LanScan Changelog

What's new in LanScan 7.0.10

Mar 12, 2024
  • MAC addresses update (+185)

New in LanScan 7.0.9 (Feb 15, 2024)

  • MAC addresses update (+161)

New in LanScan 7.0.8 (Jan 25, 2024)

  • MAC addresses update (+457)

New in LanScan 7.0.7 (Nov 28, 2023)

  • MAC addresses update (+326)

New in LanScan 7.0.6 (Oct 24, 2023)

  • MAC addresses update (+435)

New in LanScan 7.0.5 (Aug 24, 2023)

  • Fixed a bug in MAC addresses gathering script : 100+ vendors were missing in last releases
  • MAC addresses update (+52)

New in LanScan 7.0.4 (Aug 17, 2023)

  • Export feature : Hidden columns are no longer displayed in exported files
  • Export feature : Fixed a bug in IPv6 local & global columns, they both had all IPv6 addresses
  • MAC addresses database updated

New in LanScan 7.0.3 (Jun 18, 2023)

  • Fixed a bug where all devices ping were red when a single device didn't answer for several minutes
  • Updated MAC addresses

New in LanScan 7.0.2 (May 26, 2023)

  • Fixed a high memory usage issue after days of utilization
  • Updated MAC addresses

New in LanScan 7.0.1 (May 5, 2023)

  • Fixed a memory leak
  • Fixed an UI bug on macOS 10.14 & 10.15 with green "What's New" bottom box
  • MAC addresses updated

New in LanScan 7.0.0 (Apr 19, 2023)

  • New IPv6 scanning features available!
  • Displays Link-Local (private) and Global (public) IPv6 addresses.
  • Like IPv4, some features in free trial and full unobfuscation through an In-App Purchase
  • Go in Help → In-App purchases for more details
  • New: Results are not cleared automatically anymore when an IP/network change is detected
  • Fixed: Crashing bug happened when editing hostname while scanning

New in LanScan 6.9.2 (Mar 19, 2023)

  • Preparing code for v7 & IPv6 features
  • Updated MAC addresses vendors

New in LanScan 6.9.1 (Mar 12, 2023)

  • Link to test v7 with IPv6 features in TestFlight
  • Updated MAC addresses vendors

New in LanScan 6.9.0 (Dec 23, 2022)

  • New feature : Set your own color for custom names & comments in menu "LanScan → Preferences"
  • New "What's New" menu at bottom of new version features
  • New keyboard shortcut for scan configuration : Cmd+.
  • New keyboard shortcut for keyboard shortcuts list : Cmd+0
  • Updated MAC addresses vendors

New in LanScan 6.8.1 (Nov 11, 2022)

  • New menu : LanScan -> Preferences
  • New menu : Help -> Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Modified toolbar Config icon to direct access to scan configuration, not a menu
  • Default right panel width is now much smaller
  • Updated MAC addresses vendors

New in LanScan 6.8.0 (Oct 16, 2022)

  • New menu : Help -> Reset Columns Width/Order/Sorting & Reset font size (Restart required)
  • New menu : Help -> Open Network Preferences
  • Ping code has been entirely rewritten
  • Updated MAC addresses vendors

New in LanScan 6.7.2 (Sep 11, 2022)

  • Cleaned and enhanced code
  • Updated MAC addresses vendors

New in LanScan 6.7.1 (Jul 15, 2022)

  • Updated MAC addresses vendors

New in LanScan 6.7.0 (Jun 28, 2022)

  • Text font size can now be changed !
  • Menu Commands → Make Text Bigger/Smaller with keyboard shortcuts : Cmd_+ & Cmd_-
  • Details pane has been graphically reworked for long comments wrapping
  • A crashing bug has been fixed
  • Updated MAC addresses vendors

New in LanScan 6.6.2 (May 24, 2022)

  • Updated MAC addresses vendors

New in LanScan 6.6.1 (Mar 15, 2022)

  • Fixed a bug when user edited a custom hostname while scan results are being displayed
  • Updated MAC addresses vendors

New in LanScan 6.6.0 (Mar 7, 2022)

  • New ping feature & column !
  • Escape key now closes preferences and all other panels
  • Fixed a bug where last interface used was not saved on restart
  • Updated MAC addresses

New in LanScan 6.5.13 (Dec 19, 2021)

  • Updated MAC addresses

New in LanScan 6.5.12 (Sep 15, 2021)

  • Fixed a rare crashing bug when search field is focused
  • Enhanced code for coming features
  • Updated MAC addresses

