Compare Folders Changelog

What's new in Compare Folders 3.4.3

Dec 15, 2010
  • Features:
  • User editable difference ranges for criteria
  • Size, date created, and date modified can be specified
  • UI Enhancements:
  • Duplicate Items includes Folder One and Folder Two result lists
  • Bugs:
  • Fixed inspector not updating for files
  • Allow comparisons to be saved whenever two folders are selected
  • Use case insensitive file extension checks for FilePeek

New in Compare Folders 3.4.2 (Apr 13, 2010)

  • UI Enhancements:
  • Added visual highlighting to folder icons during drag and drop
  • Enabled truncation for last visible line for item paths in the Get Info window (10.5+ only)
  • Bugs:
  • Fixed "Copy To.." not replacing files
  • When clicking Dock icon (or re-entering app), if there's no main window it re-opens automatically now
  • Fixed drag and drop on folder icons not updating Recent Folders menu (and document)
  • Fixed copied item not appearing in status text
  • Fixed bug where setting folder 2 wouldn't update it's document properly
  • Tweaked Date Created - Folder 2 default color to a darker yellow for legibility

New in Compare Folders 3.4.1 (Dec 22, 2009)

  • Crashes:
  • Fixed crash with "Copy To…" feature and large selections
  • Bugs:
  • Updated Help book.
  • Fixed hang when copying items with / in the path.
  • Fixed Results Layout toolbar item not showing the correct selection on launch.
  • Fixed Comparison Finished Sound not selecting System Default by default.
  • Removed embedded components (Growl, Smart Crash Reports); prompt directs to website[s].

New in Compare Folders 3.4 (Sep 28, 2009)

  • UI Enhancements:
  • Added Merge toolbar item, new default toolbar layout.
  • Disabled autosizing on table columns.
  • Icon and Name columns are now locked at the beginning of results' tables.
  • Selecting a new path after a comparison automatically clears prior comparison results.
  • Added a 'running from disk image' check to make installing in this case easy.
  • Performance:
  • Addressed a number of memory leaks identified by Clang Static Analyzer.
  • Crashes:
  • Fixed crash with "Save as Text" feature.
  • Fixed crash/exception when showing comparison details with nothing selected.
  • Bugs:
  • Fixed broken sorting for type, extension, and difference columns.
  • Fixed bug where double-clicking on a column header could open the selected item(s).

New in Compare Folders 3.3 (Sep 14, 2009)

  • Features:
  • Added support for alternate colors for differences.
  • Performance:
  • Optimized memory usage for comparisons, 10 - 15% reduction for results.
  • Reduced memory usage on launch by over 20%.
  • Crashes:
  • Fixed crash that could occur when stopping an in-progress comparison.
  • Fixed crash when saving large result sets as text.
  • Bugs:
  • Fixed issue where Step 3 of merge workflow wasn't shown.

New in Compare Folders 3.2 (Sep 2, 2008)

  • Multiple selection support for editing comments and lock state for items in Item Inspector.
  • Reset dialog removed, now clears all accordingly.
  • Removed .mac/MobileMe and iDisk upload support (3rd party usage is no longer a focus of this service).
  • Comparison Details is kept updated with information regardless of whether a file has been opened.
  • Comparison Details remembers if open across launches.
  • Added Item Inspector menu item and improve loading performance.
  • Properly exclude any item that exists within a hidden folder or is hidden itself from results.
  • Properly exclude only contents of .app (not .app*, like .apple or others).
  • Added content exclusion support for .menu, .plugin, .preferencePane.
  • Detect writability of license file and alert user accordingly.
  • Leak and memory usage optimizations throughout the app.
  • Fixed comparison sheet showing when saving an already completed comparison.
  • Improved warning for merge workflow.
  • Icon column: remove title and make it fixed width (not resizable).
  • Fixed window title not updating when saving a comparison.
  • Minor UI enhancements: truncate name and difference columns in the middle, alignment improvements.

New in Compare Folders 3.1 (Jun 12, 2008)

  • Merge support
  • Customizable, multi-threaded engine for merging results
  • Allows moving or copying of results
  • Folder size calculation now displays logical size [includes bundled file formats as well, like RTFD]
  • New look and feel for the Welcome screen (accessible under the Help menu and on first launch)
  • Added layout switcher toolbar item
  • Display difference in size between items in Similar Items' Difference column
  • Removed quit on window close behavior and adjust accordingly
  • Recent Items/Recent Comparisons no longer adds duplicate items [as well as other optimizations]
  • Info windows are now a 1:1 relationship and don't open duplicates
  • Fixed incorrect formatting of file sizes which would create erroneous results
  • increased file size precision to 2 decimal places
  • Properly degrade to byte(s) in file sizes instead of using 0.XX KB
  • Fixed copying to prefer local cp over bundled cp
  • Fixed folder type registration (for drag acceptance) on 10.5
  • Save Text Results now respects byte preference
  • Rollovers only occur if the application is active
  • Removed toolbar button and disable zoom button on preferences titlebar to match other apps
  • Fixed uninstall window not going away if canceled
  • Fixed clear button in iDisk Uploads to disable if no items are present
  • Various memory optimizations