Canister Release Notes

Canister 25.2

Support for macOS 26 Tahoe.

Canister 25.1.4

Adds compatibility alert for users attempting to do an early upgrade to macOS 26 Tahoe.

Canister 25.1.3

Fix for potential intermittent crashes during Verification.

Canister 25.1.2

Fix for activation error "15" after a clean install of macOS and Canister.

Canister 25.1.1

Fix for an annoying crash when entering the Connect panel in Settings.
Small UI tweaks to the activation form that requests your details.

Canister 25.1

Queuing: stack and queue up multiple transfers of the same type.
Independent Transfers: Use each tape device independently of one another.
Support for Project Licenses.

Canister 24.2.7

Minor tweak to improve unmount handling.
Tape Libraries can be disabled with a user default.
Checksum values are no longer available for transfers done in Trial mode.
Hotfix for memory usage problem in initial release (Thanks, Christoph 🙏).

Canister 24.2.6

Fixes a pesky crash during tape indexing and transfer (Thanks, Marty & Tayfun).

Canister 24.2.5

Fix for edge case involving misplaced checksums vs empty folders (Thanks, Ben).
Resolves a crash when a source happens to go MIA before Archive transfers start.

Canister 24.2.4

Progress bar polish, because details matter.
Correct volume name is now used when Cataloging Pro Max tapes (Thanks, Daniel).
Improved handling of the "IOCreatePlugin" alert when manually ejecting tapes.

Canister 24.2.3

Fix for a nasty crash involving filenames with weird emojis.
Transfer ETAs no longer disappear on extremely long transfers.
Further Connect stability improvements.
Various Console tweaks that help our team support you.

Canister 24.2.2

Improved firmware detection for IBM Full Height LTO drives.
Spanned catalogs are updated once again (Thanks, Diego).
Skip Cataloging in Retrieve mode (Thanks, Roger).
Tidy up various messages in the Console.

Canister 24.2.1

Several improvements to the Cataloging engine (Thanks, Roger 🙏)
The "Retrieve with Full Path"-checkbox works once again
Fix for detecting Ethernet-based desktop LTO drives
Improved handling of tapes formatted with LTFS by Archiware P5

Canister 24.2

Introducing Canister Pro for macOS!
New in Pro: Single Drive Tape Library support (Huge thanks to Magstor for helping with the hardware, and to our Beta Test crew Joe, Henry, and Tom 🙏)
Choose which file types Canister should skip during transfer.
Fix for a rare item counter issue when Spanning.
Various improvements down in the engine room.

Canister 24.1.2

Fix for multiple compression state messages in the Console.
Additional tweaks to keep Connect running smooth.

Canister 24.1.1

Fix a rare bug causing some HP drives to not show the mount button.
Catalog searches now work for everybody once again 🙂

Canister 24.1

Add more items to a Collection using Pick & Mix.
Support for Symply's Ethernet-connected LTO drives.
Preflight Checks now notifies you when new LTO firmware is available.
Catalog support is now bundled with Canister, removing the need for Apple's Command Line Tools 😅
Transfer results are logged to the Console to make sure our Support team can help you even faster.
Improved handling of incompatible tapes.

Canister 23.2.2

Right click anywhere in the Drive node to show the Drive Menu.
Moot __MACOSX folders are ignored when Archiving.
Console Auto-Scroll improvements.
Stop button is now clickable when Spanning is waiting for the next tape.

Canister 23.2.1

Connect improvements to keep things running smooth.
Log LTO compression state when loading a tape.

Canister 23.2

Monitor LTO transfers from anywhere with Connect 🙌
Support for MagStor's NanoPure range of premium LTO media.

Canister 23.1.8

Fix for an annoying crash with some older models of Quantum and HP LTO drives.
Small improvements to help our support team live their best life.

Canister 23.1.7

New Netflix-compatibility mode, disables LTO hardware compression
Improvements for LTO-6 drive behavior
Reinstate .txt file extension for Manifests
Fix for unnecessary "Completed with Warnings" transfer states (Thanks to Samuel, Andy, and Greg 🙏)

Canister 23.1.6

When spanning, the Transfer View scrolls to the current tape
Displays the amount of files being catalogued after mounting a tape
Transfer Logs now take into account files that have been removed from the Source during Archive
Fix for a rare crash when mounting tapes without a volume label (Thanks to Joe at The Oscars!)
Improved handling of write-protected tapes

Canister 23.1.5

Lights out and away we go... ETA for Archive & Retrieve is here!
Write-protected tapes are no longer selectable for Archiving, to save you from some headaches down the road.
Sometimes spanning would not progress to a next tape due to an edge case. Big thanks to Jake, Jonathan, Josh, Ray, Sam, Scott & Yves for helping with hunting down this pesky nuisance 🙏
Free space on a tape gets updated properly after archiving without having to unmount a tape first (Thanks, Christiaan & David!)
No more endless spanning caused by source files going MIA (Thanks, AJ & Darren!)
...plus lots more little improvements behind the scenes, bonus points if you spot them all!

