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Cloud Explorer Changelog

What's new in Cloud Explorer 10

Apr 2, 2017
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Sync Fix to support top-level folder
  • setPathStyleAccess fix
  • Background Syncing now does bidirectional sync properly.
  • Improvements:
  • Faster Syncing, Bucket Migrations, and Snapshots 5 files at a time with metadata
  • checks.
  • Cleaner and shared code between CLI and GUI
  • Uses the new ListObjectsV2Request from the S3 JDK
  • Region is no longer required in configuration.
  • CLI does not check for updates for each command anymore.
  • Background Sync rewritten
  • Background Sync mode: now saves the account info and bucket in the config file.
  • New Features:
  • Abort multi-part uploads
  • Migrate Buckets with CLI
  • Snapshot Buckets with CLI
  • Snapshot deltas with CLI

New in Cloud Explorer 7.2 (Mar 1, 2016)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Sync GUI and CLI - subdirectories uploaded incorrectly. This causes directories to be in wrong location when syncing locally.
  • Background Syncing - Sync folders and subfolders properly. -Syncing Windows files from S3 to Unix OS fixed.
  • Improvements:
  • Compiled with the latest Java 8
  • Using latest AWS SDK 1.10.56
  • Cleaner sync code.
  • More stable syncing to and from S3.
  • Background Syncing - Compares MD5's and date when syncing.
  • Reuses CLI sync code. This helps eliminate technical debt
  • Updater - Displays upgrade alerts upon launch in the console.
  • New Features
  • Background Syncing - Bidirectional sync.

New in Cloud Explorer 7.1 (Mar 1, 2016)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Sync GUI and CLI - subdirectories uploaded incorrectly. This causes directories to be in wrong location when syncing locally.
  • Improvements:
  • Compiled with the latest Java 8
  • Using latest AWS SDK 1.10.56
  • Cleaner sync code.
  • More stable syncing to and from S3.

New in Cloud Explorer 6.1 (Aug 6, 2015)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed bug syncing folders from the CLI.
  • Deleting a file with CLI is functional.
  • Catch exception when aborting a sync and reloading buckets.
  • Obsolete buttons disabled after clicking Versioning.
  • Improvements:
  • Changed the green colors back to blue for easier reading.
  • "Set Current Folder to Restore Snapshot from" has been renamed to "Set Current Folder
  • as Snapshot Origin".
  • Added text labels back to object explorer.
  • Windows .bat file and Linux shell launcher no longer included.
  • New Features:
  • Snapshots can sync changes to a bucket from prior snapshots.

New in Cloud Explorer 6.0 (Jul 13, 2015)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug when switching accounts.
  • If no region is specified, it will default to "defaultAWS" to avoid a null pointer exception. To resolve the issue, delete and add your account back.
  • If no image is selected when the image button is pressed, nothing happens.
  • If no music is selected when the play button is pressed, nothing happens.
  • Support for line spaces in s3.config
  • Versioning display fix.
  • Improvements:
  • Snapshots and Migration are now located under the new menu "Snapshots and Migration".
  • New Icons for GUI.
  • Maximize Window.
  • For improved GUI responsiveness, many actions now avoid reloading buckets.
  • New Features:
  • Create Bucket snapshots.
  • Restore Bucket snapshots.

New in Cloud Explorer 5.5 (May 22, 2015)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Syncing GUI and CLI:
  • Prevent duplicated transfers of synced files in folders.
  • When syncing to local machine, items go in correct folder.
  • Syncing from CLI:
  • Syncing from S3 saves to appropriate directory level.
  • Improvements:
  • Music Player:
  • Plays WAV files.
  • Stop button renamed to "Stop /Close" for clarity.
  • No longer case sensitive for MP3 file extension.
  • Syncing GUI and CLI:
  • Overwrite button removed.
  • New Features:
  • Audio recorder.
  • Sync GUI and CLI:
  • Timestamps are compared and the outdated files are overwritten.
  • Editor:
  • Save to top-level folders
  • Features:
  • Tier buckets to and from Amazon Glacier.
  • Sync files to and from S3 storage.
  • Stream music.
  • Text editor.
  • Modify Bucket and Object ACL's.
  • Take screen shots and upload them to your bucket.
  • Bucket versioning and life cycles.
  • Graphical and console based background syncing.
  • Store multiple Amazon S3 accounts.
  • Image viewer.
  • Migrate buckets between S3 accounts.
  • Bucket search.
  • Performance testing with graphs.
  • Command-line interface.
  • IRC client that allows you to save chat sessions to S3.
  • Access shared buckets on the same S3 provider.
  • Share buckets with the Canonical ID of a user on the same S3 provider.
  • Graph CSV files and save them to a bucket.
  • Record audio messages and save them to a bucket.

