What's new in Sync Checker 3.93 Build 231107
Nov 7, 2023
- Legacy components have been removed and the packaging has been modernized. macOS 11 has now become the minimum operating system version.
- The application will now detect offline cloud objects, implemented with the new APFS features for “dataless” files. These objects might not be stored on the local computer or could change during a synchronization check. For this reason, Sync Checker will now ignore them and avoid to trigger a cloud download.
New in Sync Checker 3.92 Build 230221 (Feb 22, 2023)
- Added new workarounds for the continuing quality problems of macOS 13.
New in Sync Checker 3.91 Build 221221 (Dec 21, 2022)
- Added protection against operating system defects of macOS 13.1. The application also provides additional user guidance for situations where such defects cause issues.
- Added protection against cases where the application is configured for automatic software update checks, but is operated with a network firewall that doesn’t allow the necessary Internet connections. In specific cases, this could result in intermittent program termination instead of an error message.
New in Sync Checker 3.9 Build 221021 (Oct 25, 2022)
- Adds full support for macOS 13 Ventura.
- Fixes a compatibility issue with recent versions of macOS. The feature to remove old versions of the privileged auxiliary tool will now show the correct status information instead of “unknown” on the affected systems.
New in Sync Checker 3.8 Build 211020 (Oct 26, 2021)
- Adds full support for macOS 12 Monterey.
- Support for macOS 10.12 Sierra and macOS 10.13 High Sierra has been removed.
- The application will now automatically ignore time deviations due to different time accuracies of different file systems if the option to ignore Time Machine attributes is enabled. It is no longer necessary to disable comparisons with nanosecond resolution manually in this case.
New in Sync Checker 3.7.1 Build 210722 (Jul 22, 2021)
- This version fixes a problem where the stop button may not have worked when trying to cancel a privileged operation that had already been running for a considerable amount of time.
New in Sync Checker 3.7 Build 210621 (Jun 22, 2021)
- This version adds preliminary support for future versions of macOS.
New in Sync Checker 3.6 Build 201021 (Nov 15, 2020)
- The built-in ignore list for unique macOS installation files has been updated.
- The preferred mismatch limit is now evaluated after processing a possible ignore list set by the user, not before, which could have caused confusion.
- Fixed a problem specific to macOS Catalina where checking file system hierarchies that included the /System/Volumes folder could cause duplicate processing.
- Fixed a problem where the stop button may not have worked as expected when creating offline scans.
- Parts of the user interface for product activation and registration management have been redesigned.
New in Sync Checker 3.5 Build 200909 (Sep 9, 2020)
- The built-in ignore list for unique macOS installation files has been updated.
- The preferred mismatch limit is now evaluated after processing a possible ignore list set by the user, not before, which could have caused confusion.
- Fixed a problem specific to macOS Catalina where checking file system hierarchies that included the /System/Volumes folder could cause duplicate processing.
- Fixed a problem where the stop button may not have worked as expected when creating offline scans.
- Parts of the user interface for product activation and registration management have been redesigned.
New in Sync Checker 2.6 Build 170918 (Dec 18, 2017)
- Because Apple does not fix several critical defects and design flaws in the macOS user interface for the authorization of privileged operations, Sync Checker switches to a redesigned security architecture. As in classic versions of Mac OS X, it is now necessary to launch the application in the login session of an administrative user account (which is the default setup for Macs) if you intend to process files for which you don’t have read permission. Fast User Switching can be used to do this while using other user accounts.
- macOS 10.12 Sierra is the minimum operating system version required for this release.
- The user interface to show details of POSIX and ACL permission mismatches was modified to fully support modern operating systems.
- Added new feature to allow administrative users to authorize privileged operations via Touch ID.
- Added new technology to avoid a defect of macOS where the application lost keyboard focus when a password needed to be entered for a privileged operation if multi-tier privilege separation was in use.
- Added new technology to avoid a defect of macOS where the user interface is no longer localized correctly when a password needs to be entered for a privileged operation if multi-tier privilege separation is used.
- Added new technology to avoid a design flaw of macOS where no appropriate application icon can be shown when a password needs to be entered for a privileged operation if multi-tier privilege separation is used.
- Added new technology to avoid a defect of macOS where the layout of authentication panels was incorrect, leading to clipped messages in user dialogs to authorize privileged operations.
