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Version 7.2.5 (released on 2012-1-26)- Minor improvements & bugfixes.Version 7.2.4 (released on 2012-1-18)- Recovery optimization when handling large volume of data- Improved recovery options - Two merge bug fixes CAUTION : This new version of Areca fixes two bugs in the 'merge' function. It is recommended to check archives created by merging with previous (7.2.x) versions of Areca. Version 7.2.3 (released on 2011-8-20)- Minor bugfixesVersion 7.2.2 (released on 2011-8-28)- Statistics can now be added to backup reports- Recovery performance improvements when handling large number of files - Minor GUI enhancements and bugfixes. Version 7.2.1 (released on 2011-2-19)- Transaction parameters have been added to the target configuration window.Version 7.2 (released on 2011-1-23)- Added support for intermediate transaction points- Added SFTP storage - Added control on encrypted filenames wrapping - Enhanced control on FTP passive mode. Version 7.1.10 (released on 2010-11-1)- Fixed a bug on search window.Version 7.1.9 (released on 2010-10-17)- Fixed a bug that could occur when checking recovered files- Default zip compression level set to 4. Version 7.1.8 (released on 2010-9-29)- Added control encoding option to FTP window- Fixed a problem that prevented last modification time to be recovered on read-only files (windows specific) - Faster and storage efficient 'archive check' feature - Faster delta storage mode - Added control on zip compression level - Minor other bugfixes & enhancements. Version 7.1.7 (released on 2010-5-19)- Minor GUI enhancements & bugfixes.Version 7.1.6 (released on 2009-12-7)- Big files (over 2 GB) metadata are now properly handled- More control has been added to file path naming conventions on Windows - A bug that could occur when recovering single files in 'delta' mode has been fixed - Configuration storage has been refactored and simplified - 'Check' and 'Merge' features have been improved - Better 'Configuration import' window - 'Search' feature enhancements - Minor user interface enhancements. CAUTION : This version includes major modifications of Areca's backup configuration format. Version 7.1.5 (released on 2009-8-24)- More secured configuration backup (Areca makes sure that the XML backup file is correctly written on the backup location)- Command-line output in console has been reactivated - Bugfix when forcing 'full backup' mode on delta targets - Areca can now handle <null> extended attribute values - Progress bars enhancements - Post-processors enhancements. Version 7.1.4 (released on 2009-8-2)- Drag and Drop in sources configuration window- Bugfix when recovering a specific version of a file (the latest version was always recovered) - Minor enhancements. Version 7.1.3 (released on 2009-7-12)- Regular expression filter bug fix- Minor XML configuration bug fix - Recovery bug fix. Version 7.1.2 (released on 2009-6-12)- New regular expression filters options- Backup report enhancements - Post processors enhancements - Minor bugfixes. Version 7.1.1 (released on 2009-5-26)- Ability to view files contained in your archives using the default applications configured on your system- Post-backup actions enhancements - Minor other enhancements. Version 7.1 (released on 2009-4-21)- Minor error messages enhancements- Named pipes are now properly handled by Areca - Better 'Check Archive' feature. Version 7.0.9 (released on 2009-4-3)- Synchronous backup mode available from command-line interface- The 256 characters limit on file path is disabled if the Java version is over 1.6 - Enhanced FTP connexions management. Version 7.0.8 (released on 2009-3-21)- Logical view bug fix- Image backups bug fix. Version 7.0.7 (released on 2009-3-17)- Regex file filter bug fix- Added 'encrypt file names' to the 'missing encryption data' window - File handle cleanup. Version 7.0.6 (released on 2009-3-7)- Delta