Immortal Files Changelog

What's new in Immortal Files 2.1.100710

Jan 4, 2016
  • Add: File names encryption
  • Add: Support during backup storage setup
  • Add: Dynamic folder change list calculation
  • Fix: Size calculation
  • Fix: Webdav drill down
  • Fix: Google cloud nearline now more stable
  • Fix: Owncloud server should work with Immortal Files
  • Fix: Improve backup speed
  • Fix: Fix crashes when Immortal Files run long time

New in Immortal Files 2.0.99258 (Oct 1, 2015)

  • Add: Implement Dropbox
  • Add: Implement Google Cloud
  • Fix: Implement cache for openstack swift
  • Fix: Handle SF_NOUNLINK file flag OS X El Capitan
  • Fix: Support case sensitive filesystems
  • Fix: Support unicode composed filesystems
  • Fix: Verify may failed if folder was manually excluded

New in Immortal Files 1.9.97552 (Aug 18, 2015)

  • Add: Support OS X El Capitan
  • Fix: Backup of external disks may be moved to history
  • Fix: Fix crashes during backup storage creation
  • Fix: Fix destination filesystem checks

New in Immortal Files 1.9.97442 (Jul 28, 2015)

  • Add: Due to the nature of ftp protocol verification is now mandatory
  • Add: Verification of db critical data is now mandatory
  • Add: Transaction will be repeat automatically in case of error
  • Fix: Crashes on some computers pressing Backup button
  • Fix: Create backup storage expand folder tree automatically

New in Immortal Files 1.9.96761 (Jun 29, 2015)

  • Add: Implemement ssh sftp private key authentication
  • Fix: Crashes during big backup if Internet connection dissapear
  • Fix: Create new backup storage may not work on some dav servers

New in Immortal Files 1.9.96681 (Jun 22, 2015)

  • Fix: Some webdav servers was incompatible with ImF
  • Fix: On some OS X configurations cannot respect ownership during bootable backup
  • Fix: During big file upload - backup may hang
  • Add license

New in Immortal Files 1.8.96745 (Feb 9, 2015)

  • Add network download/upload limits
  • Add cpu priority setting
  • Add disk io priority settings
  • Fix crashes

New in Immortal Files 1.7.96508 (Feb 2, 2015)

  • Fix webdav: OPTIONS command have to have length header. Receive OPTIONS body.
  • Fix webdav: If webdav root folder does not exist, this is not hard error. Try to go deep.
  • Fix webdav: Unauthorized is not network error. This is hard error for realm auth.
  • Fix ftp: Ftp error 500 is now network error.
  • Fix namespace: Some servers cannot handle files or folder with dots at the end. Add dots escape mode.
  • Implement optimal number for reconnect estimation
  • Fix hang then network connection dissapear
  • Implement Show favorites finder options. Uncheck it if have delays because mounted folders in favorites, whitch lead to delays
  • Fix remaining time: if backup is longer when 1 day it will show the amount of days to backup

New in Immortal Files 1.6.96270 (Jan 26, 2015)

  • Backoff on Google Drive Error 503
  • SSL handshake is reconnect error now
  • Fix Google Drive namespace. It now support files with any names.
  • Fix Openstack reconnect

New in Immortal Files 1.5.96264 (Jan 19, 2015)

  • Ask user to access to google drive in case previously remembered refresh token is wrong
  • Fix google drive reconnect
  • IF now compatible with owncloud webdav server
  • Fix ftp and google drive cache state when operation was successful, but response did not received

New in Immortal Files 1.4.96056 (Jan 9, 2015)

  • Implement Google Drive
  • Fix backup files with long names to openstack
  • Implement exponential backoff delay during reconnect
  • Fix crashes

New in Immortal Files 1.3.94990 (Dec 12, 2014)

  • Implement remote server browse dialog for openstack
  • Fix ftp servers whitch does not support ABOR command
  • Add rackspace and dreamobjects support
  • Fix working with HP cloud
  • Fix crashes

New in Immortal Files 1.2.94761 (Dec 5, 2014)

  • Implement remote server browse dialog for ftp, webdav and sftp
  • Implement caret control escape mode. Files with newline and return caret symbol transfer correctly now
  • Fix sftp backup storage setup
  • Fix crashes

New in Immortal Files 1.1.94292 (Nov 21, 2014)

  • Integrate help
  • Fix ftp reconnect
  • Fix crashes

New in Immortal Files 1.0.94281 (Nov 14, 2014)

  • Handle the case when source file/folder disappear or change type
  • Handle the the case when user manually delete file or folder from backup storage
  • Separate continue after error for backup, delete and verification
  • Fix random hangs during backup restore
  • Fix tray icon in dark mode in OS X Yosemite
  • Fix layout in OS X Yosemite

New in Immortal Files 0.9.92551 (Oct 18, 2014)

  • Add OS X 10.10 Yosemite support
  • Implement backup verification
  • Implement auto ownership respect for external drives
  • Add backup inspector - view backup results in the past
  • Add auto verify after backup
  • Fix sha256 checksum on encrypted storages
  • Fix openstack error processing

New in Immortal Files 0.9.81548 (Sep 26, 2014)

  • Implement backup state icons
  • Fix cache in ftp filesystem
  • Fix error processing during backup setup
  • Fix helper tool installation
  • Improve backup speed

