Changelog

RsyncUI is compliant to the new concurrency model of Swift 6. Quote swift.org:

Version 2.1.9 (build 119) - not yet released

The main new feature in this release is a view to verify if your local data needs to be updated from remote or not. If you are using two or more macs, which I do, and all macs synchronise data to the same remote storage. If that remote storage is not a Git server, like GitHub, there might be some challenges to keeping the macs in sync and not losing any data.

It is also recommended to use git on your local data. If any local data is deleted or overwritten, a simple git command will revert changes.

There are some restrictions:

• a parameter --exclude=.git is appended
• a parameter --exclude=.DS_Store is appended
• the parameter --delete is removed, it is a regular copy of missing files
  • this parameter is a default parameter to keep source and destination sync
• normally, additional parameters for rsync are not needed, but the user might choose to include user-added parameters

If the remote is a Git server, a regular git push and pull will do the magic.

I do need this enhancement myself. I have more than 3000 bird photos of 130 GB from the last four years, which are synchronized, by RsyncUI, to a local remote server at home. There are new photos added, old photos deleted, and updates to sidecars of photos. A sidecar is a small file that stores changes to the raw photofile.

As long as I was using only one mac, all updates were on that mac. Now, with two macs, I use both macs working on my photos. And when I synchronise my changes, I need to pick up those changes on my second mac.

The new view will by no means be automatic. But there will be information collected for you to decide what to do.

Version 2.1.8 (build 118) - 14 November 2024

The following are updated, and the user documentation is updated as well.

• a few refactors and fixes, most of the code are now reviewed
• the estimate view is updated, an arrow points which task is estimated, blue text indicate estimate is completed
• in Task view, there is a new view for global changes, either parts of string or full string
• in Task view, a notify to remeber update when there are changes

Version 2.1.6 (build 116) - 29 October 2024

This release is primarly review and refactor of code where appropriate. And a few minor fixes as well. And the review of code will continue until all code is checked…

• issue with links to the Changelog and documentation are fixed
• I have tested RsyncUI on new macOS Sequoia, a virtual machine, and added some updates when there is a new install
  • added a check if the selected profile contains any tasks, functions like estimate and execute are disabled until a task is added
• in Rsync parameters view, minor fix when adding your own parameters to rsync
  • it is working today, but the view itself is not properly reset after adding a parameter

There has been several refactors last two weeks, the detailed changelog show all files which are updated since previous release.

• most for loops are refactored using higher order functions like map, compactMap, higher order functions are quicker and makes the code cleaner and easier to read
• Combine is replaced where used for debounce function only, replaced by using try await Task.sleep(seconds: 1), seconds may be 1, 2 or 3 seconds depends on the case
• Combine is only used in the Process object listening for signals from rsync when it executes, as far as I understand from reading other articles about Combine it is not clear what the future of Combine is
• cleaned up “trimming” of output from rsync used in Snapshots, Restore
• and a few other refactors as well, I am reviewing most of the code
• Quicktask now remember the last task, filetransfer is also enabled in Quicktask
  • its is also possible to create task for one file only, see a short workaround to make it happen

Version 2.1.5 (build 115) - 13 October 2024

There is a minor issue in this version, the links for documentation and the changelog in RsyncUI are not updated after new theme for documentation is applied.

This is a maintenance release, some refactor of code, a few bugfixes and GUI updates. Focus in this version is to make most of functions context sensitive.

• functions, data and selections are hidden until a task is selected
  • an example is within the Rsync parameters view, the checker flag for a --dry-run is not visible until a task is selected
• refactor and cleanup of code
• fixed another bug in ssh and remote servers
• fixed a bug in Settings view
• a few minor GUI updates

Version 2.1.4 (build 114) - 27 September 2024

The following are updates:

• disable main functions during work
  • all main functions on the sidebar including change profile, are disabled when there are remote execution like synchronization, restore and so on
  • this is to prevent any sideeffects when remote executions are at work
• additional cleanups in Settings view
  • be aware of there are some seconds of delay when changing settings which must be verified before saving
• show command strings (in view for Rsync parameters)
  • RsyncUI creates commands for external execution, almost all commands are dependent upon values in each configuration
  • this view is for documentation for users who want to do a more detailed view of what RsyncUI does
  • by using the Console app, see below, all major steps of what RsyncUI does might be viewed
• refactor in parts of code
  • refactoring and cleanup of internal code are always in focus, there is always potential for cleanup and improvements
  • there are about 146 Swift files and 10,000 lines of Swift code, there are no memory leaks, verified by the Xcode instruments tool
  • see the release for details about changes
• Console and OSLog
  • from Swift 5 there is a unified logging feature OSLog.
  • the OSLogs might be read by using the macOS Console app, set the Action in Console app menu to Include Info Messages and enter no.blogspot.RsyncUI as subsystem within the search field

