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SmartBackup Changelog

What's new in SmartBackup 4.4.1

Feb 27, 2024
  • Works around an issue of macOS 14 (Sonoma) where on ExFat filesystems modification date cloning would fail.

New in SmartBackup 4.4 (Oct 22, 2023)

  • Support for Sonoma
  • Bugfixes

New in SmartBackup 4.2.1 (Mar 9, 2020)

  • Fixes an issue where minor metadata clone errors were treated as major errors (affecting non HFS or APFS filesystems).
  • General localisation bugfixes
  • French localisation

New in SmartBackup 4.2 (Oct 12, 2018)

  • macOS 10.14 support
  • a new option to exclude symbolic links

New in SmartBackup 4.1.2 (Jun 5, 2017)

  • Fixes sync, archiving or cleaning errors in conjunction with locked folders
  • Fixes incorrect size display unit
  • Improved efficiency of metadata update on folders

New in SmartBackup 3.3.1 (Nov 1, 2013)

  • 10.9 Mavericks support
  • Fixes an issue with OS X sleep during a running backup under 10.8 or later
  • Fixes a cleanup error regarding "DocumentRevisions" on 10.8 or later

New in SmartBackup 3.3 (May 9, 2012)

  • iOS inspired interface changes
  • Improved handling of unavailable source items
  • Countless general improvements and bug fixes

New in SmartBackup 3.1 (Nov 1, 2010)

  • Besides the usual bugfixes and overall improvements, this version includes significant further optimisation of the sync engine. As a result, the analysing phase of a backup should for most backups be about 30% faster. There is now also a new option to turn off the tracking of file flag changes (label colors etc). Files are then only updated when the modification date has changed, which is sufficient for the majority of backups. Using this new option brings additional 20% speed improvement during the analysing phase.

New in SmartBackup 3.0.3 (Jul 6, 2010)

  • The new version includes a number of important additional bugfixes, including an issue during automatic restore.

New in SmartBackup 3.0.2 (Jun 25, 2010)

  • Fixes a bug affecting certain AFP backups
  • Fixes preserving of extended attributes on symlinks
  • Minor interface tweaks

New in SmartBackup 3.0.1 (Apr 21, 2010)

  • Includes German localisation and several minor fixes and improvements.

New in SmartBackup 3.0 (Apr 6, 2010)

  • A revamped user interface
  • Significantly improved performance
  • A new way to search and restore versions of archive files
  • A new "folder sync" style backup mode

New in SmartBackup 2.5.2 (Nov 27, 2009)

  • Includes several bugfixes and improvements for Snow Leopard and 64 Bit.

New in SmartBackup 2.5.1 (Sep 7, 2009)

  • Fixes a potential crash on application launch on a 64-Bit capable PPC Mac and an issue with copying of symbolic links under Leopard and 64 Bit.
  • The upgrade is free for all users who own a SmartBackup 2.5 license.

New in SmartBackup 2.5 (Aug 26, 2009)

  • Snow Leopard support.
  • 64 Bit.
  • Performance optimisation.
  • Updated Automator action.

New in SmartBackup 2.3.1 (Jul 27, 2009)

  • The new version includes several minor bugfixes and improvements.
  • The update if free for all users that have a license.

New in SmartBackup 2.3 (Feb 25, 2009)

  • New option to automatically purge archived files after a certain time
  • Several bugfixes and general improvements

New in SmartBackup 2.2.5 (Jul 3, 2008)

  • Bugfixes and smaller improvements

New in SmartBackup 2.2.4 (May 12, 2008)

  • The new SmartBackup 2.2 includes an updated interface and several great improvements which make it even more powerful but still easy to use.
  • Full bootable backups: SmartBackup 2.2 now supports full bootable backups of your MacOSX volume while still offering timestamped archiving of changed and deleted items.
  • Network Backup: SmartBackup 2.2 includes several improvements to make network backup faster and support a wider range of network setups and drives.
  • Cleanup and Archiving: SmartBackups cleanup and archiving has been performance optimized and improved. Files are cleaned or archived if they do no longer exist or if they are no longer part of your backup set (including smart folders no longer finding an item). If you add excludes or smartfolder excludes to an existing backup, excluded files will be taken out of the backup for you at the next sync. Disabled backup items will be ignored during cleanup and their existing backup is left untouched.
  • Improved Metadata Support: SmartBackup preserves all important metadata of your backup items, from Spotlight comments, label colors, custom icons to ownership and permissions. Optionally it makes the backup public readable to keep restore simple. SmartBackup 2.2 offers additional improvements for special filetypes.
  • SuperUser: Since preservation of ownership etc. requires superuser privileges, you can now relaunch SmartBackup as the superuser after authentication, or automatically authenticate at each launch.
  • Automator: This release of SmartBackup also includes an updated Automator Action compatible with Tiger and Leopard.
  • Updated core: The new release also includes an updated core with makes SmartBackup more resource friendly and faster.

New in SmartBackup 2.2.2 (Mar 10, 2008)

  • French localization
  • improved SMB support for Leopard
  • minor bugfixes

New in SmartBackup 2.2.1 (Feb 20, 2008)

  • Headless mode during trial
  • Application help
  • German localisation

New in SmartBackup 2.2 (Feb 11, 2008)

  • Supports full bootable backups
  • Interface improvements
  • Improved performance
  • Improved Leopard support
  • Bugfixes