What's new in Syncdocs 5.53
Jul 3, 2013
- New Google Drive API features supported mean faster syncing.
- Better looking Windows 8 support
- Ability to create a public website from Google Drive
- Ability to create a public web playlist on Google Drive and generally improved playlist, web playlist and mp3 support.
- Ability to sync hidden folders
- Fixes for syncing locked files created by Adobe InDesign and MYOB accounting
- Bypass Google Drive file wipe (permanently erase) issue.
- Many smaller fixes
New in Syncdocs 5.10 (Jan 16, 2013)
- Enhanced drag and drop support
- Right click syncs folders from anywhere on your PC without making a copy
- Local file times mirrored on Google Drive
- Many more command-line options
- Support for fully automated installation, all options pre-configurable
- Fix for Google Server moving files and ex-shared folders to root
- Version pruning enabled on all files by default, so old versions of no longer take up Google Drive space.
New in Syncdocs 3.12 (Jun 25, 2012)
- Improvements and New features:
- Strong encryption of files to Google Drive for enhanced privacy and security. Easily encrypt folders in Google Drive just by right clicking on the folder in Windows.
- Clearer menu options. User interface improvements bring commonly used features to main basic preferences menu, no longer confusingly hidden away.
- Very robust handling of all sorts of errors ensures your files are synced.
- Minor improvements and fixes:
- mp3 playlist format compatible with more smartphone audio players.
- One click sharing of files works with Google Drive for goo.gl\xxyxx type URLs
- Better handling of files that are locked or that user is not authorized to read. These files are now just skipped with a warning and will be retried later.
- Better handling of filenames with unprintable characters in them
- SSL errors from Google Drive are not interpreted as critical, and Syncdocs tries to work around them more smoothly.
- Editable sizes of files converted to Google Docs format increased to 50MB for presentations and 20MB for docs and sheets.
- New wyBuild automatic updater component, fixes update loops.
New in Syncdocs 2.24 (Mar 5, 2012)
- When you right click on a file or folder to share it in Google Docs using explorer, the sharing URL and short URL stopped working. This release has a fix for the new-style Google sharing URL.
- Fix for when the Syncdocs folder on UNC path is no longer available at startup, fewer error messages shown, easier to fix.
New in Syncdocs 2.22 (Feb 15, 2012)
- Improved handling on non printable characters in file and folder names.
- Fixed a bug to bypass unnecessary deletions and the re-syncs caused by the way certain applications save temporary files. This affects Adobe Illustrator, MYOB, Netbeans and Autodesk users.
- Selective Sync now bypasses Google xml errors for certain collection names, and shows these names, removes duplicates.
- Faster handling of updates to existing files and folders, especially when the user has no permission on Google to commit the update.
- Faster mirroring of Google permissions locally.
- Fixed bug where files with exactly the same name, path and content, but different mime types were seen as the same file.
- Verify Google deletes reported by changes feed.
- Timed or manual sync displayed 'syncing' at startup.
- Timed sync or backup displayed right time but wrong date.
- Timed sync or backup would revert to automatic sync on some errors.
- Fixed a bug where locked files were not re-synced once the file was unlocked later.
- Fixed a permissions inheritance mismatch where sub-collections on Google have been set with different permission to parents.
- Fixed error on Wipe Trash older than 7 days where next sync would unnecessarily re-upload files.
- Wipe trash function ignores files not found errors and now wipes more trash
- Don't overwhelm user with cryptic "access denied" error messages on Google file locked.
- Google server now adds http redirect for music files on Docs. Partial fix for mp3 playlists generation, playlists not work with all audio players yet, though.
New in Syncdocs 2.11 (Feb 10, 2012)
- Improvements and new features
- Changes detected and synced much faster and more reliably, especially for those with tens of thousands of files.
- New format Google presentations support
- Ability not to sync root files (files in no collection) in selective sync
- Lower overall memory use
- More advanced setup available during installation
- New scheduler to sync once a day
- Bugfixes:
- Syncdocs sometimes did not reconnect after computer hibernated
- Some files uploaded to root were not visible in “Home”
- Once a day and manual sync now detect local changes made before first sync
- Better handling of Google server 403 and SSL errors
- Smoother mirroring of slow Google server recursive deletions
- Updates to content of files in root folder sometimes not occurring
- Deletions and renames sometimes resulting in duplicate files
- Better handling of Google errors on Cyrillic and East European character sets
- Smoother handling of Google 503 errors during deletions
- A big thank you to everyone who reported bugs!
