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What's new in Swinsian 2.3.5

May 18, 2021
  • Adds an option to turn off the greying out of disabled tracks.
  • Improves timeout issues when bulk downloading podcast episodes.
  • Fixes glitches in the track table when editing tags in the table.
  • Fixes reading of length of some m4a files on older macOS versions.
  • Fixes compatability with recent versions of macFuse.
  • Fixes a crash when copying some high sample rate files to iPods.
  • Fixes a crash when dragging browser rows on macOS 10.12 and earlier.
  • Various other minor bug fixes and stability improvements.

New in Swinsian 2.3.4 (Feb 18, 2021)

  • Fixes UI glitches when switching between viewing podcasts and the library.

New in Swinsian 2.3.3 (Feb 15, 2021)

  • Fixes a potential crash when changing the art grid sorting options.
  • Fixes visual glitches when editing track ratings in the track table.
  • Fixes a potential crash when dragging rows from the browser columns.
  • Fixes a potential crash when importing files.
  • Fixes issues with the Audio Devices menu getting out of sync.
  • Fixes several minor UI glitches on Big Sur.
  • Fixes problems setting podcast advanced download options.
  • Fixes issues when copy and pasting rows from the track table into spread sheets.
  • Improves saving playlist files containing tracks where the music files have been moved.
  • Allows sorting by the enabled column in the track table.

New in Swinsian 2.3.2 (Nov 5, 2020)

  • Improves reading of the Encoder field in some m4a files.
  • Fixes issues loading user created desktop widget themes.
  • Improves setting device sample rate and bit depth on some audio devices.
  • Fixes several minor UI issues.
  • Stability improvements.

New in Swinsian 2.3.1 (Oct 22, 2020)

  • Fixes issues with VoiceOver in the track table.
  • Fixes problems editing tags inline in the track table.

New in Swinsian 2.3.0 (Oct 19, 2020)

  • Adds the ability to automatically import the Music app library on Catalina every time Swinsian is opened.
  • Add the ability to show Copyright as a column in the track table.
  • Improves responsiveness when scrolling the track table.
  • Improvements to watched folders when moving files from one watched folder to another.
  • Improves responsiveness when scrolling the track table and art grid.
  • Improves responsiveness when resizing the art grid.
  • Uses the current ID3v2 version when updating tags in an MP3 file instead of always upgrading to ID3v2.4.
  • Fixes issues when dragging tracks to the Finder on Catalina.
  • Fixes reading of BPM tags from some files.
  • Fixes gapless playback issues with some audio devices.
  • Fixes issues copying transcoded tracks to iPods.
  • Fixes problems with duplicate detection when copying tracks to iPods.
  • Fixes playback of some Flac files.
  • Various minor UI fixes.

New in Swinsian 2.2.3 (Jan 14, 2020)

  • Fixes issues importing nested playlist folders when importing Music app libraries on Catalina.
  • Fixes glitches drawing dividing lines in the track table.
  • Fixes issues when dragging multiple playlists to an iPod.
  • Avoids importing some types of movie and TV playlists when importing an iTunes library.

New in Swinsian 2.2.2 (Oct 24, 2019)

  • Fixes importing of iTunes style grouping field in ID3 tags.
  • Fixes a crash when using the lyrics popover on Catalina.

New in Swinsian 2.2.1 (Oct 22, 2019)

  • Fixes crashes when using the keyboard media keys on Catalina.
  • Fixes a potential crash when editing lyrics.

New in Swinsian 2.2.0 (Oct 10, 2019)

  • Adds support for importing the Music.app library on Catalina.
  • Fixes issues with iOS device mounting on Mojave.
  • Fixes a potential crash when using the lyrics popover.
  • Fixes a potential crash when dragging items in the art grid.
  • Fixes issues importing some ogg files.

New in Swinsian 2.1.15 (Aug 23, 2019)

  • Fixes a crash on OS X 10.7.
  • Fixes issues with full screen mode on Mojave.
  • Fixes sandboxing issues with the quick controller.

New in Swinsian 2.1.14 (Jul 2, 2019)

  • Fixes a crash on macOS 10.10.
  • Fixes graphical glitches in the track table on Mojave.
  • Adds a stop command to the control menu.

New in Swinsian 2.1.13 (Jun 12, 2019)

  • Adds support for 20 bit flac files.
  • Fixes sorting issues when queueing tracks from the browser.
  • Fixes issues playing cue APE albums.
  • Fixes potential hangs when the library contains tracks on disconnected network volumes.
  • Notarizes app for compatibility with future versions of macOS.

New in Swinsian 2.1.12 (Apr 8, 2019)

  • Fixes an AirTunes issue when playing on some older Airport Express devices.
  • Fixes a bug causing high CPU use when podcast episodes failed to download.
  • Fixes bugs related to browser column selection not being preserved.
  • Fixes an bug which meant closing the browser didn't clear browser filters.

New in Swinsian 2.1.11 (Dec 16, 2018)

  • Fixes the background of desktop art window being grey on Mojave.
  • Fixes crash when sending audio to some older airport devices.

New in Swinsian 2.1.10 (Dec 4, 2018)

  • Fixes issue that prevented Swinsian running on macOS 10.10.
  • Fixes code signing issues.

New in Swinsian 2.1.9 (Dec 4, 2018)

  • Fixes AirPlay support with Airport Express devices running the latest firmware.
  • Fixes some downloaded podcasts having incorrect length.
  • Fixes track ordering bug when using album shuffle mode.
  • Fixes bugs with the AirTunes toolbar button.
  • Fixes issues importing some cue albums.
  • Fixes issues mounting iPods on newer versions of macOS.
  • Fixes bugs with the track menu when viewing playlists in separate windows.
  • Fixes several drag and drop bugs on Mojave.
  • Makes lyrics popover text larger when in large text mode.

New in Swinsian 2.1.8 (Sep 12, 2018)

  • Fixes a crash when using the Rescan Tags command.

