dupeGuru Music Edition Changelog

What's new in dupeGuru Music Edition 6.8.1

Oct 27, 2014
  • Fixed AttributeError: 'ComboboxModel' object has no attribute 'reset'. [Linux, Windows] (#254)
  • Fixed PermissionError on saving results. (#266)
  • Fixed a build problem introduced by Sphinx 1.2.3.
  • Updated German localisation, by Frank Weber.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 6.8.0 (May 12, 2014)

  • This is mostly a dependencies upgrade.
  • Upgraded to Python 3.3.
  • Upgraded to Qt 5.
  • Minimum Windows version is now Windows 7 64bit.
  • Minimum Ubuntu version is now 14.04.
  • Minimum OS X version is now 10.7 (Lion).
  • ... But with a couple of little improvements.
  • Improved documentation.
  • Overwrite subfolders’ state when setting states in folder dialog (#248)
  • The error report dialog now brings the user to Github issues.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 6.7.0 (Dec 9, 2013)

  • Disable symlink/hardlink deletion option when not relevant. (#247)
  • Make Cmd+A select all folders in the Folder Selection dialog. [Mac] (#228)
  • Make non-numeric delta comparison case insensitive. (#239)
  • Fix surrogate-related UnicodeEncodeError on CSV export. (#210)
  • Fixed crash on Dupe Count sorting with Delta + Dupes Only. (#238)
  • Improved documentation.
  • Important internal refactorings.
  • Removed the fairware dialog

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 6.6.0 (Aug 19, 2013)

  • Improved delta values to support non-numerical values. (#213)
  • Improved the Re-Prioritize dialog’s UI. (#224)
  • Added hardlink/symlink support on Windows Vista+. (#220)
  • Dropped 32bit support on Mac OS X.
  • Added Vietnamese localization by Phan Anh.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 6.5.1 (May 20, 2013)

  • Improved “Make Selection Reference” to make it clearer. (#222)
  • Improved “Open Selected” to allow opening more than one file at once. (#142)
  • Fixed a few typos here and there. (#216 #225)
  • Tweaked the fairware dialog (More Info).
  • Added Arch Linux packaging
  • Added a 64-bit build for Windows.
  • Improved Brazilian localization by Victor Figueiredo.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 6.5.0 (Aug 11, 2012)

  • Added “Export to CSV”. (#189)
  • Added “Replace with symlinks” to complement “Replace with hardlinks”. [Mac, Linux] (#194)
  • dupeGuru now tells how many duplicates were affected after each re-prioritization operation. (#204)
  • Added Longest/Shortest filename criteria in the re-prioritize dialog. (#198)
  • Fixed result table cells which mistakenly became writable in v6.4.0. [Mac] (#203)
  • Fixed “Rename Selected” which was broken since v6.4.0. [Mac] (#202)
  • Fixed a bug where “Reset to Defaults” in the Columns menu wouldn’t refresh menu items’ marked state.
  • Improved OGG metadata reading.
  • Improved Russian localization by Kyrill Detinov.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 6.4.2 (Jul 9, 2012)

  • Fixed iTunes integration which was broken since iTunes 10.6.3. [Mac]
  • Fixed a crash caused by invalid XML in iTunes libraries. [Mac]
  • Added Brazilian localization by Victor Figueiredo.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 6.4.1 (Jun 5, 2012)

  • Fixed bug introduced in 6.4.0 preventing deletions from working.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 6.4.0 (Jun 4, 2012)

  • Added a Deletion Options panel.
  • Greatly improved memory usage for big scans.
  • Added a keybinding for the filter field. (#182) [Mac]
  • Upgraded minimum requirements for Ubuntu to 12.04.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 6.3.1 (May 16, 2012)

  • Fixed crash on iTunes library parsing.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 6.3.0 (Mar 28, 2012)

  • Improved iTunes support. [Mac]
  • Improved results window UI. [Windows, Linux]
  • Improved error messages when communicating with iTunes. (#188) [Mac]
  • Added a dialog to edit the Ignore List.
  • Added the ability to sort results by “marked” status.
  • Fixed “Open with default application”. (#190)
  • Fixed a bug where there would be a false reporting of discarded matches. (#195)
  • Fixed various localization glitches.
  • Fixed hard crashes on crash reporting. (#196)