New in Cloud Explorer 5.0 (Jan 24, 2015)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Performance testing - threads are actually threads now.
  • Performance testing - temp files are now deleted when running a download test.
  • Main program title renamed from S3 to CloudExplorer.
  • After choosing "Delete every object and version", buckets are reloaded.
  • "Delete every object and version" continues to run until every object and version is
  • deleted.
  • Improvements:
  • Added "Refresh Bucket" button. Functions just like the search button. Added it for
  • ease of use.
  • Search button and text field are now located under the bucket list.
  • Minor GUI alignment fixes.
  • More compact GUI; ideal for smaller screens.
  • Versioning - Improved delete.
  • When deleting a version of a file, the bucket is refreshed to show the changes.
  • Console window is disabled by default and can be turned on or off.
  • Console window will automatically appear upon important events.
  • Text "Buckets" in Object Explorer has been replaced with a icon.
  • Sync buttons are no longer Toggle Buttons.
  • Better debug messages for PUT, DELETE, and GET.
  • Buckets are reloaded after bucket migration.
  • New Features:
  • Improved GUI.
  • Support for accessing a shared bucket.
  • Support for sharing bucket access with a canonical ID.
  • "File -> New Window" - Run another instance of Cloud Explorer!
  • S3 Accounts can now have a unique name rather than using the endpoint.
  • "Tools -> Delete temp files" - This will cleanup any temp files in your home directory.
  • "Help -> Check for updates". This is a self-updating feature for minor updates.

New in Cloud Explorer 3.4 (Sep 30, 2014)

  • Support for deleting 3000 objects at a time. The old value was 500.
  • GUI icon alignment.
  • Memory improvements.
  • Performance improvements.
  • Fixed exception for "Delete every object and version".
  • Cleaned up exception messages.
  • Enabled exception messages.
  • Improved code for displaying version objects.
  • GUI fix for OSX. GUI will look the same on every platform now.

New in Cloud Explorer 3.2.1 (Aug 14, 2014)

  • New Icons throughout the program.
  • Emergency Code fix for Music player.

New in Cloud Explorer 3.2 (Aug 14, 2014)

  • New buttons for the GUI.
  • Spacing tweak on GUI for Sync and Upload tabs.
  • Upload has new feature to compress a file. The zip file will be uploaded to S3.
  • "Object Name" has been renamed to "File Name" in Text Editor.
  • Support for Amazon RRS (Reduced Redundancy Storage). Storage pricing will be cheaper
  • because less copies of the data will exist on Amazon S3.
  • Added checkbox for Upload and Sync tabs called "RRS".
  • Added error message when trying to connect to a server with a non-trusted SSL
  • certificate because this program does not support it.
  • "Delete every object and version" is now throtteled for stability.
  • A message will be displayed when a sync operation is complete.

New in Cloud Explorer 3.1 (Jul 30, 2014)

  • New GUI layout: smaller window, more compact.
  • Many of the items in the "Bucket Properties" menu moved to Bucket -> "Bucket Properties".
  • Checkbox to disable automatically loading buckets after selecting an account.
  • Default Host URL and Port defaults to Amazon.
  • S3 Bucket migration will scan destination bucket and not upload the object if it already exists.
  • S3 Bucket migration has an option to abort the current migration.
  • Fixed bug when switching from Amazon S3 to S3 compatible accounts.
  • Features:
  • Tier buckets to and from Amazon Glacier.
  • Sync files to and from S3 storage.
  • Stream music from Amazon S3.
  • Text editor.
  • Modify Bucket and Object ACL's.
  • Take screen shots and upload them to Amazon S3.
  • Bucket versioning and lifecycles.
  • Graphical and console based background syncing.
  • Store multiple Amazon S3 accounts.
  • Image viewer.
  • Migrate data between S3 accounts.
  • How to migrate data between S3 accounts:
  • Load the destination account and click "Set as migration Account" under Settings.
  • Create the destination bucket on the destination account.
  • Load the origin S3 account and select the bucket to transfer to the new S3 account.
  • Under the "Tools" menu, select "Migrate bucket to another S3 account".
  • Type in the destination bucket name and click "Start Bucket Migration".
  • Wait for transfers to complete.

New in Cloud Explorer 2.8.2 (Jul 2, 2014)

  • Listing versions of all objects in a bucket is throttled to 1000 for stability.