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What Changed

Every release, newest first.

Latest: 0.9.92

If updating from inside the app fails with "Update failed", download the current version from the website once and install it over the old one. Updates from the app work again after that, and accounts without administrator rights are asked for an administrator password instead of failing.

Version 0.9.92

10 November 2026

Version 0.9.91

9 November 2026

Version 0.9.90

9 November 2026

Version 0.9.89

9 November 2026

Version 0.9.88

9 November 2026

214 Earlier Releases

Version 0.9.87 Security and Compatibility Fixes

9 November 2026

  • Install App can be run from AppleScript and Raycast.
  • The built-in SQLite database engine is updated to 3.54.0 for a security fix.

Version 0.9.86

9 November 2026

  • Licensing checks for 1.0: the purchase and licence round now runs against Polar's test system before release. Nothing you see or pay changes.

Version 0.9.85

9 November 2026

  • Install an app from a disk image with one click: right-click the .dmg and choose Install App.
  • Dragging an app from a disk image's preview onto its Applications folder installs it.
  • The drag badge no longer stays on screen after a drop.
  • An app added to the rail shows in the sidebar as well.
  • Sorting by Size counts apps when Show Folder Sizes is on.
  • The Utilities folder shows the size of everything it lists.

Version 0.9.84

9 November 2026

  • Tree view stays fast in folders with thousands of items.
  • Cascade view stays fast in folders with thousands of items.
  • Scrolling with the search box open no longer lags.
  • The list keeps its place after renaming and after Quick Look.

Version 0.9.83

8 November 2026

  • Licensing groundwork for 1.0.

Version 0.9.82

8 November 2026

  • The confirm window keeps its buttons visible at its smallest size.
  • Report a Bug opens at its full height.
  • Dialogs open in the middle of the window they were opened from, not where they were last left.
  • Settings > License says what happens when your year of updates ends: your version keeps every Pro feature.

Version 0.9.81

8 November 2026

  • In the icon row of a sidebar menu, the item's own icon now comes right after No Icon.
  • Removing an icon no longer leaves a gap before the name.
  • Workspace groups show one Remove.
  • Smart folders and remotes can be grouped.
  • Dividers can be dragged in the sidebar.
  • Shares has its own switch in Settings, and Cloud Storage says when none was found.
  • Report a Bug, the Find folder picker and licence Diagnostics open as their own windows.
  • Typing a new group's name in Edit Mode is quick again.

Version 0.9.80

7 November 2026

  • Edit Mode shows only a cross and a pencil on each item.
  • Right-click a section heading to give it an icon and a colour, or to add a group.
  • Move to Group opens a list of your groups.
  • Workspaces can be grouped.
  • Renaming in the sidebar is fast again.
  • Places like Downloads can be renamed.
  • A divider added at the end of the sidebar shows in the rail too.
  • Every dialog's buttons sit on one line at the bottom.

Version 0.9.79

7 November 2026

  • Right-click any sidebar item to rename it, give it an icon and a colour (any colour from the wheel), move it to a group or delete it. Edit Mode is for arranging: drag, hide, dividers.
  • Tags take any colour; Finder shows the nearest of its seven.
  • Removing a favorites group asks whether its favorites stay.
  • The list of Macs using your licence opens in a window of its own.

Version 0.9.78

7 November 2026

  • Right-click a favorite, tag, smart folder, workspace or remote outside Edit Mode to rename, edit, move or remove it again. Control-click opens the same menu.
  • Favorites, tags and smart folders show their remove button on hover again, with Undo. Edit Mode now changes only how the sidebar and rail look and are arranged.

Version 0.9.77

7 November 2026

  • Each sidebar section has its + button on the heading again, so you can add a favorite, workspace, smart folder, tag or remote without entering Edit Mode.
  • In Edit Mode the section buttons such as Add Workspace jiggle with the rows, and hiding a section shows the same eye icon on the rail and in the sidebar.

Version 0.9.76

7 November 2026

  • The tree view shows the list's columns, such as size, kind and date, with the same header and sorting, and folders you open sort the same way.
  • With more than eight workspaces, the Workspaces section in the sidebar gets a search field and scrolls inside its own height.

Version 0.9.75

7 November 2026

  • Edit Mode is one thing now: hold a place in the sidebar or rail, or pick Edit Mode from the command bar's menu. Outside it, nothing can be removed by accident. Inside it, every item has its × and pencil.
  • Dragging a file from a server into Finder shows its progress and can be cancelled.

Version 0.9.74

6 November 2026

  • Lost or sold a Mac? When the key is already used on 3 Macs, the app now shows them and lets you free one.
  • The license list shows each Mac by name.

Version 0.9.73

6 November 2026

  • Get Info and the Rename prompt have evener spacing.

Version 0.9.72

6 November 2026

  • Drag a file from a server straight into Finder or any other app; it is fetched on drop.
  • Shift-click in the cascade ranges from the Commander cursor.