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 6.2.1 (Jan 21, 2012)

  • Fixed random hard crashes (yeah, again).
  • Added Armenian localization.
  • Added Russian localization.
  • Added Ukrainian localization.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 6.2.0 (Dec 8, 2011)

  • Added multiple-selection in folder selection dialog for a more efficient folder removal. (#179)
  • Fixed a crash in the prioritize dialog. (#178)
  • Fixed a bug where mass marking with a filter would mark more than filtered duplicates. (#181)
  • Fixed random hard crashes. [Mac OS X] (#183 #184)
  • Added Czech localization by Aleš Nehyba.
  • Added Italian localization by Paolo Rossi.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 6.1.1 (Oct 4, 2011)

  • Fixed a couple of broken action bindings from v6.1.0.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 6.1.0 (Sep 30, 2011)

  • Added duplicate re-prioritization dialog. (#138)
  • Added font size preference for duplicate table. (#82)
  • Added Quicklook support. [Mac OS X] (#21)
  • Improved behavior of Mark Selected. (#139)
  • Improved filename sorting. (#169)
  • Fixed bug preventing some OGG metadata from being read. (#176)
  • Added Chinese (Simplified) localization by Eric Dee.
  • Tweaked the fairware system.
  • Upgraded minimum requirements to OS X 10.6 and Ubuntu 11.04.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 6.0.2 (Aug 27, 2011)

  • Added German localization.
  • Improved OS X Lion compatibility.
  • Made the file collection phase cancellable.
  • Fixed a text coloring glitch in the results.
  • Fixed glitch in the sorting feature of the Folder column.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 6.0.1 (Mar 18, 2011)

  • Fixed crash after removing marked dupes. (#140)
  • Fixed crash on error handling. [Windows] (#144)
  • Fixed crash on copy/move. [Windows] (#148)
  • Fixed crash when launching dupeGuru from a very long folder name. [Mac OS X] (#119)
  • Fixed a refresh bug in directory panel. (#153)
  • Improved reliability of the “Send to Trash” operation. [Linux]
  • Tweaked Fairware reminders.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 6.0.0 (Feb 1, 2011)

  • Re-designed the UI. (#129)
  • Internationalized dupeGuru and localized it to french. (#32)
  • Changed the format of the help file. (#130)
  • Fixed crashes when reading malformed songs. (#127 #131)
  • Removed focus from the cancel button in the progress dialog to avoid accidental cancellations. [Mac OS X] (#135)
  • Folders added through drag and drop are added to the recent folders list. (#136)
  • Added a debugging mode. (#132)

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.10.4 (Dec 30, 2010)

  • Fixed bug causing results to be corrupted after a scan cancellation. (#120)
  • Fixed crash when fetching Fairware unpaid hours. (#121)
  • Fixed crash when replacing files with hardlinks. (#122)
  • Fixed crash when reading malformed aiff files. (#123)

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.10.3 (Nov 22, 2010)

  • Fixed crash when reading malformed mp4 files.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.10.2 (Oct 6, 2010)

  • Fixed delta column colors which were broken since 5.10.0.
  • Fixed column sorting crash. (#108)
  • Fixed occasional crash during scan. (#106)

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.10.1 (Sep 30, 2010)

  • Re-licensed dupeGuru to BSD and made it Fairware

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.10.0 (Sep 27, 2010)

  • Improved UI with a little revamp.
  • Added the possibility to place hardlinks to references after having deleted duplicates. [Mac OS X, Linux] (#91)
  • Added an option to ignore duplicates hardlinking to the same file. [Mac OS X, Linux] (#92)
  • Added multiple selection in the "Add Directory" dialog. [Mac OS X] (#105)
  • Fixed a bug preventing drag & drop from working in the Directories panel. [Windows, Linux]
  • Fixed a crash on some badly formed Id3v2 tags. (#107)

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.9.1 (Aug 24, 2010)

  • Fixed HTML exporting which was broken in 5.9.0.
  • Fixed Xing-encoded mpeg decoding which was broken in 5.9.0.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.9.0 (Aug 20, 2010)

