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Tri-BACKUP Changelog

What's new in Tri-BACKUP 9.1.8

Mar 10, 2021
  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 9.1.7 (Sep 21, 2020)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 9.1.5 (Apr 22, 2020)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 9.1.4 (Mar 5, 2020)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 9.1.3 (Jan 9, 2020)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 9.1.2 (Oct 15, 2019)

  • MacOS 10.15 Catalina compatibility (except creation of bootable copies).
  • When copying the startup disk, exclude the links to the Data disk (under Catalina).
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.

New in Tri-BACKUP 9.1.1 (Oct 9, 2019)

  • About macOS 10.15 Catalina:
  • Tri-BACKUP can create a copy of a disk running macOS 10.15 (Catalina), but the copy will no longer be bootable due to constraints created by Apple on this System.
  • Note: You must explicitly allow access to your data. Open the System Preferences (Apple menu) and select "Security and Privacy". In the "Privacy" tab, select "Full Disk Access" and add Tri-BACKUP.
  • Enhancements:
  • macOS 10.15 Catalina compatibility (except creation of bootable copies).
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 9.1.0 (Aug 12, 2019)

  • About macOS 10.15 Catalina:
  • Tri-BACKUP can create a copy of a disk running macOS 10.15 (Catalina), but the copy will no longer be bootable due to constraints created by Apple on this System.
  • Note: You must explicitly allow access to your data. Open the System Preferences (Apple menu) and select "Security and Privacy". In the "Privacy" tab, select "Full Disk Access" and add Tri-BACKUP.
  • Enhancements:
  • MacOS 10.15 Catalina compatibility (except creation of bootable copies).
  • Added symbols in the list of programmed actions to quickly see actions with Before/After operations: actions executed by another action, mount/unmount volumes, etc.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 9.0.9 (Feb 7, 2019)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added operations to Launch Process and Quit Process in the Before/After panel.
  • Added an option in immediate actions to display generic icons (speeds up the display of the list).
  • Some optimizations for the Scheduler icons in the menu bar.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 9.0.8 (Feb 7, 2019)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when decompressing encrypted files.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 9.0.7 (Feb 7, 2019)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 9.0.6 (Nov 23, 2018)

  • Enhancements:
  • Enhanced editor of Unique Files signatures (for "Copy only once" filter).
  • Enhanced option "Resume interrupted actions" (in Preferences).
  • Enhancement of the progress window, with the size of duplicates ("Copy and Organize" action).
  • Enhanced "Rearrange" tool (Tools menu) to add the same options than the "Copy and Organize" action.
  • New option to leave free space in the destination, in programmed actions (Copy, Copy and Organize and Mirror Backup).
  • New option for filter based on files extensions: only files with given extensions, or exclude files with given extensions.
  • New filter to exclude System items.
  • New filter to exclude Applications folder.
  • Added the possibility to add multiple destination volumes (accessible via the "Destination distributed over several volumes?" button, in the "Action" panel f the action's editor).
  • Added execution statistics window.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 9.0.5 (Oct 12, 2018)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added compatibility with Dark Mode (macOS 10.14 Mojave).
  • Added new "Move" action to move files from a folder to another.
  • Added a new Duplicates Cleaner action (in the Immediate menu) to search and delete duplicates in one or multiple folders and disks.
  • Added a "Copy only once" filter to prevent an action to copy multiple times the same file (duplicates) or a file to different destinations.
  • New editor for the kind of documents linked to extensions, allowing to create new kinds (in addition of predefined Image, Video, Audio, Document...).
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 9.0.4 (Sep 28, 2018)

  • Enhancements:
  • Verify that access to the contents of disk is allowed in System Preferences.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 9.0.3 (Sep 26, 2018)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added new options and possibilities in the Copy&Organize action.
  • Added definitions and editor of kind of files linked to extensions (used in the Copy&Organize action and in filters).
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections for Mojave compatibility.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 9.0.2 (Sep 1, 2018)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an error on the link to download the updates (was downloading version 8).
  • Fixed an issue where some settings of Preferences could not be correctly updated.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 9.0.1 (Aug 23, 2018)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an issue where some valid serial numbers could be not accepted.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 9.0.0 (Aug 16, 2018)