New in Swinsian 2.1.7 (Sep 11, 2018)

  • Fixes crashes on macOS Mojave beta.
  • Allows the use of the lyrics field in smart playlists.
  • Improves the 'add to playlist' contextual menu.
  • Improves the Rescan Tags command.
  • Fixes bugs with the search options popover.
  • Fixes issues with the sorting of iPod playlists.

New in Swinsian 2.1.6 (Jun 22, 2018)

  • Fixes issues with the option to copy newly imported tracks being ignored.

New in Swinsian 2.1.5 (Jun 14, 2018)

  • Adds support for showing conductor and comment in browser columns.
  • Fixes sorting option of playlists in playlist folders not being saved.
  • Fixes audio glitches at the end of the track when using 'Stop After Current Track' mode.
  • Fixes issues changing search settings on OS X 10.9 and earlier.
  • Fixes a possible crash when adding tracks to iPods from a secondary window.
  • Fixes minor UI glitches.
  • Stability improvements.

New in Swinsian 2.1.4 (Apr 23, 2018)

  • Adds the option to enable 5 browser columns.
  • Fixes UI issues with the search box.
  • Fixes several graphical glitches.
  • Improves sorting of tracks in the quick controller.

New in Swinsian 2.1.3 (Mar 16, 2018)

  • Improves compatibility with iTunes when reading and writing grouping field to ID3 tags.
  • Fixes issues dragging tracks from iPods.
  • Fixes issues with podcast preferences.
  • Fixes issues with colour of album art.
  • Fixes issues with the automatic enabling and disabling tracks feature when first starting the app.
  • Fixes bugs related to podcast download settings.
  • Fixes possible crash when quitting.
  • Reduces size of art cache thumbnails.
  • Improves compatibility with Neet Airstream AirPlay devices.
  • Fixes various UI glitches.

New in Swinsian 2.1.2 (Feb 14, 2018)

  • Adds support for reading Info tag blocks in wav files.
  • Improves the grouping of tracks into albums in the track table.
  • Shows album artist instead of artist in art column labels when available.
  • Now recognises artwork files with the file name 'album art'.
  • Improves smart playlist editing UI.
  • Fixes a big where dragging m3u playlist files onto the source list would create a new empty playlist.
  • Fixes issues with the 'Hide disabled tracks' option when searching tracks.
  • Fixes a crash when editing some tag fields in the track table.
  • Fixes issues importing some cue files.
  • Fixes problems with the options to split genre and artist fields.

New in Swinsian 2.1.1 (Jan 30, 2018)

  • Fixes table sorting being reversed when a column is sorted descending.

New in Swinsian 2.1 (Jan 30, 2018)

  • Adds an option to automatically select the currently playing track.
  • Improves the layout of the track table when the art column is enabled.
  • Adds an option to disable text labels in the art column.
  • Adds an option to separate multiple artists into separate rows in the browser.
  • Adds the ability to customise browser column type by right clicking the top row.
  • Allows customisation of genre separator character.
  • Allows separating multiple artists in a single field into separate entries in the browser.
  • Improves table sorting by keeping track and disc numbers in ascending order when sort column is descending.
  • Improves touchbar support.
  • Improves folder watching of folders on network volumes.
  • Improves moved file tracking on APFS volumes.
  • Improves performance when adding tracks to iPods.
  • Fixes problems with the mini window when placing it on a second monitor.
  • Fixes grouping of some compilation albums in the track table.
  • Fixes a possible crash when using AirTunes playback.
  • Fixes a possible crash when importing cuesheets.
  • Various minor UI fixes.

New in Swinsian 2.0.3 (Jan 12, 2018)

  • Fixes drawing glitches in the track table.
  • Fixes shortcuts in the quick controller.
  • Improves support for scrobbling partially played tracks.
  • Improves duplicate file detection when importing tracks.
  • Fixes gapless playback for some m4a files.
  • Fixes issues displaying art on OS X 10.7.
  • Fixes a problem where Swinsian wouldn't quit after using AirTunes playback.
  • Fixes issues opening the search options popover.
  • Fixes a problem with selecting split genre tags in the browser.
  • Fixes the search box settings not being saved for some users.
  • Fixes some minor audio issues in rare circumstances.
  • Fixes issues editing the publisher field in the track table.
  • Fixes a crash if the Helvetia Neue font is missing.
  • Fixes a crash when moving the position of the art grid.
  • Fixes a possible crash when sorting the art grid.
  • Fixes a crash when importing files.

New in Swinsian 2.0.2 (Dec 6, 2017)

  • Fixes issues with the browser and art grid being incorrectly disabled.
  • Fixes a possible crash when opening the app.

New in Swinsian 2.0.1 (Dec 5, 2017)

  • Fixes issues generating thumbnails for some albums.
  • Fixes display of art in the track inspector on older versions of OS X.
  • Fixes issues displaying art for some tracks in the desktop art window.
  • Fixes problems selecting some fields in the search options.
  • Fixes problems dragging tracks to the Finder.
  • Fixes a bug in the splitting of genre tags.
  • Fixes issues with colour calibration of rendered album art.
  • Improves layout of the art preview panel.
  • Fixes several crashes.

New in Swinsian 2.0.0 (Nov 24, 2017)

  • Note that protected AAC files (M4P) purchased from iTunes are no longer supported.
  • Adds an equalizer supporting 10 or 31 bands.
  • Adds support for editing tags directly in the track table.
  • Adds support for EarPods inline remote.
  • Adds support for AirPods gestures.
  • Adds an option to always show artwork in the art column.
  • Allows searching of arbitrary combinations of fields.
  • Albums in the Art Grid can now be grouped.
  • The Art Grid can now be position to the left of the track table.
  • The Art Grid control bar can now be hidden.
  • The Browser can now show up to 4 columns.
  • Supports writing tags to DSF files.
  • Improves AirTunes support.
  • Adds a command to reset the position of the desktop art window
  • Various minor bug fixes and improvements.

