FoldersSynchronizer - Release Notes

• Please keep in mind FoldersSynchronizer cannot revert the process!
We suggest strongly to perform a trial on two just-created folders containing some just-created Text files.
After you have understood well how FS works, go synchronize your real folders...
And if you are using a beta version, please use the utmost care with your files.
• Please read carefully this document, the Licence terms at the end of this document, and the PDF user's manual.
More than the use of the program itself, the PDF explains the basic concepts on backup and synchronization.
• A detailed documentation on the latest version is available at: http://www.softobe.com/products/flsy/snst/snst01.html
• FS registered copies have no limits regarding the amount of files and folders or the total byte size.
• In no way is allowed to downgrade to minor or cheaper versions.
• We don't deliver our products via mail. The only way to get our product is by downloading from our web site.

• Please note that, because of a bug on MacOS X Jaguar (bug ID #3164257), the "Conflicts" feature could not work with files/folder placed on remote machines (the conflict "Backup 2" always works). This Apple's bug have already been fixed in the MacOS X Panther.

Fixed a bug when replacing busy destination files.
As requested, also FS copies the icons position.
Speed increasing of 2.5%.
Added version resource to the document files.

What's new in the 2.0

x2 faster than 1.X versions.
Drag and drop of source and destination folders, "Session Files" and "Multiple List Files".
Background running mode.
Saves and Opens "Session Files" and configures all the FS options.
Resolves aliases.
Up to 8 lists for each option area available by pop-up menu.
4MB of free RAM only.
Never need to increase the application memory. Never.
Also FS 2.0 doesn't work slower when copying large amount of files.
Fully Mac Appearances.
Copies the custom icons.
Copies all the Finder file/folder attributes.
Allows to choose different disks with same names.
Allows to backup from CDs.
Balloon Help.
Scriptable by AppleScript.
PDF User's Manual.
More than 2.0 beta 18:
Fixed minor bug about short and consecutive multiple sync/backup (e.g. A to B, then B to C).
The brief on the console now reports the count of the "visible" items copied/replaced/created only.
Added the count of visible + invisible items copied/replaced/created to the ShortLog and the Log File.
FS can delete now the hidden and occasional files "FoldersSynchronizerTempFile" even if locked.
The ScreenShots on our web-site now contain explainations.

What's new in the 2.0 beta 18

The "Open" dialog doesn't contain anymore the button "Preview". It was unuseful.
The "Load Multiple List" dialog doesn't contain anymore the button "Preview". It was unuseful.
The "Pick "Type" and "Creator" dialogs don't contain anymore the button "Preview". It was unuseful.
FS doesn't require anymore the library "NameRegistryLib".
FS doesn't require anymore the library "PowerManagerLib".
FS can delete now the hidden and occasional files "FoldersSynchronizerTempFile".
This version is only 987 KB on disk. The previous one was 1.2 MB.
The Exact Backup works fine.
The Log File doesn't contain anymore the logo at the top of the window.
The check-box "Override New Files" is now "Override Files".
Fixed minor bugs on the Balloon Help.

What's new in the 1.9.6

Fixed two minor bugs:
In the filter area the date setting works properly also with the "september" choise.
The status line over the progress bar is not long truncated.

What's new in the 1.9.5

As introduced by the last "Exclude Folders" feature, now, at startup, the Multiple List check is skipped too.
Therefore, even if the defined folders/disks in the multiple list were not available when FS starts, the "Multiple on" check-box will remain still "On". FS will execute the check on the folders/disks during each sync/backup.
If the check-box "If an error occurred" is "Skip", FS will skip the task in case of error, and will notify this on the Short Log (and on the Log File).
The Log window now reports also the "Excluded Folders" list.

What's new in the 1.9.4

Added the new "Exclude Folders" feature. The user can select up to 16 folders which will be excluded from the synchronization or backup. For example, the user can exclude the "Desktop Folder" or the "System Folder" when FS synchronizes or backups a whole disk.

How it works:
Select the item "Exclude" from the "Option" menu, or click on the bottom-right "X" button on the screen and go to the "Exclude" area. Mark the check-box "Exclude on" to activate and edit the "Exclude list".
Choose the subfolder you want to exclude by cliking on a row of the list. FS cannot exclude the source or the destination folders/disks.
Hold down the option key and click on the row to remove the folder from the list. Hold down the command key and clik on the row to see the folder pathname. You can deactivate a folder by cliking on the cell "•" ("On/Off"). The inactive folders will be shown grayed out. To remove all the folder from the list in only one step, clik on the little trash icon.
Click on the "Apply" button to confirm your settings. Click on the "Cancel" button to leave the list so as it was.
Important: if you set an "Exclude folders list" and mark the check-box "Exclude on", FS will avoid to synchronize or backup either the folders you specified and their related source/destination folders. If you chosen, for example, a subfolder from the destination folder, FS will exclude also its related source subfolder.
When the Exclude feature is "on", the "X" button on the console will be shown greened out.

