Release Notes | WhatSizeMac

Version 8.1.5 : Monday November 18, 2024

Added code to better handle the uninstall menu.
Added code to better support Full Disk Access grant permissions.

Version 8.1.4 : Monday November 4, 2024

Added code to integrate QuickLook technology in the inspector or by tapping space.
Addressed minor issue where the inspector view was making the main view grow in height.

Version 8.1.3 : Monday September 23, 2024

Updating the Browser View for more consistent experience.
Adding the Disk Cleaner view.

Version 8.1.2 : Monday July 8, 2024

We are finaly releasing Version 8 to leverage Apple's latest technologies
This is a free upgrade to all users of WhatSize version 7.
Adding support for macOS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_Ventura
Adding support for macOS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_Sonoma
Adding support for macOS https://www.apple.com/macos/macos-sequoia
This is the first version of the product written 100% in pure Swift https://www.swift.org
It uses SwiftUI https://developer.apple.com/tutorials/swiftui as the presentation layer.
Structured Concurrency https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/Concurrency.html as the concurrency model.
And Composable Architecture https://github.com/pointfreeco/swift-composable-architecture as the overall application architecture.

Version 7.7.7 : Monday December 5, 2022

Adding support for macOS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_Ventura
Dropping support for macOS Sierra 10.12
Maintenance Fixes

Version 7.7.5 : Monday March 14, 2022

Fixes to better handle Mounted volumes inside the /Volumes folder.
This bug was causing WhatSize to improperly count mounted volume sizes when measuring the Startup Disk.
Adding support for macOS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_Monterey
Maintenance Fixes

Version 7.7.3 : Monday November 29, 2021

Fixing Crashes introduced as part of the swift (getattrlistbulk) upgrade
I have downgraded to the obj-c version of (getattrlistbulk)
Fixes to the Allow Full Disk Access routine
Many thanks to loyal and generous customers
Michael Anderes, Harald Regentrop, Karl Pfeiffer, Michiel Winthagen and others
Maintenance Fixes

Version 7.6.5 : Monday August 16, 2021

Fixing TimeMachine support for macOS Big Sur
Fixing Swift library linking issue that affects macOS systems older than 10.14
Maintenance Fixes

Version 7.6.4 : Monday November 30, 2020

Adding support for macOS Big Sur
Addressed a rare issue that would cause an infinite loop on startup
Addressed issue related to a mounted volume with missing volume UUID
Addressed an issue related to improper TimeMachine

Version 7.4.4 : Monday August 10, 2020

When measuring a parent folder, children that are present on the SideBar are automatically updated
Addressed a small issue when handling the Request Activation Reset
Added 'Empty Trash' menu item to empty the trash using Finder
File counts are properly updated when the app performs background updates

Version 7.4.3 : Monday June 8, 2020

Added support for managing local TimeMachine/APFS snapshots. These invisible files can fill up your disk. This feature is available on 10.15 and newer

Version 7.4.1 : Monday April 6, 2020

Implemented Export As TSV, allowing for more data processing using Numbers.app or Microsoft Excel.app
Addressed issues related to APFS (Apple File System)
Addressed move to trash issues

Version 7.3.3 : Monday December 16, 2019

Addressed issues related to macOS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_Catalina
Addressed issues that were causing large memory utilization
Performance optimizations

Version 7.2.1 : Monday September 16, 2019

Added support for macOS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_Catalina
Added code to automatically show/hide volumes in the sidebar as they are mounted/ejected from the Finder

Version 7.1.1 : Monday August 19, 2019

Brought back the Table View mode (from v6), to allow a flat view of all files recursively
Improved filtering on the Table View, Duplicate View and Cleaner View
Fixes to the duplicate and file categorization engine
This build will invalidate your current measures, please re-measure using the new 7.1.1 build

Version 7.1.0 : Monday July 15, 2019

Added support for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT file systems
Added filtering by date/(date range) or size/(size range) to the duplicates view

Version 7.0.9 : Monday June 10, 2019

Fixes to the PieChart View mode
Fixes to Mojave DarkMode

Version 7.0.8 : Monday May 27, 2019

Added Support for Apple's QuickLook Technology
Fixed a few minor issues related to Mojave DarkMode
Fixed a rare issue where the application was using excessive amounts of memory
Updated the code base to be Swift 5 compliant

Version 7.0.7 : Monday May 20, 2019

In browser view mode, the count of files/folders will take in consideration the Show Hidden Files setting
Adjusted string colors when in DarkMode
Added Mail my Key for easy in app serial key retrieval
Adjusted the default install location to be under /Applications

Version 7.0.6 : Monday May 13, 2019

Completed the re-write in Swift 4 and Apple's newest file system Technologies

Version 6.6.3 : Monday November 27, 2017

Compatibility with macOS High Sierra (10.13)
General bug fixes.