  • New features:
  • New programmed action "Copy and Organize".
  • New Survey programmed action (to survey if the contents of a folder or volume change).
  • New access to see the number of versions of each file saved in Evolutive Backup.
  • New extension filter to copy only files based on extensions (copy only image, video, audio... files).
  • New "Add to Favorites" option to filter and launch more quicker your favorite actions.
  • Reports the number of items excluded by filters during the execution of actions.
  • New Suspend activity option in the Before/After operations.
  • Many new options to better monitor and control your Mac and your backups.
  • Many enhancements.
  • More controls and information in the Scheduler menu.
  • etc.
  • Main features:
  • Bootable copies, minimal system creation, partial copies, multiple filters, automatic triggers.
  • Multiple modes: copy, backup, synchronization, deletion, compression, comparison, etc..
  • Multiple backup modes: Evolutive (which keeps multiple versions of each document), Mirror (identical copy), Incremental partial Disc Copy, etc.
  • Survey action detects any change in the contents of a folder or disk and can launch the execution of an action.
  • Copy and reorganize files depending of their date and extension.
  • "Programmed Actions" running in the background, with automatic execution.
  • Management of various contexts (office, home, nomad) to adapt the execution of certain actions (so that they are activated only in a particular context).
  • "Immediate Actions" to check and control precisely what needs to be copied, deleted or modified.
  • Ability to make encrypted backup (password protected).
  • Create an unlimited number of programmed actions.
  • Opening of immediate actions containing the settings stored in your programmed actions.
  • Restoration with search of the location where the most recent backup of a particular folder was done.
  • Restore Time Machine backups.
  • History of executed actions, of copied files, etc..
  • Posts information on the progress of actions.
  • Automatically mount remote volumes.
  • Many tools and information modules.

New in Tri-BACKUP 8.2.2 (Jul 27, 2018)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Modification of the "time-out" survey to prevent an action from being aborted when it is not necessary.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 8.2.1 (Jul 17, 2018)

  • Enhancements:
  • All processes are now 64-bits (for future macOS versions).
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 8.2.0 (May 17, 2018)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed a problem displaying an unregistered version (with a registered version).
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 8.1.9 (May 14, 2018)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • The Before/After operations take in account the volumes errors (unmounted, full...) in the "if errors" option.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 8.1.8 (Feb 27, 2018)

  • Enhancements:
  • A connection log can be displayed to check FTP settings.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed a problem in FTP connections with special characters in password.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 8.1.7 (Feb 9, 2018)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 8.1.6 (Nov 7, 2017)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added an option in Immediate Restore Evolutive action to display the multiple versions of files, and the backup where they were stored.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Corrections of various problems due to High Sierra and APFS.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 8.1.5 (Oct 2, 2017)

  • Enhancements:
  • Compatibility with macOS 10.13 High Sierra (Note: the copy on APFS disk is not bootable).
  • Improved speed of analysis on APFS volumes.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Corrections of various problems due to High Sierra and APFS.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 8.1.4 (Sep 22, 2017)

  • Enhancements:
  • Compatibility with APFS format.
  • New item in Tools menu to check and change all actions using the startup disk when this disk was modified.
  • Modification of the progress window for programmed actions.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 8.1.3 (Sep 1, 2017)

  • Enhancements:
  • Compatibility with APFS format.
  • Added an option to disable the action of filters in identified bundles or packages (applications, data base...), as well as in specific folders with extension (as non identified packages).
  • Ability to mark immediate actions to find them easily in the list.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 8.1.2 (Jul 12, 2017)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added a tool to show the list of contents of a folder or disk, with the possibility to search.
  • Added new options in the monthly trigger (to schedule an action the first/last week day of month).
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 8.1.1 (May 6, 2017)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 8.1.0 (Apr 6, 2017)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Correction of some localizations.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 8.0.9 (Mar 20, 2017)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added a new Tool to rearrange the contents of a folder or disk (move all items at the root of the folder, arrange by date, etc.).
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an issue when copying specific permissions of the System.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 8.0.8 (Mar 17, 2017)

  • Enhancements:
  • Improved disk speed measurements.
  • Added an option to create a Boot OS X partition, in the Create Recovery HD partition tool.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an issue (with the FTP Backup action) that can give an erroneous comparison of the files that contain resources (old structure of files).
  • Fixed an issue with OS X 10.9 (or less) preventing the display of the Last Actions panel.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 8.0.7 (Dec 19, 2016)

  • Enhancements:
  • Improved disk speed measurements.
  • New features in Immediate Calculate Size action (hard links counter and distribution by size in Results).
  • When option "Execute action only if all volumes are already mounted" is activated, there is no more display of the non-execution.
  • New option in the action's editor to write the last executions in a text file (located at the root of the destination).
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 8.0.6 (Nov 4, 2016)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added a "Summary" panel in the programmed actions editor.
  • Added buttons to copy and save the summary in actions editor and state (in "Check Status").
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed a crash of Execute process that could occur with macOS 10.12.1.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 8.0.5 (Oct 24, 2016)