What's new in the 1.9.3

Added a new check-box "Override Newer Files" (only for Backup mode). If marked, FS will replace, in the destination Folder, all the files which have a different modification date/time than the source files one. This way, FS will replace, in the destination Folder, the newer files and the older files but will leave untouched the files which have the same modification date/time of the related source files.

What's new in the 1.9.2

Fixed a minor bug about the automatic "Sync and Quit"; now FS works properly as the "ShutDown" application.
Simply go to the "Timer area" and mark the checkbox "On Start: Sync/BackUp and Quit". Ensure that you have defined the source folder, the destination folder (or multiple list), and the task options. Quit the application. Make an alias of FS and put it into the "ShutDown Items" folder inside the System Folder. When you shut down the machine, FS will be launched and will perform the task you specified. Then the machine will shut down.
You can stop the automatic task by pressing the "Stop" button.
To turn off the check-box "On Start: Sync/BackUp and Quit" before the Console appeared, you have to launch FS holding down the Command Key until you hear a beep sound.

What's new in the 1.9.1

Fixed a minor bug about deleting the Safety Temp File "TempFileFoldersSynchronizer".

What's new in the 1.9

As most users requested, the Multiple list now allows to sync/backup up to 16 pairs of folders.

What's new in the 1.8.9

In the Timer area there is a new Check-Box "On Start: Sync/BackUp and Quit".
If this check-box is on, when you will relaunch FS, it will execute the last task you specified (sync, backup, multiple sync, multiple backup, with or without Filters, preferences, and so forth), and then will quit automatically.
This way you can put FS (or better, its alias) into the "SturtUp Items" folder or the "ShutDown Items" folder inside the System Folder to activate this feature whenever you Boot or ShutDown your Mac.
Don't forget to mark the check-box "Remember Folders" if you want to perform a single sync/backup.
Don't forget to mark the check-box "Remember Settings" into the multiple area, if you want to perform a multiple sync/backup. In this case we suggest to set the radio-button "If an error occurred:" to "Skip", if you want FS doesn't quit at the first error occurred. So, all the next multiple tasks will be always executed.
On launching FS, the auto-starting task will be executed 10 seconds after the Console appeared. So you have the time to turn off the check-box, if you want. To turn off the check-box before the Console appeared, you have to launch FS holding down the Command Key until you hear a beep.
You cannot use this option together with the "Timer On".

What's new in the 1.8.8 version

In the Filter "Date Selection" dialog, the user can set the date from the last Backup/Sync done.

What's new in the 1.8.7 version

Fixed a bug regarding the locked files replacement.
As requested, the "Error Count" in the Log File appears even if 0 (zero).
The ShortLog window now shows also what has caused the Stop Sync/BackUp.

What's new in the 1.8.6 version

Added a Check-Box "Ask Confirmation". If unmarked, FS will not ask for a confirmation before launching the sync or backUp.
The ShortLog and the LogFile report also the Preferences settings and the Filters applied.
Improvement of the Scan Folder routine. The scanning works now with a different sorting mode (as Finder).
A new AppleScript file sample "ASSyncMulti" (inside the folder "AE Applet Samples") shows how to perform more than 7 Multiple Syncs.

What's new in the 1.8.5 version

Fixed a little trouble about Plugins' icon map resource.
Added some internal controls when backup.

What's new in the 1.8.4 version

There is a new Radio Button in the Preferences Area: "If an error occured".
The user can choose to "Stop" the task when an error occures, or to "Skip" the errors and continue to sync or backup.
During the tasks launched by Timer, if the RadioButton "Skip" is marked, the Timer will remain on.
During the tasks launched by Timer, if the RadioButton "Stop" is marked, the Timer will switch to off.
During a Multiple Sync or Backup, if the RadioButton "Skip" is marked, all the Syncs or BackUps will be executed.
The Errors count will be reported in the Short Log and in the Log File (if the "Save Log File" check-box is marked).
A new Apple Scripts sample ("Set Radio-Buttons"), shows how to control this new Radio Button by AppleScript.

