Dropshare Changelog

What's new in Dropshare 5.49

Mar 20, 2024
  • Improvements:
  • Integrations: Allowing external apps to integrate with Dropshare (e.g. Raycast), adding URL shortener extension for Raycast
  • Uploads: Showing upload progress (remaining file size & time) in popover
  • Annotation: Adding Pixelation tool to built-in annotation editor
  • Screen Recording (GIF): Adding option for High Quality GIF screen recordings (much better quality but much bigger file size)
  • SFTP: Preferring IPv6 if both IPv4 and IPv6 DNS is available for SFTP hosts

New in Dropshare 5.48 (Mar 6, 2024)

  • Improvements:
  • Integrations: Allowing external apps to integrate with Dropshare (e.g. Raycast)
  • E-Mails: Adding option to convert .eml files to .html
  • Clear History: Deleting the upload history will now be synchronized accross all your devices
  • Screen Recording: Showing application icon in window selection

New in Dropshare 5.47 (Feb 20, 2024)

  • Improvements:
  • AI Screen Shots: Adding option to add OpenAI-generated screen shot description to file metadata (improves searchability of screen shots in Finder and Dropshare history). AI descriptions also synchronize to iOS.
  • IDrive e2: Fixing path issue with landing pages
  • WebDAV/Nextcloud: Updated supported SSL ciphers

New in Dropshare 5.46 (Jan 30, 2024)

  • Improvements:
  • New URL Shortener: Adding support for dub.co URL shortener (including project slug and link cloaking)
  • Upload History: Adding global shortcut for showing upload history
  • HEIC images: Adding optional HEIC to JPG image conversion
  • UTF-8 Encoding: Fixing issue with UTF-8 encoded filenames when using Backblaze B2
  • UTF-8 Encoding: Fixing issue with UTF-8 encoded filenames when using dsh.re
  • Custom URL Shortener: Increasing timeout for custom URL shortener to 15s

New in Dropshare 5.45 (Jan 15, 2024)

  • Improvements:
  • New Upload History including Tags: Improving upload history and adding new option to add custom tags to uploads (manually or automatically), to better find and organize previous uploads.
  • Adding support for OneDrive for Work & School accounts: Microsoft accounts for Work or School are now supported with OneDrive connections.
  • Adding support for vgy.me and Lensdump: Image storage providers vgy.me and Lensdump are now supported.
  • Adding option to annotate existing images: Existing image files from your Mac can now be annotated with the app.
  • Adding Copy Markdown for video uploads: Additional to image uploads, also video uploads now have a Copy Markdown option to embed them in a Markdown document.
  • Adding option to strip bucketname from Backblaze B2 URLs: For Backblaze B2 setups with Cloudflare, this option allows the download URL to be shorter and more readable.
  • Improving handling of non-image files to image-only storage providers: Accidental non-image uploads to image-only storage providers can now optionally be salvaged instead of just discarded.

New in Dropshare 5.44 (Dec 6, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • Nextcloud: Adding support for Nextcloud connections
  • Backblaze B2: Adding support for placeholders in Backblaze B2 bucket names / folders.

New in Dropshare 5.43 (Dec 2, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • MinIO: Adding option to enter region for MinIO connections
  • MinIO: Fixing issue with MinIO uploads and landing pages not being deleted
  • QR Codes: Adding option to read QR codes from screen captures
  • Drag & Drop Upload: Fixing issue with dragging & dropping files from VSCode and other apps

New in Dropshare 5.42 (Nov 22, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • AI: Adding support for AI generated screen shot filenames (bring your own OpenAI API key)
  • Backblaze B2: Fixing an issue with subfolders in Backblaze B2 bucket names (now supports unlimited subfolders)
  • Custom URL Shorteners: Adding support for nested JSON response
  • Custom URL Shorteners: Adding support for additional parameters

New in Dropshare 5.41 (Nov 10, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • IDrive e2 Support: Added native support for IDrive e2 Object Storage
  • DigitalOcean Spaces: Added native support for DigitalOcean Spaces
  • Dropshare Zone: Improved visuals of Zone overlay

New in Dropshare 5.40 (Nov 1, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • Image Uploads: Added support for image optimisations using Clop to greatly reduce file size of screen shots and images uploaded
  • Dropshare Zone: Reworked Dropshare Zone so it does no longer required Accessibility permissions and works with files dragged from move apps
  • Rebrand.ly: Fixing an issue occurring when using rebrand.ly as URL shortener
  • Popup Menu: Added an option to configure the number of recent uploads visible in the popup menu

New in Dropshare 5.39 (Oct 12, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • Screen Recordings: Fixed an issue that would lead to failing video conversion when using a specific configuration

New in Dropshare 5.38 (Oct 9, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • macOS Sonoma: Fixed several UI glitches that appeared with the Release version of macOS Sonoma
  • Upload History: Updated UI to prevent accidential file deletion and added option to delete upload from history
  • Pretty Screenshots: Added loading indicator to visualise that a pretty screenshot is being rendered
  • Google Cloud Storage: Updated UI to make it clear that a custom domain can be added with a https:// scheme

New in Dropshare 5.37 (Sep 14, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • Screen Recordings: Added option to hide Dropshare windows from screen recordings
  • Screen Recordings: Updated icons to make active state more clear
  • Screen Recordings: Fixed an issue with the video preview window and playback not stopping on closing the window

New in Dropshare 5.36 (Sep 11, 2023)

  • Bugfix:
  • Dropbox: Fixing an issue with Dropbox uploads and expiring upload credentials. You might need to re-login to your Dropbox upload connection once.

