This update includes support for the new “sa-east-1″ (São Paulo, Brazil) S3 region.

It also now checks whether Amazon S3 is experiencing long “eventual consistency” delays, abort backup and budget enforcement activities until the next backup interval to avoid potential data loss due to incorrect (old) values being returned from S3.

It’s a free update for all Arq users. Pick “Check for Updates” from the Arq menu to get the update.

As always, full release notes for all Arq versions are on the release notes page.

This update includes support for the new “us-west-2″ (Oregon) S3 region.

It’s a free update for all Arq users.

As always, full release notes for all Arq versions are on the release notes page.

To get it, pick “Check for Updates” from the iPhotoSync menu, or download it from the iPhotoSync page.

Release Notes for iPhotoSync Version 1.3

Feature Additions

• Added ‘How It Works’ section to Help documentation.
• Ask for permission before launching iPhotoSync Agent the first time.

Fixed Bugs

• Changed network connection mechanism to address timeout errors in some situations.
• When a remote computer is selected and the remote computer is still initially cataloging, update the progress bar properly as the remote computer progresses.
• Fixed an issue where the “unique photos” number was actually the total photos number instead of the unique photos number.
• Fixed an issue with the “Move to Applications Folder” function.

To get it, pick “Check for Updates” from the Arq menu, or download it from the product page.

Here are the details:

Release Notes for Arq Backup Version 1.6

Feature Additions

Several performance improvements, including:

• Much faster collection of referenced objects for a backup version (used in verify-backups phase).
• Much faster caching of current S3 object list (used when backing up).

Bug Fixes

Several fixes to reduce the size of the cache in Library/Arq/Caches.noindex:

• Periodically consolidate “packs”, removing unused objects to save space.
• Delete invalid/obsolete cache files from disk.
• Changed default verify-backups interval from 1 day to 4 days.

And some other fixes:

• Fixed an issue where a network error wasn’t passed on to the user, resulting in an incompletely-restored file.
• Fixed issues with the pause feature.
• Updated the UI to reflect new S3 pricing.
• Fixed an issue with positioning the help bubble on the first setup window.

To get it, pick “Check for Updates” from the iPhotoSync menu, or download it from the iPhotoSync page.

Release Notes for iPhotoSync Version 1.2.2

Fixed Bugs

• Fixed an issue where automatic syncing of specific albums was broken.

• Fixed issues with net service names. WARNING: Your current “automatic sync” settings will be lost. Sorry! I won’t let it happen again once beta is over.
• If the iPhoto Library isn’t there (e.g. if it’s on a network volume that hasn’t been mounted yet) don’t create empty directories; just wait for it to appear.
• Fixed issues with running iPhotoSync multiple times under multiple accounts on the same computer.
• Retrieve the remote computer’s icon from the remote computer instead of trying to guess the right icon.
• Fixed issues when the computer name changes.

To get the latest release you can pick “Check for Updates” from the iPhotoSync menu (if you’ve already installed it) or download it from here:http://www.haystacksoftware.com/iphotosync/iPhotoSync.zip.

As always, please send any feedback you have! Email it to support@haystacksoftware.com

- Stefan

It also supports running simultaneously for multiple logged-in users on the same computer.

To get the latest release you can pick “Check for Updates” from the iPhotoSync menu (if you’ve already installed it) or download it from here:http://www.haystacksoftware.com/iphotosync/iPhotoSync.zip.

The full release notes are available here: http://www.haystacksoftware.com/iphotosync/ips_release_notes.html

As always, please send any feedback you have! Email it to support@haystacksoftware.com

- Stefan

To get it, pick “Check for Updates” from the Arq menu, or download it from the product page.

Here are the details:

Release Notes for Arq Backup Version 1.5.12

Feature Additions

• Select an individual file to add to backups.

Bug Fixes

• If Arq is in the middle of relaunching after installing an update, don’t show an error about Arq Agent not running.
• Arq Agent checks for app updates and displays a message when an update is available.
• Don’t show filename as “download name” in S3 objects.
• Added help to the initial setup screen that explains what S3 keys are.

To get the latest release you can pick “Check for Updates” from the iPhotoSync menu (if you’ve already installed it) or download it from here:http://www.haystacksoftware.com/iphotosync/iPhotoSync.zip.

The full release notes are available here: http://www.haystacksoftware.com/iphotosync/ips_release_notes.html

- Stefan

There are a number of bug fixes, including a fix for the non-functioning “Show Ignored Photos” checkbox.

To get the latest release you can pick “Check for Updates” from the iPhotoSync menu (if you’ve already installed it) or download it from here:http://www.haystacksoftware.com/iphotosync/iPhotoSync.zip.

The full release notes are available here: http://www.haystacksoftware.com/iphotosync/ips_release_notes.html

- Stefan