New in Swinsian 1.13.3 (Jun 26, 2017)

  • Fixes issues reading the length and bit rate of some MP3s.
  • Adds more fields as options in smart playlist rules.
  • Improves automatic audio device sample rate and bit depth setting.
  • Stability improvements.

New in Swinsian 1.13.2 (May 31, 2017)

  • Improves sorting of tags with punctuation at the start.
  • Allows the use of half star ratings in smart playlist rules.
  • Fixes ratings not being copied to tracks on iPods.
  • Fixes a crash when clicking items in the system Notification Centre.
  • Fixes several Applescript bugs.
  • Fixes issues writing tags to DSF files.
  • Fixes a bug with repeat mode.
  • Various other minor bug fixes.

New in Swinsian 1.13.1 (Mar 10, 2017)

  • Improves setting of sample rate and bit depth on audio devices.
  • Fixes issues with track order when double clicking items in the browser.
  • Fixes a possible crash when the artwork column is enabled.
  • Fixes Applescript support for reading album art.
  • Fixes setting track ratings on OS X 10.9 and earlier.
  • Fixes Quick Controller background dimming on multi-monitor setups.
  • Stability improvements.

New in Swinsian 1.13.0 (Feb 23, 2017)

  • Adds ability to use playlist membership as a smart playlist rule.
  • Adds support for half star ratings.
  • Adds support for Shorten audio files.
  • Adds an option to disable display of album art images.
  • Improves automatic switching of audio device sample rate and bit depth.
  • Improves AirTunes playback compatibility with non-Apple devices.
  • Improves sorting of compilation albums in the art grid.
  • Improves sharpness of artwork column on retina displays.
  • Fixes last.fm scrobbling.
  • Fixes issues playing back some Flac files.
  • Fixes glitches during DSF file playback.
  • Fixes issue that caused tag changes to some cue albums to not be saved.
  • Fixes a bug that caused the consolidate command to skip some files.
  • Fixes several problems with cuefile playback.
  • Fixes issues with dock animation preference setting.
  • Fixes issues with the compilation flag checkbox in the track inspector.
  • Minor performance improvements.
  • Various minor UI improvements.
  • Stability improvements.

New in Swinsian 1.12.7 (Dec 15, 2016)

  • Fixes playback glitches when switching between some MP3 tracks.
  • Adds the ability to export smart playlists as m3u files.
  • Fixes an issue that could cause clicks in the art grid to fail to select albums.
  • Adds menu command to rename and reorganize files for selected tracks.

New in Swinsian 1.12.6 (Nov 25, 2016)

  • Fixes a crash when running on OS X 10.7.

New in Swinsian 1.12.4 (Nov 8, 2016)

  • Improves reading of cover image files.
  • Improves behavior of track table columns when resizing windows.
  • Fixes issues exporting some playlists.
  • Improves stability.

New in Swinsian 1.12.3 (Oct 3, 2016)

  • Fixes issues dragging files directly into the playback queue.
  • Fixes issues with keyboard media key support.
  • Fixes a crash when using album shuffle mode.
  • Various minor bug fixes.

New in Swinsian 1.12.2 (Sep 19, 2016)

  • Fixes crashes when modifying some playlists.
  • Fixes compatibility issues with macOS Sierra.
  • Various minor bug fixes.

New in Swinsian 1.12.1 (Sep 13, 2016)

  • Adds a 'Show in playlist' command.
  • Improves reading and writing of the comment field in MP3 files.
  • Adds more options for network volume watched folder scan interval.
  • Adds Applescript support for the total tracks field.
  • Improves performance when dragging tracks in the main table.
  • Fixes problems that caused duplicate tracks when importing some cue files.
  • Fixes issues with playback of cue tracks when shuffled.
  • Fixes issues with watched folders not adding new tracks.
  • Fixes bug that caused Swinsian to fail to quit when watched folders were being scanned.
  • Fixes a bug could cause album artist to be displayed instead of artist in the main table.
  • Stability improvements.

New in Swinsian 1.12.0 (Aug 2, 2016)

  • Adds support for Date Modified, Description, Conductor, Catalog Number, and Disc Subtitle fields.
  • Adds menu commands to skip forwards and backwards within a track.
  • Adds support for recent iPod Shuffles.
  • Allows lyrics popover to be detached on OS X 10.10+
  • Uses disc number when generating new file names for tracks in the library folder.
  • Adds support for searching lyrics.
  • Improves performance when searching and sorting tracks.
  • Improves Applescript support.
  • Improves reading of compilation flag on ogg and flac files.
  • Improves fetching of artwork.
  • Improves reading of cue files.
  • Improves tidying up of empty folders in the library folder.
  • Fixes issues queueing tracks when shuffle is enabled.
  • Fixes problems when searching podcasts.
  • Fixes issues sorting the playback queue.
  • Fixes issues with the Watched Folders option to automatically remove tracks when the watched folder is on a network volume.
  • Fixes playback glitches when switching between tracks with different numbers of channels or bit depth.
  • Fixes issues reading artwork tags from some files.
  • Fixes issues reading some flac files.
  • Fixes issues when doing regex searches for empty strings.
  • Fixes issues with smart playlists not updating when changing the enabled field on tracks.
  • Fixes issues when adding rules to smart playlists that already have a large number of rules.
  • Fixes issues with the table and art grid not updating when tags were edited.
  • Fixes issues copying tab-separated text from the table columns.
  • Fixes issues with single track repeat mode.
  • Fixes issues when organising files when only the case of the tags had changed.
  • Fixes issues with OS X gatekeeper.
  • Fixes various minor UI glitches.
  • Stability improvements.
  • Mac OS X 10.6 is no longer supported.

