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Areca Backup Changelog

What's new in Areca Backup 7.5

Aug 27, 2015
  • Fixed the issue that prevented archives from being created when there were only deleted files (no new files);Fixed a minor issue when reconnecting to a FTP server.

New in Areca Backup 7.4.9 (Dec 18, 2014)

  • Fixed compression issue that could occur with filenames containing line breaks.

New in Areca Backup 7.4.7 (Oct 7, 2014)

  • Fixed a performance regression introduced in v7.4

New in Areca Backup 7.4.2 (Jan 21, 2014)

  • Fixes a bug in Delta storage that could generate 'out of memory' errors when reading large files.

New in Areca Backup 7.4.1 (Jan 17, 2014)

  • Minor memory optimizations

New in Areca Backup 7.4 (Dec 16, 2013)

  • Fixed issues that could occur on temporary files in multi-users environment
  • Areca now attempts to locate your archives when importing backup configurations
  • Minor memory optimizations when handling large directories
  • Max memory that can be used by Areca has been increased from 256MB to 512MB.

New in Areca Backup 7.4 Beta (Dec 5, 2013)

  • Fixed issues that could occur on temporary files in multi-users environment
  • Areca now attempts to locate your archives when importing backup configurations.

New in Areca Backup 7.3.9 (Dec 4, 2013)

  • Better error management when reading metadata
  • Cleaner configuration import window
  • Fixed a bug that occurred when using the '-date' switch in the command line tool

New in Areca Backup 7.3.8 (Nov 7, 2013)

  • Additional integrity checks after archive merges
  • Fixed memory management issue when recovering
  • Prevent from modifying backup scheme (full, differential, incremental) when resuming an interrupted backup.

New in Areca Backup 7.3.7 (Sep 12, 2013)

  • This release updates the Hungarian, Spanish, and Czech translations.

New in Areca Backup 7.3.6 (Aug 28, 2013)

  • This version adds certificate authentication for SFTP servers.
  • It also encrypts passwords which are stored in configuration files.

New in Areca Backup 7.3.5 (Aug 17, 2013)

  • This release fixed a bug that prevented creation of backup shortcuts in some configurations.

New in Areca Backup 7.3.4 (Jul 31, 2013)

  • This release comes with improved error messages when dangling symbolic links are encountered.

New in Areca Backup 7.3.3 (Jul 12, 2013)

  • This version adds improved error messages in case of invalid encryption configuration.
  • It also fixes a bug which could occur when using delta storage and memory issues which could occur when too many errors were encountered while checking archives.

New in Areca Backup 7.3.2 (May 15, 2013)

  • This version fixes a bug which could prevent backup from being resumed when some plugins were used.

New in Areca Backup 7.3.1 (Apr 20, 2013)

  • This version fixes a bug which could prevent the workspace from loading when drives are disconnected.

New in Areca Backup 7.3 (Apr 9, 2013)

  • This release includes various performance optimizations for delta backup storage.

New in Areca Backup 7.2.18 (Mar 22, 2013)

  • Fixed freeze issues when trying to connect to unresponsive FTP/SFTP servers
  • Up-to-date Chinese and Japanese translations.

New in Areca Backup 7.2.17 (Nov 23, 2012)

  • This version adds minor GUI and backup wizard bugfixes.

New in Areca Backup 7.2.16 (Nov 17, 2012)

  • This release fixes an SMTP compatibility issue: it can send the 'STARTTLS' command when establishing the connection.
  • It fixes a bug in transaction points, and another that could occur when handling files starting with whitespace.
  • It comes with a new feature related to file modification detection: it can inspect the files' content instead of relying on their attributes to detect modifications.
  • This may be useful with programs that modify the files' data without updating their last modification date (like TrueCrypt).

New in Areca Backup 7.2.13 (Oct 26, 2012)

  • This version fixes a bug which could occur when handling target sources spread across multiple drives, and comes with a better integration of plugins.

New in Areca Backup 7.2.11 (Oct 24, 2012)

  • With this release, backups are now launched without simulation.
  • This version also includes improved text editor options and minor GUI bugfixes.

New in Areca Backup 7.2.8 (May 18, 2012)

  • It is now possible to check archives after a merge has been performed (in the same way as it was performed after backups).
  • This version also introduces CBC encryption and some minor improvements.

New in Areca Backup 7.2.5 (Feb 1, 2012)

  • This release introduces some minor bugfixes and enhancements.

New in Areca Backup 7.2.4 (Jan 26, 2012)

  • This version introduces additional optimizations when recovering voluminous archives (in terms of the number of files) and fixes two bugfixes which could occur when merging archives.

New in Areca Backup 7.2 (Jan 25, 2011)

  • Added support for intermediate transaction points
  • Added SFTP storage
  • Added control on encrypted filenames wrapping
  • Enhanced control on FTP passive mode.

New in Areca Backup 7.1.6 (Feb 13, 2010)

  • 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.

New in Areca Backup 7.1.3 (Jul 13, 2009)

  • Regular expression filter bug fix
  • Minor XML configuration bug fix
  • Recovery bug fix

New in Areca Backup 7.1.2 (Jun 17, 2009)

  • New regular expression filters options
  • Backup report enhancements
  • Post processors enhancements
  • Minor bugfixes.

New in Areca Backup 7.1.1 (May 28, 2009)

  • Ability to view files contained in your archives using the default applications configured on your system
  • Some post-backup actions enhancements
  • Minor other enhancements.

New in Areca Backup 7.1 (Apr 23, 2009)

  • Minor error messages enhancements.
  • Named pipes are now properly handled by Areca.
  • Better 'Check Archive' feature.

New in Areca Backup 7.0.9 (Apr 3, 2009)

  • 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.

New in Areca Backup 7.0.8 (Mar 30, 2009)

  • Logical view minor bug fix
  • Image backup bug fix

New in Areca Backup 7.0.7 (Mar 18, 2009)

  • Regex file filter bug fix
  • Added 'encrypt file names' to the 'missing encryption data' window
  • File handle cleanup

New in Areca Backup 7.0.6 (Mar 7, 2009)

  • This version fixes out of memory error that occurred during delta backups.

New in Areca Backup 7.0.5 (Mar 5, 2009)

  • ACL serialization bug fix in Java 1.5
  • Minor recovery bug fix

New in Areca Backup 7.0 (Feb 23, 2009)

  • Changes:
  • Heavy memory management refactoring.
  • CAUTION : this version is NOT backward compatible with previous versions of Areca.
  • ACL and extended attributes support for Linux (see Areca's FAQ for ACL support instructions)
  • New 'archive check' feature
  • Some minor GUI enhancements
  • Some minor bugfixes