v1.7.12.1

[1.7.12.1] – 2026-04-20
🐛 Bugfixes

Corrected an issue with the documentation file path

v1.7.12

[1.7.12] – 2026-04-15

🐛 Bugfixes

• When switching to restore mode, the source file is now checked for existence. If it does not exist, the field is cleared.

✨ Improvements

• Added Help button
• Added intro.html with additional information and guidance.
• Introduced integrated help system with offline documentation viewer

v1.7.11

[1.7.11] – 2026-04-12

🐛 Bugfixes

• Fixed a Qt5 ComboBox issue where mouse capture was not properly released after selecting an item.
• This caused broken hover effects and required two clicks to interact with other UI elements.

✨ Improvements

• Device lists (source and destination) now exclude loop and RAM devices, showing only real physical devices.

v1.7.10

[1.7.10] – 2026-04-11

✨ Improvements

Added a tips/help file with compression recommendations and exclude file syntax documentation.
Added installation of README, CHANGELOG, LICENSE and tips documentation to /usr/share/doc/pibackup/.
Critical buttons and UI elements are now disabled while backup or restore processes are running to prevent invalid operations and accidental user interaction.

v1.7.9

[1.7.9] – 2026-04-08

Removed checkbox to optionally ignore the MBR signature. Not needed anymore.

v1.7.7

[1.7.7] – 2026-04-08

Bugfix

• In some cases MBR signature not read properly.Changed MBR reading from low level reading with fpopen to filestream.

v1.7.6

[1.7.6] – 2026-04-08

Bugfix

• Invalid MBR signature could cause a crash
• Added a checkbox to optionally ignore the MBR signature (the image is checked with e2fsck after creation anyway)
• Improved error messages

v1.7.5

[1.7.5] – 2026-04-07

Bugfix

• Corrected download instructions in README
• Added missing dependency for Qt5