Decloner Changelog

What's new in Decloner 1.6.3

Jan 30, 2017
  • Fixed partial file name filters. For example, if you add a filter ".jpg", files that have the string ".jpg" anywhere in their file name will be skipped during scan.

New in Decloner 1.6.2 (Feb 15, 2016)

  • Sparkle updater now uses https protocol to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks. For additional security please download this update manually from Decloner home page.

New in Decloner 1.6.1 (Nov 10, 2014)

  • Fixed crash when deleting images from iPhoto or Aperture
  • Fixed truncated button titles on Yosemite

New in Decloner 1.6 (Oct 20, 2014)

  • New faster duplicate detection engine
  • New Counting and Processing interface
  • Elapsed and approximate remaining time is now displayed during file processing
  • The Add button menu now shows a list of five recent locations for easier addition
  • Scan location ranking: files in groups are now automatically sorted so that the higher the file's containing folder is
  • located in the list of scan locations, the higher the file is ranked in a duplicate group
  • Scan location reordering using drag-and-drop or keyboard shortcuts
  • Whenever scan locations are reordered, files in duplicate groups are automatically reordered accordingly
  • Auto-selection of duplicates has been redesigned so that files in groups are always sorted automatically in such a way
  • that the top file is preferred to be left alone and the rest of the files are selected
  • The list of duplicates is no longer expanded automatically. Use View → Expand All or press ⌘→
  • Expanded groups now keep their state after restarting Decloner
  • The preferred file in each group is now shown in green color
  • New preference to keep Old or New files when auto-selecting duplicates
  • It is now not possible to sort by the Name column anymore because of improved automatic duplicate ranking and selection
  • Removed automatic preference of Aperture library images over iPhoto library images over ordinary files; reorder scan
  • location to tell Decloner which files should be preferred when autoselecting duplicates
  • When a scan location is removed, the files contained in it are also removed from the list of results
  • The individual file size column is back, together with the option to sort groups of duplicates by the size of individual
  • files in the group
  • Added Creation Time column
  • The process of displaying files in the list is now much faster
  • Files and groups can now be deleted by pressing the Delete button
  • After deleting files and groups the selection moves in a more sensible and predictable manner
  • Decloner Trash has been renamed to Staging Area where files are staged for removal
  • Number of files and the individual file size are now shown in groups' File Size column
  • Improved accessibility, now much easier to use with VoiceOver
  • HockeyApp is now used for crash reporting
  • New feedback menu item

New in Decloner 1.5.5 (Apr 17, 2013)

  • Added Aperture and iPhoto workflow help
  • Fixed a memory leak
  • Fixed crash when staging files to Decloner Trash
  • Fixed crash when updating 'selected' status of displayed files
  • Fixed crash when starting to process files
  • Fixed crash when finishing processing files
  • Fixed crash when refreshing list of duplicates
  • Fixed crash when attempting to reveal Logs folder from Preferences
  • Fixed crash when deleting photos from iPhoto or Aperture

New in Decloner 1.5.4 (Apr 6, 2013)

  • There is a new way to add default iPhoto and Aperture libraries to the list of scan locations—via a drop-down menu of the Add button
  • Logging folder now has a fixed location inside the application support folder; there is a button to reveal it
  • There is now a confirmation before a scan location is removed from the list
  • Decloner is now sandboxed
  • Many bug fixes and tweaks for better user experience

New in Decloner 1.5.3 (Jan 3, 2013)

  • Fixed detection of duplicate files with a resource fork
  • Fixed detection of localized iPhoto and Aperture libraries
  • Fixed memory leaks

New in Decloner 1.5.2 (Oct 29, 2012)

  • Fixed crash when scanning Aperture libraries
  • Fixed support for Aperture libraries created with old versions of Aperture

New in Decloner 1.5.1 (Aug 7, 2012)

