Feature Suggestion: Encrypted Backup Viewer

[earlybird86]

It would be great if there was a encrypted backup viewer feature in which the data is encrypted on a sync job can viewed with the encryption password so that specific files that are needed can be retrieved without having to sync the job. Some competing sync softwares have features like this.
This can be increasingly handy when file and folder names are also encrypted.

[DenalB]

Would also like such a feature!

[spoidyjan]

I agree! An encrypted backup viewer would be super helpful for quickly checking files without syncing everything. It’s really useful, especially if file names are encrypted too.

[linguy11]

This is definitely something I was looking for when first assessing the software. In the end I found the restore wizard does work fine in most cases that I need to restore files. But, I would love a cleaner interface to quickly be able to to browse an encrypted backup to select a specific file or version of a file to restore with a couple clicks.

[User]

I fully second this suggestion.

[IMTheNachoMan]

Alternatively, what about a log file that dumps source file name and destination encrypted name. When you want a file, you can search the log file and then pull the file you want?

[tobias]

Hello,
yes I will be working on these things soon!

[tobias]

Hello,
the new Syncovery 11.6.6 has a new feature that can help in some cases and also enables you to get a better feeling about how the filename encryption works.

Via the Tools submenu in the Sync Preview, you can now choose to show encoded and encrypted filenames in addition to the clear text ones. This also works in the Static HTML Preview but is not available in the Dynamic Preview.

If you want to use it as an Encrypted Backup Viewer, you can just create a restore / download job and run it in attended mode. The Sync Preview will show you all the files.