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Path Finder 4.8.5 changelog

Path Finder 4.8.5 fixes one issue discovered after Path Finder 4.8.4 was released: it reactivates image previews for those running Mac OS X 10.5 on a PPC-based system. It is otherwise identical to Path Finder 4.8.4.

Path Finder 4.8.4 changelog

Path Finder 4.8.4 is a critical maintenance update that fixes a number of issues, including a workaround for a Mac OS X 10.5.2 bug that could cause list view to crash or hang. It also fixes a critical Mac OS X 10.4 issue where file operations could fail. It is a highly recommended and free upgrade for all Path Finder 4 customers.

OS X 10.5-specific bug fixes and improvements

• Worked around an Apple bug introduced in OS X 10.5.2 that causes Path Finder to hang or crash when using List View
• Fixed an exception that could occur when nothing was selected on the Desktop and QuickLook window was invoked
• Fixed an issue where Column View automatic resizing (by double-clicking on the column resize widget) resulted in columns being too narrow
• Added zoom-in animation to QuickLook (thanks to a tip courtesy of Ciarán Walsh https://ciaranwal.sh/ )
• Added QuickLook support to Find window
• Added better icon previews for Icon View (matches the Finder)
• You can now open Quick Look in full screen mode via the Cmd-Option-Y keyboard shortcut

OS X 10.4-specific bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed a critical issue where copy/move/delete operations would fail
• Fixed an issue where Path Finder’s menus could be greyed out at startup (caused by an unusual Downloads folder set up).

General improvements

• Added the ability to customize what plugins appear in the split pane / Shelf / drawers (click on the name / small arrow in the grey header bar and select “Organize”)

Path Finder 4.8.3 changelog

Tiger specific bug fixes

• Fixed a frequent ctask crash when emptying the Trash (this also fixes “quit Path Finder” menu greyed out on Tiger)

Leopard specific bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed an issue where the last part of the name could become invisible while renaming files
• Fixed List View subfolders collapsing issue
• The Shelf now uses the new system icons
• Disk images opened by Path Finder no longer open a Finder window (disk images containing a license are an exception)
• When the QuickLook panel is open arrow key strokes are now passed onto the browser
• Fixed a Size Browser crash that could occur when the tooltips appeared
• QuickLook now previews the contents of the alias’ original to match Finder
• Creating and mounting encrypted disk images work again
• Fixed a crash that could occur when previewing images in the bottom preview pane
• Various fixes to the “Reveal in Path Finder” feature
• Fixed iChat reports

General bug fixes and improvements

• Updated Stuffit engine to the current version - 12.0.1
• Path Finder now comes to the front if you’re dragging a file to a Path Finder file browser window
• The blue background for the Shelf is turned on by default
• Added a hidden preference to make Option key as Meta in Terminal (was hard-coded before which broke the ability to type pipe symbols on german and some other keyboards) - open Terminal and type the following: defaults write com.cocoatech.PathFinder optionKeyIsMeta 1 to set it
• When a file on the Desktop is selected and a Terminal window is opened, the terminal now defaults to the home directory, instead of /Desktop
• Fixed an issue where double-clicking on a column resizer in the Size Browser could produce crazy column widths
• “Add to Drop Stack” contextual menu item works again from the Desktop
• Fixed an issue where it was impossible to drag the Path Finder window around by its status bar if the application was in the background
• Fixed a minor “Go to” window bug
• Fixed an issue with the Subversion plugin when commit messages contained special characters
• Optimized the Icon View speed when it was set to display very large thumbnails
• Fixed an issue where revealing in an existing Tab didn’t select the file

Path Finder 4.8.2 changelog

Path Finder 4.8.2 features mostly Mac OS X 10.5 ("Leopard") compatability fixes and improvements, but also features a few fixes for customers running Mac OS X 10.4 as well. As such, it is a highly recommended upgrade for all Mac OS X 10.5 customers.

Path Finder 4.8.2 is a free upgrade for all licensed Path Finder 4 customers.