Canister 23.1.4

Fix for a rare edge case that would prevent starting Canister (Thanks, Arturo 🙏)

Canister 23.1.3

Newly created Destination folders are now automatically selected, saving you some clicks.
The Updates Available ribbon works again!
Fix for activation state not always showing in Preferences (Thanks, Joe & Cole 🙏)
Unresponsive LTO drives no longer cause "something unexpected happened" alerts
Fix for the Format button not being visible at all times, when spanning (Thanks, Mattia 🙏)

Canister 23.1.2

Fixes a crash when Retrieving lots of files (Thanks, Fulvio and Neil 🙏)
Choose where to save Manifests
Disables Cmd-Q when Spanning is waiting for a next tape

Canister 23.1.1

Fix for HP drives giving us headaches (Thanks to Rick, Chris, Victor, Perry, and Brice!)
Starting Canister after a Force-Quit resets LTFS properly (Thanks to Corentin, Tom, and Fulvio!)
Fix for a subtle timing issue causing unnecessary Tape Not Unloaded alerts
Tapes are now preselected when you have just one LTO drive
Fix for a rounding error in the completed Spanning progress %
Mounted tapes now come with a nice icon
Improved human-readable units in Transfer Logs
Empty folders now have the correct folder icon in the Tape Browser

Canister 23.1

Collections allow you to drag-n-drop any combination of items as a source.
Decide whether to eject, unmount, or do nothing with a tape after Archive and Retrieve.
Canister will tell you if there's a tape present but not loaded, with a new Load button.
macOS Sierra 10.12 is no longer supported.

Canister 22.3.5

Early Warning Radar for LTFS errors that cause unsuccessful transfers.
One-Click Support™️, for those cases where LTFS goes into a funk 🤪
New setting to recreate the full path when retrieving (You can thank Michael Huber for this feature!)
For your entertainment, indexing now has a nice counter.
Command-W now works on the Console and Transfer Log windows.
If formatting fails, the tape name and serial are saved for a next attempt.
New setting to prepopulate a tape's serial with the date.
Detection of files going AWOL on a source during archiving.

Canister 22.3.4

Fix for Cataloging not always finishing up properly (Thanks, Randy!))
Console improvements that allow us to do even better customer support 🙂

Canister 22.3.3

Fix for HPE drive detection (Thanks, Rick 🙏)
Workaround for stalling indexes (Thanks to Randy, Eric, and Ray 🙏)

Canister 22.3.2

Canister now opens in the last used mode (Archive or Retrieve).
The Transfer and Warning logs are merged.
Improved Spanning progress bar accuracy.
Fix for MagStor B-series HBA download (Thanks, Wil!)
Several spanning percentage improvements, thanks to AJ 🙏
Indexing tapes during spanning now shows the number of files indexed.

Canister 22.3.1

Support for the new MagStor C-series HBAs.
Built in a warning for starting a Repair, as that can be a bit time consuming.
Improved illegal character prevention when setting a serial when formatting a tape.
Direct Warning Log access from the Window menu
A lot of visual polish; see if you can spot all five improvements!
Adds a Force-Quit option for when LTFS is stuck indexing. If you run into this, ping us.

Canister 22.3

New: a Finder extension to Retrieve files directly from the Catalog.
Selecting or unselecting all files when Retrieving is a lot easier now.
Set a custom Catalog location (Check the docs )

Canister 22.2.11

Fixes an issue where sometimes Canister could not Mount a fresh tape during Spanning Transfers.
Tape name and serial weren't always added to a Transfer Log after a Transfer.

Canister 22.2.10

Fixes an issue where Canister could not always fetch the LTO drive vendor.

Canister 22.2.9

Improved handling of HBAs that don't work well with LTFS.

Canister 22.2.8

Improved error handling for troublesome tapes.
For test purposes, skip all Preflight Checks using the cheatcode idkfa

Canister 22.2.7

Retrieving files now doesn't preselect everything on a tape.
The transfer view now also shows the destination folder(s).
Added LTFS version to Transfer Logs
Improved handling for tapes with WRITE PERM errors
A bunch of small copy changes to improve your well being :)
Detection of HBAs that do not support LTFS
Improved macFUSE update flow, if other FUSE mounts are present.
Added legacy ATTO drivers for 10.14 and older macOS versions.
As all new FUSE versions work fine with LTFS, the FUSE check now only checks for a minimum version.

