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Posts in 2025
  • Version 2.7.7

    Sunday, November 16, 2025 in Blog

    Version 2.7.7 (build 168) - Release Candidate (RC4) Note: I initially believed that the next release, version 2.7.7, would be a minor update. However, it appears to be a more significant release. On November 16th, a new release candidate has been …

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  • Version 2.7.6

    Monday, November 03, 2025 in Blog

    Version 2.7.6 (build 167) - 3 November, 2025 A few users have experienced a crash when estimating tasks. The release fixes the issue. The update does the following: preventing RsyncUI from crashing when the termination signal is received before all …

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  • Verify remote

    Monday, October 27, 2025 in Blog

    Overview This post describes how I use the Verify remote function. The Remote Setup I back up my bird photography to multiple locations: a Raspberry Pi 5 server configured with two WD Red SA500 2.5" SSD 1TB drives set up as a mirrored ZFS pool a …

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  • Number of files

    Friday, October 17, 2025 in Blog

    Numbers updated: November 15, 2025, version 2.7.7 rc4 There is a very nice and excellent tool, cloc, for counting of files and lines of code. Below are the numbers for Swift files which are part of the repository for compiling RsyncUI. RsyncUI does …

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  • Tagging of data

    Saturday, March 01, 2025 in Blog

    Overview It is imperative that RsyncUI correctly tags tasks with data to be synchronized. If the tagging fails, some source data may not be synchronized. RsyncUI supports both the latest version of rsync and the older default version included in …

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  • Swift concurrency

    Saturday, March 01, 2025 in Blog

    First, I must acknowledge that my understanding of Swift concurrency is limited. While I have a basic grasp of the subject, if you are reading this and seeking more detailed information, I strongly recommend searching for and reading articles from …

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