New Features available only on Mac OS X 10.5

• You can now set Path Finder as your “Default File viewer”! See the Path Finder Reveal preferences for this preference. Activating this will redirect all “Reveal in Finder” calls from other applications to Path Finder. Note that this may not work in all applications, but the majority should redirect to Path Finder correctly.
• “QuickLook” support: You can now view documents in Mac OS X 10.5’s QuickLook. Access to this feature is available via a contextual menu item, by using the space bar keyboard shortcut, via the Commands menu, or via the toolbar button. As well, the QuickLook toolbar button changes to Slideshow if you hold down the Option key.

Leopard compatibility fixes

• Superuser operations (as root) are working again (this also fixes the inability to quit Path Finder after such an operation failed in previous versions of Path Finder)
• Fixed a problem where a “Launcher” folder appeared in the Dock while copying/moving/deleting files
• “Connect to Server” dialog works again
• Fixed an issue where weird numbers appeared in the tooltips in Column View and Size Browser (which made the latter crash)
• Fixed an issue with incorrect drawing of selection rectangle on the Desktop
• Select Tool works in Column View again
• Made List View more resource efficient under certain circumstances

Other fixes

• Fixes to “Reveal in Path Finder” preference (revealing in tab or existing window works again, and we correctly reveals in the frontmost window if Path Finder was hidden before)
• Minor Tab drawing fixes
• Removed drawer borders

Path Finder 4.8.1 changelog

Per-folder settings fixes

• “This window” now correctly reflects “All windows” user preferences as starting point (before you had to start customizing from factory defaults)
• you can again have two windows open with two different types of sorting

Visual improvements

• Added a gear button below the Shelf with “Hide/Show Shelf” and “Hide/Show Drop Stack” options
• Fixed a “one pixel” alignment issue that occurred to the Drop Stack when the Bookmarks bar was hidden
• By popular request, we added a preference to make the Shelf blue (click on the new gear wheel button under the Shelf)
• Fixed font size differences in the Shelf contextual menu
• You can now access Sorting Preferences in Column View by clicking on the column header triangle
• Fixed the drawing of the reload button in the status bar
• Fixed an issue where the Tab text color was hard to read when windows were in the background
• Fixed an issue where the preview column’s background was inccorect when displaying movie previews

Terminal fixes

• Fixed the option key to work as Meta
• Fixed the broken Terminal background transparency preference
• Terminal window now matches browser window style

Other

• Fixed an issue with opening text files in the text editor when automatic encoding detection was turned on
• Fixes to the iTunes browser plugin (fixed a burning and isolated crash)
• Updated Taiwan, Japanese, German and Dutch localizations
• Updated the Stuffit engine to the brand new version (version 12)

Path Finder 4.8 changelog

Features

• Leopard-esque interface redesign (more on the redesign here)
• Per-Folder settings: We now store and support per-folder view settings (check out the View Options window) - more information here

Improvements

• Simplified and shortened the File menu
• Streamlined the default contextual menu: The default menus are now shorter for the Actions and Contextual Menu. We also added a “New Folder” item, made a bunch of items dynamically appear based on the current selection, and moved third-party and Finder CM items into a “More” submenu to make PF more stable
• If the option key is held down when the contextual menu is invoked the “Open with” CM menu item now changes to “Always open with”
• You can now set Path Finder as a default app to open text or PDF files
• Added the “Tab Sets” menu to the main menu (under the “New Tab” submenu) so they can have Set Menu Keys assigned to them
• Bookmarks can go into packages now (you can navigate into the iPhoto ‘08 database this way for example)
• Option to put the Bookmark bar at the bottom of the browser (check out the little triangle at the right side of the Bookmarks bar)
• Made the entire Trash sidebar area clickable (before you needed to click exactly on the Trash icon)
• Removed the “Applications” menu (changing the default preference in Path Finder 4.7 to “off” was the first step in this process). If you still need it, there’s a hidden defaults write pref now: defaults write com.cocoatech.pathfinder ShowApplicationsMenu -bool true
• Added an option to “Keep Path Trail” in Path Navigator – check out little triangle at the right of the Path Navigator bar. When selected this maintains the folder hierarchy of the currect session in the Path Navigator. Turning this off makes the Path Navigator change to whatever the current folder is.
• Better type-and-sort behaviour in the Application Launcher. The first letter you type will match application names starting with that letter immediately instead of showing applications starting with and containing that letter as well.
• The Find window now honors the Smart Sorting preference
• Added bzip2 compression to disk image creation utility for much smaller disk image file sizes
• Option-click on a disclosure triangle in List View will now expand all of that folder's child folders (ala the Finder)
• “Sort by” and “Sort ascending” options were to the View Options window
• Updated the French and German localizations

