2BrightSparks has unveiled SyncBackSE 7 ($39.95) and SyncBackPro 7 ($54.95), a major update for its powerful backup and file sync application.
The Pro build now supports cloud backup to Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, Box, and Glacier via S3.
SyncBackPro and SE 7 also work with SyncBack Touch, allowing them to remotely access a Windows/ OS X/ Android device’s file system for backup or syncing.
New Pro and SE support for sending a Pushover message if a backup fails means you can receive notifications on iOS, Android and OS X devices, as well as other PCs.
Smarter FTP handling means the programs can now resume uploads or downloads if the connection is lost and the profile restarted.
All builds support a system where profiles can be monitored and stopped from other processes.
The Pro and SE versions also gain something called "Runtime Intelligence". Sounds great, but it actually just means they have the ability to collect data on how the software is used, and send it back to the developers.
These kind of technologies always raise privacy concerns, but this looks relatively harmless. The data collected is fairly anonymous (no emails, passwords, file or folders names or anything similar), Runtime Intelligence is turned off by default, and the setting can be viewed or toggled from the Help menu, so we don’t think it should be a major concern.
More welcome additions include the ability to export Differences from the Differences window, and use filters to choose exactly which files you’d like to verify.
Other highlights include 20 percent improvement in scan performance with the default filters; a manifest update for Windows 8.1 compatibility; Microsoft Exchange support for sending and receiving email; improved high DPI support, the ability to back up selected email folders only, and the option to search the online knowledge base from SyncBack’s main Help menu.
Fully functional 30-day trials of SyncBackSE 7 and SyncBackPro 7 are available now.