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Version history for FreeFileSync

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Changes for v10.23 - v11.0

Revised file layout on main grid
Skip download/upload when copying Google Drive files inside account
Support moving Google Drive files between shared drives and My Drive
Support copying Google Drive shortcuts between accounts
Support copying Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc. within account
Fixed parsing uninitialized Google Drive modification time
Fixed Google Drive file already existing check running too late
Ignore slash/backslash differences during manual search
Avoid creating orphan database entry if one DB file fails to load
Limit modification time error count for log file warning message
Support copying WSL symlinks
Avoid duplicate MTP/Google Drive item creation from multiple threads
Fixed TMPDIR not found during startup (macOS)
Added sync variant icons
Avoid redundant icon format conversions
Buffer high-DPI image scaling results
Improved MTP thumbnail scaling performance
Avoid race condition during parallel file icon rendering (Linux)
Allow creating folder name with leading/trailing spaces
Start supporting GTK3 (Linux)

Changes for v10.22 - v10.23

Run "on completion" commands on console (no need for "cmd.exe /c")
Check exit code and report errors for external applications
Report stream output of failed command line calls (macOs, Linux)
Use Unicode symbols compatible with older macOS
RealTimeSync: invoke command using cmd.exe instead of ShellExecute (Windows)
Avoid hitting log file length limitations for aggregated jobs
Fix OpenSSL failing on HTTP 1.0 response without Content-Length
Don't allow creating folder names ending with space or dot
Support base folders with trailing blanks
Show system error descriptions on volume shadow copy errors
Raise exit code if saving log file or sending email failed
Report all documented MTP error descriptions
Updated default exclude filter (macOS/Linux)
Added image outlines for improved dark mode support
Work around WBEM_E_INVALID_CLASS error during installation
Align file path rendering with app layout direction
Play sound notification also when "cancel on first error" is set
Cleaner file path formatting (macOs, Linux)
Added instructions when failing to start due to missing GTK2 (Ubuntu)
RealTimeSync: distinguish drive unmount from folder change notification
Avoid blocking command scripts waiting for user input
Updated translation files

Changes for v10.20 - v10.22

Fixed upper-case conversion bug for non-ASCII strings
Preselect last-used email address
Select log file format (HTML or plain text)
Aggregate email notifications when hitting sending limits
Show code literals in system error messages
Limit conflict item count for log file warning message
Show log icon error indicator even if error occured after sync
Disable background drag & drop when showing modal dialog
Hide dummy model, vendor names in log files
Fixed ANSI encoding used for log file time formatting
Reduced memory consumption for large number of log messages
Correctly parse lock files despite corrupted trail data
Show emoji instead of Unicode icon in email subject
Fixed IWbemServices::ConnectServer error after sync
Fixed aggregate email logs incomplete truncation

Changes for v10.19 - v10.20

Send email notifications after sync
Generate log files in HTML format
Detect sync database consistency errors
Start log file with preview of first 50 errors/warnings
Mitigate lock file data corruption
Print Windows error codes in hexadecimal
Fixed missing MTP and network links in folder picker (Linux)
Display versioning and log folder path history
Display and log all config names for merged configurations
Run post-sync command synchronously and log exit code
Fixed crash on Bitvise SFTP servers with zlib delayed compression
Show actual time out used in failure message
Show detailed error message when failing to test sound files
Fixed timeout for long-running FTP uploads by sending keep-alives
Use Donation Edition on unlimited number of virtual machines
Ignore accidental clicks in empty space of configuration panel

Changes for v10.18 - v10.19

Unified rendering of disabled grid layouts
Count moved file pair as one update in view filter buttons
Fix command button default sizes (Windows)
Added %item_name%, %item_name2% context menu macros
Support deleting references to shared Google Drive files
Trash Google Drive files only when having single parent
Fixed high DPI scaling issue on image borders
Preserve system date format for RTL languages
Fall back to folder path if resource archives are missing

Changes for v10.17 - v10.18

Save/load database files in parallel
Show item count for each view filter category
Group config history items via background colors
Allow grid sort by category and sync action
Reduced file accesses for faster start up
Buffer redundant database loads
Fix ibus initialization hang on Ubuntu 19.10
Defer showing progress panel for short-lived tasks
Calculate stable scrollbar dimensions on GTK2
Log mod time errors even when sync is cancelled
Show progress and errors when updating sync directions
Detect MLSD support despite invalid FTP FEAT response
Improved GUI responsiveness during config load
Added Vietnamese translation

Changes for v10.16 - v10.17

Support PuTTY private key files for SFTP login
Enable zlib compression for SFTP servers if supported
Update last sync time despite differences if nothing to do
Reduce graph total time update interval
Remember folder history not just for first folder pair
Allow unprivileged symlink creation in Windows Developer Mode
Integrate latest libcurl FTP bug fixes
Detect common invalid SFTP key file formats
Fixed startup crash caused by corrupted HDD properties
Allow SFTP access via Ed25519 key in PKIX format