Bug fixes

• Fixed a longstanding issue with Fast Search – now it should correctly find invisible files and files starting with a dot
• Fixed a ctask crash
• Fixed an issue with password-protected PDFs and previews
• Fixed a bug where Services submenus got disabled if an item on Desktop was selected
• Potentially fixed an iTunes browser crash that could happen if you were listening to iTunes and the iTunes Browser was opened at the same time
• Fixed a Get Info window bug where expanded and collapsed state could be saved incorrectly
• Fixed a Get Info window crash that could occur when displaying several info windows showing metadata
• Potentially fixed a frequent Get Info window crash that can occur when opening and closing many Get Info windows that were displaying the permissions pane
• Fixed an issue with the built-in purchase framework on OS X 10.5
• Fixed the preview of iChat transcripts on OS X 10.5
• Fixed some internal build settings on OS X 10.5
• Fixed a bug with List and Icon View not refreshing correctly
• You can scroll the contents of background windows by hovering the mouse over them while scrolling (was broken in 4.7.2)
• Fixed an issue where invisible items in List View were impossible to delete

Path Finder 4.7.2 changelog

Path Finder 4.7.2 is a maintenance release that fixes a number of issues (including one priority issue). Is a highly recommended update for all Path Finder customers and is free for all registered Path Finder 4 users.

• Fixed an issue where selecting or moving a large number of files could fail or cause Path Finder to crash
• Fixed path navigator drawing problems when placed below the browser
• Fixed Volume icons placement on the desktop (where the Network icon could overlap other icons)
• Setting PF’s terminal to use an external terminal application works again
• Fixed incorrect highlighting in Column View that could occur when deselecting files using command-click
• Dragging an address from Firefox browser to PF’s Desktop will now correctly create a .webloc file
• Dragging and dropping selected text into a Path Finder window or Desktop will now correctly create a .textClipping file
• Fixed an image converter bug
• Added a “Convert Image” item to the Preview menu
• Fixed an issue where ‘Date Modified’ could display twice when a custom date format was set in System Preferences
• Fixed Spotlight comments text wrapping
• Updated Japanese and Spanish localizations

Path Finder 4.7.1 changelog

Path Finder 4.7.1 is a maintenance update that addresses issues discovered after the release of Path Finder 4.7. It is a highly recommended update and is a free upgrade for all registered Path Finder 4 customers.

• Fixed an issue where hitting tab in the svn commit panel submitted instead of focussing the cancel button—Subversion support is no longer experimental.
• The “Open Package” menu item was broken – fixed
• Optimized the speed of moving items to the trash and deleting items
• The Application Launcher will no longer show aliases to applications as duplicates
• Potentially fixed an exception that could occur when parsing XML for the “svn status” command
• Added Screen Capture back to global application menu
• Built-in Text Editor can open .rtfd documents again
• Added Module windows menu option to open Preview, Terminal, Console, etc. in their own window
• Label color names in Get Info window are now displayed correctly
• Added the ability to set “open with” application for multiple selection
• Fixed a cosmetic issue where the upper part of the column view separator didn’t move when resizing columns
• Optimized the Application Launcher’'s loading time
• Internal localizations work and fixed Japanese localization of Application Launcher
• fixed Get Info on OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
• We now sort “open with” menu application list by name
• Reverted back to the old Connect to Server dialog (the OS-provided one is unfortunately still buggy)
• Added two preferences for associating FTP / AFP / file URLs with PF (see Path Finder > Application preferences)
• We now save Spotlight comments automatically when closing the Get Info window
• Fixed an issue where PDFs in the trash that had been in the PDF viewer prevented the trash from emptying.
• New updated Japanese and German localizations

