What's new in Silent Sifter 3.5
Nov 6, 2020
New in Silent Sifter 3.4 (Aug 20, 2018)
New in Silent Sifter 3.3 (Dec 4, 2015)
- Ability to use date formatting on metadata date fields, e.g. Tiff.DateFormat, Exif.DateTimeDigitized, GPS.DateStamp, IPTC.DateCreated, and IPTC.DigitalCreateDate
- Added support for migrated iPhoto libraries
- Added support for Photos.app as an input
New in Silent Sifter 3.2.1 (Feb 24, 2015)
- Bug fixes relating to most recent Yosemite update:
- Fixed issue with crashes on OSX 10.8.x Mountain Lion after Yosemite update
- Fixed issue with German language translation after Yosemite update
- Updated status menu icon to appear properly in Dark Mode
New in Silent Sifter 3.2 (Jan 16, 2015)
- UI updated for Yosemite (no more invisible buttons!)
- Moments can now be zero length (so you can have 1 photo moments now)
- Fixed issue with insufficient disk space on imports from cameras failing silently
- Expandable windows in advanced config for better visibility to folder structures, renaming patterns, etc.
New in Silent Sifter 3.1.2 (Apr 1, 2014)
- Fixed issue causing 'import only new files' setting to not function properly after daylight savings change
New in Silent Sifter 3.1.1 (Feb 17, 2014)
- Fixed issue preventing setting autosift delay on camera inputs
- Fixed issue preventing 'prev' token option to function properly
- Added if_prev_empty, if_prev_exists token options
New in Silent Sifter 3.1 (Feb 10, 2014)
- Added ability to group photos into Moments automatically
- Added ability to import only new files from cameras with 'Files to import' setting
- Sidecar files are now imported from cameras by default
- Improved progress updates during file imports from cameras
- Fixed problem that prevented temporary camera import files from being removed when sifting is canceled
- Fixed problem that caused camera 'ask me to delete' and 'ask me to move to sifted' options to miss files while moving/deleting
- Fixed problem that caused re-fingerprinting of output files after they had already been copied
- Fixed problem that cause incorrect popup button selection when editing an existing advanced configuration setting
- Fixed problem that caused unexpected failures if cache file was corrupted due to force quit
New in Silent Sifter 3.0.6 (Jan 25, 2014)
- Fixed issue causing Dropbox/gDrive input settings to be un-selectable
- Fixed issue that could result in unexpected failures while sifting files with certain uncommon metadata properties
New in Silent Sifter 3.0.5 (Jan 18, 2014)
- Fixed issue causing raw metadata tokens to return OSX create date
- Fixed issue that could result in unexpected failures while sifting after upgrading from v2.x
- Fixed issue that could result in unexpected failures while sifting a large number of small files
New in Silent Sifter 3.0.4 (Jan 3, 2014)
- Fixed issue that could result in unexpected failures while sifting after upgrading from v2.x
- Fixed issue that could result in unexpected failures if attempting to sift while no de-duplication method is selected
New in Silent Sifter 3.0 (Dec 30, 2013)
- Added ability to map file extensions to any file type (i.e. GPX or sidecar files as Photos, so they are grouped with photos, or non-standard RAW types as Photos)
- New interface for creating custom folder structures and filename patterns, including autocompleted tokens, format presets, option macros, example values
- Added ability to view example values of metadata fields while building a filter
- Added ability to hide dock icon
- Added SnapSifter album token
- Improved performance and stability during giant sift operations (50,000 files and above)
- Use preset folder and filename patterns as a starting point for your own patterns by selecting them and pressing the 'customize' button
- Updated dock icon
- Fixed issue preventing editing of filters that use 'none of the following are true'
- Changed default file renaming to 'Do not rename' for new outputs
- All defaults are not displayed on new input/output connectors
- UI layouts, behaviors, and color schemes updated
- Minor fixes
- Other recent changes:
- Added split screen input/output/duplicate comparison to History screen
- Added date format support for file.CreationDate and other date file/spotlight raw metadata
- Added basic support for MRW and ORF files
- Option to delete or move input files after successful copy
- Option to delete or move input files if duplicate found
- Option to delete empty input folders
- Ability to eject cameras and external drives
- Added toolbar on advanced configuration screen
- Double click to edit on configuration/advanced screens
- Full EXIF, IPTC, TIFF, EXIFAUX, Maker, Metadata support in Filename, Folder structure, and Filters
- New app icon
- New About screen with release notes
- Minor fixes
New in Silent Sifter 2.8 (Oct 29, 2013)
- Option to delete or move input files after successful copy
- Option to delete or move input files if duplicate found
- Option to delete empty input folders
- Ability to eject cameras and external drives
- Added toolbar on advanced configuration screen
- Double click to edit on configuration/advanced screens
New in Silent Sifter 2.7 (Aug 22, 2013)
- New app icon
- New About screen with release notes
- Minor fixes
New in Silent Sifter 2.6.1 (Aug 9, 2013)
- Fixed issue preventing replace() token option from working properly
New in Silent Sifter 2.6 (Jul 31, 2013)
- Full EXIF, IPTC, TIFF, EXIFAUX, Maker, Metadata support in Filename, Folder structure, and Filters
- Fixed issue with Mac's going to sleep while sifting
- Fixed issue with file extension case sensitivity with filename collisions
New in Silent Sifter 2.5.1 (May 21, 2013)
- Added Copy and Paste Support for custom filename and folder structure patterns
- Various Bug Fixes
New in Silent Sifter 2.5 (May 16, 2013)
- Lots of improvements, features, and bug fixes, including AutoSift, MD5 deduplication, a completely new history screen, partial sifting options, token modifications, multiple photo booth libraries, and lots more.