Version 6.5.4 : Monday January 9, 2017

Improvements to handle TimeMachine volumes on remote machines or on external drives.
Improvements to physical (On Disk) file size accuracy.
Better support for SMB mounted volumes.
General bug fixes.

Version 6.5.3 : Monday September 19, 2016

Updated to support macOS Sierra.

Version 6.5.2 : Monday July 11, 2016

Sparkle updates are now using the more secure SSL protocol.
When measuring SSD or Flash drives the app will scan a few times faster.
Bug fixes and enhancements to printing.
General bug fixes.

Version 6.4.3 : Monday December 7, 2015

Added menu to disable MobileBackups.
Added code to simplify serial key registration.
Minor bug fixes.

Version 6.4.1 : Friday November 27, 2015

Added support for MobileBackups (mtmfs), msdos and exfat file systems.
Added support for sudo in trial mode.

Version 6.3.2 : Friday November 6, 2015

Fixed crash related to database upgrade from 6.2.1
Added support for symbolic links. We will account them as simple files of 4kb and adjust their icons. We will not follow links.

Version 6.3.1 : Monday October 5, 2015

Blessed release for Apple's 10.11 ElCapitan Operating System.
Implemented the ability to measure Time Machine volumes. The numbers are updated when measuring as admin. To reduce the measurement time we are closely estimating the size.
Heavy File System Optimizations. We are seeing at least 25% improvement on a full disk scan and an order of magnitude with regard to the handling of Apple FSEvents.
Addressed occasional application dead lock when measuring.
Addressed issue related to folders with tens of thousands of files.
Addressed file filtering issues when in locales other than English.

Version 6.2.1 : Monday June 8, 2015

Implemented the ability to quickly measure separate folders rather than the whole volume. Drop a folder in the left side bar and measure it quickly
Reduced memory usage by a good 15%
Reduced time to open the database by 10%, making the app snapier on launch
Added print button to the tool bar for easy access
Refined activity window to display the current path being measured
Reworked whatsized to use apple's sanctioned XPC interprocess architecture, this will allow for more flexibility for users wanting to scan their drives as Administrator
Fixes to the German translation
Fixed a rare crash related to multiple measures going on in parallel
The app can now scan multiple volumes at once, however if multiple volumes reside on the same disk performance will be affected

Version 6.2.0 : Monday April 20, 2015

Addressed issues related to autolayout on 10.8 systems
Implemented Preferences 'Exclude' pane
Implemented printing

Version 6.1.8 : Wednesday March 4, 2015

Addressed issues related to localization
Updated user guide

Version 6.1.7 : Monday February 23, 2015

Addressed duplicate filtering when switching between sidebar items
Addressed obscure crash when switching between sidebar items
Addressed issue when adding/removing favorites from the sidebar
Italian language pack translations
French language pack translations
German language pack translations

Version 6.1.6 : Monday February 9, 2015

Overhaul of the duplicate UI for more flexibility
Overhaul of the left sidebar view
Upgraded to apple's autolayout
Italian language pack
Fixes to Apple's FSEvents support. This allows WhatSize to be synchronized with file system changes in real time
Added ability to stop a measurement in progress
Numerous stability fixes
Numerous fixes to the UTI engine, a User Interface for this module is in the works

Version 6.1.5 : Monday January 5, 2015

The application is now 64bit, it will consume a bit more memory but the advantages are far greater
Initial support for Apple's FSEvents. This allows WhatSize to be synchronized with file system changes in real time
Overhaul of the duplicate engine for 3 to 5 times faster duplicate finding
Collecting uti type data for each file when measuring. This technology will allow WhatSize to display and manipulate data by uti type
Adding support for hidden files on the browser view
Adding sort button to the browser view mode
Addressed issue related with the move to trash logic
Addressed issue related to 64bit file systems
Addressed issue related to ejectable volumes
Addressed issue related to network volumes
Addressed issue related to favorites bar
Addressed issue related to the size refresh button on the left menu bar
Addressed issue related to older registration keys
Addressed numerous crash cases
Right click "Refresh (Selected Node)" is working again