Path Finder 4.7 changelog

New features

• Redesigned Get Info window which allows get summary info (Cmd-Option-I)
• New Subversion plugin (experimental - use with caution) that provides basic svn functionality (status, update, commit, diff, add)
• Redesigned Applications Launcher - press F8 or see the Go menu
• Updated the Terminal to the latest iTerm code: new interface; drag reorder tabs in terminal; drag tab out of window to create new window; many other new features. Terminal preferences have been moved and can be now found in the terminal window (“Settings” toolbar button).
• Added the ability to preview Safari .webarchive files
• You can now preview and play media files as well as preview PDF thumbnails in the last column of column view

Improvements

• Added a preference to remove the checkerboard background for image previews. It is now off by default (General -> Draw background pattern for image previews)
• Added a hidden preference to hide the Drop Stack (defaults write com.cocoatech.PathFinder RemoveDropStack YES)
• Added a checkbox to disable the confirmation when closing multiple tabs (in the confirmation sheet)
• Added the ability to quickly hide Shelf / Path Navigator / toolbar / status bar – option-click on the "pill button" at the top-right hand corner of the Path Finder file browser window.
• Added a preference to not include resource forks and invisible files in compressed archives (aka "Windows-friendly" compressed files)
• The Applications menu is now off by default (we plan to remove this menu completely in a future release)
• “Target last column” preference is now on by default to more closely match the Finder's behaviour
• It is now possible to put the Terminal, Console and Hex View in file browser's preview pane or in the right or left drawer
• Image dimensions are now displayed in a submenu of the contextual menu and is also removable (Path Finder preferences > Contextual Menu preferences)
• Optimized contextual menu generation speed when multiple images are selected
• “Compress and email” command now honors the format specified in the Compress preferences
• You can now select multiple items in Find window using Shift-arrow (before this was only possible via Cmd-clicking)
• Added “Windows” path option to “Copy Path” feature
• Updated the Stuffit engine to latest version (11.0.2)
• Permissions can now be set numerically (e.g. 755) - see the Get Info window
• Moved “New Tab” item to File menu
• Tweaked the status bar interface
• We now preserve the current selection when switching between column, list and icon view
• integrated Sparkle Plus for version checking. Path Finder now sends anonymous information about the system it's running on (OS version, CPU, Path Finder version, etc), which will help us to gather some stats and plan future development. You can disable it in the General preferences if you wish
• Updated German, Spanish, Finnish, Swedish, Dutch and Chinese localizations
• The left drawer now has two sections

Bug fixes

• Improved compatibility with OS X 10.5 ("Leopard")
• Fixed an incompatibility with Shapeshifter where using a dark-colored theme made contextual menus unreadable
• Improved Desktop icon positioning when used with multiple monitor setups
• Speech button in built-in text editor works again
• Fixed an issue where two terminal windows opened if Terminal.app was the default terminal application
• Fixed a bug where "ghost" files could briefly appear in the source folder during a move operation
• Spotlight comments can now be removed within Path Finder
• ActionScript files (.as file extension) can be opened in the text editor
• Fixed a bug where you couldn’t select a Shelf item in one specific circumstance
• Fixed an exception that occured when trying to print when the terminal drawer had focus
• Fixed a copy / paste issue with files whose names ended with a number
• Fixed a Get Info in Preview / drawer issue with external volumes returning bad folder counts
• Fixed a crashing bug that could occur when renaming folders or files
• Stuff and zip with password bug fixes
• Removed “Stop” button while unzipping as a bug in the Stuffit engine could cause Path Finder to crash (filed with Allume)
• Fixed a permissions problem where symlinks could pass permission changes on to the original item
• Fixed a metadata thread crash
• The progress bar should now appear more quickly when copying over FTP
• Drag reordering tabs will no longer break if one tab has a long name
• Fixed a crash that could occur when trying to perform a fast search on a volume that was already disconnected
• Fixed an exception that occured when performing a search in the toolbar
• Fixed Command - ` shortcut for cycling through windows
• Added "Last Opened" date to Get Info and preview column
• Fixed a couple of issues where dragging into packages was impossible
• The first field of the Find window gets focus now when Full Keyboard Access is turned on
• The Gear toolbar item in the Find window works properly now if nothing is selected
• Fixed font resizing issue when renaming items
• Potentially fixed a crash that could occur when sending items to the trash
• Fixed a frequent crash that could occur when opening PDFs
• HDR image files no longer automatically preview (to work around an OS issue)
• Selecting a smart folder in the Shelf now stays selected
• Connect to Server should be more stable (now uses OS-provided framework)
• Disabled thumbnail generation for large image files to work around slowdowns.
• Fixed a text clipping encoding issue
• Fixed a crash that could occur when selecting a corrupted PDF in Column View