What's new in the 1.8.3 version

In the previous versions, FS was not be able to delete folders with custom icon. In this version, FS can delete these folders.
When you pick a folder, FS will show you, as current folder, the parent folder of the last folder set.

What's new in the 1.8.2 version

In the previous versions, if the check-box "Unlock locked files" was marked, FS unlocked all the locked files and left them in that state. In this version, FS unlocks the locked files just to do some tasks and then restores their original state.

What's new in the 1.8.1 version

The Short Log Window now can show very long "Log Files".
The preference file name is now "FoldersSync 1.8 Prefs".

What's new in the 1.8 version

The Short Log Window can show both "Short Log" and the saved "Log Files" (if the check-box "Save Log File" in the Preferences area was marked). Therefore the user can see the saved Log Files in this window directly, without using "SimpleText" application.
At the bottom left of the Log Window there are two buttons:
press the left button to see the ShortLog(s); press the right button to see the saved Log File(s).
The Log Window is resizable and has vertical and horizontal bars. The vertical bar regards always the content of the Log Report. In case of multiple syncs/backups, the horizontal bar switches the single tasks.
All the windows/dialogs can be closed by pressing the Command-W keys.
The preference file name is now "FoldersSynchronizer 1.8 Prefs".

What's new in the 1.7.5 version

FS runs also on monitors less than 14" size. The minimum resolution requested is 360x360.

What's new in the 1.7 version

FS can start BackUps and Synchronizations at the specified interval time (e.g.: every 1 hour and 20 minutes).
You can set the interval by days, hours and minutes. You can also set the starting day and time.
FS can unlock the locked files, so the "exact backup", can delete also the locked files. Mark the check-box "Unlock locked files" in the Preference area to allow FS unlocks the locked files.
AppleScripts can now manage the check-boxes of the Preferences area. See the file "Set Check-Boxes" inside the "AE Applet Samples" Folder.
The preference file name is now "FoldersSynchronizer 1.7 Prefs". As the previous versions, if you hold down the option key when launch FS (until the splash screen appears, and two seconds more), FS will skip the old 1.7 saved Preference file.

What's new in the 1.6.5 version

FS can copy also invisible Files and Folders.
Go to the Preferences area and mark the check-box "Invisible Items" to let FS consider these items when working.
FS considers also files like "OpenFolderListDF" which have a Carriage Return at the end of the filename".

What's new in the 1.6 version

FS can start BackUps and Synchronizations at the specified time.
You can choose 7 timers specifying Hour, Minutes and the day of the week (on Monday, on Tuesday,... or Every Day).
You have to leave FoldersSynchronizer open, if you want Syncs/Backups start automatically at the time specified.
FS checks the timer list every 10 seconds (in multitasking mode), only if the "Timer On" check-box is marked and the current area is the consolle (the window with the 2 big arrows).
If some error occurs, FS will stop the current task and will switch the Timer to off to prevent any next trouble.
When you apply the timer list, FS will not consider, as today tasks, the today timers which are less or equal to the current system time.
If the system is busy, FS will wait to take the control, then it will execute in background mode the syncs/backups not yet done.
There is a new menu "Option". It contains the menu items: Preferences, Filters, Multiple List, Timer.
The preference file name is now "FoldersSynchronizer 1.6 Prefs".

What's new in the 1.5 version

FS can do Multiple synchronizations or backups from your custom list. For now, max 7 synchronizations or backups are available at one time. Click on the blue "m" icon to set your multiple list.
FS saves and reloads your multiple lists.
FS show the ShortLog window (by request) with multiple pages.

What's new in the 1.4.2 version

Now FS works fine also with MacOS German version on old SCSI disks.

What's new in the 1.4.1 version

In the "Preferences" area there is a new check-box: "Exact BackUp". If checked (only together with "One direction only"), FS will delete, from the Bottom Folder, all the Files and all the Folders that no longer exist in the Top Folder.
This way, the Bottom Folder will be an exact copy of the Top Folder, as the Finder has replaced the entire content of the Bottom Folder.
FS, which operates differently from the Finder, will copy only the Files and the Folders which really need to be copied, deleting in the Bottom Folder the Files and the Folders that no longer exist in the Top Folder, and therefore will take less time in the Finder. Moreover, the Filters can work together with this option. e.g. If you define a filter, FS will copy (or skip) and will delete (or skip) only those Files which match that filter.
Use this option with care. THERE IS NO WAY TO UNDO THIS PROCESS!

