{"id":323,"date":"2020-04-13T16:17:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T16:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arqbackup.com\/blog\/?p=323"},"modified":"2020-07-04T17:04:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T17:04:19","slug":"arq-6-next-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arqbackup.com\/blog\/arq-6-next-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Arq 6 Next Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Arq 6 has been out for just about a week now. Unfortunately quite a few people experienced problems with importing Arq 5 settings and data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I sincerely apologize for that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arq 5 Compatibility<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve removed the feature for importing Arq 5 data into Arq 6 format because of too much incompatibility between the 2 apps&#8217; configuration approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead we&#8217;re working on adding an <strong>Arq 5 compatibility mode<\/strong> which will function just as Arq 5 did &#8212; same folder structure, same exclusion process, same path-based file selection (on Mac), same Network Volume feature (on Windows).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We plan to deliver compatibility mode <strong>before end of June 2020<\/strong>. (Update July 4th: We need a few more weeks!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to reuse the data and settings you used in Arq 5, please uninstall Arq 6 and install Arq 5 for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>To uninstall Arq 6 on Windows: Go to Add or Remove Programs, click on Arq 6, and click Uninstall.<\/li><li>To uninstall Arq 6 on Mac, click Settings in Arq 6, then click the Uninstall button.<\/li><li>To download Arq 5 click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arqbackup.com\/downloadarq5\">here<\/a> or scroll to the bottom of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arqbackup.com\/download\/\">download page<\/a>.<\/li><li>If you purchased an Arq 6 license and you&#8217;d rather cancel your purchase and get a refund than wait for the Arq 5 compatibility feature, please email support@arqbackup.com and we&#8217;ll do that.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">User Interface Changes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We built a new user interface for Arq 6. Arq 5 was looking very dated (it looked the same as it did in 1997). 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