Path Finder 4.6.1 changelog

Path Finder 4.6.1 is a maintenance update that fixes issues reported after the Path Finder 4.6 release. It is a free upgrade for all registered Path Finder 4 customers.

• Fixed tab switching quick keys (Cmd-Shift-[
• shortcut for next and previous tabs should now work)
• Fixed an issue where the Secure Delete file listing could be garbled
• Updated Japanese and Italian localizations
• Worked around an incompatibility with older versions (pre 11.01) of the Stuffit contextual menu plugin
• Fixed an exception that could occur when printing from the PDF viewer
• Fixed an issue where print dialogue appeared as a sheet when invoked from the desktop
• Fixed an issue where applications launched via Path Finder’s application launcher were not added to the file history
• Fixed a bug where a window invoked from the Path Finder dock icon didn’t receive focus
• Fixed a rare NSBrowser crash
• Tweaked brushed metal mode to fix a window dragging issue
• Fixed a “calculate” issue with more than 10 items

Path Finder 4.6 changelog

This release is chock-a-block full of improvements, including powerful new tab sets, the ability to open folders and volumes as new tabs in the current browser window, and tons more.

New Features

• Tab sets! You can now set up a window with the tabs open and settings you like and then save this as a tab set (see the tab bar button).
• You can now drag and drop tabs to reorder them
• Double-clicking on the tab bar creates a new tab
• Added “Combine as Tabs” feature which collects all currently open windows as tabs into one window.
• Added the ability to always open folders and desktop volumes in a new tab (see Browser preferences)
• You can now drag a folder on the tab bar to create a new tab with that folder
• Added warning if the window is closed when there are multiple tabs open.
• Now compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard” (we think)
• Implemented new iTunes 7-esque “brushed metal” look courtesy of Matt Gemmell’s TunesWindow
• You can now preview .flv (Flash video) files in the preview pane. (Note - this doesn’t work in the preview drawer due to issues in Webkit, but I’ve got Steve looking into it)
• SWF (shockwave flash) previews now have play controls (only those that allow for this)
• Implement Find in HTML preview (click into preview to give it focus, and then hit command+f to search)

Bug fixes and other improvements

• Updated German, French, Italian and Swedish localizations
• Fixed problem with Path Navigator where a small font will cause it to display just ” …”
• Fixed issue where bookmarked folders and shelf items disappeared when drive on which they reside is ejected
• Fixed a problem where “replace file?” sheet could appear behind all windows
• Fixed problem where “new shelf” sheet appeared behind the browser window
• Optimized speed for “man to pdf” command
• Fixed problem where clicking “more info” in last column will cause the get info window appear behind all windows
• Fixed slow down issue where folder/file history could grow beyond preset limits
• Fixed issue when CM menu would not show up in some cases until PF was relaunched
• Fixed crashing issue involving Path Navigator (NTButtonBar)
• Fixed issue where current column wasn’t fully visible in file browser
• Optimized performance (copy / move / delete operations should be approximately 30% faster)
• Fixed crash that could occur when opening PDFs in the built-in viewer
• Fixed an issue where the Ddesktop's icon size slider skipped 48x48
• Fixed bug where Spotlight comments were not saved for folders
• Made the Network Activity window's colours match the Console window
• Fixed crash that could occur when dismounting a volume
• Fixed issue where rename toolbar item was always disabled
• Now when the "double-click when clicking icon" preference is enabled you can still select the file name by clicking on label/text part (before it opened, no matter where you clicked)
• Fixed some issues with the Japanese localization
• Fixed problem with contextual menu plugins (e.g. Ambrosia Software's Dragster) where holding down modifier keys didn't change the menu options in the CM
• Fixed issue with shadow drawing poorly in the status bar
• Moved drawer toggle items to the toolbar
• Fixed issue where PF could crash while recognizing the formatting / type of a volume
• Fixed type-to-select issue with filenames that began with a number
• Updated RBSplitView, OmniFrameworks, and Stuffit Engine to latest versions
• Fixed issue with browser window not resizing properly on second monitor when opening drawers
• Fixed page up/page down/home/end keys in icon view
• Fixed image preview checkerboard issue (set colour to opacity of 0 to hide)
• Changing the alternating row colours used to be a bit flaky, but no more
• Fixed the tiny gap that appeared in column view when using small scroll bars
• Background colour in column view is now applied to all columns
• Moved the open Applications folder menu item to the Go menu
• Added an open Utilities folder and set the quick key to Command+Shift+U
• Fixed an issue where file copying could fail if you tried copying a file that was larger than the free space left on the drive - it now works
• Fixed copy bug when command-dragging into packages
• Added an icon for RAR archives

