A new version of SmartBackup 4 is available.
SmartBackup 4.5
Released 14.07.2025
System Requirements: macOS 11 or later, Supports macOS 26 Tahoe.

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New
  • Compatibility with macOS 16 Tahoe
  • Modernised icon
Bugfixes
  • Fixes issue where if "comparing Tags" is enabled, XATTR (file flag) comparison could flag files that have the same extended attributes, as having different extended attributes and lead to a unnecessary file copy on ACFS (Xsan) and possibly other non Apple file systems
  • German and French localisation fixes
Note: It is recommended to add the App to System-Preferences -> Security&Privacy -> Full Disk Access after installing it in the Applications folder.
 
Previous Versions and Release Notes
SmartBackup 4.4.1

Released 25.02.2024
System Requirements: macOS 10.13 or later, Supports macOS 14 Sonoma and Apple Silicon.

New in 4.4.1:
  • Works around an issue of macOS 14 (Sonoma) where on ExFat filesystems modification date cloning would fail.

Download SmartBackup 4.4.1

SmartBackup v4.4

Released 22.10.2023
System Requirements: macOS 10.13 or later, Supports macOS 14 Sonoma and Apple Silicon.

New in 4.4:
  • Support for Sonoma
  • Bugfixes
Download SmartBackup 4.4