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IvyBackup Changelog

What's new in IvyBackup 4.2.0

Dec 6, 2022
  • This version is a maintenance release that fixes some reported bugs.
  • Added:
  • Account sign in option to allow for settings synchronization.
  • Removed:
  • Job status filters on the main tab.
  • Fixed:
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in IvyBackup 4.1.8 (Jul 3, 2022)

  • Improved:
  • For drive Image Backups, the serial number check gives better warnings when a serial number mismatch occurs. The backup will now proceed rather than fail.
  • Fixed:
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in IvyBackup 4.1.6 (May 13, 2022)

  • ADDED:
  • Drive Image Backups: Added serial number check to verify drive before backup.
  • Diagnostic logging mode for better error reporting.
  • DEPRECATED:
  • No longer supporting Windows 7. Windows 8 is the minimum supported OS.
  • FIXED:
  • Issue with re-numbering of jobs and backup after changes in table.
  • Removed option to test mirror backups after right click.
  • FIXED
  • Incorrect disk size sometimes displayed in manage sources dialog.
  • FIXED
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in IvyBackup 4.1.4 (Mar 5, 2022)

  • Improved:
  • The layout of icons and some menu options.
  • Fixed:
  • Issue with storage space available check.
  • Fixed:
  • Issue with deleting cloud storage accounts.
  • Fixed:
  • Duplication of destination folders.

New in IvyBackup 4.1.2 (Oct 17, 2021)

  • Fixed:
  • Issue where IvyBackup fails to run on Windows 7.
  • Issue where IvyBackup tries to save disk images to a destination with insufficient space.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in IvyBackup 4.1.0 (Sep 24, 2021)

  • Fixed:
  • Fixed issues with incremental/differential backups failing.
  • Fixed issues with creating backups for multiple source backup jobs.

New in IvyBackup 4.0.8 (Aug 29, 2021)

  • Added support for SFTP backup uploads.
  • Improved FTP/FTPS/FTPES backup upload support.
  • FTPS backup uploads are now functional.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in IvyBackup 4.0.6 (Aug 21, 2021)

  • Minor bug fixes.

New in IvyBackup 4.0.4 (Aug 12, 2021)

  • Added:
  • Support for creating VHDX disk image files.
  • Create disk image backup when a storage device is connected event.
  • Improved:
  • Taskbar icon shows backup progress for file/disk image backups.
  • Updated:
  • Updated the recovery disk to support VHDX image restores.
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed bug in destination size check for disk image backups.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in IvyBackup 4.0.2 (Jun 20, 2021)

  • Fixed:
  • Updated Turkish language translation.
  • Bug in the update dialog that showed the new version number incorrectly

New in IvyBackup 4.0.0 (Mar 30, 2021)

  • New:
  • A new simplified user interface; more complex functionality is hidden and only the most frequently used options are shown by default.
  • We've introduced support for disk image backup uploads to FTP and cloud storage.
  • We've also introduced encryption for disk image backups.
  • Improvements to Google Drive, Dropbox, and pCloud integrations: Linking accounts is easier than before. Previously, pCloud backup uploads would be uploaded to the root folder, this has been fixed.
  • We tidied up the navigation menu to make it easier for you to get around, this includes fewer job manager columns.
  • Improved new job wizard, it's now easier to quickly create jobs by providing only the basics.
  • Improved schedules interface.
  • Backup progress updates for disk image backups.
  • Changes Since v3:
  • The three editions have been combined into the Pro edition.
  • The test manager and dashboard have been deprecated.
  • Fixed:
  • Stability and performance improvements.
  • Significant other bug fixes.

New in IvyBackup 3.3.0 (Aug 15, 2020)

  • New:
  • Disk imaging support with recovery environment.
  • Improvements:
  • Improvements to usability in add new job wizard and edit job dialogs.
  • Improvements to usability of the job history dialog, defaults to last 7 day history.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Schedules dialog: selection changing inconsistencies.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in IvyBackup 3.2.0 (Mar 22, 2020)

  • Improvements:
  • Three additional translations added: Polish, Turkish, and Traditional Chinese.
  • Improvements to usability.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed bug that made it difficult to change language selection.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in IvyBackup 3.1.3 Rev 37340 (Dec 19, 2019)

  • Improvements:
  • Improvements to usability.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Minor fixes to issues introduced in version 3.1.2 related to translations not loading.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in IvyBackup 3.1.0 (Dec 19, 2019)

