Winclone Version History

Current Beta

No beta at this time.

Change Log

Version 10.3 Build 50076

Released 2023-09-21

Updated OS requirements and verified macOS 14 Sonoma compatibility

Version 10.2 Build 50072

Released 2022-10-24

  • Fixed issue with titles and dark mode in Ventura
  • Added compatibility for Ventura
  • Added warnings for lack of NTFS write support that links to kbase to install 3rd party driver

Version 10.1 Build 50060

Released 2022-02-02

  • Updated Welcome text
  • Fixed Winclone 10 installer referring to Winclone 9, Winclone 9 icon, and DMG
  • App text copy edits
  • Made icon small to look better in Monterey
  • Fixed issue with mounting NTFS reader/write from command line

Version 10.0 Build 50054

Released 2021-10-08

Monterey Support

Support for macOS 12 (Monterey) on Intel Macs

Windows 11 Support

Support for Microsoft Windows 11

New Features
  • Quick Install Windows 10 or Windows 11
  • Updated Interface
  • Updated Icon
  • Bug Fixes

Version 9.1 Build 48423

Released 2021-08-31

Bug fixes

Version 9.0 Build 48405

Released 2020-11-12

  1. Boot Camp driver injection for critical drivers including SSD, keyboard, trackpad, and others
  2. Big Sur Compatibility for Boot Camp cloning, migrating, package deployment, MDT, and SCCM
  3. Support for Windows 8 and later
  4. Fresh Big Sur look

Version 8.2 Build 48121

Released 2020-05-27

  1. Driver install option after restoring
  2. Driver install tool option
  3. New drivers supported
  4. Resolved issue with Secure Boot

Version 8.1 Build 48104

Released 2020-03-18

Fixed issue with “Make EFI Bootable” in Tools menu.

Version 8.0.2 Build 46126

Released 2020-02-10

Enabled an imported WIM to be marked as WinPE Bootable.

Version 8.0.1 Build 46114

Released 2019-10-24

  1. Fixed “Already have license” button not working
  2. Improved error reporting in Winclone Menu
  3. Fixed crash for some users when clicking Save Image…

Version 8.0 Build 46086

  1. More Scheduling Options for Incremental Clones
  2. Support for Catalina Privacy Controls
  3. Security Enhancements
  4. New Logging Window
  5. Package Signing
  6. Updated Icon and Refreshed Interface

Winclone_Build-42138_Version-7.3.4

Released 2019-05-20

Fixed implementation of deploying Winclone packages that create a Boot Camp partition as a percentage of disk space.

Winclone_Build-42136_Version-7.3.4

Released 2019-05-10

Fixed an issue with deploying Winclone packages that create a Boot Camp partition as a percentage of disk space.

Winclone_Build-42082_Version-7.3.3

Released 2019-04-24
Rolled back 2019-04-30 due to issue with post-install script

  1. Updates postinstall script for package installs of Winclone images from the recovery partition (MDS support).
  2. Winclone is now notarized and stapled.

Winclone_Build-42032_Version-7.3.2

Fixed issue with booting after restoring an image of Windows 7 on some older Macs.

Winclone_Build-42014_Version-7.3

  1. Offline license validation
  2. Fix for progress bar during Make Image from WIM
  3. Volume to Volume cloning now verifies correct size prior to imaging and prompts when incorrect size
  4. Package creation now verifies the size of the image against the size of partition that is being created, and warns if too small
  5. Minor fix with Buy button
  6. Minor progress bar fixes
  7. Polish dark mode support
  8. Resize main window buttons for 10.14
  9. Update frameworks to latest

Winclone_Build-40728_Version-7.2.1

  1. Support macOS Dark Mode.
  2. Incremental Imaging now supports re-associating a windows volume.
  3. Detect a boot camp partition with a package restore now works correctly for Fusion Macs where boot camp partition is on the second drive.
  4. Resolve issue with incremental backups showing correctly when Winclone app is launched.
  5. Better error handling of low disk space.
  6. Keyboard shortcut and menu now work correctly for opening console.
  7. In operations where an image file is specified, images can be dragged and dropped on interface.
  8. Packages now have the current date and time.
  9. Partition creation via package support added for 3TB Fusion drive macs on APFS (Mojave).
  10. Minor bug fixes.

