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Gladinet Cloud Desktop Changelog

What's new in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 4.0.1027.23916

Apr 2, 2013
  • Support Box.com API V2
  • fix skydrive connection timeout issue
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 4.0.982.22207 (Nov 13, 2012)

  • Support new Skydrive interface:
  • support upload to skydrive root
  • fix the upload issue when the folder contains many files and subfolders
  • timestamp on files in Skydrive folder is displayed correctly now
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 4.0.976.21988 (Oct 31, 2012)

  • New Box.com plugin
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 4.0.935.20657 (Oct 31, 2012)

  • Support new Skydrive interface
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 4.0.918.20368 (Jul 28, 2012)

  • Support new Skydrive interface
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 4.0.904.20133 (Jul 11, 2012)

  • Add Mirrrored Backup back, based on user requests
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 4.0.881.19499 (Jul 11, 2012)

  • Consolidate sync, mirrored backup and cloud sync folders together.
  • Support one way sync from local to cloud
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 4.0.874.19123 (Jul 11, 2012)

  • Support IBM SmartCloud Object Storage
  • Support port selection for Gladinet Cloud Desktop, on Vista and above
  • Team Edition:
  • Support folder Offline mode from Team Folder root
  • Enhance quota management
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 4.0.871.18998 (Jul 11, 2012)

  • Support Google Drive:
  • There are two new mount links, which replace old ‘Google Docs’ and ‘Google Apps for Business’ accounts.
  • Google Drive and Google Docs:
  • You can mount regular Google Docs, and Google Drive upgraded from the regular Google Docs account. Use it for free Google Apps too.
  • Google Drive and Google Apps for Business:
  • It is for Google Apps for Business users only, who paid $50 for Google Apps account. And Google Drive upgrade from the account.
  • For Google Drive and Google Apps for Business account, the mount no longer requires the user name and password. Instead, it requires an authorization code from Google, to allow Gladinet to connect to it.

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 4.0.869.18959 (Jul 11, 2012)

  • Cloud Desktop:
  • Support HP Cloud Service
  • Support Skydrive 300M upload file limit
  • Team Edition:
  • Support folder Offline mode
  • Support Group Policy in Gladinet Cloud. Can disable user sharing folders to public
  • Fine tune sync back for versioned folders
  • Two way sync to Gladinet Cloud
  • Support distribute lock in team folder
  • Support Manual lock in team folder
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 4.0.856.18465 (Apr 6, 2012)

  • Cloud Desktop:
  • Fix Google Docs mount issue for 2-step verification
  • Team Edition:
  • Do not auto sync down attached local folder on remote machine
  • Support File Locking in Gladinet Cloud
  • Fix Team Folder permission issue when change the read-write permissions in Gladinet Cloud
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.2.781.16459 (Nov 14, 2011)

  • Enhance shared folder support for Google Docs and Google Apps for Business
  • In certain Google Docs and Google Apps for Business accounts, shared folders don’t show in Gladinet Cloud Drive. It is fixed in the release.
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.2.761.16067 (Oct 3, 2011)

  • Enhance Google Docs support
  • Merge the existing ‘Google Docs’, ‘Google Docs for Google Apps’ and ‘Converted Google Apps’ together. Google Docs and Google Apps accounts can mount with ‘Google Docs’ in Gladinet. Google Apps for Business users (paid Google Apps users) can also mount with ‘Google Apps for Business’ in Gladinet.
  • Fixed Google Docs issues related to recent changes
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.2.760.16038 (Oct 1, 2011)

  • Enhance Google Apps for Business support
  • There are some changes in Google Docs API. The version supports the new API.
  • Enhance Google Docs support
  • Fix some bugs on Cloud Sync Folder in XP
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.2.759.15995 (Sep 29, 2011)

  • Add Gladinet Toolbar:
  • Gladinet Toolbar is shown on Windows Explorer. It provides an easy way to access Gladinet functions.
  • Support Force Delete:
  • Right click a file or folder in Gladinet drive shows ‘Force Delete’, to force Gladinet to delete the file or folder. It is useful when a folder in Google Docs contains lots of duplicate folders. Right click the folder and select ‘Force Delete’, will force Gladinet to delete the folder, with the duplicate files and folders under.
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.2.743.15750 (Sep 12, 2011)

