Compare Folders is designed to allow easy comparisons between two folders. Compare Folders's comparison engine is threaded to work efficiently and allows you to use the Compare Selector Sheet to customize which attributes to compare or ignore.

Compare Folders features, such as a clean Aqua interface, a built-in Get Info window and seamless integration to open any item you click on, transform it in a polite OS X citizen.

Here are some key features of "Compare Folders":

· Includes a robust Get Info architecture with support for as many windows as you can open, which goes hand in hand with multiple selection support. The interface is clean, familiar, and tuned for efficiency. The Show in Finder button saves you the effort of going back to the results. Hold down your mouse on the icon for a handy zoom effect!
· Also includes an expansive set of preferences to give you full control over your experience from how results are displayed to Growl and .Mac integration, including customizing the Uploads window.
· Have a .Mac account? Compare Folders has complete support for .Mac including displaying account details such as expiration and iDisk usage and fully supports iDisk uploading.
· You can upload any file to your iDisk via Compare Folders and the iDisk Uploads window let's you manage what's going on. You can choose to automatically upload when you add items and close the window when you're done or you can control the entire process with a single click on each item.
· FilePeek - an unobtrusive means of viewing the contents of a file in QuickLook-like window that works on 10.4 as well
· Archive Selected... - uses the flexible zip tool to create zip files for any selection of results in a particular folder.
· Copy To... - copies any files or folders (and its contents) to any other folder, including the ones you've just compared for those times when you need to synchronize the contents of two folders. (using the powerful cp tool).
· Compare This Folder - sets any selected folder in the results as the next folder to be compared, no extra work required.
· Delete - move any selected items to the Trash quickly and painlessly.
· Drag and Drop - drag your items to another application and their info will be there, and you can drop items to Compare Folders as well Includes support for Growl notifications!
· Rename - change any unlocked item's name right from Compare Folders.

Requirements:

· 500 MB RAM
· 1 GB free space
· Growl (optional)
· .Mac (optional)
· Smart Crash Reports (optional).

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

Features:
· User editable difference ranges for criteria
· Size, date created, and date modified can be specified

UI Enhancements:
· Duplicate Items includes Folder One and Folder Two result lists

Bugs:
· Fixed inspector not updating for files
· Allow comparisons to be saved whenever two folders are selected
· Use case insensitive file extension checks for FilePeek