Download FreeFileSync 7.8

Version 7.8 of FreeFileSync has been released. 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. Since version 7.6, the following changes and improvements have been made:

FreeFileSync 7.8

• Correctly resolve environment variables containing MTP paths
• Support at and colon characters in SFTP user name
• New context buttons for quick sync config changes
• Report specific error during folder existence check when starting sync
• Fail lately when traversing available MTP devices
• Correctly handle SFTP timeout error when checking folder existence
• Updated on completion command lines for log off/standby/shut down (Linux)
• Support HTML POST redirection for update checks
• Calculate UTC file times like Windows Explorer for MTP devices
• Don’t reuse timed-out SFTP sessions with thread affinity
• Workaround SFTP session hang after unsupported statvfs command
• Updated OpenSSL to 1.0.2e

FreeFileSync 7.7

• Support variable drive letters for config history when using FreeFileSync portable
• Skip non-storage functional objects at MTP device level
• Log and show error messages without hanging when running as a service
• Navigate between sync settings panels with arrow keys
• Fixed volume shadow copy file path generation
• Handle integer overflows when comparing file times
• Ignore more than one file time shift
• Reworked grid to support mouse highlight areas
• Allow minute precision for file time shifts
• Warn about unsupported MTP and SFTP paths in RealtimeSync
• Strip superfluous mode parameters when creating a directory (Linux, OS X)
• Correctly detect system language for English UK
• Store program language by name to handle changing ids
• Fixed crash during application exit after using SFTP