What's new in BlueHarvest 8.3.0
Feb 12, 2024
- Fixes a bug where BlueHarvest would ignore disks which had been renamed.
New in BlueHarvest 8.2.0 (May 4, 2023)
- Users can now "Force Eject" a disk if it is busy when using "Clean and Eject".
- Fixes a bug where disks were only being unmounted when using "Clean and Eject". Now they are being unmounted and ejected.
New in BlueHarvest 8.1.4 (Dec 5, 2022)
- Fixes an issue where Open At Login was not working under macOS 13 Ventura.
New in BlueHarvest 8.1.3 (Nov 26, 2022)
- Fixes a performance problem in the last update. Cleaning is now fast again.
New in BlueHarvest 8.1.2 (Nov 4, 2022)
- Improved support for ExFAT, MSDOS and NTFS under macOS 13 Ventura.
New in BlueHarvest 8.1.0 (Nov 1, 2022)
- Updated for better support of macOS 13 Ventura.
New in BlueHarvest 8.0.12 (Jan 28, 2022)
- Fixes an issue where a temporary folder is left on server disks when cleaning Zip files.
- Fixes an issue where progress information was incorrect.
- Minor UI bug fixes for BigSur and Monterey.
New in BlueHarvest 8.0.11 (Nov 24, 2021)
- Fixed a bug where Finder tags were sometimes deleted unexpectedly.
New in BlueHarvest 8.0.10 (May 18, 2021)
- Fixes a bug where the preferences window would be shown on startup. (Non App Store version only)
- Fixes a bug where the app wouldn't open at startup even if Open At Login was selected. (Non App Store version only)
New in BlueHarvest 8.0.9 (Apr 29, 2021)
- Fixed a bug when configuring options for custom folders on the same disk.
New in BlueHarvest 8.0.8 (Dec 29, 2020)
- Universal build for Apple Silicon.
New in BlueHarvest 8.0.7 (Dec 7, 2020)
- macOS 11 Big Sur minor UI improvements.
New in BlueHarvest 8.0.6 (Nov 23, 2020)
- Menu bar icon now displays correctly under macOS 11 Big Sur.
New in BlueHarvest 8.0.5 (Nov 9, 2020)
- Fixed a bug where custom settings for multiple folders on the same disk sometimes couldn't be added.
New in BlueHarvest 8.0.4 (Oct 23, 2020)
- Fixed a bug where changing the ._ AppleDouble preference wasn't being saved.
New in BlueHarvest 8.0.3 (Oct 20, 2020)
- Minor bug fixes.
- Changes to preferences storage to improve performance.
New in BlueHarvest 8.0.2 (Sep 22, 2020)
- Minor UI bug fixes. Non App Store only.
New in BlueHarvest 8.0.0 (Sep 18, 2020)
- New! "Storage Cleanup" for cleaning of app caches and logs.
- Blacklist items can now be deleted after a number of days.
- Added "System Volume Information (Windows)" deletion.
- Much reduced app size. Now requires macOS 10.15 or later. Older versions still available.
New in BlueHarvest 7.2.2 (Jun 22, 2020)
- Fixed a bug where the BlueHarvest menu would sometimes not open if System Preferences/Login Items included an item on an inaccessible server. (non App Store only).
New in BlueHarvest 7.2.1 (Jan 21, 2020)
- Updated download URL for updates (non App Store only).
- This update needs to be manually downloaded and installed. Please Quit your old version before installing. Sorry for the inconvenience.
New in BlueHarvest 7.2.0 (Oct 9, 2019)
- New Option: Keep custom icons and resources.
- Updated for macOS 10.15 Catalina.
New in BlueHarvest 7.1.2 (Oct 30, 2018)
- Fixed a bug affecting deletion of custom blacklist items.
New in BlueHarvest 7.1.1 (Oct 30, 2018)
- Added back the ability to remove Spotlight folders under 10.14:
- Grant BlueHarvest "Full Disk Access" under System Preferences -> Security and Privacy -> Privacy -> Full Disk Access to allow Spotlight folders to be deleted.
- Better dark mode support.
New in BlueHarvest 7.1.0 (Sep 26, 2018)
- Built for 10.14 Mojave.
- Added support for the enhanced security features of 10.14.
- Added warning that .Spotlight cannot be removed under 10.14 due to SIP.
- Hides .Spotlight folder from UI under 10.14.
- Support for 10.14 Dark Mode.
New in BlueHarvest 7.0.7 (Jul 26, 2018)
- Feature: Added "Close Progress Window" to scheduled cleaning options.