New in Syncdocs 1.35 (Dec 19, 2011)
- Faster sync
- Faster upload of small files
- Ability to stream audio from Google Docs
- Faster Microsoft Word integration
- Google Plus button (beta) instead of Google Buzz option for sharing a link to a file
- Selective sync menu easier to access
- Fixed right click to create and upload a folder
- Better handling of symbolic links to hidden folders
- Support document conversion of Docs up to 2M in size
New in Syncdocs 1.32 Beta (Nov 17, 2011)
- What's new
- faster uploads of small files using new Google API
- smoother Word integration
- Google streaming playlist support
- Bugs fixed
- folder upload from context menu while active
- hidden symlinks "My videos" etc work better
New in Syncdocs 1.25 (Nov 17, 2011)
- Workaround for Google server error causing files occasionally to appear in top level folder
- Better Google doc list inconsistency and duplicate file detection
- Fix for non-NTFS file system detection
New in Syncdocs 1.24 (Nov 17, 2011)
- What’s new
- Selective sync now supports local folders too
- Arbitrary folder sync: select any folders on your PC or network to sync with Google
- Multiple account support: sync multiple Google accounts at the same time
- Context menu right click upload now supports folder trees as well as files
- Google file rights are mirrored locally
- Smaller changes
- Progress indicator when deleting a large number of Google docs
- Command line user name setting -u username and folder upload options improved
- Uploaded sub-folder contents not now shown in Google “Home”, only in “All files”. This reduces “Home” clutter
- appsettings.xml now contains settings “ExtensionsToIgnore” and “FileAndFolderNamesToIgnore”. These specify types and names to ignore from sync
- Symlinks to network devices now supported
- More informative display on once a day backup status
- Word merge popups less annoying
- What’s delayed until the next release
- increased Syncing speed
- Fixes
- Fix for duplicated files and folders in root Google folder when access rights to child folder not present
- Folder share with Advanced permissions option, now shares contents too
- Fix for “not a valid win32 filetime” error when files come from certain Samba based NAS boxes
- Fix for “unhandled main loop error” on certain character sets
- Better handling if path greater than 260 characters
- Start with windows fix for certain usernames
New in Syncdocs 1.19 Beta (Nov 17, 2011)
- Network folder selection. You can now add an additional folder which is on a network UNC path or mapped drive to sync. This works on Vista and later, not on XP
- Fixed a bug with very long file and folder names
- Fixed a bug syncing where Syncdocs gave an error if local files had no times (on some Samba NAS filesystems)
- Fixed a bug where hidden files are sometimes ignored
New in Syncdocs 1.1 (Nov 17, 2011)
- Bug details:
- If user A shares files or collections to user B with shared permissions "can edit" but not "owner".
- User B then deletes one of these items locally, Syncdocs shows the following error message when syncing:
- "Google Doc List Incorrect Possible Google Doc List Server error detected."
- This bug is now fixed. Deleting items that have been shared with you as "can edit" removes them from your Google Docs List. The original owner keeps their copy, you cannot delete files you do not own.
- Some other minor cosmetic items are also changed:
- - left clicking on the taskbar icon is the same as right clicking
- - double clicking on the taskbar icon can show either your local Docs folder or Syncdocs status, depending on your preferences.
New in Syncdocs 0.66.4878.1748 Beta (Aug 30, 2011)
- Bypass Google bug causing deletes and moves to move docs to root folder
- Bypass Google bug causing duplicate files
- Free space menu contains a feature to remove any duplicates
- Improved free space menu, shows a lot more info about files and folders
- Tested support for uploads and downloads of files up to 10GB
- Uploads of large files support more robust resuming, should the network fail halfway through a long upload.
- Improvements when multiple PCs syncing concurrently
- Fixed Syncdocs bug where Google Renames and Deletions were not synced
- Syncdocs Ctrl-Alt-S popup hotkey disabled by default.
- MS Office files now do not convert to Google Docs by default at setup.
- Ability to make new Google project tasks from Syncdocs menu
- Fixed a bug causing unnecessary syncs
- Included shortcut in setup to run Syncdocs as Administrator for Dropbox users
- Possible fix for scheduled 24 hr time entry bug in some locales.
- Possible fix for SSL issues causing 413 errors on login.
