External Drive Tags, comments, and Checksum Improvements

We recently introduced the ability to calculate checksums for files, making it easier to verify that files have not been altered or corrupted during transfers and that two files are truly identical. Checksums can be calculated for multiple files at the same time, with the file names and checksums displayed in a dedicated window.

In ForkLift 4.6.2, we improved the usability of the Checksum Window by adding support for selecting multiple items at once. You can now easily copy selected items or use Command-A and Command-C to copy all entries. The copied content is exported in CSV format, making it easy to paste into spreadsheet applications such as Microsoft Excel or Apple Numbers.

Changes to the Preview API on macOS Sequoia and Tahoe

In version 4.6.1, we introduced a new Preview API to support the new style of folder icon previews. Unfortunately, this API currently has several limitations that cannot be addressed by us directly. We have reported these issues to Apple and hope they will be resolved in future macOS updates.

The new style folder icons are only available on macOS Tahoe, so in ForkLift 4.6.2 we have disabled the new Preview API for users on macOS Sequoia because it caused multiple issues with icon previews on that version of macOS. As a result, users on macOS Sequoia will no longer experience the negative side effects of the new API.

Users on macOS Tahoe will continue using the new API and will still be able to see colored folders and icons added to folders in Finder. However, the API currently does not correctly handle certain folder icon customizations made in System Settings, which means some custom folder appearances may not be represented accurately in ForkLift. Unfortunately, this limitation is outside of our control.

We have also fixed a possible crash introduced in the previous version, along with several other possible crashes and hangs, and some other fixes and improvements.

Full List of changes:

Improvements

• Displays tags on external drives
• Comments added in ForkLift now show up in Finder as well
• Adds an option to select multiple items in the Checksum Window; the copied list is in CSV format, so it can be easily pasted into spreadsheet applications
• Adds “Edit” and “Hide from Sidebar” options to the context menu of Sync favorites in the Sidebar

Fixes

• Fixes an issue with the movement of favorites in the sidebar that pointed to the same server
• Fixes a possible hang caused by recent items in the sidebar
• Fixes a possible crash in List View
• Displays a folder icon on remote locations when the folder name contains a dot
• Displays the Kind of folders correctly when the folder name contains a dot
• Fixes an issue that made it impossible to delete the last remaining digit from the Time Offset Correction field in the Sync Window
• Fixes a possible hang after a tab or window was closed during an unfinished search operation
• Fixes a possible hang after a tab or window was closed during an unfinished search operation
• Removes the new Preview API on macOS Sequoia introduced in version 4.6.1 due to several issues with icon previews

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