Decloner versions

Helps you find and delete file duplicates from your Mac.
1.6
Jan 25, 2021
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1.5
Jun 15, 2012
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1.4
Apr 25, 2011
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What's new

v1.6 [Oct 18, 2014]
- New faster duplicate detection engine
- New Counting and Processing interface
- Elapsed and approximate remaining time is now displayed during file processing
- The Add button menu now shows a list of five recent locations for easier addition
- Scan location ranking: files in groups are now automatically sorted so that the higher the file's containing folder is located in the list of scan locations, the higher the file is ranked in a duplicate group
- Scan location reordering using drag-and-drop or keyboard shortcuts
- Whenever scan locations are reordered, files in duplicate groups are automatically reordered accordingly
- Auto-selection of duplicates has been redesigned so that files in groups are always sorted automatically in such a way that the top file is preferred to be left alone and the rest of the files are selected
- The list of duplicates is no longer expanded automatically. Use View → Expand All or press ⌘→
- Expanded groups now keep their state after restarting Decloner
- The preferred file in each group is now shown in green color
- New preference to keep Old or New files when auto-selecting duplicates
- It is now not possible to sort by the Name column anymore because of improved automatic duplicate ranking and selection
- Removed automatic preference of Aperture library images over iPhoto library images over ordinary files; reorder scan location to tell Decloner which files should be preferred when autoselecting duplicates
- When a scan location is removed, the files contained in it are also removed from the list of results
- The individual file size column is back, together with the option to sort groups of duplicates by the size of individual files in the group
- Added Creation Time column
- The process of displaying files in the list is now much faster
- Files and groups can now be deleted by pressing the Delete button
- After deleting files and groups the selection moves in a more sensible and predictable manner
- Decloner Trash has been renamed to Staging Area where files are staged for removal
- Number of files and the individual file size are now shown in groups' File Size column
- Improved accessibility, now much easier to use with VoiceOver
- HockeyApp is now used for crash reporting
- New feedback menu item.

v1.5 [Jun 15, 2012]
- Added Aperture and iPhoto workflow help
- Fixed a memory leak
- Fixed crash when staging files to Decloner Trash
- Fixed crash when updating 'selected' status of displayed files
- Fixed crash when starting to process files
- Fixed crash when finishing processing files
- Fixed crash when refreshing list of duplicates
- Fixed crash when attempting to reveal Logs folder from Preferences
- Fixed crash when deleting photos from iPhoto or Aperture

v1.4 [Apr 25, 2011]
• multiple folder support
• files that could not be removed are displayed in a list and can be deleted permanently
• deleted files can be replaced with aliases of the remaining file
• detailed information and QuickLook support for selected duplicate file groups (based on the first file in the group)
• hidden folders are not scanned anymore
• redesigned Preferences panel
• crash reporter
• improved accessibility
• improved responsiveness during file operations

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