New in Dropshare 5.35.1 (Aug 23, 2023)

  • Hotfix:
  • Screen Recordings: Fixing an issue with screen recordings and multiple screens connected to the Mac (wrong screen would be recorded)

New in Dropshare 5.35 (Aug 21, 2023)

  • New Features:
  • Improved Screen Recordings: The screen recording feature has been improved. It now allows capturing single windows as well as system audio. It results in higher quality video files with comparable file sizes and better performance during recording and converting the video file.
  • Restoring Floating Screen Captures: Floating screen captures that have not been uploaded or dismissed will now be restored when relaunching the app.
  • Video Previews: Floating screen captures will now preview video (if the capture is a screen recording).
  • Video Quality: Video Quality for exported screen recordings can now be configured.
  • Connection Chooser: Connections shown in the connection chooser overlay can now be selected in the connection preferences.
  • Upload Preferences: In the per-connection upload preferences, the usage of a landing page can now be enabled/disabled.
  • Pretty Screenshots: Improved the rendering time for pretty screenshots with large wallpaper images.
  • App Updates: The update release channel (Release & Beta) can now be configured in the app preferences.

New in Dropshare 5.34.1 (Jul 11, 2023)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue with a deprecation warning in macOS Sonoma Beta
  • Fixed an issue where screen recordings would not start when toggling between Video and GIF with ffmpeg not installed

New in Dropshare 5.34 (Jul 7, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • Settings Sync: Adding the option to synchronize app settings and custom landing pages between different Macs
  • Dropbox Direct Link: Adding the option to copy the direct file link to clipboard for Dropbox connections

New in Dropshare 5.33 (Jun 22, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • Shortcuts support - Dropshare on macOS has now a Shortcut for Shortcuts.app that accepts a file and returns the URL to the uploaded file
  • Contabo support - object storage provider Contabo is now natively supported
  • Improving keyboard shortcut visualisation during screen recordings when recording small screen selections

New in Dropshare 5.32.1 (May 30, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • Fixing an issue with FTP chunked uploads and landing pages
  • Fixing an issue with S3 connection exports & imports (macOS & iOS)

New in Dropshare 5.32 (May 24, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • Advanced Custom URL shortener: Custom URL shorteners can now be configured with more parameters to support more services
  • Fixing an issue with upload setting overrides (randomize filenames preferences was ignored)
  • Fixing an issue with pretty screenshots and some wallpaper dimensions
  • Fixing an issue with PDF preview images being too large
  • Fixing an issue where the landing page URL was not copied to clipboard from upload history

New in Dropshare 5.31 (May 17, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • Pre-Signed Download URLs for S3: Adding support for pre-signed URLs with Amazon S3 and custom S3-compatible connections
  • FTP Upload w/o Chunks: Adding option to disable upload in chunks for FTP connections
  • Fixing bug that prevented .gif from being uploaded with floating screenshots

New in Dropshare 5.30 (Apr 26, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • Upload Path Placeholders: Adding support for placeholders in upload & bucket paths for several storage providers (learn more)
  • Upload Preferences per Connection: Adding support for overriding upload preferences per connection (learn more)
  • Allowing SSL for custom Azure domains

New in Dropshare 5.29 (Apr 12, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • Configure Pretty Screenshots: Added configuration options for shadow, padding and rounded corners in the screen capture preferences
  • Rename Screen Shots: Captured screen shots can now be renamed prior uploading when floating screen captures are enabled in the preferences

New in Dropshare 5.28 (Mar 27, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • Introducing Pretty Screenshots: Capture parts of your screen and embed the shots on a canvas with built-in backgrounds or your custom image
  • Introducing Video Editor: Captured screen recordings can now be trimmed before uploading or saving them
  • Introducing support for iCloud Drive: You can now select to upload files to iCloud Drive in the connection preferences
  • Adding support for Intelligent Tiering storage class for Amazon S3 connections
  • Adding option to omit ACL header for Amazon S3 connections
  • Fixing an issue where dragging & dropping a floating screen capture would not always work
  • Fixing an issue that would cause an invalid state when trying to capture screen recordings shorter than 1.5s
  • Fixing an issue that would cause frame drops when recording 60fps screen recordings with audio
  • Fixing an issue that would prevent CMD+S from working in the screenshot annotation editor
  • Fixing an issue that would prevent images from being saved as JPG in the screenshot annotation editor

New in Dropshare 5.27 (Mar 15, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • This release is all about screen recordings. You can now add your webcam video to screen recordings, and create (together with your microphone audio) beautiful screencasts or tutorial videos. Additionally, granting Dropshare the required system permissions is now more comfortable than before. The developer of Dropshare for macOS has recorded a quick video to guide you through the update:
  • Introducing optional webcam recording
  • Introducing optional display of pressed keyboard shortcuts
  • Introducing floating screen recordings (analogue to floating screenshots)
  • Additionally:
  • Adding new Amazon S3 regions: af-south-1, ap-east-1, ap-south-2, ap-southeast-3, ap-southeast-4, ap-northeast-2, ap-northeast-3, cn-northwest-1, eu-south-2, eu-central-2, us-east-1
  • Introducing Permissions section in app preferences
  • Bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Dropshare 5.26.2 (Mar 2, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • Fixing a crash on macOS 10.14 or earlier
  • Fixing UI glitches on macOS 10.14 or earlier

New in Dropshare 5.26.1 (Mar 1, 2023)

  • New Features:
  • Adding option to use FFmpeg for screen recording conversion (.mov to .mp4)
  • Adding option to automatically install FFmpeg
  • Possibly fixing an issue with .mov conversion on Intel Macs
  • Improving general error handling with Screen Recordings

New in Dropshare 5.26 (Feb 20, 2023)