New in BlueHarvest 7.0.6 (Jul 3, 2018)
- Fixed a bug where the "Ask to clean" prompt could be shown repeatedly for the same disk.
New in BlueHarvest 7.0.5 (Jun 19, 2018)
- Fixed a bug where BlueHarvest would ask for access to the boot disk too often (App Store version only).
- Fixed a bug where preference changes sometimes weren't saved.
- Fixed a bug where blacklist items wouldn't be added to new disks.
New in BlueHarvest 7.0.4 (Apr 6, 2018)
- Fixed a bug where files including some extended characters in their names couldn't be deleted.
New in BlueHarvest 7.0.3 (Mar 20, 2018)
- Fixed a bug which could cause BlueHarvest to unexpectedly quit.
New in BlueHarvest 7.0.2 (Feb 7, 2018)
- Fix a bug with NFS servers.
- Fixed a possible crash on startup.
- Minor UI fixes.
New in BlueHarvest 7.0.0 (Jan 23, 2018)
- Requires macOS 10.10 or later.
- Added support for removing "Icon?" (Custom Icon) and ".com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent" files.
- .AppleDouble folders can now be removed from any disk.
- Scheduled cleaning can now be configured to clean everyday, weekdays or weekends.
- Drag files to the "Items to delete" list to add blacklist items.
- Individual blacklist items now be enabled/disabled in "Clean" -> "Items to delete"
- New "Examine" feature can preview items which can be found and deleted (BlueHarvest menu -> Examine...).
- Built-in Log viewer (BlueHarvest menu -> Preferences -> Cog -> Show Log).
- Multiple folders/disks can now be cleaned simultaneously.
- Remove metadata (extended attributes) from Mac folders (shift-clean).
New in BlueHarvest 6.4.2 (Jun 19, 2017)
- APFS disks are now treated the same as HFS disks. This is to properly support future versions of macOS. Recommended update for all users.
New in BlueHarvest 6.4.1 (May 13, 2017)
- Fixed a bug which caused BlueHarvest to repeatedly ask for registration information under 10.12 Sierra (non App Store version only).
New in BlueHarvest 6.4.0 (Dec 9, 2016)
- Added folders are now cleaned during schedulded cleaning.
- Added folders which can nolonger be correctly identified are showed with an 'X' in the icon.
New in BlueHarvest 6.3.10 (Sep 26, 2016)
- Fixed a bug which caused BlueHarvest to repeatedly ask for registration information under macOS 10.12 Sierra (non App Store version only).
New in BlueHarvest 6.3.9 (Jul 28, 2016)
- Fixed a bug which may cause BlueHarvest to unexpectedly quit when in the background.
New in BlueHarvest 6.3.8 (Jun 7, 2016)
- Added support for removing "@eaDir" folders.
- Changed AppleScript support: Now simply send an 'open' command to have BlueHarvest clean a folder and it's sub folders.
New in BlueHarvest 6.3.7 (Apr 12, 2016)
- Added support for removing $RECYCLE.BIN folders (created by Windows).
- ".AppleDouble" folders are now removed from disks (not just smb shares).
New in BlueHarvest 6.3.6 (Feb 10, 2016)
- Updated to latest Sparkle framework (non App Store release only).
New in BlueHarvest 6.3.5 (Jan 29, 2016)
- Improved support for deleting .Folders on some disks.
New in BlueHarvest 6.3.4 (Jan 10, 2016)
- Logging of deletions can be disabled (Advanced -> Diagnostics).
- Minor UI improvements.
New in BlueHarvest 6.3.3 (Nov 17, 2015)
- No-longer skips hidden folders on SMB disks if manually cleaning.
- In settings, .AppleDouble is hidden for non SMB disks.
- In settings, fixed a bug where disk icons weren't updated when disk were mounted/unmounted.
- Other minor UI enhancements.
New in BlueHarvest 6.3.2 (Oct 13, 2015)
- Fixed a bug where the preferences window would show on every launch.
- Fixed a bug where the Non Mac Disks and Network Disks preferences could sometimes be lost.
New in BlueHarvest 6.3.1 (Oct 9, 2015)
- Fixed a problem on some Macs running 10.11 with the BlueHarvest Helper tool install.
New in BlueHarvest 6.3.0 (Oct 8, 2015)
- .AppleDouble folders can now be deleted from servers when connected via SMB.
- Disks can now be dragged to the disks list.
- Blacklist now works for folders.
- "Clean" buttons added to each disk in the BlueHarvest menu.
- Improved support for cleaning zip files not created by the Finder.
