The June 2020 Apps update ships with Kup 0.8, a hefty release that introduces a new way to store rsync type backups when selecting only one source folder to minimize the risk of deleting files, improvements across default settings, as well as new advanced option to specify files that are excluded. Moreover, Kup now supports bup metadata version 3, show fewer warnings about files not being included, will perform backup integrity checks and repairs simultaneously based on the number of available CPUs, and will no longer ask you for a password when unlocking encrypted external drives.
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