  • New Features:
  • Reworking Screen Recordings with updated UI and 60 FPS video option
  • Adding an option to place Zone above the menu bar (and thus behind the notch)
  • Reworking Screenshot Annotation & Preferences UI
  • Reworking Preferences UI
  • Adding support for TinyURL as URL Shortener
  • Adding an option to recover original files of failed uploads
  • Adding UUID as filename randomization option
  • Improvements:
  • Fixing landing page previews for .jpeg file endings
  • Fixing landing page previews for .mov file endings
  • Fixing RTF sharing with the Share Extension
  • Fixing an issue that prevented landing page folders from being deleted when using FTP
  • Fixing an issue with screen recordings an a fatal error that might have occurred while recordings still uploaded fine

New in Dropshare 5.24 (Dec 2, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • Support for pCloud - pCloud is now a supported cloud storage provider
  • Bug Fixes:
  • SFTP with Password - an issue that prohibited SFTP with password from working correctly has been fixed
  • Multipart & Cloudflare R2 - due to an issue with multipart uploads & Cloudflare R2, there now is an option to disable those for custom S3 connections
  • S3 Bucket Folders - an issue that prohibited file deletion for S3 connections with a sub-folder in the bucket name from working has been fixed

New in Dropshare 5.23 (Nov 29, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • Copy Markdown - for images uploaded, a Markdown code for embedding can be copied to clipboard now from the upload history

New in Dropshare 5.22 (Oct 31, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • Annotate Existing Screenshots - when screenshots are saved locally (see Screenshot preferences), existing uploads can be annotated and re-uploaded
  • Copy Existing Screenshots to Clipboard - when screenshots are saved locally (see Screenshot preferences), existing screenshots can be copied to clipboard as image

New in Dropshare 5.21 (Oct 23, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • Screenshot Annotation Tool Shottr - Shottr can now be used as screenshot annotation tool for Dropshare

New in Dropshare 5.20 (Sep 30, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • Cloudflare R2 - by adding a new option for Custom S3 connections (Omit ACL Header), Cloudflare R2 is now a supported storage provider

New in Dropshare 5.19 (Jan 12, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • GIF Screen Recording - fixed an issue with GIF conversion and thus making it more robust, especially on M1 Macs

New in Dropshare 5.18 (Dec 16, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • New Image Storage Providers - supporting Flickr, ImgBB and Imgur for image-only uploads.
  • Updated Notes UI - refreshed UI for note taking and uploading.
  • B2 Credentials - fixed an issue where Backblaze B2 credentials would not be copied cleanly from B2 dashboard.

New in Dropshare 5.17 (Dec 7, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • Black Menu Bar - as a small gimmick, Dropshare can now turn your menu bar black. Useful for newer MacBook Pro models with notch.
  • Universal Share Extension - due to a mistake, the Share Extension was still an Intel binary, and is now universal as well. Sorry about that.

New in Dropshare 5.16 (Nov 1, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • Universal App - native build for Intel and Apple Silicon Macs now available
  • Object Storage Providers - adding support for Minio, Scaleway Object Storage, Alibaba Object Storage, Google Cloud Storage, Linode Object Storage
  • WebDAV Connections - adding support for WebDAV protocol servers
  • Access Permissions for Google Drive - default access permissions for Google Drive connections can now be configured

New in Dropshare 5.15 (Oct 12, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • SCP (over SSH) and SFTP - Previous SCP (over SSH) connections have been deprecated and replaced by a modern implementation
  • Starting with this release of Dropshare, you have the choice between SCP (purely SSH) and SFTP connections. Previously created SCP (over SSH) connections are deprecated but will continue to work. We recommend to use the new implementation since it also supports more SSH ciphers.

New in Dropshare 5.14 (Sep 30, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • Dropshare Zone - Added new "center" upload drop zone for large screens
  • Large-Type Shortened URLs - Added option to large-type shortened URLs on screen

New in Dropshare 5.13 (Sep 21, 2021)

  • Improvements:
  • URL Shortener - Added support for kutt.it
  • GIF Screen Recordings - Fixed an issue with ffmpeg on M1 Macs

New in Dropshare 5.12 (Sep 6, 2021)

  • Improvements:
  • Amazon S3 - Added Regions EU Milan and EU Stockholm

New in Dropshare 5.11 (Apr 27, 2021)

  • Improvements:
  • URL Shortener Cache - Dropshare now remembers URLs it already shortened and re-uses the shortened URL
  • Annotation Improvements - Annotated screenshots can now be saved with CMD+S and copied to clipboard with CMD+C

New in Dropshare 5.10 (Mar 7, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • Introducing support for short.io - URL shortener service short.io is now natively supported.
  • Introducing floating screenshots on desktop - new preference allows to keep screenshots taken with Dropshare floating on Desktop for quick access, annotation and sharing

New in Dropshare 5.9 (Dec 29, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Introducing Filebase - starting with this update, Filebase is a supported cloud storage provider.
  • Save Screen Recodings locally - "Copy Screenshots to folder" option now also works for screen recordings.

New in Dropshare 5.8.4 (Dec 1, 2020)

  • Improvements:
  • Introducing optional Dock icon for Dropshare. Enable it in the preferences and drag & drop files and folders onto the Dock icon to upload them.
  • Fixed UI issues in the History window in macOS 11.

New in Dropshare 5.8.3 (Nov 21, 2020)

  • Improvements:
  • Fixed an issue with Google Drive connections. In case you are experiencing issues with uploading to Google Drive, please log in again.

New in Dropshare 5.8.2 (Nov 18, 2020)

  • Improvements:
  • Reworked menu bar item for better compatability with dynamic backgrounds in macOS Big Sur.
  • Updated app icon to comply with Big Sur human interface guidelines.