Changes for v10.13 - v10.16

Redesigned progress indicator graphs
Avoid needless HTTP delay prior to Google Drive upload
Skip redundant CWDs during FTP metadata updates
Fixed MLSD 501 syntax error on Serv-U FTP server
Check FTP server status using FEAT/HELP instead of root folder
Avoid redundant TYPE changes during FTP directory listing
Access FTP files by full path and avoid CWDs
Support FTP home paths with non-ASCII chars
Work around libcurl bug failing to buffer FTP TLS authentication
Skip redundant FTP SIZE check before downloading file
Use ISO 8601 week of the year definition for %week% macro
Show login prompt for disconnected NAS share
Force icon resolution to 96 DPI in GTK2 build (Linux)
Detect missing full disk access permission (macOS)
Fixed accessibility issue with progress graph colors
Use short naming convention when deleting abandoned folder lock
Detect endless folder lock recursion on buggy file systems
Fixed Google Drive parsing error for invalid file time

Changes for v10.12 - v10.13

Allow to rename configurations via context menu
Work around hang on SMB network with broken FileFullDirectoryInformation
Work around SMB share returning empty item name
Detect and preempt keyman64.dll crash on exit
Manage notification sounds via global options dialog
Support 32-bit Debian Jessie and later releases
Work around silent failure to case-only rename on FAT drives (Windows 10)
Simplified installation folder structure
Update main grid scrollbars when resizing columns on other side
Preserve input focus when clicking on grid column label
Buffer result of process path normalization
Mirror middle grid icons for RTL layout (Linux)
Force LTR layout until wxWidgets supports RTL (macOS)
Fixed pair scrolling mismatch when grid height is exceeded by one row
Fixed startup failure due to missing /etc/machine-id (Linux)

Changes for v10.10 - v10.12

Show sync start time and date in progress dialog title
Added duration of comparison to log
Show all total times in full HH:MM:SS format
Added sync start time to log file header
Add Windows Defender exclusions to fix CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT
New RealTimeSync option to hide console window
Support launching through symlink (Windows)
Dropped support for Windows XP, Server 2003, and Vista
Reduced installation size by 25%

Changes for v10.9 - v10.10

New option: synchronize selection
Dynamically disable unsuitable context menu options
Support MTP devices without move command
Fall back to copy/delete when implicitly moving to different device (e.g. symlink)
Fixed incorrect statistics after parallel move
Fixed menu button not triggering context menu
Fixed crash on focus change while message popup is dismissed
Fixed crash when trying to shrink empty image
Fixed invisible dialogs when monitor is turned off in multi-monitor setup
Work around GetFileInformationByHandle error code 58 on WD My Cloud EX
Changing deletion handling now correctly triggers updated config
Support root-relative FTP file paths (e.g. FreeNAS)
Move and rename MTP items as a transaction
Exclude AppleDouble files (._) via default filter on macOS
Support home path for FTP folder picker
Use server default permissions when creating SFTP folder
Use native OpenSSL AES-CTR rather than libssh2 fallback
Added context information for cloud connection errors
Updated translation files

Changes for v10.8 - v10.9

Added FTP, SFTP, Google Drive support for Linux
FreeFileSync Donation Edition available for Linux
Compress file stream during Google Drive upload
Navigate beyond access-denied parents in SFTP folder picker
Fixed unexpected stream size error during FTP upload
Support native recursive deletion for Google Drive
Support native recursive deletion for MTP
Deterministically save Google Drive state during exit
Work around missing TMPDIR variable (Linux)
Support SFTP servers returning large package sizes during folder reading
Start with home path when using SFTP folder picker
Aggregate device authentication prompts during comparison
Clean up temp file after unexpected stream size error
Work around FTP servers not supporting HELP command
Support parsing path by volume name when volume is missing
Parse and streamline Google Drive error messages
Load next item after deleting from config history
Avoid redundant Google Drive syncs after file/folder creation
Avoid duplicate MTP item creation by multiple threads

Changes for v10.7 - v10.8

Support synchronization with Google Drive
Keep sync directions when changing versioning/deletion
Save last sync time before shutting down system
Avoid dependency on file id to detect duplicate folders
Check if path exists before creating duplicate MTP folder
Check for empty MTP item name during folder traversal
Check if MTP items are referenced by the same path
Support MTP devices requiring modTime for file creation
Fixed sync config GUI distortion when toggling auto retry
Fixed FreeFileSync sort order in Windows Uninstall
Fixed log override path being squashed on high DPI
Fixed volume serial not considered when file id is missing

Changes for v10.6 - v10.7

Resolve ambiguous paths in (S)FTP folder picker
Fixed path alias check to not rely on volume serial
Check already existing move target by ID instead of path
Use native image conversion routines in installer
Added base folder info for unresolved conflicts message
Avoid silent failure when setting epoch modTime
Fixed parsing locale with unexpected format
Fixed RealTimeSync failing to start FreeFileSync batch
Exclude failed item paths containing backslash in names
Fixed RealTimeSync GUI distortion after drag & drop
Support command arguments and exit code with launcher
Consider UTF encoding when trimming long temp name during file copy

Changes for v10.5 - v10.6

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 for v10.3 - v10.5

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

Changes for v10.2 - v10.3

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"
Show errors and warnings count in log file header
Fixed crash when resizing panel during comparison
Fixed folders created hidden when source is root
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 for v10.0 - v10.1