What's new in the 1.3 version

Some tasks run faster than previous versions (Scan Folders and Sync Files).
In the "Info" area there are two new check-boxes: "Beep when done" and "Save Log File".
The progress bar now appears as a 3D shadow standard Macintosh.
The "RegistrationFile.txt" has changed. The 1.x registered users can get the new "RegistrationFile.txt" free, by request to info@softobe.com, specifying Registered Name and Email as they appear in the previous registered versions. No "RegistrationFile.txt" will send to different email addresses.
The preference file name is now "FoldersSynchronizer 1.3 Prefs"

What's new in the 1.2 version

FS shows an infinite progress bar when it scans the folders looking for files to copy. So, when you apply some filters and FS scans a folder with many files but few files specified by filters, you can be sure that FS is working.
You can click also on the radio-button labels to activate them.
You can use the Enter, the Return and the Escape keys in the Filters area.

What's new in the 1.1 version

The "RegistrationFile.txt" goes into the folder "PlugIn". Please take your old "RegistrationFile.txt" from the "XTRAs" folder of your old version and place it in the folder "PlugIn".
FS 1.1 can now filter the documents to copy by Type, Creator and Modification Date.
See below the section "Use the filters".
If you hold down the option key when launch FS (until the splash screen appears, and two seconds more), FS will skip the old saved Preference file. In any case, the old preference file "SyncroPref10.txt" is no long considered by FS 1.1. You could also delete this file.

Wish List top

Please, feel free to send your wish list about FS features to info@softobe.com
Any suggestion coming from the users could be implemented in the next releases.

About Pricing top

"FoldersSynchronizer3" licences have the following pricing (in US Dollars):

Full Version - Single User License
1 Single User licence (for one computer only)	$40
1 Single User Upgrade from version 2 to version 3 (for version 2 registered users only)	$10
1 Single User Upgrade from version 1 to version 3 (for version 1 registered users only)	$20

Full Version - Site License
1 Site License	$400
1 Site License Upgrade from version 2 to version 3 (for version 2 registered users only)	$200
1 Site License Upgrade from version 1 to version 3 (for version 1 registered users only)	$250
*The Site Licence covers all locations for your organization within a 160 kilometer radius of your site (100 miles). One big advantage of a Site License is that you do not need to keep track of how many people at your site are using the software.

Full Version - World-Wide License
1 World-Wide License	$600
1 World-Wide License Upgrade from version 2 to version 3 (for version 2 registered users only)	$300
1 World-Wide License Upgrade from version 1 to version 3 (for version 1 registered users only)	$350
*The World-Wide License covers all locations for your organization on the planet earth.

Lite Version - Single User License
1 Single User license for the Lite Version	$20
1 Upgrade from Single User Lite Version to the Single User Full Version (for Lite version 3 registered users only)	$20

Other versions prices are available at the Kagi store

About Registration top

Paying for the FoldersSynchronizer is fairly simple: at the Kagi store (quick, easy and secure payment on-line).

• To register on the web:
Go to the web page http://order.kagi.com/?U3S
1 - Choose the product and how many copies you want.
2 - Click on the button "Continue" and the invoice form will appear.
3 - Fill the fields regarding your name, email, address, Credit-Card data then click on the button "Purchase". That's all.
If your browser supports, you can switch on SSL secure payment form (SSL is the internet international standandard secure form of payment).

• After the registration:
Kagi (the company who handles our payment processing) will send you via email the approved invoice, in max 3 days (usually in few minutes if you paid by Credit Card).
After that you will receive by us, via email, a little text file (named "RegistrationFile.txt") to put inside the "FoldersSynchronizer" application folder (just close to the application icon - see picture). This text file will unlock the shareware limitations. You don't have to rename nor open nor modify this file. It contains encrypted data.
We use to send the "RegistrationFile.txt" within 24 hours (usually in few hours or minutes), so if you haven't heard anything after 3 days, most likely you have given an Invalid Email Address. If you didn't receive the Email from Kagi, please go to the Kagi web site and get information on your order. If you received the email from Kagi but you didn't receive the email from us (with the RegistrationFile.txt) please contact us at info@softobe.com providing your alternative email address (with a different domain).

Alert

Don't forget to include your email address in the order. If you have not got one, send your friend's email address.
We cannot accept orders without your email, because we can only send by email the "RegistrationFile.txt" (which unlocks the shareware limitations).

Detailed Payment Info top

If paying with Credit Card or First Virtual, you can email or fax the data to Kagi. Their email address is sales@kagi.com and their fax number is +1 510 652-6589. You can either Copy the data from Register and paste into the body of an email message or you can Save the data to a file and you can attach that file to an email message. There is no need to compress the data file, it's already pretty small. If you have a fax modem, just Print the data to the Kagi fax number.

