Compare Folders
- Version 3.1 | Release Date: 2008-06-11 | Download
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- Merge support
- Customizable, multi-threaded engine for merging results
- Allows moving or copying of results
- Folder size calculation now displays logical size [includes bundled file formats as well, like RTFD]
- New look and feel for the Welcome screen (accessible under the Help menu and on first launch)
- Added layout switcher toolbar item
- Display difference in size between items in Similar Items' Difference column
- Removed quit on window close behavior and adjust accordingly
- Recent Items/Recent Comparisons no longer adds duplicate items [as well as other optimizations]
- Info windows are now a 1:1 relationship and don't open duplicates
- Fixed incorrect formatting of file sizes which would create erroneous results
- increased file size precision to 2 decimal places
- Properly degrade to byte(s) in file sizes instead of using 0.XX KB
- Fixed folder type registration (for drag acceptance) on 10.5
- Save Text Results now respects byte preference
- Rollovers only occur if the application is active
- Removed toolbar button and disable zoom button on preferences titlebar to match other apps
- Fixed uninstall window not going away if canceled
- Fixed clear button in iDisk Uploads to disable if no items are present
- Various memory optimizations
- Version 3.0 | Release Date: 2007-12-18 | Download
- Difference Engine 2.0
- Optimized performance to handled tens of thousands of items in results (limited only by memory now)
- Don't show package contents in results
- Display package's type appropriately
- Removed extra preference checks that occurred during a comparison (faster performance)
- Fixed odd extensions showing for folders with "." in the their path
- "FilePeek" Item Action
- shows the contents of files in a HUD window for preview and comparison, including:
- web (html, htm, xhtml, webarchive)
- movie (mov, mpeg, mpg, avi, dv)
- image (png, gif, jpg, jpeg, tiff, tif, bmp)
- text (txt, rtfd, rtf, css, php, m, h, c, cpp, java, xml, plist, doc)
- PDF (pdf)
- shows the contents of files in a HUD window for preview and comparison, including:
- Live results filtering via search field in toolbar
- "Archived Selected" Item Action to create zip archives (using the zip tool)
- Memory optimizations for the entire app
- Basic plugin architecture now supported
- Numbers are formatted using the system's setting
- Dates are formatted using the system's setting (short and long styles)
- Review Changes dialog shows appropriate options when quitting
- Calculate iDisk sizes up to GB appropriately
- Added preference for interface animations
- Added Credits section to About window
- Minor UI polish across the entire app
- Fixed copying to prefer local cp over bundled cp
- Enabled basic AppleScript support (no custom suite or behavior yet)
- Upgraded included Growl to 1.1.2
- Upgraded included Smart Crash Reports to 1.2.1
- Difference Engine 2.0
- Version 2.6 | Release Date: 2007-04-22 | Download
2.6
* Show Icons is now a per-comparison option instead of a global one
* Save to Text for generating text-based reports of results of a comparison
* Added option to scroll Similar Items results together (when one scrolls so does the other)
* New Growl notification for copying
* Added tab-switching keyboard shortcuts and menu items
* Completely rewritten and redesigned Help
* Revised demo functionality: [DEMO] is in the title, General pane tracks remaining number of trial comparisons, a Buy Now! button appears once the trial expires and updates occur immediately instead of when attempting to compare the next time
* Added option to quit without saving
* Choose custom sound from the same list as that found in the OS X Sounds preference pane
* Dragging now copies the full description of an item instead of the name only
* Folder paths are now clickable rollovers, including a reset button
* When switching tabs or layouts an animation occurs
* Get Info window now displays the detected difference for a Similar Item
* When attempting to open a Recent Folder or Comparison the item will be checked and if it can't be found, a prompt will let you know and it can be removed from the menu
* Updated Smart Crash Reports support to 1.2
* Updated Growl support to 0.7.5
* Fixed toolbar and menu items not properly disabling after folders have been reset
* Fixed jagged icons in results
* Upgraded included version of cp to a Universal one
* Fixed inspector not following selection when switching tabs
* Fixed registered user's name not appearing in General, registration also updates immediately now
* Rebundled the Spotlight importer for saved comparisons
* Fixed byte count not updating results when changed
* Fixed status text not properly updating when resetting from a folder's contextual menu
* Fixed dock icon badges sticking when canceling, quitting, or relaunching
* Fixed issues with recent items not loading when clicked
* Upgraded Sparkle support to use SparklePlus 1.1
* Minor visual tweaks to alignment and text, rename sheet is now resizable
* Fixed bug in List Files in Uninstall Assistant that would list files that weren't necessarily present
* Removed hardware-related portion of Feedback window, as SparklePlus addresses this
* Dragging items now properly copy to the URL pasteboard as well (including multiple items)
* Contextual help buttons are now re-enabled