- Support for OSX 10.11 El Capitan.
New in BlueHarvest 6.2.2 (Aug 13, 2015)
- "Orphaned" ._ files on Mac Extended disks will now be deleted during manual or scheduled cleaning.
- Now supports device specific blacklists.
- Dragging a folder or disk onto BlueHarvest now cleans the item.
- Statistics are now shown for the startup disk.
- Improved performance when cleaning large disks manually.
- More reliable .folder deletion in some situations.
New in BlueHarvest 6.2.1 (Jun 17, 2015)
- "Orphaned" ._ files on Mac Extended disks will now be deleted during manual or scheduled cleaning.
New in BlueHarvest 6.2.0 (May 12, 2015)
- Now supports device specific blacklists (English only).
- Dragging a folder or disk onto BlueHarvest now cleans the item.
- Statistics are now shown for the start-up disk.
- Improved performance when cleaning large disks manually.
- More reliable .folder deletion in some situations.
- Minor UI improvements.
New in BlueHarvest 6.1.6 (Mar 5, 2015)
- Users are no longer forced to select their root disk on first launch to grant BlueHarvest permission to clean all disks. Users can simply choose the individual disks they wish to clean.
- Fixed a bug which caused "Open At Login" to fail on OS X 10.8.
- Updated artwork.
New in BlueHarvest 6.1.5 (Jan 22, 2015)
- .apdisk files can now be deleted from NTFS disks.
- Authenticated deletion of .folders (re)enabled.
New in BlueHarvest 6.1.3 (Nov 18, 2014)
- firmwaresyncd disks are now ignored.
New in BlueHarvest 6.1.2 (Nov 4, 2014)
- Translation and UI bug fixes.
New in BlueHarvest 6.1.1 (Oct 29, 2014)
- Fixed a bug in the French language translation which could cause the application to crash.
- Fixed a bug which could cause the menu bar icon to reappear when hidden.
New in BlueHarvest 6.1.0 (Oct 27, 2014)
- Requires OS X 10.8 or later.
- Added scheduled cleaning feature. For disks & servers your sharing with non BlueHarvest users.
- Added ability to keep ._ file for files with Finder tags.
- No more "unknown file system" errors - capabilities of file systems are automatically detected.
- Cleaning Avid file systems is now supported.
- “.apdisk” files are now removed by default (for new installs).
- Blacklist feature now works on all disk types.
- Minimum blacklist file name length removed.
- BlueHarvest now ignores invisible disks.
- Now supports deleting desktop.ini files.
- Added “Only Clean Manually" option.
- UI improvements and optimizations.
New in BlueHarvest 5.5.9 (Mar 14, 2014)
New in BlueHarvest 5.5.7 (Oct 24, 2013)
- Fixes a problem where the discrete graphics card in some MacBook Pros was unnecessarily activated under 10.9 Mavericks.
New in BlueHarvest 5.5.6 (Sep 9, 2013)
- Detailed progress information is now shown when cleaning zip files.
- Fix a bug where some volumes mounted in root weren't cleaned.
New in BlueHarvest 5.5.5 (Aug 28, 2013)
- Fixed a problem where some disks weren't asked to be cleaned.
New in BlueHarvest 5.5.4 (Jul 30, 2013)
- Added support for Livedrive Briefcase.
- Performance optimizations to reduce disk activity.
New in BlueHarvest 5.5.3 (Jun 17, 2013)
- Now runs under OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
New in BlueHarvest 5.5.2 (May 30, 2013)
- Added Retina display menu bar icon.
- Improved localizations.
New in BlueHarvest 5.5.1 (May 23, 2013)
- Fixed a bug where a disk may not be cleaned if its name included certain character strings.
- Fixed link to purchasing URL.
New in BlueHarvest 5.5.0 (May 13, 2013)
- Now packaged as an app.
- Added blacklist function for deleting arbitrary files.
- Optional menu bar icon.
- Sparkle is now used for in-place updates.
- Localizations for Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish.
New in BlueHarvest 5.2.0 (Aug 7, 2012)
- Added ability to keep ._ file for apps with Gatekeeper security data.
- Added ability to keep ._ file for aliases.
- Added support for fuse4x file systems.
- More responsive “Stop” button when used on Network shares.
- Removed iDisk support.
New in BlueHarvest 5.1.0 (Apr 16, 2012)
- Added “Always keep color labels” option.
- (When enabled, ._ files will be kept for documents with a color label.)
- Added support for 10.8 Mountain Lion/Gatekeeper.