  • Enhancements:
  • The installation disk image is now signed.
  • The update function has been modified to allow a correct installation with macOS Sierra.
  • More information displayed in the Verify Status panel.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 8.0.4 (Oct 24, 2016)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added alert when programmed actions are scheduled and active and the execution is paused or disabled.
  • Enhanced detection and cleaning of older or multiple installations of Tri-BACKUP on the same computer.
  • When executing a group of programmed actions, actions are added in the queue sorted as in the main window programmed actions list.
  • Added sort modes (by ID and unsorted) in the list of programmed actions.
  • Added an option in the Scheduler Preferences to display an alert in case of manual interruption of a programmed action (and when re-executing this action).
  • Added a shortcut option in Scheduler Preferences to bring to front all Tri-BACKUP windows.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 8.0.3 (Oct 24, 2016)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added a delay before executing programmed actions launched manually when the Scheduler is not yet launched.
  • Added an option to display main buttons with black titles.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 8.0.2 (May 11, 2016)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added an option to display a "CAUTION ! Action in progress" message to alert that a programmed action is being executed.
  • Added a Verify function (in File menu) in the Immediate action to check the access and permissions of all the folders hierarchy in source and destination (for the selected item).
  • In the "Last Actions" panel, items and errors can be revealed in Finder or displayed in an immediate action.
  • The Scheduler icon (in the menu bar) can be changed in the Preferences.
  • Enhanced progress display.
  • Enhanced notifications.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 8.0.1 (Mar 31, 2016)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an error when displaying the date of next execution in specific cases (can display "Never" instead of the date and time).
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when opening the editor for an existing programmed action.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 8.0.0 (Mar 18, 2016)

  • New features:
  • New option to create a bootable copy with a minimal System.
  • New features to duplicate the partitions scheme to a new disk (to create a similar disk with all same partitions, including hidden System partitions).
  • New features to copy the contents of hidden System partitions.
  • New features to create a Recovery HD partition.
  • New scheduler options.
  • New compare size action.
  • New GoTo menu.
  • New languages filter.
  • Faster: speed increased for updating existing backups.
  • Now uses UUID (Unique Volume Identifier) to detect the volumes (in addition with date and size).
  • New scheduler features: Added Every hour + xx minutes (0:30 or 0:15).
  • New scheduler features: Added a time limitation, to only backup between given hours.
  • New "Compare Folders Sizes" immediate action to quickly detect the sizes and the differences.
  • New GoTo menu to access the contents of the mounted disks, including invisible folders (user's Library, etc.).
  • New filter to exclude languages from localization resources (in applications, etc.).
  • New filters to help finding actions in Programmed actions panel, and last actions panel.
  • New graphical display of latest executions of an action.
  • New tool to duplicate the partitions scheme.
  • New tool to copy the contents of hidden System partitions.
  • New tool to create a Recovery HD partition.
  • New option in Bootable Copy action to create a minimal System.
  • Added preview features to see what will be the operations of a programmed action.
  • Many new options to better monitor and control your Mac and your backups.
  • Many enhancements.
  • More controls and information in the Scheduler menu.

New in Tri-BACKUP 7.2.0 (Feb 1, 2016)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 7.1.9 (Dec 7, 2015)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added information in the Volumes panel.
  • Modification of the manual execution of a programmed action when the Scheduler is not launched.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed some display issues with El Capitan (OS X 10.11).
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 7.1.8 (Nov 17, 2015)

  • Enhancements:
  • When running an analyze in an immediate action, items and folders found as needing operation are indicated (in addition of the list of result).
  • Added an option to mount remote volume in the Before/After panel of programmed actions.
  • Show more details for volumes and connected disks.
  • Added graph of copied items in the Last Actions > Stats view.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 7.1.7 (Oct 15, 2015)

  • Enhancements:
  • Date and time format can be changed in Preferences.
  • Immediate Synchronization action enhanced.
  • More filters in Programmed Actions list.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 7.1.6 (Sep 1, 2015)

