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Posts in 2025
  • Version 2.6.4

    Monday, August 18, 2025 in Blog

    Version 2.6.4 (build 158) - August 18, 2025 The Quick task function in this release is not functioning as intended due to an oversight on my part. Although it is a minor function and only applicable to remote servers, if you occasionally utilize it, …

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  • Version 2.6.2

    Monday, July 21, 2025 in Blog

    Version 2.6.2 (build 156) - July 21, 2025 Version 2.6.2 of RsyncUI require Xcode 26 and Swift 6.2 to compile. Updates in this release There was a request to display the % of completed transfer pr file. It seems difficult to pick up the correct info …

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  • Number of files

    Thursday, May 01, 2025 in Blog

    Numbers updated: August 12, 2025, version 2.6.3 There is a very nice and excellent tool, cloc (https://github.com/AlDanial/cloc), for counting of files and lines of code. Below are the numbers for Swift files which are part of the repository for …

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  • URLs Notepad

    Saturday, March 01, 2025 in Blog

    A few samples of URL´s I am executing from Notepad. URL´s must start with rsyncuiapp://, if not RsyncUI will not recognize the command. My URL´s saved in Notepad for easy access and execution of my most used tasks. The Notepad page might also be …

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  • Tagging of data

    Saturday, March 01, 2025 in Blog

    Tagging of data to be synchronized It is imperative that RsyncUI tags tasks with data to be synchronized correctly. If the tagging fails, there may be source data that is not synchronized. RsyncUI supports the latest version of rsync and the older …

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  • Swift concurrency

    Saturday, March 01, 2025 in Blog

    To commence, I must acknowledge that my proficiency in Swift concurrency is limited. While I possess a rudimentary comprehension of the subject matter, if you are perusing this blog and seeking further elaboration on the topic, I strongly recommend …

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  • Observers

    Saturday, March 01, 2025 in Blog

    A key feature of RsyncUI is observation for two notifications: NSNotification.Name.NSFileHandleDataAvailable Process.didTerminateNotification Without observation and required actions when observed, RsyncUI becomes useless. Both observations are …

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  • Console and OSLog

    Saturday, February 01, 2025 in Blog

    Included in Swift 5 is a unified logging feature called OSLog. This feature provides several methods for logging and investigating the application’s activities. By utilizing OSLog, print statements are no longer necessary to follow the …

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