Version 6.0.4 : Monday September 8, 2014

Reworked the database engine to allow faster, more accurate and more flexible file system size updates.
Reworked the cleaning tools into one trivial window.
Remove gigabytes of junk in one click.
Added ability to replace duplicates with hard links. This will save disk space without breaking existing apps.
Better handling of localized files.
The application is now 64bit to benefit from latest Apple hardware.
Dropped support for MAC OSX 10.6, Version 5.3.2, is the latest version that supports 10.6

Version 5.3.2 : Monday August 27, 2012

Dropped support for MAC OSX 10.5, Version 5.2.1, is the latest version that supports 10.5
The package installer and all binary products are now signed to conform with Apple's GateKeeper Technology.
Addressed issuse where the file names started with '.Trash'.
Addressed rare crash when moving duplicates into the Trash.
Addressed issue of incorrect Trash icon.
Addressed incorrect size formatting when exporting as CSV.
Addressed file size calculations in Mountain Lion.
Addressed issue with automatic graphics context switch to conserve battery time on laptops.
Added FileName column on TableView mode.

Version 5.2.1 : Monday January 9, 2012

Added preference pane to better handle CSV exports.
Added measuring of TimeMachine volumes. This feature will help identify local TimeMachine snapshots.
Dropped support for MAC OSX 10.4, Version 5.1.1, is the latest version that supports 10.4.
Addressed rare crash related to missing local host name.
Addressed rare crash related to the file system having changed from under the application.

Version 5.1.1 : Monday November 21, 2011

This is mostly a maintenance release to comply with the Apple Mac Store.
Added sorting by column header click in TableView mode.

Version 5.0.6 : Tuesday October 4, 2011

The application will now suport Lion's full screen.
Streamlined the user interface by merging the 'TableView' window with the main window.
When finding duplicates the file that has the oldest modified date is considered to be the original.
Addressed issue when removing files as Administrator.
Addressed issue with the Find Duplicate tool bar button.
Addressed issue with the ReMeasure tool bar button.
Optimizations to the Find Duplicate engine.
Addressed issue where some Duplicate files where not being shown.

Version 5.0.4 : Tuesday September 20, 2011

The application will now suport Lion's full screen.
Added "CMD+D", or right click context menu "Select All Duplicates". Now you can find and remove all duplicates in no time at all.
Added code that invokes Finder's Empty Trash.
Addressed issue with the activation server.

Version 5.0.2 : Tuesday August 8, 2011

This release is now compatible with v10.7 Lion.
Fixed Lion file size math. In Lion one KB is 1000 so apple went to multiples of 1000 rather than multiples of 1024 when displaying the compact file size.
Addressed issue where path names contain '/' characters, Finder will convert these into ':'.
Addressed issue where the browser view was not properly refreshing.
Addressed issue where the Sparkle updates were causing a deadlock.

Version 4.9.11 : Tuesday June 21, 2011

Free to all users. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. Recommended to all Users.
This release is now compatible with v10.7 Lion, developer preview.
Addressed multiple selection issue when in browser mode.
Addressed occasional application crash when moving file(s) to trash.
General bug fixes.

Version 4.9.10 : Tuesday May 10, 2011

Free to all users. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. Recommended to all Users.
Addressed performance issue when moving to Trash a lot of duplicate files.
Added Duplicates Column to improve the handling and the display of duplicate files and folders.
Duplicate blocks are now sorted by path name.
Addressed the issue of duplicate symlink files, the symlink files are now properly moved to trash and the UI is properly updated.
Addressed CSV export where the file name was not being included into the file path.
Addressed right click context menu bug, we were not selecting the proper item before the context action.

Version 4.9.9 : Tuesday April 19, 2011

Free to all users. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. Recommended to all Users.
Added modified date to the CSV exports.
Added ability to export very large folders.
Fixed intermittent crash when updating using Sparkle.

Version 4.9.8 : Tuesday October 5, 2010

Free to all users. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. Recommended to all Users.
Added "CMD+i", or right click context menu "Selection size". Will display size info for a selection on the Table View.
Added "Help->User Guide" Menu item and PDF.
Corrected License Agreement in that "one seat license permits installation on two computers for any number of users".
Addressed issue with QuickLook on SnowLeopard. Apple's QuickLook is available on 10.5 and 10.6 but not 10.4
Addressed issue with name sorting. The new implementation uses case insensitive sorting.
Addressed issue were the values reported on the bottom left status of the Table View were incorrect.