  • Enhancements:
  • Mac OS X 10.11 compatibility (El Capitan).
  • Added filters when displaying list of programmed actions and latest actions.
  • Added a function to display informations about connected disks (with mounted and unmounted partitions).
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 7.1.5 (Jul 8, 2015)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added a Tool to Export the list of contents of a disk or folder, and to open and display these lists of content.
  • A list of largest files are now displayed (at the end of the list of files) in the Last Actions panel.
  • Added an option to automatically copy the settings of Tri-BACKUP on external disks (available in the Tools menu).
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 7.1.4 (Jun 3, 2015)

  • Enhancements:
  • The list of the last executed actions can now be sorted (by duration, name...).
  • Enhanced activity survey.
  • Enhanced stats of actions executed.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an issue with Incremental Backup actions where the dates filter could exclude files that should be backed up.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 7.1.3 (May 13, 2015)

  • Enhancements:
  • Enhance progress indication.
  • Added a permanent display of the latest executed actions (can be enabled/disabled in Scheduler Preferences).
  • Added an option in Filters to create (or not) folders in case they are empty.
  • Added new options to filter actions in the "Last Actions" panel.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 7.1.2 (Dec 22, 2014)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added the possibility to create a new programmed action based on the settings of an immediate action (selected in the list).
  • Added statistics information recorded during the execution of each programmed action. Information is available in the Last actions panel.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 7.1.1 (Dec 4, 2014)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added a function to survey the activity of Tri-BACKUP and the Mac (suspended, shut down, etc.).
  • Added an option for each programmed action to alert the user or send an email if the action has not been executed for a certain time.
  • Added a submenu showing the latest notifications in the Scheduler menu.
  • Added a Show CrashLogs item in Window menu.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an issue with Windows FTP servers.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 7.0.7 (Oct 8, 2014)

  • Enhancements:
  • Minor interface changes.
  • Compatibility Yosemite Mac OS X 10.10
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 7.0.6 (Aug 26, 2014)

  • Enhancements:
  • Enhance Test Filters information (in the Filters panel when editing programmed action).
  • Added new schedule mode (idle time), to execute an action if there is no user's activity (keyboard/mouse) on the machine.
  • Added AppleScript and "do shell command" in the Before/After section, with an execute if... condition depending on the result returned by the command.
  • Added a direct access option for deleting missing items in an immediate copy action.
  • Added new features in the Modify immediate action: change creation/modification dates, change Mac Codes (Type and Creator).
  • Now set the correct date of modification on files copied to a server with FTP backup (if the FTP server is compatible).
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Now correctly update the tags of files and folders.
  • Now correctly copy multiple tags of files and folders (OS X 10.9 and more).
  • Fixed an issue generating an error when compressing a file with a name starting with the character "~".
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 7.0.5 (Jun 20, 2014)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added an alert when FTP server used by a FTP action is not available and the action is cancelled.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an issue when FTP server is not available.
  • Correction of errors that could be reported when copying temporary items created by the System for iCloud synchronization.
  • Fixed an issue that could, in some cases, prevent the application to be relaunched after an auto-update (installation of a new version).
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 7.0.4 (May 2, 2014)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 7.0.3 (Mar 24, 2014)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added a filter to exclude the contents of the Trash.
  • Added and option to arrange (or not) windows in the Scheduler (Preferences).
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an issue when running on Mac with 32-bit only CPU.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 7.0.2 (Feb 19, 2014)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an issue with FTP backups under Mac OS X 10.6.
  • Fixed a random crash that could appear when sending the daily report by email.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 7.0.1 (Feb 13, 2014)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed a display issue in the small progress window.
  • Fixed a problem of Scheduler launching under Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 7.0.0 (Feb 7, 2014)

  • New user interface.
  • More controls and information in the Scheduler menu.
  • Simplified creation of basic programmed actions.
  • Faster: speed increased for copying files.
  • Messages can be displayed in the Mac OS X Notification Center.
  • If you stop an action, the current position is saved and you will be proposed to resume from this position at next execution (or restart from the beginning).
  • When the disk is full, Tri-BACKUP offers to continue on another disk.
  • Automatically copy of a large disk to multiple disks (for example to copy the contents of a disk to smaller disks).
  • New filter to exclude various caches and logs data: Caches and Logs folders (in Library), Virtual Memory data, MobileBackups (Time Machine local backups) and TrashMagic cache.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.5.0 (Jan 30, 2014)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed un issue when removing, renaming or replacing files in FTP backups.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.4.9 (Jan 17, 2014)