New in Dropshare 5.8.1 (Nov 15, 2020)

  • Improvements:
  • Introducing new modern landing page design
  • Fixing menu bar icon color in public release of Big Sur
  • Fixing an issue with exporting custom S3-API compatible connections
  • Fixing an issue with upload progress when using Box

New in Dropshare 5.8 (Nov 8, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Re-introducing Google Drive - starting with this update, Google Drive is a supported cloud storage provider again. Existing Google Drive connections might need to be set up again.
  • Introducing FTP/FTPS - since it has been asked for frequently, Dropshare now supports FTP/FTPS connections.
  • Big Sur Ready - this release is the first official release compatible with macOS Big Sur.

New in Dropshare 5.7 (Sep 28, 2020)

  • Improvements:
  • This update includes stability improvements and bugfixes and most importantly prepares for Big Sur
  • Please note: In rare cases, it is required to re-enter the license code after upgrading to version 5.7. Lost license codes can be retrieved from our website. I am sorry for any inconvenience!

New in Dropshare 5.6.3 (Jun 23, 2020)

  • Custom S3-API compliant connections can now be configured with a custom Region field (required e.g. for Scaleway Object Storage)

New in Dropshare 5.6.2 (May 22, 2020)

  • Adding support for CleanShot X for annotated screenshots

New in Dropshare 5.6.1 (May 1, 2020)

  • Google Drive: Due to an issue that prevents new Google Drive connections from beeing added, we unfortunately had to disable support for new Google Drive connections for the moment

New in Dropshare 5.6 (Oct 14, 2019)

  • URL Shorteners: Bit.ly is now a native integration (you can now also select your custom domain with bit.ly)
  • Dropbox: Copying the embeddable (raw) URL of a file is now possibile by using "Copy Direct URL" from the upload context menu

New in Dropshare 5.5 (Oct 10, 2019)

  • Catalina Ready: Auto Appearance (Dark / Light mode) is now supported

New in Dropshare 5.4.4 (Aug 27, 2019)

  • Improvements:
  • Catalina Ready: Improving the reliability of detecting the Screen Recording Permission's state

New in Dropshare 5.4.3 (Aug 26, 2019)

  • Improvements:
  • Catalina Ready: Dropshare is now ready for Catalina (macOS 10.15). Once you upgraded, you might get asked for screen recording permissions in order to capture screen shots with Dropshare (Learn more)
  • Screen recordings can now get stopped and uploaded by pressing the selected keyboard shortcut again
  • Fixed a crash when clicking the screen capture button in the popup menu

New in Dropshare 5.4.2 (Aug 18, 2019)

  • Improvements:
  • Fixed an issue with large-file uploads and app crashes: Dropshare is now way more stable and uses less memory when uploading large files (2GB+)

New in Dropshare 5.4.1 (Aug 12, 2019)

  • Features:
  • Fixing an issue with custom URL shorteners (application/x-www-form-urlencoded)

New in Dropshare 5.4 (Aug 4, 2019)

  • Introducing Box 🎁 - Upload and share files with Box and Dropshare for macOS now

New in Dropshare 5.3.1 (Jul 26, 2019)

  • We've fixed and issue with and improved custom URL shorteners; Dropshare now correctly escapes URL parameters as well as offers to choose between application/x-www-form-urlencoded or application/json for POST requests

New in Dropshare 5.3 (Jul 21, 2019)

  • Features:
  • Introducing Microsoft OneDrive 🎁 - Upload and share files with OneDrive and Dropshare for macOS now
  • Improving Dropshare Annotation Tool 🖼 - Besides a cleaner UI, you can now drag & drop the annotated image to other apps
  • Introducing support for CleanShot.app 📸 - Annotate screenshots with CleanShot and upload them with Dropshare, now available

New in Dropshare 5.2 (Jul 1, 2019)

  • Features:
  • Introducing Custom Domain support for Azure Blob Storage
  • Drag & Drop from the Annotation Editor is now possible
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Minor bug fixes and improvements

New in Dropshare 5.1.8 (May 23, 2019)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixing a timezone-related issue with Amazon S3 connections

New in Dropshare 5.1.6 (Mar 25, 2019)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • We've fixed an issue with Microphone Audio in Screen Recordings

New in Dropshare 5.1.5 (Mar 20, 2019)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • We've fixed an issue with signing up for Dropshare Cloud within the Mac app

New in Dropshare 5.1.3 (Feb 24, 2019)

  • Improvements:
  • Fixing an issue when creating Google Drive connections
  • Improving ffmpeg usage with homebrew for GIF screen recordings

New in Dropshare 5.1.2 (Feb 13, 2019)

  • Introducing drag & drop for the recent upload list and upload history. You can now drag & drop uploads to other applications to either share a link to the uploaded file or the original file on your disk.
  • Import from Device now allows the image or document to be saved locally instead of uploaded.
  • Dropshare for macOS is now notarized.

New in Dropshare 5.1.1 (Feb 4, 2019)

  • Improvements:
  • Improved handling of deleting synchronized history items
  • Several smaller improvements and bug fixes

New in Dropshare 5.1 (Dec 4, 2018)

  • New Features:
  • Introducing WeTransfer - upload files up to 2GB for free with WeTransfer and Dropshare
  • Introducing Handoff - easily capture and upload photos and multi-page documents with your iOS device
  • Introducing options for automated deployment - installing Dropshare on multiple Macs automatically is now easier
  • Introducing support for promised files - Dropshare can now deal with file promises, e.g. with screenshots taken with the new macOS screenshot utility
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixing a crash with voice recording for screen recordings
  • Fixing a crash when trying to annotate screenshots with an app not installed
  • When uploading folders as archives, Dropshare is now responsive during the archive creation

New in Dropshare 5.0.3 (Oct 12, 2018)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixing an issue where always the default landing page would be used instead of the selected one
  • Improving history synchronization timing

New in Dropshare 5.0.2 (Oct 3, 2018)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixing an issue where in the connection preferences, the menu would not open if the connection name was too long.
  • Fixing a crash with the Share Menu in the upload history.

