Version History of Easy Duplicate Finder™

Current version: 7.30.1.64 — 05 October 2024

Minor bug fixes

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Version: 7.30.0.63 — 03 October 2024

Added support for macOS Sequoia 15.0 (Mac Mail scan, Music scan, etc.)
Scan speed improvements
Minor bug fixes

Version: 7.29.0.62 — 18 September 2024

Updated the offline user guide for MacOS and corrected the URL for the online version
Live preview: fixed issues with previewing MS Office documents
Preview: added option is settings to enable/disable embedding of the default OS previewer when possible
UI improvements: faster building of folder tree in cloud scan modes (GoogleDrive, Dropbox, OneDrive)
Dropbox scan improvements: detection of file modification time, processing of deleted folders

Version: 7.28.0.58 — 14 August 2024

Google Drive scan is now working without any warnings from Google
Added support for the most recent MacOS 15.6.1
Added support for Windows taskbar progress indication (see below)
Scan speed improvements
Resolved network issues in recent versions of MacOS
Minor UI bugfixes and improvements
Updated User Manual (both Windows and Mac)

Version: 7.27.1.56 — 14 June 2024

Monitor notification improvements
Added an option in Settings to Enable/Disable hardware acceleration (Windows only)
Bugfix: Folder comparison scan returns zero results in some cases
Bugfix: Error on application exit (MacOS only)

Version: 7.27.0.55 — 5 June 2024

OneDrive scan: fixes and improvements.
Added support for MacOS Sonoma 14.5 + resolved compatibility issues.
UI improvements:
- LivePreview
- Clickable folder selection area
- Added menu item "Register now" in the hamburger menu.
- Added "Save scan" to the duplicate management menu.
- Added a "Don't ask again" checkbox in the Logout popup.
- Setting in UI to skip step 2.
EasyMode has been removed from the welcome screen and replaced with Easy profile loading.
Updated default ignore list for Windows.
EDF now detects and skips cloud-synced files during scan.
New "About" pop-up window
Updated translations, added new Slovenian and Polish translations.
New scanner core allows to use the full power of your computer during scan.

Version: 7.26.0.51 — 9 November 2023

Added support for macOS Sonoma (14.1)
Outlook scan: added support for recent versions of MS Outlook
Mac music scan now supports Music app version 1.4 (Sonoma)
Google Drive scan improvements
Music scan improvements: silence at the beginning of audio track is skipped automatically
UI improvements
Updated translations
Minor bugfixes

Version: 7.25.0.45 — 18 August 2023

Dark theme added
MacOS Ventura 13.15 support improvements
Exported scan can now be imported by double-click on *.edfscan file
Other minor bugfixes and UI improvements

Version: 7.24.0.43 — 9 March 2023

New feature: File/Folder synchronization
EDF4Mac: added support for Ventura 13.2.1
EDF4Mac: added support for latest version of Outlook for Mac
Updated translations
Updated selection shortcuts:
- Ctr+A: select all
- Ctrl+N: select none
- Ctrl+R: reverse selection
- Ctrl+Click: select single
- Shift+Click: select range
- Ctrl+Shift+Click: unselect range

Version: 7.23.0.42 — 5 January 2023

Added support for Ventura 13.0.1
New Mac Music scan mode added
Outlook4Mac scan mode bug fixes and improvements
Other minor bugfixes and UI improvements

Version: 7.22.0.41 — 9 November 2022

A portable version of EDF for Windows is now available!
Now supports latest Mac OS Ventura release
New feature: sound notifications. In the program settings, users can choose which sounds to play at a particular scan step.
Music scan: better support for Monkey's audio (*.APE)
Google Drive scan: implemented new OAuth2 flow according to Google specs
Updated translations
Other minor bugfixes and UI improvements

Version: 7.21.0.40 — 15 September 2022

Changes in registration popup
Added support for latest Mac OS releases
UI improvements

