May 15th, 2013· This version fixes a bug which could prevent backup from being resumed when some plugins were used.
April 20th, 2013· This version fixes a bug which could prevent the workspace from loading when drives are disconnected.
April 9th, 2013· This release includes various performance optimizations for delta backup storage.
March 22nd, 2013· Fixed freeze issues when trying to connect to unresponsive FTP/SFTP servers
· Up-to-date Chinese and Japanese translations.
November 23rd, 2012· This version adds minor GUI and backup wizard bugfixes.
November 17th, 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).
October 26th, 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.
October 24th, 2012· With this release, backups are now launched without simulation.
· This version also includes improved text editor options and minor GUI bugfixes.
May 18th, 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.
February 1st, 2012· This release introduces some minor bugfixes and enhancements.
January 26th, 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.
January 25th, 2011· Added support for intermediate transaction points
· Added SFTP storage
· Added control on encrypted filenames wrapping
· Enhanced control on FTP passive mode.
February 13th, 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.
July 13th, 2009· Regular expression filter bug fix
· Minor XML configuration bug fix
· Recovery bug fix
June 17th, 2009· New regular expression filters options
· Backup report enhancements
· Post processors enhancements
· Minor bugfixes.
May 28th, 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.
April 23rd, 2009· Minor error messages enhancements.
· Named pipes are now properly handled by Areca.
· Better 'Check Archive' feature.
April 3rd, 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.
March 30th, 2009· Logical view minor bug fix
· Image backup bug fix
March 18th, 2009· Regex file filter bug fix
· Added 'encrypt file names' to the 'missing encryption data' window
· File handle cleanup
March 7th, 2009· This version fixes out of memory error that occurred during delta backups.
March 5th, 2009· ACL serialization bug fix in Java 1.5
· Minor recovery bug fix
February 23rd, 2009Changes:
· 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