  • Enhancements:
  • Enhancement of FTP backup actions.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed various issues in FTP backups.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.4.8 (Nov 13, 2013)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added an option in the Scheduler Preferences to automatically wake up the Mac when a programmed action must be executed (disabled by default).
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an issue appeared with Mavericks: Now prevent the Mac to sleep an stop the execution while a programmed action is executed.
  • Fixed an issue appeared with Mavericks: Now correctly execute backup to FTP with compression/encryption, and backup to FTP in demo mode.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.4.6 (Oct 24, 2013)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added a recording function checking when volumes are mounted and unmounted (result available in menu Tools > Show Volumes Information).
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an issue preventing FTP connection with passwords containing specific characters.
  • The number of deleted files is now correctly reported for FTP backups.
  • Fixed an issue in the detection of the number of users of the serial number.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.4.5 (Sep 19, 2013)

  • Enhancements:
  • Subject of daily report email now shows if there were errors as well as interrupted actions.
  • Add Logs files in ~/Library/Logs/. Tri-BACKUP 6.log (for general logs) and Tri-BACKUP 6 Actions.log (logs for actions execution).
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed a time out interruption occurring when a long pause (more than 5 minutes) was set in Before/After.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.4.4 (Sep 3, 2013)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Modification of the detection of the number of users of the serial number.
  • Fixed a rare issue when deleting items on specific FTP servers.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.4.3 (Jul 30, 2013)

  • Enhancements:
  • Subject of emails now include indication of errors of action result.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed a timeout issue that could prevent sending the email after the execution of a programmed action.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.4.2 (Jul 23, 2013)

  • Enhancements:
  • Delay added after a wakeup of the Mac.
  • Delay added before execution when a volume is mounted.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Increase the timeout when sending an email.
  • Fixed a rare issue with a false "too many users of the license" detection.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.4.1 (Jun 18, 2013)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed a rare issue that could crash Tri-BACKUP when uncompressing files protected with a password.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.4.0 (May 16, 2013)

  • Enhancements:
  • New verification of the settings for sending an email.
  • Add a Read function in Show Latest Actions Executed window, to read a history (file with extension .tbuhisto) not necessarily related to one of the actions executed by this machine (from another machine, for example).
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed a rare issue that could cause a crash with general reports send by email (due to invalid email addresses).
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.3.9 (Apr 18, 2013)

  • Enhancements:
  • Add an option to disable the "insufficient free space available on the startup disk" warning (in Tri-BACKUP Scheduler Preferences).
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an issue with general reports send by email: with some SMTP servers, the text could be truncated if the text of the report is too long.
  • Fixed an issue in FTP backups that could prevent access with some kinds of login/password.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.3.8 (Feb 14, 2013)

  • Enhancements:
  • Enhance the survey contents of the /Volumes/ folder function.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an issue that can incorrectly interrupt the execution of an action when a corruption is detected in the /Volumes/ folder.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.3.7 (Feb 13, 2013)

  • Enhancements:
  • Enhance the survey contents of the /Volumes/ folder function.
  • Add more information in the daily report (email).
  • Prevent the ejection of the volumes used by a programmed action during its execution.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed a format issue when sending an email without defining the SMTP server.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.3.6 (Feb 1, 2013)

  • Enhancements:
  • Date column was resized (in the list of programmed actions) to prevent certain information from being truncated.
  • Progression in immediate actions now shows the size already copied (when copying large files).
  • Add a command (in the main application File menu) to show the pending programmed actions.
  • Add indication if alias exists for the volume (in Summary report of programmed action).
  • Add an option in Tri-BACKUP Scheduler Preferences to survey any incorrect data in the contents of the /Volumes/ folder.
  • Add an option to change the format of newlines in emails sent: HTML(), normal (\n) or automatic.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.3.5 (Jan 3, 2013)

  • Enhancements:
  • Add new immediate action to show the size of contents of folders.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.3.4 (Dec 4, 2012)

  • Enhancements:
  • When actions are launched via a file (Created with the Actions > Create Launch File for Selected Actions menu), Tri-BACKUP automatically quits after launching the actions (if it was not opened).
  • Partition option is now active in the Incremental Backup programmed action.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an issue when using a Drobo disk for backup.
  • Fixed a format issue with systems older than OS X 10.8 when sending reports by email.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.3.3 (Oct 27, 2012)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an issue with the deletion of previous backups in the Incremental Backup actions.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.3.2 (Oct 22, 2012)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an issue when sending daily reports by email.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.3.1 (Sep 19, 2012)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added SMTP with authentication for email sending.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.3.0 (Jul 11, 2012)

