Knox Changelog

What's new in Knox 2.3.2 Build 234

Nov 24, 2015
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed problem where Knox would crash on launch in Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan Beta.
  • Fixed problem where Dock icon would high bounce on launch.
  • Fixed problem in the auto-updater where Beta builds would be included even if the preference was set otherwise.

New in Knox 2.3.1 Build 231 (Jun 2, 2015)

  • This update includes improved Yosemite compatibility and several bug fixes.
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed problem where Knox welcome notification would appear on each launch.
  • Fixed permissions issue with backup file write access.
  • Fixed problem with incorrect Spotlight indexing status shown in preferences.
  • Removed unnecessary console logs.

New in Knox 2.3.0 Build 230 (Feb 11, 2015)

  • New Mac OS X 10.9 or later is now required.
  • Changed Modified automatic update mechanism.
  • Changed Removed confusing 10.4/10.5 compatibility option in the new vault options.
  • Changed Improved reliability of mounting whole-disk vaults during system startup.
  • Changed Improved icons for retina and non-retina displays.
  • Fixed The custom vault icon now appears correctly for newly created vaults.
  • Fixed Knox will skip over known backup vaults when scanning for new vaults.
  • Fixed Fixed problem of incorrect vault mount state when the system language is set to something other than English on Yosemite.

New in Knox 2.3.0 Build 204 Beta 5 (Sep 4, 2014)

  • New Mac OS X 10.9 or later is now required.
  • Fixed The custom vault icon is back for newly created vaults.
  • Fixed Knox will skip over known backup vaults when scanning for new vaults.
  • Improved Improved reliability of mounting whole-disk vaults during system startup.
  • Improved Improved icons for retina and non-retina displays.

New in Knox 2.3.0 Build 203 Beta 4 (Sep 2, 2014)

  • New Mac OS X 10.9 or later is now required.
  • Fixed The custom vault icon is back for newly created vaults.
  • Fixed Knox will skip over known backup vaults when scanning for new vaults.
  • Improved Improved reliability of mounting whole-disk vaults during system startup.
  • Improved Improved icons for retina and non-retina displays.

New in Knox 2.3.0 Build 202 Beta 3 (Aug 26, 2014)

  • This update includes bug fixes.
  • New Mac OS X 10.9 or later is now required.
  • Fixed The custom vault icon is back for newly created vaults.
  • Fixed Knox will skip over known backup vaults when scanning for new vaults.
  • Improved Improved reliability of mounting whole-disk vaults during system startup.
  • Improved Improved icons for retina and non-retina displays.

New in Knox 2.3.0 Build 201 Beta 2 (Aug 20, 2014)

  • New Mac OS X 10.9 or later is now required.
  • Fixed The custom vault icon is back for newly created vaults.
  • Fixed Knox will skip over known backup vaults when scanning for new vaults.
  • Improved Improved reliability of mounting whole-disk vaults during system startup.

New in Knox 2.3.0 Build 200 Beta 1 (Aug 20, 2014)

  • This update includes bug fixes.
  • New Mac OS X 10.9 or later is now required.
  • Fixed The custom vault icon is back for newly created vaults.
  • Fixed Knox will skip over known backup vaults when scanning for new vaults.

New in Knox 2.2.0 Build 185 (Nov 27, 2012)

  • Fixed Bug monitoring vault mount status on OS X 10.8. Knox once again able to keep a consistent list of mounted or dismounted vaults via its menubar or dock menu.
  • Fixed Bug broken "Start on login" preference on OS X 10.8.
  • Fixed Bug creating extra backup files in some circumstances.

New in Knox 2.1.15 Build 177 (Apr 24, 2012)

  • New - Now code signing using our Apple Developer ID certificate to add support for Gatekeeper in OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion).

New in Knox 2.1.14 Build 173 (Mar 1, 2012)

  • Changed New vaults are now created with a Journaled HFS+ filesystem. Previously the filesystem was not journaled.

New in Knox 2.1.13 Build 172 (Dec 23, 2011)

  • Fixed additional rare crash animating menu bar icon.

New in Knox 2.1.12 Build 171 (Dec 22, 2011)

  • Fixed problem preventing the deletion of old backups on Mac OS X Lion.
  • Fixed rare crash animating menu bar icon.

New in Knox 2.1.11 Build 170 (Nov 3, 2011)

  • Fixed - Improved error handling while locating network volumes.

New in Knox 2.1.10 Build 160 (Oct 27, 2011)

  • Fixed possible crash observing volume changes.

New in Knox 2.1.9 Build 159 (Oct 14, 2011)

  • Updated Growl support. Now supports Growl 1.3 from the App Store.
  • Changed Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements.

New in Knox 2.1.8 Build 158 (Sep 2, 2011)

  • Fixed rare crash upon upgrading vaults to Lion compatibility.

New in Knox 2.1.7 Build 157 (Aug 11, 2011)

  • Fixed Fixed rare crash upon upgrading vaults to Lion compatibility.

New in Knox 2.1.6 Build 156 (Aug 11, 2011)

  • Fixed Updated links to the agilebits.com website.