Version 0.9.71

6 November 2026

  • Click the name of a selected item to rename it, like in Finder.
  • The Commander cursor now works in icon, gallery, tree and cascade views.

Version 0.9.70

6 November 2026

  • Content Off in Advanced Find searches only names, also with several words.
  • Aliases inside archives show their arrow.

Version 0.9.69

5 November 2026

  • Reveal on a folder selects it in its parent folder.
  • Show Info opens faster in big folders.
  • Big conflict lists scroll without risk of a crash.

Version 0.9.68

5 November 2026

  • Show Hidden Files now reaches every pane at once.
  • Aliases show their arrow in Recents, Tags, Trash and the Gallery.
  • After an interrupted transfer to a phone or a server, the app now says when something may have been left at the destination.

Version 0.9.67

5 November 2026

  • A tool window stops growing at the height of its content again, and still follows the pointer while you drag.
  • Two Macs that upload a file of the same name to one SMB share no longer risk removing each other's unfinished upload after a crash.
  • After a restart, the check for unfinished copies no longer mistakes another program for a running Swift Salamander, so a file left half-written is cleaned up.

Version 0.9.66

5 November 2026

  • Resizing a tool window follows the pointer again.

Version 0.9.65

5 November 2026

  • Settings, Transfers has a new Transfers at Once setting: how many files a copy to or from an SFTP server moves at the same time, from 1 to 10 (8 by default).

Version 0.9.64

4 November 2026

  • Tool windows such as Customize Command Buttons and Batch Rename can no longer be left or dragged smaller than their content at a larger Interface Size; every button and list stays visible (#369).
  • Sort from the keyboard: View > Sort By with Finder's shortcuts (Control-Option-Command 1 to 6, 9 for Extension, R to reverse the order), each in the command palette with its shortcut, and a short note of the new sort. View Options, Go to Folder, Settings and the zoom commands are in the palette too (#370).

Version 0.9.63

4 November 2026

  • When a folder is grouped by Date Modified or Date Added, a new folder stays in view while you name it and after you press Return, and the list follows it if it moves to another group.

Version 0.9.62

4 November 2026

  • A favorites group can have its own icon and colour. Its pencil in Edit Mode opens the same editor a favorite uses.
  • New Group puts the cursor straight into the new group's name, so you can type it at once.
  • Drag a favorite into a group, above or below a group, or between favorites. A line shows exactly where it will land.
  • Removing an empty group happens at once and can be undone. A group with favorites asks first, and their folders are never touched.
  • A group cannot be renamed to a name another group already has.
  • Large PDF pages, such as press-ready PDF/X files, preview instead of showing a blank page.
  • A very narrow pane shows the name of its folder again.

Version 0.9.61

4 November 2026

  • Edit Mode has a button for every change you can make to the sidebar: rename, remove, new group, move to group, manage workspaces, edit a smart folder's query and more, on each row and section.
  • In the command palette (⌘K), type part of a sidebar place's name, such as "Cod" for a favorite called Code, and press Return to open it. Favorites, workspaces, smart folders, tags, disks, network servers and saved remotes are all there.
  • Return or a click on a search result opens its folder with the item selected. To see every result in the pane, press ⌘Return or click all results.
  • Image Editor's window fits its settings, and the preview takes the room that is left. Review File Conflicts shows its rows whole.
  • Items macOS marks as hidden stay out of search results, and out of a very large folder the first time it opens.
  • Inside an app's preview, opening a file shows it in Quick Look instead of running it. An app without a Contents folder shows its files, and Copy List works for apps.
  • The Open Source list in Settings fills the window, and the status bar's transfer label keeps the dot of an i.

Version 0.9.60

3 November 2026

  • The Move to Trash and other question windows show their buttons again.

Version 0.9.59

3 November 2026

  • A disk image's contents fill the preview sidebar again, with its details below, as a zip's do.
  • Selecting an app with the preview sidebar open lists what is inside the app, starting at its Contents folder, like a zip, with the app's details below. The list can be looked at, not changed.
  • PDF previews draw JPEG 2000 images, which some scanned and downloaded PDFs use, where they showed a blank space before.

Version 0.9.58

3 November 2026

  • In a narrow pane the path bar keeps the file type filter and gives the selected file's name more room. Copy Current Folder Path is still on Option-Shift-Command-C and in the command palette.
  • Command-Plus and Command-Minus resize the icons in the active pane also when nothing in the pane has the focus, such as right after launch. A focused preview still zooms first.
  • The Trash hides items macOS marks as hidden and names that start with a dot until you turn on Show Hidden Files, like any folder.
  • Tags no longer lists files macOS marks as hidden.