Version 2.1.3 (build 113) - 16 September 2024

Sorry for many updates in a few days, but sometime a previous quick bugfix is not working as expected. Which was the case with previous release. There has been a few updates in this release. Mostly in computing arguments for ssh-parameters, applies for remote servers only. And there has also been a couple of GUI updates as well.

Next release again will probably be in a month or two, depending if no other bugs are found within this period.

Version 2.1.2 (build 112) - 13 September 2024

Fixed a bug in ssh-parameters, applies for using remote servers only.

After some more testing, using Swift Testing, I discovered a few more issues about ssh-parameters. Local set ssh-parameters rules global set ssh-parameters. Local ssh-keypath or ssh-port should only set one of them even if there are global set ssh-keypath and ssh-port.

ssh parameters in version 2.1.2 (build 112) does not work as expected. But default values for RSA based ssh-key and identityfile, ~/.ssh/id_rsa and ssh-port = 22, are automatically picked up by rsync. This is a workaround until version 2.1.3 is released in some days.

There will be a new version 2.1.3 (build 113) including fixes for the above by next week, the week starting with Monday 16 September 2024. The package RsyncArguments and tests are updated.

Version 2.1.1 (build 111) - 10 September 2024

Built on macOS Sequoia by Xcode 16. Built for macOS Sonoma and macOS Sequoia. The default rsync on macOS Sequia is openrsync, see info about rsync versions.

Updates in version 2.1.1

The work on adapting RsyncUI to the new concurrency model of Swift 6 is complete.

• RsyncUI is now fully adapted to Swifts new concurrency model and Swift version 6
  • in Xcode SWIFT_STRICT_CONCURRENCY = complete and SWIFT_VERSION = 6; is set
• there has been several refactor of code and a few UI updates
• by using the tool periphery, the code is cleaned and all not used classes, structs, functions and attributes are deleted
• some of the code is created as packages, see comments about Swift Testing and Swift Package Manager below
• thx to Cavaliere100 for testing RsyncUI on MacOS Sequoia and experienced an application crash for new users
• RsyncUI is tested on macOS Sequoia, built by Xcode16 beta4 and it is verified working as expected
• there is a new export and import function, tasks can now be exported and imported between profiles and to new Macs
  • import and export is by file
  • some more info about export and import
• fixed bug if user defined path for rsync is not valid
• restore data only valid from remote servers, restore data from local attached disc by macOS Finder only
• fixed a bug in parameters to rsync and create ssh-key, default and user define ssh-key
• fixed a bug in passwordless logins
  • example of the rsync command which causes the issue is: rsync -e ssh -r --list-only thomas@raspberrypi:/backups/Documents/
  • should be rsync --verbose --compress -e ssh -i ~/.ssh_rsyncosx/rsyncosx -p 22 -r --list-only thomas@raspberrypi:/backups/Documents/ if user defined ssh-key and identityfile are enabled
• it is allowed to change snapshot number in snapshot tasks
  • if you are changing the snapshot number be sure you now what you are doing

Xcode 16, Swift Testing and Swift Package Manager

The new version number of RsyncUI is ver 2.1.1 build 111 due to using Swift Package Manager (SPM) and Swift Testing is a significant change to increase quality of code. By using SPM, parts of the source code in RsyncUI is extraced and created as packages.

• RsyncArguments - create parameters to rsync from configurations
• sshCreateKey - assist to create ssh identityfile and key in RsyncUI
  • create RSA based ssh-key for default and user defined keys including ssh-port number
• DecodeEncodeGeneric - generic code for Decode and Encode JSON data
• ParseRsyncOutput - parse and extract numbers from output from rsync, used in view for details and log result of a synchronize tasks

By SPM and Swift Testing, the code for RsyncUI is modularized, isolated, and tested before committing changes.

