Version History

• Version 4.2.1
• Version 4.2
• Version 4.1
• Version 4.0
• Version 3.6
• Version 3.5

Version 4.2.1

• Using the Find Files feature was broken in version 4.2
• Fatal error when deleting multiple files in the Explorer window
• Check for update on Open and Check for Update Menu item
• Other minor features and enhancements

Version 4.2

• Calculating folder size within the detailed list view
• Auto-complete of file paths in the Path Field
• A new snap back button similar to Safari's Snap Back button which takes you back to the last entered path in the Path Field
• File names, in the left folder list, are properly truncated instead of wrapped
• Pressing the left arrow button within the left folder list goes to the parent directory if the selected folder is collapsed, otherwise it collapses the selected folder
• Pressing the right arrow key goes to the next child folder in the folder list if the selected folder is expanded, otherwise it expands it
• Improvements to tabbed file browsing including spring loading tabs, draggable tabs which act as folders, faster switching between tabs and the ability for tabs to have their own custom views
• New paste contextual menu item

Version 4.1

• Tabbed file browsing
• Search field in each Explorer window to quickly find and locate specific files
• CMM (Contextual Menu) when no files are selected lists all parent directories so you can quickly jump to them
• Major Speed Improvements
  • Folder list is much faster in expanding/collapsing folders
  • Faster file navigation all around
  • Selecting all files (Command-A), then clicking outside the folder bounds, to cause the files to become deselecting is much faster
  • changing views is much faster (instant) and preserves sorting/selection
  • changing icon size is much faster (instant) and preserves sorting/selection
  • Sorting is much faster
• Choose the location that Macintosh Explorer defaults to on launch
• Macintosh Explorer can now remember the last directory visited between launches
• New flavors allow you to customize Macintosh Explorer's Interface
• Moving a file to the trash, where a file with that name already exists, will automatically change the name of the file in the trash without giving a message asking if you would like to replace the file
• Can now change the size of folder icons in the folder list
• Clicking within the name of a folder in the folder list now allows you to rename it
• Customize the number of rows of icons in icon view or make it always show enough to fit to the window (under the view menu)
• Click and hold a folder link to get a menu listing all its items so you can quickly navigate to them
• Toggle between show invisible files from the View menu
• Change shelf size from the view menu for individual Explorer windows
• Expanding widget is not visible for folders that do not contain and folders in them
• Redesigned Application Icon

• Type selection in icon view would not properly draw icons
• Cut/copy and paste now works properly when renaming files or using the pathfield
• creating new folders/duplicating files/making aliases/moving or drag and drop now correctly adds the files in their correct display spot
• Crash on startup when using certain third party software
• Occasional crash when mounting volumes
• Occasional crash when getting file info
• Now displays folder size properly in Info Window

Version 4.0

• Rewritten file listing engine provides much faster file loading and file navigation
• THREE different file views including icon view, list view and detailed list view
• New filter file list adds a third column view providing both single click file navigation and the ability to filter the displayed files based on specific criteria
• Improved support for Mac OS X 10.3
• Extensive customization options have been added
• Eject button beside volumes allow quick unmounting of removable media
• View icons as big as 128 pixels or as small as 16 pixels
• Improved file shelf allows greater customization and the ability to hide it all together providing increase navigation space
• File shelf shows file and folder names allowing you to quickly tell similar items with the same icons apart
• Support for file labels
• Improved saving file list feature allows more customization of the information that is saved to the file
• New folder banks allow you to create banks of multiple files which are treated as a single file
• Improved contextual menu items allow easy access to more features
• New Go menu provides access to commonly used navigation features such as go back, forward and to the parent directory
• New Recent Folders list allows you to quickly navigate back to previously visited folders
• Integrated preview feature into main window provides an easier view previewed files
• All around speed improvements provide a better file browsing experience
• Better memory management reduces memory consumption, offering many benefits to OS 9 users

• Removing volumes could cause a fatal error message
• Deleting folder occasionally caused a fatal error message
• Unable to open about window in OS 9
• More efficient back and forward navigation button properly return to previously folders
• Many problems with the old file listing engine have been resolved due to the rewrite in version 4

Version 3.6

• Mac OS X Toolbar support on OS X 10.2 or later
• Preview window is now a drawer window on OS X 10.2 or later
• Improved Interface on Mac OS X 10.2
• Faster file browsing
• Faster overall experience

• Changing dates in the batch info changer would cause a crash
• Many minor bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.5

• Spring loading folders
• Save file lists for a selected directory including file information
• File lists will refresh more reliably when moving, copying or deleting files
• Redesigned Preferences Dialog looks better on Mac OS X
• Better handling of package files in both OS X and OS 9. Macintosh Explorer will treat application packages as applications in OS 9
• Showing Package Contents contextual menu item allows you to browse into a package and edit its contents
• Contextual menus can now work when selecting multiple files
• Permanently delete and backup documents window now show extended file information within the files lists as well as allow you to rename listed files and use the contextual menu
• Column and row separator preferences for the file lists
• Improved built in copy and move routines
• You can now move files with long file names
• Copying files retains extension information
• You can now properly copy packages
• When moving an item to a directory which contains another item with the same name, you will be asked if you want to replace or skip that file
• Setting creation/modification dates now use standard controls to properly modify the date and time
• You can now rename files which have long file names
• Rearrange toolbar items using drag and drop in the Preferences dialog

• Constant Apple Event errors in Mac OS 9
• Aliases used as favorites would not display in Explorer window
• Did not correctly show the appropriate kind of file in Explorer window
• Explorer window would not correctly update after pasting, duplicating or moving items
• Toolbar would not draw correctly after saving the preferences
• Fixed some memory leaks