backuplist+ Changelog

What's new in backuplist+ 8.8.0

Feb 6, 2019
  • Updated for OS 10.14 Mojave.
  • New feature: The source list now has checkboxes so users can uncheck items for a task.
  • New feature: Added checkboxes to the scheduling menu - Users can now turn scheduled backups on or off there.
  • New feature: Added badges to the task icons showing if the task is scheduled.
  • New feature: Added info popup on last backup when user right-clicks on a task in the task list.
  • New feature: Added check for Full Disk Access and implemented user setup window.
  • Fixed bug with incremental backups, eliminating old incremental number text box.
  • Made current backup in scheduler icon more apparent.
  • Added lock icon to title bar so users can see if permissions are enabled.
  • BackupList+ app is now notarized via Apple Developer Account.
  • Latest custom build of rsync 3.1.1 optimized for OS X.
  • Several other changes features and improvements overall.

New in backuplist+ 8.7.3 (Jan 4, 2019)

  • Version has fixes for several important issues.
  • Fixed bug causing clone backups to fail due to exclude error.
  • Fixed issue causing crash at launch on OS 10.9x Mavericks.
  • Fixed progress window sizing for OS 10.9x Mavericks and earlier.
  • Added lock icon to title bar so users can see if permissions are enabled.
  • Fixed issue with canceling scheduled backups in background.
  • You can now delete all group tasks.
  • Fixed the backups of backupList+ settings.
  • Added notifications for when volumes are mounted or unmounted.
  • Added lock icon to title bar so users can see if permissions are enabled.
  • New scheduler menu bar icon with live updating.
  • Several other changes features and improvements overall.

New in backuplist+ 8.7.2 (Dec 7, 2018)

  • Fixed bug causing backupList+ to crash on certain machines running Mac OS Mojave.
  • Fixed some issues with group tasks.
  • Several other changes features and improvements overall.

New in backuplist+ 8.7.1 (Dec 5, 2018)

  • Fixed bug preventing the restore of the Recovery partition.
  • Fixed bug that affected the size copied info in progress window.
  • Fixed some progress info discrepencies.
  • New feature: backup task groups.
  • New feature: adjusted UI for new Dark Mode
  • New feature: added user preference for running in Dark mode.
  • Several other changes features and improvements overall.

New in backuplist+ 8.7.0 (Nov 23, 2018)

  • New feature: backup task groups.
  • New feature: adjusted UI for new Dark Mode
  • New feature: added user preference for running in Dark mode.
  • Fixed updating of changed values for scheduling minutes or hours.
  • Added checks for non-mac systems to alter rsync options.
  • Added debug option for increased rsync error logging.
  • Fixed backupList+ launcher from scheduler app.
  • Fixed issues with System and Application global preferences.
  • Several other changes features and improvements overall.

New in backuplist+ 8.6.1 (Feb 11, 2018)

  • Fixes several important bugs.
  • Fixed issues with scheduled backups.
  • Fixed backupList+ launcher from scheduler app.
  • Fixed issues with running scheduled backups in background.
  • Fixed functions for gathering global System and Application preferences.
  • Several other changes features and improvements overall.

New in backuplist+ 8.5.8 (Oct 5, 2017)

  • Changes:
  • Updated for OS High Sierra 10.13
  • Fixed several bugs in High Sierra
  • Changed some cloning behaviors for the new apfs file system introduced in High Sierra.
  • Fixed bug preventing remounting of encrypted sparse images.
  • New feature: You can now set up multiple backup tasks to run with one click or on schedule.
  • New feature: You can select multiple backup tasks in the task bar to run manually and in sequence.
  • Latest custom build of rsync 3.1.1 optimized for OS X.
  • Due to the new apfs file system there are some significant changes to consider:
  • When you first install OS 10.13 High Sierra, the new apfs file system will be installed along with a firmware update to your computer. This will only happen on machines or drives with solid state drives (ssd's.) Regular hard drives will work fine with OS 10.13 but continue to be formatted as HFS+. The new apfs file system is compatibale with copying to and from older HFS+ drive systems with some considerations. The main change here with backupList+ is when performing system clones to another drive or machine.
  • Cloning an apfs volume to an external HFS+ volume: This works as always and will copy High Sierra onto the HFS+ drive and make it bootable. You can also select (in settings) to have it recreate the Recovery HD hidden partition on the destination volume. Since it will not be an apfs system on the destination, it will have none of the characteristics of apfs and behave as a normal updated OS X disk.
  • Cloning an apfs volume to an external apfs volume: This should also work as expected and make a replica on the destination drive similar to the source drive. BackupList+ will make this external drive bootable creating the two hidden volumes on the destination. Apfs file system has these two hidden volumes, the Recovery volume (same as in previous OS) and the new Preboot volume which is needed for bootability. In the next release I will add optimizations for this process as there are still some unkown factors not yet revealed by Apple.
  • Cloning an HFS+ volume to an apfs volume: This will work but there isn't much reason for doing so as you would be going back to the older system. However it may be desired to restore an HFS+ clone to the newer System if anything happens, drive failure etc. If your only backup is on an HFS+ volume, or your backup is a non bootable apfs volume I advise reinstalling onto the destination from the High Sierra installer and then at the prompt migrate all the data back from your backup volume.You can not install an older HFS System onto an APFS system without erasing the whole drive and starting from scratch.