Version 0.9.57

3 November 2026

  • Icon files and other items macOS marks as hidden, such as the Library folder in your home folder, now stay hidden like in Finder until you turn on Show Hidden Files.
  • Files in Synology Drive, Nextcloud, Dropbox and other cloud folders under Cloud Storage now show whether they are downloaded or only in the cloud, as iCloud Drive files do.
  • Picking a place in the floating sidebar closes it, also when you pick the folder already shown.
  • A disk image's preview in the sidebar now gives its contents the room, as a zip's does.
  • A new button at the end of the path bar filters the list by file type, and the status bar says how many files the filter hides.
  • Process Manager has a Power tab that sorts processes by the energy macOS measures for each. Processes of other users and the system show a dash.
  • Raycast and other scripts can read the files selected in Swift Salamander through AppleScript. The User Guide's Raycast page has an example.

Version 0.9.56

2 November 2026

  • A copy to a WebDAV share that the server refuses, for example because another app created the file first, is now reported as refused with nothing left behind, where before it said something may remain.
  • Confirm, prompt and Replace questions can no longer be resized smaller than their buttons.
  • The Favorites + is greyed out with its reason on Recents, Trash and Tags.
  • Add to Rail counts only the folders not on the rail yet and says which were already there.
  • In Edit Mode the first sidebar row's remove button no longer touches the pin.

Version 0.9.55

2 November 2026

  • Holding Enter, Space or a letter key such as R for Replace now counts as one press in question and tool windows. It no longer answers the next question as well, or checks and unchecks rows in Find Duplicate Files, Find Leftover Files and Sync Folders.
  • A double-click on Copy, Move or Paste can no longer press Replace in the question that opens under the pointer.

Version 0.9.54

1 November 2026

  • Big files to and from a slow SFTP server, such as a NAS, now finish instead of failing partway.
  • Holding a shortcut that deletes, moves or copies files now acts once. With Confirm Before Deleting Permanently off, holding Option-Command-Delete no longer deletes the files after the ones you chose.
  • A double-click can no longer answer the question that asks before deleting permanently.
  • The icons at the bottom of the sidebar now stay on one line at any width, and the lines above the disk card and above the rail's theme button are gone.
  • Rows no longer show under the sidebar's pin while you scroll, and the rail fades at its bottom when more icons sit below.
  • The Favorites + says when the folder is already a favorite, finished transfers no longer end in a dash, and German calls the rail Symbolspalte.

Version 0.9.53

1 November 2026

  • In the right-click menu, the item shown when you press the button is the one that runs, even if you press or let go of Option before you release. A click that slides off an item does nothing.
  • Add to Rail now works on a selection that also holds files, and pins its folders and apps. With the sidebar open, a short message confirms it.
  • Favorites has a + in its heading that adds the folder you are in.
  • The first entry of the sidebar now lines up with the pin at its top.
  • The theme button and Settings now come first among the icons at the bottom of the sidebar and the rail. In Edit Mode, dividers can be dragged anywhere on the rail.

Version 0.9.52

1 November 2026

  • Batch Rename now always opens tall enough to show its rules and the preview, even if an earlier version saved a smaller window.
  • The photo and name at the bottom of the sidebar are gone. Plan, appearance, updates, About and feedback are in Settings and the menu bar, as before.
  • The sidebar's tools are now a row of icons beside Settings, with one button that switches between Light, Dark and System.
  • Right-click a folder or an app and choose Add to Rail to put it on the rail. The rail's + menu now adds dividers only.
  • Sections in the sidebar add new items with the + in their heading.

Version 0.9.51

31 October 2026

  • A video, audio or MKV file replaced by another one with the same name now plays the new file.
  • A picture replaced by another one with the same size and date now previews as itself, and files dated before 1970 get thumbnails again.
  • After a restart, the tab is named after the folder of the pane you were working in.
  • Folder... in the rail's + menu opens the folder chooser again.
  • In Edit Mode, the + menus of the rail and the command bar start with Divider, which adds a divider at the end. The pencil no longer turns a button into a divider.

Version 0.9.50

31 October 2026

  • File names in Tree view use the whole row again after you zoom in or resize the window, instead of staying cut short.
  • Deleting the selected file in Tree or Cascade view now moves the preview and Quick Look to the next file.
  • When a file is replaced by another one with the same name, the preview shows the new picture instead of the old one.
  • A tab is always named after the folder of the pane you are working in.

Version 0.9.49

31 October 2026

  • When a Replace on a phone or camera fails, putting the old file back no longer overwrites or duplicates a file that has taken its name in the meantime.
  • Empty Trash and the Trash view tell you when a Trash could not be read, instead of reporting it as emptied.
  • The app no longer quits with a crash after you copy or move files and close a window.
  • A tab is named after the folder of its active pane again, not after the other pane's folder.

