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Create Synchronicity Changelog

What's new in Create Synchronicity 6.0 r1624

Mar 20, 2012
  • Pressing alt and double-clicking an entry in the preview list now opens the corresponding destination file.
  • "File not found" exception upon start-up in some rare cases.
  • Stop updating speed while copying a large file.
  • Seldom UnauthorizedAccessExceptions when syncing to a recently reconfigured NAS.
  • The year part in %MMMYYYY% didn't expand correctly.
  • (Hidden setting) Customizable delay between queued profiles.
  • (Hidden setting) Auto-include new subfolders of non-recursively selected folders.
  • Change the way arguments are passed to diff programs (see the manual)
  • Send logs by e-mail (see "scripts/mail.bat /?" for more info).
  • Improve hook scripts support.
  • Rework duration estimates; show deletion speed while cleaning up the destination.
  • Show a tray notification when a backup completes.
  • (Hidden setting) Log all synchronization errors to a separate profile-name.errors.log file (#3448527).
  • Use a VirtualMode preview list, saving up to 12% scanning time, and using a good 60% less memory. Also, loading the preview list is now instantaneous.
  • Detailed view now contains a history of last backups (Ctrl+L)
  • Prettier logs : alternating rows, cleaner layout, direct shortcut to latest entry.
  • (Hidden setting) Preview-only profiles (#3089839).
  • Subtle, non-critical corner-case bug: "Strict Mirror" sometimes remained on although syncing incrementally.
  • Sync all profiles in a group from the command line.
  • 100'000 downloads!
  • (Hidden setting) Forget (discard) files older than a custom number of days.
  • Create profile groups to keep your profiles organized.
  • Restrict the "propagate updates" to expert mode.
  • If Verdana is broken, use another font.
  • (Hidden setting) Exclude hidden files.
  • Japanese translation
  • (Hidden setting) Optionally disable auto-completion in Settings window.
  • (Hidden setting) Post-sync actions.
  • Turkish translation
  • #3357854: Allow case-only changes in profile names and fix sorting after rename.
  • Some users reported an error with the write-permissions file.
  • Command-line switch to sync all profiles (/all).
  • Greek translation
  • Slovene translation
  • Amharic translation
  • Chinese (traditional) translation.

New in Create Synchronicity 5.2.1.0 (May 23, 2011)

  • SYN: Create Synchronicity 5.2 bundles improvements to the threading engine (~+12% in scanning performance), 7 new expert settings, 4 new translations, a few bug fixes, and a wealth of discrete updates.
  • UPD: Improved settings parsing.
  • UPD: Cancelling a catching up, or shutting down while catching up, does not mark the profile as caught up.
  • UPD: Better exception handling.
  • UPD: !Reworked threading system.
  • NEW: Improved error reporting.
  • NEW: !Hungarian translation, by Lajos Toldy. Köszönöm!
  • NEW: (Expert setting) Estimate remaining time (experimental).
  • UPD: Private key binary signining.
  • NEW: (Expert setting) Optional text-only logs.
  • UPD: Rewrite part of the settings handling engine, enforcing stronger type checking.
  • FIX: Check for partially locked files before copying.
  • NEW: (Expert setting) Copy integrity validation using md5 checksums.
  • NEW: (Expert setting) On-the-fly BZip2 compression.
  • NEW: !Chinese (simplified) translation, by ycysuk.
  • NEW: (Expert setting) On-the-fly GZip compression.
  • NEW: Pressing Ctrl+L in main window will display a list of profiles instead of a tile.
  • NEW: (Expert setting) Compare file size in addition to last modified date.
  • NEW: !Korean translation, by S.G.Park.
  • NEW: !Bulgarian translation. благодаря!
  • NEW: !Automatic log cleaning. Default set to keeping 7 log sections.
  • FIX: Fix catching-up interval miscalculation for monthly backups, spotted by Tim Coysh. Thanks!

New in Create Synchronicity 5.1.0.0 (Dec 20, 2010)

  • SYN: Create Synchronicity 5.1 introduces lots of productivity upgrades, a new threading system, cosmetic improvements, and 3 new translations.
  • FIX: Fix #3130676.
  • FIX: Fix #3037531 (display times as HH:MM instead of HH:M).
  • UPD: Revision 1000!
  • NEW: Introduce automatic creation of destination root in expert mode.
  • NEW: Create an Expert mode, deprecate hashing.
  • NEW: !Polish translation
  • UPD: Save main window location and size on exit.
  • UPD: Add a clock icon to identify scheduled profiles in the main window.
  • UPD: No need to restart to change language anymore.
  • UPD: !Auto-start the scheduler when needed, eg. after a change in scheduling settings.
  • UPD: Prevent multiple of the same scheduler (same path, same file name) to run.
  • UPD: !Complete rewrite of the threading system, for better efficiency and precision.
  • NEW: !Estonian translation
  • NEW: !Language selection screen at first launch.
  • NEW: !Danish translation