- Added new technology to avoid a defect of macOS where the operating system asks for permission to add a helper application when it actually removes a helper application.
- Features to customize the authorization policy for privileged operations via the security database of the operating system had to be removed.
- Additional changes (also published separately as Release 2.51 for OS X Yosemite and El Capitan):
- Added new feature to indicate the currently selected mismatch filter in the head section of a sync-check text report.
- The paragraph to present the selected mismatch search options in the head section of a sync-check text report was corrected and redesigned to avoid possible misunderstandings and inaccuracies.
- Fixed a problem where a mismatch in compression settings at file system level was not indicated correctly in the report window.
New in Sync Checker 2.5 Build 170918 (Oct 9, 2017)
- This versions adds full support for macOS 10.13 High Sierra.
- Added an assistance mode for product registration.
New in Sync Checker 2.4 Build 170712 (Oct 9, 2017)
- The physical size of folders is no longer compared. This avoids misleading results when checking folder hierarchies on different file systems that handle the storage implementation of folders differently.
- Several small optimizations in the user interface.
New in Sync Checker 2.3 Build 161025 (Jun 25, 2017)
- Added new feature to perform a quick test as faster, but less accurate alternative to a complete sync check.
- The terminology of the user interface and documentation was updated to adapt to macOS Sierra.
New in Sync Checker 2.2 Build 160519 (Oct 18, 2016)
- Added new feature to display differences in the “super user no deletion” attribute for file system objects which is used in the latest versions of OS X.
- Added preference setting to enable automatic notification for software updates of the application.
- Added new registration features for licensing with immediate gratification and volume licensing.
- For the German user interface of the permissions sheet, details in the wording have been modified to match the changed translations used by Apple in the latest versions of OS X.
- Web communication during software update checks is now fully compliant with Apple’s new App Transport Security guidelines.
- Corrected a problem where it could become difficult to press the Info buttons in the sync check report window when the window was made very narrow.
New in Sync Checker 2.11 Build 150928 (Nov 11, 2015)
- The reference manual was updated regarding new features of OS X El Capitan.
- Corrected a problem where detail error messages could contain English parts although the user had selected German as preferred language.
New in Sync Checker 2.1 Build 150415 (Apr 15, 2015)
- Added support for checks on specific third-party file servers which don’t implement Extended Attributes correctly.
- Added workaround for a defect in OS X which could cause permission settings for empty user groups to be displayed by a numeric ID instead of by the correct group name.
New in Sync Checker 2.0 Build 150309 (Mar 9, 2015)
- Sync Checker has been revised completely and is now optimized for the latest versions of OS X. Operating systems prior to OS X 10.10 and 32-bit processors are no longer supported.
- The application now makes full use of multi-core processors which can result in significant speed up.
- New file attributes of OS X Yosemite can now be processed and be shown in the check results.
- Added new option to ignore mismatches of POSIX permission settings.
- The ignore options for file synchronization checks are now saved in report files and are noted in textual reports.
- Many small changes and optimizations in the user interface.
New in Sync Checker 1.4 Build 141218 (Dec 19, 2014)
- Due to changes in European legislation on value added tax, the application had to be re-released with modified pricing information. Support for 32-bit processors was removed. Current customers don’t need to update, customers using the application with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard on a 32-bit computer must not use this update.
New in Sync Checker 1.4 Build 131105 (Nov 9, 2013)
- Added full support for OS X Mavericks.
- Enhanced accessibility by adding menu items to select the folders to compare.
New in Sync Checker 1.3 Build 130717 (Jul 18, 2013)
- The application now shows a warning and offers to automatically resolve this problem, when it detects that a user is about to compare permission settings of volumes for which the option to ignore ownership settings is enabled.
- The program has been prepared for future operating systems.
- The reference manual has been revised completely and uses a new design.
New in Sync Checker 1.2 Build 120703 (Jul 25, 2012)
- Added full support for present and future versions of OS X. This includes the features Resume, Versions, saveless working, high-resolution displays, and automatic quit operations.
- Added support for one-click registration.
- Important: Due to changes imposed by Apple's “Gatekeeper” feature, the security component of the application works slightly different. If you are using two or more of our following system utilities, you should update them all in parallel in order to avoid mutual conflicts: NFS Manager, Sync Checker, TinkerTool System Release 2. For detailed information, please see the chapter Release Notes in the reference manual.