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What's new in Permute 3.11.9

Apr 23, 2024
  • Improved: Support for JPEG XL (macOS 14+).
  • Changed: Shortcut for file conversion now provides output files.
  • Fixed: Issues converting certain files into HEVC.
  • Fixed: Issues converting certain files into HAP.
  • Fixed: Issues with certain MP3 tracks.
  • Fixed: Issue where the audio track language metadata was not kept during conversion.

New in Permute 3.11.8 (Mar 25, 2024)

  • New: You can now set bits per sample for PNG conversions.
  • Fixed: Issue where the PDF to Images module would not create the enclosing folder.
  • Fixed: Issue with HAP Alpha.

New in Permute 3.11.7 (Mar 8, 2024)

  • Fixed: Using copy operation on MP3 tracks that use 22,050 Hz frequency.
  • New: Text to Speech workshop module now allows you to preview the current settings.
  • Fixed: Text to Speech now correctly sets words per minute.

New in Permute 3.11.6 (Feb 27, 2024)

  • New: H.264 and H.265 formats now support CRF mode when using custom quality.
  • Fixed: MJPEG conversion failing in certain cases.

New in Permute 3.11.5 (Feb 9, 2024)

  • Improved: The crop window can now be resized.
  • Fixed: Issue where Animated WebP would not loop.
  • Fixed: Issue where Permute would copy audio tracks even when quality setting was Custom.

New in Permute 3.11.4 (Jan 4, 2024)

  • New: Permute now automatically detects external audio files for video files with no audio tracks. If there's an audio file with the same name in the same folder, it will be automatically added to the video.
  • Fixed: Issues with downscaling certain images.
  • Fixed: Issues with converting certain videos while maintaining colorspace.

New in Permute 3.11.3 (Dec 22, 2023)

  • New: You can now adjust speed of video files.
  • New: Option not to generate chapters when stitching files together.
  • Fixed: Issues with converting CMYK JPEG files.
  • Fixed: Issues with converting ProRes files from iPhone 15 Pro.
  • Fixed: Issues with Dock icon on macOS 14.

New in Permute 3.11.2 (Nov 20, 2023)

  • Improved: Metadata support in File Cutter module.
  • Fixed: Visual issues in trimming editor on macOS 14.
  • Fixed: ProRes not correctly using selected profile.
  • Fixed: Issues with cropping video with different DAR and SAR.

New in Permute 3.11.1 (Oct 24, 2023)

  • Fixed: Issue with metadata editor ignoring the last edited value.
  • Fixed: Issue with original files not being moved to Trash.

New in Permute 3.11.0 (Oct 13, 2023)

  • Changed: Permute now requires macOS 10.14.6 or later.
  • New: Option to move file to Trash after successful conversion on individual files.
  • New: Workshop modules can now be automated via custom scheme. See Help > Permute Help > Automation for details.
  • New: Audio to Video workshop module now has a bitrate option.
  • Fixed: Issues with the option to restrict file size by compression was ignored.

New in Permute 3.10.9 (Sep 6, 2023)

  • New: Image presets now contain an option not to copy EXIF metadata.
  • New: MP4 preset now allows copying of HEVC and MP3 tracks. This option is on by default. If you want to force the preset to re-encode these tracks to HEVC and AAC respectively, please disable the option in Settings.
  • New: You can now double-click the title of the video to change the name of the output file.
  • New: Audio to Video workshop module now automatically detects image files with the same name as the audio file.
  • Improved: Audio to Video workshop module now uses lower framerate for faster conversions and smaller files.
  • Fixed: Issue where the video track would get re-encoded instead of being copied in some circumstances.

New in Permute 3.10.8 (Aug 14, 2023)

  • New: You can now hold ⌥ + ⇧ and click on steppers in trimming dialog to get 5-second steps.
  • New: HEIC preset now supports targetting file size by compression rather than by resolution.
  • Fixed: Issue where the output image would not maintain P3 colorspace.
  • Fixed: Issue with AVIF file conversions on macOS versions prior to macOS 13.
  • Improved: Performance of downsizing images to fit within a certain file size.

New in Permute 3.10.6 (Jun 22, 2023)

  • Fixed: Issues with certain H.264 encodes on Intel-based Macs.
  • Fixed: AVIF issues on macOS versions prior to macOS 13.

New in Permute 3.10.5 (Jun 19, 2023)

  • Improved: Handling of very large images.
  • Improved: Handling of video files with alpha channel.
  • Improved: HAP preset - it now supports selecting HAP Alpha and HAP Q.
  • Improved: Handling of video files with PNG thumbnail tracks.

New in Permute 3.10.4 (Apr 12, 2023)

  • New: Automation features now support passing trimming and cropping arguments. See Help > Permute Help > Automation in the menu bar for more information.

New in Permute 3.10.3 (Apr 12, 2023)

  • Fixed: Certain files with alpha channel not being treated as with alpha channel.
  • Improved: WebM preset now supports alpha channel.
  • Improved: Passing show name to TV app.
  • Improved: Allowing to force-start a conversion using the start button.

New in Permute 3.10.2 (Feb 15, 2023)

  • New: Added 192kHz sample rate to supported options.
  • Fixed: Metadata not being preserved when converting images to WebP.
  • Fixed: Switching between light and dark mode Dock icons on macOS 13.

New in Permute 3.10.1 (Feb 5, 2023)

  • Fixed: UI issues with optional values.

New in Permute 3.10 (Feb 3, 2023)

  • New: "No Audio" video format. You can now create a custom preset that will only include video and will discard audio.
  • Fixed: Issues with converting AVI files with broken index.

