the language and use English instead of French.

New in Clone X 4.2.1 (Jun 20, 2012)

  • This version is compatible with OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.0).

New in Clone X 4.2.0 (Mar 30, 2012)

  • Minimal System: Clone X displays filters only from the current source volume.
  • Minimal System: Xcode 4.3 new path is now excluded by default.
  • French localization update.
  • Bad detection of a few GUID disks using FileVault 2 and Mac OS 10.7.3 corrected.
  • Correctly detects all OS Versions in all volumes.
  • Several code improvement.
  • Application is now signed.

New in Clone X 4.1.1 (Dec 20, 2011)

  • New: Clone X 4 does not copy local TimeMachine snapshot folder (Lion).
  • Changes: Minor user interface update.

New in Clone X 4.1.0 (Oct 13, 2011)

  • New:
  • Boot Camp not supported warning is now displayed.
  • Minimal System: Clone X automatically adds new filters for items at volumes's root level that are not created by the System.
  • Clone X displays OS Version in Summary window if the volume contains a System.
  • Compatible with Mac OS 10.7.2.
  • Changes:
  • Corrected a problem that may cause Clone X 4 crash when refreshing volume menus.
  • Better handling of Aliases under Mac OS 10.7 (Lion).
  • Various minor corrections for better copy and behavior under Lion.
  • User guide updated.

New in Clone X 4.0.2 (Sep 8, 2011)

  • New:
  • Clone X can create a disk image on a remote volume automatically. (on TimeCapsule or shared disks on the Network).
  • Clone X is now compatible with Clone X 3 remote disk images.
  • Changes:
  • Minimal System: Clone X excludes non-apple applications in sub folders of Applications folder.
  • Better handling of symlinks in specific cases.
  • Clone X forces the copy of files if size is different and attributes are the same.
  • Clone X reloads Volumes menu if a volume is mounted or unmounted in the Finder.
  • Problem in Filters management for Mini System copy corrected.
  • Keep fsevents uuid for destination volume.
  • Minor changes in error handling and interface behavior.

New in Clone X 4.0.1 (Aug 2, 2011)

  • Minor updates of the French localization.
  • Minor changes in the User Interface.

New in Clone X 4.0.0 (Jul 19, 2011)

  • Clone X 4 now copies hard links, meta data, and extended attributes.
  • Clone X 4 is faster than Clone X 3 (1.5 time faster on our test machine).
  • Clone X 4 interface is more simple to use, focuses on ease of use for a majority of users.
  • Clone X 4 is compatible with Mac OS Lion (1.7)
  • Brand new version of Clone X, it includes latests Apple technologies to create fast and reliable copies of your System.

New in Clone X 3.4.0 (Mar 28, 2011)

  • [change] Clone X gives more informations when it can't create a DMG for the bootable DVD tool.
  • [change] Mac OS 10.4 is not supported anymore. Mac OS 10.5 and later needed.
  • [change] Several changes to use more modern API from Apple.
  • [change] Developer documentation isnot copied in Minimum System tool.
  • Several minor UI changes.

New in Clone X 3.3.1 (Jul 20, 2010)

  • [new] Added new filters to exclude useless temporary files.
  • [new] Added a preference to allow Clone X to check for updates at launch.
  • [change] Clone X will prevent Spotlight to analyse the destination disk.
  • [change] Clone X force System items to be invisible in destination, like in running OS Disks.
  • [change] Minor corrections to support DriveGenius on bootable DVDs.
  • [change] Minor corrections to support Data Rescue 3 on bootable DVDs.
  • [change] Corrected a graphical problem under Mac OS 10.6 in Expert Restore list.
  • [change] Corrected and issue with Clone X 3 on it's own bootable DVD.
  • [change] Solved a problem with the "Copy a disk to a Network Volume".
  • [change] Corrected a problem when displaying Errors window.

New in Clone X 3.3.0 (Sep 21, 2009)

  • [new] Tested Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
  • [change] Compliant with International System of Units where one kilo bytes is 1000 bytes (Only with Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard)).

New in Clone X 3.2.0 (Nov 20, 2008)

  • [new] Add a tool to backup to Network Volumes. (Can't boot with it).
  • [new] Clone X will warn you if disks names contain invalid characters. These can prevent bootable copy to boot depending on the OS version.
  • [change] Corrected a language copy bug. Sometimes languages were copied even if you asked Clone X to do not copy them.
  • [change] Expert restore, sometimes Clone X can't be stopped bug corrected.
  • [other] Several minor updates.

New in Clone X 3.1.1 (Oct 14, 2008)

  • [new] Access Control Lists are now supported.
  • [new] Drive Genius 2 is officially supported on bootable DVDs.
  • [new] Estimated time remaining is displayed when creating a full disk clone.
  • [new] Disk usage is shown while copying to avoid disk saturation.
  • [new] In all copies functions (minimal system, full clone, etc.) Clone X will warn you if the destination is not an HFS volume.
  • [new] On Intel machine, Clone X will warn you if disks do not use GUID partition scheme.
  • [new] Minimal OS : Adobe files are now excluded in minimal systems feature.
  • [change] Clone X does not support bootable DVD with Leopard and PPC machines. Older Systems are still supported on PPC.
  • [change] Solved a graphical problem in lists under Leopard, item names could switch to white color.
  • [change] Trial detection problem with Mac OS 10.5 bootable DVD.
  • [other] Several internal engine updates.