New in Dropshare 5.0.1 (Oct 1, 2018)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Under some circumstances, URl shortenes would not work as expected. This has now been resolved.
  • Several crashes which we have seen since the release of Dropshare 5 have been fixed. Sorry about that.

New in Dropshare 5.0 (Sep 28, 2018)

  • New Features:
  • Brand new User Interface with support for macOS Light and Dark Mode
  • Support for Dropbox uploads
  • Multipart uploads to Dropbox, S3 and Dropshare Cloud support now files of virtually any size
  • New Upload History with filters, search and export functionality
  • Dropshare Sync has been retired and replaced by seamless iCloud synchronization
  • Completely reworked Settings with many new options to choose from, e.g. taking Screenshots without shadow or saving them on your Mac additional to uploading
  • Brand new Landing Page Designs to choose from
  • Native rebrand.ly URL Shortener integration
  • Improved Keyboard Shortcut for Clipboard Uploads. URLs in your Clipboard will now be shortened for your convenience
  • Improved Share Extension to be more seamless than ever
  • Uploading to sub-folders is now supported on Backblaze B2
  • Google Drive uploads are now by default set to "anyone with link" instead of "anyone on the web"
  • Added new region Paris to Amazon S3
  • Hundreds of bugfixes and improvements

New in Dropshare 4.9.3 Build 4705 (May 23, 2018)

  • Features:
  • We're updating Dropshare and giving you more information about your rights regarding your privacy and data. Please let us know at any time if you have questions or concerns.
  • Additionally, we've added previews for audio files on landing pages.

New in Dropshare 4.9.2 Build 4702 (Apr 26, 2018)

  • Minor improvements
  • Possible fix for a rare crash on launch

New in Dropshare 4.9 Build 4699 (Feb 22, 2018)

  • New Features:
  • Integrity Hashes - Dropshare is now able to append SHA2-256 integrity hashes to upload URLs in order to provide a way of validating the integrity of the uploaded file.

New in Dropshare 4.8 Build 4693 (Nov 19, 2017)

  • New Features:
  • Retry Uploads - In case an upload failed (e.g. due to network-related issues), it can now easily be retired from the menu.
  • Improvements:
  • Upload Progress - The upload progress in the menubar icon should now update more reliably.

New in Dropshare 4.7.1 Build 4691 (Oct 23, 2017)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • There was a small issue with the annotation app selection which has been fixed. Selecting an app now works again as intended.

New in Dropshare 4.7 Build 4688 (Oct 4, 2017)

  • New Features:
  • Screenshot Annotations Beta - Starting with this update, Dropshare will natively support screenshot annotations without switching to a third-party app. With the Dropshare Annotation Tool, you’re able to quickly add text, geometrical forms and blurs to your screenshots, as well as crop them to your desired size.
  • Dropshare Safe is now integrated - Our powerful access-restricting service Dropshare Safe is now directly integrated into the app. While that makes creating access-restricted URLs even easier than before, it also enables Dropshare to remember previously created URLs which now can be retrieved from the context menu at any time.
  • Access statistics right from the popover menu - When using Dropshare Cloud, the access statistics for your uploads will now be displayed right in the popover menu. Now you’re able to see at a glance which of your most recent uploads are accessed the most.
  • Support for Microsoft Azure Blob Storage - Happy to announce that with this update, Dropshare is supporting yet another storage provider: Microsoft Azure Blob Storage. It is a fully-featured supported provider, meaning that also landing pages are supported. Check out our User Guide to learn how to configure set up a Blob Storage connection.
  • Support for DigitalOcean Spaces - Worth to mention, DigitalOcean launched Spaces a few weeks ago. As their API is compliant with Amazon S3, it just works out of the box with Dropshare. In our User Guide we’ve compiled a short article with information on how to set up a Spaces connection.
  • Improvements:
  • Share Extension - The Share Extension has been further improved: It is now possible to share multiple files (and folders!) and once, which will be compressed to a single ZIP file.
  • Screen Recordings - The Screen Recording feature has been updated: Now it automatically is in Record from Selection when started, because we think that is what most of you do. To switch back to Fullscreen Recording, just click anywhere on screen. Also, showing mouse clicks in recordings does now work again.

New in Dropshare 4.6.8 Build 4641 (Sep 13, 2017)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Screen Recording - With macOS High Sierra, sometimes the screen would turn black when trying to use selection-based screen recording. That is now fixed.

New in Dropshare 4.6.7 Build 4640 (Sep 2, 2017)

  • Improvements:
  • Custom URL Shortener - Introducing support rebrand.ly
  • Drag & Drop - Improved uploading folders as ZIP

New in Dropshare 4.6.5 Build 4631 (Aug 7, 2017)

  • Improvements:
  • Amazon S3 - Introducing support for US-East-2 Region (Ohio)

New in Dropshare 4.6.4 Build 4626 (Jul 6, 2017)

  • Improvements:
  • Share Extension - we've finally found a way to fix the long-time broken Share Extension. It now works again as expected, and even offers you to choose the connection to upload with now
  • Backblaze B2 - Custom Domains are now supported for Backblaze B2
  • Changes:
  • App Icon - We've changed the app icon on the Mac to match our iOS icons

New in Dropshare 4.6.3 Build 4608 (May 25, 2017)

  • Improvements:
  • Several under-the-hood improvements for SCP over SSH uploads

New in Dropshare 4.6.2 Build 4604 (Apr 21, 2017)