New in Swinsian 1.11.8 (Feb 29, 2016)

  • Adds a command to trigger rescanning of watched folders.
  • Adds the ability to show time and size totals for selected tracks in the status bar.
  • Adds support for importing ALAC and AAC files with mp4 file extensions.
  • Improves AirPlay support for AppleTVs.
  • Fixes glitches between tracks when using built in AirPlay support.
  • Improves artwork fetching.
  • Sorting podcasts table now only sorts subscriptions not episodes.
  • Fixes issues displaying artwork in the inspector for some tracks.
  • Fixes crashes when trying to fetch artwork on OS X 10.6.
  • Fixes an issue that would sometimes prevent Swinsian from quitting.
  • Fixes support for Growl notifications for people who have the Growl app installed.
  • Stability improvements.
  • Various minor bug fixes.

New in Swinsian 1.11.7 (Jan 31, 2016)

  • Improves support for dragging tracks into other applications without copying the files.
  • Fixes a possible crash when using the Complete Tags command.
  • Fixes a possible crash when playing Flac files.
  • Fixes a MITM vulnerability when showing the changelog for updates by always using https (see https://vulnsec.com/2016/osx-apps-vulnerabilities/).

New in Swinsian 1.11.6 (Jan 25, 2016)

  • Large text mode now increases the size of text in the inspector.
  • Improves reading of publisher tag from AAC and ALAC files.
  • Improves stability when loading artwork images.
  • Adds better support for media keys on third party keyboards.
  • Fixes problem saving quick controller shortcut.
  • Improves audio device sample rate changing.
  • Fixes issues when locating missing tracks.
  • Includes various minor UI fixes and improvements.
  • Improves stability.

New in Swinsian 1.11.5 (Dec 4, 2015)

  • Stability improvements.
  • Improves iTunes library importing.
  • Improves audio device sample rate changing.
  • Improves cuesheet importing.
  • Adds combined track number and total track number column.
  • Adds combined disc number and total disc number column.
  • Improves error reporting.
  • Improves podcast URL handling.
  • Various UI bug fixes and improvements.

New in Swinsian 1.11.4 (Oct 30, 2015)

  • Stability improvements.
  • Fixes issues importing cue sheets when the copy files option is enabled.
  • Improves the sorting of text fields containing numbers.

New in Swinsian 1.11.3 (Oct 30, 2015)

  • Fixes problem importing some FLAC files.
  • Fixes several issues with library folder organising.
  • Fixes lockups when editing large numbers of tracks at once.
  • Stability improvements.
  • Various minor UI improvements and bug fixes.

New in Swinsian 1.11.2 (Sep 30, 2015)

  • Fixes issues with artwork in the desktop window.
  • Fixes problems turning on automatic art fetching.
  • Fixes crash when finding dead tracks.
  • Fixes crashes on OS X 10.6.

New in Swinsian 1.11.1 (Sep 29, 2015)

  • Fixes issues with dead track removal and duplicate finding.

New in Swinsian 1.11.0 (Sep 29, 2015)

  • Adds the ability to keep the library folder organised.
  • Adds the ability to automatically rescan tags on changed tracks in watched folders.
  • Automatic device sample rate changing now changes bit depth as well.
  • Adds an option to disable writing ratings tags.
  • Improves live updating of smart playlists.
  • Improves importing of iTunes libraries.
  • Now asks for confirmation before editing large numbers of tags at once.
  • Fixes audio glitches when playing some types of files.
  • Fixes issues with watched folders on network volumes.
  • Fixes issues with art grid not updating when compilation flags are changed on tracks.
  • Fixes several AirTunes playback issues.
  • Fixes applescript volume control.
  • Fixes a bug that could prevent changed lyrics from being saved.
  • Adds better error reporting when files can't be found.
  • Improves reporting of errors when moving or copying files.
  • Fixes status bar font rendering issue on secondary retina monitors.
  • Fixes a bug that meant initial watch folder import would use the general file copying options instead of the folder specific ones.
  • Fixes a bug that meant some new tracks in watched folders might be missed if the app was quit.
  • Fixes a bug that prevented quitting.
  • Stability improvements.
  • Various UI improvements.

New in Swinsian 1.10.15 (Jul 24, 2015)

  • Adds an option to float the mini window.
  • Now shows artwork in OS X user notifications.
  • Adds the ability to sort the art grid by album artist.
  • Fixes several possible crashes.
  • Fixes several UI glitches.
  • Fixes playback issues with very short files.
  • Fixes tag reading issue with some ogg files.
  • Fixes issues with smart playlists on iPods.
  • Fixes sorting of non-western text when a system sort order has been specified.
  • Fixes issues with regex find and replace not matching empty tags.
  • Fixes issues with sample rate changing of some audio devices.
  • Fixes issues when double clicking disabled tracks in shuffle mode.

New in Swinsian 1.10.14 (Jun 8, 2015)

  • Fixes reading of ratings when rescanning tags.
  • Fixes a UI glitch that could obscure the table headers.

New in Swinsian 1.10.13 (Jun 5, 2015)

  • Fixes several playback glitches and track change issues.
  • Adds a 'Total Discs' column to the track table.
  • Fixes a problem reading total disc field from Flac and Ogg files.
  • Improves importing of some cue files.

New in Swinsian 1.10.12 (May 6, 2015)

  • Fixes audio glitches playing back some files.
  • Fixes an issue that could cause Swinsian to fail to quit.
  • Improves folder watching.
  • Improves iTunes library importing.
  • Improves reading of tags from some mp4 files.
  • Fixes issues with duplicate detection when importing some files.
  • Adds support for bit depth rules in smart playlists.
  • Fixes issues reading artwork from APE files.
  • Fixes issues writing and reading art from some mp4 files.
  • Uses COMMENT field in preference to DESCRIPTION when reading and writing comment tags to files with vorbis tags.
  • Fixes issues with Find and Replace.
  • Now removes case and accents when writing sort fields to iPods.
  • Writes disc number tags to iPods tracks.
  • Fixes several crashes.

New in Swinsian 1.10.11 (Mar 18, 2015)

  • Fixes a crash when the folder for a watched folder is deleted.

New in Swinsian 1.10.10 (Mar 16, 2015)

  • Adds support for MusePack files.
  • Fixes an issue that caused some very short tracks to be skipped.
  • Fixes issues when importing some iTunes smart playlists.
  • Fixes several crashes.
  • Fixes a UI glitch when viewing the playback queue.
  • Adds support for disctotal tag in flac and ogg files.