New in Knox 2.1.5 (Aug 5, 2011)

  • Fixed Fixed error unmounting vaults on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.
  • Fixed Fixed memory leak affecting Time Machine backups to network disks.
  • Changed Improved security of auto updater.

New in Knox 2.0.9 Beta 1 (Apr 12, 2011)

  • Fixed Increased width of license key field so that it will show the entire license key. Now trimming whitespace and newlines from front and back of username and license key.
  • Fixed Fixed memory leak.

New in Knox 2.0.8 (Nov 24, 2010)

  • Fixed the problem with license key validation for licenses created after Nov 22, 2010.
  • Attempt to fix a few obscure crashes.

New in Knox 2.0.7 Beta 1 (Oct 13, 2010)

  • Changed - Crash reporter window now includes application log by default.

New in Knox 2.0.6 (Oct 11, 2010)

  • This update includes a fix for the crash on Login.

New in Knox 2.0.4 (Sep 2, 2010)

  • Fixed a crash that could happen right after Knox is launched.
  • Fixed a crash that could happen when a volume is mounted or ejected.

New in Knox 2.0.3 (Sep 2, 2010)

  • New Added support for Beta builds. To enable, open the Knox > Preferences > Version window and enable the "Include betas" checkbox.
  • Changed Changed how Knox handles Dock vs Menu mode to prevent the Knox icon from appearing on the Dock temporarily before moving to the main menu.
  • Changed Reduced Knox application size from 14MB to 7MB; a 50% savings!
  • Changed No longer showing the "Knox bubble" when launching in the menu bar. Showing a progress throbber instead which is less obvious but should still draw enough attention to let users know it launched.
  • Fixed Fixed problem where autoupdater could not be disabled.
  • Fixed Version number now appears correctly in About Knox and Preferences > Version windows.

New in Knox 2.0.2 (Jun 24, 2010)

  • [CHANGED] Simplified "Keep Knox running if computer is restarted" language in preferences to "Start on login".
  • [CHANGED] Several change to attempt to fix an non-reproducible crash in [KStatusItemView animate].
  • [CHANGED] Now showing informational window (aka bubble) on every launch when Knox is in the menu bar to clearly show it has launched.
  • [CHANGED] Attempted to work around an infrequent crash that could occur when exiting the application.
  • [FIXED] Fixed a crash that could happen when restoring from backup.
  • [FIXED] Improved reliability of reformatting a volume as an encrypted disk image.
  • [FIXED] Fixed 'date of last update check' indicator in preferences.

New in Knox 2.0.1 (May 27, 2010)

  • [FIXED] After adding a license the license details window automatically refreshes with the new license information.
  • [FIXED] The buttons on the Backup window are now functional once again.

New in Knox 2.0 (May 22, 2010)

  • Knox is now developed, supported and distributed by Agile Web Solutions.
  • [NEW] Knox now requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later. You can still access volumes created by Knox on Mac OS X 10.4.
  • [FIXED] Knox application preferences now synced correctly when using System Preferences > MobileMe > Sync > Preferences.

New in Knox 1.6.4 (Sep 30, 2009)

  • Fixed a bug where known vaults would be erroneously identified as new additions resulting in duplicate entries.

New in Knox 1.6.3 (Mar 17, 2009)

  • Maintenance release which consists of an update to the MacPurchase framework.

New in Knox 1.6.2 (Nov 17, 2008)

  • Fixed a migration bug in Sparkle which caused automatic updates to be disabled after upgrading from version 1.5.3.
  • Knox won't attempt to close vaults when upgrading to a newer version.

New in Knox 1.6.1 (Nov 10, 2008)

  • Fixes the updating of power supply status, which affected being able to compact vaults.
  • Minor fixes and logging clarifications.

New in Knox 1.6 (Nov 4, 2008)

  • Knox now creates Leopard-only "sparse bundle" vaults by default. This vault type is more reliable than the old "sparse images", and much faster to compact. To create a vault compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, choose the appropriate compatibility setting in "Advanced options".
  • A new backup mechanism is used when backing up Leopard-only vaults onto a drive formatted as "Mac OS Extended". Only the portions of the vaults that have changed since the last backup are copied to the backup destination. Since these backups share the non-changed portions of their data, they are set as read-only on the backup volume. This is similar to the way Time Machine works.
  • Open vaults can now be backed up on Leopard
  • Whole-disk vaults larger than 512 GB can now be formatted on drives with only one partition.
  • Knox no longer opens unencrypted disk images. They are handed over to DiskImageMounter.app instead.
  • Knox now starts in the menu bar by default. Existing Knox users are not affected.
  • Vaults cannot be compacted while a portable computer is on battery power.
  • Vaults won't be created to the default vault location if it has been moved to the Trash.
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes caused vaults to be renamed to have the same name as the main system volume.
  • Fixes a possible crash when canceling a vault creation process at a certain stage.
  • Fixes a Knox responsiveness issue when a network volume containing Knox vaults became unreachable.
  • Other minor bug fixes and enhancements.