  • Improvements:
  • Introducing better support for large file uploads (>100M) to Backblaze B2
  • Introducing new filename randomization options (append timestamp to filename or use timestamp as filename)
  • Several smaller bug fixes and improvements

New in Dropshare 4.5.6 Build 4570 (Mar 2, 2017)

  • Bug fixes and improvements:
  • Fixing an issue with invalid keyboard shortcuts for activating connections which could lead to a crash
  • Improving Dropshare Mirror / Capture from iOS by only asking for connected iOS devices when actually using Dropshare Mirror

New in Dropshare 4.5.5 Build 4568 (Feb 23, 2017)

  • Bug Fixes and Improvements:
  • Introducing support for newest AWS S3 regions Canada (Central), EU (London) and Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
  • Fixing issue with double file extensions (e.g. tar.gz, tar.bz2) and filename randomization

New in Dropshare 4.5.4 Build 4564 (Jan 30, 2017)

  • Bug Fixes and Improvements: Various improvements under the hood for the upcoming Dropshare Cloud release

New in Dropshare 4.5.3 Build 4563 (Jan 22, 2017)

  • Bug Fixes and Improvements:
  • Introducing support for upload expiry with Dropshare Cloud
  • Introducing support for SSL with Dropshare Cloud

New in Dropshare 4.5.2 Build 4558 (Dec 22, 2016)

  • Introducing support for Path Style URLs for S3 connections
  • Improving custom domain support for Dropshare Cloud
  • Improving accessibility compatibility

New in Dropshare 4.5.1 Build 4555 (Dec 7, 2016)

  • Bug fixes and improvements:
  • Some users reported a regression with SCP over SSH connections, sorry about that - now fixed
  • We've added the possibility to make a connection the default in the connection preferences

New in Dropshare 4.5 Build 4551 (Nov 26, 2016)

  • Features:
  • Dropshare Cloud
  • With this release, we're introducing support for Dropshare Cloud - our new file hosting service for Dropshare on Mac and iOS. Dropshare Cloud is currently in public beta and we'd love you to join!
  • Preview Synchronization
  • Preview images can now be optionally synchronized with Dropshare Sync accross all your devices (including iOS!)
  • Optional Markdown conversion for Notes
  • Markdown can now be disabled for notes, so Dropshare will just upload a plain .txt file instead of .html
  • Note Templates
  • You can now create a landing-page alike template for your Note uploads
  • Bug Fixes and Improvements:
  • Improved selection-based Screen Recordings, you'll now be able to see the area being recorded while the recording is running
  • Fixed glitch with URL shortening from Safari
  • Removed UI glitches with tooltips in the Dropshare popover
  • Reworked connection preferences UI
  • Improved first launch experience for new customers
  • Fixed a bug where the screen recording preference window would not disappear if the screen recording area intersects with the window
  • Updated the Dropshare internal database which makes things faster and more stable, especially when searching the upload history

New in Dropshare 4.4.5 Build 4226 (Sep 7, 2016)

  • Bug Fixes and Improvements:
  • Fixing a crash which happened to a fraction of Dropshare users

New in Dropshare 4.4.4 Build 4225 (Aug 9, 2016)

  • Bug Fixes and Improvements:
  • With this hotfix, we took care of an issue with Backblaze B2 and randomized filenames - should be all good now!

New in Dropshare 4.4.3 Build 4223 (Jun 22, 2016)

  • Bug fixes and improvements:
  • This release updates the version of libssh2 Dropshare is using for SCP over SSH connections, which will fix an issue certain customers of a German shared hosting provider reported.

New in Dropshare 4.4.2 Build 4222 (Jun 20, 2016)

  • Bug Fixes and Improvements:
  • This release updates the version of libssh2 Dropshare is using for SCP over SSH connections, which might fix an issue certain customers of a German shared hosting provider reported.

New in Dropshare 4.4.1 Build 4218 (May 19, 2016)

  • Bug Fixes and Improvements:
  • Under specific circumstances, an upload to Backblaze B2 would fail when the bucket name / id of a connection had been changed. This has been fixed.

New in Dropshare 4.4 Build 4217 (May 11, 2016)

  • FEATURES:
  • Connection Chooser:
  • We're introducing a neat way to select the connection to upload an individual file with this update. Just hold ⌘ while dropping a file to be presented with a dialogue from which to choose the connection you want to use. Optionally, you can enable to always be asked for a connection to upload a file.
  • Dropshare Zone:
  • When enabled, Dropshare Zone is a small or large drag & drop area that appears on your screen edge of choice when you start dragging a file. With Zone, it has never been so easy to drag & drop a file to upload with Dropshare.
  • Screenshot Image Format:
  • It is now possible to switch between PNG and JPG image formats for screenshots taken with Dropshare.
  • BUG FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
  • For some users, uploading a folder to have it zipped failed under some circumstances. This is now fixed and should work reliably.
  • It should take significantly less time until an upload to Backblaze B2 starts now.
  • We have updated Sparkle, the OpenSource framework we use to deliver automatic updates of Dropshare to you, with this release.

New in Dropshare 4.3 Build 4118 (Apr 17, 2016)

  • Features:
  • Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
  • Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage is now supported on the Mac. Check out our User Guide for information on how to set it up to work with Dropshare for Mac.
  • URL Shortener
  • Dropshare can now shorten URLs dropped on the menu bar icon. For example, just drag and drop any link from Safari to the Dropshare icon and receive a shortened URL in your clipboard. Your URL shortener preferences will be used.
  • Bug Fixes and Improvements:
  • Upload from Clipboard does now work correctly when neither landing page nor filename randomization is enabled.