  • Enhancements:
  • Application is code signed (for Mountain Lion).
  • If execution cannot be done because of missing volume, status is now considered as error.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.2.1 (Mar 16, 2012)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an issue generating error messages when copying files already opened by another application.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.2.0 (Mar 15, 2012)

  • Mountain Lion (BETA): Version 6.2.0 is compatible with Mountain Lion (Mac OS X 10.8 beta version).
  • Enhancements:
  • Add an option to create a pause (from 1 to 3600 seconds) before or after the execution of a programmed action (in the Before/After panel).
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an issue with actions scheduled weekly at shut down.
  • Fixed some issues due to changes in Mountain Lion (Mac OS X 10.8 beta version).
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.1.1 (Feb 28, 2012)

  • Enhancements:
  • Add rename mode in the Immediate Modify action.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed a false detection of the GUID partition scheme on a disk protected by FileVault (issue due to a change appeared in Mac OS X 10.7.3).
  • Fixed an issue with a FTP Backup programmed action, that created an empty folder at the root of the destination when the source items are set to be copied at the root of the destination.
  • Programmed Delete actions no more delete the root folder.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.1.0 (Feb 10, 2012)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added a new action (Create MagicProfile) to create a profile (preview) of the contents of a folder or disk. A MagicProfile is similar to a Copy Folder action, except that the files are empty. This results in a very small copy that can be used to compare the contents at different times, or to synchronize two remote disks (unconnected).
  • Added a new action (Sync with MagicProfile) to easily synchronize two disks that are not physically accessible at the same time.
  • Adding a new synchronization mode that compares the changes since the last synchronization (an item that is added, deleted or modified on one side will be added, deleted, modified to the other side).
  • Added an option in Tri-BACKUP Scheduler's Preferences to keep the list of pending actions remained in the queue at shut down (actions not yet executed). By default, they are kept.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.0.4 (Dec 16, 2011)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added an alert window if errors occur when executing the programmed actions.
  • When creating a new Programmed Action for bootable copy, allows to define later the destination.
  • When editing a Programmed Action, allows to save the settings of the action even if source or destination is not defined.
  • Editor of programmed actions is now resizable.
  • Now allows to define a port in the server name field for FTP backups (for example IP:port).
  • Windows in Scheduler are no more top floating windows.
  • Progress window: If this window is visible at the end of an action, it will be reopened on next actions.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an issue where the schedule time was not saved properly when choosing a daily execution.
  • Fixed an issue while defining the shortcut in Scheduler Preferences under Lion.
  • Fixed an issue with FTP backups, when the server login or password has special characters.
  • Fixed an issue (when in demo mode and under Lion) that could randomly quit Tri-BACKUP.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.0.3 (Nov 7, 2011)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added manual sorting of the list of Programmed actions.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an issue of erroneous displaying when the source or destination disk is not mounted while editing a Bootable Copy action.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.0.2 (Oct 24, 2011)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added lock/unlock options in Immediate Modify action.
  • Added an indicator (red dot) for "Execute with admin privileges" in the list of Programmed actions.
  • Can automount connected (but unmounted) disks needed for the execution of an action.
  • Various minor enhancements and interface changes.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an issue generating errors when copying files to FTP server.
  • Fixed an issue which indicated false errors when executing Immediate Delete action.
  • Fixed an issue that did correctly save some backup options (under the list of sources) in the programmed actions editor.
  • Fixed an issue that did not open the password dialog in the programmed actions editor.
  • Fixed an issue with the shutdown option (under Lion).
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.0.1 (Sep 28, 2011)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added an option in Bootable Copy actions to keep data already existing at the root of the destination disk.
  • Added options in Incremental Backup actions to keep a constant number of backups and delete the oldest beyond this number (in addition of the option to delete backups after a certain period).
  • Added an option in Immediate Uncompress action to repair the Type and Creator OS9 attributes (files compressed by old versions of Tri-BACKUP).
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an issue when deleting an item in Immediate Synchro mode.
  • Fixed an issue preventing the execution of FTP programmed actions in demo mode.
  • Fixed an issue that could not correctly copy items with a "/" in the name.
  • Programmed Delete actions no more delete the root folder.

New in Tri-BACKUP 6.0.0 (Sep 17, 2011)

  • General:
  • 
Completely redesigned interface.
  • Programmed Actions:

  • Simplified creation of the programmed actions.

  • New Action: Copy bootable disk.

  • Ability to check immediately, during its creation, what will be done.

  • Ability to estimate the size of backed up data (simulation of the execution of the action, with calculation of the space to be occupied and eventually released by an update).

