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If everything goes well, this will be the last beta version before the final release of ForkLift 4. This version includes a lot of fixes and improvements. The welcome window appears again after you start ForkLift for the very first time. If you weren’t able to import your favorites from ForkLift 3 before because of the missing welcome window, then with beta 9 installed, you can do that. You can read here how you can force the welcome window to appear.

New

• Option to create a Shared Drive on Google Drive
• Imports workspaces from ForkLift 3
• Path bar displays the available free space and the size of the selected items
• Redesigned conflict window, which also shows the sizes of the conflicting items and indicates on which sides the new and existing items are located
• Full German and Hungarian localization

Improvements

• The popover, which shows the devices when clicked on the drive icon in the path bar, also shows the mounted drives of the shares
• Creating a new folder with selection is faster
• On some FTP servers, which aren’t set up correctly, the missing last letter of folders is displayed correctly
• It is possible to make the Preview Pane wider
• It is possible to copy the URL of Dropbox items when you are connected directly to Dropbox via ForkLift
• Updated Compress with Options window, the Zip with Password option can be selected from the drop-down menu

Fixes

• Fixes an issue that prevented the Welcome Window to appear and importing the favorites from ForkLift 3 through the Welcome Window
• Inside a search, Show in Enclosing Folder opens the selected item in a new tab
• Fixes a visibility issue in the Welcome Window in dark mode
• Fixes issues that prevented the file list from updating in certain cases
• Fixes an issue that prevented column view from remembering the column widths
• Added longitude as a displayed metadata information
• Fixes an issue that prevented column view from updating after deleting a folder
• Fixes an issue that made the Group by toolbar button stop working in some rare cases
• Fixes an issue that prevented the theme from changing inside the panes in column view
• An item gets selected after an item gets deleted in column view
• Go > Enclosing Folder works in column view
• Fixes an issue where workspaces weren’t applied correctly in certain cases
• Go to Folder selects the file in the file view when the path points to a file
• Fixes an issue with the log in the Preview Pane that caused the log to show only 10 entries
• Fixes an issue that prevented ForkLift from opening certain folders that had restricted items inside them
• Fixes Open in New Tab in the path bar
• Fixes an issue with the text color after an error message was displayed in certain themes
• Fixes an issue with the selection color in the inactive pane in Icon View
• Fixes an issue with the icon previews in Icon View
• Fixes a file view update issue with the lock icon after locking an item
• Fixes issues with the Compress with Options feature
• Fixes an issue that prevented the sync update mode from being saved when editing a sync favorite
• Fixes various issues with the Keep Both conflict handling rule
• Numerous minor fixes and improvements

Download ForkLift 4 beta 9

The biggest addition to this new update are the Google Shared Drives inside Google Drives.

New

• Google Team Drives are available inside the Google Drive account after connection with ForkLift

Improvements

• Quick Open searches also in the middle of the words if at least three characters are typed in
• Descending order added to “Sort by” in the toolbar
• Option to extract Archives by dragging a file out of the archive when the archives are treated as folders
• Copy paste to copy items on remote connections
• Renaming items by dragging them over the rename favorite in the sidebar
• Adding remote favorites by dragging them over the sidebar

Fixes

• Fixes an issue that caused the application to crash when the Stop and Skip buttons were clicked
• Numerous minor fixes and improvements

Download ForkLift 4 beta 8

A highly requested feature, automatic column resizing in list view has been added to this new update. This is a behavior that some users will find very useful but others won’t, so we have made it possible to choose between the two behaviors. The feature can be turned on and off in the View Options (Command-J) by toggling the “Always resize name column” option. That setting is global, so it is not possible to use individual column resizing options in different tabs or windows.

By using a workaround, we were able to allow users to close the tabs with the middle mouse button.

We were able to fix a possible crash during synchronization, which was responsible for a big part of all the crash reports that we have received during beta testing. We also fixed the empty activities issue, which was affecting some users in the latest betas.

Check out all the changes in ForkLift 4 beta 7:

New

• It is possible to resize the Sync Window, the size gets saved and next time, the Sync Window reopens using the same size
• Option to select a device by clicking on the icon in the path bar
• It is possible to close tabs with the middle mouse button
• Automatic name column width. This option can be toggled in the View Options. That setting is a global setting
• Shortcuts can be restored individually in the Settings by right-clicking and selecting “Restore Default”
• It is possible to hide the extension of items in the Info Window
• It is possible to lock an item in the Info Window
• It is possible to restore the Default View Settings from the View menu. The Default View Settings can be saved by the user on the View Option panel.