New in BlueHarvest 5.0.4 (Nov 25, 2011)
- BlueHarvest no-longer displays a “Application was downloaded from the internet” warning every-time it is opened.
New in BlueHarvest 5.0.3 (Nov 3, 2011)
- Added support for Paragon ExtFS.
- Added support for OSXFUSE file systems.
New in BlueHarvest 5.0.2 (Nov 3, 2011)
- Added German translation.
New in BlueHarvest 5.0.1 (Sep 5, 2011)
- Fixed UI bug in preference panel.
New in BlueHarvest 5.0.0 (Sep 2, 2011)
- Full support for 10.7 Lion.
- Can now be configured to “Ask” how each disk mounted should be handled.
- Improved progress window when manually cleaning.
- Supports Parallels under Lion.
- Unified UI. No more simple/advanced settings.
New in BlueHarvest 4.0.7 (Apr 19, 2011)
- Preliminary support for 10.7 Lion. Support will be finalised after the public release of Lion.
- Fix for French translation.
New in BlueHarvest 4.0.6 (Feb 10, 2011)
- Now automatically cleans disks as they are ejected.
- Ignores Mercurial source control repositories (“.hg” directories).
- Ignores iDisk volumes mounted over https.
- Workarounds issue when saving documents with Microsoft Word.
New in BlueHarvest 4.0.5 (Nov 18, 2010)
- Added support for cleaning ExFAT volumes.
- Fixed a bug in zip archive cleaning.
New in BlueHarvest 4.0.4 (Sep 8, 2010)
- Improved support for NTFS under Snow Leopard.
- Minor UI fixes.
- Updated German translations.
New in BlueHarvest 4.0.3 (Jun 29, 2010)
- Added support for cleaning tar gzip archives.
- .Folders can now be deleted from servers (non-AFP only).
- Now displays the number of items deleted when manually cleaning.
New in BlueHarvest 4.0.2 (May 20, 2010)
- Added support for volumes mounted via Thursby DAVE and Tuxera NTFS for Mac.
New in BlueHarvest 4.0.1 (Feb 16, 2010)
- Re-added support for removing "Thumbs.db".
- "Folders to delete" group is now dimmed for servers.
- Better support for adding/removing services & contextual menus on some Macs.
New in BlueHarvest 4.0.0 (Dec 18, 2009)
- New streamlined interface for advanced settings.
- Per-volume configurations.
- Option-clean to clean and eject a volume.
- Whitelist support for MacOS type codes & file extensions.
New in BlueHarvest 3.0.5 (Nov 17, 2009)
- Fixed a bug when deleting files on AFP servers. Recommended update for all users.
New in BlueHarvest 3.0.4 (Nov 10, 2009)
- BlueHarvest now only asks for authentication in response to manually cleaning (using the contextual menu).
- Fixed a UI bug in Simple settings.
New in BlueHarvest 3.0.3 (Nov 9, 2009)
- Now only asks for authentication in response to manually cleaning (using the contextual menu).
New in BlueHarvest 3.0.2 (Oct 23, 2009)
- Improved support for Non OSX based AFP servers.
- Improved support for Paragon NTFS.
New in BlueHarvest 2.0.6 (May 29, 2009)
- Fixed a bug in "Treat UNIX invisible files as resources" option
- Now ignores Apple iDisk volumes
- Clicking "Cancel" in Authentication dialog now works
- Added Simplified Chineese
- Minor UI cleanup
New in BlueHarvest 2.0.5 (Mar 23, 2009)
- Contextual menu can now be used in PathFinder.
- Now ignores ExpanDrive volumes.
New in BlueHarvest 2.0.4 (Aug 18, 2008)
- Fixed a bug where cleaning Zip files could report an error when the cleaning had been successful.
New in BlueHarvest 2.0.3 (Jul 1, 2008)
- Added "Allow disks to have custom icons" option.
New in BlueHarvest 2.0.2 (Apr 23, 2008)
- Fixed a bug in whitelist processing.
- Fixed a bug where "Automatically check for updates" couldn't be disabled.
- Added French, Japanese and Polish support.
New in BlueHarvest 2.0.1 (Feb 16, 2008)
- Authentication dialog now appears much less frequently
- Fixed a bug where the remove button in the extras panel wouldn't enable
- Basic AppleEvent/AppleScript support (see the FAQ).
New in BlueHarvest 2.0 (Oct 31, 2007)
- Simple & Advanced setups
- Finder contextual menu for fast and convenient cleaning
- Support for MacFUSE file systems (including sshfs)
- Zip archive cleaning
- Whitelist support
- Optimized for 10.5 Leopard