New in Permute 3.9.15 (Dec 29, 2022)

  • New: The subtitles popover now has a toggle button that allows you to easily deselect all subtitles.
  • Fixed: An issue where Permute would copy the track even when speed was adjusted.
  • Fixed: Issues with the crop editing and validation.
  • Improved: HEVC under macOS 13 and later.

New in Permute 3.9.14 (Dec 29, 2022)

  • New: Video to Images workshop module that allows you to extract video frames as images.
  • New: JPEG preset now allows selection between .jpg and .jpeg path extensions.
  • Fixed: UI bug where the correct scaling option wouldn't get selected.
  • Fixed: Resizing issue with certain resolutions.
  • Fixed: Issue with reading certain malformed images.

New in Permute 3.9.13 (Nov 18, 2022)

  • New: Support for CR3 image files. Requires macOS 11 or later.
  • Improved: Apple Lossless now supports 96kHz frequency.
  • Fixed: Certain settings on ProRes preset not saving between launches.

New in Permute 3.9.12 (Oct 21, 2022)

  • New: PDF to Images workshop module now has an option to create folder for each PDF.
  • Fixed: Issue with PDF to Images feature in combination with the option to move original file to Trash after conversion.

New in Permute 3.9.11 (Sep 30, 2022)

  • Changed: Permute now requires macOS 10.13 or later.
  • Improved: Permute now detects and deselects corrupted audio tracks.

New in Permute 3.9.10 (Sep 6, 2022)

  • New: Added CAF preset.
  • New: Added experimental support for .ttml and .dfxp subtitle files.
  • Fixed: Issues with less common color spaces.
  • Changed: Video bitrates can now be set as low as 100 kbit/s.

New in Permute 3.9.9 (Aug 25, 2022)

  • Fixed: Issues on Apple Silicon machines.

New in Permute 3.9.8 (Aug 22, 2022)

  • New: Fixed resize with letter box now can specify the letter box color.
  • Fixed: Fixed resize with letter box for image conversions.
  • Fixed: Localization in the crop setup.
  • Fixed: Issues with the Music library in case the library database was not in the default location.
  • Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

New in Permute 3.9.7 (Aug 3, 2022)

  • Fixed: Issues with some files on Apple Silicon computers.
  • Fixed: Issues where the text to audio module would not correctly set the speech rate.
  • Fixed: Issues where Permute would fail to send the converted file to the Music app.

New in Permute 3.9.6 (Jul 29, 2022)

  • New: WebP animation preset.
  • New: Support for MPEG-TS container.
  • Fixed: Issues with adding converted audio files to the Music app.
  • Fixed: Issues with detecting subtitles language in .ASS files.
  • Fixed: Crop issues.

New in Permute 3.9.5 (Jul 13, 2022)

  • New: If the video contains multiple video tracks, Permute now allows you to select which one to use. Additionally, Permute will try to auto-select track based on resolution if the preset or group customizations include a resize action.
  • New: Permute now accepts .vtt files as subtitles.
  • New: Support for .jfif files.
  • Fixed: Conversion of image files rotated via metadata.
  • Fixed: Cropping upscaled videos.
  • Improved: Siri Shortcuts now accept folders.
  • Improved: Open panel can now select folders.

New in Permute 3.9.4 (Jun 11, 2022)

  • New: Permute will now automatically adjust the font when burning Chinese, Japanese or Korean subtitles.
  • New: Text Encoding conversion module in Workshop now supports CSV documents.

New in Permute 3.9.3 (May 23, 2022)

  • Fixed: Minor bug fixes.

New in Permute 3.9.2 (May 11, 2022)

  • New: Reworked preferences UI on macOS 11 or later.
  • New: Option to speed up or slow down audio files.
  • Improved: Crop can now be applied to images as well.
  • Improved: Permute will now detect if an image file has an incorrect path extension and will correctly process such file.
  • Fixed: Issues when burning subtitles into the video track.
  • Fixed: Issues with embedding HEVC in MOV container.
  • Fixed: Issues with 10-bit H.264 video tracks.
  • Fixed: Issue with exporting mov_text subtitle track.
  • Changed: The option to restrict file size for images now allows up to 50MB in size.

New in Permute 3.9.1 (Apr 26, 2022)

  • New: Crop editor: if all videos in the group have the same resolution, you can apply the crop to all files at once.
  • New: Option to include preset name in the output file name.
  • Fixed: Issues with adding multiple subtitle files.
  • Fixed: Issues with crop.
  • Improved: Thumbnail generation in crop and trim editors.
  • Improved: GIF Animation preset now has a size restriction option.
  • Various other fixes and improvements.

New in Permute 3.9 (Apr 12, 2022)

  • New: Added HAP preset.
  • New: DNxHD preset now supports 24 and 25 fps.
  • New: When the file gets converted, there's a new option in the Actions menu to prepare the file for a new conversion. This allows you to run the conversion again with the same crop/trim/subtitles setting.
  • Improved: Cropping UI has been improved and the thumbnail gets updated even with smaller steps.
  • Improved: When trimming, Permute now displays the duration of the video.
  • Fixed: GIF Animation can now be cropped.
  • Fixed: Issues with image conversions with certain DPI values.
  • Fixed: Issues with cropping video while also resizing it.
  • Fixed: The popup button with presets is now correctly sorted alphabetically.
  • Fixed: Issues with some video files that contained embedded GIF thumbnails.

New in Permute 3.8.9 (Mar 24, 2022)

  • Fixed: Issue when merging files of same resolution and downsizing them.
  • Improved: Keyframe interval in H.264 options now allows values starting with 1.
  • Improved: Detection of DRM-protected files from QQ Music.
  • Improved: Minor other UI improvements and bug fixes.