Winclone_Build-40654_Version-7.2

  1. Incremental Imaging Scheduler: Automatically update a Winclone image on a set schedule.
  2. Added the ability to re-associate a Windows volume with an incremental image file.
  3. Made Winclone images self-extracting by default.
  4. Fixed possible issue when Restore Image runs out of space.
  5. Fixed issue with opening console log.
  6. Fixed date shown when creating package files.
  7. Added drag and drop for restoring images.
  8. Miscellaneous bug fixes.

Winclone_Build-25961_Version-7.1.4

  1. When creating a package, there is a new option to have the package create a Boot Camp partition if one does not exist.
  2. When creating a package, two new variable substitutions for Windows naming were added: Computer Name and Serial Number.
  3. When saving a package, Winclone will now give an error message when the disk is full.
  4. Fixed an issue that caused package restore on some legacy machines to sometimes fail.
  5. Fixed an issue where the macmini6,2 was incorrectly identified as a EFI bootable Mac. The macmini6,2 is now set to legacy bootable on restore.

Winclone_Build-25653_Version-7.1.3

Fixed issue with copying EFI files

Winclone_Build-25632_Version-7.1.2

  1. Fixed issue with Create Package selecting boot mode
  2. Fixed issue with Create Package showing correct image date
  3. Fixed issue with package deployments copying files from Sysprep folder

Winclone_Build-25588_Version-7.1.1

  1. Fixed issue with WinPE package booting
  2. Improved cleanup of EFI partition on restore
  3. Added better logging info
  4. Fixed issue with Create Package caused by inability to find device
  5. Miscellaneous bug fixes

Winclone_Build-25572_Version-7.1

Added NFR functionality

Winclone_Build-25479_Version-7.0.1

Fixed issue where drive UUID is absent

Winclone_Build-25478_Version-7.0.dmg

  1. New and improved user interface
  2. Incremental cloning
  3. Customized packaged deployment
  4. Import standard WIM images from Windows install media
  5. Automatic Windows naming during package deployment
  6. Automatic user creation during package deployment
  7. Automatic configuration of first startup during package deployment
  8. Automatic installation of Boot Camp drivers during first startup during package deployment
  9. Detection of different editions in WIM-based images
  10. Support for WindowsPE image booting for enterprise integration with Microsoft MDT and SCCM
  11. Ability to set a Boot Camp partition as WinPE bootable using customized BCD
  12. Better feedback during cloning operations
  13. Automatic configuration and installation of unattend.xml during deployment for Sysprep configuration
  14. Unified Logging
  15. Customized package installer pane for better log viewing

Winclone 6_Build-20059_Version-6.2.2

  1. Added in a fix for the progress bar not showing up for some users.
  2. Updated progress bar with a tool tip that shows the current progress in percent.

Winclone 6_Build-20029_Version-6.2.1

  1. Fixed issue with Winclone Backup constantly reporting issue with backup location is not found.
  2. Added verify operation with WIM-based clone creation.
  3. Updated opensource tools to resolve issue when creating WIM images from Windows that have large, uncompressible data.

Winclone 6_Build-18054_Version-6.2

  1. rearranged prefs window a bit
  2. applied sound pref to all success sounds and added in completed dialog
  3. added in sleep for cli after unmounting

Winclone 6_Build-17572_Version-6.1.9

Fixed issue with Winclone Menu / Winclone Backup not recognizing pure Windows 10 install.

Winclone 6_Build-17565_Version-6.1.8

Fixed issue with Winclone Pro force efi / legacy option.

Winclone 6_Build-17510_Version-6.1.7

  1. Boot Camp not detected if Windows folder was in uppercase
  2. Added additional models for EFI boot detection
  3. Fixed issue with partition type if partition was not in the first 4

Winclone 6_Build-17393_Version-6.1.6

Resolves issue of not being able to clone partition if partition number is outside the 4th partition.

Winclone 6_Build-16754_Version-6.1

Fixes issue with legacy booting when boot folder does not exist

Winclone 6_Build-16369_Version-6.1

  1. Fixed issue with setting EFI hang
  2. More SIP fixes.  You can now remove, create a partition in High Sierra and then restore an image, and have SIP on.
  3. Better logging
  4. fixed metadata file issue with WIM restores
  5. Issue: currently compatible with 10.12 and 10.13 only.  Working on 10.11 compatibility.

Winclone 6_Build-15441_Version-6.1

  1. Compatibility with High Sierra Beta (beta 5)
  2. New helper tool
  3. Better compatibility with SIP