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18.2.0 ‘Mars’ released

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Changes compared to 17.11.6

New Features

  • Comet Backup for macOS
  • IP-based bandwidth rate limiting in Comet Server
  • Support silent install of Comet Backup for Windows
  • Live-connection action to import settings from other installed backup products
  • Croatian translation
  • Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation

Enhancements

  • Word-wrap long lines in the report dialog in Comet Backup
  • Expanded translation coverage (including customer email reports)
  • Remove trust confirmation prompt when automatically logging in to Comet Server from a trusted website
  • Run all backup operations at low CPU / disk priority
  • Reduce install size for Comet Backup on Linux
  • Reduce memory usage for Comet Server when receiving replication data for local disk storage
  • Basic exclusion patterns are now case-insensitive on Windows
  • Identify in job reports which other job is triggering "Skip backup if already running" condition in Comet Backup
  • Minor performance enhancement for S3 and S3-compatible storage
  • Allow configuring ICNS and Package ID for Comet Backup for macOS in the Setup Wizard in Comet Server
  • Improve compatibility with old FTP servers
  • Support importing MySQL-type Protected Items from Ahsay v6
  • Enable server-side product identification to S3-compatible and Google Cloud Storage upload destinations
  • New storage format for auto-login password in Comet Backup for Windows (downgrading to older versions of Comet Backup will require logging in again)
  • Improve matching missed backups if server and client PC times are out, by expanding window size

Changes compared to 17.12.9

New Features

  • Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation (2)

Enhancements

  • Improve matching missed backups if server and client PC times are out, by expanding window size

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue with segfaults crashing Comet Backup for Linux on ARM processors. These environments now require glibc.
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with showing unnecessary "browse UNC path" option in Comet Backup for macOS
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with selecting text in the "What's New" section in Comet Server's web interface
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with Comet Server Service Manager on high DPI displays
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with raising Comet Server Service Manager to the foreground after installation completed
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with missing default icon for high resolution displays on Comet Backup for macOS