History | DiskCatalogMaker

versione 9.1b9 - 18 dic 2024

Enabled the atomic file writing mode by default for stability.
Fixed an issue where the “Provide DiskCatalogMaker Feedback” window would show a success message but no data would be sent.
Added the ability to rename root catalog entries even for types other than disks.
Tuned UI for better user experience.

versione 9.0.9f1 - 8 ott 2024

Added the ability to build the Size Chart Inspector in the background without blocking the user interface.
Tuned UI for better user experience.
Fixed compatibility issues with macOS 15.
Fixed compatibility issues with macOS 10.14.

This version is a free upgrade for registered users of DiskCatalogMaker.

versione 9.0.8 - 15 mag 2024

Added the menu item “Show Invisible Items” to the View menu.
Fixed a problem of the “Show invisible items and contents of packages” option.

versione 9.0.7 - 5 mag 2024

Fixed a problem when using “Import - DiskCatalogMaker catalog file…” in the File menu.
Fixed a crash bug when running software update.

versione 9.0.6 - 29 apr 2024

Fixed a compatibility issue with macOS 14 when starting scan via the command line interface.
Fixed compatibility issues with LTFS and other FUSE file systems.
Fixed a crash bug when there is a folder in the “Startup catalog files” list.

versione 9.0.5 - 18 mar 2024

Enabled the “Show icon preview” option for the list view by default.
Changed the keyboard shortcut for deleting a catalog entry from Delete to Command+Backspace.
Tuned UI for better user experience.

versione 9.0.4 - 15 dic 2023

Fixed compatibility issues with macOS 11 on M1 Macs.
Updated some translations.

versione 9.0.3 - 2 dic 2023

Added a warning message when directly opening the file “Catalog.dcm” in a .dcmd package file.

versione 9.0.2 - 14 ott 2023

Fixed a problem where precision of folder size would drop from 64bit to 32bit when copying a catalog item to another catalog file.
Updated some translations.

versione 9.0.1 - 7 ott 2023

Updated some translations.
Fixed some minor bugs.
This is the last version of DiskCatalogMaker that will run on OS X 10.11 / macOS 10.12 / macOS 10.13.

versione 9.0 - 1 set 2023

Summary of changes from version 8 to 9

Added native support for Macs running Apple Silicon.
Added Touch Bar support.
Added option to import Finder tags. (OS X 10.10 or later)
Added the size chart to the right of the catalog window. (macOS 11 Big Sur or later)
Added support for atomic safe-save when saving catalog data in an APFS volume.
Added 4 kinds of “Professional Disc” to the disk kind list and made them detectable.
Added the option to show the Disk Online attribute in the List style view.
Added CPIO/PAX format support.
Added LZMA format support.
Added ZIPX format support.
Added XR format support.
Added ability to import a custom icon of a file when scanning with the generate thumbnail option.
Added ability to show user whether DiskCatalogMaker has Full Disk Access permission or not when a scanning result is empty.
Added ability to scan the logical size of folders. (The Size column now displays the logical size. The physical size is shown in the parentheses at the Size field of the right-side inspector panel.)
Replaced the “Others” option with the “Files have a filename extension of…” option in the Generate thumbnail settings.
Fixed compatibility issues with Paragon NTFS and other third-party file systems.
Fixed a problem that will take long time to scan a boot volume.
Added the context menu item “Print Pie Chart…” to the Pie Chart view in the Inspector.
Added the menu item to show the Pie Chart view in the Inspector.
Added the context menu item “Scan with DiskCatalogMaker” for disks and folders in Finder.
Added the “Export selected only” option in the export functions.
Fixed a problem that exported text is not sorted when items are in an APFS volume.
Improved compatibility when importing data from other cataloger program.
Fixed a problem that could not import date fields in a DiskTracker-exported text file with some Language and Region settings of System Preferences.
Added the “Icon size” option for the list view at the Advanced preferences panel.
Added the “Show icon preview” option for the list view.
Changed the maximum icon size of list view from 32 to 64.
Added the “Byte size unit” option for the size field of the list view at the Advanced preferences panel.
Added support for Command-Left Arrow, Command-Right Arrow and Option-Command-Right Arrow shortcuts for expanding and collapsing folders.
Added a keyboard shortcut Shift + Command + ‘.’ to toggle the “Show invisible items and contents of packages” option.
Added the search option pane in a search result window of quick search field of window toolbar.
Fixed a problem that the boot volume “Macintosh HD” can be detected as the same volume on any Mac.
Added a popup menu with a list of scannable disks to the toolbar at the top of the catalog window.
Turned off the show scannable disks option at the Activity window by default. (To enable it again, choose “Show Scannable Disks” from the Catalog menu.)
Added the progress message for a long running thumbnail image generation task.
Added the progress message of importing metadata at the Activity window.
Added the Show Activity Window button to the toolbar at the top of the catalog window.
Added a 10 minutes timeout to every thumbnail image generation task.
Added the “Don’t Show This Again” button in the Ask-for-scan prompt at the Activity window. After pressing the button, all mount events of the disk will be muted, even if the “Show scannable disks” option is enabled. (You can clear the muted disk list by turning off the “Show scannable disks” option.)
Changed the text truncation position from tail to middle like Finder.
Updated the app icon to fit in with macOS 11 Big Sur.
Tuned UI for better user experience.
Fixed compatibility issues with macOS 14 Sonoma.

