2BrightSparks SyncBackPro 11.3.45 + Portable

New (Pro/SE): XZ and ZStandard compression
New: A new option on Compression -> Compressed settings page to not compress files considered already compressed
Updated (Pro): Compression filter (already compressed file types) can now be used with PKWare SecureZip encryption
Updated: Main window column widths, order and visibility immediately saved when changes are made
Updated: "Stop using screen reader" menu item appears in Preferences main menu if a screen reader is being used
Updated (Pro): Added Israel AWS S3 Endpoint
Updated: Splash screen removed (tray icon animates instead)
Fixed (Pro): "bad_request: Invalid API request path" error during a file update with Box API
Fixed (Pro/SE): Failure to scan Zip archives with files over 2GB in size when using LZMA2
Fixed: Loses column widths etc. if start minimized and do not show main window before exiting
Fixed: SyncBack may fail to retrieve information from Scheduler Monitor
Fixed: Internal changes to how windows are minimized and restored

Fixed: Scheduler Monitor incorrectly states profiles not run by scheduler

A new freeware SysLog server and client has been released.

New: Scheduler Monitor Service introduced which can help detect profiles that are not being run by the Windows Task Scheduler
New (Pro/SE): 7zip compatible LZMA2 compression and encryption (the Zip header can be encrypted so the contained filenames cannot be seen)
New (Pro): Secrets Manager to store usernames, passwords and private keys
New (Pro): Files can be copied from HTTP
New (SE): SyncBackSE now supports LZMA and BZip2 compression along with the new LZMA2 compression and encryption. This also means email log files can use higher compression (LZMA)
New (Pro/SE): You can automatically download files from HTTP, when using FTP, to increase performance
New (Pro/SE): Group Queue profiles. These are similar to the traditional Groups except you can configure how a profile in the group queue is run (e.g. an Integrity check) and the same profile can be in a group queue multiple times. They also use fewer resources.
New (Pro): Cloudflare R2 support (S3 compatible service)
New (Pro): Support for SSE-C with native Backblaze B2
New (Pro/SE): Option to compress network traffic (SMB, Windows 10 or better)
New (Pro): Script Debugging
New: You can now choose an action to take if two files are considered to be identical
New: All system volumes can be accessed with the path \?
New: New shared settings can be created from the Manage Shared Settings window. Previously they could only be created when modifying a profile.
New: Shared settings can be modified from the Manage Shared Settings window. Previously they could only be modified when modifying a profile that uses those shared settings.
New: You can rename shared settings from the Manage Shared Settings window.
New: Shared settings can be exported and imported from the Manage Shared Settings window.
New: File copying methods can be tested
New: In the Differences window, you can filter based on the filename or extension. Wildcards (* and ?) are supported
New: In the Differences window, you can configure it so that a double-click on a folder will automatically add it to the filter so only that directory and its contents are shown
New: In the Differences window, there are more filter options. You can also click on the Totals grid to filter.
New: A hotkey can be defined for SyncBack itself (the hotkey is shown in the tray icon hint)
New: A new profile configuration page (Links) has been created to centralize settings related to shortcuts, offline files, symbolic links, hard links, etc.
New: On the profile History page you can export all the history
New: In the Global Settings you can re-order the tabs
New: When modifying a group you can use drag and drop to re-order profiles in a group and to add or remove profiles from the group
New: The HTML log file now includes a bar chart for easy comparison of the number of files copied on previous runs (last 7)
New (Pro/SE): Profiles can be configured to run elevated or not elevated. When scheduling such profiles the scheduler is configured as appropriate.
New (Pro/SE): In Global Settings you can configure Windows to allow elevated processes like SyncBackPro and SyncBackSE to see mapped network drives.
New (Pro/SE): In Global Settings you can configure create a shortcut to run SyncBackPro or SyncBackSE elevated without a UAC prompt.