New in Permute 3.8.8 (Mar 3, 2022)

  • New: File size limitation can now be achieved by compression instead of downscaling for JPEG format.
  • Improved: Major speed improvements for limiting file size for images.
  • Fixed: Issue where limiting file size for images could result in incorrect aspect ratio.
  • Fixed: Issue where changing the destination folder could require Permute to be relaunched in order for the change to take effect.

New in Permute 3.8.7 (Feb 27, 2022)

  • New: 🇺🇦 Option in Preferences > General to show solidarity with Ukraine by placing Ukrainian flag over app's icon.
  • Fixed: PDF creation under macOS 10.12.
  • Fixed: Issues with converting animated GIF or WebP with alpha layer to MP4.

New in Permute 3.8.6 (Feb 21, 2022)

  • New: Support for a fixed scaling with letter box (i.e. adding letter box around a video).
  • New: Support for rotating video 180º.
  • Fixed: Issues with PSP preset.
  • Fixed: Various other small bug fixes.

New in Permute 3.8.5 (Feb 21, 2022)

  • Fixed: Crash when editing customizations.

New in Permute 3.8.4 (Jan 25, 2022)

  • New: GIF Animation now has a loop count setting.
  • Improved: Audio to Video workshop module.
  • Improved: PDF to Images workshop module.

New in Permute 3.8.3 (Jan 20, 2022)

  • New: Color replacement workshop module now accepts images as well as videos.
  • New: PDF preset and PDF Merge workshop module both allow setting a PDF password.
  • New: PDF to Images workshop module allows you to specify preset directly in the workshop window.
  • Fixed: Crash on macOS 10.13 and earlier.

New in Permute 3.8.2 (Jan 13, 2022)

  • New: License code activation and deactivation automation possibility. See help for more information.
  • New: Automation URLs now allow you to specify custom group via custom_group query parameter.
  • Fixed: Issues with HDR videos and iOS-based presets.
  • Fixed: Handling animated WebP images with incorrect path extension.
  • Fixed: Issues with MP4 files with additional PNG thumbnail video tracks.

New in Permute 3.8.1 (Jan 5, 2022)

  • Fixed: Issue with adding subtitles from an external file.

New in Permute 3.8 (Jan 5, 2022)

  • New: Shortcuts! Shorcuts for everything on macOS 12! Use shortcuts to convert files, merge PDFs, convert PDFs to images, apply filters to PDFs, convert text to speech. If you want more, let us know.
  • New: DVD preset - option to use chapters instead of titles.
  • New: The option to burn subtitles into the video now supports soft subtitles from the input file.
  • Fixed: Issues with image file restriction conversion.
  • Fixed: Issues with files that contained a mix of bitmat and textual subtitles.
  • Fixed: Issues in the trimming dialog on certain setups.
  • Fixed: Issues with certain WMV files.

New in Permute 3.7.9 (Jan 5, 2022)

  • New: GIF Animation preset now includes a framerate option.
  • Improved: Metadata editor's reliability with M4A files.
  • Improved: All Workshop modules have new icons, unifying the style.
  • Improved: In the trimming dialog, you can click on the timeline to move the nearest knob instead of dragging it.
  • Improved: In the trimming dialog, thumbnails are now generated on a 1-second basis.
  • Improved: In the trimming dialog, you can ⌥-click on the stepper for 0.1 second increments.
  • Improved: Responsiveness when starting conversions.

New in Permute 3.7.8 (Dec 9, 2021)

  • New: Added 50fps option to Framerate.
  • New: The customization popover can now be dragged to be detached.
  • New: Track Export module now supports exporting subtitle tracks.
  • Fixed: Issue with trimmed videos that used the GIF Animation preset.
  • Fixed: Issue where conversions added from the Workshop wouldn't start automatically.
  • Improved: Subtitle detection.

New in Permute 3.7.7 (Dec 2, 2021)

  • New: DNxHD support.
  • New: PDF to Images Workshop module now remembers the magnification value and can be set as default handler for PDF files.
  • Improved: Audio to Video Workshop module - you can now drop files onto the module and lock the image file.
  • Improved: Alpha channel detection in animated GIF files.
  • Improved: Conversion to animated GIF format.
  • Improved: PDF to images conversion.
  • Improved: Automatic file handling by Workshop modules.
  • Fixed: An issue where subtitles track would fail to be recognized and wouldn't be copied subsequently.
  • Fixed: An issue where conversions from the Workshop wouldn't start automatically.

New in Permute 3.7.6 (Nov 24, 2021)

  • New: Combine an image and an audio track into a video file using the Audio to Video workshop module.
  • Fixed: Issue where the aspect ration on the output file could be incorrect.

New in Permute 3.7.5 (Nov 17, 2021)

  • New: Support for HEVC with alpha channel.
  • New: You now get option whether to author a DVD disk image or import the contents when dropping VIDEO_TS folder onto Permute.
  • New: Option to move subtitles files to Trash after conversion.
  • New: Support for DSF image files.
  • Improved: Metadata copying for image conversions.

New in Permute 3.7.4 (Nov 3, 2021)

  • New: Support for custom font when burning subtitles into the video.
  • New: Automatic subtitles language detection on macOS 10.14 or later.
  • New: Option for default subtitles language in case the detection fails. See the help article about subtitles for additional information.
  • New: File Cutter module now contains an additional option to add index number to the file name.

New in Permute 3.7.3 (Oct 22, 2021)

  • New: Support for interlaced videos.
  • Fixed: SVG to WebP conversion.