  • Display the list of programmed actions that are created with filtering and sorting options.
  • Scheduling programmed actions:

  • Added the notion of context: a context can be assigned to each action and by modifying the execution context depending on where one is for example with a laptop -, the user can have some actions to be launched only when at the office or at home (available contexte: Office, Home and Mobile, and anywhere).
  • Immediate Actions:

  • New display options.

  • Filters and settings identical to those of programmed actions.

  • Immediate action can be set with all the settings of a programmed action.

  • Analyze features to get an idea of what the action will do (without having to launch a real execution).

  • Preview file contents (QuickLook).
  • Restoration:

  • Direct restoration of data backed up by a specific programmed action.

  • Search when and where was made the last backup of a particular folder, and restore from this backup.
  • Restore from an Evolutive Backup.

  • Restore from Time Machine backups (with all the filtering options available to restore only the desired items).

  • Restoration in immediate mode to verify and see exactly what needs to be restored.
  • Tools:

  • Display of the general state of the application and its process.

  • Tool disk state, history of executions and daily reports.

New in Tri-BACKUP 5.3.3 (Sep 1, 2011)

  • Fixed an issue with the confirmation when a large folder needs to be deleted.
  • Fixed minor issues.

New in Tri-BACKUP 5.3.2 (Sep 1, 2011)

  • Fixed an issue that displayed a message when relaunching the Scheduler.

New in Tri-BACKUP 5.3.1 (Aug 22, 2011)

  • Various minor corrections for Lion compatibility.

New in Tri-BACKUP 5.3.0 (Jul 25, 2011)

  • Modified for Mac OS X Lion compatibility.

New in Tri-BACKUP 5.2.8 (Jun 30, 2010)

  • Fixed an issue when deleting compressed files.

New in Tri-BACKUP 5.2.7 (May 3, 2010)

  • Enhancements:
  • Various improvements.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed an exception issue.
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 5.2.6 (Mar 29, 2010)

  • Enhancements:
  • English and French localization corrections.
  • Various improvements.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 5.2.5 (Feb 22, 2010)

  • Enhancements:
  • Add an option to allow partial backup when source items are not all available.
  • Corrections:
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 5.2.4 (Dec 14, 2009)

  • Corrections: Fixed a time out interruption that could appear with large files copied from/to slow devices under the latest versions of Snow Leopard.

New in Tri-BACKUP 5.2.3 (Oct 28, 2009)

  • Added daily reports, and the possibility to send a daily report by email.
  • Automatic backups of the list of programmed action (to import previous settings, or recover settings from another machine or after a crash).
  • Show a message when the automatic scheduling is activated or deactivated.
  • Evolutive folder (containing evolutive data) has a new name: "__(fBACKUP.Evolutive.folder**)" instead of " (BACKUP.Evolutive.folder**)". This allows these folders to be copied to FTP servers and remote servers having a System that does not accept "exotic" characters.
  • Added a delayed disabling function (in the Scheduler menu) to disable the automatic scheduling after all actions in the queue are done.
  • Various improvements.
  • No more check for updates if the option is unchecked in Preferences.
  • Fixed an issue with files directly added in the list of items for an Incremental Programmed Action. They are now copied only if they were modified since the last backup (if this option is checked on).
  • Various minor corrections.

New in Tri-BACKUP 5.2.2 (Oct 13, 2009)

  • Enhancements:
  • Now list the items not found when alerting that items are missing in the package.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed a problem with icons drawing in Tri-BACKUP windows.
  • Fixed a problem with errors reported while no error did happen (with aliases).

New in Tri-BACKUP 5.2.1 (Sep 21, 2009)

  • Fixed a problem with icons drawing in Tri-BACKUP windows.

New in Tri-BACKUP 5.2.0 (Sep 11, 2009)

  • Enhancements:
  • Snow Leopard compatible.
  • Add a function to globally change the reference to a volume for all programmed actions using this volume (in case of change of disk or of the name of a volume).
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed a problem with Snow Leopard that could cause the System to ask an administrator password when programmed actions are executed.
  • Fixed a problem that could crash the execution of an action when displaying a dialog at the end of the action.
  • Fixed a problem that could incorrectly display the icon of volume or folder in the action's editor.

New in Tri-BACKUP 5.1.5 (Jun 3, 2009)

  • Enhancements:
  • Allow to launch an alias with the link function "Launch a file, script or application".

