[fixes]

• Manual backups were not working reliably for some people, and for a different reason than in the prior release.
• File type/creator codes were still being reversed on certain Macs. Even more fixed than before.

[changes]

• Safety Net archives are no longer zipped.
• The integrity of /var/db/volinfo.database is now verified and repaired if necessary. If this file becomes corrupted, it can cause problems when Deja Vu attempts to enable permissions on the destination volume.
• Improved registration reliability. It is finally possible to register Deja Vu from a standard (non-Admin) account.
• Comments may be added to the exclusions file (excludes.txt). Lines beginning with a "#" are considered comments.

[new]

• Added a visual reminder to the main Deja Vu window that indicates which backups, if any, mirroring is enabled for. Since the "Mirror folder contents" option is potentially dangerous if you are not careful, Deja Vu will now make you more aware if you have it enabled.

[fixes]

• Worked around a problem which was preventing manual backups from working for some people.
• File type/creator codes were being reversed on Intel Macs. To take full advantage of this fix, it is recommended that you erase your backup and let Deja Vu make a completely new one.

[changes]

• Updated Dutch help file.

• Leopard compatibility

[new]

• Deja Vu is now a Universal Binary which runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs.
• Added preliminary support for excluding folders from a backup. (There is no UI for this yet.) Use your favorite text editor (e.g., TextEdit) to create the plain text file "excludes.txt", and add the full paths to the folders you wish to exclude from the backup (one per line). Save this file in the "/Library/Application Support/Deja Vu" folder. For example, if I want to exclude my iTunes folder and my Trash, my "excludes.txt" file would look like this:


/Users/jeff/Music/iTunes
/Users/jeff/.Trash

NOTE: At this point, exclusion paths containing "special" (non-ASCII) characters will probably not work.
• Added 'New Folder' button to 'Choose Folder or Disk' sheet.

[fixes]

• Improved reliability of scheduled backups.
• Improved Auto-Connect reliability.
• Worked around some problems which occured when the login shell was tcsh.
• The Safety Net folder was still being created when Safety Net was disabled.
• Improved reliability of automatically opening Deja Vu at login if there were errors in a backup which took place while logged out.
• Improved reliability of the Deja Vu menuling appearing when it should.
• Fixed miscellaneous problems with remote backups.

[changes]

• Improved feedback. Deja Vu now does a better job of indicating what it's doing via a menuling tooltip and menu item showing the current operation.
• Improved error log output. When 'Show only errors' is checked in the log sheet, you will see a more nicely formatted error log, including Apple's own description of any system errors.
• Improved the speed of free space checks for entire volumes.
• Safety Net is now disabled by default.
• Apple Mail messages (.emlx files) are now excluded from the Safety Net index. (They will still get archived, of course.) This should speed up the creation of the Index.txt file for those who backup their ~/Library/Mail folder.
• Safety Net should now be able to archive deleted files regardless of the 'Mirror folder contents' setting.
• Safety Net will no longer archive Safety Net archives.
• Improved flexibility of preflight/postflight scripts. See the 'Read Me' file in the 'Example Scripts' folder for details.
• The system alert sound now plays if a backup finishes with errors.
• A standard caution icon is used in the dialog if a backup finishes with errors.
• The explanatory sheet will only be displayed for the first 10 manual backups.
• Hypnotic spinning progress indicators.
• Updated English documentation.
• Updated German, Italian, Dutch and Japanese localizations.