Path Finder 4.5 Change History

Path Finder 4.5 is a major update with a number of customer-requested features and many improvements and fixes.

New Features

• Undo support added
• Superuser mode: You can now temporarily become superuser when performing a move, copy, delete, rename, label, and many other actions
• Multiple Shelves
• Labels Editor: Change label colors and names
• Added Reload button to force a file listing refresh
• Added ability to change default compression format: You can now choose between zip, sitx, bz2, and gz
• Added Stuffit Verify feature
• Added Slideshow to contextual menu item
• Added set locked, hide extension, group, owner, change modification date, and set to invisible to File > Attributes
• Added “Apply to enclosed folders” button to permissions setting in Get Info window
• Added ability to have vertical tabs (see “disclosure“-like toggle on the far left of tab bar)
• Added labels settings in Get Info window
• Added support for Powermail to email command
• Added support for Gyazmail to email command
• Added PF desktop level adjustment preference (see Desktop view options): This should help work around problems with the PF desktop covering other applications’ windows (e.g. Geektool)
• Added ability to change permissions recursively (“apply to all enclosed items“)
• Added Polish localization
• Added f5 as a reload directory shortcut
• Added the Sparkle framework for automatic update checking and downloading
• Improved the Size Browser’s interface (now a regular window with toolbar)
• Added ability to disable the Finder’s desktop (see the General preferences)
• Improved Japanese, French, Danish and German localizations
• Improved Applescript support
• Optimized application launch time

Fixes and smaller improvements

• Fixed RTF issue with the text editor
• Fixed issue with sorting by Owner in column view
• Fixed PDF crashing issue
• Fixed issue where the renaming field would scroll when the view was scrolled
• Fixed Entourage support (which broke in 4.1.1)
• Fixed movie and image preview scaling issue
• Reduced the number of “skip” error messages and autheticate requests that appeared when emptying the trash
• Fixed arrow navigation issues in icon view
• Fixed some rare issues with network connections stalling
• Fixes to Find and Spotlight search
• Fixed issue with overlapping when icon text was placed to the right of the icon
• Fixed a select tool issue selecting by date
• Fixed problem with system sounds preference not being honoured by PF
• Improved default label colours (made them closer to the Finder, but not identical – the Finder uses images)
• Sorting indication in list view fixed
• Fixed issue with hard drive info on desktop not refreshing
• Added preference to show image preview icons for network volumes (default is on)
• “Empty Trash” contextual menu now shows number of items
• Moved Size Browser to Window menu
• Improved network scanning
• Fixed a WebDAV reconnection issue
• Alphabetized Contextual Menu options list
• The usual grab bag of minor fixes

Known issues

Path Finder 4 is not compatible with the new Mac Pros. We are working on a resolution to this and will try to get a workaround or fix for this issue out as soon as possible.

Path Finder 4.1.1

Path Finder 4.1.1 is a maintenance release that addresses a small number of recently reported issues. It is a free update for all registered Path Finder 4 customers.

