What's new in Truck 2020.05.29
Jun 1, 2020
- Footer bar removed; actions menu promoted into toolbar.
- Connect-and-go-straight-to-(recent/favourite)-folder action added.
New in Truck 2020.05.16 (May 17, 2020)
- Enhanced layout of Behaviours in Preferences and added another preset.
- Enhanced display of ‘recent’ and ‘favourite’ folder names and paths.
New in Truck 2020.05.09 (May 11, 2020)
- Redesigned preferences:
- Removed hardcoded presumption and instead supported the fully independent setting of the ‘insert’ and ‘update’ transfer-behaviours.
- Added support for automatically opening the transfer logfile after a transfer has finished.
- Improved wording and labelling.
- Added some handy preset behaviours (‘patch’ and ‘merge’).
- Added checkbox support for:
- Resolving symlinks
- Skipping small files
- Skipping large files
- Deleting excluded items.
- Other:
- Enhanced wording of progress when transferring multiple files.
- Backups are no longer suffixed, instead they are now contained in their own datestamped folder, which should simplify identification and restoration.
New in Truck 2019.08.21 (Sep 3, 2019)
- Suppressed spurious warning encountered when more than 20 snapshots had been taken.
New in Truck 2019.03.22 (Mar 22, 2019)
- Warnings about inaccessible directories used for scavenging are now muted.
New in Truck 2019.01.27 (Jan 28, 2019)
- If you authenticate by RSA private key, now you can select it directly as a file.
- Password-protected RSA private keys are now supported.
New in Truck 2019.01.23 (Jan 28, 2019)
- Fixed ‘update rsync’ process which was accidentally broken by yesterday’s update.
- Underlying frameworks updated (Paramiko 2.3.1 to 2.4.2 and PyObjC 3.2.1 to 5.2.2). So now upload/download buttons display a file selection panel as they should (on macOS Mojave).
- Enhanced formatting of alerts when illegal options are passed to subsystems.
New in Truck 2019.01.22 (Jan 28, 2019)
- Added SSH debug logging.
- Added cancel button to login progress indicator.
- Remote system is better appraised for SFTP support during login.
- Added some safety warnings when enabling more powerful preferences.
- Removed noise suppression so e.g. underlying SSH connectivity errors bubble up to operator so failures are at least intelligible.
New in Truck 2018.12.09 (Dec 10, 2018)
- Added ability to immediately download-and-open a remote file when double-clicked
New in Truck 2018.12.03 (Dec 4, 2018)
- Added alert suppression (so a user can ignore errors of a certain type)
- Fixed Actions menu bar item (to correctly show current directory)
New in Truck 2018.10.13 (Dec 4, 2018)
- Added ‘favourites’ feature.
- Added ‘description’ field to server record – for giving servers more palatable names.
- Minor fixes and enhancements.
New in Truck 2018.10.11 (Dec 4, 2018)
- More feedback in the progress panel when connecting.
- Enhanced clarity of technical messages raised by the remote system.
New in Truck 2018.10.13 (Oct 14, 2018)
- Added ‘favourites’ feature.
- Added ‘description’ field to server record – for giving servers more palatable names.
- Minor fixes and enhancements.
New in Truck 2018.10.11 (Oct 12, 2018)
- More feedback in the progress panel when connecting
- Enhanced clarity of technical messages raised by the remote system
New in Truck 2018.10.10 (Oct 11, 2018)
- Recently Visited folders now appear in the location drop down menu, letting you quickly get back to where you were.
- The ‘back’ button now takes you back in history, rather than just brainlessly changing up to the parent directory.
New in Truck 2018.09.03 (Sep 3, 2018)
- Added support for navigating symlinks.
- Minor enhancements to user interface. Truck is detailed further here.
New in Truck 2018.08.20 (Aug 20, 2018)
- Now includes the latest rsync 3.1.3.
- Also includes more pre-compiled rsync binaries for updating various kinds of remote systems.
- Minor enhancements to user interface.
New in Truck 2018.04.10 (Apr 10, 2018)
- Fixed support for operations over a non-standard port.
- Minor enhancements to user interface.
New in Truck 2017.11.21 (Dec 6, 2017)
- Added ‘update rsync’ feature – to push-update the remote system’s version of rsync.
New in Truck 2017.11.10 (Dec 6, 2017)
- Enhanced appearance on macOS High Sierra.
New in Truck 2017.10.29 (Dec 6, 2017)
- Added ‘Open Terminal Here’ action to quickly jump into an SSH session in Terminal.app – pre-authenticated and ready in the right directory.