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ForkLift 4 beta 3 is available

Posted on by binarynights

We have fixed numerous bugs and added some new features to ForkLift 4 beta 3.
We have completely redesigned the Path Bar, the Connect Panel, the Sidebar and the Favorite Manager.

If you previously reported an issue to us and do not see it fixed on this list, then please do not submit a new report. All reported issues have been added to our bug tracker, and we are working our way through them. If you see an issue that we claimed to have fixed but you still encounter it in beta 3, then please submit a new report.

New

  • Flexible Space added to the Toolbar
  • Option to remove display of free space next to drives in the sidebar (View > Hide Device Info)
  • Option to Show/Hide Path Bar
  • Option to Show/Hide Title Bar
  • Version number of apps is being displayed in the Info Window (Preview Pane and Get Info)
  • It is possible to use the Enter key on the numeric keypad in keyboard shortcuts as a single key, or together with other modification keys
  • The Enter key on the numeric keypad works as the Return key until that is modified in the Settings
  • Type Select in the Favorite Manager for easier navigation

Improvements

  • Redesigned, less dominant Path Bar
  • Redesigned Column Headers in List View
  • Redesigned and improved Sidebar
  • Redesigned and improved Favorite Manager
  • Redesigned Connect Panel
  • Order of Views in the menu is the same as in Finder
  • When multiple items are selected, the menu item Copy Path shows Copy Paths
  • Added Base URL to the Connect panel
  • Esc button to close the Connect Panel
  • Note field on the Connect Panel

Fixes

  • Fixes an issue where selecting Commands > Manage tools… from the menu could result in a blank Settings window
  • Fixes an issue which didn’t allow text size settings to be applied in Column View
  • Fixes an issue with Workspaces not being restored
  • Fixes an issue where the Date Modified and the Tags columns in List View could be empty
  • Fixes an issue with blurry icons in Icon View
  • Fixes an issue where the name of a favorite didn’t get saved when the favorite was created with a different name from the Connect Panel
  • Fixes an issue where “Reveal in Finder” opened the selected file in its default app instead of ForkLift when ForkLift was set as the default file viewer.
  • Fixes a compatibility issue with certain versions of SSH
  • Fixes an issue with network favorites imported from ForkLift 3
  • Fixes an issue which caused slow navigation of big files when the Preview Pane was enabled
  • Fixes an issue where adding favorites to an empty favorite group wasn’t possible
  • Fixes an issue where dragging favorites into another favorite group wasn’t possible
  • Fixes a possible crash when dragging a favorite into another favorite group inside the sidebar
  • Fixes a graphical issue in the Connect Panel when the protocol VNC was selected
  • Fixes an issue where it wasn’t possible to save Favorites without filing in certain (unnecessary) fields on the Connect Panel
  • Fixes an issue where “Open in Terminal” opened the parent folder, and not the selected folder
  • Fixes an issue where favorite group position didn’t get saved when the group was placed above devices and/or shares in the sidebar
  • Fixes an issue where favorite groups in the sidebar could jump back to their previous positions after connecting to a favorite inside the group
  • Fixes an issue where the locations of the favorite groups didn’t get saved
  • Fixes an issue where deleting favorite paths wasn’t possible
  • Fixes issue where the folder structure wasn’t remembered after a restart in Column View
  • Fixes a possible data loss when the user moved a file into a target folder without permission to write
  • Fixes a window placement issue where the window wasn’t retained correctly when there was no window open and a new window was opened from the menu or from the context menu of the Dock icon
  • Fixes an issue where the focus wasn’t following the renamed item when it moved out of view
  • Fixes an issue in Icon View where the icons weren’t aligned correctly if the names of some items were multiple lines long
  • Fixes an issue where the file became empty while it was in rename mode when the user changed tabs
  • Fixes an issue where using the Tab key to switch panes wasn’t possible when the Favorite Manager was active
  • Fixes an issue where some view settings weren’t restored when the user closed ForkLift with no window open
  • Fixes an issue with the alternating backgrounds when the “Default” theme was selected in ForkLift and the user switched between Dark and Light modes in the System Settings
  • Fixes the tab order in the Connect panel
  • Fixes an issue where ForkLift showed a blank panel when the Connect Panel or the Favorite Manager was open after startup and that was closed by the user with “Cancel”
  • Fixes Apple Script support issues
  • Numerous minor fixes and improvements