Improvements

• It is possible to close the Settings window with the Esc key
• It is possible to open a favorite inside the Favorite Manager with the Return key
• Alt-Clicking the “Group by” icon in the Toolbar modifies the icon to “Sort by” the same way as in Finder

Fixes

• Fixes a possible crash when synchronizing
• Fixes a display issue of the permissions in the Permissions Column in list view when the text size was very big
• Fixes an issue where folders with dots in their names were displayed as files instead of folders
• Fixes a possible hang on network drives while updating folder sizes
• Fixes an issue in list view when the focus jumped back to the selected item when you scrolled to a new location and expanded a folder
• Fixes the issue that resulted in an empty Activities Window with ongoing activities
• Fixes the issue of transparent tabs in Dark theme. The tabs remain somewhat transparent to enable better differentiation among tabs
• Fixes an issue with the Resize columns to fit feature in Column View
• Fixes an issue with newly saved Workspaces
• Fixes an infinite loop when ForkLift tried to calculate the size of all folders but it couldn’t because of missing permissions
• Fixes an issue when only the generic icons of items were displayed
• Numerous minor fixes and improvements

Download ForkLift 4 beta 7

This update mainly fixes some issues introduced in beta 5: manually added private keys should work again, syncing and replacing existing files should work, and changing and applying permissions is possible again.

Fixes

• Fixes an issue where the name of a favorite group was shorter in the sidebar than its actual size
• Fixes an issue, which made it impossible to sync or replace items that already existed
• Fixes an issue where there was no floating Info Window displayed of the parent folder when there was no selection inside the folder
• Fixes an issue, which made it impossible to connect to SFTP with a manually added private key
• Fixes an issue, which didn’t make it possible to open a folder in the default editor app
• Fixes an issue with wrong tab color in dark mode
• Fixes an issue with applying and updating permissions

Download ForkLift 4 beta 6

In ForkLift 4 beta 5, we have changed the Sync Window again and we have made improvements to the toolbar.

During sync, you can exclude empty folders, which makes the synchronization of filtered subitems possible without the need to synchronize empty folders as well.

In the toolbar, one big improvement is that the option to search doesn’t disappear even when you make the window very narrow, you can also search when only text is being displayed in the Toolbar.

There are numerous other improvements and fixes in this beta version as well.

New

• Copy Dropbox Link
• New Amazon S3 regions added

Improvements

• Improved copy engine
• It is possible to copy text from the Info Window/Info Pane
• Error message is being displayed when the user tries to use a Terminal app that isn’t installed
• When the connection gets lost to a server when the Mac is sleeping, ForkLift tries to reconnect more effectively
• Numerous improvements of the Toolbar – For example, it is possible to search if the Search field is not visible or when only text is displayed
• Improvements to the “Go to Folder” feature
• Improved Quick Select and Quick Open windows
• Alert is being displayed when the “Delete orphaned items” is being turned on in the Sync Window
• Command-Double click to open a folder in a new tab
• ForkLift remembers collapsed states of boxes in the Preview Pane
• Redesigned Sync Window
• Option to ignore empty folders during synchronization

Fixes

• Fixes and issue where the size of the icons and text in the sidebar wasn’t the same as in Finder
• Fixes an issue that made expanding Symlink folders not possible
• Fixes an issue where the hidden sidebar changed the widths of the panes
• Fixes an issue where the Date Added didn’t always appear immediately
• Fixes an issue where it wasn’t possible to add items to a selection based on their extensions when the extension wasn’t visible
• Fixes possible crashes in connection with the View Settings (Ejecting a disk, quitting when changed settings weren’t yet applied, etc.)
• Fixes an issue where the names of themes didn’t refresh after renaming or creating a new one
• Fixes an issue where it wasn’t possible to open the View Options when the path bar was hidden
• Fixes an issue where it was needed to authenticate cloud service providers such as Google Drive every time in the browser when users tried to connect
• Fixes an issue where it wasn’t possible to close Search with the Esc key
• Fixes an issue of file selection after a failed rename operation
• Fixes an issue where ForkLift didn’t load private keys from the default location
• Fixes an issue with transparent tabs
• Fixes an issue where the color tags were displayed as question marks in Icon View
• Fixes an issue where it wasn’t possible to work with subitems of an expanded folder after the folder has been renamed
• Fixes an issue which made it not possible to work with a folder that was renamed in the other pane
• Fixes an issue where the names of aliases and symlinks to default special folders on macOS weren’t display correctly in languages other than English
• Fixes an issue where it wasn’t possible to sort favorites alphabetically in the Favorite Manager
• Fixes an issue where no Group and Owner was shown on remote connections
• Fixes an issue where in some cases a drive called Preboot was displayed in the sidebar
• Fixes an issue where a local path was opened unnecessarily of a favorite when navigating the history in the toolbar
• Fixes an issue where no progress indicator was shown during search
• Fixes a graphical issue with Quick panels
• Fixes a possible hang when renaming multiple items
• Fixes multiple Quick Select bugs
• Numerous minor fixes and improvements