New in backuplist+ 8.5.7 (Apr 25, 2017)

  • Has many bug fixes and improvements. This version is completely rewritten to address bugs in OS 10.12 Sierra, fixing issues with deleting incremental backups, Recovery HD, Encrypted sparsebundle images, and other issues.
  • Change list:
  • Fixed a bug causing backuplist+ to freeze during backups with root access enabled.
  • Completely rewritten with ARC Memory management and other code improvements
  • Changed the layout of settings so they are now grouped by backup type which is more intuitive and avoids option conflicts.
  • Changed the way backupList+ uses administrator privileges to run rsync.
  • There is now a separate scheduler application which runs from the Main menu bar, in background.
  • New feature: you can now choose to save deleted/changed files on the destination in dated archives on destination. See Settings..
  • New feature: you can choose to create a Recovery HD partition on the destination volume when cloning a volume. See Clone Settings...
  • New Fetaure: You can now prune archives or incremental backups when they get too large... See Settings...
  • backupList+ now uses the unique disk id (UUID) to verify the destination as the correct one. You can turn this off in Preferences.
  • Latest custom build of rsync 3.1.1 optimized for OS X.

New in backuplist+ 8.5.5 (Sep 26, 2016)

  • Completely rewritten to address bugs in OS 10.12 Sierra, fixing issues with Recovery HD, Encrypted sparsebundle images, and other issues.

New in backuplist+ 8.5.4 (Sep 12, 2016)

  • This version is completely rewritten to address bugs in OS 10.12 Sierra, fixing issues with root access, duplicate backup tasks,and other issues.

New in backuplist+ 8.5.3 (Nov 16, 2015)

  • Fixed bug preventing sparse bundles from opening.
  • Fixed bug causing empty folders to be copied with archive options.
  • Fixed bug affecting read only disk images for multiple folders.
  • Fixed bug when copying to mount point instead of already mounted sparse images.
  • Fixed certain "stuck" options when changing backup types.
  • Added protection for writing to plists with empty arrays.
  • Fixed update process to include replacing of scheduling agent.
  • Fixed log text overload in plist files.
  • Added menu option for restoring backup sets from previous launch.
  • Fixed app delegate errors in OS X 10.11.
  • Fixed errors in UUID checks of disks in OS X 10.11.
  • Several other changes features and improvements overall.

New in backuplist+ 8.5.2 (Aug 29, 2015)

  • Fixes several bugs:
  • Now compatible with OS X 10.11 El Capitan.
  • Fixed bug causing sparsebundles to become corrupted and not open after backup.
  • Fixed a bug causing crashes when entering Admin Password for root backups.
  • Several other changes features and improvements overall.

New in backuplist+ 8.5.1 (Apr 3, 2015)

  • Fixes several bugs:
  • Fixed bug preventing drag and drop in destination text field
  • Fixed bug preventing scheduled backups when backupList+ is open.
  • New features:
  • Archive option for regular backups
  • You can now copy the Recovery HD partition during System clone backups.
  • Uses UUID for more accurate volume identification.
  • Scheduler is now a separate menu bar app
  • Last backup Stats visible in main window
  • Changed the way backupList+ uses root privileges to work with OS X 10.9 and higher
  • Rewritten entirely in ARC for better memory management.
  • Fixed a bug causing crashes with the old progress window.
  • Many more changes features and improvements overall.

