Arq Backup Version 6.2.76

What's new in this version:

Arq Backup 6.2.76
Fixed Issues:
- When restoring from Arq 5 data, recreate the Arq 5 pack index if it's missing.
- Changed the Add Google Drive and Add Google Cloud functions to use an external web browser because at least 1 person got an error from Google when using a built-in web browser for OAuth.


Arq Backup 6.2.69
Fixed Issues:
- Fixed an issue that could cause an error getting bucket names from some S3-compatible servers.
- Fixed an issue where directories with special characters in their names could not be browsed in the file selector.


Arq Backup 6.2.68
Fixed Issues:
- Fixed an issue that could cause "No such file or directory" errors when backing up SMB paths.


Arq Backup 6.2.66
Improvements:
- Allow multiple email to-addresses separated by semicolon.

Fixed Issues:
- If backing up all drives to a folder storage location, exclude the storage location path.
- Fixed an issue that could cause an all-drives backup plan to report "Failed to create APFS snapshot: Read-only file system".


Arq Backup 6.2.63
Improvements:
- Allow longer SMB paths -- not just //host/share, but //host/share/subdirectory/subdirectory2 etc.


Arq Backup 6.2.54
Fixed Issues:
- Fixed an issue which could cause not-found errors when restoring from Glacier archives created by Arq 3.


Arq Backup 6.2.52
Fixed Issues:
- Fixed an issue that limited the number of Arq 5 backup records shown.
- Removed restrictions on valid SMB path characters.
- Prevented macOS from prompting the user when an SMB server is unavailable.
- Fixed an issue preventing changing an existing backup plan from SMB sources to selected local files.
- Fixed an issue where the computer identifier could change when switching from trial to paid usage.


Arq Backup 6.2.46
Fixed Issues:
- Fixed an issue that caused Arq to report 'Missing destination path for restore' when 'Original location' was chosen for restore.
- Fixed an issue that could cause a crash when attempting to connect to an SMB share with special characters in the share name.


Arq Backup 6.2.44
Added Features:
- Added support for restoring files to an SMB share in addition to an attached drive.
- Added support for AWS af-south-1, me-south-1, and eu-south-1 regions.

Fixed Issues:
- Fixed an issue which could cause the app to fail when browsing an Arq 5 backup record of '/'.
- Fixed an issue which caused display errors when an empty value is entered where a number is expected.
- Fixed an issue which could cause modification times to display incorrectly in the restore view.
- Extended the wait time before retry to try to avoid Google Drive 'rate limit exceeded' errors.
- Added a second method to attempt mounting an SMB volume if the first method fails.
- Fixed an issue which could cause B2 uploads to fail instead of retry on B2 transient errors.
- Retry on "cannot parse response" error.
- Set permissions of /Library/Application Support/ArqAgentAPFS to 0755 to work around a bug/crash in macOS's atsd daemon which caused BBEdit to have trouble displaying text.
- Fixed an issue which could cause not-found errors when restoring from Arq 5 Glacier backup records.


Arq Backup 6.2.30
Fixed Issues:
- Fixed an issue which could prevent adding an S3 storage location with an existing bucket.
- Retry when Google Cloud returns a 408 (timeout) error.
- Fixed an issue where deleting an Arq Premium backup didn't delete it from the web site.


Arq Backup 6.2.27
Fixed Issues:
- Fixed a connection issue for SMB destinations with no username or password configured.
- Fixed an issue which caused "authorization header is malformed" errors for S3 ap-southeast-2 region.


Arq Backup 6.2.23
Fixed Issues:
- Fixed an issue where an old S3 bucket with "EU" location constraint couldn't be added to Arq as a storage location.
- Fixed an issue that could cause a "unique constraint violation" on "trees.blob_identifier".
- Fixed an issue that could cause Arq Agent to crash on macOS High Sierra.


Arq Backup 6.2.21
Fixed Issues:
- Fixed an issue which could prevent files on external drives being backed up.


Arq Backup 6.2.19
Fixed Issues:
- Fixed an issue which could cause errors when an SMB connection that Arq is using is unexpectedly disconnected.
- Fixed an issue which could cause "snapshot not found in database" errors when thinning is enabled.
- Fixed an issue preventing entering an encryption password containing spaces when editing a backup plan.


