Smasher Changelog

What's new in Smasher 3.010

Oct 20, 2015
  • Permissions issue addressed

New in Smasher 3.006 (Oct 24, 2013)

  • Registration issue fixed

New in Smasher 2.086 (May 23, 2011)

  • More powerful font previewing that displays fonts in their native outlines and in user-specified text strings and font sizes
  • An all-new font validation and verification engine that hunts down problem fonts before they cause you and your favorite applications major aggravation
  • Support for all the fonts supported by Mac OS X: OpenType, Mac TrueType, Windows TrueType and Mac Type1 Postscript fonts
  • Font archiving that backs up a copy of fonts to a zip file or disk image
  • New support for Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop CS5 caches
  • Continued support for previous versions of Adobe CS, QuarkXPress, Microsoft Office, CUPS spool files and Mac OS X system caches
  • A one-step, drag-and-drop importer that finds all fonts in folders and legacy suitcases in seconds
  • Automatic application updater that eliminates the need to download and install software and cache-definition updates

New in Smasher 1.8 (Dec 22, 2009)

  • Enhances the preventive maintenance utility’s support for Apple’s Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard operating system release.
  • Smasher works automatically to eliminate corruption to font caches and temporary files, the #1 cause of font-related problems and workflow interruptions.
  • Clears font caches as well as temporary files and preferences for:
  • Adobe Creative Suite 2, 3 and 4
  • QuarkXPress 6, 6.5, 7 and 8
  • Microsoft Office X, 2005 and 2008
  • CUPS print spool files
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9 through 10.6 (Tiger, Panther, Leopard and Snow Leopard)

New in Smasher 1.7 (Jul 14, 2009)

  • Now clears font caches as well as temporary files and preferences for: Adobe Creative Suite 2, 3 and 4; QuarkXPress 6, 6.5, 7 and 8; Microsoft Office X, 2005 and 2008; CUPS print spools; Mac OS X 10.3, 10.4 and 10.5 (Tiger, Panther and Leopard).