Software Update: FreeFileSync 8.9

Version 8.9 of FreeFileSync has been released. FreeFileSync is an open source program that can 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 possibility to install a portable version. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

Changes in FreeFileSync 8.9

• Detect when database file was copied and avoid “second part missing” error
• Further reduced size of database files by 20%
• Reduced amortized number of file operations during versioning
• Added database file consistency checks to catch unexpected number of stream associations
• Improved file I/O by detecting cross-device moves via path
• Fixed path parsing failure when creating MTP directories
• Implemented buffered stream I/O abstraction to prepare for FTP
• Generalized file path handling for abstract file system implementations
• Warn about outdated AvmSnd.dll before crashing during sound playback
• Avoid libunity9 dependency for Ubuntu builds
• Refactored OpenSSL and libssh2 initialization/shutdown
• Case-insensitive grid sorting on Linux
• Added 32-bit precompiled Debian/Ubuntu release