Version 1.9.2 (build 100) - 11 June 2024

This is most likely the last release before macOS 15, macOS Sequoia is released sometime after the summer. Bugs will be fixed, though, if found. The work with Swift 6 and Xcode 16 beta commenced today. The major work in next release 2.0.0 (build 101) is compliance with the new concurrency model of Swift 6. And there are some new things there for me to learn and understand.

• view of the log file is back
• the logging of synchronization task is simplified
  • by default on, a summary only of each synchronization is added to the log records, view Log Listings from Sidebar (not changed)
  • by default off, there is also possible to add a short summary to the log file
    • timestamp
    • last twenty lines of output from rsync which includes a summary of the task
• the Settingsview is updated

Previous releases

Dates and version only

• Version 1.9.1 (build 99) - 27 May 2024

• Version 1.9.0 (build 98) - 12 April 2024

• Version 1.8.9 (build 97) - 26 March 2024

• Version 1.8.8 (build 96) - 14 March 2024

• Version 1.8.7 (build 95) - 20 February 2024

• Version 1.8.6 (build 94) - 30 January 2024

• Version 1.8.2 (build 92) - 8 January 2024

• Version 1.8.1 (build 91) - 29 December 2023

• Version 1.8.0 (build 90) - 18 December 2023

• Version 1.7.9 (build 89) - 7 December 2023

• Version 1.7.8 build (88) and 1.7.5 build (88) - 23 November 2023

• Version 1.7.3 build (86) - 19 October 2023

• Version 1.7.5 build (84) - 28 September 2023

• Version 1.7.2 build (85) - 23 September 2023

• Version 1.7.1 build(83) - 1 September 2023

• Version 1.7.0 build(82) - 16 August 2023

• Version 1.6.6 build(81) - 1 August 2023

• Version 1.6.5 build(80) - 16 July 2023

• Version 1.6.3 build(79) - 29 June 2023

• Version 1.6.1 build(77) - 20 June 2023

• Version 1.6.0 build(76) - 16 June 2023

• Version 1.5.0 build(73) - 4 May 2023

• Version 1.4.8 build(70) - 24 March 2023

• Version 1.4.7 build(69) - 14 March 2023

• Version 1.4.5 build(67) - 7 March 2023

• Version 1.4.3 build (65) - 8 February 2023

• Version 1.4.2 build (64) - 6 January 2023

• Version 1.4.0 build (62) - 6 December 2022

• Version 1.3.9 build (57) - 18 November 2022

• Version 1.3.8 build (56) release candidate - 10 November 2022

• Version 1.3.7 build (56) - 5 November 2022

• Version 1.3.6 build (55) - 31 October 2022

• Version 1.3.0 build (53) - 30 September 2022

• Version 1.2.9 build (52) - 8 September 2022

• Version 1.2.8 build (51) - 20 March 2022

• Version 1.2.7 build (50) - 17 March 2022

• Version 1.2.6 build (48) - 31 December 2021

• Version 1.2.5 build (48) - 6 December 2021

• Version 1.2.3 build (46) - 11 November 2021

• Version 1.2.2 build (45) - 28 October 2021

• Version 1.2.1 build (42) - 21 October 2021

• Version 1.2.0 build (41) - 28 September 2021

• Version 1.1.2 build (40) - 9 September 2021

• Version 1.1.2 build (39) - 1 September 2021

• Version 1.1.2 build (38) - 28 August 2021

• Version 1.1.2 build (37) - 21 August 2021

• Version 1.1.2 build (36) - 16 August 2021

• Version 1.1.2 build (35) - 11 August 2021

• Version 1.1.2 build (34) - 30 July 2021

• Version 1.1.2 build (28)

• Version 1.1.1 build (27)

• Version 1.1.0 build (26)

• Version 1.0.1 build (24)

• Version 1.0.0 build (23)

• Prerelease version 0.99 build (22)

• Prerelease v0.60 build (20) - breaking changes

• Prerelease v0.55 build (19) - 14 April 2021

• Prerelease v0.49 build (18)

• Prerelease v0.48 build (17)

• Prerelease v0.47 build (16)

• Prerelease v0.45 build (15)

• Prerelease v0.42 build (14)

• Prerelease v0.41 build (12)

• Prerelease v0.39 build (11)

• Prerelease v0.36 build (10)

• Prerelease v0.36 build (8)

• Prerelease v0.35 build (7)

• Prerelease v0.3 build (6) - 12 March 2021