Version 4.9.7 : Thursday August 26, 2010

Free to all users. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. Recommended to all Users.
Addressed issue with 'removable' file:// volumes, ie: idevices mounted as drives.
Addressed issue with 'fusefs' type volumes, ie: idevices mounted as drives.
Addressed issue when .Trash folders can not be moved to Trash.
Addressed issue with the sparkle update engine, the sparkle update windows are now properly attached to the main window for a better workflow.

Version 4.9.6 : Monday July 12, 2010

Updates. Free to all users. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. Recommended to all Users.
Addressed issue when manually entering license keys.
Addressed issue when performing duplicate search on old slow machines and very large files.

Version 4.9.5 : Tuesday May 11, 2010

Updates. Free to all users. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. Recommended to all Users.
Addressed issue with NSException backtracks in SnowLeopard and machines that do not have the atos utility installed. This was causing an application crash.
Addressed issue related to NSDistantObject exceptions. These were being bubbled up to the user level and should have not.

Version 4.9.4 : Tuesday May 11, 2010

Updates. Free to all users. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. Recommended to all Users.
Bug fixes, enhacements, to handle uncaught exceptions. Some of these issues were affecting users on SnowLeopard.
Uncaught exceptions are now caught and presented in a clean UI. You can mail these to our servers for analysis. This will help us get feedback and resolve special case issues a lot easier than before. The UI was inspired by Apple's built in crash log reporter.

Version 4.9.3 : Wednesday March 24, 2010

Updates. Free to all users. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. Recommended to all Users.
Bug fixes, enhacements, to the Find Duplicate Files functionality.
Clicking on the app icon (from the Dock) will bring up the main window if none is visible. This behavior is similar to Apple's Finder.
The check for updates setting on the Preferences Window now sticks.
When measuring or refreshing a folder under PieChart the User Interface will refresh itself.
Added menu item to reset the Find Duplicates database.
More accurate time estimates when building the duplicates database.
Added support for multiple seat keys. You need to purchase one of these if you plan to use the software on more than 3 machines.
Added key validation to our website servers. At this time we check only for blacklisted keys, which is always a problem. We allow a one seat key to be used in up to 3 machines. If the key is blacklisted the software will revert to demo mode.

Version 4.9.2 : Tuesday April 13, 2010

Updates. Free to all users. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. Recommended to all Users.
Bug fixes, enhacements, to the Find Duplicate Files functionality.

Version 4.9.1 : Tuesday February 23, 2010

Updates. Free to all users. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. Recommended to all Users.
Bug fixes, enhancements, to the Find Duplicate Files functionality.
Bug fixes, enhancements, to the Lipo Suction, functionality.
Added tool bar icon and menu item.

Version 4.9.0 : Tuesday February 2, 2010

Updates. Free to all users. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. Recommended to all Users.
Added Duplicate Files functionality. We consider two files to be duplicates if they have the same md5 hash value. Figuring out the md5 hashes can be a long and expensive operation, so we will build the hash values in the background and store them into a database for convenience. If the files are modified the md5 hashes will be recalculated. You'd be suprised at how many duplicate files are out there.
We will skip the following file names: .svn, build, cvs, *.app, *.framework, *.bundle, */library/caches/ We plan to allow for more control in a future release using a preference panel.
Fixed SnowLeopard bug crash related to Java.
Fixed SnowLeopard file size math. In SnowLeopard one KB is 1000 so Apple went to multiples of 1000 rather than multiples of 1024 when displaying the compact file size.
Modified QuickLookUI loading to prevent crash on SnowLeopard.

Version 4.8.3 : Tuesday November 17, 2009

Updates. Free to all users. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. Recommended to all Users. Recommended to all SnowLeopard Users.
Major fixes in memory usage. For example while measuring a Volume with 350GB worth of data the app will consume 250MB less of memory. Minor speed improvements as well.
Improvements to the Delocalizer engine.

Version 4.8.2 : Monday October 19, 2009

Updates. Free to all users. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. Recommended to all Users.
Minor bug fixes related to SnowLeopard.

Version 4.8.1 : Monday August 31, 2009

Updates. Free to all users. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. Recommended to all Users.
Minor bug fixes related to SnowLeopard.

Version 4.8.0 : Tuesday August 25, 2009

Updates. Free to all users. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. Recommended to all Users.
Added 'Lipo Suction' module. Remove those extra architecture bytes. When Apple moved to universal binaries, the binaries got twice as big. You can lipo the binary files add keep only the native architecture bytes. For example if you are running on a PPC machine you could get rid of all the Intel binaries.