New in Dropshare 4.2.2 Build 4116 (Apr 7, 2016)

  • Features:
  • Enabling support for AWS Signature v2 with custom S3-compatible connections.
  • Bug Fixes and Improvements:
  • Fixing support for goo.gl: The Google URL shortener works fine again with Dropshare for Mac

New in Dropshare 4.2.1 Build 4114 (Mar 31, 2016)

  • Features:
  • Dropshare Mirror: Dropshare Mirror is a new built-in tool that enables you to capture screenshots from USB-connected Android and iOS devices. You can set up two new keyboard shortcuts for capturing screenshots from your connected mobile devices. For more information about how this works and how to set it up, we've added a new section to our User Guide.
  • Bug Fixes and Improvements:
  • We fixed a small bug with Amazon S3, sub-folders and direct URLs to uploaded files.

New in Dropshare 4.2 Build 4113 (Mar 29, 2016)

  • Features:
  • Dropshare Mirror: Dropshare Mirror is a new built-in tool that enables you to capture screenshots from USB-connected Android and iOS devices. You can set up two new keyboard shortcuts for capturing screenshots from your connected mobile devices. For more information about how this works and how to set it up, we've added a new section to our User Guide.
  • Bug Fixes and Improvements:
  • We fixed a small bug with Amazon S3, sub-folders and direct URLs to uploaded files.

New in Dropshare 4.1 Build 3950 (Mar 12, 2016)

  • FEATURES:
  • Google Drive support:
  • Dropshare for Mac does now support Google Drive to upload and share files. It integrates seamlessly into Dropshare, with only one exception: Custom Dropshare landing pages are not supported with Google Drive connections. This is due to a technical restriction of Drive, and you can read more about this in our User Guide.
  • Annotate.app support:
  • Dropshare does now support Annote.app for annotated screenshots. Just set up Annote.app as desired annotation app in Dropshare, capture a screenshot, and start annotating! When you're done, Option-drag the annotated image to the Dropshare menu bar icon and start sharing!
  • BUG FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
  • When hovering over an upload in the popup menu, the connection that has been used to upload the file will be shown.
  • When enabling HTTPS links for Rackspace connections, the URL will now actually be SSL enabled.

New in Dropshare 4.0 Build 3803 (Feb 21, 2016)

  • Bug fixes:
  • For some users under certain circumstances, Dropshare would crash if you uploaded multiple files with an empty upload history. The bug has been fixed, sorry about that.

New in Dropshare 4.0 Build 3802 (Feb 12, 2016)

  • Bug fixes:
  • The Dropshare popup will no longer animate when shown so it opens much quicker than before
  • When Dropshare fails to install the CLI, it will now tell you what happend and how to fix it
  • For some users, the upload progress bar did not work as expected. That is now fixed.
  • With Amazon S3 uploads, copying the URL to the clipboard before the upload finishes did not work as expected. That is now fixed.

New in Dropshare 4.0 Build 3801 (Feb 9, 2016)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Dropshare will now use its own file for SSH Host Key validation and no longer interfer with your existing known hosts.
  • The CLI now opens Dropshare 4 instead of older versions if installed

New in Dropshare 4.0 Build 3800 (Feb 9, 2016)

  • Features:
  • Brand new popup design, includes scrollable upload history, improved progress (including aborting uploads) and display of upload queue
  • In-app editor for custom Landing Pages, including instant preview (optional Landing Page synchronization with Dropshare Sync)
  • Support for custom S3 services like DreamObjects or OpenStack
  • Improved UI and processing for Screen Recordings
  • Integration of OS X Share Menu in popup
  • Connection configurations can now be imported on the Mac
  • Preview images for PDF and movie files
  • Optionally copy URL to uploaded file to clipboard before the upload completes
  • Upload history on steroids: The History window is now more powerful and offers a full text search
  • Install the Dropshare CLI right from the Dropshare app
  • Security improvements when using SSH connections
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Menu bar icon instantly changes when "Dark Mode" is turned on or off
  • Screen Recording preferences will now be remembered
  • Performance and stability improvements

New in Dropshare 3.13.1 (Jan 27, 2016)

  • Adds the possibility to subscribe to our newsletter about the upcoming new release of Dropshare for Mac.

New in Dropshare 3.13 (Sep 29, 2015)

  • Dropshare for Mac 3.13 introduces support for Amazon AWS China (Beijing).

New in Dropshare 3.12.1 (Sep 1, 2015)

  • Maintenance release with the following improvements:
  • Introducing __UNIXSHAREDATE__ placeholder for landing pages (which contains a UNIX timestamp with the upload date so you can easily process this with JavaScript)
  • Fixing S3 Connection exports (now also work with Reduced Redunancy disabled)
  • We think we've fixed the notes upload issue once and for all

New in Dropshare 3.12.1 (Jul 15, 2015)

  • Introducing __UNIXSHAREDATE__ placeholder for landing pages (which contains a UNIX timestamp with the upload date so you can easily process this with JavaScript)
  • Fixing S3 Connection exports (now also work with Reduced Redunancy disabled)
  • We think we've fixed the notes upload issue once and for all

New in Dropshare 3.12 (Jun 3, 2015)

  • All about Screen Recordings:
  • Introducing GIF Screen Recordings (Yay!)
  • Screen Recordings can now optionally include microphone audio
  • Updating default landing page theme
  • As always, we've squashed some bugs:
  • Fixing #0000079: When using a custom S3 or Cloud Files domain, the SSL preference will be considered
  • Fixing #0000080: When opening files with Dropshare from the command line, the source file will no longer be deleted

New in Dropshare 3.11 (May 8, 2015)

  • Fixed some bugs and improved the screen screen recording performance with this release, and also introduced a new placeholder for landing pages (__LANDINGPAGEURL__).