New in Swinsian 1.10.9 (Jan 28, 2015)

  • Fixes possible crashes on 10.6 when sorting albums.
  • Fixes a crash when using the duplicate finder.
  • Fixes issues importing some iTunes smart playlists.
  • Fixes issues with some tracks being scrobbled twice.
  • When set to copy new tracks Swinsian will now copy the target of symlinks instead of the link.
  • Adds the ability to sort the art grid by composer.
  • Prevents computers entering full sleep while music is playing.
  • Improves autocompletion of genre tags.
  • Fixes several bugs when using regex during Find and Replace operations.

New in Swinsian 1.10.8 (Dec 11, 2014)

  • Fixes a search speed regression on Yosemite.
  • Fixes issues with duplicates when importing cue files.
  • Fixes a crash when playing some files on OS X 10.7 and earlier.
  • Fixes lockups when network volumes are disconnected during playback.
  • Improves reading of album art images from cover files.
  • Improves performance when viewing the art grid or sorting the table by album.
  • Adds compilation field to smart playlists.
  • Adds Applescript support for the Grouping tag.
  • Fixes some issues with first gen. Airport Expresses.
  • Fixes year tag not being saved in tag fetcher.
  • Fixes a crash when viewing the contents of iPods.
  • Includes updated version of libFLAC.

New in Swinsian 1.10.7 (Nov 11, 2014)

  • Fixes a crash when using regex search on Yosemite.
  • Fixes some drawing glitches on Yosemite.
  • Improves reading of album art images from cover files.
  • Makes it easier to clear tags from multiple tracks at once.

New in Swinsian 1.10.6 (Nov 4, 2014)

  • Fixes compatibility issues on 10.6 and 10.7.

New in Swinsian 1.10.5 (Nov 4, 2014)

  • Fixes a crash on OS X Yosemite.

New in Swinsian 1.10.4 (Nov 3, 2014)

  • Fixes several crashes.
  • Adds support for importing iTunes Smart Playlists.
  • Adds the ability to set global shortcuts for volume control.
  • Adds the ability to sort the top level of playlists.
  • Improves the 'Jump to Current Track' command.
  • Improves folder watching when watching entire volumes.
  • Improves album sorting (now uses Year as secondary field).
  • Improves sorting of tracks to use artist as a secondary sort field when appropriate.
  • Allows dragging playlists onto the playback queue.
  • Fixes an issue with autocomplete in tag text fields.
  • Includes Yosemite compatibility fixes.
  • Fixes issues with the initial volume of AirTunes devices.

New in Swinsian 1.10.3 (Sep 18, 2014)

  • Fixes crashes when using the Mini Window.
  • Adds year, bitrate and file type parameters to desktop widget theme api.
  • Fixes issues where the progress bar could get out of sync at the begning of tracks.
  • Fixes a problem that could cause Swinsian to fail to quit.
  • Fixes a potential crash when downloading artwork.
  • Fixes crashes when attaching iOS devices.

New in Swinsian 1.10.2 (Sep 12, 2014)

  • Fixes playback issues with some APE and WavPack files.

New in Swinsian 1.10.1 (Sep 11, 2014)

  • Fixes several crashes when running on OS X 10.7.
  • Fixed a possible crash when using the Mini Window.
  • Improves saving of source list collapsed state across relaunches.

New in Swinsian 1.10.0 (Sep 8, 2014)

  • Appearance improvements on Yosemite.
  • Yosemite compatibility fixes.
  • New icon.
  • Adds the ability to hide the status bar.
  • Adds a command to stop after current track.
  • Adds the ability to remove tracks when removing watched folders.
  • Adding a new watched folder now automatically imports the contents.
  • Adds the ability to search for other moved files when manually locating a file.
  • Now warns when revealing a large number of track in the Finder.
  • Fixes several crashes.
  • Fixes issues playing back some cue file based albums.
  • Fixes possible lockups when removing tracks.
  • Fixes issues with keyboard control of buttons.
  • Fixes an issues with smart playlist windows not updating.
  • Fixes UI glitches in the quick controller.
  • Improves importing of Flac files with embedded cue sheets.
  • Improves reading of Comment tags in MP3 files.
  • Improves searching for album art image files.
  • Now ignores empty playlist files when importing folders of files.

New in Swinsian 1.9.5 (Jun 5, 2014)

  • Stability improvements.
  • Support for DSF files (experimental).
  • Fixes an issue with gapless playback.
  • Adds support for opening the Playlist Queue in a separate window.
  • Applescript improvements.
  • Fixes several minor UI glitches.
  • Fixes issues with numbering in playlists containing duplicates.
  • Fixes issues with Apple Remotes.
  • Fixes issues with playback of some mono files.

New in Swinsian 1.9.4 (Apr 22, 2014)

  • Fixes several potential causes of crashes.
  • Adds additional contextual menu shortcuts for working with playlists.
  • Adds the option to hide disabled tracks.
  • Improves reading of bitrates for some ALAC files.
  • Improves restoration of window state.
  • Improved search performance.
  • Fixes sorting issues when table is grouped by album.
  • No longer responds to keyboard media keys when switching to a different desktop user.
  • Fixes an issue that could cause tracks to play back simultaneously.
  • Fixes a bug that caused desktop artwork transitions to run during compilation albums.
  • Includes various minor UI fixes.

New in Swinsian 1.9.3 (Feb 11, 2014)

  • Fixed a bug when writing tags to some tracks.
  • Fixed a crash when transcoding tracks with high sample rates.
  • Fixes issue with compilation flag when adding tracks to iPods.
  • Fixes issues with the quick controller.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Swinsian 1.9.21 (Feb 6, 2014)

  • Fixes a crash when playing shuffled tracks.
  • Fixes a problem with saving enabled state of tracks.
  • Fixes a possible crash when editing tags on tracks.
  • Fixes issues with single track repeat mode.
  • Adds a command to find and remove dead tracks from the library.
  • Adds an option to search by File Path.
  • Total size and length for selected tracks is now shown in the inspector.
  • Includes various minor bug fixes.