Binary-compare multiple files in parallel
Copy file permissions when creating base folders
Fixed hang when scrolling file list (Windows)
Fixed file list mismatch when cancelling sync
Fixed delay when cancelling folder existence check
Fixed sync processing order to honor FIFO
Fixed startup delay when internet is offline (Linux, macOS)
Fixed crash when closing via the macOS Dock
Support installation without admin rights (macOS)
Fixed bcrypt.dll not found on startup (Windows XP)
Respect Content-Length header for HTTP requests
Support parallel folder traversal on Ubuntu 16.4
Fixed missing shared library dependencies (Linux)
Unified precompiled Linux binary packages

Changes for v9.9 - v10.0

The installer is now ad-free!
Sync multiple files in parallel (Donation Edition)
Compare multiple files in parallel within a single folder tree
Aggregate worker threads per device during traversal
Reset GUI layout configuration for high DPI displays
Keep GUI responsive during synchronization
Remember maximum number of visible folder pairs
Fixed high DPI issues in installer
Don't delay errors by callback interval during comparison
Concurrent intermediate folder creation for versioning
Sync all folder level items before recursion (avoid CWDs)
Updated translation files

Changes for v9.8 - v9.9

High DPI display support
Allow automatic retry at configuration level
Show error handling settings during sync
Avoid libpng.so dependency (Linux)
Fixed undefined behavior closing paused progress dialog
Check if buggy DLLs are loaded into address space
Fixed FTP parsing error for Windows CE device
Workaround VSS provider implementation bug
Respect macOS user settings for date/thousands separator
Updated translation files

Changes for v9.7 - v9.8

New option to auto-close progress dialog
Update last sync time if no differences found
Added 5 seconds countdown before shutdown/sleep
Preserve XML attribute creation order
Support HTTPS web accesses without redirect
Connect network share upon logon type not granted
Fixed invalid pointer error when reading MTP
Fixed temporary db file triggering RealTimeSync
Fixed runtime error during uninstallation
Continue status updates during sync cancellation
Log number of items found during comparison
Warn about outdated nviewH64.dll instead of crashing
Show default log file path when saving a batch job
Consider only full days for time since last sync

Changes for v9.6 - v9.7

New configuration management panel
New column showing days since last sync
Support starting FreeFileSync via Windows Send To
Minimized memory operations for I/O buffer
Allow multiple config selections on Linux
New command line option -DirPair
Fixed ENTER key not working for most dialogs (macOS)
Show only one warning about failed directory locks
Show correct sync time when resuming from sleep
Don't resolve symlinks that are dropped via mouse
Detect and notify LCMapString compatibility mode bug
Fixed incorrect file permissions within macOS bundle
Fixed wrong results dialog panel selection (Linux)

Changes for v9.5 - v9.6

New installation command line option /disable_updates
Fixed crash when closing main dialog during sync
Fixed RealTimeSync crash after recursive mutex locking
Improved file copy performance on macOS
Clean up obsolete files during installation
Don't use threads for running async command line (Linux)
Avoid main dialog flash after minimized sync
Disable file list export until after comparison
Directly close progress dialog during sync
Redirect escape key from main dialog to progress dialog
Fixed startup delay during consistency checks
Updated translation files

Changes for v9.4 - v9.5

Allow to change error handling option on progress dialogs
Set up shutdown behavior during sync (summary, exit, sleep)
Conditional execution of the post sync command line
Directly use native shutdown/sleep API
Run post sync command even when fail on first error was set
Merged batch and GUI error handling options
Write post sync command to log file
Update GUI-specific options when saving as batch job
Progress graph area matches processed data ratio
Delete files permanently with Shift+Del
Apply correct quotation for CSV-exported folder list
Use Unicode arrow chars with ASCII for variant description
Updated libcurl, OpenSSL to latest builds

Changes for v9.3 - v9.4

Fixed copying files with locked byte ranges using VSS
Fixed wrong FTP working directory reuse in libcurl
Allow retry upon failure during online update check
Repackaged Donation Edition to reduce AV false positives
Apply correct directory path encoding during FTP traversal
Fixed strict weak ordering for SFTP session ID sorting
Clean up read-only temporaries during failed sparse file copy
Fixed access denied file copy error for ADS
Workaround broken SMB servers reporting sparse support
Support hash characters in FTP directory listing
Prepared auto-updater to support new installer format
Refined installer error reporting
Streamlined sync config dialogs
Resized installer window dimensions

Changes for v9.2 - v9.3

Support multiple connections per FTP folder traversal
35% faster folder traversal for FTP servers supporting MLSD
Use single CWD when changing FTP working directory
Fixed EOPNOTSUPP error on gvfs-mounted FTP (Linux)
Maximize FTP I/O speed using prefetch/output buffers
Prevent input focus stealing after manual comparison
Use larger socket buffer for FTP upload speed increase
Fixed out of memory error when copying large files via FTP
New popup dialog option to ignore all errors
Reduced memory peaks by enforcing streaming buffer size limits
Removed custom sync directions from config XML if not needed
Flash task bar after comparison if other app has input focus