Version 0.9.48

29 October 2026

  • An alias to an app opens the app again, instead of showing what is inside it.
  • Aliases show the icon of the item they point to, with the alias arrow, as in Finder.
  • Holding a toolbar button that has other versions opens its menu again, with Edit Mode as the last item. Holding a button without a menu still starts Edit Mode.
  • View > Edit Mode and Option-Command-E turn Edit Mode on and off.
  • In Edit Mode, items wiggle more, and only the items you can change wiggle.
  • The + in the rail adds your own shortcut to a folder or an app.
  • Finder's Services menu offers Reveal in Swift Salamander and Show Info in Swift Salamander.
  • Opening a file for editing or showing its thumbnail on a server that cannot check file hashes works the first time.
  • Cancel now works while the app is checking ports.

Version 0.9.47

28 October 2026

  • Copying to or from a NAS whose remote file checks cannot see its shared folders no longer fails as corrupted on transfer.

Version 0.9.46 Security and Compatibility Fixes

28 October 2026

  • Deleting a top folder through an alias, crypt, union or combine remote never removes a whole bucket or a home folder.
  • Empty Trash and the Trash view never touch a folder a trash link points to.
  • Search results, smart folders and a folder's own subfolders refuse a drop.
  • In Futuristic, Edit Mode keeps the sidebar's section headings whole.

Version 0.9.45

28 October 2026

  • Renaming a file inside a zip from the preview pane shows the new name straight away.

Version 0.9.44 Security and Compatibility Fixes

28 October 2026

  • Deleting a folder on a server or in cloud storage never removes the server's top folder or a whole bucket.
  • A copy or move to a server, a phone or cloud storage that fails never deletes a file someone else saved there meanwhile.
  • In Cascade view you can drag files and folders onto an earlier column.
  • Each typeface setting is one field: type to filter the fonts, pick one from the short list below it.
  • Edit Mode starts when you hold any icon in the rail or the sidebar, the tools included; every icon you can move now wiggles, smoothly.

Version 0.9.43

27 October 2026

  • Sidebar sections are now rows with their own icons, the same icons the rail shows. Click a section to open or close it.
  • Settings > Sidebar is one list: each section with its entries under it, each with its own switch.

Version 0.9.42

26 October 2026

  • Futuristic no longer shows an empty window on some Macs.
  • Choose any font installed on your Mac for the interface and the file list.
  • New: Thicker Text, for small text on non-Retina screens.
  • Since 0.9.39 the rail shows exactly what the sidebar shows. If Locations is missing, switch it back on in Settings > Sidebar > Sections.

Version 0.9.41

26 October 2026

  • Edit Mode: press and hold an icon in the rail, the sidebar or the command bar to rearrange, rename, recolour, pick from every Phosphor icon, or move the command bar to the bottom.

Version 0.9.40

25 October 2026

  • Rail pop-out lists stay open when you click them.
  • The sidebar starts closer to the top of the window.
  • The account menu shows your first name and no longer repeats Settings.
  • Futuristic: the avatar is a clean square tile and the + markers sit where the lines cross.

Version 0.9.39

25 October 2026

  • The sidebar and the rail are now one: close the sidebar and the same places, tools and your account stay at the left edge as icons.
  • Settings, Transfers, the tools and every dialog now take on the Modern and Futuristic look too.

Version 0.9.38 Security and Compatibility Fixes

24 October 2026

  • Double-clicking a disk image mounts it and opens its contents in the active pane, with progress and a Cancel button while it mounts.
  • A disk image with a licence agreement shows the agreement for you to accept before it mounts.
  • Previewing a disk image and opening it no longer mount it twice, and the preview gives its file list more room while still showing all of its details.
  • The preview shows every file you select, including files in hidden folders of your home folder.
  • Quick Look opens at 80% of the window, centred, and then where you last left it.
  • Dialogs and panels look the same in every theme, and in Modern they are more solid, so text is easier to read. The update window is no longer see-through.
  • Many dialogs got cleaner spacing and no longer cut off buttons or text at their smallest size.
  • In Settings > Appearance, the Modern section slides open and closed.
  • Show in Finder is one menu item and opens Finder even when Swift Salamander opens your folders.
  • Long context menus no longer show an empty strip at the top.
  • About Swift Salamander is now the last item in the account menu.
  • New for Pro in Settings > Appearance: a Futuristic look, dense and monochrome with one signal color, all adjustable.
  • Two bundled components updated with their security fixes.

Version 0.9.37

23 October 2026

  • Command names in Shortcuts, Settings search and the command bar are written in Title Case.
  • In Polish, the command palette's entry for extracting an archive now says Wypakuj tutaj.

Version 0.9.36 Security and Compatibility Fixes

23 October 2026

  • Copying, moving, creating and converting files now refreshes only the panes they touched, so the other panes stay as they are.
  • Image previews appear with far less work.
  • In the System and Application icon styles, files show their type icon at once, and only files with their own icon ask for it.
  • Tabs restored from your last session load when you first open them, so the app starts with less work.
  • Security improvements.

Version 0.9.35

22 October 2026

  • New for Pro in Settings > Appearance: a Modern look with light, glass and motion, with all its settings right below the choice. Classic stays as it is.
  • The Pro badge is gone from the status bar.

