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SyncBack V12 BETA
| New (Pro): Scripts can now be written in JavaScript syntax (Insider Access). This is JavaScript syntax, not a full JavaScript runtime, so code copied from the web or an AI may need changes |
| New (Pro): New script function SBSystem.GetSecret (Insider Access): a script can get a value from a secrets manager, so passwords and tokens no longer need to be written into the script. The Manage Secrets window has a new right-click item, "Copy Reference for Scripts". Pascal, Basic and JavaScript scripts only (not VBScript or JScript) |
| New (Pro): New script function SBProfiles.RunProfileAfter (Insider Access): a script can run another profile once the current profile has finished, for example to run an offsite copy only if the backup succeeded. If the profile is in a group, the group waits for it. Pascal, Basic and JavaScript scripts only (not VBScript or JScript) |
| New (Pro): New script function SBRunning.SendNotification (Insider Access): a script can send an email using the profile's email settings, so the script never needs to know the email password. Pascal, Basic and JavaScript scripts only (not VBScript or JScript) |
| New: Ask A.I. shortcut: press Ctrl+F1 in any SyncBack window. Nothing is sent anywhere: the question is only copied to the clipboard. |
| New: Ask A.I. About the Last Run: right-click a profile whose last run failed or had file errors to copy a question asking what went wrong and how to fix it. Ctrl+F1 and Help > Ask A.I. now also include the selected profile's last result, its last error message and up to 3 file errors, with paths and names replaced by placeholders. Nothing is sent anywhere: the question is only copied to the clipboard. |
| New: HTML logs now have an Ask A.I. link beside errors and warnings (at most 10 per log, one for each different message). Clicking it copies a question about that message for your AI assistant, with paths and names replaced by placeholders. Nothing is sent anywhere. To turn the links off, untick "Add Ask A.I. links to errors and warnings in the log file (HTML only)" on the Log page of the profile's settings |
| New: Email a Support Ticket now lets you choose: write the email yourself, ask your AI assistant first, or have your AI assistant help you write the request in English. The text for your AI assistant is only copied to the clipboard. |
| New: Modern Standby and wake timer warnings |
| New: Schedules can also run when the computer resumes. On a schedule's Settings tab, tick "Also run the task when the computer resumes from sleep or hibernation" |
| New: A schedule can now run during Windows automatic maintenance (the new Maintenance tab in the schedule window) |
| Updated: Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 without SP1 are no longer supported. On Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1 is required. |
| Updated: Dark style tooltips now have a lighter background and a visible border |
| Updated: Password Backup (Insider Access) improvements: the window now explains why it opened, and marks the passwords that still need backing |
| Updated: Dropbox, OneDrive (Personal), Google Drive and Gmail now uses PKCE. Thanks to security researcher kta1kri for reporting this issue. |
| Updated (Pro): Signing in to Dropbox, OneDrive (Personal) or Box no longer requires copying and pasting an authorisation code. SyncBackPro now receives the code directly from your browser |
| Updated (Pro): OneDrive Personal users will have to reauthorize |
| Updated: Log now reports files and folders that exist in both locations under names that differ only in Unicode form (usually names with accents created on a Mac or on a NAS used by Macs). SyncBack treats these as different files |
| Updated: Email a Support Ticket now fills in your SyncBack and Windows versions, the selected profile's type, its last result and up to 3 file errors from its last run |
| Updated: "Disable Hibernate/Standby" in the Preferences menu is now "Keep Computer Awake While Profiles Run", and it now also works on Modern Standby computers. It is now on by default for everyone, including anyone who had turned it off. |
| Updated (Pro): Scripting engine updated (Pascal and Basic scripts work as before) |
| Fixed: On scheduled runs, profiles using UNC path with username and password could cause a failed Windows logon (Event 4625) on the server before SyncBack connected with the profile's credentials |
| Fixed: When a profile is set to run when files change on a network share, SyncBack now connects with the profile's username and password before watching the share (SyncBackSE and SyncBackPro) |
| Fixed: FTP (DevArt): giving the error "FTP Error=202 (seFTPServerError (265): 202 UTF8 mode is always enabled. No need to send this command)" |
| Fixed: Email a Support Ticket cut the subject short if the description contained & or #, and lost line breaks in the email |
| Fixed: Log emails now use the email proxy settings. Before, only the Test button in the profile's email settings used them. If a profile has the email proxy ticked with out-of-date proxy details, its log emails will fail until the proxy details are corrected. |
| Fixed: If the log email failed, the profile's run scripts could run on the program's main thread instead of the profile's own thread |
| Fixed (Pro): The MOTD and History example scripts did not work in 64-bit SyncBackPro. They were VBScript and are now Basic |
| Fixed (Pro): The scripting reference used by the Scripting AI Assistant listed functions and properties that do not exist and left out others. It has been corrected and is now replaced on every upgrade |
| Fixed (Pro): Debugging a script during a profile run could corrupt memory and crash SyncBackPro |
| Fixed (Pro): The script editor's Compile button said "The script cannot be installed" for any error. It now says "The script has an error" |