Overview
This page lists the new features, fixes, and enhancements released to CrashPlan for Small Business.
Updates affect the following components:
- CrashPlan console for CrashPlan for Small Business
- CrashPlan app
- CrashPlan PRO Online (our cloud storage destination)
November 2022
CrashPlan app version 10.4.1
November 21, 2022
- Performance improvements.
- Improvements to logging.
- Updated all instances of Apache Commons Text to 1.10.0 to further mitigate the vulnerability described in CVE-2022-42889.
- Fixed an issue where duplicate and nested folders appeared in archives of Windows devices containing files with ADS metadata.
October 2022
CrashPlan app version 10.4.0
October 17, 2022
- For Macs, uninstalling the CrashPlan app now uses a Terminal command, instead of the Uninstall.app file.
- Released a new universal installer for Mac that works for both Intel (x86) and Silicon (ARM) devices.
- Performance and stability improvements.
- Fixed an issue where installing the CrashPlan app on a Linux Ubuntu or RHEL device did not prompt to install the libxss1 dependency if it was missing. The Code42 app uses this library to determine if the user is away or present.
- Fixed an issue where usernames containing the $ character could prevent the user's home directory from backing up properly.
- Fixed a rare issue where file downloads would stall on certain Mac devices .
CrashPlan console updates
October 5, 2022
- Fixed a rare issue where the CrashPlan console could fail to start a web restore job.
August 2022
CrashPlan app version 10.2.1
August 3, 2022
- Fixed an issue where restore jobs could fail to start properly.
CrashPlan console updates
August 2, 2022
- Improved performance for devices with intermittent network connections attempting to download an upgrade to the latest CrashPlan app version.
- Fixed an issue where changes to CrashPlan console settings were not saved under certain circumstances.
July 2022
CrashPlan app version 10.2.0
July 12, 2022
- Security updates.
- Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 9.
- Added support for Ubuntu 22.04.
- Performance and stability improvements
- Fixed an issue on macOS devices where the CrashPlan app always detected the useras present.
- Fixed an issue where the CrashPlan app could prevent users from renaming or deleting files in a OneDrive folder under specific circumstances.
- Improvements to logging.
- Fixed an issue for Macs with the M1 processor where the CrashPlan app could use unexpectedly high amounts of memory and CPU resources under some circumstances.
- Fixed an issue on macOS devices where opening a file without modifying it could result in a new version being backed up in some circumstances.
CrashPlan console updates
July 20, 2022
- Performance and stability improvements.
- Security updates.
- Fixed a very rare issue where archive maintenance did not complete, which caused back up and restore to be unavailable.
June 2022
CrashPlan console updates
June 22, 2022
- Performance and stability improvements.
- Security updates.
- Removed support for Windows 10 version 2004 and Windows 10 version1909. Devices using these versions will no longer upgrade to newer versions of the CrashPlan app.
- Fixed an issue where the Windows CrashPlan app did not upgrade to the newest version in some Amazon WorkSpaces instances.
- Fixed a rare issue where searching from the Restore files screen in the CrashPlan app did not return any results.
May 2022
CrashPlan app version 10.0.0
May 12, 2022
- Security updates.
- Fixed several issues for Macs with the M1 processor where:
- The CrashPlan app could use unexpectedly high amounts of memory.
- Rosetta 2 was required to complete the installation process(even though the primary functions of the app did notuse Rosetta 2).
- The Apple System Report settings could list the CrashPlan application type as "iOS." Now, it correctly displays "Apple Silicon."
- Fixed an issue where thefile verification scanran more frequently than scheduled on some devices.
- Mac devices no longer use audio and video activity to determine if the user isaway or present.
- ForMacs with an external graphics cards (eGPU), fixed an issue where the CrashPlan app could prevent proper disconnection of the eGPU.
- Fixed an issue affecting some Mac devices where the user was always detected as being "present."
- Fixed an issue where theproxy auto-config (PAC) file was not evaluated correctly if the last line in the file was a comment (starting with //).
- Fixed an issue where CrashPlan app upgrades could fail to download for devices connectedto the Internet via a proxy server.
- Updates to logging.
- Other performance and stability improvements.
CrashPlan console updates
May 2, 2022
- For users who sign in to the US2cloud, updated the CrashPlan console sign-in screen with the CrashPlan for Small Business logo and added links to sign in to other CrashPlan products.
March 2022
CrashPlan app version 8.8.4
March 24, 2022
- Fixed several intermittent issues for devices backing up to new storage destinations as part of recent changes to CrashPlan cloud infrastructure.
CrashPlan console updates
March 30, 2022
- Fixed several issues for devices backing up to new storage destinations as part of recent changes to CrashPlan cloud infrastructure.
- Security updates.
March 16, 2022
- Security updates.
- Devices using unsupported macOS 10.14 Mojave will not upgrade to newer versions of the CrashPlan app.
- Fixed a very rare issue where some users were unable to renew their subscription.
- Performance and stability improvements.
February 2022
CrashPlan app version 8.8.3
February 24, 2022
- Fixed several intermittent issues for devices backing up to new storage destinations as part of recent changes to CrashPlan cloud infrastructure.
CrashPlan console updates
February 16, 2022
- Performance and stability improvements.
- Fixed an issue where the CrashPlan app replace device wizard could fail to transfersettings to the new device.
- Fixed a rare issue where trying to view a user's details in the CrashPlan console resulted in an error.
February 9, 2022
- Fixed an issue where additional options appeared in error on the Edit user screen.
January 2022
CrashPlan console updates
January 27, 2022
- Fixed an issue introduced with theCrashPlan cloud release on January 26th where some users were temporarily unable to back up or restore files.
January 26, 2022
- Updated the Log4j library from version 2.15.0 to version 2.17.1 tofurther mitigateCVE-2021-45105,CVE-2021-44832, andCVE- 2021-45046.
- Performance and stability improvements.
CrashPlan app version 8.8.2
January 18, 2022
Improved performance on Macs with the Apple M1 processor
A dedicated CrashPlan app optimized for devices with the M1 (Apple Silicon) processor offers better performance on M1 devices.
- Devices with the M1 processor will automatically switch to the new optimized app during the upgrade to version 8.8.2.
- Intel-based Macs continue to use the existing CrashPlan app.
- Both versions of the app are available from the App Downloads screen in the CrashPlan console.
Other CrashPlan app updates
- Updated the Log4j library from version 2.16.0 to version 2.17.1 tofurther mitigateCVE-2021-45105,CVE-2021-44832, andCVE- 2021-45046.
- Security updates.
- Performance and stability improvements.
- Fixed an issue introduced in version 8.8.0 on Windows devices where the Process name in Task Manager appeared as "CrashPlan-App-Launcher." Now the name once again appears as"CrashPlan."
Known issue
- The new CrashPlan app optimized for Mac devices with the M1 processor requires Rosetta 2 to complete the installation process. However, once the app installation is complete, performance is greatly improved because the primary functions of the app no longer use Rosetta 2. The small remaining dependencies on Rosetta 2 will be removed in a future release.
Previous release notes
For release notes prior to January 2022, see Previous version release notes.