Version 0.9.33

22 October 2026

  • Opening a very large folder settles about a third faster and uses less memory.
  • With the preview shown, a large folder you open shows its first files almost at once.
  • Going back to a large folder you visited a few minutes ago shows it at once.
  • Swift Salamander uses less memory while it sits idle.
  • Thumbnails load with far less work and no longer slow down the disk.
  • Type-to-select in a very large folder answers at once after the first key.
  • Scrolling quickly through a folder with tags does much less work.
  • The app loads less code at launch, and rarely used windows load when you first open them.

Version 0.9.32

21 October 2026

  • Adding files to a zip archive made by macOS or the zip command works again.
  • A dialog you moved and then closed right away reopens where you left it.
  • Folder sizes keep up with changes with far less work while a build or a download writes many files.
  • The folder preview shows the first files of a large folder without loading all of it.
  • Opening a large folder you just looked at in the preview settles faster.
  • In the narrowest sidebar, the storage card keeps its name and figures on one line.
  • A favorite on a server that does not answer no longer freezes the sidebar.

Version 0.9.31

21 October 2026

  • Swift Salamander uses less memory and wakes the Mac less often while you are not using it. The helper for remote servers starts only when you open Remotes or a remote.
  • Selecting a folder with tens of thousands of files while the preview is shown no longer uses gigabytes of memory.
  • Changing the sort order of a very large folder is much faster.
  • After a copy or a move, only the folders it touched are reloaded.
  • A thin bar at the top of a pane shows that a folder is still loading when it takes longer than half a second.
  • Moving quickly through files with the arrow keys no longer prepares a preview, a checksum or an archive listing for every file you pass.
  • Scrolling long lists does less work.

Version 0.9.30 Security and Compatibility Fixes

21 October 2026

  • Folders with tens of thousands of files open much faster the first time and use far less memory. The list shows at once and sorts by date only once, when every detail has arrived.
  • Opening a large folder right after you start the app shows its first rows sooner.
  • With the preview hidden, selecting a folder no longer reads the whole folder in the background.
  • The storage overview is measured only when you look at it, so the app starts with less disk activity.
  • The note about slow folder listings is gone from the title bar.
  • Secure connections use updated certificate checks.

Version 0.9.29

20 October 2026

  • Rename, New Folder and the other buttons and menu commands act on the pane you are in, also with three or four panes. Before, they could do nothing in the middle pane.
  • Double-clicking an alias to a folder on a network share opens the folder, connecting to the share first if needed. If it cannot, a message says why.
  • When a server or phone has no Trash, the question names it instead of saying "This volume".
  • If the app quits during an upload to a server, a file someone else saved there under the same name is never deleted afterwards.

Version 0.9.28

20 October 2026

  • Cmd+Delete on a server or in a cloud folder deletes the file again. Before, confirming could fail with "Trash failed".
  • FTP servers that say they handle accented names and then refuse to now connect, for example the Wi-Fi transfer of some iPhone apps.
  • Copy as Pathname and its variants copy every selected item, one per line.
  • A copy to a server never replaces a file someone else saved there under the same name while the copy ran.
  • Moving a whole disk or server share to the Trash is refused with a message, instead of asking for your password.

Version 0.9.27

20 October 2026

  • Big spreadsheets in the preview are now readable. Scroll to see the rest of the sheet.
  • New icons for Settings, Downloads and the Disk Space Analyzer.
  • Your Mac account picture now shows in the bottom corner. Click it for License, Check for Updates, Send Feedback, About and Settings.
  • Tweaks is gone. Everything it did is in Settings.
  • Settings is tidier: all safety switches are in one Safety section, and every slider looks the same.

Version 0.9.26

20 October 2026

  • A sidebar you set to Expanded, Rail or Floating now comes back the same way after a restart, even in a small window.
  • Batch Rename can now use music, movie and TV tags: track number, genre, show, season and episode.

Version 0.9.25

19 October 2026

  • If an update causes trouble, Settings > About can now go back to one of the two previous versions. Your settings come along.

Version 0.9.24

19 October 2026

  • The sidebar keeps the layout you chose at any window size. Toggle Sidebar and the pin now work in a small window too.
  • Files on servers are never replaced by a copy that arrives at the same moment.
  • The toolbar no longer shifts a moment after you resize the window.

Version 0.9.23

18 October 2026

  • You can type in text files in the preview again, and line numbers are now optional.

Version 0.9.22

18 October 2026

  • Text files show their text in the preview and in Space again.
  • Resizing the preview beside an HTML page follows the mouse and stops when you let go.

Version 0.9.21

18 October 2026

  • Edit text files right in the preview and in Space, saved as you type.
  • Beautify tidies JSON, YAML, HTML and more with one click.
  • Huge logs open instantly and scroll smoothly.
  • A setting keeps the sidebar preview read only.