Canister 22.2.6

Fixes an issue where Canister lost its state after hiding in the Dock (Thanks, Nick!)
Fix for endless cataloging after formatting a tape - thanks to Marty, Ryan, Steve, and Ray.
Cosmetic changes, most notably on the Next and Previous labels that were missing some pixels.

Canister 22.2.5

Fixed a crash that sometimes occurs after checksum creation. Thanks, Terence!

Canister 22.2.4

Preflight Checks no longer requires ATTO drivers to be up to date all of the time. Thanks, David!

Canister 22.2.3

We finally got rid of that ugly Mount button 😄

Canister 22.2.2

Improved the color of the progress bar during Verification.
Fixed a crash that sometimes ocurred when Ejecting a tape.

Canister 22.2.1

Workaround for the endless "Cleaning Up..." issue, caused by a bug in LTFS. We're still waiting on feedback from IBM and FUSE, but don't want to keep you waiting on a fix in LTFS. Massive thanks to Lee, Daniel, Michael, Justin, Heinrich, Trent, and Graeme 👏
New Verification Watchdog, resolving stalling verifications. Thanks to Sandeep, Lee, and Jason!
Empty tapes are no longer catalogued, thanks to Marty, Ryan, and Steve!

Canister 22.2

Driver detection for MagStor LTO drives.
Preflight Check results are now logged in the console.

Canister 22.1.3

Improvement for HP LTFS now requiring FUSE to be installed before anything else (Thanks, Colin!)

Canister 22.1.2

Fix for a rare crash related to the Erase view.

Canister 22.1.1

Activating Canister would sometimes show an incorrect Upgrade popup, that's fixed (Thanks for reporting, Zaly and Christopher-Niklas).
We also fixed a crash when Destinations space runs out during Retrieval.

Canister 22.1 New in 22.1 - Spanning!

Read all about it in the blog: https://blog.hedge.video/s-is-for-spanning/
Note: if you purchased Canister over a year ago, this is a paid upgrade. Not sure? Check your license in the License Manager .

Canister 21.2.3

Polish for some Preflight Checks.

Canister 21.2.2

Support for archiving Macintosh HD system disks (including /Library folders). NB: restoring macOS directly from tape is not recommended.

Canister 21.2.1

Support for new ATTO driver for Big Sur and more mTape serials.

Canister 21.2

Meet Preflight Checks: each time Canister starts, it runs a full diagnostics of your LTO setup and points out what is missing or needs updating.

Canister 21.1.10

MFix for retrieving files with % in their filenames.

Canister 21.1.9

Our license provider WyDay released a fix for the activation issue present in macOS 10.12, 10.13 and 10.14. Major thanks to Hedge user Jochem for finding that workaround for them 👏👏👏

Canister 21.1.8

Sometimes, the registration for trials didn't go as planned. All good now.

Canister 21.1.7

Due to a regression in macFUSE, it's no longer allowed to use commas in tape names (Thanks, Jimmy!)
Some licensees that got their license through a partner are asked to enter their email so we know who you are in case you need help.

Canister 21.1.6

Adds support for the new Quantum LTFS driver on M1.

Canister 21.1.5

Fixes a bug where sometimes a folder in a tape's root couldn't be selected when archiving.

Canister 21.1.4

Fixes a bug that sometimes occured when mounting a Catalog (Thanks to Antoine).

Canister 21.1.3

Fixes a crash that sometimes occured when mounting a tape (Thanks to Max, Sam, and Justin).
Mounting, Indexing, and Cataloging stages are now visible in the interface when mounting a tape.

Canister 21.1.2

Checks for the new ATTO drivers, as well as for SANLink and Arcsas.
Fixes few small bugs.

Canister 21.1.1

Fixes a bug that caused the tape name to be NONAME (Thanks for reporting, Antoine and Brice).
Time Machine sidecar files (.com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent) are no longer archived.
The Transfer Log shows the destination root folder again.
Some text fields were stuck in dark mode. That's fixed.

Canister 21.1 - Incremental Archive

Canister gains Duplicate Detection, skipping files that already exist on tape.
Files with identical names, but different sizes or modification dates will replace the existing file, keeping the original available as a hidden file.
A brand new icon 🎉
Sharing of the Console and System Info with us works again.
Retrieving is again done alphabetically.
Proper depicting of the source name instead of always showing the volume name.
Added an 'Already Transferred' state when a transfer doesn't contain new files.
Selecting a Destination Folder now shows the correct tape name.

Canister 20.2.3

Added support for Big Sur.

Canister 20.2.2

Added support (and a logo) for mLogic users.

Canister 20.2.1 - Discovery Channel compatibility.

This update makes Archiving for Discovery Channel a cinch. Simply add a metadata.xml to the root of the folder you want to Archive, and Canister will do the rest.