New in Create Synchronicity 5.0.0.0 (Dec 20, 2010)

  • SYN: Create Synchronicity 5.0 brings various bug fixes, 3 new languages, easier folder selection, new command line options, and implements many feature requests.
  • UPD: Open log when clicking related balloon messages.
  • NEW: !Full PDF manual.
  • UPD: Cleaner failure on "destination not found" when synchronizing a scheduled profile.
  • UPD: !Replace server builds with a "/silent" switch. Implies "/quiet" and "/log".
  • NEW: "/log" command-line switch: forces the creation of an application log.
  • NEW: "/help" command-line switch.
  • NEW: Special server builds.
  • NEW: !Pop-up list to suggest path in settings dialog.
  • UPD: Preserve the "name"\path\ format when using the "browse" dialog.
  • NEW: !Localized installer, in most of the supported languages.
  • NEW: !Hebrew translation, by Gush Katif Laad. תודה!
  • FIX: Minor display glitch in settings screen.
  • NEW: Pressing F1 opens the manual.
  • FIX: Invalid preview list when syncing a complex folder architecture, in some special cases.
  • UPD: Reworked italian translation
  • NEW: !Czech translation
  • NEW: !Russian translation
  • UPD: Better support for implicit paths.
  • FIX: !Path translation bug occuring in edge cases.
  • FIX: Selection bug when using paths in the form "MyDrive"\MyFolder.
  • FIX: Mishandled command-line argument

New in Create Synchronicity 4.3.0.0 (Aug 18, 2010)

  • SYN: A few bug fixes, bringing more stability and more performance, along with two new languages, Swedish and Dutch.
  • UPD: Prettier display of About/Settings link.
  • NEW: Donation button.
  • NEW: Show profile name in title bar when synchronizing.
  • UPD: Postpone catching up to next major release.
  • FIX: Error when opening the log file for writing (bug id: #3037574).
  • NEW: !Dutch translation by John Van Amstel. Bedankt!
  • NEW: !Swedish translation by Hampus Bengtsson. Tack!
  • FIX: Changes in scheduling settings would sometimes fail to be updated.
  • NEW: Add a setting to catch up missed backups (when a scheduled backup has been repeatedly missed, forces its immediate execution).

New in Create Synchronicity 4.2.0.0 (Aug 18, 2010)

  • SYN: Create Synchronicity 4.2 can tell the scheduler about your configuration changes immediately, without waiting for a reboot. Except for this, this release is mostly a bugfix release, including a large rewriting of non-vital parts of the code.
  • NEW: !Changes in the scheduling configuration are now transmitted seamlessly to the scheduler, without requiring a reboot.
  • UPD: Rewrite a large part of the scheduling engine, factor out some code for faster and more streamlined execution.
  • FIX: Small display glitch in the scheduling settings screen.
  • FIX: Queing mistakes when more than 3 profiles were scheduled.
  • UPD: Rewrite part of the logging engine.
  • FIX: Fix a possible freeze when writing log files.
  • FIX: "Mirror empty directories" setting wasn't always remembered.

New in Create Synchronicity 4.1.0.0 (Aug 18, 2010)

  • SYN: Various usability/interface improvements, installer fixes, and heavy optimization of vital backup routines to achieve a largely noticeable speedup (~10/15%).
  • UPD: More user-friendly installer: detect when the program is running and thus cannot be updated.
  • UPD: Improve log formatting for better readability (use actual tables).
  • NEW: Generate XHTML-compliant logs.
  • UPD: !Add two reload buttons to reload directory structures.
  • UPD: !First step towards heavy optimization of synchronization/backup routines.

New in Create Synchronicity 4.0.0.0 (Jul 5, 2010)

  • SYN: Create Synchronicity 4.0 brings huge usability and feature improvements, along with 1 new translation (to Italian). It supports new paths formats, displays built-in help tips, and implements proxy support, better logging, and a nicer interface.
  • NEW: Welcome Jaime Roquero among translators :)
  • NEW: Built-in help link.
  • UPD: Usability improvement: Help tooltips.
  • FIX: Small bug with root path display.
  • NEW: !Italian translation by Marco Medri. Mille Grazie!
  • NEW: System credentials are now used by default when checking for updates through a proxy.
  • UPD: Error messages now include file paths.
  • NEW: !If you have a drive labeled "MyUsb" for example, then you can now refer to it using "MyUsb"\MyFolder\MySubFolder etc. Create Synchronicity will automatically translate this path to use the right drive letter.
  • NEW: Open folders from preview list by holding Control while double-clicking.
  • FIX: Added proxy support.
  • FIX: Sorting bug at scheduler startup.
  • FIX: Permissions-related bug when copying write protected files with DST correction enabled.
  • NEW: Welcome Pedro Silva among translators :)
  • UPD: Changed right-click behaviour in main window to simply display the menu.
  • UPD: Improved log display.
  • UPD: Clarify preview screen.
  • UPD: Even nicer progress display (show more info on created/deleted files and folders).
  • NEW: Make "rename" accessible by right click.
  • UPD: Display root path as base node in source and destination folder tree view (aka nicer directory path display/selection).
  • NEW: Sort preview list by clicking column headers.
  • NEW: Open files from preview list by double-clicking.
  • UPD: Nicer progress display.
  • UPD: Easier directory inclusion/exclusion.
  • FIX: Small scheduler date miscalculation.

