Syncovery (64-bit)

What's new in this version:

Syncovery 8.62 (64-bit)
- Implements a new job splitting algorithm for Amazon S3 so that jobs upwards of 10 million files can now be processed without excessive memory usage


Syncovery 8.61 (64-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


Syncovery 8.60 (64-bit)
- Duplicate folders with different case spelling can now automatically be merged and resolved when a job runs in Exact Mirror mode (without user confirmation)
- Fixes an error “file has become smaller during copying” when using block level copying with file system monitoring and the file has become smaller during the monitoring period


Syncovery 8.59 (64-bit)
- Fixes Synthetic Backup Checkpoints being excessively large


Syncovery 8.58 (64-bit)
- Various bug fixes and improvements related to Versioning and moving to an “older” folder
- Avoids unnecessary lines about free space in the Daily Summary


Syncovery 8.57 (64-bit)
- Adds a checkmark “Keep one version of deleted files” to the Versioning tab sheet. The default (ticked) corresponds to the behavior in previous versions so far. Turning this off will make sure that no orphaned versions remain in the Older folders. To clean up existing versioned mirrors, you can choose the setting “Clean up all older versions” under Versioning->More (scroll down within this tab sheet)
- A few very minor improvements


Syncovery 8.56 (64-bit)
- Profiles that use Backblaze B2 can now be run in parts more efficiently to save memory and to allow an unlimited number of files in the bucket. The number of entries after which a job is split is specified on the Program Settings dialog, tab sheet Advanced. It’s the same setting that is used for all profiles, but it is now implemented more efficiently for Backblaze B2
- Various bug fixes and improvements


Syncovery 8.55 (64-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


Syncovery 8.52 (64-bit)
- Email protocol connector completely rewritten and now usable for multiple different purposes, including exchanging files with other email addresses (customers), or downloading raw emails. Multiple attachments per received mail are now supported. Subject and body can be configured for sent mails
- A global PascalScript for all profiles can be specified on the Program Settings dialog, tab sheet Advanced


Syncovery 8.51 (64-bit)
- Adds a watchdog mechanism to detect hanging jobs. The option is on the “Event Log” tab sheet on the Program Settings dialog


Syncovery 8.50 (64-bit)
- Will no longer do lengthy history processing for Google Drive and SharePoint/OneDrive – if the folder on the cloud is empty or doesn’t contain subfolders yet
- The initial history processing can be skipped and the changes based listing can still be used to speed up future profile runs
- History processing can now be skipped for background jobs too
- Adds an option to the Gears toolbar button menu to show only recently used profiles (such as within 1 day or week etc.)
- These options, including “Show Scheduled Profiles Only”, will now be remembered when Syncovery is closed and reopened
- Additional improvements and bug fixes


Syncovery 8.43 (64-bit)
- Notifies the user that Amazon drive is no longer supported.
- A few bug fixes


Syncovery 8.42 (64-bit)
- It should now be possible to upload all folder and file names allowed on Windows to SharePoint Online. Syncovery now allows folder names ending in “_files”, and automatically replaces leading and trailing spaces, as well as trailing periods
- Fixes a few minor issues


Syncovery 8.41 (64-bit)
- Adds additional thread safety measures to prevent duplicate folders from being created on Google Drive
- Avoids notification emails about a problem accessing Syncovery.ini which could occur when a great number of profiles is scheduled
- Fixes notification digests not being sent when SyncoveryCL is used for background jobs
- Avoids delays caused by inefficient processing of rename events in realtime especially when Filename Encoding or Encryption is used
- You can now add KeepCloudHistoryFiles=1 to the [Main] section of the INI file to avoid any zipping and unzipping of JSON files
- Additional minor improvements


Syncovery 8.40 (64-bit)
- Adds multi-user capability with different user names, passwords, and permissions. This is especially useful for the browser based GUI, but also for the normal Windows GUI. Choose it on the Program Settings dialog, tab sheet Misc. Assign individual profile rights in each profile via the small “Users” link at the bottom. The user management dialogs are only available in the Windows GUI, not the browser based GUI yet
- Fixes incorrect temporary filenames being used for the auto-resume feature, which may have had an impact on the resuming ability in some cases.
- Improvements to the XWorks API
- Various additional improvements and bug fixes