• Fixed a strange launching issue if Movies folder was missing from the home folder
• Fixed window activation when dragging in column view
• Fixed information refresh in burn window
• Potentially fixed an issue with launching on HFSX (case sensitive) volumes – please contact Support if you’re still seeing an issue
• Fixed a problem with the kind string and Audio CDs
• Back button in text-only mode now works
• Fixed an issue with licensing Path Finder
• Fixed looping issue in list view
• Fixed a crash involving filehistoryMgr
• Fixed an issue where keyboard focus could be lost in column view
• New Danish localization

Path Finder 4.1

Path Finder 4.1 is now a Universal Binary for both Intel and PPC machines. It now reads the Finder's Smart Folders, has a completely revamped Go To Folder feature, and a brand new Size Browser for quickly finding the sizes of folders, packages, etc. Therre are also dozens of improvements and bug fixes.

Path Finder 4.1 is a free upgrade to all registered Path Finder 4 customers

New Features

• Now a Universal Binary
• Improved Go To Folder with autocomplete
• Smart Folders – Path Finder can now read Finder-created Smart Folders
• New Size Browser for quickly viewing total file sizes of folders, bundles, etc.
• Added rotate buttons to the integrated PDF viewer
• Path Finder can now preview PDF bundles (often found on OS X install disks)
• Added preview support for Help Viewer bundles
• Path Finder now displays if an application is PPC, Intel, or Universal Binary in the info panel
• Path Finder can now previews NEF files
• Added preliminary “email to” support for Microsoft Entourage and Eudora
• Updated Chinese, Japanese, Russian, French, and German localizations

Fixes

• Fixed “Genie” crash when dragging and dropping items
• Improved the saving of spotlight comments in get info window
• Improved refresh of directories on network volumes
• You can now save new text files with any extension (was only txt and rtf pre-4.1)
• Fixed a number of terminal issues
• Fixed crash when command-clicking on a volume to open it in a new window
• Speed up file list drawing
• Email command no longer skips the first file
• Fixed get info on Folders when using the Finder as the Get Info application
• Window will now activate when in column view during drag and drop
• Added ability to copy from two optical drives at once
• Changed Drawer names in View Menu to Right, Left, and Bottom
• Fixed empty trash issue on mounted HFS+ volumes
• Fixed issue where Spotlight search results from the Finder and PF returned different results
• Navigating horizontally with arrow keys on PF Desktop no longer errors out
• The menu item in View menu for Preview drawer is no longer grayed out
• Added ability to cancel drag and drop customization of contextual menus in preferences (escape key)
• Made improvements to eject volume feature in Volume Shelf
• Window now gets focus when items are dragged into the Shelf
• Fixed issue where desktop view options became inaccessible
• Rearrange Launch Application window
• Fixed some find by type and finding by date issues
• We now strip styles from pasted text when renaming a file
• Added confirmation to Shelf if more than 5 items are dragged to it (hold option key to override)
• Fixed movie duration for .mov files
• Fixed occasional background CPU usage issue
• Secure Delete fixed in Delete panel
• Numerous smaller tweaks, optimizations, and bug fixes

Path Finder 4.0.2

Path Finder 4.0.2 is a maintenance release which incorporates a new crash reporting system and has a number of bug fixes. Path Finder 4.0.2 is a free upgrade for all registerered Path Finder 4 customers.

• New Crash Reporter system. The first time Path Finder is launched after a crash, a window will appear with the crash report in it. PF then requests that the user submit the data to us. No input managers or other files are installed.
• Memory leaks fixes in the core application, as well as one in the helper app.
• Font and icon sizing now changeable in the Shelf / Volume pane
• Fixed a get info crash
• Tweaked the currently active indicator in the Path Navigator
• Fixed an issue where you could accidentally arrow into the preview column and not get out
• Fixed Volume field in the Get Info window (it showed the currently selected item’s name instead of the current volume)
• Fixed rename error sheet appearing when on the desktop
• Fixed column refresh issue (lots of nasty flickering when you scrolled up or down using the arrow keys)
• Transparency and float state now saved for text editor and image editor window
• Made the default HTML template PF uses to be less crufty
• New Russian localization

Path Finder 4.0.1

Path Finder 4.0.1 is a maintenance release which addresses a key crash and fixes some other issues reported by customers. Path Finder 4 is a free upgrade for all registered Path Finder 4 customers.

