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Entropy Changelog

What's new in Entropy 1.6.0

Dec 13, 2013
  • Changes:
  • Bug fixes for OS X 10.9 (Mavericks).
  • Fixed issues with RAR v5 archives.
  • Fixed a bug that could lead to symbolic links being stored as regular files in RAR archives.
  • Fixed issues with Quick Look previews.
  • Fixed a bug that could lead to file modes being ignored for tar archives.

New in Entropy 1.5.6 (Jun 14, 2013)

  • Bug fixes for the archive type detection subsystem. In particular, this update fixes an issue which prevented the proper detection of certain non-standard archive extensions.

New in Entropy 1.5.4 (May 4, 2013)

  • Bug fixes, including:
  • Fixed a bug affecting lzma tarballs.
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent Entropy from auto-quitting (particularly if invoked via Apple Script).
  • Fixed a bug that could cause Entropy to crash under certain specific conditions.
  • Fixed rendering issue on Retina displays.

New in Entropy 1.5.2 (Sep 29, 2012)

  • Multiple bug fixes, including:
  • Fixed header encrypted 7z archive modification
  • ZipX archives using JPEG-compression are now properly unpacked
  • Fixed checksum field formatting

New in Entropy 1.5.0 (May 30, 2012)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Bookmark your frequently used archives
  • Customizable Presets for speedy archive creation
  • IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Rigorous temporary file cleanup
  • Improved package-folder detection
  • More options for zip encryption
  • Ability to toggle package-folder content visibility
  • Improved stability — experimental codecs are now run out-of-process
  • Miscellaneous UI improvements
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Fixed a significant memory leak
  • Fixed duplicate open archive detection
  • Fixed a bug that affected certain types of archive modifications

New in Entropy 1.4.2 (Apr 12, 2012)

  • Full support for xz archives
  • Improved performance for compressed tarballs
  • Improved file-type association
  • Fixed a bug that could cause Entropy to deadlock on opening header encrypted archives
  • The preview functionality now works as expected for newly added files

New in Entropy 1.4.1 (Mar 7, 2012)

  • Improvements:
  • Package-folders are now atomically extracted
  • Cumulative folder sizes are now displayed
  • A more robust auto-quit implementation
  • Improved size heuristics for solid archives
  • Write permission issues are now preemptively detected
  • Improved handling of multi-part archives
  • Support for fullscreen mode under Lion
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed an issue that caused Entropy to crash when extracting certain sit files
  • Fixed a potential out-of-bounds access when dealing with raw disk images
  • Textboxes are now properly auto-focused

New in Entropy 1.4.0 (Jan 18, 2012)

  • Features:
  • Queued extraction and archiving
  • Support for auto-updating edited files in an archive
  • Support for extracting Stuffit archives
  • Improvements:
  • The status bar displays the file count along with the total uncompressed size of the archive
  • Smarter sub-folder creation logic
  • Folders with a common package extensions are treated as unified files
  • Improved "Show in Finder" behavior
  • Support for Android Application Packages (APK)
  • Extracted app icons are auto-refreshed
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a minor issue involving QuickSave
  • The volume suffix is no longer included in the sub-folder name

New in Entropy 1.3.8 (Sep 27, 2011)

  • New Features:
  • Support for renaming files in archives
  • Support for moving files in archives
  • You can now directly create new folders from within Entropy
  • Skip extraction of system metadata (__MACOSX folders)
  • Improvements:
  • The date column automatically adjusts to resizing
  • The auto-extract modifier can now be disabled in the preferences
  • Keyboard shortcuts are now available for all common operations
  • The archive name is displayed during auto-extract mode
  • Zipped apps and scripts with invalid permissions are auto-corrected on extraction
  • Zipped app bundles can now be launched by double clicking
  • Retry attempt on entering an incorrect password
  • Bug fixes:
  • Window positions are now preserved
  • Tar archives with pax extended headers are now correctly updated
  • Multi-part archives are now correctly handled by the "Trash after extract" preference
  • Fixed issues with password entry in the French version
  • The window gradient is now correctly rendered on Lion

New in Entropy 1.3.6 (Sep 1, 2011)

  • Built-in password management — Entropy can now securely remember your archive passwords
  • Archive data integrity verification — available under the File menu
  • Columns for compressed file size and checksum — right click on the column header to customize
  • Improved support for Lion's auto window restore feature
  • Header encrypted 7z files can now be modified in-place
  • App bundles are now displayed as a single unified file
  • Toolbar buttons are now properly displayed in small icons mode
  • Fixed an issue that prevented rar file modification on Lion
  • Fixed an issue that caused crashes on Lion on rare occasions

New in Entropy 1.3.2 (Aug 17, 2011)

  • Preview files in archives — press space to bring up Quick Look
  • Create and extract archives directly from Finder using the Services menu
  • You can now use the command key to toggle auto-extract mode
  • Option-clicking the extract button auto-extracts the archive
  • Fixed progress indicator rendering issue on Lion
  • Fixed Uniform Type Identifier console messages
  • Updated French translation