Syncovery 8.39 (64-bit)
- Adds the capability to update real-time monitoring threads when profiles are modified, renamed or deleted. So in most cases, the scheduler doesn’t have to be restarted any more
- Fixes occasional missing profile status for real-time profiles


Syncovery 8.38 (64-bit)
- Adds a new “Remember Results” mode for Binary Comparison. Files that have ben successfully verified will not be verified again until you delete the profile’s database. Successful verification after copying a file will also save the file’s comparison status as successful
- Implements “Adjust Case Spelling At Destination” for Filename Encryption
- Fixes bugs related to Filename Encryption
- Fixes bugs related to folder timestamps on Google Drive


Syncovery 8.37 (64-bit)
- Jobs can now be paused in the middle of file transfers, and during the folder scanning phase. You can even remove a USB storage medium while paused and reattach it when you want to continue
- Handles the increasingly frequent “Service Unavailable” error from SharePoint servers better and fixes authentication loss in such cases
- Improves stability of large Backblaze B2 listings


Syncovery 8.35 (64-bit)
- Includes an updated Remote Service that uses the Backup Privilege to be able to scan folders regardless of permissions
- Will log details on whether the Backup Privilege is being used by Syncovery and by the Remote Service


Syncovery 8.34 (64-bit)
- Fixes transfers to and from Microsoft Azure using more memory the longer the job runs
- Can now check for free space on Amazon Cloud Drive and will mention the free space in the log file
- Makes PascalScript hooks for manipulating file names compatible with unzipping when copying from right to left


Syncovery 8.33 (64-bit)
- Adds the ability two have two or more redundant Syncovery installations on different machines or VMs. Using a common folder for status files, the installations monitor each other’s status and only one will execute the jobs. When it stops for some reason, another scheduler will take over. The new redundant installation settings are on the Program Settings dialog, tab sheet “Advanced”. The configuration must be identical for all installations which are part of the redundancy pool.
- Enhances the FTP browse for folder dialog with an edit field and a history.
- Enhances the browsing dialogs used when booting a USB recovery Windows, where the standard Windows dialogs are not available.
- Reinstates the /O command line parameter, which had been missing in 8.32.


Syncovery 8.32 (64-bit)
- Adds the option to use the Windows 10 File History filename encoding format (under Versioning->More)
- Adds the option to use SecureBlackBox SSL/TLS rather than OpenSSL on the Cloud tab sheet of the Program Settings dialog. On Windows, this affects https based cloud services only. On other platforms, it also affects FTP
- Fixes an AV when uploading larger files to Amazon S3 with the storage class “Intelligent Tiering” selected


Syncovery 8.30 (64-bit)
- Adds a “copying order” option on the Special tab sheet with the choices
- Standard (Alphanumerically), Smallest First, Largest First, Oldest First, Newest First
- Adds a checkmark “Never Delete Folders (only Files)”
- Fixes possible hangs uploading to Google Drive
- Fixes SyncoveryCL not working on Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP


Syncovery 8.27 (64-bit)
- Adds the OnCloudConnect PascalScript hook and the ConnProcessWebForm function, allowing you to process a form based login on a web site before downloading files
- Fixes real-time sync copying files in subfolders even if the subfolder selection is set to “None”
- Fixes a “Parent missing” error when changes occur in the topmost folder of a real-time profile that uses filename encryption


Syncovery 8.26 (64-bit)
- Adds the option to enlarge the GUI (click the Gears icon)
- You can now specify an individual TEMP path for each profile, using a PascalScript function that sets the ProfileTempDir variable
- Background job optimization for jobs that run in the main scheduler thread (if parallel execution is disabled)


Syncovery 8.25 (64-bit)
- Adds the Deep Archive storage class to Amazon S3
- Upload bandwidth limits for Amazon S3, Google Drive, and other clouds can now be much smaller and still work correctly (such as 0.05 MB/sec)
- Fixes a problem that could cause repeated execution of a profile in real-time mode if one side of the sync is a drive or UNC path that does not support file system events (such as a WebDAV path)
- Fixes WebDAV and HTTP compatibility with some servers