New in Dropshare 3.10 (Apr 11, 2015)

  • Screenshot annotation: Set up a custom keyboard shortcut for taking screenshots and annotating them in your favorite app (currently supported are Preview.app, Skitch.app and Napkin.app)
  • Share Extension: Use the brand new Share Extension to share files with Dropshare for Mac. Requires Mac OS X 10.10 or newer.
  • UTF-8 charset tags for shared notes and markdown
  • Introducing workaround for missing landing page when sharing from apps like Napkin.app

New in Dropshare 3.9.1 (Apr 6, 2015)

  • Introducing Reduced Redundancy for uploads to S3: By using the reduced redundancy availability zone, S3 guarantees "only" 99.9% instead of 99.999999999% availability for your files - and you save a lot of money.
  • Introducing optional downscaling of retina screenshots: By using this option, retina screenshots will be downscaled so they look nicer on non-retina screens.

New in Dropshare 3.9 (Feb 11, 2015)

  • Introducing Dropshare Safe: You're now able to create access-restricted URLs for your Dropshare uploads (lifetime and/or password-restriction). Upload a file with Dropshare, and then choose "Create access-restricted URL" from the right-click menu or History.
  • Introducing HQ video recording: Dropshare is now able to record screen recordings in a higher quality than before.
  • Introducing Shift+Enter to upload notes: You can now create and upload notes without even touch your mouse or trackpad.

New in Dropshare 3.8 (Jan 16, 2015)

  • Introducing Compose Note dialogue with Markdown conversion
  • Fixing previously wrong label for US-West-1 and US-West-2
  • Performing Dropshare Sync when clicking the menu bar icon

New in Dropshare 3.7.2 (Jan 3, 2015)

  • Bug fixes and improvements:
  • Introducing support for Frankfurt S3 Region
  • Introducing keyboard shortcut for Screen Recordings
  • Image thumbnails will now always be correctly generated

New in Dropshare 3.7.1 (Nov 24, 2014)

  • Connections can now be exported to an encrypted file and imported with the brand new Dropshare for iOS!

New in Dropshare 3.7 (Nov 5, 2014)

  • Yosemite ready!
  • This update introduces a new icon set for Yosemite's dark mode.
  • Screen recordings :
  • You're now able to take and upload screen recordings (both fullscreen and selection-based) directly with Dropshare! Just select "Capture Screen Recording" from the Dropshare menu or click the new "Screen Recording" action button right from the Dropshare popover and start recording!
  • Updated context menu for recent uploads:
  • The right-click menu for recent uploads in the Dropshare popover now includes "Copy URL" and "Copy Direct URL" (which points directly to the file instead of a landing page) as well as "Delete From Server" options.
  • Further improvements:
  • Dropshare will now no longer use Notification Center at all when it has been disabled in the Dropshare preferences
  • Markdown conversion does now work again when landing pages have been disabled or skipped
  • The History window can now be resized

New in Dropshare 3.6 (Oct 9, 2014)

  • Introducing Dropshare Sync, a service to synchronize your upload history across all your devices which have Dropshare installed. Simply sign up for Dropshare Sync and start synchronizing today!
  • Bringing back the legacy screenshot upload: Because some of you asked for it, we're bringing back the legacy automatic screenshot upload which is now optionally available again.

New in Dropshare 3.5 (Sep 12, 2014)

  • Please note: This update changes the way Dropshare uploads screenshots. Instead of automatically uploading screenshots taken with Mac OS X, Dropshare now has its own keyboard shortcuts for capturing and uploading screenshots. This gives you great power and flexibility: You can decide ad hoc which screenshots should be uploaded with Dropshare, and which should stay on your local machine only (by using the default Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts). This will also speed things up under the hood a lot!
  • The preferences have been completely revamped - no more clutter and confusion anymore
  • A rare bug where the menu bar icon would disappear has been fixed
  • A rare bug with Rackspace Cloud Files where Dropshare would stop working when using a deleted Rackspace account has been fixed

New in Dropshare 3.4 (Aug 27, 2014)

  • Support for Multiple Connections. From now on, you can create different connections and switch between them using the preferences menu or keyboard shortcuts. Your existing account data will be imported as default connection.
  • Also, a few issues have been resolved:
  • Markdown files containing spaces (in the filename) or umlauts (in the content) will now correctly convert to HTML
  • Rackspace Cloud Files: Content-Type will now no longer contain application/json as first Content-Type and therefor display HTML documents correctly.
  • Additionally, we've heavily improved sanity checks for all three connection methods. Dropshare will now more precisely tell your what went wrong (in case anything actually went wrong, of course). This should help you setting up Dropshare more easily.

New in Dropshare 3.3 (Aug 19, 2014)

  • Introducing support for Rackspace Cloud Files: You're now able to configure Rackspace Cloud Files as upload target, among Amazon S3 and your own server
  • Introducing Markdown to HTML conversion: If enabled in the preferences, .md and .markdown files will now be converted to HTML before uploading
  • Updating history window: Uploads older than 48 hours will now show the full upload date and time
  • Updating Amazon S3 integration: Uploads to S3 will now have a Cache-Control max-age header set
  • Minor improvements under-the-hood

New in Dropshare 3.2.3 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • You're now able to omit the landing page for a single upload process when pressing ⌥ while dropping files onto the Dropshare icon
  • S3 subfolders are now supported: Just enter "bucket/folder" as bucket name if you want to upload to a specific folder in your Amazon S3 bucket

New in Dropshare 3.2.2 (Jul 24, 2014)

  • An improved way of automatic screenshot uploading. This should be more reliable and capable of uploading many screenshots in a short timespan now
  • Custom domains (Domain Aliases) for Amazon S3 uploads
  • A fix for a rare race condition where URLs to S3 would not be shortened correctly