  • Fixes:
  • Fixed support for iPhoto 9.3
  • Fixed support for Aperture 3.3
  • Trash sheet does not crash the app on Snow Leopard v10.6.8 anymore
  • Files on network shares could not be deleted
  • Photo deletion from iPhoto libraries is not so slow anymore
  • Scanning of iPhoto and Aperture libraries is now much faster
  • Fixed detection of running Aperture
  • Fixed potential crash at startup
  • System folders can no longer be selected
  • Fixed naming of log files
  • Fixed sorting of the duplicates list by name
  • Fixed Aperture support for multiple duplicates in the same import group
  • Table cells in Locations and Trash are not directly editable anymore
  • Bottom line doesn't overlap duplicates list anymore
  • Fixed accessibility issues
  • Removed lock from Trash sheet for better usability

New in Decloner 1.5 (Jun 15, 2012)

  • Redesigned interface for better usability
  • Virtual Trash with Delete, Delete & Link, and Put Back actions
  • Support for iPhoto 9 and Aperture 3 libraries (except the unified photo library introduced in iPhoto 9.3 and Aperture 3.3—a fix is coming soon)
  • Persistent scan results
  • Bug fixes
  • Fair price

New in Decloner 1.4 (Apr 21, 2011)

  • New features:
  • Multiple folder support
  • Files that could not be trashed or moved to the safe folder are displayed in a list after scan with an option to delete them permanently
  • Decloner can optionally replace deleted files with aliases of the remaining file
  • Decloner now shows detailed information and supports QuickLook for selected duplicate file groups (based on the first file in the group)
  • Crash reporter
  • Fixes:
  • Hidden (dot) folders are not scanned anymore
  • Redesigned Preferences panel
  • Improved accessibility
  • Fixed outdated display of registration information
  • Improved responsiveness during file operations

New in Decloner 1.3 (Apr 21, 2011)

  • New features:
  • Decloner is now available in the Mac App Store.
  • Decloner is now 64-bit only and requires Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or newer
  • Fixes:
  • Generating file previews does not block the UI anymore

New in Decloner 1.2 (Mar 22, 2010)

  • New features:
  • Safe mode: instead of trashing duplicate files, Decloner moves them to a folder of your choice (~/Desktop/Duplicates by default), preserving paths, for complete peace of mind
  • A new feature to preserve at least one copy of a file: Decloner will now optionally ignore any marked files in duplicate groups that have all their files marked, and you will need to unmark at least one file in a group to have duplicates deleted in that group.
  • Replaced action buttons with pulldown menu buttons
  • Added Follow aliases preference, off by default
  • Dock icon now only bounces once when Decloner displays sheets
  • A new alert bar notifies you if any files could not be deleted
  • Implemented smarter selection of files by date and name
  • Files within each group of duplicates are now sorted
  • Logging to file to assist troubleshooting
  • 64-bit version
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed empty Minimum file size field when opening Preferences
  • Removed Mark All action as potentially destructive
  • Fixed selection size and wasted space wraparound at 4 GB
  • Aliases are no longer treated as duplicates
  • Improved speed of "Preparing display" stage of the scan

New in Decloner 1.1.1 (Oct 2, 2009)

  • Improved scanning speed
  • Optimized memory usage
  • Fixed out-of-memory crash

New in Decloner 1.1 (Sep 20, 2009)

  • Added buttons to auto-select duplicates, keeping the newest or the oldest file in each group.
  • Option-click on a file selects all other files in the group.
  • Added display of the last scan date.
  • Added display of total space wasted by duplicate files.
  • A placeholder icon is now displayed when no file is selected.
  • Fixed result list sorting by count and total size.
  • QuickLook function is now compatible with Snow Leopard.
  • Fixed several memory leaks.
  • Removed informational output to the Console.

New in Decloner 1.0 (May 24, 2009)

  • Version number bumped.

New in Decloner 1.0 RC1 (Apr 30, 2009)

  • Fixed: Improved handling of non-latin file names.