Syncovery 8.23 (64-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


Syncovery 8.22 (64-bit)
- Adds XWorks, directBOX, KomfortCloud, and topfarmplan cloud storages
- Improves error handling when listing Backblaze B2 buckets, and fixes possible “Duplicate item detected” messages in the log file


Syncovery 8.21 (64-bit)
- A major operational improvement and bug-fix release for two-way SmartTracking and Real-Time synchronization (in “Process Complete Folder” mode)
- Bug fixes include deleted folders reappearing, unjustified “Waiting for availability” status, problems renaming files and folders in real-time mode (especially if one side is some cloud storage or Internet Protocol), unnecessary repeated profile runs in real-time mode, and more


Syncovery 8.20 (64-bit)
- The Web GUI now supports SSL/TLS
- Fixes a possible OpenSSL related error or hang


Syncovery 8.19 (64-bit)
- Downloading and processing the history for some cloud services can now be skipped


Syncovery 8.18 (64-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


Syncovery 8.17 (64-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


Syncovery 8.16 (64-bit)
- Adds the option to use the Glacier storage class via Amazon S3
- Adds support for restoring files from Glacier via Amazon S3, including expedited restore (in attended mode)
- Fixes a possible upload error message to Microsoft Graph which caused files of certain sizes to be uploaded twice (the second time with success). This could happen only to the first file in an upload thread and only if it was between 4 MB and 64MB in size


Syncovery 8.15 (64-bit)
- Fixes bugs with the new changes based listing for SharePoint Online, Graph, and OneDrive. Most importantly, a listing problem was fixed when multiple files have the same root folder ID


Syncovery 8.12g (64-bit)
- Improvements for SharePoint Online and OneDrive
- The setting “If the Destination Machine Modifies Received Files, Changing Their Sizes Upon Reception, Then Copy Such Updated Files Back” now works with SharePoint Online. For example, SharePoint may add metadata to uploaded Office documents.


Syncovery 8.12f (64-bit)
- Fixes an issue where browsing Azure containers would not work unless a container was already specified
- Fixes a bug that could cause Syncovery not to be able to open its GUI on some rare systems


Syncovery 8.12d (64-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


Syncovery 8.12c (64-bit)
- Improved upload speed and reliability with Google Drive
- Fixes a situation where Zip Packages were only created in the TEMP folder and not been copied to the destination (depending on the settings)


Syncovery 8.11b (64-bit)
- Improvements with browser based progress reporting for background jobs
- Minor bug fixes


Syncovery 8.11a (32-bit)
- Fixes some issues with the new feature “Show detailed progress or results in browser”
- Now shows a clickable “Click here to authorize Syncovery with the cloud service” link in the GUI, for background jobs that need authorization, rather than the old “Visit Auth URL:”


Syncovery 8.11 (64-bit)
- Adds an optional browser based GUI. Enable it from the Cloud tab sheet of the Program Settings dialog
- Fixes a problem where the progress and/or run times were not updated in the GUI if your machine is in a timezone to the west of UTC


Syncovery 8.06 (64-bit)
- Adds support for PCloud
- Improved MTP copying speed
- Raw image files uploaded to Amazon drive are now recognized and counted as photos


Syncovery 8.05 (64-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


Syncovery 8.04 (64-bit)
- Improves handling of incorrect passwords when comparing or restoring Sz compressed files
- Additional fields in XML file list export
- Now compatible with stdout redirection of SyncoveryCL command line tool


Syncovery 8.03 (64-bit)
- Adds XML export of the file list (see Database tab sheet)
- WebDAV can now handle HTTP redirects


Syncovery 8.02 (64-bit)
- The importer can now import profile settings from log files
- Adds PascalScript hook OnGetCustomHeaders to set custom headers for Amazon S3 uploads
- Source file deletion at the end of a file move operation is now retried for a number of minutes if you specify “Wait for Access” on the File Access tab sheet


Syncovery 8.01 (64-bit)

- The option “Detect Renamed Files” in conjunction with Block Level Copying and File System Monitoring can now detect files with have been both renamed and modified
- Fixes a problem where the Execute before/after command lines could not deal with paths to the EXE file or script that had spaces
- Features new toolbar icons, which had a brief appearance during beta phase but weren’t included in v8.00