New in Create Synchronicity 3.5.0.0 (Apr 21, 2010)

  • SYN: 3 new translations, lots of new features (including scheduling, profiles queuing, and new path formats), and usability improvements.
  • UPD: Improve installer compression, decreasing installer size by 15%.
  • NEW: Support for queuing profiles (using the command line).
  • NEW: !Spanish translation by Teo Rojo. ¡Muchas gracias!
  • NEW: !Portuguese translation by André Modesto. Obrigado!
  • UPD: Improve application reactiveness when running scheduled tasks.
  • FIX: Better handling of manually modified config files.
  • NEW: Keyboard navigation.
  • NEW: Rename profiles by right-clicking.
  • NEW: !Full scheduling support, including fully customizable schedule settings (including a GUI).
  • NEW: !Initial, command-line only support for task scheduling.
  • FIX: When running from a write-protected directory, display a warning if configuration files were found. Fixes a privileges-related bug on Windows Vista.
  • NEW: !Native support for relative paths, such as "..\..\Documents"
  • NEW: !Native support for UCN paths (paths to network drives such as "\\dlink-6A4EA4\Documents").
  • NEW: !German translation by Florian Haag. Thanks!
  • NEW: !When running from a write-protected directory, store settings in the ApplicationData folder.

New in Create Synchronicity 3.0.0.0 (Feb 25, 2010)

  • SYN: Major update: translations, full regex support, cosmetic updates and a few new options.
  • NEW: Add a menu item to clear logs.
  • UPD: !Better command-line support.
  • NEW: !Full regex support for file inclusion/exclusion.
  • UPD: Better-looking icon.
  • UPD: A few cosmetic updates.
  • NEW: Add a "Strict time check" advanced option which, when disabled, allows file times to differ by up to 2 seconds before forcing an update.
  • NEW: !French translation.
  • NEW: !Create Synchronicity can now be translated to other languages.
  • UPD: Small performance increase using a new way to calculate file size.

New in Create Synchronicity 2.2.0.0 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • SYN: A few new options, including timme offsets, and a nicer log display.
  • NEW: Add a "Time Offset" property to compensate for summer/winter time changes.
  • UPD: Nicer log display (HTML Logs)
  • NEW: !Automated installer for Create Synchronicity.

New in Create Synchronicity 2.1.0.0 (Oct 18, 2009)

  • SYN: Many bug fixes,a few small improvements, better log handling.
  • FIX: Update the way attributes are copied, to avoid "Access denied" errors.
  • FIX: A few changes in the way flenames are handled, fixing an uppercase/lowercase-related bug.
  • FIX: Better handling of filetimes.
  • NEW: Add a "Strict" option for the "mirror" action, to revert files that were modified on the right.

New in Create Synchronicity 2.0.0.0 (Oct 5, 2009)

  • SYN: Various speedups (281% speed increase), more accurate algorithm, and propagation of file attributes.
  • UPD: !30% average speed increase by rewriting the syncing module (test scan: 31 to 24s).
  • UPD: !Create Synchronicity now copies file attributes.
  • FIX: !Final fix for a FAT-related bug: file copies from NTFS to FAT are now accurate and not redundant.
  • FIX: More accurate folder selection.
  • FIX: Partial fix for a FAT-related bug: if the time difference between files is below 1.0s, consider the files are the same.
  • FIX: Windows is packed up with bugs of all kinds: allow multiple instances of the application to run, as the opposite made the application unstable on some copies of XP.
  • UPD: !By using a new way to calculate the scanning speed, Create Synchronicity is now 3 times faster. (test scan: 74 to 31s)
  • UPD: A new mechanism is used to store configuration.
  • NEW: !Create Synchronicity can now check for updates automatically.
  • NEW: Option to not propagate updates, fixing a windows-related bug (when copying a file, 2 seconds are added to the actual last-write date).
  • NEW: Create Synchronicity can now compute MD5 hashes.