New in Permute 3.7.2 (Oct 15, 2021)

  • New: Support for WebP animation files. You can now convert WebP animation to GIF or any other video format.
  • New: File Cutter module now supports metadata JSON files from Downie.
  • Fixed: When stitching images into a PDF file, the size restriction is no longer ignored.
  • Improved: Splitting audio files using CUE/EDL files.

New in Permute 3.7.1 (Oct 10, 2021)

  • Fixed: WebP conversions on Intel-based computers.

New in Permute 3.7 (Oct 6, 2021)

  • New: Permute now runs fully natively on Apple Silicon machines.
  • New: WAV now has an option for floating point samples.
  • New: Presets for the new Apple devices.
  • Improved: Quality of WebP output files.
  • Improved: Metadata reliability.
  • Fixed: An issue where chapters would be set incorrectly when stitching audio or video files with certain chapter metadata.

New in Permute 3.6.9 (Sep 15, 2021)

  • New: Support for ORF files.
  • Improved: Target file size restriction support.
  • Improved: OGG audio preset.
  • Improved: Custom groups.
  • Improved: Workshop window now has a scrollable list of modules.

New in Permute 3.6.8 (Sep 2, 2021)

  • Improved handling of large amounts of files.

New in Permute 3.6.7 (Aug 23, 2021)

  • New: You can now click on the "Loading..." sign to view which file is currently being processed.
  • Fixed: Issues when converting a lot of files could render the UI unresponsive.
  • Changed: CUE and EDL module is now File Cutter and supports spliting MKV, MP4, M4B and M4A files by chapters.
  • Improved: SVG support.

New in Permute 3.6.6 (Jul 21, 2021)

  • New: Automation of Permute now supports 'remove_original' argument for removing the original file after conversion.
  • Fixed: Issues that caused some conversions to use higher bitrate.
  • Fixed: Issues with APNG preset.
  • Fixed: Issues where the UI would not update correctly.
  • Fixed: Crash caused by malformed JPEG files.

New in Permute 3.6.5 (Jul 1, 2021)

  • New: Added support for 96kHz FLAC.
  • New: Support for multi-file .cue files.
  • Improved: Quality of MP4-based conversion of 1080+p videos.
  • Fixed: Issue where sample rate could be changed instead of kept during conversion.

New in Permute 3.6.4 (Jun 2, 2021)

  • New: Support for MXF container.
  • New: Option for compression level for FLAC.
  • New: Option for keyframe interval for H.264-based presets.
  • New: Integrations now support custom destination.

New in Permute 3.6.3 (Apr 29, 2021)

  • New: APNG preset.
  • New: Endianness setting for PCM format.
  • Improved: Preset settings are now scrollable.
  • Improved: When Permute is called as an automation with a callback, the callback is now called under all circumstances and error messages are suppressed.
  • Fixed: Issue where PDF to Images module would produce wrong orientation of the page.

New in Permute 3.6.2 (Apr 16, 2021)

  • New: Automation was extended to include callbacks. See Help > Permute Help > Automation for more information.
  • Fixed: Issue where MP4 files with HEVC video would not open in QuickTime Player.
  • Fixed: Issue where the conversion would fail for files with internal and external subtitles.

New in Permute 3.6.1 (Mar 31, 2021)

  • New: Per-group delayed start - schedule a group of conversions to be started at a certain time.
  • New: Support for M3U playlists.
  • Fixed: Issues with UTF-8 encoding in metadata editor.
  • Fixed: Issues with merging multiple PDF files together.

New in Permute 3.6 (Mar 3, 2021)

  • New: Option convert video files to a target file size.
  • New: Custom Groups - define groups with predefined customizations.
  • New: Workshop modules can now automatically handle types they support. This means that you can now drop .cue, .edl, .264, .sec onto the main window and they will get processed automatically. You can also set up automatic actions for PDF and TXT files.
  • New: Motion JPEG video format support.
  • New: Color replacement module.
  • Fixed: Issues with custom presets not retaining some settings.

New in Permute 3.5.16 (Feb 9, 2021)

  • New: Custom volume name for DVD ISO file authoring.
  • New: WebM preset now allows switching between VP8 and VP9 encoders.
  • Other improvements and bug fixes.

New in Permute 3.5.15 (Jan 26, 2021)

  • New: Support for iPhone 12, 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max and 12 mini.
  • New: Option to automatically start conversions added from Permute's Workshop.
  • New: Support for EPS files.
  • Improved: MP4 Web Optimization now maintains subtitle tracks.
  • Improved: Text detection (OCR) is now performed natively on Apple Silicon computers.

New in Permute 3.5.14 (Jan 6, 2021)

  • Improved: Subtitle language support and language detection.
  • Improved: Various other improvements and bug fixes.

New in Permute 3.5.13 (Dec 29, 2020)

  • New: Support for subtitle language setting.
  • New: Support for 8-bit PCM.
  • New: PCM-ALAW and PCM-ULAW presets.
  • Improved: German and Chinese localizations.
  • Improved: macOS 11 Big Sur compatibility.
  • Fixed: Colorspace correction while stitching.

New in Permute 3.5.12 (Dec 11, 2020)

  • New: Checks for running out of disk space on the destination volume and warns at several levels of low disk space.
  • Improved: macOS 11 Big Sur compatibility.

New in Permute 3.5.11 (Nov 30, 2020)

  • Fixed: Issues with crop.
  • Fixed: Issues with custom presets.
  • Improved: Big Sur and Apple Silicon compatibility.

New in Permute 3.5.10 (Nov 21, 2020)

  • New: Support for CR2 files.
  • New: 96kHz option for AIFF, PCM and WAV.
  • Improved: WebM preset.
  • Other minor improvements.