Changes for v9.1 - v9.2

Use direct copy instead of transaction to speed up versioning
Replaced file existing handling with use of unique temporary names
Support SFTP authentication via Pageant/SSH agent
New menu option to restore hidden panels individually
Fixed GTK button icon being truncated (Linux)
Fixed error dialog hiding behind progress dialog (macOS)
Round out FTP symlink deletion handling
Support four-digit year format on IIS FTP
Fixed FTP parsing error for epoch time on Windows server
Narrow contract for file system abstraction regarding existing files
Treat failure to load database as error rather than warning
Save root folder access for certain FTP path checks

Changes for v8.10 - v9.1

Fixed crash when getting invalid data after item type check
Fixed copying symlinks pointing to network folders
Support resolving network paths in the NT namespace
Support FTP servers with broken MLST command (Pure-FTPd)
Fixed FTP access error on file names containing special chars
Include raw FTP server response in error message
Quickly check server connection using a single FEAT
Don't change working directory when sending a single FTP command
Support FTP Unix listings missing group name
Support RFC-2640-non-compliant FTP servers having UTF8 disabled
Support FTP servers returning non-routable IP in PASV response
Support IPv6 when establishing FTP connections
Start external application keyboard shortcuts with zero

Changes for v8.9 - v8.10

Fully preserve case-sensitive file paths (Windows, macOS)
Support SFTP connections to local hosts
Warn if versioning folder is contained in a base folder
Use natural string sorting algorithm for item lists
Consider exclude filter settings for folder dependency checks
Fixed file not found error on case-sensitive SFTP volume
Fixed failure when creating MTP sub directories
Fixed crash when loading database file during comparison
Refactored UTF conversion routines
Use pipe symbol as filter separator instead of semicolon
Iterate over all matching SFTP connections available on a server (macOS)
Reduced folder matching time by 12%, average memory use by 11%
Added experimental FTP support

Changes for v8.8 - v8.9

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

Changes for v8.7 - v8.8

Distinguish file access failure from not existing during sync
Further optimized number of file I/O operations via file system abstraction
Report unexpected prompts for keyboard-interactive SFTP authentication
Mark followed directory symlinks on grid
Fixed parent path determination for UNC
Don't skip source files that cannot be accessed
Don't consider a symlink type for SFTP when comparing by content
Fixed invalid parameter error when setting file times on exFAT file system
Don't allow overwriting folder with equally named file when copying from main dialog
Fixed failure to create intermediate directories for Cryptomator/Webdav
Refactored file system abstraction layer for future FTP support
Fixed failure to change file name case on MTP devices
Fixed late failure for batch recycling when parsing of single item fails

Changes for v8.6 - v8.7

New auto-updater feature for FreeFileSync Donation Edition
Download zip archive of portable FreeFileSync Donation Edition
New command line options to define parameters for silent installation
Support offline activation for portable Donation Edition
Use automatic keyboard-interactive SFTP authentication as fallback
Check for available SFTP authentication methods before login
Support cloud sync of portable edition installation files
Access donation transaction details from about dialog
Use width from flexible grid column when showing/hiding extra columns
Show item short names in middle column tooltip
Enhanced file category descriptions with modification times
Don't warn about missing recycle bin when only moving or updating attributes
Fixed crash when switching to main dialog during batch sync

Changes for v8.5 - v8.6

Added SFTP support for OS X
Support SFTP authentication via public/private key
Remember configuration history scroll position
SFTP folder picker supports browsing hidden folders
Fixed failure to copy files with corrupted ADS
Signed application installer (OS X)
Increase config history default size to 100 items
Auto-close FreeFileSync processes before uninstallation
Simplified SFTP configuration syntax
Fixed update check sending incomplete keep-alive header
Detailed error reporting after failed web access
Suggest folder path macro substitutions also at inner positions
Transfer folder creation times (OS X)

Changes for v8.4 - v8.5

Support multiple SSH connections per SFTP folder traversal: N times speed up
Support multiple SFTP channels per SSH connection: additional N times speed up
Fixed installer crashes by using correct DEP-compatibility
Fixed notification area icon being generated too often
Thread-safe SFTP deinitialization on shutdown
Thread-safe mini-dump creation during shutdown
Fixed case-insensitive migration of new csidl macro names
Reduced SFTP access serialization overhead
Buffer SFTP sessions independently from usage context
Detect and discard timed-out SSH sessions
Pre-empt SFTP session disconnect via dedicated SFTP cleanup thread
Run SFTP tasks directly on worker threads without helper thread overhead

Changes for v8.3 - v8.4

Mark temporary copies created by %local_path% read-only
Fixed crash when accessing Bitvise SFTP Servers
Support nanosecond-precision file time copying (Linux)
Start maximized instead of in full screen mode (OS X)
Fixed crash while setting privileges during shutdown
Fixed crash when failing to clean up log files
Fixed EOPNOTSUPP error when copying file to gvfs Samba share (Linux)
Fixed default external applications command line (Linux)
Thread-safe translation change even during app shutdown
Don't consider port and password when comparing SFTP paths
Updated translation files