Arq Backup 6.2.17
Fixed Issues
- Fixed an issue that could prevent backups from happening when schedule is set to weekly.
- Fixed an issue that could cause search to get stuck.
- Fixed the Delete All Snapshots button.
- Fixed an issue where snapshots of other computers were displayed in the wrong order.
- Show a better error message when connecting to an S3-compatible server returns an unexpected result.
- Fixed an issue where the web socket server wasn't listening only on localhost.


Arq Backup 6.2.16
Improvements:
- Added a check when uploading files to OneDrive/SharePoint to guard against corruption on OneDrive's end. OneDrive/SharePoint data which hasn't been checked will be re-uploaded.
- Improved logging when restore errors occur.
- Log an error in the backup activity when not enough free space is available.
- If not all volumes are connected, show an error message when editing the backup plan.
- Show icons for storage locations.
- When adding an S3-compatible storage location, if the user enters a hostname instead of a full URL, convert it to a full URL.
- When adding an S3-compatible storage location, always use path style (instead of virtual host style) for S3 API requests.
- Added a region field to support use of S3-compatible storage locations which use custom region names.

Fixed Issues:
- Fixed an issue where ArqMonitor (the menubar app) doesn't launch for all users.
- Fixed an issue where no error is reported if creating an S3 bucket fails.
- Changed the daily backup scheduler to schedule the backup using local time instead of UTC.
- Fixed an issue where SMB passwords with some special characters would cause authentication errors.
- When comparing email addresses when an Arq Premium license code is entered, compare case-insensitive.


Arq Backup 6.2.12
Improvements:
- When adding an S3-compatible storage location, if the user enters a hostname instead of a full URL, convert it to a full URL.
- When adding an S3-compatible storage location, always use path style (instead of virtual host style) for S3 API requests.

Fixed Issues:
- If not all volumes are connected when editing a backup plan, show a warning.
- Removed an obsolete check for in-progress import jobs.
- If not enough free space is available, log an error so the backup doesn't finish as "successful".
- Changed the daily backup scheduler to schedule the backup using local time instead of UTC.


Arq Backup 6.2.11
Improvements:
- Show the list of selections in a scrolling view if there are more than 5 of them.
- Enable the Ente rkey when entering SMB parameters for a backup plan.
- Reduced the memory usage during backup.

Fixed Issues:
- Allow spaces in the SMB path when adding an SMB storage location.
- Fixed an issue where Microsoft API calls weren't being retried on transient error.


Arq Backup 6.2.10
Fixed Issues:
- Fixed an issue which could cause a 'SQL logic error table backup_plans has no column named cpu_usage' error.


Arq Backup 6.2.9
New Features:
- Added a slider in backup plan options to control CPU usage
- Added an option to select a specific folder as a destination when restoring files

Fixed Issues:
- Fixed a layout issue which could cause the Delete button to disappear for some backups listed under "Storage Locations"
- Fixed an issue which could cause a 'mount point not found' error when restoring from a backup of a device that's not currently connected
- Fixed an issue which could cause the screen to go blank when browsing backups of an SMB share
- Fixed an issue which could cause Arq to back up some folders excluded by Time Machine settings
- Fixed an issue with SFTP where a failed free-space-check could cause Arq to not back up
- Fixed an issue which prevented setting the 'minutes after hour' of a backup plan's schedule to zero after it was changed to non-zero
- Fixed an issue which could cause "not found" errors to appear in the log when backing up to Dropbox


Arq Backup 6.2.4
Fixed Issues:
- Fixed layout issues when a storage location's name is very long
- Disabled app debug logging
- Defaulted agent logging to 'info' level


Arq Backup 6.2.3
Changes:
- Reverted to path-style requests for S3 to work around bucket names that have '.' characters in them
- Made text selectable in detail panes

Fixed Issues:
- Fixed scrolling issue when browsing Arq 5 backups
- Fixed an issue where Arq 5 computer names and user names were being displayed in XML-escaped form
- Fixed an issue where a very long storage location name could cause display alignment issues in the list of backup plans