New in Permute 3.5.9 (Oct 29, 2020)

  • New: Option to process folders recursively.
  • New: Option to preserve subfolder hierarchy.
  • New: Channel options for lossless audio formats.
  • Fixed: Various issues with creating GIF animations.
  • Fixed: Missing chapters when stitching files in certain cases.
  • Fixed: Issues with surround sound in certain cases.

New in Permute 3.5.8 (Oct 12, 2020)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Permute 3.5.7 (Oct 9, 2020)

  • Change: Permute now requires macOS 10.12 or later.
  • Improved: GIF encoder's support for video trimming.
  • Improved: AAC encoding.
  • Improved: FLAC support.
  • Improved: Support for files stored on iCloud.
  • Improved: Text to Speech module.

New in Permute 3.5.6 (Sep 18, 2020)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Permute 3.5.5 (Sep 18, 2020)

  • New: Custom preset - create a custom preset by selecting a container, video format and audio format.
  • Improved: Accessibility of Permute's Workshop.

New in Permute 3.5.4 (Sep 6, 2020)

  • Various improvements and bug fixes.

New in Permute 3.5.3 (Aug 25, 2020)

  • Bug fixes and improvements.

New in Permute 3.5.2 (Aug 11, 2020)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Permute 3.5.1 (Aug 5, 2020)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Permute 3.5 (Jul 22, 2020)

  • New: Import and export entire preset collection.
  • New: Crop videos, including automatic letterbox detection.
  • New: Trim videos.
  • New: Sort files by name within a group using a single click.
  • New: Option to resize by percentage.
  • New: Option to resize to a fixed size (no aspect ratio).
  • New: Support for variadic bitrate for audio files.
  • New: Per-group custom bitrate settings (video, max bitrate, audio).
  • New: Text encoding conversion module.
  • New: Text to speech module (convert text to an audio file).
  • New: 'Open With' menu for completed conversions.

New in Permute 3.4.13 (Jul 17, 2020)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Permute 3.4.12 (Jun 25, 2020)

  • New options for FLAC preset.

New in Permute 3.4.11 (Jun 11, 2020)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Permute 3.4.10 (Jun 2, 2020)

  • Fixed: Size restrictions with scaling up when stitching videos.
  • Improved: Files in scanned directories are now sorted by name.
  • Improved: Thumbnail loading.

New in Permute 3.4.9 (May 19, 2020)

  • New: New: 23.98 fps option.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Permute 3.4.8 (May 4, 2020)

  • Fixed: Issues with 4:4:4 profiles.
  • Fixed: Issues with audio files with 10+ channels.
  • Improved: CUE file parsing.
  • Improved: Support for MJPEG tracks in AVI files.
  • Improved: iTunes/Music/TV support on macOS 10.15+.

New in Permute 3.4.7 (Apr 17, 2020)

  • Various bug fixes and improvements.

New in Permute 3.4.6 (Mar 26, 2020)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Permute 3.4.5 (Mar 16, 2020)

  • New: Support for maintaining alpha channel in QT RLE videos.
  • Improved: Stitching of audio files.
  • Various other improvements.

New in Permute 3.4.4 (Feb 13, 2020)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Permute 3.4.3 (Jan 29, 2020)

  • New: Option to keep color space of the video.
  • Improved: Handling of multiple audio tracks.

New in Permute 3.4.2 (Jan 14, 2020)

  • Fixed an issue with audio track channels with multi-track files.
  • Improved WMV file compatibility.
  • Crash fix.

New in Permute 3.4.1 (Jan 8, 2020)

  • New: Options for burned subtitles - font size, vertical offset.
  • New: H.264 video now supports bitrate up to 220 MBit/s.
  • New: Support for ARW raw files.

New in Permute 3.4 (Dec 4, 2019)

  • New: Permute's Workshop module for merging PDF files.
  • Improved: Support for color spaces.

New in Permute 3.3.9 (Nov 13, 2019)

  • Improved: PDF support.
  • Improved: ProRes support.
  • Improved: CUE file support.
  • Improved: EDL file support.
  • Improved: Support for files with non-zero first time stamp.

New in Permute 3.3.8 (Oct 23, 2019)

  • New: Option to add external audio tracks to video files.
  • New: Audio Book preset.
  • New: Support for EDL files in file cutter module in Permute's Workshop.
  • New: Support for NEF files (including support for XMP metadata).
  • New: Adding support for 2019 iPhones and iPads.
  • New: Option to disable thumbnails.
  • Fixed: Preserving creation and modification dates.

New in Permute 3.3.7 (Oct 8, 2019)

  • New: Multi-preset module for Permute's Workshop - convert a single file using multiple presets.
  • Improved: Subtitles support.
  • Improved: Conversions of images with soft-rotation.
  • Improved: Metadata support.

New in Permute 3.3.5 (Sep 24, 2019)

  • New: Metadata editor.
  • New: Support for HLS manifest generation.
  • New: ProRes preset with PCM audio.
  • New: Uncompressed AVI preset.
  • New: Support for DNG files.
  • New: Stitched video files contain a chapter for each of the original files.
  • New: Support for offsetting subtitles (`.srt` and `.ass` files only).
  • New: WAV now supports 22kHz frequency.
  • Various other bug fixes and improvements.

New in Permute 3.3 (Jul 31, 2019)

  • New: Support for .sec files in the IP Camera H.264 Fix-Up module.
  • Improved: Major improvement to the quality of GIF Animation preset.

New in Permute 3.2.9 (Jul 11, 2019)

  • Various improvements.

New in Permute 3.2.8 (Jul 11, 2019)

  • Fixed: DVD authoring issues.
  • Fixed: Video stitching issues.
  • Fixed: iTunes compatibility.