New in backuplist+ 8.5 (Mar 19, 2015)

  • New features:
  • Archive option for regular backups
  • You can now copy the Recovery HD partition during System clone backups.
  • Uses UUID for more accurate volume identification.
  • Scheduler is now a separate menu bar app
  • Last backup Stats visible in main window
  • Changed the way backupList+ uses root privileges to work with OS X 10.9 and higher
  • Rewritten entirely in ARC for better memory management.
  • Fixed a bug causing crashes with the old progress window.
  • Many more changes features and improvements overall.

New in backuplist+ 8.4.1 (Oct 20, 2014)

  • Version 8.4.1 fixes an error message in OS X Yosemite
  • Fixed a bug causing an error to appear at launch with OS X 10.10.
  • Includes the latest build of rsync 3.0.9.

New in backuplist+ 8.5 Beta (Aug 26, 2014)

  • Addressed bugs in OS 10.9.2 Mavericks which cause the progress window to freeze during backups.
  • Added a new layout of the settings panel which is more intuitive for the different backup types and settings

New in backuplist+ 8.4 (Oct 7, 2013)

  • Fixes several important bugs and has a new look!
  • Fixed a serious bug that could cause a crash when adding exclude items for the root directory.
  • A new look for the main window including disk info for the chosen destination drive.
  • Includes the latest build of rsync 3.0.9.

New in backuplist+ 8.3 (Jun 3, 2013)

  • The exclude list now works correctly for items on other volumes.
  • Added check for duplicates when adding System preferences.
  • Added creation of a backup file for backup sets data.
  • Added menu item for creating duplicate sets.
  • Fixed bug when checking for network volumes.
  • Added logging info for network or non local volumes.
  • Fixed sparsebundle permissions so incremental backups now work.
  • Changed progress output reader to using NSStream - much more efficient than tail.
  • Changed code to check for running rsync to bsd which is more efficient then ps.
  • Backuplist+ will now kill all rsync processes running before running a backup.
  • Changed mount point for sparsebundles.
  • Added idle sleep monitoring during backups.
  • Debug report now zips both debug files to user's desktop
  • Fixed mounting of already mounted sparsebundle images
  • Fixed System preferences function so various system preferences now get copied correctly

New in backuplist+ 8.2.2 (Mar 27, 2013)

  • Fixes a bug affecting thePreference window size

New in backuplist+ 8.2.1 (Mar 25, 2013)

  • Fixed file count totals when running in background mode with no visible progress bar.
  • fixed destination paths for allowing of backups to rsync module.
  • Fixed broken exclude list for clone backups and updated list to reflect changes to OS 10.8 Mountain Lion.
  • Added logging information about backups which didn't finish or if user had canceled.
  • Changed disk information to reflect backups from a non boot volume.
  • Fixed "Full folder Paths" (R) option for rsync backups to non HFS+ volumes.
  • Fixed "Full folder Paths" (R) option for rsync backups of volumes - preventing "ghost" backups to Volumes folder.
  • Added logging for post backup actions.
  • Added alert for incomplete incremental backups.

New in backuplist+ 8.2 (Mar 23, 2013)

  • Fixed file count totals when running in background mode with no visible progress bar.
  • fixed destination paths for allowing of backups to rsync module.
  • Fixed broken exclude list for clone backups and updated list to reflect changes to OS 10.8 Mountain Lion.
  • Added logging information about backups which didn't finish or if user had canceled.
  • Changed disk information to reflect backups from a non boot volume.
  • Fixed "Full folder Paths" (R) option for rsync backups to non HFS+ volumes.
  • Fixed "Full folder Paths" (R) option for rsync backups of volumes - preventing "ghost" backups to Volumes folder.
  • Added logging for post backup actions.
  • Added alert for incomplete incremental backups.

New in backuplist+ 8.1 (Jun 11, 2012)

  • Fixed registration entry so now it shows the user's current registration number.
  • Added user preference for generating a total file count before backup begins. This gives a more accurate view of the backup's progress and may add a few seconds, or minutes, depending on the number of files being counted.
  • Includes the latest build of rsync 3.0.9.
  • Other minor code improvements.

New in backuplist+ 8.0.9 (Mar 19, 2012)

  • Fixes several important bugs:
  • Backuplist+ 8.0.9 is an important update and adds compatibilty for OSX 10.7 LIon.
  • Rewrote exclude routine using 'writeToFile' instead of 'echo' and a decomposed string to fix accented foreign characters..
  • Changed encoding for exclude list to work better with foreign characters.