versione 8.1.6 - 27 lug 2020

Fixed some minor bugs.
Updated some translations.
This is the last version of DiskCatalogMaker that will run on Mac OS X 10.7 / OS X 10.8 / OS X 10.9 / OS X 10.10.
Shareware Edition If you encounter any problems with the “Install and Relaunch” process of the in-app software updater, please download and install the latest version manually instead, from diskcatalogmaker.com. There is a bug in some previous versions (6.7 - 7.1).

versione 8.0 - 14 feb 2020

Summary of changes from version 7 to 8

Added support for macOS Mojave Dark Mode.
Added “Copy Attributes as Text” to the contextual menu.
Added an “Automatically save changes (after scan)” option in the Scan preferences panel.
Undo now still works after saving the catalog file.
Added ability to aggregate the total size of selected items.
Added the Total Items Count field.
Added the most recent file information to the modified date field in the disk inspector panel.
Added the button for finding duplicates of a single file in the right side Inspector panel.
Added “Show Package Contents” to the contextual menu.
Added the Volume Format (Filesystem) attribute to disk items.
Added the “Alternate row background color” option for the catalog list view.
Added ability to change the byte number format by expanding the Size field width at the catalog list view. (3 steps - KB/MB/GB/TB, KB and bytes)
Added a menu item for importing data from another catalog file.
Added ability to import a text file exported from DiskTracker.
Improved scanning performance for APFS.
Improved startup time when opening a large catalog.
Improved compatibility when importing data from other cataloger program.
Improved the UI for skipping a long-running task.
Changed the scan completion message using the macOS Notification Center (macOS 10.8 or later).
Added “Customize Notifications” in the Scan preferences panel (macOS 10.8 or later).
Added a scan option to disable multi-processing for less load (usable on busy file servers and tape drives).
Added the option to skip scanning a Time Machine backup folder.
Added duplication check for already running scan for the same target. (It can be caused by double-clicking on the Rescan button.)
Added the “does not contain” option to the search criteria editor.
Added the “Print header and footer” option to the print panel.
Added a pop-up message at the read-only indicator of a catalog window.
Added ability to import a custom icon of a folder when scanning with the generate thumbnail option.
Tuned UI for better user experience.
Fixed compatibility issues with LTFS and other FUSE file systems.
Fixed compatibility issues with AVID and other third-party file systems.
If you encounter any problems with the “Install and Relaunch” process of the in-app software updater, please download and install the latest version manually instead, from diskcatalogmaker.com. There is a bug in some previous versions (6.7 - 7.1).

versione 7.0 - 16 giu 2017

Summary of changes from version 6 to 7

64-bit Cocoa app supports over 4GB data.
Added columns view.
Added Retina display support.
Added the ask-for-scan option when a disk is mounted.
Added the smart rescan engine which tries to keep existing catalog data of unchanged files.
Added the filename extension filter to the generate thumbnail option.
Added the font settings in the Advanced preferences panel.
Added support for recording the scan date.
Added ability to search by path and the scan date.
Added more status at the bottom of a catalog window.
Added an editable thumbnail image field in the inspector panel.
Added Brazilian Portuguese translation.
Added “do not ask this message again” option in the alert “Do you want to replace existing catalog item?”.
Added the preview style option to the Advanced preferences panel. (It can disable the reflection effect on the preview panel.)

versione 1.0 - 22 mar 1993

Initial public release for Mac OS (System 7).