New in Swinsian 1.9.1 (Jan 14, 2014)

  • Fixed a bug that caused some wav tracks to be skipped.
  • Performance improvements.
  • Improves reading of MP3 audio properties.
  • Fixed an Applescript related bug.
  • Fixed a problem mounting iOS devices.
  • Adds an option to organise music folder by album artist.
  • Adds support for creating new playlists by dragging files onto the source list.
  • Fixes playback glitches when using the 'Play Next' command.
  • Fixes issues reading iTunes artwork on OS X 10.6.
  • Fixes a memory leak.
  • Stability improvements.

New in Swinsian 1.9.0 (Dec 18, 2013)

  • Adds support for BPM, total tracks and publisher tags.
  • Gapless playback mode is now enabled by default for files of the same type.
  • Adds the ability to hide fields in the inspector.
  • Improves the reading of audio properties on some MP3 files.
  • Adds publisher, year and grouping as options in the browser.
  • Fixes issues with the text colour in the art grid on OS X 10.6.
  • Fixes problems with the find and replace window.
  • Stability improvements when running on OS X 10.6.
  • Fixes possible crashes when connecting iPods or iOS devices.
  • Fixes a possible crash when playback switches tracks.
  • Fixes several memory leaks.
  • Many other minor bug fixes.

New in Swinsian 1.8.11 (Nov 14, 2013)

  • Improves gapless playback of some MP3 files.
  • Fixes possible crashes when ejecting or connecting some iPods or iOS devices.
  • Fixes issues creating smart playlists using the play count field.
  • Adds a contextual menu command to show entire albums.
  • Improves iTunes library importing.
  • Improvements to Applescript support.
  • Adds the ability to change the art grid background colour.

New in Swinsian 1.8.10 (Nov 1, 2013)

  • Improves reading of artwork from Ogg and Opus files.
  • Fixes a crash when iOS devices were plugged in while Swinsian is running.

New in Swinsian 1.8.9 (Oct 31, 2013)

  • Adds support for Opus files.
  • Fixes a drawing bug with the album art column on Mavericks.
  • Fixes issues reading grouping tags for some file formats.
  • Improves reading of compilation flag from some MP3 files.
  • Fixes possible playback glitches when changing ratings on currently playing track.
  • Fixes a bug that could cause podcast items to be downloaded more than once.
  • Includes several stability improvements.
  • Improvemes cue file importing.
  • Improvemes Applescript support.
  • Includes various minor bug fixes.

New in Swinsian 1.8.8 (Oct 16, 2013)

  • Fixes problems reading tags on some FLAC files.
  • Fixes playback issue on Mavericks.
  • Stability improvements.
  • Adds Artist/Album Artist column to the browser.
  • Adds reveal in finder menu to duplicate finder window.
  • Includes various minor bug fixes.

New in Swinsian 1.8.7 (Oct 8, 2013)

  • Adds the ability to limit find and replace operations to selected tracks.
  • Adds the ability to hide the playlist track number column.
  • Art grid image can now be made larger.
  • Several minor performance improvements.
  • Fixes a memory leak.
  • Fixes crashes when importing some FLAC files.
  • Fixes a crash when disconnecting audio devices.
  • Fixes several issues related to keyboard control.
  • Fixes issues with playlist list scrolling when new playlists were added.

New in Swinsian 1.8.6 (Sep 16, 2013)

  • Stability improvements.
  • Fixes several bugs related to deleting playlists.
  • Fixes an issue with desktop art animations running when art didn't change.
  • Selecting playlist folders now shows the contents of all contained playlists.
  • Fixes issues calculating the length of some MP3 files.
  • Improvements to iTunes library importing.
  • Includes several minor UI fixes.

New in Swinsian 1.8.5 (Aug 28, 2013)

  • Fixes crashes when undoing find and replace operations.
  • Fixes problems undoing tag changes in playlist windows.
  • Fixes a bug in the browser when selecting the 'Compilations' item along with other items.
  • Now regenerates artwork thumbnails when cover images in watched folders are modified.
  • Fixes an issue that caused old folder.jpg images not to be removed when setting new artwork for tracks.
  • Fixes issues with art panel flickering.
  • Fixes problems when pasting into find and replace text fields.
  • Fixes issues with the crash reporter.

New in Swinsian 1.8.4 (Aug 12, 2013)

  • Adds the option to only show a single browser column.
  • Now remembers browser split positions across launches.
  • Fixes issues updating the UI after writing new artwork to tracks.
  • Fixes issues with the keyboard when using the quick controller.
  • Adds an option to disable grouping in search results in the quick controller.
  • Fixes a possible crash when reading file lyrics.
  • Fixes issues with desktop album art display.
  • Adds the option to show the current track as the window title.
  • Fixes possible crash when sorting by file name.
  • Fixes problems getting the frontmost window with Applescript.
  • Adds an option to keep the album artwork window visible when inactive.

New in Swinsian 1.8.3 (Aug 1, 2013)

  • Adds the option to only show a single browser column.
  • Now remembers browser split positions across launches.
  • Fixes issues updating the UI after writing new artwork to tracks.
  • Fixes issues with the keyboard when using the quick controller.
  • Adds an option to disable grouping in search results in the quick controller.
  • Fixes a possible crash when reading file lyrics.
  • Fixes issues with desktop album art display.
  • Adds the option to show the current track as the window title.
  • Fixes possible crash when sorting by file name.
  • Fixes problems getting the frontmost window with Applescript.
  • Adds an option to keep the album artwork window visible when inactive.

New in Swinsian 1.8.2 (Jul 25, 2013)

  • Fixes a problem importing new tracks that could cause crashes.

