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In this update, we remind you that Google Photos backup is going to be removed from SyncBackPro soon and tell you about Administrator Protection and how it will impact those running SyncBackPro/SE elevated.

Additionally, SyncBack has been updated. For a comprehensive list of changes, please visit our changes page.

Administrator Protection

Microsoft is introducing a new security feature in Windows 11 called Administrator Protection. It’s designed to make your computer more secure by adding an extra layer of protection for administrator accounts. At time of writing it is not yet available in Windows 11, but is likely to be introduced in the second half of 2025. If you are using SyncBackFree, or are using SyncBackPro or SyncBackSE without elevation (i.e. you are not running it elevated using a Windows administrator account) then this change will have no impact on you. However, if you are running SyncBackPro or SyncBackSE elevated, and Administrator Protection is enabled in Windows, then there are some potential serious issues.

Read our article to learn more.

Google Photos

As we mentioned in our previous newsletter, starting March 31st, 2025, Google will require all applications that access Google Photos to use the new Google Photos Picker API. This change means that applications like SyncBackPro will no longer function with Google Photos.

We understand that this may be an inconvenience for those who rely on SyncBackPro for Google Photos backups. However, this is a decision made by Google, and it impacts all third-party backup applications, not just SyncBackPro.

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