New in LanScan 6.5.11 (Aug 8, 2021)

  • Fixed a bug : Edit -> Copy menu wasn't working as expected with TSV (tab separated) values of various columns
  • Updated MAC addresses

New in LanScan 6.5.10 (Aug 4, 2021)

  • Fixed a rare crashing bug with In-App purchases when Mac doesn't boot with Thunderbolt Display attached
  • Fixed a rare crashing bug at the end of In-App purchase
  • Updated MAC addresses

New in LanScan 6.5.9 (Jul 26, 2021)

  • Fixed a rare crashing bug if Mac didn't have an en0 network interface as primary interface
  • Code cleaning preparing coming new features
  • Updated MAC addresses

New in LanScan 6.5.8 (Mar 16, 2021)

  • Universal app now running natively on Apple M1
  • Fixed an error showing "App is damaged" on launch if Mac didn't have an en0 network interface
  • Updated MAC addresses

New in LanScan 6.5.7 (Jan 29, 2021)

  • Adapted User Interface & toolbar to macOS Big Sur
  • Fixed crashing bug on 10.14
  • Fixed an issue where TCP ports were not refreshed in details pane
  • Deleted feature to upgrade from old LanScan Pro app (was enabled since March 2018)
  • Enhanced & cleaned core scanning functions* Fixed a bug where "Buy Pro v6" icon was appearing several times in toolbar
  • Updated MAC addresses

New in LanScan 6.5.6 (Jan 27, 2021)

  • Adapted User Interface & toolbar to macOS Big Sur
  • Deleted feature to upgrade from old LanScan Pro app (was enabled since March 2018)
  • Enhanced & cleaned core scanning functions
  • Fixed a bug where "Buy Pro v6" icon was appearing several times in toolbar
  • Updated MAC addresses

New in LanScan 6.5.5 (Nov 10, 2020)

  • Fixed a bug when Airplay protocol and audio interface was used before LanScan launch, resulting in "App is damaged and can't be opened"
  • Minimum macOS version is now 10.14
  • Updated MAC addresses

New in LanScan 6.5.4 (Nov 4, 2020)

  • Enhanced display refresh if a filter string is applied during scan

New in LanScan 6.5.3 (Nov 3, 2020)

  • Fixing a crashing bug on macOS 10.10, 10.11 & 10.12
  • Updated MAC addresses

New in LanScan 6.5.2 (Sep 22, 2020)

  • Fixing a nonsystematic crashing bug while displaying scan results
  • Custom names in details pane are now displayed in gray color
  • Updated MAC addresses

New in LanScan 6.5.1 (Sep 6, 2020)

  • Fixing a crash when resolving hostnames under specific circumstances

New in LanScan 6.5.0 (Jun 15, 2020)

  • New "Preferences" icon for better User Experience and network interface change
  • New keyboard shortcuts panel
  • Filter string now extended to all columns
  • Fixed filter searches were not updated while scanning
  • Fixed duplicate results if a filter string was set while scanning
  • 3 successive scans are executed if IP range less than 254 devices (before was 1024 devices)
  • MAC addresses updated

New in LanScan 6.4.0 (May 28, 2020)

  • Enhanced DNS resolution : a lot of results were missing on large scans
  • Implemented printing feature with tabs separated raw data (like export files)
  • Scan is now stopped if network interface disconnects
  • Fixed a bug if trying to save a custom URL for a non-local IP (no MAC address)
  • Fixed a bug where progress bar was appearing on launch instead of search field
  • MAC addresses updated

New in LanScan 6.3.3 (May 20, 2020)

  • Popup to modify scanned network interface is now located inside IP range modification panel
  • Enhanced scans of large IP ranges
  • Enhanced MAC addresses parsing
  • Only one scan per click if number of devices > 1020
  • Updated MAC vendors

New in LanScan 6.3.2 (Apr 13, 2020)

  • MAC addresses update (+576)

New in LanScan 6.3.1 (Jan 29, 2020)

  • Fixed a bug where all menu where greyed out by mistake

New in LanScan 6.3.0 (Jan 28, 2020)

  • New right-click menu to open an URL in browser (defaults are http:80 and https:443)
  • Add your custom URLs (specific port, http or https) for each device
  • MAC addresses updated (+1479)

New in LanScan 6.2.1 (Jul 19, 2019)

  • MAC address table update (+1243)

New in LanScan 6.2.0 (Apr 27, 2019)