  • Added the ability to save results (and reload them) at arbitrary locations.
  • Improved the way reference files in dupe groups are chosen. (#15)
  • Remember size/position of all windows between launches. (#102)
  • Fixed a bug sometimes preventing dupeGuru from reloading previous results.
  • Fixed a bug sometimes causing the progress dialog to be stuck there. [Mac OS X] (#103)
  • Removed the Creation Date column, which wasn't displaying the correct value anyway. (#101)

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.8.1 (Jul 16, 2010)

  • Fixed a couple of crashes.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.8.0 (Apr 14, 2010)

  • Improved error messages when files can't be sent to trash, moved or copied.
  • Added a custom command invocation action.
  • Filters are now applied on whole paths.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.7.2 (Feb 15, 2010)

  • Fixed a crash upon quitting when support folder is not present.
  • Fixed a crash during sorting.
  • Fixed selection glitches, especially while renaming.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.7.1 (Jan 19, 2010)

  • The Mac OS X version of dupeGuru ME is now 64-bit!
  • Improved memory usage for Contents scans. (#75)
  • Improved scanning speed when ref directories are involved. (#77)
  • Show a message dialog at the end of the scan if no duplicates are found. (#81)
  • Re-added the "Remove Dead Tracks in iTunes" menu item which got lost in 5.7.0.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.7.0 (Dec 18, 2009)

  • Added drag & drop support in the Directories panel. (#9)
  • Fixed a bug causing dupeGuru to be confused if a scanned file was moved during the scan. (#72)
  • Clarified how directories' state are set by painting a combo box in the state cells. [Windows] (#76)
  • Fixed some crashes. (#78 and #79)
  • Dropped Mac OS X Tiger support.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.6.6 (Oct 15, 2009)

  • Fixed a crash during very big scans.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.6.5 (Oct 4, 2009)

  • Fixed crash with filtering when regular expressions were enabled. (#60)
  • Fixed crash when setting directories' state. (Mac OS X) (#66)
  • Fixed crash with Make Reference when certain filters were applied. (Mac OS X) (#55)
  • Improved error handling during delete/move/copy actions. (#62 #65)

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.6.4 (Sep 7, 2009)

  • Re-introduced the Export to XHTML feature to Windows.
  • Improved Export to XHTML speed.
  • Improved the grouping algorithm to reduce the number of discarded files in non-exact scans.
  • Stopped showing the same file on the 2 sides of the details panel when a ref file is selected.
  • Fixed crashes in the Directories panel.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.6.3 (Jun 19, 2009)

  • Fixed bugs with selection being jumpy during "Make Reference" actions and Power Marker switches.
  • Fixed crash happening when a file with non-roman characters couldn't be analyzed.
  • Fixed crash sometimes happening during the file collection phase in scanning.
  • Restored double-click and right-click behavior lost in the PyQt move (Windows).

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.6.2 (Jun 10, 2009)

  • Fixed an occasional crash on Copy/Move operations.
  • Fixed bugs with iTunes integration.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.6.1 (May 31, 2009)

  • Fixed a bug causing a GUI freeze at the beginning of a scan with a lot of files.
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes caused a crash when an action was cancelled, and then started again.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.6.0 (May 24, 2009)

  • Converted the Windows GUI to Qt.
  • Improved the reliability of the scanning process.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.5.2 (Mar 29, 2009)

  • Fixed an occasional crash caused by permission issues.
  • Fixed a bug where the "X discarded" notice would show a too large number of discarded duplicates.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.5.1 (Sep 29, 2008)

  • Improved support for AIFF files.
  • Improved Remove Dead Tracks in iTunes for very large library (Mac OS X).

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.5.0 (Sep 10, 2008)

  • Added support for AIFF files.
  • Added a notice in the status bar when matches were discarded during the scan.
  • Improved duplicate prioritization (smartly chooses which file you will keep).
  • Improved scan progress feedback.
  • Improved responsiveness of the user interface for certain actions.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.4.3 (Aug 8, 2008)

  • Improved the "Remove Dead Tracks in iTunes" feature.
  • Improved the speed of results loading and saving.
  • Fixed a crash sometimes occurring during duplicate deletion.

New in dupeGuru Music Edition 5.4.2 (Jun 20, 2008)

  • Improved sunicode handling for filenames and tags. dupeGuru ME will now find a lot more duplicates if your files have non-ascii characters in it.
  • Improved MPEG files duration detection.