Payments sent via email are processed within 3 to 4 days. You will receive an email acknowledgement when it is processed. Payments sent via fax take up to 10 days and if you provide a correct internet email address you will receive an email acknowledgement.

If you are paying with Cash or USD Cheque you should print the data using the Register application and send it to the address shown on the form, which is:

    Kagi
    1442-A Walnut Street #392-U3S
    Berkeley, California 94709-1405
    USA

You can pay with a wide variety of cash from different countries but at present if you pay via cheque, it must be a cheque drawn in US Dollars. Kagi cannot accept cheques in other currencies.

If you have a purchasing department, you can enter all the data into the Register program and then select Invoice as your payment method. Print three copies of the form and send it to your accounts payable people. You might want to highlight the line that mentions that they must include a copy of the form with their payment.
Kagi can not invoice your company, you need to act on my behalf and generate the invoice and handle all the paperwork on your end.

Please do not fax or email payment forms that indicate Cash, Check or Invoice as the payment method. As far as we know, there is still no technology to transfer physical objects via fax or email and without the payment, the form cannot be processed.

Payments send via postal mail take time to reach Kagi and then up to 10 days for processing. Again, if you include a correct email address, you will hear from Kagi when the form is processed.

Softobe grants a free "limited trial version" of the software. The "limited trial version" allows to Synchronize/Backup max 40 files. For a "full-run" version the user must be registered with Softobe with appropriate compensation and registration forms. Once registered, the user will receive by email a special file which turns the "limited trial version" in a "full-run version". Under no circumstances may the full-run version software be used unless the previously stated conditions have been satisfied. You must purchase a separate single user licence of the software for each Macintosh it is used on, or purchase a Site-Licence or a World-Licence.

Unless explicitly stated in writing, Softobe does not grant permission to distribute the software for profit in any form, including but not limited to, electronic information service distribution, bulletin board distribution, and magnetic or optical medium distribution. Non-profit distribution of the only "limited trial version" of the software is acceptable without prior written notice, providing that the software is not modified in any way, and the complete works of the software are included in the distribution package.

Softobe is not responsible for any damage to the purchaser's computer system or data and in no event will Softobe, its officers, directors, employees or agents be responsible to the purchaser for any consequential, incidental, or indirect damages (including damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information and the like) arising out of the use or inability to use the Softobe product, even if Softobe has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Because some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitations may not apply to you.

	FoldersSynchronizer 3.6.3 Full	FoldersSynchronizer 3.5.4 Lite	FoldersSynchronizer 2.2.1	FoldersSynchronizer 1.9.6
Release Date	March 26th, 2008	September 12th, 2005	October 30th, 2001	November 21st, 2000
Platform	Mac-Intel and PowerMacintosh	PowerMacintosh	PowerMacintosh	PowerMacintosh
Application Kind	Universal Binary - Cocoa	Cocoa	Carbon	Classic
MacOS	MacOS X 10.4, 10.5 or higher	MacOS X 10.3, 10.4, 10.5	MacOS 9 or higher *	MacOS 7.0.1 to 8
Free RAM	-	-	5 MB	8 MB
Size on disk	1.7 MB	1.5 MB	1.3 MB	1.9 MB
Copying rate (average)	2.5 MB/Sec	2.5 MB/Sec	1 MB/Sec	0.5 MB/Sec
Drag And Drop	•	•	•
Background	•	•	•
Document Save/Open	•	•	•
Check Backup Date	•		•
Preview List	•	•	•
Resolve Aliases	•	•	•
Resolve Sym Links	•	•
Exact Sync	•	•
Exact Backup	•	•	•	•
Multiple Sessions	•
Execute All Sessions	•
Run AppleScript	•
Timers	•		•
Multiple Folders	•		•
Filters	•		•
Exclude List	•		•
Conflicts	•
Automount Volumes	•
Send Log via Email	•
Sync & Quit	•		•
Sync & Shut Down	•
Long File Names	•	•
Unix Permissions	•	•
Run with root privileges	•	•
Multiple Forks > 2GB	•	•
Unicode Strings	•	•
Download (Sit)
Download (Hqx)
PDF User's Manual	Use the 2.2 manual	Use the 2.2 manual
Help	Help on line and Overview	Help on line and Overview
Price	$40	$20	$30	$20
Upgrade Prices	v.2 to v.3: $10 v.1 to v.3: $20 Lite v.3 to Full v.3: $20		v.1 to v.2: $10

	FoldersSynchronizer 3.6.3 (March 26th, 2008)