  • Enhance Google Docs support
  • Google Docs has changed the login sequence for certain regions. The release solves the login fail issue for those affected users.
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.2.721.15349 (Aug 20, 2011)

  • Support Google Docs Interface Change
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.2.715.15041 (Aug 1, 2011)

  • Enhance Google Docs Support
  • Add more logic to prevent duplicate files generation
  • Support Google Apps for Business in Google Docs Backup
  • Enhance file upload in Google Docs
  • Enhance OpenStack interface for better session timeout support
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.2.704.14665 (Jul 9, 2011)

  • Support new Skydrive interface: Can upload to ‘My Documents’ and ‘Public’ folders in certain old accounts.
  • Support Windows Live Group: Can mount Windows Live Group in Gladinet now. Please follow the instruction here.
  • Enhance Google Docs support: Better support for document update in Google Docs, including shared folders
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.2.690.14404 (Jun 25, 2011)

  • Support new Skydrive interface: Skydrive has a completely new interface. The release supports it.
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.2.672.14097 (Jun 25, 2011)

  • Enhance Skydrive: Fix Skydrive download issue
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.2.662.13998 (Jun 6, 2011)

  • Usability Enhancement: Simplify menu and add help texts
  • Enhance Skydrive: Support empty Skydrive account, where all files and folders in Skydrive are deleted
  • Enhance Google Apps for Business: Support upload for files larger than 100M
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.2.644.13667 (May 23, 2011)

  • Enahnce Skydrive, Google Apps and Rackspace support
  • Enhance Cloud Sync Folder
  • Simplify Management Console to improve usability
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.2.628.13322 (May 5, 2011)

  • Enhance Skydrive Support:
  • Support HTTPS hotmail
  • Enhance login procedure to handle 503 error
  • Enhance Cloud Sync Folder
  • Gladinet Management Console UI:
  • Add Text to Menu Icon
  • Various performance and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.2.621.13145 (Apr 26, 2011)

  • Support New Google Docs interface
  • Fix upload error which subfolders
  • Fix download error
  • Various bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.2.617.12935 (Apr 18, 2011)

  • Support folders shared with me in Google Apps for Business
  • Enhance Amazon Cloud Drive to support files on root
  • Enhance Snapshot Backup for long file names
  • Various bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.2.607.12738 (Apr 5, 2011)

  • Enhance Amazon Cloud Drive to support International Characters in file and folder names

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.2.606.12694 (Apr 2, 2011)

  • Support Amazon Cloud Drive
  • Please notice that Amazon Cloud Drive has issues supporting international characters in file and folder names. If your file or folder names contain international characters, you may not be able to download the files.
  • Fix Google Docs/Google Apps Access issue
  • Google changes its interface this week. It causes Gladinet to display ‘Please wait, still listing directory…’ message in Google Docs/Google Apps virtual directory. The release addresses the issue.
  • Add New Release Notification
  • From this release, when we have a new release/update, we can send a notification to our users, when launching Cloud Desktop.
  • Performance Enhancement and Bug Fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.2.601.12613 (Mar 28, 2011)

  • Google Docs: Fix duplicate folder issue
  • Cloud Sync Folder: Better support for folder operation
  • Performance Enhancement and Bug Fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.2.595.12478 (Mar 15, 2011)

  • Enhance Cloud Sync Folder
  • Support long file names in cloud sync local folder.
  • Performance improvement during initial upload, when there are many small files.
  • Performance Enhancement and Bug Fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.1.583.12233 (Feb 28, 2011)

  • Enhance Cloud Sync Folder
  • Enhance EMC Atmos, Windows Azure support
  • Performance Enhancement and Bug Fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.0.569.11801 (Feb 7, 2011)