Download ForkLift 4 beta 3

ForkLift 4 beta 2 is available

Posted on by binarynights

We have fixed numerous bugs that were reported to us and added some new features. If you previously reported an issue to us and do not see it on this list, please do not submit a new report. All reported issues have been added to our bug tracker, and we are currently working our way through them. Hopefully, we will address all of them soon. However, if you see an issue that we claimed to have fixed but still encounter it in beta 2, please submit a new report.

New

  • Added support for ssh identity agents
  • Added support for ssh configuration file
  • Added support for Apple Script
  • Added 2 new themes

Fixes

  • Fixes a possible crash when opening a new tab while the Connect Panel was open
  • Fixes an issue that prevented the creation of simple key keyboard shortcuts
  • Fixes an issue with placement of the View Options pop-over
  • Fixes an issue where ForkLift asked to download Xcode even when SCM Status wasn’t enabled
  • Fixes an issue where in some cases a blank pop-up was displayed after connecting to SFTP
  • Fixes an issue where previewing large text files could cause hangs
  • Fixes an issue where the selection in the sidebar of the Settings window could get lost for users not using ForkLift in English
  • Fixes an issue where the word “copy” got added at the end of the file names when a new item was created or when items got compressed
  • Fixes an issue with the “Reveal in ForkLift” quick action service
  • Fixes an issue with the missing Service menu and context menu items
  • Fixes an issue where Arrow keys couldn’t be used in keyboard shortcuts
  • Fixes an issue with missing options in the Group by setting in the View Options
  • Fixes an issue where the Info Window couldn’t be closed with Command-W
  • Fixes an issue that prevented double-clicking in Column View

Download ForkLift 4 beta 2

ForkLift 4 beta is finally here

Posted on by binarynights

As you probably know, ForkLift 4 has been in the making for an extended period of time, longer than we anticipated or desired. But finally, the wait is over and we are ready to release the first beta version of ForkLift 4. We hope that you will like the new version. We would greatly appreciate it if you could help us by using the beta version and providing us with feedback.

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How to rename multiple files at once on a Mac

Posted on by binarynights

Renaming a single file on a Mac is very easy. But often you need to rename more than just one file. Sometimes you need to rename hundreds or thousands of files at once, and nobody really wants to select each file one by one and change each name manually. In cases like that, you should use apps that can easily rename multiple files at the same time.

How can you rename files in bulk on a Mac easily?

To batch rename files on a Mac, you can use:

  1. Finder, the built-in file manager of macOS
  2. Batch file rename apps, such as ForkLift
  3. Terminal, the built-in command line interface of macOS
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ForkLift 3.5.8 is available

Posted on by binarynights

Improvements

  • More date presets in the “Add Date” multi-rename module in the Multi-Rename Window

Fixes

  • Fixes the typo in the word Occurrences in the Multi-Rename window
  • Fixes an issue that made it impossible to transfer files from the location /System
  • Fixes an issue in the Multi-Rename window that caused the addition of a “d” character to the extension when changes were applied to “Name with dot”
  • Fixes an issue which caused ForkLift to ignore the port number of SMB connections set on the Connect Panel
  • Fixes an issue that allowed a certain kind of navigation in the file view while renaming an item, which caused several problems such as overlapping file names, the inability to rename another file, or the display of the previously selected item in a different location
  • Fixes an issue that allowed users to insert a line into the file name with the Alt-Return keyboard shortcut in rename mode
  • Fixes an issue where after a long upload ForkLift incorrectly displayed an error message that the upload wasn’t successful because the connection was closed
  • Fixes an issue that caused some shares appear twice in the sidebar
  • Fixes an issue that made it impossible to remove icons from the Toolbar, introduced in version 3.5.7
  • Fixes an issue that allowed to expand folders in the Search results with the Right Arrow key
  • Fixes an issue where ForkLift didn’t display an error message when some parts of an archive couldn’t be extracted and the unextractable files were missing from the extracted folder seemingly without a reason
  • Numerous minor fixes and improvements

Download ForkLift 3.5.8

Lower prices and a new business model

Posted on by binarynights

We have lowered the price of ForkLift and have moved to a new pricing model.