New in backuplist+ 8.0.5 Beta (Sep 26, 2011)

  • Moved timer code for scheduler to separate class, eliminating some errors and optimizing that part of the code.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause repeated notifications to be sent after backup is complete.
  • Added more informative logging, telling if there were errors or the backup did not complete.Patched rsync for the network hidden file bug.
  • And several other important details...

New in backuplist+ 8.0.4 Beta (Aug 11, 2011)

  • Fixes the expert options bug and has better support for network backups to Airdisk, NAS, SMB etc... Most importantly the replicating of hidden files on a network server ahs been fixed and certain rsync options are excluded automatically to allow faster transfer and less errors. Several other changes too.

New in backuplist+ 7.2.6 (May 23, 2011)

  • Due to an error with path quoting, in some situations System clones were being copied twice. This has been fixed.

New in backuplist+ 7.2.5 (May 16, 2011)

  • Fixed a bug with the Sync option for two folders so it now works as expected. Whole Volumes being copied are now treated as clones and only their contents are copied to the destination, rather than the volume itself. Several other code improvements.

New in backuplist+ 8.0.1 Beta (May 11, 2011)

  • Fixed backup with spaces in path names.

New in backuplist+ 7.2.3 (Oct 11, 2010)

  • An possible error with the checking sequence for System clones has been resolved.
  • The exclude list now works correctly for items at root level.

New in backuplist+ 7.2.2 (Sep 23, 2010)

  • Fixed an the exclude list option so it works now with regular backups

New in backuplist+ 7.2.1 (Jul 7, 2010)

  • Backuplist+ 7.2.1 is an important update. Left a deug key open which can halt a backup with no exclude items entered. This is fixed.

New in backuplist+ 7.2 (Jul 3, 2010)

  • An important update.
  • Fixed two bugs , one affecting the core exclude list for System clones and the other affecting the exclude paths for folders excluded from a mounted volume.
  • Also, thanks to Mike Bombich, the rysync patch for preserving hfs+ compression on Snow Leopard has been fixed and built on the latest rsync version 3.0.7.

New in backuplist+ 7.0.2 (Mar 8, 2010)

  • A bug affecting hourly backups has been fixed. This was especially important for non-US date formats.
  • A few small bugs affecting Disk images were fixed. There is better log information.
  • A bug that prevented the use of the "Full Paths" option was fixed. Plus several other code improvementsand overall optimization.

New in backuplist+ 7.0.1 (Dec 13, 2009)

  • A maintenance update to the major release of 7.0.
  • Several small bugs have been fixed including more flexibility for cloning volumes to other volumes, faster size calculation, and adjustments to the interface layout.

New in backuplist+ 7.0 (Nov 28, 2009)

  • Many things have been improved and bugs fixed, including issues with the exclude list.
  • There is now a dedicated rysnc log so you can see the rsync progress without opening terminal.
  • There is a scheduling log.

New in backuplist+ 6.2 (Feb 20, 2009)

  • An important update.
  • There is a fix for a potential loophole causing re-copying of data during a system clone.
  • There are some other important bug fixes.
  • There is also a great new feature: you can now create exclude lists for excluding files and folders from a particular backup set.
  • This replaces the old Exclude list for clones and applies to all backups of folders, including an entire hard disk.
  • NOTE: backuplist+ uses the new rsync 3 which is far superior to most file transfer applications and preserves all Mac OSX metadata perfectly.

New in backuplist+ 6.1 (Jul 19, 2008)

  • There is a fix for a potential loophole causing data loss.
  • There are some other important bug fixes especially for use of expert options.

New in backuplist+ 6.0 (Jun 14, 2008)

  • It copies files with complete fidelity on Mac OSX 10.3X (see below also for Panther version) through 10.5X preserving all critical file metadata including creation dates.
  • The rsync copy engine uses incremental recursion for very fast copying and updating of backups.
  • It can create incremental "snapshot" backups as well as synchronizing folders perfectly and also can clone your whole startup disk to another disk or partition so you have an exact bootable copy.
  • There are many advanced options for those wishing to write their own rsync options or network protocols.
  • The destination text field is now drag-and-drop and can also be edited. The names of backup sets can be edited.
  • The entire code structure has been optimized for greater stability.

New in backuplist+ 5.2 (Jan 4, 2008)

  • Fixes a serious bug that sometimes caused scheduled backups to use incorrect settings.