To avoid the DEL character for Filename Encoding, you can add the following line to the Main section of the INI file:
- AvoidDELForFilenameEncryption=1


Syncovery 8.00 (64-bit)

New features:
- The subfolder selection dialog has a new checkmark “Automatically Add Future New Folders and Files to Selection”.
- OneDrive and SharePoint folder listings are now done via fast “changes” based technology, rather than scanning the complete folder hierarchy every time.
- Adds Block Level Copying based on our new File System Monitor Service (for Windows only, see separate section below).
- Adds PascalScript as an integrated scripting language which allows you to customize and add profile behavior in many ways.
- Adds direct compression and AES encryption to cloud storage with the new .sz file format. No temporary files, no disk space needed. The .sz format is an optional alternative to the existing .zip format. The .sz format features optional ultrafast compression, or extra strong compression, and huge AES encryption speeds.
- No longer needs temporary files when doing a binary comparison or verification of a file via Internet protocol, including .sz compressed files.
- AES encryption speed with zip files also much improved.
- Uploads to Google Drive can now preserve folder timestamps (Comparison->More->Folder Timestamps).
- New icon
- Supports Amazon S3 Inventories
- Updated libraries (such as SFTP with more algorithms)

The new File System Monitoring Service (Windows only):
- The new File System Monitoring Service can record a list of changed blocks in order to improve block level updating of mirrored files
- Choose this new feature on the Special tab sheet
- Block level copying is now fast, without the need for tedious MD5 checksum calculations. When Syncovery starts the job, it will already know which blocks need to be copied
- The new setting “Detect Changes Via File System Monitoring Even If Timestamps Unchanged” can now be used instead of “Always copy, even if timestamp unchanged”
- The Remote Service Control Panel is now the Auxiliary Services Control Panel, where you can configure the File System Monitoring service too. In most cases, you do not have to make any settings there
- See also the new “Mode 0” on our documentation on block level copying


Syncovery 7.98p (64-bit)
- Fixes getting the file listing via rsync protocol
- Fixes creating subfolders via Mega protocol


Syncovery 7.98o (64-bit)
- Contains updated OpenSSL libraries and trusted certificate list
- Fixes some minor issues


Syncovery 7.98h (64-bit)
- fixes the Move Files Mode Configuration dialog which sometimes showed the wrong radio button chosen
- Move Files Mode will now double-check if the source file still exists before deleting a destination file with the same name
- bug fix for AWS KMS Server Side Encryption


Syncovery 7.98g (64-bit)
- Fixes a possible endless loop processing json files with cloud services such as Amazon Drive and DropBox


Syncovery 7.98d (64-bit)
- includes an updated Syncovery VSS Service to fix a potential compatibility issue with Windows 10 April 2018 and custom fonts
- additional minor fixes


Syncovery 7.98c (64-bit)
- when attaching log files to notification emails, Syncovery will now zip them if over 2MB large, and totally avoid the attachment if even the zipped log is over 6MB
- fixes last modification timestamps with uploaded files to Backblaze B2, which despite our best intentions were not compatible with other apps


Syncovery 7.98b (64-bit)
- contains another Remote Service update that fixes delays when the global log file syncoveryremserv.log was deleted


Syncovery 7.98 (64-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


Syncovery 7.97g (64-bit)
- fixes a bug where Syncovery may leave temporary files behind on DropBox. These files were older versions of replaced files, and had a GUID plus _syncovery filename extension. They were not in the same folder as the actual uploaded file


Syncovery 7.97c (64-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


Syncovery 7.97a (64-bit)
- automatically skips OneNote files which cannot be downloaded from OneDrive / Sharepoint
- fixes a SmartTracking case where a newer file would not be copied if an older version of the same file was previously deleted from the destination


Syncovery 7.96 (64-bit)
- Introduces multithreaded folder scanning for cloud services such as Box and OneDrive, which do not support scanning the full hierarchy recursively
- Various cloud processing efficiency improvements and fixes
- Stability fixes for OneDrive for Business and possible other OneDrive or Sharepoint drives


