
What's new with Backuplist+ 5.2?
Backuplist+ is a simple backup and copy utility for Mac OSX. It is a universal Binary and will run on any Mac, Intel or PPC, with OS 10.3 or greater. There may be limited functionality for earlier OS.
Backuplist+ 5.2 fixes several bugs after the latest major upgrade |
Backuplist+ fixes a bug that sometimes caused scheduled backups to use incorrect settings. There is also a new pre-release version (#7) of the Samba rsync that is accessed by checking the "alternate rsync" box in the settings panel. There are several other small fixes that make this an important upgrade. |
Backuplist+ is now optimized for OSX 10.5 Leopard. |
Backuplist+ is now fully functional on leopard while retaining compatibility back to OS 10.3x. |
Backuplist+ has an improved settings panel. |
The settings panel has been unified into settings that affect the particular backup set and those that are universal (global) for all sets. There is a new checkbox too called "Generate log report text files" that if checked will cause backuplist to generate two text log files in the backuplist folder. One is a general report of the backup session and the other a complete progress report for rsync, psync or ditto, showing every file copied and the result etc. See the Preferences page for more about this feature. |
You can now create external text logs |
Check the box in settings for "Generate log report text files" and backuplist+ will create one or two log reports to be found in the folder in the backuplist+ folder, or wherever backuplist+ resides. One is a troubleshooting report that will help me know where any errors occur in the process so I can quickly fix them. The other report is created if you use rsync or psync and will be a complete progress log for that tool. This log can be very large if you are backing up a large folder - 20+ MB. This will show the complete backup progress and any errors encountered. |
Use an alternate rsync version |
For geeks and non-geeks: check this box in the settings panel and backuplist will use another version of rsync that is currently a beta version but promises to solve a lot of the issues with the rsync that the system uses. I have done some tests and seems to work very well for me. It is excellent for incremental backups, much fsater and uses less disk space per/backup folder.This version of rsync is currently being revised and tested at the Samba rsync website... http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/. I will post the new versions on the backuplist website as they arrive and a new version of backuplist when final rsync 3.0 is released. |
Incremental backups improved. |
Backuplist+ 4.1 has several important bug fixes. Previously, incremental backups sometimes created more folders than the limit number set by the user. This has been fixed. It also has more optimized code for setting the backup folder paths, especially with the incremental backups. |