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Windows SmartScreen and SyncBack
Download a brand new release of SyncBack and Windows may question it, either in your browser or when you run the installer. It is unsettling, and it is one of the most common things our support team is asked about in the days after a release. The warning is not a virus detection. SmartScreen works on reputation, and a file that has only just been published has not yet built one, no matter who signed it. This article explains what is actually happening, why the software is safe, how you can verify our code signing for yourself, and how to continue with the installation.
Windows SmartScreen and SyncBack: Why You May See a Warning
Object Storage vs Cloud Sync for Backup
When you back up to the cloud, not all cloud storage is the same. Object storage services such as Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2 and Wasabi were built for a different job than consumer file-sync services such as Dropbox, OneDrive and Google Drive, and for backup that difference has real consequences for retention control, immutability, scale and access control. This article explains why object storage is usually the better destination for a serious backup, where a sync service still makes sense, and how SyncBackPro can use either.
Object Storage vs Cloud Sync for Backup: S3, Azure, Dropbox and OneDrive Compared
Advanced Logging in SyncBackPro
If you run more than a handful of profiles, reading each log by hand stops being practical. Advanced Logging sends profile execution information straight to the systems you already use, including Syslog servers, the Windows Event Log, text files, Logstash servers and HTTP REST servers, in JSON, CSV, XML or plain text. This step by step guide shows you how to set it up, using our free Syslog Server as the worked example, and explains what to consider before you send file names and paths to a system other people can read. Advanced Logging is a SyncBackPro feature.
Advanced Logging in SyncBackPro
How to Delete Bad Photos Without Losing the Good Ones
Most of us are carrying around the largest photo collection we have ever owned, and most of it is clutter. Blurred shots, near-identical bursts, screenshots of things we needed for five minutes, photos of parking spaces and receipts. The obvious answer is a clear-out, but deleting is also the most dangerous thing you can do to a photo collection, because on a phone or a cloud photo service deleting in one place usually deletes it everywhere. This article sets out a cleanup workflow where a mistake costs you nothing, using versioning in SyncBackSE or SyncBackPro so that nothing is truly gone until you decide it is.
How to Delete Bad Photos Without Losing the Good Ones
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