- The Details:
- AutoSift: automatic sifting of inputs when potential changes are detected, with support for local or USB HFS drives, cameras, USB storage
- MD5 Deduplication: Improved de-duplication: option to choose Best quality deduplication, using MD5 checksums
- Enable/Disable inputs or outputs: by disabling inputs/outputs you can sift from any set of inputs to any set of outputs
- Added folder/filename token modification options: uppercase, lowercase, prev, replace, before, after, remove
- Multiple PhotoBooth library support
- Support for PhotoBooth libraries outside of ~Pictures
- Completely new History view
- Ability to add multiple inputs/outputs using the config screen
- MD5 token for folder/filenames
- FIXES AND ENHANCEMENTS:
- Real-time updating of progress for each input/output
- Real-time monitoring of connectivity of all inputs/outputs
- Enhanced progress display, including displaying estimated time for metadata loading
- Added support for running in the background, including dynamic status item in OSX with shortcuts to start/cancel
- Improved machine performance while application is sifting
- All dialogs updated to use sheets
- Improved language support for Spanish, French, German, and Italian
- Fixed problem with OSX going to sleep while a sift is occurring
- Fixed problem with sift counts disappearing when other devices are added during a sift operation
- Fixed problem with closing application while sift is occurring
- Fixed problem with canceling sift while metadata is loading on a long running sift operation
- Fixed problem with drag and drop not recognizing iPhoto/Photo Booth libraries on non-English systems
- Fixed problem with iPhoto/Photo Booth not being listed as options in 'Add Desktop Input' menu on non-English systems
- Fixed problem with iPhoto/Photo Booth icon not displaying properly on non-English systems
- Fixed problem with long running sifts losing metadata
New in Silent Sifter 2.0 (Nov 10, 2012)
- Added ability to filter files that enter the Sifter from input locations based on: create date/time, photo/video resolution, camera make/model, parent folder, flagged parent folder, video duration, filename
- Added ability to filter files that enter output locations from the sifter based on: create date/time, photo/video resolution, camera make/model, parent folder, flagged parent folder, video duration, filename
- Completely redesigned user interface
- Substantial performance improvements
- Support for iPhoto as an input/output
- Support for Photo Booth as an input
- Support for Dropbox/gDrive as input/output
- Added ability to click camera button to view photos on the camera
- Added ability to click iPhoto/Photo Booth button to open the application
- Added Aperture-style file rename format
- Added CameraMake root folder structure format
- Bug Fixes and Enhancements:
- Ability to select which Camera to add as an input location
- Ability to have the same folder as both an input and an output
- Added basic support for Video files of type: MTS, MKV, VOB, M2TS
- Added basic support for RAW photo files of type: X3F, KDC, PPM, ARI, SRF, BAY, CAP, IIQ, EIP, DCS, DRF, K25, FFF, PTX, R3D, RWL, RWZ, SRW
- Added 'Other' folder container files that do not have custom folder structure metadata
- Added progress meter support for ETA, file size display
- Added ability to enable/disable duplicate prevention and collision prevention
- Added ability to report an issue to Vector 15
- Added ability to open system directories in finder
- Added ability to perform advanced help functions: delete metadata index, delete bookmark data
- Fixed issue requiring clicking camera button twice when adding camera input
- Fixed bug related to import of files directly from cameras being marked as duplicates incorrectly
- Fixed bug related to failure to import all files from cameras with large files/large quantities for files
- Fixed bug related to metadata index being lost at system launch / system close
- Various UI Enhancements
New in Silent Sifter 1.3 (Sep 28, 2012)
- Customize folder structure by date, time, file type, file extension, camera make, camera model, resolution, video duration, parent folder
- Customize how files are renamed by date, time, file type, file extension, camera make, camera model, resolution, video duration, parent folder
- Duplicate prevention logic now detects duplicates regardless of filename or folder
- Collision prevention logic added to index files when collisions detected
- Improved language support for German
New in Silent Sifter 1.2 (Aug 16, 2012)
- Added language support for German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish
- Cancel now works while files are importing from a camera
- Rate App is now available in the File Menu