Changes for v8.0 - v8.1

Follow shell links during drag and drop on main dialog (Windows)
Significantly improved main grid rendering performance
Log info about non-default global settings
Establish new network connections only when needed (Windows)
Show only a single login dialog per network share
Show login dialogs for the same network address one after another
Fixed endless recursion for paths containing certain unicode characters (OS X)
Support using portable version without direct installation
Fixed access denied error when verifying read-only target file (Windows)
New global option for sound cue after comparison
Updated help file

Changes for v7.8 - v8.0

Fine-tuned buffer sizes for 70% improved SFTP stream I/O speed
Support incomplete read/write operations while maximizing buffer saturation
Automatically check consistency of FreeFileSync installation
Fixed crash when using SFTP on CPUs without SSE2 support
Improved GUI responsiveness during SFTP I/O
Disabled automatic quote substitution for file filter (OS X)
Work around invalid parameter error on FAT drives for broken create times
Avoid filter mismatches by using precomposed UTF (OS X)
Fixed main dialog close button not being disabled during sync (OS X)
Don't create AppleDouble files if extended attributes are unsupported (OS X)
Set content format metadata when copying to an MTP device
Fixed F-keys not working in sync config dialog (Linux)
Revert to default button margin values (Linux)
Fixed crash when thumbnail loading fails on MTP device
Fixed main grids not scrolling in parallel during mouse selection
Revert to default scaling for non-dpi-aware apps
Integrate FreeFileSync online manual
Added Slovak translation

Changes for v7.7 - v7.8

Correctly resolve environment variables containing MTP paths
Support at and colon characters in SFTP user name
New context buttons for quick sync config changes
Report specific error during folder existence check when starting sync
Fail lately when traversing available MTP devices
Correctly handle SFTP time-out error when checking folder existence
Updated on completion command lines for log off/standby/shut down (Linux)
Support HTML POST redirection for update checks
Calculate UTC file times like Windows Explorer for MTP devices
Don't reuse timed-out SFTP sessions with thread affinity
Workaround SFTP session hang after unsupported statvfs command
Updated OpenSSL to 1.0.2e

Changes for v7.5 - v7.7

Support variable drive letters for config history when using FreeFileSync portable
Skip non-storage functional objects at MTP device level
Log and show error messages without hanging when running as a service
Navigate between sync settings panels with arrow keys
Fixed volume shadow copy file path generation
Handle integer overflows when comparing file times
Ignore more than one file time shift
Reworked grid to support mouse highlight areas
Allow minute precision for file time shifts
Warn about unsupported MTP and SFTP paths in RealtimeSync
Strip superfluous mode parameters when creating a directory (Linux, OS X)
Correctly detect system language for English UK
Store program language by name to handle changing ids
Fixed crash during application exit after using SFTP

Changes for v7.4 - v7.5

Detect moved files on source even for targets with no (SFTP) or unstable (FAT) file id support
Improved performance for detection of moved files by over 50%
Added folder picker to select SFTP paths
Support additional SFTP ciphers by building upon OpenSSL backend
Added 10-seconds time out when SFTP command is hanging indefinitely
Work around unexpected SFTP session termination on Synology servers
Fixed various libssh2 and OpenSSL memory leaks
Fixed FreeFileSync taskbar link reuse (Windows 7)
Avoid last error code being overwritten by certain C runtimes before evaluation
Run online update check asynchronously (Windows)
Check source item existence before cleaning target during versioning (Linux, OS X)
Check folder recursion limit to catch stack overflows
Doubled potential folder traversal recursion depth (Windows)
Consider child elements of excluded folders during database clean up

Changes for v7.3 - v7.4

Switch between all folder pair configurations directly in the sync config dialog
Support macros, path by volume name for config files on command line
Support slash as path separator on command line (Windows)
Allow slash as path separator in filter dialog (Windows)
Discard SFTP connection after 20 seconds of idle time
Fixed file already existing error when changing file name case (OS X)
New keyboard shortcuts to open external applications
Fixed clipboard being cleared when opening sync config dialog (OS X)
Workaround wxWidgets bug breaking copy/paste shortcuts (OS X)
Fixed disabled button icons not being updated in the config dialog
Fixed launcher error messages not being shown (Windows XP)
Fixed launcher showing incorrect error about missing service pack (Windows XP)
Revised help file and consolidated into online help

Changes for v6.15 - v7.0

Support synchronization with MTP devices (Android, iPhone, tablet, digital camera)
Implemented file system abstraction layer
New database format supporting generic file ids
Pre-allocate disk space when writing file output stream
Late failure when moving multiple items to recycle bin
Keep UI responsive while loading/saving database file
Improved error reporting indicating failed item when moving to recycle bin
Transactional error handling when closing file streams
Pass correct thread id when creating Minidump (Windows)
Fixed directory icon loading resource leak (Linux)
Fixed RealtimeSync message provider exception safety issue (Windows)
Avoid locking issues by creating the log file after batch synchronization
Fixed RealtimeSync monitoring for items beyond subfolders (Linux)
Fall back to file extension during file icon load error
Show file icon by extension as temporary placeholder
Work around silent failure to copy file times to external drives (Linux)