New in Swinsian 1.8.0 (Jul 4, 2013)

  • Support for opening playlists in separate windows.
  • Adds command to duplicate playlists.
  • Adds support for the Grouping tag.
  • Adds support for ape albums with cue files.
  • Stability improvements when playing damaged files.
  • Fixes a memory leak when importing files.
  • Fixes an issue that could cause the importer to get stuck on some files.
  • Fixes several bugs related to removing tracks from the library.
  • Improves type-to-select in main table.
  • Now displays order number in the first column in playlists.
  • Now tries to fetch downloaded artwork from iTunes DB when possible.
  • Adds support for Control+1-5 shortcuts to set ratings on tracks in table.
  • Adds a contextual menu item to create playlists directly in playlist folders.
  • Adds support for magnify gesture to resize art grid.
  • Fixes issues importing files directly into playlists inside playlist folders.
  • Fixes issues when dragging files onto sorted playlists.
  • Includes minor performance improvements when searching.

New in Swinsian 1.7.8 (May 10, 2013)

  • Fixes crash when using type-to-select.
  • Fixes a potential crash when using last.fm.
  • Fixes possible crash when removing podcast subscriptions and files.
  • Fixes a potential crash when removing tracks from the library.
  • Fixes issues with inspector fields not getting updated after tracks were modified using Applescript.
  • Fixes issue that caused problems using the art grid when the main table is set to group tracks by album.
  • Find and Replace input fields now use single line mode.
  • Fixes issues where quitting would take a long time if a network watched folder was being scanned.
  • Performance improvements related to Folder Watching.
  • Now allows Control key in global shortcuts.
  • Fixes issues related to playback of MP3 albums with cuesheets.
  • Fixes several bugs related to podcasts.
  • Fixes various minor bugs.

New in Swinsian 1.7.7 (May 7, 2013)

  • Fixes a potential crash when removing tracks from the library.

New in Swinsian 1.7.6 (May 7, 2013)

  • Improves gapless playback for AAC files that don't contain information about the size of silent padding.
  • Adds the ability to change tracks ratings from the Inspector.
  • When dragging files into a playlist they can now be inserted at a specific position.
  • When dragging the file for a track already in the library onto a playlist the existing track is now added to the playlist.
  • Adds a shortcut (⌘+option+shift+delete) to delete tracks from the library when viewing a playlist.
  • Adds commands to move to next/previous track.
  • Now ignores leading 'The' when sorting by track title or album artist.
  • Now ignores leading punctuation when sorting by track titles or artist.
  • Adds the ability to get the current selection using Applescript.
  • Improves Applescript performance.
  • Fixes several bugs related to Applescript.
  • Adds support for Windows style relative paths in M3U playlist files.
  • Improved duplicate detection when importing tracks.
  • Fixes several issues related to folder watching.
  • Find and Replace settings are now remembered.

New in Swinsian 1.7.5 (Apr 12, 2013)

  • Fixes a crash when using shuffle on OS X 10.6.

New in Swinsian 1.7.4 (Apr 4, 2013)

  • Support for music games files using GME.
  • Allows nested playlist folders.
  • Improves storing of custom playlist ordering.
  • Adds an option to keep main table grouped by album.
  • Adds an option to disable tag autocompletion.
  • Tag autocomplete shows most common existing tags first.
  • Improves performance when using the art grid.
  • Makes seeking more responsive.
  • Fixes problems with smart playlist rules using the comment field.
  • Fixes issues removing tracks from playlists.
  • Improves writing of ratings tags to files.
  • Fixes art grid problems related to tracks with no album tags.
  • Enabled column is now sortable.
  • Copying tracks now adds track information to the clipboard.
  • Fixes issues dragging tracks to other applications.
  • Album art view can now handle directly dragged images.
  • Improvements to shortcut recording.
  • Fixes issues with some keyboard shortcuts.
  • Fixes issues with automatic sample rate changing.
  • Fixes occasional glitches with AirTunes playback.
  • Stability improvements.
  • Various minor bug fixes.

New in Swinsian 1.7.3 (Feb 14, 2013)

  • Improves reading of ratings tags.
  • Fixes a crash when using the preferences panel on 10.6.

New in Swinsian 1.7.2 (Feb 12, 2013)

  • Fixes a potential crash when importing tracks..
  • Fixes bug that could cause tracks to be scrobbled twice to last.fm
  • Fixes issues when importing the same iTunes library more than once.
  • Adds an option to rescan an iTunes library at every launch.
  • Deleting tracks now moves the files to the trash rather than immediate deletion.

New in Swinsian 1.7.1 (Jan 30, 2013)

  • Changes since 1.7.0:
  • Fixes crash at startup on 10.6.
  • Changes since 1.6.8:
  • Adds a new album art grid view.
  • The source list is now collapsible.
  • Playback queue contents are now remembered across app restarts.
  • Includes many performance improvements.
  • Improves iTunes library importing.
  • Improves AirTunes playback.
  • Improves gapless playback.
  • Fixes several memory leaks.
  • Many other bug fixes and improvements.
  • Drops support for 32bit machines.

New in Swinsian 1.7.0 (Jan 30, 2013)

  • Adds a new album art grid view.
  • The source list is now collapsible.
  • Playback queue contents are now remembered across app restarts.
  • Includes many performance improvements.
  • Improves iTunes library importing.
  • Improves AirTunes playback.
  • Improves gapless playback.
  • Fixes several memory leaks.
  • Many other bug fixes and improvements.
  • Drops support for 32bit machines.

New in Swinsian 1.6.3 (Nov 21, 2012)

  • Fixes issues saving gapless status of tracks between app launches.
  • Fixes a possible crash when playing broken files.

New in Swinsian 1.6.2 (Nov 20, 2012)

  • Adds the option to recognize multiple genre tags divided by commas.
  • Fixes issues with the browser not rebuilding after editing tags.
  • Fixes problems editing smart playlists.
  • Fixes several issues with playlist folders.
  • The browser is now more responsive.
  • Fixes a possible crash when copying tracks from devices.
  • Improves launch time when library contains large playlists.