Download ForkLift 4 beta 5

In ForkLift 4 beta 4, we have completely redesigned the Info Window as a standalone window and as part of the Preview Pane. The changes in the permissions have to be applied to take effect. As a new feature, it is also possible to calculate the folder size inside the Info Window.

Another big new feature is the Theme Editor. We accidentally left the in-house theme editor in the previous beta version. The user demand for a real theme editor was so high, that we decided to make an easy-to-use theme editor that you can now use to create your own themes.

We have also added the highly requested Warp app as a Terminal app.

We made some changes to the copy engine, copy operations should be faster too.

There are numerous other new features, improvements and fixes in this version.

Check out beta 4 and let us know what you think of it. Please only report new bugs and issues that we listed as fixed but are still available in ForkLift 4 beta 4.

New

• Option to create and save your own themes – Themes can be created and edited under ForkLift > Settings > Themes
• “New Favorite” and “New Favorite Group” menu items added to the Favorites menu
• Tooltips of the Toolbar buttons
• Tooltips of the icons in the Preview Pane
• Type Select inside the Favorite Manager
• “Close Other Tabs” context menu item of tabs
• Default Folder X integration to detect ForkLift window
• Completely redesigned Info Window
• “Apply” button in the Info Window to apply changes in the Permissions
• Option to calculate folder size in the Info Window
• The “Esc” button is not hard coded to open Quick Open. Quick Open has no default keyboard shortcut, the desired shortcut can be added in the Settings of ForkLift
• Same keyboard shortcut as in Finder (Command-Shift-.) to show and hide invisible items
• Warp as a new Terminal application that can be selected in the Settings

Improvements

• SSH config handles case sensitivity and comments
• Deleting favorite groups from the sidebar is possible
• New, more visible Edit button in the toolbar
• Context menu item “Duplicate” added to favorites in the Favorite Manager
• It is possible to expand and collapse favorite groups with the arrow keys in the Favorite Manager
• Sound effects after the completion of file operations
• Enhances the presentation of the items in the Activities section inside the Preview pane to display more data
• Improved Apple Script implementation
• Command-Click to open a favorite in a new tab
• Option-Click to open favorite in the inactive pane
• The Date columns can be made narrower and the short form of the Date doesn’t contain the “Time”
• Enhanced, faster copying
• When the selected theme doesn’t exist any longer, the theme defaults to the system theme
• Date added gets updated immediately, which fixes numerous issues caused by the missing date

Fixes

• Fixes an issue where after a failed move operation the source file could be deleted
• Fixes an issue where no warning was shown when deleting a favorite from the sidebar
• Fixes an issue with the displayed path in the path bar when “Show in Enclosing Folder” was selected during a search
• Fixes an issue where ForkLift couldn’t get the bucket region on Digital Ocean Spaces
• Fixes an issue which made the text in the sidebar smaller
• Fixes an issue where it wasn’t possible to add a favorite in the Favorite Manager
• Fixes an issue where the favorite moved to the last position within its favorite group after it had been edited
• Fixes an issue where the size of the Preview Pane wasn’t restored correctly after a restart
• Fixes a possible FTP TLS data loss issue
• Fixes an issue with the alternating backgrounds when switching between the system appearance themes
• Fixes an issue where the window title wasn’t refreshing
• Fixes an issue where “$SOURCE_SELECTION_PATHS” didn’t handle names with spaces in them correctly
• Fixes an issue with “Calculate Folder Size”
• Fixes an issue where the shortcut “Command-Shift-E” to eject a drive didn’t work
• Fixes an issue where all shares with the same name on different machines got highlighted in the sidebar
• Fixes a display issue of the About ForkLift window when the System theme was dark but the ForkLift theme was light
• Fixes an issue where file selection got lost when the files were grouped
• Fixes an issue where ForkLift displayed an error message when it couldn’t reopen a folder that was deleted in the meantime, the starting directory opens instead
• Fixes an issue where the text in the Go to Folder pop-up remained white the theme in ForkLift was light but the theme of the OS was dark
• Numerous minor fixes and improvements

Download ForkLift 4 beta 4

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