New in Permute 3.2.7 (Jul 11, 2019)

  • Fixed: Issues with DVD authoring.

New in Permute 3.2.6 (Jul 11, 2019)

  • Various improvements and bug fixes.

New in Permute 3.2.5 (May 30, 2019)

  • Various bug fixes.

New in Permute 3.2.3 (May 22, 2019)

  • New: Afrikaans localization.
  • Fixed: Issue where AVI files with MJPEG video tracks would be recognized as audio.
  • Fixed: Support for automatically clearing finished conversions from the queue.

New in Permute 3.2.2 (May 8, 2019)

  • New: Plex preset.
  • New: Support for Turkish OCR.
  • New: PDF to images Workshop preset.

New in Permute 3.2.1 (Apr 24, 2019)

  • New: Adding support for additional languages in the Text (OCR) preset - Czech, French, Italian and Spanish.
  • New: Android TV preset.

New in Permute 3.2 (Apr 24, 2019)

  • New: Text preset - convert images into text. Currently supports English only. If you are interested in another language, let us know.
  • New: Support for the new iPad models.
  • New: Presets for a few Android phones. Is your phone model missing from the list? Just drop us a line using the Support button in the bottom-right corner of the main window.
  • New: Audio files that are a result of a stitch operation now contain chapters for each file.
  • New: Use Permute's Workshop to split audio files using .cue sheets.
  • New: Option to preserve modification date of the files.
  • Fixed: An issue where a duplicated preset would not maintain its settings.
  • Improved: Accessibility.

New in Permute 3.1.6 (Apr 24, 2019)

  • New: Adding a JPEG-2000 preset.
  • New: Adding a WebP preset.

New in Permute 3.1.5 (Mar 15, 2019)

  • Fixed: Issue where Permute would try to copy incompatible subtitles.
  • Fixed: Issue where Permute would ignore custom bitrate.
  • Fixed: Issue where Permute would ignore size restrictions.

New in Permute 2.5.13 (Dec 6, 2018)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.5.12 (Dec 6, 2018)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.5.11 (Dec 6, 2018)

  • New: macOS 10.14 Mojave support.
  • New: ProRes profiles.

New in Permute 2.5.10 (Jul 24, 2018)

  • Improved: HEVC preset.
  • Improved: Downie integration.

New in Permute 2.5.9 (Jun 5, 2018)

  • Bug fixes and automatic subtitle detection support.

New in Permute 2.5.8 (May 26, 2018)

  • New: Option to burn subtitles into video.
  • New: AppleTV 4K preset.

New in Permute 2.5.7 (Apr 25, 2018)

  • Improvements to image presets and bitrate calculations when using size constraints.

New in Permute 2.5.6 (Apr 16, 2018)

  • Various improvements and bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.5.5 (Feb 27, 2018)

  • Various improvements.

New in Permute 2.5.4 (Jan 25, 2018)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.5.3 (Jan 25, 2018)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.5.2 (Jan 11, 2018)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.5.1 (Jan 4, 2018)

  • Fixing a few issues that got dragged in with the last release.

New in Permute 2.5 (Dec 28, 2017)

  • Major inner improvements, mainly addressing videos with large resolutions.
  • Adding subtitles to video now muxes them in instead of burning them in.
  • Many bug fixes and improvements.

New in Permute 2.4.6 (Jun 5, 2017)

  • Various bug fixes

New in Permute 2.4.5 (May 16, 2017)

  • New: Options to disable hardware acceleration and to resize video without the need to specify bitrates.
  • New: Option to disable subtitle copying.

New in Permute 2.4.4 (May 7, 2017)

  • Bug fixes

New in Permute 2.4.3 (Apr 5, 2017)

  • Updated Italian localization.
  • Fixing issues with subtitle muxing.
  • Improved DRM detection.
  • Other bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.4.2 (Mar 13, 2017)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.4.1 (Feb 27, 2017)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.4 (Feb 22, 2017)

  • New: Non-AppStore builds are no longer sandboxed. This brings back several features including saving output files in the same folder as the original or the ProRes preset.
  • New: Improved subtitle support.
  • New: Help is now available from the Help menu in menu bar.

New in Permute 2.3.9 (Feb 4, 2017)

  • Various bug fixes and improvements.

New in Permute 2.3.8 (Jan 28, 2017)

  • New: Option to disable hardware acceleration for MP4-based presets.
  • Various bug fixes and improvements.

New in Permute 2.3.7 (Jan 13, 2017)

  • Fix: Bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.3.6 (Jan 6, 2017)

  • Fix: Crash fix on OS X 10.11.

New in Permute 2.3.5 (Jan 6, 2017)

  • New: Rename conversion to change name of the resulting file.
  • Many internal code improvements.

New in Permute 2.3.4 (Jan 6, 2017)

  • Fix: Bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.3.3 (Dec 22, 2016)

  • Various bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.3.2 (Nov 28, 2016)

  • New: Presets in Preferences now display dimensions.
  • Fix: Fixing an issue where custom presets would not get saved.

New in Permute 2.3.1 (Nov 28, 2016)

  • Fix: Fixing accessibility on macOS 10.12.
  • Fix: Fixing adding audio files to iTunes.

New in Permute 2.3 (Nov 10, 2016)

  • New: Redesigned preferences, mainly preset preferences.
  • New: iPhone 6 and iPhone 7 presets.
  • Improved: ISO name when using DVD preset.
  • Many, many other improvements.

New in Permute 2.2.8 (Oct 12, 2016)

  • Fix: Bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.2.7 (Sep 21, 2016)

  • Fix: Fixing conversion to DVD with name longer than 32 characters.