New in Swinsian 1.6.1 (Oct 30, 2012)

  • Fixes a crash on OS X 10.6 when using the Quick Controller.
  • Fixes a crash when writing empty comment tags to files.
  • Fixes a bug related to reading the bit depth of files.
  • Fixes a glitch with the browser when changing viewed playlist.
  • Adds an option to disable Mist notifications.

New in Swinsian 1.6.0 (Oct 29, 2012)

  • Improves launch times.
  • Reduces idle memory use.
  • Significantly lowers memory use when importing files.
  • Adds compatibility with Apple Remotes.
  • Includes new table columns for file name, file type and comments tags.
  • Comment tags can now be edited and searched.
  • Improves compatibility with embedded cue files created by Foobar2000.
  • Fixes issues with automatic device sample rate changing.
  • Fixes problems with desktop artwork when changing spaces.
  • Desktop artwork themes can now contain control buttons.
  • Adds an option to group compilations in the browser.
  • Adds ability to display file names in the browser.
  • Fixes rare crashes when fetching art for tracks.
  • Adds an option to disable the quick controller.
  • Makes additional columns available in the duplicate finder.
  • Includes updated version of Growl that adds Notification Centre compatibility on OS X 10.8.
  • Allow automatic GPU switching on dual-GPU computers.
  • Includes various minor performance enhancements when sorting and searching.
  • Fixes other minor bugs.

New in Swinsian 1.5.7 (Jul 16, 2012)

  • Includes various minor bug fixes.
  • Fixes problems importing some iTunes libraries.
  • Adds album artist group to Quick Controller.
  • Adds additional shortcuts.
  • Adds contextual menu to browser.
  • Stability improvements.
  • Fixes a crash when adding duplicate files to iPods.
  • Fixes problems importing some AIFF files.
  • Improves responsiveness.

New in Swinsian 1.5.6 (Jun 25, 2012)

  • Improves stability on Snow Leopard.
  • Fixes some memory leaks.
  • Text transforms in edit menu can now be applied to entire tracks.
  • Now uses Macports Fuse4X install if available.
  • Includes several other minor bug fixes.

New in Swinsian 1.5.4 (Jun 6, 2012)

  • Stability improvements.
  • Adds contextual menu item to change track ratings.
  • Fixes several minor UI bugs.

New in Swinsian 1.5.3 (Jun 4, 2012)

  • Stability improvements.

New in Swinsian 1.5.2 (Jun 4, 2012)

  • New Features:
  • Adds columns for displaying album artwork in the main table.
  • Adds the ability to complete partial tags using Musicbrainz.
  • Now writes back tag changes to cue files when possible.
  • Adds the ability to mark tracks as part of a compilation.
  • Bug Fixes and Other Improvements:
  • Fixes various UI bugs.
  • Fixes bugs reading sample rates of some files.
  • Fixes issues with duplicates of AirTunes devices showing up.
  • Reduced memory use in some situations.

New in Swinsian 1.5.1 (Feb 27, 2012)

  • Fixes a crash when turning off Airtunes playback.
  • Fixes a crash when deleting playlists.
  • Fixes a bug that caused playlists folders not to be sorted correctly in the quick controller.
  • Fixes a bug that caused the UI to get out of sync when playing cuesheet tracks.

New in Swinsian 1.5.0 (Feb 21, 2012)

  • New Features:
  • Quick controller for searching/navigating without activating the application.
  • Find and replace for tags.
  • Duplicate finder.
  • Regular Expressions support in the search field.
  • Bug Fixes and Other Improvements:
  • Fixes several memory leaks.
  • Fixes issues adding tracks to certain iPod models.
  • Reduces CPU use during FLAC playback.
  • Various minor performance improvements.
  • Fixes some minor UI bugs.
  • Fixes a bug that caused disk numbers not to be read from FLAC files with embedded cuesheets.
  • Improves reading of cuesheets with large pregaps.
  • Fixes several potential crashes.
  • Adds the ability to delete or move multiple playlists at once.
  • Adds the ability to export playlists.
  • Now recognizes .m3u8 files.
  • Adds album art fetch command to contextual menu.
  • Adds the ability to automatically remove tracks from the library when removed from watched folders.

New in Swinsian 1.0.8 (Jul 11, 2011)

  • Adds the ability to transcode files when copying them to devices.
  • Fixes a bug that caused crashes when connecting or ejecting devices.
  • Improves support for files with more than 2 channels.
  • Adds support for AC3 files.
  • Fixes a bug that caused some tracks to not be copied to devices.
  • Includes various UI fixes.
  • Improves album shuffling.
  • Fixes a potential crash when downloading podcast episodes.
  • Fixes a potential crash when deleting playlists inside playlist folders.

New in Swinsian 1.0.5 (Jun 20, 2011)

  • Fixes a variety of stability issues and improves support for cue files. To mount iOS devices Swinsian will now use Fuse4X instead of MacFUSE, if Fuse4X is installed. Fuse4X is a new fork of MacFUSE, since the original official project has not been updated for several years and lacks support for 64bit kernels.

New in Swinsian 1.0.4 (Jun 18, 2011)

  • Adds support for cue files, so albums ripped as a single audio file + cue file will show up as multiple tracks in Swinsian.
  • Also added is an option to save downloaded album art to a central folder, rather than embedding it in the file or creating a cover file in the same folder as the tracks. 1.0.4 also fixes several bugs and glitches.

New in Swinsian 1.0.1 (Jun 6, 2011)

  • The main improvement is the ability to watch folders on network volumes. Due to technical limitations this means regularly rescanning the watched folder rather than being able to let the OS tell Swinsian when files were added, but the scanning interval can be changed in the preferences.
  • Other Improvements:
  • Support for APE files.
  • WMA playback no longer depends on having the flip4mac Quicktime components installed.
  • A bug that caused incorrect progress times to be shown during gapless FLAC playback is fixed.
  • Stability improvements when adding and removing items from the watched folders list.