Release Notes for Synology Hyper Backup Explorer

A desktop tool for browsing, decrypting, and extracting different versions of backup data in Hyper Backup repositories

Version: 3.0.1-0156


(2023-04-13)

Fixed Issues

  1. Fixed a security vulnerability.

Version: 3.0.0-0149


(2020-12-08)

Important Note

  1. Synology C2 Backup is renamed as Synology C2 Storage.

Compatibility and Installation

  1. Updated to be compatible with DSM 7.0.

What's New

  1. Supports decrypting backup data encrypted by the ECC Curve25519 encryption technology.

Version: 2.2.2-0141


(2020-05-05)

What's new

  1. Enhanced security level by adjusting the user authentication when users sign in to Synology C2 Backup to retrieve backup data.

Fixed issues

  1. Fixed the issue where the installation of Hyper Backup Explorer might be blocked by Safari on macOS 10.15.
  2. Fixed the issue where backup targets might fail to be opened with Hyper Backup Explorer on macOS 10.15.
  3. Fixed the issue where backup targets might fail to be opened with Hyper Backup Explorer when the path of backup destination contains non-Latin characters.
  4. Fixed the issue where restoring a large number of files from Synology C2 Backup might result in an incomplete restoration.

Version: 2.2.1-0133


(2019-08-06)
  1. Renewed the code signing certificates of Hyper Backup Explorer on Windows.

Version: 2.2.0-0131


(2019-06-11)

Fixed Issues

  1. Fixed an issue where dates were not displayed correctly on Windows.
  2. Fixed an issue where data restoration on Windows might fail.
  3. Minor bug fixes.

Version: 2.1.9-0129


(2018-08-07)

What's new

  1. Thai user interface is now available.

Fixed issues

  1. Fixed an issue where downloading encrypted data from Synology C2 Backup might fail.

Version: 2.1.8-0126


(2018-06-20)

What's new

  1. Added support for directly retrieving Synology C2 Backup files via Hyper Backup Explorer on all existing platforms.
  2. Upgraded to be compatible with Hyper Backup 2.1.8.

Version: 2.1.2-0110


(2017-08-24)
  1. Upgraded to be compatible with Hyper Backup 2.1.2.
  2. Minor bug fixes.

Version: 2.1.0-0105


(2017-07-19)
  1. Upgraded to be compatible with Hyper Backup 2.1.

  2. Minor bug fixes.

Version: 2.0.4-0075


(2017-04-27)
  1. Upgraded to be compatible with Hyper Backup 2.0.4.
  2. Minor bug fixes.

Version: 2.0.3-0074


(2017-03-23)
  1. Upgraded to be compatible with Hyper Backup 2.0.3.
  2. Minor bug fixes.

Version: 2.0.2-0073


(2017-02-07)
  1. Added support for directly opening the .hbk file via Hyper Backup Explorer on Mac OS, allowing you to open the file by right-clicking it and selecting Hyper Backup Explorer.
  2. Added support for opening the SynologyHyperBackup.bkpi file on Windows by dragging and dropping it to Hyper Backup Explorer.
  3. Modified date remains as the original one when restoring a file via the "Copy to" option.
  4. Minor bug fixes.

Version: 2.0.1-0062


(2016-12-15)
  1. Upgraded to be compatible with Hyper Backup 2.0.1.
  2. Minor bug fixes.

Version: 2.0.0-0059


(2016-11-02)
  1. Added support for directly opening the .hbk file via Hyper Backup Explorer on Mac OS, allowing you to open the file by right-clicking it and selecting Hyper Backup Explorer.
  2. Added support for opening the SynologyHyperBackup.bkpi file on Windows by dragging and dropping it to Hyper Backup Explorer.
  3. Minor bug fixes.

Version: 1.1.1-0035


(2016-08-02)
  1. Added support to restore the modified time of a file on all existing platforms.
  2. Enhanced compatibility with Hyper Backup 1.1.0-0215.
  3. Fixed an issue where a file name containing specific characters might not be restored properly on Windows.
  4. Minor bug fixes.

Version: 1.1.0-0032


(2016-05-10)
  1. Fixed an issue where shared folders with unicode names cannot be listed.
  2. Enhanced database performance.

Version: 1.0-0029


(2016-04-12)
  1. Added support for Mac OS X.
  2. Minor bug fixes.

Version: 1.0-0025


(2016-03-24)
  1. N/A. (This is the initial release of Hyper Backup Explorer)