  • New:
  • New date range selector for filtering past backups, tests and reports.
  • Improvements:
  • Improvements to Google Drive integration, less prompts to re-sign in.
  • Encrypted backups: Filenames of backup files are now obfuscated for extra security.
  • Improvements to graphs and reports.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Backup imports occasionally failed.
  • Dashboard: No icon shown for mirror backups.
  • Correctly attribute upload history to correct service.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in IvyBackup 3.0.5 Rev 36900 (Oct 8, 2019)

  • New:
  • Automatic translation updates.
  • Improvements:
  • Updated french translation with credit to M. Vigoroux.
  • Job Dialog : Added a label to indicate the number of files/folders selected.
  • Automatic updates now show release notes alongside a progress indicator while downloading the update.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Automatic updates: a bug introduced in a previous release made it not possible to download the update.
  • Backup actions window: some options disabled.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in IvyBackup 3.0.4 Rev 34500 (Sep 17, 2019)

  • New:
  • Upload history: Keep track of where individual backups are stored.
  • Improvements:
  • Minor performance improvements that make IvyBackup feel snappier.
  • The right side pane has been moved to a separate "Properties" window. This improves usability going forward as we add more properties to view.
  • The "info" text images have been replaced with plain text as this improves readability moving forward especially on high DPI displays. This also makes it easier to get the info text translated.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an infinite loop that occurred ( between the end of one month and the start of another ) rarely for jobs that used a repeat interval schedule.
  • Fixed missing/broken images from the previous release
  • Fixed issue where info text was sometimes overlaid onto reports.
  • Fixes issue where the "Send email to" column on the email report settings window would not be visible on some displays.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in IvyBackup 3.0.1 Rev 30100 (May 13, 2019)

  • Improvements:
  • Improved Russian translation.
  • Improved Italian translation.
  • Minor label improvements, text placement.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in IvyBackup 2.9.11 (Jan 10, 2019)

  • What's New?
  • FTP / FTPS Backup upload support.
  • New Event Backup - Create a backup when a device is connected ( USB Drives, External Hard Disks, Memory Cards etc ).
  • Improved support for on-demand backups - You no longer need to set a backup destination ahead of time or as you create a job, you can select it on demand.
  • Improvements
  • Better support for large backups ( 20GB and up ).
  • Performance Improvements: Faster full, differential and incremental backups.
  • Performance Improvements: Faster backup imports.
  • Cloud Storage - IvyBackup now signs into all linked cloud storage services when it starts rather than at the time a backup is about to be uploaded.
  • Improved labels and wording to indicate and distinguish between scheduled, manual and event based backups.
  • Reduced startup time, jobs load faster.
  • Bug Fixes
  • Backup Job Compression - Fixed issues with changing backup job compression levels. Also added labels to show what the actual compression value is.
  • Fixed: Timeout causing crashes when uploading backups to cloud storage on bad internet connections.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in IvyBackup 2.9.8 Rev 20150 (Nov 9, 2018)

  • What's New:
  • Getting started dialog for first time users.
  • Rename jobs and edit descriptions with one click.
  • Email provider presets for gmail and yahoo mail.
  • Email notifications for backup test results – success or failure.
  • Improvements:
  • Improved: Better scales and scaling for reports.
  • Improved: Minor usability improvements from high resolution displays.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed issue with import/exports window not showing items on high resolution displays.
  • Fixed: automatic updates we’re broken from 2.9.7
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in IvyBackup 2.9.7 Rev 20050 (Oct 27, 2018)

  • Improvements:
  • Minor user interface improvements for better usability.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed issues with incorrect schedule intervals being saved.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in IvyBackup 2.9.6 Rev 19800 (Oct 18, 2018)

  • Fixed:
  • pCloud integration.
  • Better handling of email notification failures.

New in IvyBackup 2.9.2 Rev 19100 (Aug 16, 2018)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed: Minor bug where multiple source backups fail if some sources are missing.
  • Fixed: Minor bugs in cloud storage connection setup.
  • Fixed: Minor bugs in snapshot file restores.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in IvyBackup 2.6.10000 Rev 16000 (Jan 23, 2018)

  • Added: Additional keyboard shortcuts.
  • Added: Additional command line switches.
  • Added: Settings import/export.
  • Improved: Report format.
  • Fixed: Job import/export bug.
  • Fixed: Windows integration bug.
  • Fixed: Minor bug fixes.

New in IvyBackup 2.5.5562 Rev 15792 (Jan 3, 2018)

  • Improved: Dropbox integration for large backup uploads.
  • Added: pCloud cloud storage service integration.
  • Added: Silent mode.
  • Improved: Notifications
  • Fixed: Minor bug fixes.