Version: 7.20.0.38 — 30 August 2022

Step3 UI improvements (results list)
1. symbolic links and NTFS hard links now are in different colors
2. better column auto-width behavior
Window position and window size is saved on app shutdown and restored on app startup
Bugfix: application startup failure on MacOs
Support for upcoming release of Mac OS Ventura (now works with Ventura Beta 3)
Music scan: add support for new MO3 file format
Scan speed optimizations
Other minor bugfixes and improvements

Version: 7.19.0.37 — 7 July 2022

A new feature added: Search for duplicates in ZIP archives (Available for only "SHA256 checksum + FileSize" scan mode). This option can be enabled in scan settings and allows EDF to look inside ZIP archives when searching for duplicates.

Version: 7.18.0.36 — 22 April 2022

Mac Mail:
1. added support for the latest Mac Mail version 16.0
2. added support for scanning of local "On My Mac" folders
Google Drive: add support for direct web-link to external file in exported HTML (Dropbox: unfortunately this feature is not supported)
UI Step3: calculate and show total disk space taken by selected items
UI Step3: added bulk selection shortcuts (works when grid with results is active/focused): Select All (Ctrl+A), Select None (Ctrl+N), Reverse selection (Ctrl+R), select/unselect single (SPACE).
EDF for WINDOWS: Added a new option "Replace duplicates with NTFS hard links when possible" to the application Settings -> Scan Settings. When this option is turned ON and user chooses "Duplicate management -> Replace with symbolic links", EDF will try to use NTFS hard links instead of symbolic links. Hard links are more effective than symbolic links, and they don't require EDF to be running with administrator privileges. On the other hand, there are some restrictions:
1. hard links are available only on NTFS volumes
2. files being linked should be on the same volume (disk)

Version: 7.17.0.35 — 6 April 2022

Added new OneDrive scan mode
Export results to HTML: added direct link to external file (currently supported for OneDrive only)
Added support for latest Mac OS update 12.3.1
Other minor UI bugfixes and improvements

Version: 7.16.0.34 — 11 February 2022

Added support for Apple M1 platform
Added support for new audio file types and formats:
1. Dolby Digital AC-3 (*.AC3)
2. Musepack (*.MPC)
3. The True Audio (*.TTA)
4. Direct Stream Digital (*.DSD)
5. WebM / Matroska (*.WEBM)
Improved support for Monkey's Audio (*.APE)
Minor UI bugfixes and improvements

Version: 7.15.0.33 — 29 December 2021

Improved integration with Windows Explorer
Added integration with Mac Finder
Updated Quick Start Guide
Fixed application crash when OS exits hibernation state
Added a license renewal reminder pop-up

Version: 7.14.0.31 — 26 November 2021

Scan speed improvements
Improved Windows 10/11 version detection
Added EDF Monitor (Windows only, read more)
Added ability to clear file information cache
Minor bugfixes

Version: 7.13.0.29 — 14 October 2021

XMP tags detection improvements
Skipping XMP tags is now available in Music scan mode
Added new scan mode - "iTunes scan". (NOTE: iTunes scan available for Windows only, as there is no iTunes in Mac OS anymore. A support for Mac Music will be added in future versions.)
Minor bugfixes

Version: 7.12.0.28 — 16 September 2021

Backward compatibility with MacOS High Sierra (MacMail v11.5)
Added support for Mac mail v15 (Monterey Beta 5)
LivePreview improvements for Windows
Update translations + fix some translation issues
Better compatibility with NAS (Network storage) devices
Better Windows 11 support (Version detection + Symbolic Links)
Minor bugfixes

Version: 7.11.0.27 — 27 July 2021

Added support for Mac OS Monterey 12.0 Beta 2
Added support for Windows 11
Added new option "Ignore XMP data in compared files" in scan settings.
Fixed minor bugs

Version: 7.10.0.26 — 7 July 2021

Added a "How to use" hint in Search/Filter dialog with usage examples.
Updated TMS FlexCell library (used for Excel export/import)
Installer file size reduced

