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PixCompare for Mac Version History

15 October 2024 – V7.4.1

  • Updated for macOS 15 Sequoia
  • Dropped support for macOS 10.15

12 June 2024 – V7.4

  • Visualize identical and different parts of the file path
  • Added option to ignore any limits (number of results, number of files to load)
  • Increased minimal font size for all texts

5 Oktober 2023 – V7.3.1

  • Added support for avif files (requires macOS 13 Ventura)
  • Updated for macOS 14 Sonoma

2 November 2022 – V7.3

  • Date limit for searches in Photos
  • Support for latest macOS 13
  • Added support for DNG raw files
  • Allow selection/dragging of multiple folders
  • Various layout fixes
  • Dropped support for macOS 10.14 and older

3 May 2022 – V7.2

  • Allow multiple selection in list mode to delete or move multiple files at once
  • Adaptive limits based on memory available (about 3000 pictures per gigabyte RAM)
  • Various user interface fixes

2 April 2022 – V7.1

  • Up to twice as fast when using AI based comparison on files & folders
  • Display EXIF, IPTC, and GPS data when available
  • Up to 40% faster picture loading from files & folders

8 December 2021 – V7.0

  • New AI-based comparison available, resulting in much improved detection of similar pictures. Requires macOS 11 or higher. Enable in advanced settings panel. Works best on new M1 based Macs.
  • Support selection of multiple items in Group view
  • Add support for webP files (macOS 11 and up)
  • Improved support for macOS 12
  • Various user interface fixes

3 March 2021 – V6.2.1

  • Fix layout on macOS Catalina (10.5)

14 February 2021 – V6.2

  • Display score as percent similarity, improved setting for minimal similarity
  • Improved layout in list view, enabled resizing of list
  • Added new action: move to folder
  • Various user interface improvements

25 November 2020 – V6.1

  • Updated for macOS 11 Big Sur
  • Updated the application icon
  • Support Apple Silicon

31 October 2019 – V6.0

  • Search all photos in Photos app (requires macOS 10.15)
  • New layout for list view with larger previews
  • Improved support for macOS 10.15 Catalina

6 October 2018 – V5.1.1

  • Added support for proper dark/bright mode on macOS 10.14 Mojave

27 November 2017 – V5.1

  • Display path in grouped and list mode
  • Automatically mark preferred picture in list mode
  • Interface optimizations
  • Various bug fixes

29 September 2017 – V5.0

  • Complete Rewrite with new user interface with previews of all found pictures
  • Live mode shows results immediately
  • Improved color comparison
  • Quicklook feature
  • Added support for TIF/HEIC format
  • Added support for macOS 10.13 and dropped support for macOS 10.9 and 10.10

22 September 2016 – V4.4

  • Optimised algorithm and more settings for even better results
  • New option to ignore aspect ratio
  • Quick toggle full screen previews – toggle works also for the individual windows (Cmd-1 and Cmd-2)

27 August 2016 – V4.3

  • Japanese translation – 日本語版が出ました
  • added support for RAW files (Nikon, Canon, FujiFilm, Panasonic, Olympus, Pentax, Adobe) – other might work as well
  • auto select next row after delete

11 May 2016 – V4.2

  • Improved comparison (e.g. less false-positives)
  • Increased limit for one-to-folder search to 100.000 pictures
  • French localization
  • Up/Down keys also work when main window is not in front
  • Various bug fixes and UI improvements

3 November 2015 – V4.1.2

  • improved support for latest OS release 10.11 (El Capitan)
  • added support for multi-screen setups

26 June 2015 – V4.1.1

  • improved comparison performance by more than 2x
  • therefore increased limit to 30.000 pictures
  • added Finder service to start compare directly from within Finder
  • various bug fixes

11 April 2015 – V4.01

  • Improved comparison by more than 2x

4 April 2015 – V4.0

  • Complete rewrite in Cocoa/Objective-C
  • Supports Mac OS 10.8 and up
  • Export results to tab text file
  • Move to Mac AppStore
  • (Printing contact sheets moved to PixVeew)