• Fixed crash when switching Shelves
• Fixed META key setting for Terminal
• Moved "Open in Tab" in Bookmark menus to the top of the menu
• Fixed an issue where closing the Select or Disk Image windows would prevent clicking elsewhere in Path Finder
• Fixed an issue with the interaction between Path Finder and DragThing
• Fixed a weird issue with the Shelf menu breaking after control-clicking
• Fixed the file list "loop around" feature
• Home / End keys fixed in column view
• Fixed poor quality of image previews in column view
• Improved the French and German localizations, thanks to help from volunteers

Check out the news announcement for more information.

Path Finder 4.0

Path Finder 4 is a major new release with a streamlined, beautiful new interface, lots of new features, and tons of improvements and fixes throughout. It has been completely rewritten and optimized for Mac OS X 10.4 and represents over a year and half of hard work.

• Rewritten and optimized to take advantage of Mac OS X 10.4.
• Let's say it loud and say it proud: Tabs!
• Safari-esque bookmark bar
• Redesigned interface: beautifully redesigned to fit in just swimmingly with Mac OS X 10.4
• New Select tool: select multiple files in current directory by name, extension, type, date, and more.
• Find what you're looking for: Now search your computer using Mac OS X 10.4's Spotlight feature, or use Path Finder's Spotlight-independent Fast Search (improved!)
• Stuffit Engine included: there is Allume Stuffit integration throughout, with the ability to create any archive format that Stuffit supports (Stuffit Deluxe no longer required).
• Brand new split-view preview & extended information pane
• Configurable sidebar zones - you can now set each sidebar area to display a particular shelf / folder / mounted volumes / folder history and much more.
• New Shelves: folder history, file history, selected item patch, and user-selectable folder contents.
• Hide / show options for each of the file browser window's elements (see the View menu)
• Completely reorganized view and color options (View menu / Command+J)
• Brand new file copy engine and redesigned copy / move dialogue windows
• Replace All / Skip All option in replace dialogue.
• Column resizing tricks: You can now double-click on column dividers to auto-resize column widths as well as option+click and drag to resize all columns simultaneously, thanks to column view being rewritten using NSBrowser.
• Image icon previews available in icon, list, and column view.
• Support for Mac OS X 10.4's gigantic 256x256 icon size
• Item preview & basic information now available in last column, ala the Finder.
• Change Extension batch feature (Commands menu)
• Improved Go menu (rearranged and better like a Go menu should)
• You can now drill down into subdirectories in all item menus (bookmark bar, contextual menu, Shelf, Path Navigator, and elsewhere)
• Contents menus display number of items contained in folders
• New commands in Drop Stack: add items to the Drop Stack and burn, compress, compress and email them all in one fell swoop.
• New "drag all" icon in Drop Stack grabs everything currently in the Drop Stack
• Contextual menus for images has item name and dimensions. You can select this and it will put the width and height of the item onto the clipboard ready for pasting. The format copied looks like: width="(width of item)" height="(height of item)"
• kqueues is enabled throughout so file system changes should happen immediately (no more refresh issues!)
• Support for the Mac OS X 10.4 slideshow feature (see the Command menu). One benefit over the Finder's implementation of this is you can select a folder to slideshow and PF will slideshow all of the image files located within (including subfolders).
• New animation when trashing, moving, or copying files, because we can. :)
• Improved item highlighting in icon / desktop view (more Finder-like)
• New option to use the Apple Finder column select behavior (where the select directory is active) or the Path Finder select behavior (where the enclosing directory is active) - see the view options when in column mode.

Miscellaneous changes

• PDF viewer now uses Tiger's PDFKit. This means full chapters support and content search, plus links support and more.
• When opened the Terminal drawer now automatically cd's to the current directory in the file browser
• You can add spotlight comments to items via the Get Info window
• Creation and Modified dates are now editable.
• You can now Ignore Ownership on volumes.
• Menu drawing has been completely rewritten and optimized for speed
• You can now add directories to be searched by Path Finder's fast search.
• New Console Window to view console and log output
• Zip is now the default compression format (changed from .bz2 in Path Finder 3.2)
• You can view Spotlight metadata for any item (see the Info window, Reports, or the Preview pane's info area)
• Tons more new features, improvements, and bug fixes

Read the changelogs for Path Finder 3