- Possible fix for issue on Selective Sync where not all folders are shown
New in Syncdocs 0.63 Beta (Aug 30, 2011)
- Support upload of Google files up to 10GB
- Minor bug fixes and performance enhancements.
New in Syncdocs 0.62.4577.1247 Beta (Aug 16, 2011)
- Easier to use preferences
- Wake up from Windows hybrid sleep more reliable
- Improved tolerance to bad time syncs when many PCs sync to same Docs account
- Faster Google error recovery
- Google Sketchup files now always sync correctly
New in Syncdocs 0.60.4491.934 Beta (Jul 29, 2011)
- There was a glitch in version 0.59 with a modification we made for double byte character sets. This could stop login working!
New in Syncdocs 0.59 Beta (Jul 29, 2011)
- added Google archive support for .rar and .zip files
- more sharing options, default sharing scope is "anyone with link". Domain sharing settings unchanged.
- fixed out of range errors on some folder moves
- fixed error where Syncdocs sometimes would not resume syncing on PC wakeup
- fixed MS install error "2738"
New in Syncdocs 0.57.4377.1221 Beta (Jul 6, 2011)
- New features:
- File and folder sharing. You can now right click on any file or folder in Windows and share it on Google Docs. There is also now a special public folder.
- Sharing can be disabled via the Preferences menu.
- Enhanced support for Google Viewer. Most common filetypes can now be viewed online.
- More extensive command line options for 3rd party integration.
- Bug fixes and improvements:
- List inconsistencies erroneously on duplicate folders
- Syncdocs sometimes did a double syncs on file update
- Update to empty byte files ignored
- 502 Google server errors html displayed correctly
- Maximum Google limits adhered to for all file types now.
- Support all Google mime types (doc, xls, pptx, dxf, ai psd Apple pages, txt etc) even if unknown on PC.
- Fixed startup folder permissions and creation in wrong place if user lacks certain privileges on upgrade.
- (untested fix) Some users see Google folders not showing on selective sync.
- some other smaller fixes and improvements.
New in Syncdocs 0.56 Beta (Jul 6, 2011)
- Duplicate Google Docs can now be deleted from the Storage Space Used menu.
- Google file size limits adhered to.
- Smoother support for multiple PC’s syncing to same Google Docs account.
- Also improved for users working collaboratively on the same files.
- Memory usage reduced to a quarter. Maximum number of files supported by the 32bit version is now about 600,000
- command line option to specify user ("syncdocs.exe -u [email protected]")
New in Syncdocs 0.55.3684.1447 Beta (Jun 6, 2011)
- File versioning now supported for all types of files
- Option to delete trash older than a week.
- Syndocs no longer needs Admin or UAC rights to install on Windows 7
- Fix for .doc files appearing when .docx files are edited
- Improved startup logic under XP
- Improved detection of incomplete results feed from Google
- More info shown when listing folders in selective sync
- Partial Google bug workaround for deleted items from subfolders or duplicates re-appearing in root.
New in Syncdocs 0.54.3529.1617 Beta (Jun 1, 2011)
- Minor cosmetic fixes:
- Display errors when uploading folders to root.
- All Google Docs accounts now equal in capability, so Premium or Free or Gmail type no longer shown.
New in Syncdocs 0.53.3513.1844 Beta (Jun 1, 2011)
- It contains some minor bug fixes, and a major fix for those having "permission denied" errors during Google uploads.
New in Syncdocs 0.52.3429.1729 Beta (May 19, 2011)
- New features:
- Selective folder sync now supported. You can choose which Google folders to sync.
- Finer sync control for upload only, ignore shares, download only, no delete.
- Sync timing control supported, and scheduled backup option added.
- New icon right click menu lets you create new documents or emails.
- Account management better. Account wiping now supported.
- Fixes and minor features:
- Fixed a bug where Syncdocs re-synced just after download. This caused extra syncing.
- To stop the frequent update messages, Syncdocs now has an option "Ask me before updating program". Default is to auto-update silently.
- More robust Google server error handling including, SSL restarts, 503 handling during deletes, 403 forbidden errors during downloads thresholded.
- Real-time Word collaboration works better, better help now shown if couldn’t merge.
- New Google API 1.8.0.0 integrated. This means a smaller .NET library is needed. Google drawing support is also better, although raster formats (.png and jpeg) work better than vector (svg).
- Users can now turn off file verification for speed, but it is not recommended.
- Slightly lower peak memory usage