BackupBuddyVFS Pro 4.2 Beta 13 available
We have just posted the public beta (b13) of BackupBuddyVFS Professional 4.2 is now available here:

http://www.bluenomad.com/bbvfs/BBVFSPro4.2b13.prc

As with the previous beta, this beta update will work with your existing registration code, and will be a free update when released.

Beta 13 now includes support for customizing checkpoint creation (e.g. frequency, maximum number) for each backup set (or project).

Additionally, it incorporates the previously mentioned enhancements:

• Verification of Zip-based backups - to make sure what gets written to your backup card matches exactly what was on your device


• Custom directories per backup set (or project - Advanced preferences feature only)


• Automatic updates to make sure you have the latest version at all times

Please feel free to grab it from the link above and send as feedback to beta@bluenomad.com. And to our American readers: Happy Memorial Day!

Blue Nomad, LLC
- posted by Blue Nomad, LLC @ 4:20 PM   

 
BackupBuddyVFS 4.2 Beta 6 Available
Our first public beta (b6) of BackupBuddyVFS Professional 4.2 is now available here:

http://www.bluenomad.com/bbvfs/BBVFSPro4.2b6.prc

The beta update will work with your existing registration code, and will be a free update. It incorporates numerous enhancements, including:

• Verification of Zip-based backups - to make sure what gets written to your backup card matches exactly what was on your device


• Custom directories per backup set (or project - Advanced preferences feature only)


• Automatic updates to make sure you have the latest version at all times


• Miscellaneous fixes & enhancements

Please feel free to grab it from the link above and send as feedback to beta@bluenomad.com!

Blue Nomad, LLC
- posted by Blue Nomad, LLC @ 11:00 AM   

 
BackupBuddy.Net Service Outage
This weekend we had our first BackupBuddy.Net outage, and we would like to offer our sincere apologies for the inconvenience. A bad memory module led to a series of cascading failures which happened to affect our backup servers. We have fixed the problem and are taking steps to make sure it doesn't happen again, including more frequent monitoring of our replication servers.

Additionally, we have extended everybody's subscription by three months.

Alexis H.
Blue Nomad, LLC
- posted by Blue Nomad, LLC @ 12:30 AM   

 
BackupBuddyVFS Professional 4.1 Available
BackupBuddyVFS Professional 4.1 is available.

Its fixes include:

• Improvements to the Continuous Backup feature
• Improved compatibility with the Treo 680
• Improved ability to restore large contacts files and files 'in use' by OS
• Miscellaneous bug fixes.

Current 4.x BBVFS Pro customers can update by installing a new download from here: BackupBuddyVFS.

If you are a BackupBuddyVFS Personal user, please see your original purchase email for download information or contact
upgrades@bluenomad.com.

- posted by Blue Nomad, LLC @ 3:08 PM   

 
BackupBuddyVFS Professional 4.1 RC 1 Available
We have posted version 4.1 RC1 (Release Candidate One) of BackupBuddyVFS Professional to our website. Its fixes include:

• Improvements to the Continuous Backup feature
• Improved compatibility with the Treo 680
• Improved ability to restore large contacts files and files 'in use' by OS
• Miscellaneous bug fixes
  

This is not the final 4.1 release, but should be very close to it. If you'd like to help with testing, please feel free to grab it here:

http://www.bluenomad.com/bbvfs/bbvfspro41rc1.prc

Please do not hesitate to contact us at support@bluenomad.com should you have any questions!
- posted by Blue Nomad, LLC @ 12:22 PM   

 
BackupBuddyVFS 4.02 Update
We have recently posted version 4.02 of BackupBuddyVFS Professional to our website. Its fixes include:

• Significantly faster Zip compression (by as much as 100%)
• Improved Lifedrive compatibility

All users of version 4.x (Professional only!) are encouraged to install the update. You can grab it here:

http://bluenomad.com/bbvfs/prod_bbvfs_download.html

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us at support@bluenomad.com should you have any questions! And for our American readers: Happy Thanksgiving!

Blue Nomad, LLC
- posted by Blue Nomad, LLC @ 9:24 AM   

 
BackupBuddyVFS 4 Released!
As we mentioned in a prior posting, we've been hard at work developing and testing our new version of BackupBuddyVFS, version 4, and it's now been released!

In case you missed it, here's a summary of the new features:

• Standard Zip compression and encryption: this allows you to access your backup files directly on your desktop computer, for example. Note that Zip encryption isn't very strong, so we still support our legacy compression and encryption format (based on Zip, and TEA, respectively). Zip file creation requires a device running Palm OS 5 or later.

• Third-party application locking (Advanced mode): newer Palm devices, such as the Treo 650/700p, work with a new type of memory (i.e. Non-Volatile File System, or NVFS). Unfortunately some older background applications don't interact well with this type of memory, and can cause the device to become unstable especially when doing large amounts of file read/writes. You now have the option to lock those applications in memory during our backup operations to make backups more reliable.

• Continuous backup (Advanced mode): allows you to keep your important files continously backed up as you use your device. So for example, if you add an entry to your Address Book and switch away or power off your device, the file will be backed up immediately.

• Multiple backup sets (Advanced mode): allows you to tailor your backups more precisely. e.g. have one profile for scheduled backups, and another when backing up when your device powers off.

• Global 'Excludes' (Advanced mode): instead of having to manually exclude the same files from multiple backup sets, you can put the files you want excluded from all sets in the global exclude set.
  

• Backup on low battery

• Automatic checkpoint creation (Advanced mode): BackupBuddyVFS can now automatically create checkpoints every X days, and every X backups. You can also limit how much space to allocate to checkpoints.

• Tree-View (Advanced mode): the older versions of BackupBuddyVFS presented your backup files in a flat list; version 4 replaces this with a tree view making it easier for you to identify which files you'd like to backup and restore.

BackupBuddyVFS 4 is a paid upgrade (the first in over 18 months) and upgrade pricing is $11.95 for our existing customers, all of whom should have received the discount code already via email. If you haven't, please feel free to drop a line to us at upgrades@bluenomad.com. All customers who have purchased within the last 3 months will receive a complimentary upgrade.

So, please feel free to download and try it out:

http://bluenomad.com/bbvfs/prod_bbvfs_download.html

You can also purchase a license, which coss $24.95 from our online Yahoo store:

http://bluenomad.stores.yahoo.net/backupbuddyvfs.html

Finally, you may also discuss your experiences with BBVFS on the new discussion forum:

http://www.bluenomad.com/fogbugz/default.php?bbvfs

Thank you for your continued support, help, and interested in our products!

Alexis
Blue Nomad, LLC
- posted by Blue Nomad, LLC @ 3:30 PM