Version 4.6.0 : Tuesday May 12th, 2009

Updates. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. Recommended to all Users.
Added 'Last Modified' date column.
Added sorting by the 'Last Modified' date column. You can use this feature to find, remove those old files that you have not used in forever.
Added filtering of files/folders by 'Last Modified' date column.
Added 'Exact Match' when filtering of files/folders by 'File Name' column
Added preferences panel to allow power users to remove files as sudo.
Fixed crash when removing files/folders as sudo.
Optimized code when removing large number of files/folders.
Optimized code when sorting by name.

Version 4.5.2 : Wednesday April 22nd, 2009

Updates. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. Recommended to all Users.
Fixed crash when calling Delocalize without a node or folder selection
Added 'Delocalize' to the left menu bar context menu.
Added 'Show/Hide File Counts' to the Browser View context menu.

Version 4.5.1 : Monday March 16th, 2009

Updates. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. Recommended to all Users.
Fixed 'Copy Path' context menu to copy paths as string, we were copying as xml.
Fixed menu access for the context right menu.
Added 'Delocalize Selected Node' context menu to allow delocalizing a selected folder.

Version 4.4.2 : Monday March 2nd, 2009

Updates. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. Recommended to all Users.
Added Delocalizer module. Remove those unwanted locales for languages you never knew existed.

Version 4.4.1 : Tuesday December 2nd, 2008

Updates. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. Recommended to all Users.
Added new database engine for speed and scalability to support large file systems with more than 4 million files and folders.
Added multiple code optimizations, reduced memory footprint and patched a few minor leaks. This will allow the app to be used for longer periods of time.
Added support for QuickLook on Leopard.
Added preference pane.

Version 4.3.1 : Tuesday August 19th, 2008

Updates. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. We regret to drop support for OSX 10.3 users. This version will now work only on 10.4 and above.
Properly updating the window title when reloading the TableView mode.
Code fix to properly shut down the measuring thread. We were not stopping this thread and thus causing unnecessary cpu usage.
Now we can re-order items under PLACES using drag and drop.

Version 4.3.0 : Monday August 18th, 2008

Updates. Free to all users. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. Recommended to all Users.
Thanks to support from our customers we have spent a lot of time to make this simple app even more useful. This is a Free update.
Multiple fixes under the hood have been made to improve the integrity of measurements. One example is that Finder ignores the Folder size. Folders just like Files take disk space, they store information about the Files/Folders they contain. This information is managed by the Operating System. Our measurements will appear larger than those from Finder, but will be a bit more accurate.
The app will consult with the file system to prevent existing measurements from going stale.
The local Trash icon gets updated in real time when moving items to the Trash.
We now allow users to move items to the Trash as Administrator, but only items that reside under /Users. This is done to prevent removal of critical Files by mistake. We plan to enhance this feature in a future release.
There are now contextual menus to sort as well as Export a selection of files as csv for further processing.
We now display the File/Folder icons.
The app will remember the last sort function and use it on the next launch.
Due to popular demand the main window will display a tool bar. All tool bar functions are accessible using menu short cuts.
We have added the ability to refresh just one node, recursively. This function gets kicked automatically when on Browser View and the folder clicked has been updated since the last time it was measured.
There is better feedback when moving items to the Trash fails.

Version 4.2.0 : Wednesday February, 13th, 2008

Updates.
Added PieChart view.

Version 4.1.1 : Thursday December, 27th, 2007

10.3.9 Compatibility.
Overall speed improvements to the serialization engine.
Minor UI tweaks.
Bug fixes related to 10.3.9 Panther.

Version 4.1.0 : Thursday December, 6th, 2007

Added Persistence.
Measured side bar items will now persist into ~/Library/Caches/WhatSize/. When the user clicks on a previously measured side bar item we will load the cached info in one instant. The cache is updated each time the user elects to re-measure a side bar item.

Version 4.7.0 : Monday June 22nd, 2009

Updates. Free to all users. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING MAC OSX 10.3. Recommended to all Users.
Added 'Nib'o Suction' module. Remove those unwanted nib files, developers forgot to. These files are used for developing software and are not used by the installed software. They can safely be removed.
Added 'Nib'o Suction' to the different context menus. You can remove the unused nib files from a specific folder with pinpoint accuracy.
Added 'Show/Hide File Icon' to the Browser View context menu.
Added 'Customize' Size filtering on the Table View to find files using custom size range.

Version 4.0 : Thursday November, 29th, 2007

Complete Overhaul.
Total redesign brings in a true client-server architecture. This means support for System Administrator so that even files owned by other users of the machine can be measured.
Better ergonomics. We have redesigned the UI to follow Mac OSX, Leopard UI guidelines.