Download FreeFileSync 7.5

FreeFileSync is an open source program that can back up or synchronize content from two different locations. It’s available for Windows, Linux, and OS X, doesn’t rely on things like Java or a .Net Framework, and it’s easy to use. The Windows installer contains separate 32bit and 64bit versions, and also offers the possibility to install a portable version. Version 7.5 of FreeFileSync has been released and below are the changes made since version 7.3.

FreeFileSync 7.5

• Detect moved files on source even for targets with no (SFTP) or unstable (FAT) file id support
• Improved performance for detection of moved files by over 50%
• Added folder picker to select SFTP paths
• Support additional SFTP ciphers by building upon OpenSSL backend
• Added 10-seconds time out when SFTP command is hanging indefinitely
• Work around unexpected SFTP session termination on Synology servers
• Fixed various libssh2 and OpenSSL memory leaks
• Fixed FreeFileSync taskbar link reuse (Windows 7)
• Avoid last error code being overwritten by certain C runtimes before evaluation
• Run online update check asynchronously (Windows)
• Check source item existence before cleaning target during versioning (Linux, OS X)
• Check folder recursion limit to catch stack overflows
• Doubled potential folder traversal recursion depth (Windows)
• Consider child elements of excluded folders during database clean up

FreeFileSync 7.4

• Switch between all folder pair configurations directly in the sync config dialog
• Support macros, path by volume name for config files on command line
• Support slash as path separator on command line (Windows)
• Allow slash as path separator in filter dialog (Windows)
• Discard SFTP connection after 20 seconds of idle time
• Fixed file already existing error when changing file name case (OS X)
• New keyboard shortcuts to open external applications
• Fixed clipboard being cleared when opening sync config dialog (OS X)
• Workaround wxWidgets bug breaking copy/paste shortcuts (OS X)
• Fixed disabled button icons not being updated in the config dialog
• Fixed launcher error messages not being shown (Windows XP)
• Fixed launcher showing incorrect error about missing service pack (Windows XP)
• Revised help file and consolidated into online help