backup bug fix.Version 7.0.5 (released on 2009-3-5)- ACL serialization bug fix in Java 1.5- Minor recovery bug fix. Version 7.0 (released on 2009-2-15)- ACL and extended attributes support for Linux- New 'archive check' feature - Heavy memory management refactoring. CAUTION : this version is NOT backward compatible with previous versions of Areca. Version 6.1 (released on 2008-12-2)- Backup pause implementation- Plugin API enhancement - Configurable compression level - Encryption refactoring CAUTION : This refactoring is NOT backward-compatible. This means that this new version will NOT be able to read archives encrypted with previous versions of Areca. Version 6.0.7 (released on 2008-4-28)- log bug fix.Version 6.0.6 (released on 2008-4-27)- Various bug fixes.Version 6.0.5 (released on 2008-4-10)- Log bug fix.Version 6.0.4 (released on 2008-4-9)- Archive trace backward-compatibility bug fix.Version 6.0.3 (released on 2008-4-8)- Zip Bugfix.Version 6.0.2 (released on 2008-4-7)- Bugfixes- Archive trace storage refactoring - translation updates. Version 6.0.1 (released on 2008-3-30)- Minor bugfixes- Minor encryption and log enhancements. Version 6.0 (released on 2008-3-26)- Delta storage implementation- Chinese (traditional), Swedish and Danish translations - Minor bugfixes and enhancements. Version 5.5.7 (released on 2008-1-25)- Minor bugfixes- Japanese, Chinese and Spanish translations. Version 5.5.6 (released on 2008-1-15)- Filename size checks were added- Minor enhancements. Version 5.5.5 (released on 2008-1-13)- Encryption bug fix- Zip64 bug fix - Minor enhancements. Version 5.5.4 (released on 2007-12-20)- Recovery bug fix.Version 5.5.3 (released on 2007-12-2)- Full and differential backups support.Version 5.5.2 (released on 2007-11-9)- Compression enhancements- Hungarian translation - Minor bugfixes. Version 5.5.1 (released on 2007-10-27)- Recovery optimization- Backup strategy wizard. Version 5.5 (released on 2007-10-14)- Merge processor enhancements- New delete processor - Encryption enhancements - Bug Fixes. Version 5.4 (released on 2007-10-8)- Pre-processors- Filter enhancements - Minor bug fixes. Version 5.3.5 (released on 2007-9-21)- Mail send processor enhancement- Minor bug fixes. Version 5.3.4 (released on 2007-9-14)- External decompression tool- GUI enhancements - Java properties override feature. Version 5.3.3 (released on 2007-9-1)- FTP data cache- Some bug fixes. Version 5.3.2 (released on 2007-8-24)- External decryption tool- New archive merge option. Version 5.3.1 (released on 2007-8-19)- Faster file copy- Zip options enhancements - Filters enhancements - Multiple source directories support. Version 5.3 (released on 2007-8-11)- Dutch and Italian translation- Zip split support - Symbolic links support. Version 5.2.1 (released on 2007-7-22)- Permission management bug fix- Post-processors enhancements - Locked file filter enhancements - FTP enhancements. Version 5.2 (released on 2007-6-27)- Zip64 bug fix- Russian translation - Mail reports enhancements - Shell script dynamic parameters. Version 5.1 (released on 2007-6-17)- Better multithreading management- User interface enhancements (Archive's files edition feature & improved target deletion). Version 5.0.2 (released on 2007-6-5)- Bug fix : directories starting with '#' were not processed properly.Version 5.0.1 (released on 2007-5-30)- UTF-8 is used for all metadata files- Backup shortcut implementation - Search-Window enhancements. Version 5.0 (released on 2007-5-12)- Graphical user interface refactoring (SWT is used instead of Swing).Version 4.5.2 (released on 2007-5-1)- Some bug fixes- Target duplication feature. Version 4.5.1 (released on 2007-4-29)- FTPs (implicit/explicit SSL/TLS) support.Version 4.5 (released on 2007-4-11)- Zip64 compression- FTP support - Improved archives controls - XML configuration backup - Log window. Version 4.2.3 (released on 2007-3-7)- Some more