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-You can now reduce the size of File Cabinet Pro’s icon in the menu bar by holding down the control key while clicking the icon to bring up a context menu.

File Cabinet Pro Version 7.7.1 Update Released

March 21, 2020 by

File Cabinet Pro version 7.7.1 has been released for macOS.

What’s New?

-Fixed issue that could cause an unexpected file operation to be performed when dragging files across volumes in some cases.

-Fixed issue that could sometimes cause File Cabinet Pro to copy files instead of moving them when dragging files to and from directories if the files are on the same external volume.

-Fixed issue that could cause File Cabinet Pro to not refresh a column in column view after performing undo/redo in rare cases.

-Improved error handling when moving/copying files.

View Extended Attributes of Files with File Cabinet Pro Version 7.7

March 7, 2020 by

File Cabinet Pro version 7.7 has been released for macOS.

What’s New?

-You can now view the extended attributes of files via the new “View Extended Attributes” Service.

-Fix for a crash that could occur under rare circumstances when dragging to Icon view.

-Other minor bug fixes.

Easily Bind an NSProgress Object to an NSProgressIndicator in Objective-C [Open Source]

February 12, 2020 by

In UIKit UIProgressView has an observedProgress property. If you set the observedProgress property on a UIProgressView, it will automatically update its appearance when you make changes to the NSProgress object. On macOS (in AppKit at least) NSProgressIndicator does not have an equivalent API. I created a simple category on NSProgressIndicator that adds an observedProgress property on NSProgressIndicator. The source code is available on Github here.

File Cabinet Pro Version 7.6 Update Released

February 6, 2020 by

File Cabinet Pro version 7.6 has been released for macOS.

What’s New?

-Added the option to have File Cabinet Pro automatically close the main window on outside mouse click in Settings.

-Fixed bug that caused three finger dragging not to work for users that have a Force Touch trackpad and also have three finger dragging enabled in System Preferences.

File Cabinet Pro Version 7.5 Makes Adding Directories to the Favorites Sidebar Easier

January 29, 2020 by

File Cabinet Pro version 7.5 has been released for macOS.

What’s New?

-Added a new Service named “Add to File Cabinet Pro Favorites.” You can use this Service to add directories to your Favorites list from other apps via the Services menu.

-You can now add directories to the Favorites section in the sidebar by selecting directories in File Cabinet Pro and using the Control+Command+T keyboard shortcut.

-Fixed bug that caused the sidebar window to not properly grow in height when the main window is enlarged.

File Cabinet Pro Version 7.4 Adds Text Search to the PDF Viewer

January 20, 2020January 20, 2020 by

File Cabinet Pro version 7.4 has been released for macOS.

What’s New?

-File Cabinet Pro’s PDF viewer now supports search.

-Minor bug fixes.

File Cabinet Pro Version 7.3.5 Minor Bug Fix Update Released

January 1, 2020 by

File Cabinet Pro version 7.3.5 is out today. This update fixes a minor bug on macOS Catalina that sometimes caused File Cabinet Pro’s popover window to steal focus from a document window when icons were added or removed from the Dock.

Below are the release notes for updates 7.3.2 through 7.3.4 for those who missed any of the recent File Cabinet Pro updates.

7.3.4:
-Fixed minor bug in macOS that caused the move tool not to work in the image viewer on 10.14 and 10.15.

7.3.3:
-Fixed minor UI bug that sometimes caused the close button in the tab bar to disappear on mouse hover on macOS 10.15

7.3.2:
-Fixed issue that sometimes caused the document version browser to automatically close immediately after it was opened.