Version: 7.9.1.24 — 21 May 2021

EDF/Win Setup: Detect whether EDF is running and close it automatically
EDF/Mac Fix: Application fails to start after automatic update
Added Email input box into EDF activation window

Version: 7.9.0.23 — 18 May 2021

Drag'n'Dropping a "My Computer" folder will add all drives into scan (Windows only)
Added "Empty Folders" scan mode
Added automatic UI language detection at first application startup
French translation bugfixes
Minor UI bugfixes

Version: 7.8.0.22 — 21 April 2021

Fixed minor bugs

Version: 7.8.0.21 — 23 February 2021

Added WDS (Windows Driver Storage) Cleaner Tool (Windows only)
Added SHA-256 calculator
Added new Dropbox scan which is based on the most recent Dropbox API (v2)
Dropbox scan/Google drive scan now uses external authentication via user's web-browser
Improved small display compatibility
New Activation popup
Fixed bugs

Version: 7.7.0.20 — 20 January 2021

Mac mail scan improvements for Catalina and Big Sur
Updated Portuguese translations and added user manual
Added iTunes Dead Cleaner tool
EDF for Mac OS is now notarized by Apple and will run OK on latest Mac OS versions
EDF for Windows now supports DPI scaling and should look OK on all monitors
Various minor UI improvements

Version: 7.6.0.19 — 22 December 2020

UI Revamp
New look of "Trial Exceeded" popup
New look of Balloon hints
Updated list of permanent exclusions (to make scan safer)
Updated translations
Filter categories: updated file types
Fixed: Loading a previously saved scan gives zero results

Version: 7.5.0.18 — 24 November 2020

UI Revamp
Outlook scan mode improvements
Added some missing fonts into the application
Scan engine speed improvements
Better logging: application settings are automatically dumped into the log before each scan
Added support for Mac Mail version 14
Improved Mac OS Big Sur compatibility

Version: 7.4.0.15 — 27 October 2020

New "Mac Mail" scan mode (supports Mac Mail version up to 13.0 - Catalina)
Added Full support for Automatic update feature in Mac OS
Export to Excel now works in Mac OS
Improved support for Outlook for Mac (previous versions failed to delete/move emails)
Outlook Mail scan improvements (both Mac and Windows)
Music Scan/Fingerprinting: added support for M4A/M4P file types
Now Compatible with the latest Mac OS Big Sur beta 10
Fixed: Byte-by-Byte scan could skip some duplicates from result list
Fixed: Blurry preview in Windows 10

Version: 7.3.0.12 — 23 September 2020

Added new Google Drive scan mode.
Enhanced error handling and error stack logging (Windows only)
Minor bugfixes
Updated translations

Version: 7.2.0.11 — 27 August 2020

Added Folder Comparison scan mode
Improved Outlook Mail mode
Updated translations

Version: 7.1.0.10 — 13 August 2020

Added new Outlook Mail scan mode (up to Outlook 2019)
Updated translations

Version: 7.0.1.9 — 29 July 2020

Updated translations
Bug fixes

Version: 7.0.0.8 — 17 July 2020

UI revamped slightly
One-click Windows installer & Windows Explorer shell integration support
Added support for caching file hash information & new option in settings
Cancelling scan is now much faster
Improved logging
Updated translations

Archived Versions 5.0.2.801 → 5.29.0.1109 — August 2016 until June 2020
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Archived Versions 4.1.0.85 → 4.13.0.787 — June 2012 until August 2016
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Archived Versions 1.0 → 3.2.0.18 — May 2007 until 2011
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Windows PC

OS: XP - 11
32 bit or 64 bit
CPU: 400 MHz or higher
RAM: 128 MB or more
Hard Drive: 5 MB of free space

Mac

OS X 10.6 - Sonoma 14
64-bit processor
A Mac with an Intel processor
RAM: 1GB of memory
Hard Drive: 64MB of free space

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