New: Console input (stdin) can be sent to the Run Before and Run After programs from a file
New: Console output (stdout) from Run Before and Run After can be recorded in the log file
New: Option to Run After only if the profile failed
New: Profiles (including groups) can be run automatically when the screen saver is activated or the display is powered off
New: You can ignore files accessed (or not accessed) between dates or since a date
New: For Junction Points, you can ignore all of them (as per V10 and earlier), ignore only Windows backward compatibility junction points or not ignore them
New (Pro/SE): File hard links can be identified and copied as hard links
New (Pro/SE): File symbolic links can be copied and re-mapped
New (Pro/SE): Directory symbolic links and junction/reparse points can be copied and re-mapped
New: Option to ignore hidden and system folders
New: Option to ignore pinned files and directories
New: Option to ignore unpinned files and directories
New: Option to ignore placeholder directories
New (Pro/SE): When running a profile as a Restore you can create a Windows System Restore Point.
New: Full (absolute) paths can now be used in filters
New (Pro): New script constants, e.g. HoursPerDay
New (Pro): New script functions, e.g. IntRoundTo
New (Pro): New script properties in SBRunning: LeftType, RightType, LeftIsSource
New (Pro): New script object SBProfiles
New: New variables: SERIALOF, LABELOF, HWSERIALOF, DROPBOX, HARDLINKCREATEDSRC, HARDLINKCREATEDDEST, SYMLINKCREATEDSRC, SYMLINKCREATEDDEST, COMPAREHARDLINKTOTAL, COMPARESYMLINKTOTAL, HTTPDOWNLOAD
New (SE/Pro): -profaffinity command line parameter
New (Pro): Windows Group Policy settings (ADMX) are available.
Updated: No more button panels for menus, instead main menus are used
Updated: Greatly increased group filtering performance (when listing only profiles not in a group)
Updated: Drives tab on Global Settings initialized faster
Updated: The Tree Explorer, File Collision and Differences windows show if a file or directory is a link and details on it (if the profile is configured appropriately)
Updated: The Differences window has been updated so when using a dark style the details at the bottom are dark
Updated: To save space, leading and trailing slashes are no longer shown in the Differences window
Updated: The New Profile Wizard lets you create Group Queue profiles
Updated: The Filters window shows hints for items that are too wide to display entirely, or it contains variables
Updated: The Restore Wizard automatically hides the History tab if there is no history for the profile
Updated: The scheduler window now clearly shows if the schedule is daily, weekly or monthly
Updated: The log file no longer includes unused filter information and instead only shows filters that have been used
Updated: The log file now splits up the files copied etc. into their own sections. Previously there was only one section ("Copied, deleted, renamed, and changed (123)"), but now they are split into Changes, Copied, Deleted and Renamed
Updated (Pro/SE): For the webhook calls, if there is no JSON then a GET call is made instead of a POST call
Updated (Pro): With SyncBack Touch you can now use both Windows Impersonation and SBMS for login for extra security and control
Updated (Pro): The Azure Speech API has been updated
Updated (Pro): With Dropbox the native SHA256 hash is automatically used for verification and hash comparison
Updated (Pro): When creating new scripts, a simple starting template is used as a basis
Updated: When emailing the log you can choose Direct Send for a simpler configuration
Updated: When battery saver is enabled in Windows, all running profile are paused and background backups are not started
Updated: If power is switched to a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) then it is treated as battery saving
Updated: When a profile is run it SyncBack checks to see if a two or more drives are using the same label or have the same serial (if you are using the label or serial variables)
Updated: SysLog supports RFC5424
Updated: Extensive improvements to creating schedules so SyncBack can detect if the user has the access rights to create schedules
Updated: When scheduling profiles configured to run elevated or not elevated the scheduler is configured as appropriate.

Fixed (Pro): Set timestamps when using Chilkat and SSH File Transfer Protocol version less than 6
Fixed (Pro): Modifying SBMS connection settings
Fixed: Ransomware detection when restoring