Version 0.9.20

18 October 2026

  • The folder total at the bottom stays calm and stops recalculating.
  • Disk images and archives show the sizes of what is inside them in the preview.
  • Text previews read at normal size, and zoom only appears where it makes sense.

Version 0.9.19

17 October 2026

  • Folder sizes count everything inside subfolders, and fast.
  • Spreadsheets preview as real tables.
  • Disk images show their contents when you select them.
  • Fonts fill the preview.
  • Zoom sits in the same corner in every preview.

Version 0.9.18

16 October 2026

  • Pictures on a NAS show their thumbnails at any size.
  • Big pictures on a server preview in Space and in the preview pane.
  • Font previews sit on a white page.
  • Applications has its own icon in the sidebar.
  • The folder total at the bottom of the window no longer stays on Calculating.

Version 0.9.17

16 October 2026

  • Tooltips and labels use title capitalization and are translated.
  • The Pro price on the License tab is one sentence.
  • iCloud Drive uses the same outline icon style as your other places.
  • Without Full Disk Access, selecting Desktop, Documents or Downloads no longer reads inside them.

Version 0.9.16

15 October 2026

  • With folder sizes turned on, the bottom row now counts everything inside the folders, shows Calculating until it knows, and no longer asks you to turn on a setting that is already on. This works in the Trash too.
  • A column you turned on in View Options now always stays visible, and a long name is shortened in the middle to make room for it.
  • A folder the app is not allowed to read shows a dash for its size instead of 0 bytes.
  • At the smallest icon size a long name is shortened in the middle instead of breaking inside a word, and the window that names a smart folder is titled Save as Smart Folder.

Version 0.9.15

15 October 2026

  • Fonts preview in the sidebar and in Quick Look: the family, the style, the alphabet, the digits and a sample sentence at three sizes, drawn from the file itself.
  • 3MF, OBJ and PLY files now preview in 3D, like STL files, and 3MF files show their thumbnail.
  • The History filter in Transfers shows each transfer as one row, with its files a click away.
  • Undo Move is offered after a move that finishes very quickly.
  • The ring map in Disk Space no longer draws one frame too large when it opens.

Version 0.9.14

15 October 2026

  • Cascade, Tree and the path menu open large folders faster.
  • Large folders list faster.
  • VP9 and AV1 videos in MKV files start playing right away.
  • Deactivate now asks before it removes this Mac's licence.
  • The message for a place with no Trash no longer calls a cloud remote a volume.

Version 0.9.13

15 October 2026

  • Icon Spacing now changes the space between icons at every window size.
  • New windows start with the smallest icon size.
  • The Interface Size control moved from the bottom bar into Settings.
  • The count on the Transfers button only counts copies a crash cut short, and it sits beside the icon instead of over it.
  • In Icons view, a long name breaks before its extension instead of in the middle of a word.
  • Every setting is explained in one short sentence, in every language.
  • Maximum Name Width, the number of files copied at once and a few other settings are now sliders or buttons that show their value.
  • Buttons, menus and search fields in one row share one height, and Settings has more room between its rows.
  • Names in menus, buttons and tooltips use title capitalization.

Version 0.9.12

14 October 2026

  • The Terms of Use now say that every version can have bugs and that backups are yours to keep. You are asked to accept them once.

Version 0.9.11

14 October 2026

  • Files with very long names copy again.
  • In Icon view, folders and apps change size with the other icons.
  • The interface size is now a zoom slider in the status bar, like the zoom in Word.
  • In Settings, Information Rows is one row with an Edit button.

Version 0.9.10

14 October 2026

  • A copy or a move that stops partway through a folder keeps what had arrived in a folder named with .incomplete, and says so, so you can see how far it got.
  • Duplicate checks the copy it makes the same way every other copy is checked.
  • A file that was saved again after the list of conflicts was shown is asked about again before it is replaced.
  • After the app is closed in the middle of a folder copy, the file that was in flight is cleaned up at the next start, on FAT and exFAT drives too.
  • Files whose names end in .partial show in the list, unless they begin with a dot.
  • A copy to a WebDAV server no longer replaces a file that appeared on the server while it started.

Version 0.9.9

14 October 2026

  • Settings has a Danger Zone in General that holds Confirm Before Deleting Permanently, Empty Trash When Quitting and Verify Copies.
  • Delete Immediately asks with the number of items and their size, and Return answers Cancel.
  • Undo after a Replace puts the file that was replaced back.
  • When the app was closed in the middle of a copy or a move, it says so at the next start, Transfers shows its history on request, and the Transfers button carries a count until you have looked.
  • A move to a drive that does not confirm the file reached it keeps the original and says so.
  • Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Library, Movies, Music, Pictures, Applications and the Photos, Music and TV libraries are no longer moved to the Trash, deleted, renamed or replaced as a whole. You can still copy them and work inside them.
  • Changing a zip or tar archive checks every entry of the new archive before it replaces the old one, and the old archive goes to the Trash.