New in Immortal Files 0.9.70646 (Sep 13, 2014)

  • Implement bootable backup - to create bootable backup select USB storage and format drive as HFS+ disk
  • If file or folder deleted by user from backup storage Immortal Files correctly reupload them
  • Implement backup verification based on sha256 checksum
  • Move all meta information stored in .computer folder for new backup

New in Immortal Files 0.9.59942 (Aug 1, 2014)

  • Immortal files include/exclude rule window now reflect changes done in Finder
  • Fix hangs on exist
  • Fix remote file system testing
  • Immortal file now work correctly with different users on same computer

New in Immortal Files 0.9.49681 (Jul 11, 2014)

  • Implement openstack swift
  • Backup name should not be empty
  • If app was launched and user try to launch it again - main menu did not work
  • Backup storage password may sometimes disappear when user click next button
  • fix crashes on ssh protocol

New in Immortal Files 0.9.38412 (Jun 20, 2014)

  • Implement smb/afp reconnect
  • Restore from another computer password not remember
  • Webdav did not work on escape detection
  • Add backup fullscan to menu - also fulscan may be performed from toolbar holding option button and press backup

New in Immortal Files 0.9.28286 (Jun 13, 2014)

  • Fix spelling and grammar
  • Fix problem if user's download folder is an alias
  • History mode in async mode now
  • If we are using open item/restore item button and helper tool not installed - ask a message
  • Install helper tool button blue now
  • Remove test data after backup storage check or filesystem check
  • Some ssh (ftps) server does not support append mode
  • Force user to create normal backup name - no spaces - no national character - only ascii
  • Add user/desktop folder if not present

New in Immortal Files 0.9.17829 (May 30, 2014)

  • Run backup automatically was broken when unchecked
  • Add whitespace edge escape mode
  • Fix crash/hang on exit
  • Fix crashes on view history
  • Fix ssh reconnect
  • If run backup automatically was unchecked do not backup on start automatically
  • Fix ftp servers which does not support ABOR command
  • Fix ftp servers which does not support border whitespace

New in Immortal Files 0.9.17566 (May 23, 2014)

  • Fix hang when immortal files run on the same computer under another user
  • Fix backup storage intersection (if backup storage is inside backup folder)
  • If item changed type (was a folder, being a file, or link; was a file, or link being a folder) backup stuck on hard error
  • Fix backup of backup of backup
  • Disable osx internal spell checker for log (this led to cpu load on big backup)
  • Fix continue on newly created backup storage
  • Double click on item (not on the check box) add files and folder to backup (before it opened the file or folder)
  • If file folder or link was present on dst for any reason (for example OSX create .DS_Store file) move this objects to _files folder
  • Fix log shown after restart (in hide mode)
  • Fix crashes/hangs on exit
  • For samba protocol (Windows network) Immortal Files try to resolve computer name through netbios when through apple routines
  • Add stop button during backup storage setup.

New in Immortal Files 0.8.16998 (May 16, 2014)

  • Add Parallel thread numbers settings
  • One transaction will be executed in parallel if possible
  • Limit one transaction per 50mb transfer or 300 files or folders or links whatever come first
  • Skip files/folders already uploaded for current generation
  • Add sftp reconnect
  • Add ftp reconnect
  • Add test mode for links for all protocol ( some protocols claim to support link, but in reality they are not )
  • Add backup mode with no move folders mode ( some protocols claim ability to move folder, from one location to another, but in reality they are not )
  • Connection refused is considered as network reconnect error ( reconnect attempt will occur )
  • Fix crash on escape button
  • Fix scroll log view
  • Fix IIS web-dav - failed on some files
  • Fix web-dav rollback failed on some files due to broken web-dav implementation

New in Immortal Files 0.7.16611 (May 10, 2014)

  • Add popular backup source (iPhoto, Calendar, Skype Chat, Emails)
  • Add popular storage (box)
  • Fix ftp protocol (some servers claim support ftp REST, but in really not)
  • Fix setup backup storage layout (can see error processing)
  • Implement terminal escape mode (escape characters used in terminal commands)
  • Add twitter promo

New in Immortal Files 0.6.16382 (May 5, 2014)

  • Fix initial backup storage setup
  • Fix USB/Firewire backup storage on 10.7
  • Fix crash on restore computer with same name as current.

New in Immortal Files 0.5.16337 (May 2, 2014)

  • Fix afp protocol
  • Fix osx problem when file monitor does not provide change list nor error code
  • Add backup storage easy setup

New in Immortal Files 0.4.15691 (May 1, 2014)

  • Add ftp protocol.
  • Add web-dav protocol. (via http or https)
  • Sign application with Apple Developer Id
  • Fix backup of backup storage
  • Fix include/exclude checkbox
  • Fix freezes on slow connection
  • Fix delete old backups
  • Show rollback progress during estimate and backup
  • Reduce memory consumption during big restore
  • Add encryption - aes ctr mode with complete random iv

New in Immortal Files 0.2.10000 (Dec 17, 2013)

  • Fix backup files with long names, especially to Windows servers
  • Implement dialog to auto exclude trashes, logs, system files, system cache.
  • Improve long exclude list performance
  • Fix auto update
  • Implement log during backup storage connect