Changes for v6.14 - v6.15

Revert to log file naming convention without colon character
Prevent endless recursion when traversing into folder on corrupt file system
Fixed view filter button rendering issue for RTL languages
Fixed grid losing far scroll positions when increasing icon sizes
Flush file buffers before verifying file copy
Update existing items when retrying failed folder traversal
Harmonized bitmap file loading by removing format variance
Fixed invalid argument error when setting file times (Linux)
Fixed application hang when loading icon for named pipe (Linux)
Improved file copy read-ahead performance (Linux)
Use native file I/O for stream operations (Linux, OS X)
Fixed file copy creating zero-sized files (OS X)
Automatically create Minidump files during an application crash (Windows)
Check for missing service pack to help diagnose crash (Windows 7)
New menu item with download link after a version update
Work around C-function memory race condition when formatting time
Added Hindi language

Changes for v6.13 - v6.14

New buttons allow changing the order of folder pairs
New keyboard shortcuts for rearranging folder pairs
Preserve comparison results when deleting a specific folder pair
Allow inserting new folder pairs into the middle of the list
Append status to log file names when warnings occur
Don't interrupt immediate comparison when starting a .ffs_gui file for slow devices
Work around wxWidgets bug eating up command keys in text boxes (Linux)
Fixed incorrect parameter error when checking recycle bin on drive mounted with Paragon ExtFS (Windows)
Use colon as time stamp seperator in log file names
Refactored basic low-level file traversal routine
Optimized file icon startup procedure
Fixed occasional failure to set modification times on Samba shares (OS X)
Transfer creation times during file copy (OS X)
Support copying file times with nano-second precision (OS X)

Changes for v6.12 - v6.13

Fixed crash when failing to create log file during batch run
Show directory traversal errors as conflict category on grid
Improved file filter behavior for certain edge cases when updating the database
Fixed crash when task scheduler ends FreeFileSync after a certain time (Windows)
Don't show alternative folder paths if volume name is empty
Support silent installation for Inno Setup (Windows)
Fixed recursive yield when minimized into notification area (Linux, OS X)
Include ACLs when copying file and folder permissions (OS X)
New file copy routine including extended attributes (OS X)
Fixed failure to permanently delete directories containing symlinks
Copy extended attributes when creating new folders and symlinks (OS X)
Restore process umask after creating lock file (Linux, OS X)
Copy directory permissions by default (Linux, OS X)
Optimized construction of merged path filters
Exclude items subject to traversal errors when updating the database

Changes for v6.11 - v6.12

New "Actions" menu bar entry with basic operations
Fixed crash after comparison while needlessly copying traveral results
Support auto-updater URL redirection (Linux, OS X)
Merged installer translations into .lng files
Fully translated FreeFileSync context menu options and file types in Windows Explorer
More structured symlink handling options
Scroll to active selection in config list box on startup
Fixed delete key to remove items in config history panel (OS X)
Fixed language file parser showing incorrect row on error
Fixed crash during sync due to unsupported SSE instructions (Server 2003, XP 64-bit)
Fixed startup error due to invalid handle type
Always log folder pair paths even if there is nothing to sync
Updated translation files

Changes for v6.10 - v6.11

Updated Recycle Bin access for Windows 10
New command line option "-edit" to load configuration without executing
Case-insensitive command line argument evaluation
New Explorer context menu options for ffs_gui, ffs_batch files
Added sync variant to folder pair info in log file
Don't process and log folder pair if nothing to do except writing DB file
Fixed liblzma.5.dylib not found during startup (OS X 10.8)
Added version info to application bundles (OS X)
Fixed incorrect warning when configuration contains empty folder pairs
Replaced misleading inotify error message "No space left on device" (Linux)
Fixed FreeFileSync launcher blocking app folder move (OS X)
Updated default main dialog layout
Fixed async error evaluation when creating volume shadow copies
Keep user interface responsive while creating a volume shadow copy
Fixed error when starting asynchronously from a batch script
Show progress of writing log files
Fixed updated file being left deleted when copying permission failed
New Project website: http://www.freefilesync.org/

Changes for v6.9 - v6.10

Fixed crash when accessing recycle bin in compatibility mode (Windows 7, 8)
Draw middle grid selection irrespective of focus column
Don't show parts of progress graph if nothing to sync
Break on missing directories before evaluating warnings
Ignore leading/trailing whitespace in search panel
Disable search panel during comparison
Disable shortkeys during comparison
Log folder pair only if files are synced
Fixed number separator formatting for english locale
Copying locked files now inactive by default
Show all affected folders when warning about a shared sub folder

Changes for v6.8 - v6.9

Reuse FreeFileSync taskbar link when available (Windows 7)
Limit number of retries when creating temporary files
Fixed bitmap rendering issue for high-contrast color schemes
Revised and fixed unclear GUI texts
Updated deprecated system call when suspending idle (OS X)
Fixed retry when failing to determine recycle bin status
Added progress graph legend
Updated translation files