Version 0.9.8

14 October 2026

  • Sync Folders onto a server shows one row in Transfers with Pause and Cancel, and Cancel stops at the next file.
  • Pictures on a server or a network drive show their thumbnails in the Icons view, and Space previews a remote file up to 25 MB.
  • A copy to an SMB share that comes back wrong for one file copies that file once more before it refuses the folder.
  • Settings shows the value the app holds for Verify Copies and the other transfer switches, and puts a row back when the app could not take the change.

Version 0.9.7

13 October 2026

  • With Commander-Style Marking on, Space marks a file with the Quick Look panel open, and the panel follows the cursor, as Insert does.
  • With Commander-Style Marking on, the cursor lands on the next file after a file moved away, and on the first file after a paste.

Version 0.9.6

13 October 2026

  • A move whose files had all arrived earlier now says nothing is left on Retry, instead of sending them again.
  • The files a cancelled copy did not reach read Cancelled in the transfer's list, and the title of a cancelled move counts the files that had already arrived.
  • A file that was already in the destination reads Already There in a transfer's list.

Version 0.9.5

13 October 2026

  • The first-run guide no longer says the same thing twice on a screen, and the Polish plan step is translated.
  • A folder opened through a link now lists its files under the same path the path bar shows.
  • Typing ~//Documents in the path bar opens your Documents folder.
  • Dialogs keep Tab and Shift+Tab inside them until you close them.
  • Submenus in the right-click menu, such as Tags, open beside their row at once.
  • The panes redraw less while a large copy or move reports progress.
  • The Language Files buttons in Settings sit on one line.

Version 0.9.4

13 October 2026

  • Open Folders in Swift Salamander can be turned on again on macOS 26 and later, and turning it off always gives folders back to Finder.
  • When macOS keeps a setting for itself, Settings now says so in plain words instead of showing a system error code.
  • The file name beside the tabs in the title bar is gone again; the Preview shows the full name.

Version 0.9.3

12 October 2026

  • In the Icons view, Command Plus and Command Minus now make the icons bigger or smaller, and each window keeps its own size.
  • View Options for the Icons view adds an Icon Size slider, Icon Spacing and a switch for the highlight under the pointer.
  • Pure Black is easier to read: buttons, switches, menus and borders now stand out from the black background.
  • Settings has a flat look that matches the rest of the app.
  • Gallery names that start the same way are no longer cut to the same text, and the About tagline no longer leaves a word alone on a line.
  • The option to show the selected file in the title bar has been removed.

Version 0.9.2

12 October 2026

  • Delete App and Related Files and Move to Trash can now move an app that macOS protects, after asking for your administrator password, the way Finder does.
  • Go > Workspaces now changes only the front window, and if another window already shows that workspace, that window comes to the front.
  • The Window menu lists your open windows, by workspace name when a workspace is applied.
  • With Group By: Kind, group headers stay on one line in a narrow pane and use the kind names Finder shows.
  • Adding a file to an archive that already holds that name now asks whether to replace it, keep both or skip it.

Version 0.9.1

12 October 2026

  • Open Folders in Swift Salamander now takes folders opened with the open command in Terminal and files that other apps reveal. The Dock's Show in Finder still opens Finder. The User Guide has a page on it.
  • Move to Trash now falls back to a plain move into the Trash when macOS refuses a file you are allowed to remove, as happened in some iCloud Drive folders.
  • Dragging Between Panes in Settings applies to drops into the other pane only, and its description follows your choice.
  • With Commander-Style Marking on, the Gallery view draws the cursor apart from the marked files and the large preview follows the cursor.
  • Shift+F10 and the Menu key open the context menu from the keyboard, like Control+Return.
  • Escape closes the Settings window and the Transfers window.
  • Hidden Names, in Settings under General, hides files and folders whose names match patterns such as *.bak while Show Hidden Files is off. Edit opens a window to write the patterns in.
  • Pure Black is a new dark theme with a true black pane.
  • A new option in Settings under Appearance shows the selected file's name in the title bar, beside the tabs.
  • Interface Size in Settings under Appearance scales the whole app from 90 to 150 percent. Control+Command with Plus, Minus and 0 change it.
  • Settings under Appearance lets you choose which information rows the Preview pane shows.
  • Pre-flight rows no longer squeeze their buttons in a narrow Settings window.
  • The cloud hand-over message no longer leaves one word alone on its last line, and the note about tags that could not be kept after a copy is quieter.

