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ForkLift 4.0.5 is available

This update addresses some issues with the Sync feature. This includes fixing a problem introduced in version 4.0.3. We have also taken care of a few other small bugs related to synchronization. Additionally, we tackled a tricky issue with saving and restoring default view settings

Fixes

  • Fixes an issue, which made it impossible to work with the filters in the Sync Window
  • Fixes a possible crash when fileSize was selected as a filter in the Sync Window
  • Fixes localization issues of the filters in the Sync Window
  • Fixes issues of saving and restoring the Default View Settings

Download ForkLift 4.0.5

ForkLift 4.0.4 is available

This is a quick update to fix issues introduced in version 4.0.3. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by our recent update. We have identified and addressed unexpected issues that may have impacted your workflow.

Fixes

  • Fixes a possible crash when syncing to a remote location
  • Fixes an issue with remote connections, which, in some cases, made it impossible to navigate away from the user’s home directory
  • Fixes an issue with the speed of the synchronization
  • Fixes an issue with the Tools

Download ForkLift 4.0.4

ForkLift 4.0.3 is available

We were able to find out why for some users the imported passwords from ForkLift 3 weren’t working. We were able to fix this issue and starting from this version, the “incorrectly” imported passwords will work also in ForkLift 4. Another big additions in this update are some UX improvements and the French localization. We have added a highly requested feature to deselect items individually in the Sync Window.
Please feel free to report issues with the localization. Other languages and the option to claim the upgrade bonus are coming soon.

New

  • Option to deselect items individually in the Sync Window
  • French localization
  • The settings of the PDF previewer inside the Preview Pane are now saved and restored
  • The size of the Multi-rename window is now saved and automatically restored
  • Increased size limit of the Preview Pane, beneficial for users with higher screen resolution
  • Introducing the option to resize the icons in Icon View with the Command-Plus (or Command-Shift-Plus) and the Command-Minus (or Command-Shift-Minus) keyboard shortcuts
  • Custom icons for the Movies and Developer folders when added to the favorites

Improvements

  • Improved SFTP connections to connect to the main user directory instead of the root, addressing multiple connection issues

Fixes

  • Fixes an issue preventing the successful usage of FTP passwords imported from ForkLift 3. After this update, the defunct imported passwords will start working in ForkLift 4 automatically. Future imports should work without issues
  • Fixes an issue within Tools (Setting > Tools) where functionality was compromised if the file name contained special characters
  • Fixes an issue in Settings > Editing, allowing users to permanently delete applications from the list
  • Fixes a download issue from OneDrive, ensuring downloaded folders are no longer empty
  • Fixes an issue in the Sync Window, where in some cases, the number of items in the status info at the bottom of the window was displayed incorrectly
  • Fixes a Default Folder X integration issue, ensuring the correct sorting order
  • Fixes Dropbox transfer issues, enabling the transfer of items with special characters (such as Japanese or Cyrillic characters) without encountering the error code: “HTTP error code: 400.”
  • Fixes a VoiceOver issue in the Toolbar
  • Fixes an issue with unresponsive network share favorites
  • Fixes an issue on Google Drive where replacing folders wasn’t possible in some cases
  • Fixes an issue on Google Drive where in some cases, opening the Shared Drives and the Shared with me folder resulted in the error code: “invalid value: invalid”
  • Numerous minor fixes and improvements

ForkLift 4.0.2 is available

A new update to ForkLift 4 is available. This version doesn’t contain the option to enter your previous license key to claim the upgrade bonus. That feature needs a little bit more testing but it is coming soon.

New

  • Added Delete button to delete favorites inside the Favorite Manager (Favorites > Show Favorites)
  • Option to use the Delete key to delete the selected favorite inside the Favorite Manager (Favorites > Show Favorites)

Improvements

  • Tools now evaluate commands and parameters the same way as the Terminal
  • Purchase menu disappears immediately after registering ForkLift

Fixes

  • Fixes a possible crash when connecting to certain SFTP servers
  • Purchase menu disappears immediately after registering ForkLift
  • Fixes an issue during synchronization when “Delete orphaned items” and “Synchronize subfolders”
  • Fixes an issue where files downloaded with zero bytes from certain SFTP servers
  • Fixes some SFTP compatibility issues
  • Fixes an issue with Google Drive when copying folders would fail with “No such file or directory” error
  • Fixes an issue with OneDrive when files would appear multiple times in the file view
  • Fixes an issue on FTP and SFTP connections when in column and icon view drag operations were treated as move operations instead of copy
  • Fixes an issue where duplicated favorites didn’t function as expected
  • Fixes an issue with Content search, which was only working correctly when “Search in Subfolders” was enabled
  • Numerous minor fixes and improvements

Download ForkLift 4.0.2

ForkLift 4 beta 11 is available

This update includes several additional bug fixes, including one that addresses a potential crash that may occur when users rearrange the tabs. This bug was the final one among the outstanding issues that frequently caused crashes, and it was important to us to resolve it before the official release of Forklift 4.

Fixes

  • It is possible to move the focus from the Search field to the active pane with the Tab key
  • Fixes an issue during synchronization when in some cases the Sync Window didn’t display any items until one of the settings was changed
  • Fixes an issue of excessive memory usage during large sync operations
  • Fixes a possible crash when moving tabs
  • Fixes a display issue in the Welcome Window when changing themes
  • Fixes a possible crash when using source control management

Download ForkLift 4 beta 11

ForkLift 4 beta 10 is available

We have fixed some issues in the previous beta. Hopefully, the final version is coming soon.

New

  • Backblaze B2 rename
  • Backblaze B2 move operation inside a bucket

Fixes

  • Fixes an issue that makes it impossible to open and preview items inside an archive when the archives were treated as folders
  • ForkLift asks for permission to send notifications
  • Fixes a possible crash during sync
  • Fixes a possible crash when moving multiple folders on servers
  • Fixes a possible crash when deleting apps with the App Deleter
  • Fixes an issue that caused empty favorite groups to be overwritten with newly created favorite groups

Download ForkLift 4 beta 10

ForkLift 4 beta 9 is available

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

ForkLift 4 beta 8 is available

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

ForkLift 4 beta 7 is available

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

ForkLift 4 beta 6 is available

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