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Version History

About this release - This document is part of a beta release copy of File Buddy 8. This beta release has been made available to give users an opportunity to identify and report any issues they (by "they" we mean "you") may encounter in time to address them prior to File Buddy 8's final release. This release has been used extensively with Mac OS X 10.3.4, and to the best of our knowledge is stable and reliable. That said, beta software is unfinished. Some features may not be fully implemented, and unexpected results may occur. The use of beta software is not recommended in a production environment.

File Buddy 8b10 - July 12, 2004
- Fixed a crash which could occur when creating a snapshot.
- The progress window displayed when creating a snapshots is now more responsive, provides better feedback, and allows canceling the operation at any time.
- Fixed a drawing bug which could occur when using a mouse wheel under certain circumstances with the List window.
- Added an option to create droplets from the Rename window.
- Added an option to create droplets from the Rename with Dates window.
- Made some changes to the Group Info window to address the fact that getting info for a large number of items can take a long time. Someone correctly observed that getting group info takes longer in File Buddy 8 than it did in File Buddy 7. This is because File Buddy 8 spends time ensuring that no item will be counted twice.
- The Label pop-up menu is back in the Find window.
- File Buddy now notifies you more gently when it completes a process while in the background, by bouncing its icon in the Dock once every 10 seconds.
- Another assortment of minor tweaks and improvements.

File Buddy 8b9 - July 1, 2004
- A possible crash when opening an Info window was introduced in b8. Fixed.
- Using the Create Icon From Image command in combination with the Info window's Change All button would install the first icon on all items. Fixed.
- Droplets created to apply the Create Icon From Image feature were using the icon of the current Info window item when the droplet was created. Fixed.

File Buddy 8b8 - June 29, 2004
- Trim Custom Icons would crash when the progress window appeared. Fixed.
- When File Buddy was processing files dropped on an Info window Droplet created to delete data or resource forks, the fork deletion confirmations were appearing too soon and displaying an incorrect message. Fixed.
- Some attributes were not showing up in the list of scheduled actions for Info droplets. Fixed.
- A new Adjust command in the Info window's Created and Modified date menus let's you adjust those dates by a fixed time period forward or backward.
- List windows opened with a Hot Key would not draw the contents of the list until the window was clicked or the mouse was moved. Fixed.
- Check for Newer Version now uses a server accessed via your Internet connection to determine if you're using the latest version. (No personal information or information about anything on your computer other than the version of File Buddy which is running is sent to the server.) 
- An assortment of minor tweaks and improvements.

File Buddy 8b7 - June 25, 2004
- Files accessed from Finder are now sorted by name before renaming sequentially. Files renamed from Info windows and List windows are still renamed in their current order.
- Files in an List window will now always be renamed in the order they appear in the list. Previously this was only true when renaming a selection in the list which did not include all items.
- Pressing the Option key when dismissing any of the renaming windows will now cause the renaming process to begin immediately, as if you had clicked the Rename All button in the renaming progress window.
- If you rename a Droplet after it is created, the new name is not used in the Droplet's application menu. This is beyond our control, so droplets have been changed to display the original name everywhere in the application for consistency.
- Droplets were not including the actions "Delete resource fork" or "Delete data fork" in the list of scheduled changes if they were scheduled. Fixed.
- More minor fixes and improvements.

File Buddy 8b6 - June 23, 2004
- The What's New in File Buddy™ 8 PDF document is now available as a separate download.
- The Check Aliases commands are now available. There are still some interface issues to address in the Broken Aliases window, but all functional aspects should work as expected.
- The File > Update Alias command now updates the currently selected items in a List window if all of them are aliases.
- Changed the results of pressing the right and left arrow keys in file lists to open and close folders to be consistent with the behavior in Finder when these keys are pressed.
- Items copied from a List window can now be pasted into another List window.
- Fixed a problem in the File Buddy contextual menu plug-in which could cause a crash in the currently active application when using the Open in File Buddy item under rare circumstances.
- More minor fixes and improvements.

File Buddy 8b5 - June 15, 2004
- Added validity checking to prevent crashing when accessing application property lists (Info.plist files) which were not created properly. The known offenders are Canvas 9 and Freehand MX, but there are almost certainly others out there as well. The crash would occur while trying to open an info window for any file belonging to such an application.
- Made changes to the Info window so full keyboard access will work correctly for all items in the window and the tab order is logical.
- Added the option to create Find Duplicate and Find Unique Files droplets.
- Added Copy Creator and Copy File Type commands to the Info window's Clipboard menu to allow copying the creator and file type of a package.
- Added a Clear Creator command to the File Buddy contextual menu plug-in. If you've installed an earlier release of the plug-in, File Buddy will detect this and offer to install the new one.
- When an item was dragged into the Find window, File Buddy would pause for a few seconds waiting for Finder to supply the item's comment. The pause has been removed`.
- Added two new commands to in the Find menu and a change in the Find window's preferences let you establish a default Find window configuration.
- Numerous minor fixes and improvements.

File Buddy 8b4 - June 9, 2004
- Fixed a problem which could cause a crash under some circumstances shortly after midnight if File Buddy has been running for a long time.
- Fixed auto-completion of types and creators in the Info window.
- Fixed a problem with tabbing in the Find window.
- Droplets are now available. Be sure to read the accompanying Droplets document for a description of what's new in File Buddy 8 droplets and how they differ from those created by previous versions of File Buddy.
- A number of minor tweaks, fixes, and enhancements.

File Buddy 8b3 - June 2, 2004
- Fixed a drawing problem in Viewers when the selection in a List window was changed using an arrow key and the list had to scroll to show the new selection.
- Implemented a workaround for a bug in Mac OS X which could cause all your preferences to disappear after using administrator mode.
- Creating a folder in a Save File dialog while in administrator mode would result in the folder having "system" as its owner. Fixed this so that folders created while using a Save File dialog belong to the currently logged-in user.
- There are no feature changes in this release.

File Buddy 8b2 - May 31, 2004
- Alerts containing text explaining that some features are not available in the beta were displaying numbers instead of text. Fixed.
- A serial number could be pasted into the field for entering a serial number, but the number of characters which could be typed was limited to less than the correct number. Fixed.
- Added an informational alert to be displayed prior to erasing unused disk space. Due to some problems in the way Mac OS X virtual memory system handles low disk space situations, filling the disk with erasure files can cause a problem if you're actively using applications while File Buddy is erasing unused space. The message explains that it's best to erase unused disk space immediately after a restart, and to leave your Mac alone until the process is complete. This is especially true if you're erasing the unused space on the startup volume.
- Opening multiple windows of the same kind (such as the Info window) would have them stacked on top of one another if the window had a toolbar. Fixed.
- Fixed a redraw problem when a Viewer was displaying an icon and the Viewer was resized.

File Buddy 8b1 - May 26, 2004
First release.

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