  • Cloud Sync Folder:
  • Cloud Sync Folder is a new feature in the release. It syncs a location folder across different computers, using the corresponding cloud storage to manage version history. Check here for details.
  • New Management Console:
  • Management Console is completely rewritten. It makes task management easier.
  • Email notification for Snapshot backup:
  • Can send out email notification when snapshot backup finishes.
  • Performance Enhancement and Bug Fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 2.5.551.11424 (Jan 24, 2011)

  • Enhance Google Docs, Azure and Amazon S3 support
  • Google Docs: Fix the issue that in certain accounts, only shared folder can be viewed.
  • Azure: Support Azure when access in certain 3G networks
  • Amazon S3: Keep file ACL during rename
  • Performance Enhancement and Bug Fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 2.5.529.11003 (Dec 29, 2010)

  • Subfolder Support for Mirrored Cloud Folder
  • Mirrored Cloud Folder used to only support files directly under the folder. There is no subfolder support. From the release, mirrored cloud folder will traverse all the subfolders to sync with local. Moreover, the sync target folder is moved to your desktop, instead of Gladinet Cache. It makes offline access easier.
  • Enhance Google Premier Support
  • Performance Enhancement and Bug Fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 2.4.514.10590 (Nov 23, 2010)

  • Support Google Docs New Interface
  • Google Docs has upgraded its interface. The new release supports the new interface to upload to Google Docs.
  • Skydrive Bug Fixes
  • Will not get session time out when access Skydrive
  • Support Deletion in Cloud Explorer
  • File deletion in Google Docs for Google Apps now follow the setting to decide whether to keep the file to trash folder.

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 2.4.502.10366 (Nov 23, 2010)

  • Terminology Change: Mirrored and Snapshot Backup
  • We rename the old Backup function in Cloud Desktop 2.3 release to Mirrored Backup. We integrate Gladinet Cloud Backup to Cloud Desktop in the release, as Snapshot Backup.
  • Mirrored Backup: This was the 'Backup' function of 2.3 and before, in Gladinet Cloud Desktop. It creates a mirrored copy of your source file, in the target cloud. When the source files change, Gladinet Cloud Desktop will overwrite the file in target cloud, to create a mirrored copy. The old 'Backup' task will keep working, as mirrored backup, in the new release.
  • Snapshot Backup: The new Backup function works the same way as Gladinet Cloud Backup. Snapshot Backup backs up the source folders/files to cloud as snapshots. It supports incremental upload of the updated file, to avoid a full upload when the file is modified. It supports backing up of open/locked files, and Windows State, SQL Servers and Exchange Servers.
  • User can restore from any snapshot, to the original source folder or to a new location. Please notice that a separate license is required for the Mirrored Backup function.
  • When mount a S3 bucket, you can define the default permission. Files uploaded to the bucket will always have the default ACL. The value supported are:
  • private
  • public-read
  • public-read-write
  • authenticated-read
  • bucket-owner-read
  • bucket-owner-full-control
  • Auto Disable Performance Impact Internet Explorer setting
  • In certain systems, especially Vista and Windows 7, one default Internet Explorer setting can slow down Windows access to mapped network drive. Gladinet will auto disable the setting from this release. You can disable it manually.
  • Skydrive Bug Fixes
  • Fix Skydrive download issues in certain cases
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 2.4.494.10286 (Nov 23, 2010)

  • The Gladinet Cloud Backup product is available as a separate add-on to Gladinet Cloud Desktop in the release. For existing users, please notice the old Backup feature was renamed to Sync because sync better describes the old feature set. The local folders can be monitored and sync to the cloud storage as a second copy.
  • Sync: This was the 'Backup' function of previous Cloud Desktop release. Cloud Desktop monitors the local source folders/files and uploads the source files with the same folder structure to the cloud storage. There is only one copy of the source file synchronized to the cloud. If there is any file change locally, Cloud Desktop will overwrite the copy in the target. You can use this feature to create a second copy of the local files and folders for backup purpose. S
  • Backup: The new Backup function works the same way as Gladinet Cloud Backup. Cloud Backup backs up the source folders/files to cloud as snapshots. Admin can define how often to create a full snapshot. After a full snapshot, when the source file is modified, if OS supports, Cloud Backup will only do an incremental upload of the changes. No full upload is required. Backup also supports uploading open/locked files. User can restore from any snapshot. Please notice that a separate license is required for the Backup function.
  • Support Rackspace CloudFiles
  • Support CAStor Storage
  • Support Google Apps Premier
  • Support Skip Initial Upload in Sync task
  • Various performance enhancement and bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 2.3.432.9299 (Sep 1, 2010)