  • MAC address database increased by 41%: now using MA-M, MA-S, IAB, CID databases
  • Last interface is now saved and reused on launch
  • Headers are now added on first line of exported CSV
  • Toolbar changes are now saved (Icons only, Text only, Icons + Text)
  • Fixed a bug where Details Pane could have a minimum size of zero and not seen by user anymore
  • Updated MAC addresses vendors (+10563)

New in LanScan 6.1.0 (Mar 3, 2019)

  • Saving custom IP ranges is now possible
  • New printing feature
  • Fixed blurred icons

New in LanScan 6.0.6 (Feb 21, 2019)

  • Updated MAC addresses database (+135)

New in LanScan 6.0.5 (Jan 10, 2019)

  • Updated MAC addresses database (+435)

New in LanScan 6.0.4 (Sep 26, 2018)

  • Fixed: Comments column color which was unreadable in Dark Mode

New in LanScan 6.0.3 (Sep 19, 2018)

  • Added dark mode support for macOS 10.14 Mojave
  • Updated MAC addresses database (+295)

New in LanScan 6.0.2 (Jul 18, 2018)

  • This update fixes a bug when loading & saving custom hostnames.

New in LanScan 5.0 (Jan 11, 2018)

  • New "Live Scan" feature: LanScan indefinitely scans your network for new devices
  • Enhanced "One Time Scan": LanScan v5 returns more results in one single scan than v4
  • New notification on IP address change: user can reset all results and update IP in LanScan
  • New icons!

New in LanScan 4.1 (Nov 9, 2016)

  • Fixed a bug when export file wasn't created
  • Fixed a bug when new export folder wasn't updated
  • Added Cmd+F shortcut for search
  • Added Cmd+K shortcut to clear results
  • Updated Mac Address Vendors

New in LanScan 4.0 (Apr 21, 2016)

  • New device informations: DNS, mDNS, SMB Name, SMB Domain
  • New column to add custom comments for each device
  • Right-click on the column header: you can now hide/show some columns
  • Right-click on the column header: you can align each column (right/left/center)
  • Fixed a bug when no interface were available
  • Updated MAC addresses vendors

New in LanScan 3.3 (Dec 15, 2015)

  • All URL are now HTTPS to be compliant with App Transport Security
  • Updated MAC addresses vendors

New in LanScan 3.2 (Sep 23, 2015)

  • Updated MAC addresses vendors

New in LanScan 3.1 (Apr 8, 2015)

  • Fixed a crash when two successive scans are quickly launched
  • Fixed a crash when filtering results and content was updated at the same time
  • Updated MAC addresses vendors (+531)

New in LanScan 3.0 (Oct 28, 2014)

  • Scan public networks, not only the local one: Internet, HTTP servers, VPN networks ...
  • Export results in CSV files in a custom folder
  • Total rewrite of the scanner code: consumes x8 times less CPU and x10 times less memory on each scan
  • Total rewrite of LanScan hostname resolution code, now fully asynchronous
  • Display order of hostnames if several are found is now: mDNS, SMB & DNS
  • Column's positions and sizes are now kept on each launch
  • Ready for Yosemite
  • Minimum OS X version is now 10.7
  • Updated MAC addresses vendors

New in LanScan 2.4 (Sep 8, 2014)

  • Window's position and size are now kept on each launch
  • Updated MAC addresses vendors (826 new entries)
  • Minimum OS X version is now 10.6 to prepare new features

New in LanScan 2.3 (Jan 11, 2014)

  • Updated MAC addresses vendors

New in LanScan 2.2 (Nov 19, 2013)

  • Fixed a bug in search box
  • Updated MAC addresses vendors

New in LanScan 2.0 Build 49 (Apr 13, 2013)

  • Implemented new column with hostname resolution
  • Updated MAC addresses vendors

New in LanScan 1.6 Build 39 (Feb 4, 2013)

  • Scan is much more faster on big networks
  • Updated MAC addresses vendors
  • Key shortcut: Space bar to start/stop LanScan
  • Fixed a crash bug in Search Bar
  • Fixed two functional bugs in Search Bar
  • Fixed a random crash bug when displaying results

New in LanScan 1.5 (Nov 1, 2012)

  • Search box added to filter displayed devices
  • Scanner enhanced and faster
  • Bug corrected when launched on large networks
  • Better look

New in LanScan 1.4 (Dec 17, 2011)

  • Added Copy/Paste support for raws and columns
  • Fixed a bug with number of devices in Lion
  • Updated Mac addresses vendors