Software Update: FreeFileSync 10.6

Version 10.6 of FreeFileSync has been released. This open source program can be used to back up or synchronize content from two different locations. It’s available for Windows, Linux, and macOS, doesn’t rely on things like Java or a .Net Framework, and it’s lightweight to use. The Windows installer contains separate 32bit and 64bit versions, and also offers the option to install a portable version. Since version 10.1, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Changes in FreeFileSync version 10.6

• Detect and skip traversing folder path aliases
• Conflict when Unicode normalization forms differ
• Unified 32 and 64 bit into single package (Linux)
• Notarized application package (macOS)
• Save configuration files in user-specific paths (Linux)
• Use XDG-style config file paths (Linux)
• Fixed (fake) intermittent hangs during comparison
• Detect SMB mount points as separate devices (Linux)
• Consider /mnt subfolders as device root paths (Linux)
• Create missing default log folder upon first run
• Don’t consider final status for error/warning count
• Discard invalid SFTP session after max channel test
• Fixed main dialog position not being remembered
• Fixed imprecise FTP times due to MLST parsing issue
• Fixed application menu not being localized (macOS)
• Fixed temp file name hitting file system length limitations
• Fixed fatal errors not being written to console (Debian Linux)
• Updated translation files

Changes in FreeFileSync version 10.5

• New file matching algorithm considering Unicode normalization
• User-configurable timeout for FTP and SFTP connections
• Ignore case sensitivity during filter matching (Linux)
• Obsoleted old CHM manual in favor of PDF
• Unicode-normalized and faster case-insensitive grid search
• New button to save current view filter settings as default
• Both slash and backslash can be used in filter expressions
• Improved Unicode case conversion routines
• Keyboard shortcuts for swap sides (F10) and view category (F11)
• Don’t steal input focus when closing progress dialog (macOS)
• Fixed shutdown crash when accessing already destroyed state
• Fixed file grid column order not being preserved
• Fixed manual activation input fields being disabled (macOS)
• Fixed FTP parsing error due to invalid folder time
• Fixed statistics boxes background distortion (macOS)

Changes in FreeFileSync version 10.4

• Allow overriding log folder path for gui and batch runs
• Fixed RealTimeSync not triggering when using volume path by name
• Fixed reading FTP folders including wildcard chars
• Fixed image overlay graphics glitch (Linux)
• Don’t show error if versioning folder is not yet existing
• Fixed crash when removing folder pair just before comparison (F5)
• Fixed crash when parent folder of newly-moved file is deleted after comparison
• Fixed statistics when folder containing moved files is found missing

Changes in FreeFileSync version 10.3

• New log panel showing details about the last operation
• Show status of last syncs in configuration panel
• Access log files via the configuration panel
• Allow auto-retry and ignore errors during comparison
• Show folder RealTimeSync is waiting on
• New %logfile_path% macro for “on completion” command
• Show errors and warnings count in log file header
• Fixed crash when resizing panel during comparison
• Fixed folders created hidden when source is a volume root path
• Use steady clock while waiting in RealTimeSync
• Fixed folder access error with Google Drive File Stream
• Open global log folder path via options dialog
• Limit global logs by age instead of size
• Deprecated batch-level log files and LastSyncs.log

Changes in FreeFileSync version 10.2

• Limit number of file versions by age and count
• Report not yet existing folders as warning instead of error
• Improved comparison speed for high-latency traversals
• Set up parallel file operations for versioning folder
• Early clean up to avoid hitting (S)FTP connection limits
• Support FTP servers with ANSI encoding
• Fixed folder drag and drop for modal dialogs
• Fixed progress graph glitch caused by unsteady system clock
• Unbuffered folder lock file existence checking
• Fixed macOS Donation Edition not being recognized after bundle rename
• Updated translation files