Buying a license to ForkLift allows you to use ForkLift for as long as you want and to install all minor and major updates for one year. If you wish to install a new version of ForkLift after that, you will need to renew your license. After the renewal, you will have access to free updates for one more year again.

If you buy ForkLift 3 now, you will be able to install all the updates to ForkLift 3 for one year and even to ForkLift 4, should ForkLift 4 come out within 12 months after the purchase. And even if you don’t want to renew your license, you will be able to keep using ForkLift for an unlimited time.

This change in the business model doesn’t affect license owners who have bought ForkLift 3 before the change, they can continue using ForkLift 3 and install all future updates to ForkLift 3 for an unlimited time. However, for these existing users, ForkLift 4 will be a paid upgrade.

From now on, our prices are the following:

Single-user license $19.95
Family license $29.95
Small business license $69.95

ForkLift 3.5.5 is available

Posted on by binarynights

New

  • Default Folder X Menu toolbar item and Default Folder X Drawer toolbar item

Improvements

  • It is possible to work with items that have an apostrophe in their names on Google Drive
  • The Git status of an untracked folder is marked with a question mark (?)
  • The Enter on the numeric keyboard is treated as a separate key, it is now possible to use it in keyboard shortcuts. Enter and Return are treated as two different keys

Fixes

  • Fixes a possible, rarely occurring update issue during remote editing
  • Fixes a crash when the S3 server name contains a colon (:)
  • Fixes a WebDAV issue introduced in v3.5.4 where on some servers, not every item was listed
  • Fixes a multi-rename issue where the Apply to all rule wasn’t treated correctly
  • Fixes a permission issue where it wasn’t possible to write into folders without Read permissions, such as the public Drop Box folder of another user on the same Mac
  • Fixes an issue where it wasn’t possible to change the keyboard shortcuts of the Back and Forward commands when the input source wasn’t English

Download ForkLift 3.5.5

ForkLift 3.5.4 is available

Posted on by binarynights

New

  • Option to disable SMB discovery, which could cause double entries of the same local share in the sidebar. If you want to disable SMB discovery, run the following command in Terminal: defaults write com.binarynights.ForkLift-3 DisableSambaDiscovery true
  • Previews SVG files
  • ForkLift now uses short-lived access tokens when connecting to Dropbox

Improvements

  • macOS Monterey compatibility improvements
  • Extended timeout period on S3 and Backblaze
  • During Move operations, issues like loss of internet connection or not enough space in the target location can’t lead to the deletion of the source items when the user clicks Skip in the error window to disregard the error message

Fixes

  • Fixes an issue where a parent folder appeared as its own subfolder on webDAV
  • Fixes a possible memory leak on FTP TLS
  • Fixes an issue where files inside an archive opened in the editor app defined in the Preferences of ForkLift and not in their default apps
  • Fixes a possible crash introduced in version 3.5.3 in Column View, which usually occurred when an item was clicked in the sidebar
  • Fixes the thumbnail loading issue introduced in version 3.5.3 in Icon View: thumbnails were only loaded after scrolling or resizing the thumbnails
  • Fixes an issue where the Quick Select option Select Matches didn’t jump to the match when there was only one match that wasn’t visible in the pane
  • Fixes an issue where permissions weren’t always kept during remote editing
  • Numerous minor fixes and improvements

Download ForkLift 3.5.4

ForkLift 3.5.3 is available

Posted on by binarynights

New

  • ForkLift uses the system log (Console App) to write FTP logs

Improvements

  • Improved loading and display of previews of items in Icon View
  • Significantly reduced memory usage during transfer size calculations

Fixes

  • Fixes an issue where ForkLift couldn’t open items on Google Drive with a plus sign in their names
  • Fixes the jumping around of the progress bar on remote connections on Big Sur
  • Fixes the multi-rename issue on remote connections
  • Fixes the Activities toolbar item that couldn’t be opened with Icon & Text enabled in the toolbar on Big Sur
  • Numerous minor fixes and improvements

Download ForkLift 3.5.3