Changes for v6.7 - v6.8

New comparison option to ignore file time shift in hours
Tentatively disabled DST hack affecting FAT file creation times
New menu option to reset gui layout
File sizes ignore sync direction in overview panel
Sort by file name also sorts folder names
Main grid column "full path" includes file name
Always position comparison progress below main buttons
Fixed high-precision tick count calculations
Fully restart directory traversal on errors
Updated help file with steps to schedule a batch job (OS X)

Changes for v6.6 - v6.7

Redesigned comparison progress statistics
Fixed crash when loading incompatible config file
Added button to config panel
Avoid sync progress dialog repositioning
Resolved crash when loading sync settings for Arabic locale
Restored cancel button width
Help window not forced to float over main dialog
Fixed overwriting old-format batch files
Harmonized view category sequence
Merged similar translation items
Fixed crash when scrolling help file without focus

Changes for v6.5 - v6.6

Fixed large font size standard button layout
Fixed config dialog graphics glitch with large font sizes
Exit FreeFileSync launcher process during update
Exclude temporary files from RealtimeSync monitor
Implement correct standard button spacing (OS X)
Fixed SELinux compilation issue (Linux)
Installer adds RealtimeSync link to desktop (Windows)
Improved makefile (Linux, OS X)
Reduced binary file size (Linux)
Updated translation files

Changes for v6.4 - v6.5

Support preview for RAW CR2 image files (Windows Vista and later)
Fixed startup exception when using task scheduler (Windows XP)
Correctly resolve SystemRoot NT path syntax for symbolic links
Fixed incorrect error codes being reported (Windows XP)
Fixed config dialog shortcut key presses getting lost (OS X)
Allow vertical layout for top button panel
Code cleanup: removed support for old database and XML config formats
Center sync progress dialog
Updated help file

Changes for v6.1 - v6.4

Combined comparison, filter and sync config dialogs
Support alternate GlobalSettings.xml file via command line
Toggle between config panels with F6, F7, F8
Show config status icons in notebook panel caption
Redesigned configuration dialog layouts
Fixed startup error after moving installation directory
Fixed retry on failure to resolve path by volume name
Resolved ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS when creating temporary recycle bin subdirectory
Added "save as gui job" button on main dialog
Added Bulgarian language
FreeFileSync 6.3 [2014-03-01]
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No wait time anymore while searching for recycle bin (Windows Vista and later)
Revised synchronization progress graph
Clean up "On completion" considering last usage
Fixed CTRL + C keyboard short cut in filter dialog (OS X)
Resolved static initialization order issues
Reduced disk accesses when resolving directory name
Added view filter labels
Updated translation files
Updated help file
FreeFileSync 6.2 [2014-02-01]
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New synchronization progress graph
Skip binary comparison for files excluded via time span or size
Fixed configuration panel ordering for entries starting with numbers
Filled gap after last grid column to cover full window width
Workaround wxWidgets image button bug showing obsolete disabled state
Refined file existence checks to handle restricted permissions
Disable file filter button during comparison
Fixed mouse wheel grid scrolling for GTK2 (Linux)
Avoid dummy texts during progress dialog init (OS X)
Translated external application default commands in global settings
Support cancel while encoding extended time information
Highlight non-zero synchronization statistics

Changes for v6.0 - v6.1

Released RealtimeSync for OS X
Handle errors loading reference batch config
Disable user mode exception swallowing for Windows 7 SP1
Always exclude root nodes on manual selection when excluded items are hidden
Fixed showing duplicate custom "on completion" commands
Close old directory handle first before executing directory traversal fallback
Show negative batch synchronization result in log file name
Avoid file system race when creating temporary files
Transfer creation and modification times on folder creation
Fixed empty main dialog configuration migration issue on Mac OS X

Changes for v5.23 - v6.0

Revised main dialog panel layout
Show arrow icon for shortcut files and symlinks
Execute the "on completion" command asynchronously
Resolved invalid grid background when context menu is shown
Set negative file time tolerance to disable file time check
Optimized sequence of steps when saving database files
Prevent temporary incorrect statistics after unexpected increase in workload
Fixed default height when mixing panels with and without caption on main dialog
New view filter button "show excluded items"
New keyboard shortcuts for file filter and sync settings
Removed libpng15.so dependency for openSUSE 13.1
Updated help file
Updated translation files

Changes for v5.22 - v5.23

Allow sorting root nodes on overview panel
Support retry on failure to resolve path by volume name
Copy high-precision modification times for files and symlinks
Align top panel height with comparison and sync buttons
Show lock owner while waiting on a locked directory
Resolved help file W3C validation issues
Fixed high contrast accessibility issues in help
Fixed crash for CPUs without SSE2 when using VSS (Windows XP)
Prevent progress statistics timer overflow
Save RealtimeSync settings before forced exit due to shutdown or log off
Resolved contract violation error due to out of memory
RealtimeSync does not block system shutdown anymore
Added "select all" context menu option for progess log
Handle progress log keyboard input ignoring input focus
Fixed category icon background color issues
Report error when reading active config file failed during save
Preload adjacent file icons on grid