bug fixes.Version 4.2.2 (released on 2007-3-6)- Various bug fixes.Version 4.2.1 (released on 2007-3-3)- Memory optimizations and improved controls on zip32 archive size.Version 4.2 (released on 2007-2-7)- File attributes recovery (date & permissions)- Authenticated SMTP support - Encrypted targets bug fix. Version 4.1.7 (released on 2007-2-4)- Merge bug fix.Version 4.1.6 (released on 2007-1-30)- Memory optimizations- Recovery enhancement (File last modification date is now preserved). Version 4.1.5 (released on 2006-12-1)- Stronger encryption- Some bug fixes (shell post-processors). Version 4.1 (released on 2006-11-22)- Search feature- Toolbar - Minor enhancements & Bug fixes. Version 4.0.5 (released on 2006-11-10)- Mail encoding bug fix- Workspace backup feature. Version 4.0 (released on 2006-11-4)- Post-processors and user preferences- Various optimizations. Version 3.5.1 (released on 2006-10-21)- Minor ZIP bug fix (This bug occurred on empty archives).Version 3.5 (released on 2006-10-10)- New file filters- Major archive medium refactoring. Version 3.4 (released on 2006-9-12)- Empty directory tracking- Archive mediums refactoring - File size & date filters. Version 3.3.1 (released on 2006-9-9)- Internationalization bug fix.Version 3.3 (released on 2006-9-7)- Internationalization (by Stephane Brunel), UTF8 support and various improvements.Version 3.2.7 (released on 2006-8-30)- Backup simulation bug fix.Version 3.2.6 (released on 2006-8-28)- Command line interface improvements - Backup pre-check improvements.Version 3.2.5 (released on 2006-8-24)- Command line interface bug fix.Version 3.2.4 (released on 2006-8-4)- Added AES encryption algorithm- Minor GUI enhancements. Version 3.2.3 (released on 2006-8-2)- Minor bug fix.Version 3.2.2 (released on 2006-7-27)- Added a check module for new releases.Version 3.2.1 (released on 2006-7-20)- Target history enhancement.Version 3.2 (released on 2006-7-18)- Implemented process cancellation- added target Indicators. Version 3.1.5 (released on 2006-7-12)- Added Java version check on startup and minor GUI enhancements.Version 3.1.4 (released on 2006-7-8)- Support for deep directories encryption on Windows (Windows limits paths length to 256 characters).Version 3.1.3 (released on 2006-7-6)- Added references to the project's home page.Version 3.1.2 (released on 2006-7-2)- Minor GUI correction (the 'Help' window didn't open correctly under Windows 2000.)Version 3.1.1 (released on 2006-6-12)- Incremental storage mediums now check that the data have really changed before backup.Version 3.1 (released on 2006-5-21)- Archive encryption implementation.Version 3.0 (released on 2006-5-7)- Backup simulation and single file recovery implementation.Version 2.7 (released on 2006-4-15)- Archive merge enhancement- Archive deletion implementation. Version 2.6 (released on 2006-3-22)- Archive detail window.Version 2.5 (released on 2006-3-9)- Commit / Rollback implementation for backups and merges.Version 2.4 (released on 2006-2-6)- Regex filters implementation.Version 2.3.1 (released on 2006-1-2)- Backup monitoring enhancement.Version 2.3 (released on 2005-12-18)- Backup / Merge / Recover pre-check improvements.Version 2.2.1 (released on 2005-12-8)- Log history management.Version 2.2 (released on 2005-10-11)- Manifest implementation.Version 2.1.2 (released on 2005-7-23)- Context menus implementation.Version 2.1.1 (released on 2005-7-13)- History improvement.Version 2.1 (released on 2005-7-11)- Minor GUI enhancements. ('about' and 'help' dialogs)Version 2.0 (released on 2005-7-3)- Group / Target edition windows.Version 1.2.2 (released on 2005-6-21)- Minor GUI enhancements.Version 1.2.1 (released on 2005-6-6)- History implementation.Version 1.2 (released on 2005-6-1)- New storage mediums- XML processing improvement. Version 1.1 (released on 2005-5-15)- GUI implementationVersion 1.0 (released on 2005-5-1)- Backup engine implementation. |