New in Permute 2.2.6 (Sep 15, 2016)

  • Fix: Bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.2.5 (Sep 14, 2016)

  • macOS 10.12 Sierra compatibility.
  • Fix: Bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.2.4 (Sep 2, 2016)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.2.3 (Aug 28, 2016)

  • Fix: Fixed encoding of videos for mobile devices.

New in Permute 2.2.2 (Aug 23, 2016)

  • Updated German localization
  • Bug fixes

New in Permute 2.2.1 (Aug 13, 2016)

  • Fixing MP4 preset on videos above 720p.

New in Permute 2.2 (Aug 9, 2016)

  • Per-conversion options.
  • Hardware-accelerated MP4 conversions.
  • Completely rewritten video stitching support - faster and now supports HD videos.
  • Added accessibility and VoiceOver support throughout the UI.
  • Many other improvements and bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.1.9 (May 31, 2016)

  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.1.8 (May 26, 2016)

  • Defaults to UTF-8 for subtitle encoding.
  • Other improvements + crash fix.

New in Permute 2.1.7 (May 6, 2016)

  • Fixes a crash when converting MP4 files to DVD.

New in Permute 2.1.6 (May 4, 2016)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.1.5 (Apr 20, 2016)

  • AppleTV 4 preset.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.1.4 (Apr 6, 2016)

  • New: GIF Animation preset - create your own GIF animations from video files.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.1.3 (Mar 17, 2016)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.1.2 (Feb 13, 2016)

  • Fixed: Issue that prevented converted files to be added to iTunes.
  • Fixed: MP4 (MPEG-4) preset now generates QuickTime-compatible files again.
  • Fixed: Bug where a deleted custom preset would re-appear after relaunch.
  • Fixed: Videos now get scaled down again if set so in the Presets preferences.
  • Fixed: FLV preset now works with videos that contain an audio track with frequency that is not supported by FLV.
  • Other minor bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.1.1 (Feb 6, 2016)

  • Updated internals.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.1 (Feb 3, 2016)

  • Updated UI to match the style of latest OS X versions.
  • Completely rewritten in Apple's new programming language Swift.
  • New, updated inner components.
  • Up to 20% faster DVD image creation.
  • Requires OS X 10.11 El Capitan.

New in Permute 2.0.6 (May 17, 2014)

  • Bug fixes and minor improvements

New in Permute 2.0.5 (Apr 26, 2014)

  • Bug fixes and improvements.

New in Permute 2.0.4 (Feb 25, 2014)

  • bug fixes.

New in Permute 2.0.3 (Jan 7, 2014)

  • Images can now be scaled by percentage
  • Improved localizations
  • Many bug fixes

New in Permute 1.3.13 (Nov 6, 2012)

  • Bug fixes in auto-update. Also fixes issues on some configurations where users wouldn't be able to drop files onto Permute.

New in Permute 1.3.12 (Oct 1, 2012)

  • New: Ukraine localization.
  • Many bug and Mountain Lion compatibility fixes.

New in Permute 1.3.11 (May 25, 2012)

  • New: French localization (thanks MB!).
  • Bug fixes in audio presets, M4A, Remux, iProducts and others.
  • Better error handling.
  • Improved file loading.
  • Fix: Other bug fixes.

New in Permute 1.3.10 (May 22, 2012)

  • New: iPad3 and AppleTV 3 preset.
  • Fixes when converting files with atypical audio rate.
  • Fixes when converting files with mono audio.
  • Fix: Bug fixes in Crop, DVD, DivX, MP4, MPEG2, PSP, Theora, Vob, Xvid and all Apple-product presets.
  • Fix: Other bug fixes.

New in Permute 1.3.9 (May 9, 2012)

  • New AppleTV 3 preset.
  • Fixes in Crop, DVD, DivX, MP4, MPEG2, PSP, Theora, Vob, Xvid and all Apple-product presets.
  • Other bug fixes.

New in Permute 1.3.8 Build 537 (Mar 26, 2012)

  • Fix: Bug fixes in converting Apple Intermediate Codec files.
  • Fix: Bug fixes in several presets.
  • Fix: Fixing crashes.
  • Fix: Fixes in video stitching.

New in Permute 1.3.7 (Feb 14, 2012)

  • Added Apple Script pause command.
  • Hidden option to move original file to trash.
  • Several bug fixes.

New in Permute 1.3.6 (Jan 6, 2012)

  • Fix: Many bug fixes and improvements.

New in Permute 1.3.5 (Dec 9, 2011)

  • New: AIFF preset.
  • New: Growl support.
  • Fix: Fixes in WebM, iPhone, Apple Lossless, Crop, Remux presets.
  • Fix: Fixes in Video Stitching.
  • Fix: Fixes in Dock progress bar.
  • Fix: Other bug fixes and improvements.

New in Permute 1.3.1 (Oct 5, 2011)

  • New: Ability to select a preset via AppleScript.
  • New: Russian localization
  • Fix: ISO image file creation.
  • Fix: Fixes in video stitching.
  • Fix: Issues with MPEG1 and MPEG2 presets.
  • Fix: Fixes in YouTube downloader.
  • Fix: Stitching videos doesn't create a file on your Desktop anymore.
  • Fix: Improvements in the Dock progress bar.
  • Fix: Improved audio quality in the M4A preset.
  • Fix: Fixed minor UI issues in preset preferences.