  • Support Amazon S3 bucket mount
  • In the release, user can mount a bucket in Amazon S3 storage in Gladinet directly.
  • Support Dunkel Cloud Storage
  • Support Converted Google Apps account for Google Docs
  • A new mount called Converted Google Apps Account is added. It can be used for those Google Apps accounts which have been converted to Google Docs.
  • Various bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 2.3.392.8674 (Jul 6, 2010)

  • Support Storage Package:
  • From the release, the cloud services Gladinet supports is split in to different Storage Packages. Starter Edition (the free edition) will only support one Storage Package. During the initial settings, you need to select the package fits you best. Right now we have the following packages.
  • Default - Includes Amazon S3, Box.net, FTP, Google Docs, Google Apps, Google Picasa, Local File system, Skydrive, Google Apps, WebDav, etc
  • AT&T Synaptic Storage
  • EMC Atmos
  • Mezeo Personal Cloud
  • Nirvanix Storage
  • Windows Azure Blob Storage
  • Generic Google Storage for Developer
  • Peer1 CloudOne
  • New Gladinet Cloud Space Service:
  • Gladinet Cloud Space service is a brand new service. It provides browser access to all the cloud storage you have mounted in Gladinet Cloud Desktop instance. You can configure the Cloud Space service in Gladinet Cloud Desktop. After that, if you are away from the machine, as long as Cloud Desktop is running, you can login to mycloud.gladinet.com from browser and access all your virtual directories.
  • Please notice that to access your virtual directories in Gladinet Cloud Space service, Gladinet Cloud Desktop has to be running on your machine.
  • Performance enhancement
  • Enhance Google Docs support.
  • New Local Disk support.
  • You can mount your local folder in Gladinet Cloud Desktop directly. Just select 'Local Disk' in the storage list and type in your full path for the folder to be shared. Together with the Cloud Space service, you can access your local files anywhere from a browser.
  • Various bug fixes
  • Decommission of Online Service:
  • With the release of Gladinet Cloud Space Service, Gladinet Online Service (Beta) is decommissioned. However, you can use your existing Online Service account to sign up Gladinet Cloud Space service. If you are our Professional user, you'll get one year basic package for Cloud Space service for free.

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 2.1.357.8065 (May 17, 2010)

  • Fix login problems in:
  • Google Docs
  • Google Docs for Google Apps
  • Skydrive
  • Performance Fix
  • Memory Usage Enhancement

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 2.0.350.7438 (Apr 2, 2010)

  • Gladinet Management Console:
  • The new Management Console integrates the old virtual directory manager, task manager, settings manager, backup manager and audit trace into one single UI. It is much easier to navigate here, than in 1.x release. Task Manager is re-worked to make task management simpler.
  • Gladinet Cache Manager - Cache Manager makes cache management easier. User can choose between 3 pre-defined cache modes. User can also customize cache settings and check all cached files.
  • Support encryption, compression in folder level - Can define which folder in Gladinet to encrypt and compress files during uploaded.
  • Support chunk per virtual directory, instead of global - Can define which storage to support chunk. And each storage has its own split size.
  • Support Mirrored folder - Mirrored folder is a new feature in Gladinet. Mirrored folder keeps syncing with cloud storage.
  • Smart Bandwidth Control - Gladinet can slow down network activities when user starts to browse web. When the browser stays idle, Gladinet can resume the regular network speed.
  • New Gladinet Cloud Explorer - Gladinet Cloud Explorer is a new tool to access the mounted storage in Gladinet. It can be useful when Gladinet can't mount the drive. It supports some advanced features. For example, access control in Azure and Amazon S3.
  • For existing XP/2003 users, with Gladinet Cloud Explorer, Gladinet decommissioned Gladinet Virtual Adapter. If you are using Gladinet Virtual Adapter to solve the port 80 conflict, Gladinet will not mount My Gladinet Drive in 2.0. You can use Gladinet Cloud Explorer to access your virtual directory. You can also follow Gladinet Trouble Shooting Guide to solve the port 80 conflict with Gladinet.
  • Better support for Google Docs and Google Docs for Google Apps
  • Support Google Docs any file upload
  • User can disable Google Docs conversion when upload files to Google Docs. See our How-to guide here.
  • User can enable SSL connection to Google Docs. See our How-to guide here.
  • Enhance WebDav https support
  • Amazon S3 and Azure ACL support in Gladinet Cloud Explorer
  • New Wiki Guide