Changes for v5.21 - v5.22

New options for automatic retry after error
Improved compliance with Windows User Experience guidelines
Harmonized popup dialog layouts
Correctly show program menu when main dialog receives focus (OS X)
Revised configuration dialog layouts and designs
Fixed crash on startup for CPUs without SSE2 support (Windows XP)
Work around wxWidgets bug for sorted list boxes (Linux)
Updated and revised help file
Early parameter validation for filter and sync config dialogs
Fixed followed directory symlinks being incorrectly excluded
Automatically calculate best initial message box size
Progress graph and status icons support high contrast color schemes
Include directory child-elements when manually setting filter
Allow manual filter for short name on overview panel
Don't treat file drops on directory input fields as URI (Linux)
Updated translation files

Changes for v5.20 - v5.21

Detect moved/renamed files in mirror and custom variants
New database format for two way variant: old database files are converted automatically
Support double-clicking ffs_gui/ffs_batch files (OS X)
Integrated search panel (Ctrl + F, F3) into main dialog
Merged variant names into top button labels
Hide dock icon while minimized to notification area (OS X)
New keyboard shortcuts: F5, F6, F7, F8, F9, F10
Further reduced size of database files by 10%
Fixed Outlook *.ost files found missing on VSS snapshot volumes
Added include filter context menu option
Correctly scroll to search hits on different grid
Always remove .ffs_tmp files permanently
Fixed layout for buttons with text and graphics for RTL languages (Arabic, Hebrew)
Revised file filter parser: new syntax for excluding items in subdirectories
Improved configuration merge algorithm
Fixed crash when showing help due to wxWigets 64-bit bug in help component (Windows 8)
Avoid progress dialog graph flicker during resize when too few samples are available
Progress status when deleting files not greyed out anymore
Increased time-out to 20 seconds when checking for directory existence
Exclude broken symlinks via filter before showing error message
Follow symlinks when checking file/directory existence (Linux)
Consistently set batch error codes during startup phase
Updated translation files

Changes for v5.19 - v5.20

Fixed crash on startup due to wxWigets 64-bit bug in font enumeration (Windows 8)

Changes for v5.16 - v5.19

Redesigned progress dialog including new items graph
New command line syntax: set directory names of a .ffs_gui/.ffs_batch externally
Explicit button on progress dialog to minimize to systray
Fixed progress graph labels being truncated (Debian, Ubuntu, openSUSE)
Resolved main dialog z-order issues during sync (OS X)
Reduced progress dialog layout twitching
Further improved comparison speed by 10%
Use proper config file path in file picker dialog (OS X)
Never interrupt when updating a file with fail-safe file copy after target was deleted
Prevent crash when closing progress dialog while paused (OS X)
Support external command lines starting with whitespace (Windows)
Show warning before starting external applications for more than 10 items
Start external applications synchronously if needed to avoid running out of system resources
Don't show hidden progress dialog when showing an error message in silent batch mode (OS X)
Correctly show file names containing ampersand characters in progress dialog
Adapt size of results dialog to fit contents
Correctly execute file move before parent directory will be deleted
Show a blinking system tray icon on errors instead of a modal dialog in RealtimeSync
Added installation size for Windows' Add/Remove Programs
FreeFileSync 5.18
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Work around boost 1.54 bug "The procedure entry point GetTickCount64 could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll" (Windows XP)
FreeFileSync 5.17
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Consider target file when updating followed file symlinks
Support moving files to recycle bin contained in followed directory symlinks
Move instead of copy updated files into versioning directory
Reduced memory peak when loading large database files after comparison
Check recycle bin existence only once per base folder and only if deletions occur (Windows)
Revised and enhanced error messages
Show moved files in same category as updated files
More pessimistic calculation of required disk space reducing false positives
Implemented platform-specific standard button ordering (Linux, OS X)
Set configuration panel primary orientation to vertical
Added new checks and error message strings for translation file parser
Revised middle grid inactive color and duplicate equality symbol
Skip XML comments while parsing config files
Redesigned confirmation popup dialogs
Standard button spacing conforms to operating system conventions
Shrinked memory consumption of file hierarchy data structures
Don't show file deletion dialog if selection is empty
Fixed incorrect progress statistics if a file or directory is deleted externally after comparison
Focus grid cursor row after switching sides with keyboard direction keys
Improved localization process: find translation deltas more easily, better error reporting
Reset initiated grid selection when changing grid cursor
Improved sync progress dialog layout
Suppress dubious wxWidgets error message "locale 'es_AR' can not be set". (OS X)
Don't show busy cursor on synchronization results dialog
Log error message upon retry as type info only
Updated translation files

Changes for v3.13 - v3.14

New keyboard shortcuts: F5: compare F6: synchronize
Skip to next folder pair if fatal error occured (instead of abort)
Reload last selected configuration on startup
Abort with error when copying to empty directory field
Full log information after comparison (including file transfer)
Check read access for source file before overwriting target
Fixed possible application crash after comparison
Fixed possible network freeze when comparing
Maximum number of logfiles can be specified
Don't condense whitespace when loading XML configuration
RealtimeSync: Put executable name in quotes when parsing *.ffs_batch file
Large program icons - 256 x 256
Handle daylight saving time(DST) on FAT network shares
Skip DST handling if drive does not support accurate file times
Many small GUI/usability fixes
Added Korean translation

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