Syncovery 7.95g (64-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


Syncovery 7.94 (64-bit)
- suppresses a Windows prompt that sometimes appeared when Syncovery was looking for a volume label and tried to access drives with no media (such as an SD card slot)
- fixes an error message in a few previous versions that occurred when real-time jobs used volume labels to identify the drive (SERVICE ERROR: A base path in the profile is invalid)


Syncovery 7.93h (64-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


Syncovery 7.93g (64-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


Syncovery 7.93e (64-bit)
- fixes an incompatibility between Amazon S3 with Folder Name Encryption and Cache Destination File List
- Zip Packages now take the option “Limit Zip File Size” into account again even if Filename Encryption is used


Syncovery 7.93b (64-bit)
- fixes a problem where zipping, encryption, or Filename Encryption could cause two versions of a file being kept in the backup even if Versioning settings are off
- small fix with case sensitivity mode when Filename Encryption is used to allow case duplicates on storages that are case insensitive


Syncovery 7.93a (64-bit)
- fixes an authentication problem with Amazon Drive (and possibly others) introduced in 7.93


Syncovery 7.93 (64-bit)
- the Graph protocol can now access Office 365 Groups
- completes compliance with Backblaze B2 integration checklist
- adds Strict Case Sensitive Mode on Mac and Windows (under Comparison->More)
- on Windows, you can use case sensitive mode when copying between case sensitive Internet protocols, or when using Filename Encryption on a local volume
- on Mac, you can also use case-sensitive local volumes
- improves uploading to MediaFire
- sets content type for files being uploaded to Azure BLOB storage
- speeds up finding moved or renamed folders


Syncovery 7.90 (64-bit)
- uploads to Sharepoint and OneDrive for Business now preserve modification timestamps
- Syncovery can now access any document library and sub-site of a Sharepoint site. Use the Browse button to choose the library to sync with


Syncovery 7.89a (64-bit)
- implements the chunked upload API for Box, making large file uploads more reliable
- fixes possible Time Window bugs where manual profile runs could be affected too and scheduled ones sometimes not


Syncovery 7.89 (64-bit)
- Corrected authentication token handling for cloud services (especially Box)
- Uploading split files now skips previously uploaded parts even if the setting “Filename Encoding” is used


Syncovery 7.88i (64-bit)
- Reinstates access to OneDrive for Business and Sharepoint. Unfortunately a secret API key expired today, making this update necessary


Syncovery 7.88f (64-bit)
- Fixes various bugs with cloud storages


Syncovery 7.88d (64-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


Syncovery 7.87f (64-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


Syncovery 7.87e (64-bit)
- fixes an error about missing parts when restoring from a Synthetic backup


Syncovery 7.87d (64-bit)
- the changes-based cloud logic (for Box, DropBox, Google Drive, Amazon Drive) will now avoid re-scanning all folders if there are only minor inconsistencies in the cache database
- smaller fixes


Syncovery 7.87c (64-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


Syncovery 7.87b (64-bit)
- uploads to Amazon drive are now always verified with MD5 checksums, and the verification is logged. The option “Verify copied files” should no longer be used, as it causes an additional redundant check
- cloud uploads use a bit less CPU


Syncovery 7.87a (64-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


Syncovery 7.87 (64-bit)
Improvements for copying NTFS Security Settings (aka permissions):
- the option “Strip Unknown SIDs” is not applied to files and folders too (not only file shares, as previously)
- when processing the base folder, it is now optional to allow Syncovery to disable inheritance if necessary to make an exact mirror of the permissions (previously, Syncovery disabled inheritance whenever necessary)


Syncovery 7.86d (64-bit)
- fixes an AV when installing an update via “Check for update”


Syncovery 7.86c (64-bit)
- fixes a Unicode related bug that could surface with cloud storage


Syncovery 7.86 (64-bit)
- changes the default FTP library to #3
- fixes a rare acess violation error with cloud storage


Syncovery 7.85 (64-bit)
- uses the new Google Drive API V3 with support for Team Drives
- uses much less memory when processing cloud folder listings (such as Google Drive, Amazon drive, DropBox and Box)
- produces much smaller databases (factor 4-10 reduction)
- in many cases, existing databases can be deleted in order to get the new smaller databases. Except if you depend on Synthetic Backup / Block Level Copying or Cache Destination File List