New in Permute 1.3 (Sep 9, 2011)

  • New: Added support for stitching videos together.
  • New: Support for Apple Intermediate Codec.
  • New: Permute now automatically decides how many conversions can run concurrently so that it takes full advantage of your system.
  • New: Permute will now scan dropped folders for video files.
  • New: Option to quit Permute after finishing all conversions.
  • New: Italian localization.
  • New: Swedish localization.
  • Fix: Fixed scrollbars on Lion.
  • Fix: Fixes in Ogg (Video) and ATV presets.
  • Fix: Fixed an issue where Permute could keep hanging infinitely adding a file.
  • Fix: Fixed an issue where conversions would end with error if target preset used
  • H.264.
  • Fix: Fixed issues where conversions would end with error if source video had more than one video track or the video track wasn't the first track in the file.

New in Permute 1.2 Build 453 (Aug 5, 2011)

  • New: Lion Support
  • New: ProRes support
  • New: Crop preset
  • New: Transform preset (rotate, flip)
  • New: Czech and German localizations (thanks to Karsten!)
  • (If you want to translate Permute to your native language, let us know.)
  • New: Subtitle support - mux .srt subtitles into MP4 files
  • New: Error center - easily submit failed conversion logs to us so that we can fix it
  • New: Audio files retain artwork
  • New: When converting video to audio, it is assigned a frame from the video as artwork
  • Changes: Major changes under the hood improving stability
  • Fix: Many other bug fixes related to conversion

New in Permute 1.1.2 Build 426 (May 27, 2011)

  • Fixes crash some uses are experiencing
  • Fixed issue where some AVI files wouldn't convert
  • Scale up video option is back
  • Bug fixes in many presets.

New in Permute 1.1.1 (May 17, 2011)

  • Crash fixes.
  • Issues where Permute couldn't convert videos.
  • Issues with registration.

New in Permute 1.1 Build 409 (Apr 20, 2011)

  • New: Completely revamped presets and their settings – automated settings based on the input file.
  • New: Dock progress bar.
  • New: MPEG2 preset.
  • New: MKV preset.
  • New: Volume Adjusting preset.
  • New: An option to delete the converted item after importing it to iTunes.
  • New: Links from YouTube and Vimeo can now be dropped onto the Dock icon.
  • New: Ability to fixed damaged AIFF files.
  • Fixed: Low CPU usage using certain presets resulting in slow conversions.

New in Permute 1.0.9 Build 285 (Jan 26, 2011)

  • Fixed: DVD and ISO creation.
  • Fixed: Some crashes.

New in Permute 1.0.8 Build 277 (Dec 16, 2010)

  • New: Option to add name to DVDs.
  • Fixed: Issues in Web Optimization preset.
  • Fixed: Audio quality issues.
  • Fixed: Crashes when tools weren't installed.
  • Fixed: Issues with MP4 and iPhone 4 presets and iTunes.

New in Permute 1.0.7 Build 259 (Oct 15, 2010)

  • New: AppleTV 2 preset.
  • New: Debugging options.
  • Fixed: An issue when some H.264 video files would be recognized as audio files.
  • Fixed: Performance issues introduced in 1.0.6.

New in Permute 1.0.6 Build 254 (Oct 8, 2010)

  • New: WebM support.
  • New: Web optimization preset for moving the MooV atom to the front.
  • Fixed: Fixes in AppleTV preset, DivX preset, and others.
  • Fixed: An issue that prevented adding movies converted from a DVD to iTunes.
  • Fixed: More minor bug fixes.

New in Permute 1.0.5 Build 247 (Aug 20, 2010)

  • New: If a video has more than one audio track, we let you decide which one to use (including on DVD).
  • New: Support for 16:9 DVD aspect ratio.
  • New: AppleScript support (see our FAQ section how to create a ‘Hot folder’).
  • New: Support for drag&drop download of YouTube and Vimeo movies (instead of files, drop the links).
  • New: MPEG-1 preset.
  • New: Apple Lossless preset.
  • New: PSP preset.
  • New: Theora Ogg Video preset.
  • New: Option for selecting a fixed destination.
  • New: Option for framerate.
  • New: 5.1 Surround audio support (if codec supports it).
  • New: Ability to disable presets, so they don’t get listed.
  • Fixed: iPhone, iPod, AppleTV presets.
  • Fixed: Crashes.

New in Permute 1.0.3 Build 202 (Apr 8, 2010)

  • New: By default, videos don't get stretched out (proportionally) to fit into the max size anymore. You can enable this in each preset's preferences. This means e.g. faster AppleTV and iPad conversions for many movies.
  • Fixed: Possible crash while opening preferences after conversion.
  • Fixed: Exceptions for preset that don't have a "Reset to defaults" button.
  • Fixed: Issues when Permute would falsely report there are no titles on a DVD.

New in Permute 1.0.2 Build 199 (Apr 6, 2010)

  • New: Option to add converted files to iTunes.
  • New: More detailed progress bar for DVD creation.
  • New: Permute now remembers what preset you have used last.
  • New: X11 is no longer needed to be installed.
  • Improved: Much faster DVD reading.
  • Improved: AppleTV preset.
  • Improved: Conversion speed for some presets.
  • Fixed: An issue when Permute could stall conversion of larger files to DVD.
  • Fixed: Custom DVD presets are now producing ISO files.
  • Fixed: iPad preset.
  • Fixed: Permute no longer asks to save an ISO file when the conversion has been cancelled.
  • Fixed: Issues with saving size restrictions over 1000.

New in Permute 1.0.1 Build 189 (Mar 31, 2010)

  • New: iPad preset
  • New: Remux preset for quick container change rather than transcoding
  • New: You can add files to the queue via drag&drop while converting.
  • Change: Permute now uses the H.264 codec for iPod, iPhone, iPad, AppleTV and MP4 presets (can be turned off in the preferences).
  • Fixed: Improved AppleTV preset.
  • Fixed: Minor bugs in registration.

New in Permute 1.0 Build 182 (Mar 30, 2010)

  • Initial Release