Release Notes for BeeStation for Desktop

Sync or back up your folders on your Windows PC or Mac for easy access anytime, anywhere

Version: 1.1.1-0276

(2024-07-10)

What's new

  • Supports automatically downloading new updates when detected and installing them upon restarting the desktop application.

Fixed issues

  • Fixed an issue where users could not configure the "Access and open BeeStation directly from your computer" feature if they had not previously opened the BeeFiles web portal.
  • Enhanced connection stability.

Windows

  • Fixed an issue where uploading Live Photos captured with iPhone 15 to BeeStation failed to generate photo thumbnails, resulting in longer preview wait times.

macOS

  • Fixed an issue where the desktop application could not be launched on macOS Sequoia.

Version: 1.1.0-0250

(2024-06-03)

Important notes

  • New backups to BeePhotos will no longer support right-clicking on photos to restore them from historical versions. When connecting to BeePhotos via SMB, photos will be located in \home\Photos\PhotoLibrary\ and organized into folders based on their capture date and time. This change aims to provide photo deduplication and utilize storage space more efficiently. Note that this change will not affect existing backups created prior to the update.

What's new

  • Added support for the photo transfer (currently in Beta) feature, allowing you to import takeout files from Google Photos or iCloud Photos to BeePhotos.
  • Added support for displaying sync status in the system tray icon during the synchronization process.

macOS

  • Added support for using keyboard shortcuts on the login page, including copy and paste.

Fixed issues

  • Improved software performance.
  • Fixed an issue where restoring large files might fail.
  • Fixed an issue where connecting to BeeStation in specific scenarios might be unsuccessful.

Version: 1.0.2-0161

(2024-05-16)

Compatibility & Installation

  • Starting from this version, inaccessible system folders will no longer be supported for syncing, such as "/Applications", "/Library", and "/System".

Fixed issues

  • Fixed an issue where the desktop application could not be launched properly.
  • Fixed an issue where certificate errors persisted after the user manually trusted the certificate.

Version: 1.0.1-0159

(2024-03-27)

Fixed issues

  • Enhanced connection stability and fixed issues where connections could not be established in specific scenarios.
  • Fixed an issue where Mac users might experience problems with the BeeStation option not appearing in the context menu or the icon overlay not displaying correctly.

Version: 1.0.0-0157

(2024-01-31)

Compatibility & Installation

  1. Supported operating systems:
  • Windows 10 2004 (19041) and above
  • Windows 11
  • macOS 12.3 and above

What's New

  1. Supports accessing files in "My Files" on-demand within File Explorer/Finder. Files are downloaded to the computer only when opened, modified, or saved.
  2. Supports setting up real-time two-way sync or one-way backup of folders on the computer to BeeFiles.
  3. Supports setting up real-time one-way backup of photos and videos from the computer to BeePhotos.
  4. Supports restoring previous versions of backed-up files and folders from BeeStation.
  5. To learn more, please refer to the technical specifications.