New in Tri-BACKUP 5.1.4 (Jan 31, 2009)

  • Alert if multiple versions of Tri-BACKUP are running at the same time on the same Mac.
  • Add drag and drop in immediate actions lists.
  • Add filters in immediate actions.
  • Add preview in immediate action.
  • Now copy ACL information.
  • Add an option to limit the number of versions retained in Evolutive Backup.
  • Add an information window.
  • Add the possibility to send an email in case an action cannot be executed because a volume is not mounted.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed various minor issues.

New in Tri-BACKUP 5.1.3 (Jan 7, 2009)

  • Enhancements:
  • Alert if multiple versions of Tri-BACKUP are running at the same time on the same Mac. Now prevents that multiple scheduling could execute simultaneously.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed a problem with the min and max size of the programmed actions edition window.
  • Fixed a problem with specific FTP backup.
  • Fixed a problem with filters in FTP copy.
  • Fixed a problem with programmed restoration.
  • Fixed a problem that could show multiple lines of the same action in the list of latest actions executed.
  • Fixed various minor issues.

New in Tri-BACKUP 5.1.2 (Nov 21, 2008)

  • Enhancements:
  • Add drag and drop in Immediate actions list, to copy any item directly to a folder.
  • Add filters in Immediate actions.
  • Add preview of selected item in Immediate actions, activated by the Space bar.
  • Add contextual menu in the list of immediate actions.
  • Corrections:
  • Fixed various minor issues.

New in Tri-BACKUP 5.1.0 (Sep 1, 2008)

  • Enhancement of the FTP backup routines.
  • Enhancement of the Email sending (add SMTP server, and sender email information).
  • Add a Check Settings function to control if settings are correct.
  • Add a Simple Mode to easily create backup and disk copy.
  • Add a Filter check button, to show the results of filters.
  • Add an alert when the startup volume has less than10% of free space.
  • Add an alert during actions execution when the free space on destination disk is less than 10%.
  • Add a new function in the Tools menu that shows the evolution of the free space in volumes.
  • Add sender and SMTP server information when a programmed action must send an email.
  • Add information about volumes when a volume is missing (and this prevents the execution of the action).
  • Add an option to prevent launching a programmed action by remote control.
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent Immediate Modify actions to scan the contents of folders for modifications (when this option is selected).
  • Fixed various minor issues.

New in Tri-BACKUP 5.0.3 (Jun 27, 2008)

  • Add date of last execution in programmed actions list.
  • Shows the list of code errors meaning.
  • Add the possibility to launch a group of actions from the Tri-BACKUP icon in the menu bar.
  • Add a filter option for files modified xx days before the execution of a programmed action.
  • Add a function in Actions menu to export in a text file the settings of selected programmed actions.
  • Add multiple selection when adding folders/files in the Items list of programmed backup.
  • Add options in immediate comparison to check (or not) permissions and date.
  • When a programmed action is selected, creating an immediate action (from the action menu or the left buttons) will copy settings from the programmed action.
  • It is now possible to have multiple scheduling, both with the predefined menu and the programmation list.
  • Links of a programmed action can now be manually sorted.
  • Links for volumes ejection are now immediatly executed (they no more wait until all is done).
  • Fixed a problem that did not copy or delete items in a locked folder.
  • Fixed a problem that uncorrectly copied owner and permissions when this option was unchecked.
  • Fixed a problem with files in the list of items to backup in programmed actions (files could be replaced by folders in the backup).
  • Fixed a problem with "include" filters. Tri-BACKUP now scan all folders to search for items matching the filters.
  • Fixed a problem when filtering names with multiple values (separated with commas).
  • Fixed various minor issues.

New in Tri-BACKUP 5.0.1 (Apr 22, 2008)

  • Add a Clean Evolutive Data function (accessed from the Tools menu).
  • Add a Volumes Information window (accessed from the Tools menu).
  • Add an Incremental Backup to multiple destination option (Pro only).
  • Add a new condition in Links panel, to show an alert or send an email when the free space is low (< 10%) in the destination disk.
  • Now detects if a folder was renamed, and change the folder's name in destination instead of deleting the old one, and re-copy new contents (only available in Copy and Mirror backup programmed actions, and Copy immediate action, when "delete missing" option is activated).
  • Mount Volumes function in the Tri-BACKUP menu.
  • Automatically mount connected but unmounted volumes if they are used by the current action.
  • Fixed a problem in Evolutive Backup that could miss to place items deleted in a source folder in Evolutive data folders.
  • Fixed a problem that could interrupt a backup in some specific cases.
  • Fixed various minor issues.