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 1.4.232.6355 (Dec 27, 2009)

  • Support Windows Azure Blob Storage
  • Support Network Resource
  • Mount network share
  • Various bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 1.4.225.6355 (Dec 23, 2009)

  • Support Windows Azure Blob Storage
  • Support Network Resource
  • Mount network share
  • Various bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 1.4.225.6058 (Dec 2, 2009)

  • Support Nirvanix Storage
  • New Initial Mounting to enhance first time experience
  • First time user can select which storage to mount when start Gladinet
  • Backup task configurable to delete files during backup
  • It used to be that when source file was deleted, backup task won't delete the corresponding target file. Now it is configurable in Professional Edition.
  • The configuration only applies to regular folder backups, not file type backups.
  • Performance tuning for file type backup
  • File type backup (the task to backup all your Documents, Pictures, Musics or Videos) will start faster.
  • Various bug fixes
  • Known issue:
  • When change any parameter in backup task, have to restart Gladinet Cloud Desktop to make the new configuration in effect.

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 1.4.218.5865 (Nov 19, 2009)

  • New File Type Backup
  • Backup documents, pictures, musics and videos on your local disks
  • Support new interface to Google Docs for Google Apps
  • Mount Skydrive shared folders from friends
  • Various bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 1.3.208.5638 (Oct 29, 2009)

  • Online Service (Beta)
  • Share profile among all your computers
  • Cloud Gateway Support
  • Access central Gladinet Cloud Gateway
  • Support new Google Docs interface
  • Support AT&T Synaptic Storage
  • New Settings Window
  • New Context Menu to Clear Folder Cache and Refresh File
  • Various bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 1.3.206.5560 (Oct 22, 2009)

  • Online Service (Beta)
  • Share profile among all your computers
  • Cloud Gateway Support
  • Access central Gladinet Cloud Gateway
  • Support AT&T Synaptic Storage
  • New Settings Window
  • New Context Menu to Clear Folder Cache and Refresh File
  • Various bug fixes

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 1.2.190.5060 (Sep 28, 2009)

  • w/ proxy support.

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 1.2.168.4679 (Aug 31, 2009)

  • New Backup Manager
  • Add more source folders
  • Add more target folders
  • Edit backup name
  • Reschedule backup task
  • Individual include/exclude settings for each backup task
  • Support SSL for Google Docs for Google Apps
  • Google Docs bug fixes
  • Various bug fixes and usability enhancements

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 1.2.160.4507 (Aug 22, 2009)

  • New Features and Enhancements:
  • Google Docs Backup
  • New Virtual Directory Manager
  • Simplified systray menu for first time users
  • Task Manager is now available in Starter Edition
  • Starter Edition is now limited to 1000 subtasks per task
  • Google Docs for Google Apps only available in Professional Edition
  • Ability to Pause/Resume all tasks in the Systray Menu
  • More Gladinet Applications in the "All Programs" menu
  • Backup monitoring task optimizations
  • Various bug fixes and usability enhancements

New in Gladinet Cloud Desktop 1.1.151.4267 (Jul 29, 2009)

  • Support Google Docs new interface
  • New Task Manager. Check user guide here.
  • Upload Performance Optimization
  • Faster download. Support parallel download
  • Usability Improvement
  • Various bug fixes