Version History
- 1.0, 26 Dec 08:
- First release
- 1.0.1, 27 Dec 08:
- Fixed date entry crash on PPC
- 1.0.2, 29 Dec 08:
- Move to Trash works now; volume selection is observed with root search and saved searches; results update after moving items.
- 1.1, 13 Jan 09:
- Can now also search on non-HFS formatted disks; added checkboxes to filter hidden items and bundle contents; hovering with the mouse over an item shows more information about it; new "Delete Immediately" menu command; search for size does not find folders any more; last used window settings (size, view options) are now preserved for next search; new application icon; a few bugs fixed.
- 1.1.1, 18 Mar 09:
- Works around a bug in Mac OS 10.5.6, preventing it from searching the same network volume multiple times. Also preserves its window positions between launches.
- 1.1.2, 31 Mar 09:
- No more warnings in the Console about the data not being "proper UTF-8".
- 1.2, 11 May 09:
- The hovering tooltip in the Results window can be dis-/enabled via the menu (View->Hide Details or Show Details); Files can be dropped onto the search forms to set name, date, size, creator and filetype codes; Changing search criteria between modification and creation date does not reset its value any more; Enhanced display of file sizes; Sorting is retained when the Show hidden and Show package contents options are changed; Search can now even be saved if no valid criteria was entered yet; Text in lists can be made bigger via the View menu; Added option to search remote volumes only.
- 1.2.1, 13 May 09:
- Fixed a potential "Nil Object" crash (inside FoundItem.Exists) that was introduced in v1.2.
- 1.3, 1 Dec 09:
- New features: New name criteria: "Begins with" and "Ends in" - the latter being especially useful to find specific file extensions. Saving a Search provides choice whether to autorun it or not. Added a "Window" menu to the menu bar. Added automatic online check for program updates via Sparkle (Many thanks to Charles Yeomans for making these features, i.e. Window menu and Sparkle, freely available in REALbasic). Sorting choice in result windows is now remembered. Bug fixes: No more occasional endless beeping and freezing during extended searches. Makes sure windows do not disappear any more after switching to a smaller monitor. When dragging items from Results list, their outlines appear now correctly. No more "double free" messages in Console Log.
- 1.3.1, 2 Dec 09:
- Bug fix: No more growing fonts in the date fields on PowerPC Macs (G4, G5) running Leopard (10.5.x).
- 1.4, 23 Dec 09:
- New features: You can now search for recent changes (i.e. dates within the past X minutes/hours/days/weeks/months/years). You can now tell when you're doing searches as Root (Find All) by looking at the menu bar's app name or at the name in the Dock. Bug fixes: Newly opened windows do not cover existing windows any more. Opening a .faf file does not lose "Name" criteria any more from the leftmost popup menu.
- 1.4.1, 3 Jan 10:
- Bug fix: Works on multiple accounts again.
- 1.4.2, 4 Jan 10:
- Bug fix: The position and size of Result windows is again remembered (broken since v1.4).
- 1.5, 20 Dec 10:
- New features: Search inside a folder of your choice instead of entire disks. Some criteria (name, date and size) can now be repeated for combined conditions. New name criteria "does not contain". Added Quick Look (only works on Mac OS 10.6 and later). New Get Info command to have the Finder show an item's Information window. Sizes can now be entered with units, e.g. 10MB (supported units are: k, m, g). New menu command Save As Defaults remembers the current Find criteria. New Preferences window, where various options can be chosen. Preferences window offers a Reset button to clear all previously made settings (is practically identical to deleting the preferences file). Removed the criteria Negate conditions because it caused confusion and is hardly ever used (if you need it, contact me – there's a secret switch for it). If no items are found, the Results window does not open any more and a beep sound is played instead. Command-F quickly brings you back to the Find window if a Results window is frontmost.
- Bug fixes: Date searches "within the past" work now with certain other combinations (such as "Name ends in" and "Name begins with"), same for "is folder is false" and for searching for dates on PowerPC Macs. No more internal errors when dropping a file onto the input fields for name, type file, etc. Text looks better now on Japanese systems. Made the field for entering dates a bit wider. Improved positioning of windows (avoiding overlaps and remembering previous positions). No more unsorted results after a fresh set of preferences. Double clicking multiple results now opens all selected items instead of just the one clicked on.
- 1.5.1, 9 Jan 11:
- Bug fix: Searching for file sizes using units (e.g. "10 MB") works correctly if searching inside just a folder or using combined criteria.
- 1.5.2, 4 Feb 11:
- Special version for Mac & i
Bug fix: Searching for names with accented characters (e.g. umlauts) works correctly if searching inside just a folder or using combined criteria. - 1.5.3, 24 Mar 11:
- New features: Localized to French and German. Lots of little user interface improvements.
- Bug fixes: Much more responsive when slow network volumes (iDisk) are mounted. Fixed all other reported issues.
- 1.5.4, 3 Apr 11:
- Bug fix: Sorting of dates works again (got broken in 1.5.3).
- 1.5.5, 5 Apr 11:
- New: Localized to Italian.
- 1.6, 15 Jun 11:
- New: Hot Key: You can now define a shortcut to launch FAF. Spanisch localization.
- Bug fixes: OSX's internal volumes "net" and "home" aren't getting listed any more. "Move To Trash" and "Reveal In Finder" work now with non-Roman file names such as Japanese.
- 1.6.1, 17 Jun 11:
- Bug fix: Hot Key works now on PowerPC Macs including OS X Tiger.
- 1.7, 29 Nov 11:
- Specify multiple disks or folders for a single search.
- Filter results (only in flat view, not in tree view).
- More columns in results list (creation date, folder name, path, label).
- Shows Finder labels by color, similar to the Finder.
- Can search the current Finder selection.
- Showing a large amount (several 1000s) of found items is much faster now.
- Find window is more responsive during search of entire disks and on network volumes.
- No more crash when copying paths with more than one selected item.
- Searching only on local or remote volumes works again as expected.
- Searching for Aliases fixed.
- Hotkey fixes: Loads saved defaults even if option key was part the hotkey presses; Works again on OSX Tiger
- 1.7.1, 8 Dec 11:
- A progress bar is now shown whilst updating the results list.
- FileVault volumes are searchable again.
- Sorting is case-insentive again.
- Sorting remains intact when columns are re-arranged.
- Modified files don't appear as <item has disappeared> any more.
- FAF doesn't freeze any more if "Move To Trash" failed with an error message from the Finder.
- No more crash (NilObjectException) after deleting files.
- No more occasional crash (ThreadAlreadyRunningException) when updating the results list.
- 1.7.2, 12 Dec 11:
- Sizes of apps and other bundles (packages) are now getting shown in the results.
- New preference setting to turn off the new app size calculation in case they cause performance issues.
- New preference setting to re-enable the restoring of previously set Show... settings in the Results window.
- Doesn't show disappeared items and unrelated network volumes at the root of the hierarchical view any more.