Version 0.9.0 Security and Compatibility Fixes

11 October 2026

  • Diagnostics logs no longer include a cloud sign-in token.
  • A new, consistent look: clearer icons with one icon per action, and one style for buttons, pop-up menus, checkboxes and segmented controls.
  • Accent colours stay your accent in every tint, in light and dark themes.
  • Menus and dialogs are clearer: one icon per command, Move to Trash is plain text, and empty windows say what to do next.
  • Show/Hide Sidebar has its own button at the top of the rail, and leads the toolbar when the rail is off. The rail icons can be reordered, and the rail keeps all its icons while the sidebar is open.
  • A new app icon and menu bar icon, with a dark version.
  • Favorites no longer scrolls on its own: the sidebar scrolls as one.
  • Show Package Contents opens an app or any other package as a folder.
  • A new option shows the .app extension of apps.
  • Settings and the other separate windows show in Mission Control.
  • A new option, Open Folders in Swift Salamander, makes the app the folder viewer for your Mac. It is off by default, and turning it off puts everything back as it was.
  • Verify Checksum, from the context menu or the command palette, shows a file's MD5, SHA-1 and SHA-256 and compares a code you paste. Large files show progress and can be cancelled.
  • Add Remote fixes: Back and Next work again after a failed connection test, a hyphen in the connection name is kept, and Open in New Tab opens the new remote in a new tab.

Version 0.8.193

10 October 2026

  • Holding a dragged file over a folder, in the sidebar or in a pane, opens that folder after half a second, so a deep destination is reached without letting go.

Version 0.8.192

10 October 2026

  • Copying to a Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox or S3 remote no longer replaces a file that appeared there after the folder was listed: Keep Both takes the next free name, and a copy nobody was asked about stops and says so.
  • Check for Updates and the licence buttons send one request at a time, and a failed automatic update check waits 30 seconds, 2 minutes and 10 minutes before it tries again.

Version 0.8.191

10 October 2026

  • The status bar now says a copy is done once it has finished.
  • Descriptions in Settings use the room they have instead of leaving one word alone on a line.
  • A new option in Settings, Appearance, draws thin lines between the groups of buttons in the toolbar.
  • The message after a copy no longer covers the numbers under the file panes.

Version 0.8.190

10 October 2026

  • A copy into a OneDrive, Google Drive or iCloud Drive folder now says the cloud app is uploading.
  • Activating a Pro key is easier to find: the status bar has an Activate button, and the Buy Pro window has a new centred layout with the key field under the price.
  • The Column Order window keeps its sentence on one line, and its column names start with capital letters.
  • Keep Both on a remote server no longer replaces a file that appeared there a moment earlier, and a move stops with a clear message when the app cannot save its record of it first.

Version 0.8.189

9 October 2026

  • Batch Rename can name photos by the date and time they were taken. Pick a format such as 2026-10-07 14-32-05. A photo with no date keeps its name, and the preview tells you why.
  • Settings > Appearance has a new Columns section. Choose whether columns size themselves, how wide a name may grow, and what a narrow pane keeps.
  • Double-click the edge of a column heading to fit that column to its content. Hold Option to fit every column.
  • Column view makes each column as wide as its longest name. Double-click a divider to fit a column, hold Option to fit all, or Control-click for more choices.
  • In a narrow pane, the filter field shrinks to its icon so the selected file's name keeps its room in the path bar.

Version 0.8.188

9 October 2026

  • Copying many small files to a server no longer slows down as the folder on the server fills up.

Version 0.8.187

8 October 2026

  • Help has a new Swift Salamander User Guide item, and Settings > About links to it too.
  • The Created column shows the date a file or folder was made, where it was empty before.

Version 0.8.186

8 October 2026

  • Move to Trash sits near the top of the right-click menu, like in Finder.
  • The Convert To menu looks like the other menus.

Version 0.8.185

8 October 2026

  • Replace on network folders replaces the file instead of adding a copy.

Version 0.8.184

8 October 2026

  • Links whose target is missing can be copied and moved as links. A Replace onto another disk that runs out of room keeps your original. Internal improvements to file safety.

Version 0.8.183

7 October 2026

  • Replace on network folders replaces the file again. Undo after a Merge Review merge puts the folder back.

Version 0.8.182

7 October 2026

  • Convert files to another format from the right-click menu (Pro).

Version 0.8.181

7 October 2026

  • Long disk names in the sidebar stay on one line.
  • Nextcloud and ownCloud folders show under Cloud Storage.

Version 0.8.180

6 October 2026

  • The preview of a folder or archive no longer shows a second title bar.
  • PDFs in the preview have the same zoom buttons as pictures.

Version 0.8.179

6 October 2026

  • The preview of a folder or archive is simpler and fills the panel.
  • You can drag files from a pane into a folder or zip shown in the preview.

Version 0.8.178

6 October 2026

  • Zoom and pan images in the preview: plus, minus, Fit and 1:1, pinch, or drag to move around.
  • Folders in the preview work like a pane: select, open, rename and drag out.
  • Archives in the preview can be opened, extracted and changed: add files with Add Files.
  • Settings > Appearance can set the preview back to view only.

Version 0.8.177

6 October 2026

  • Settings can show the selected file's name at the end of the path bar; in narrow panes the folders make room first.
  • An app that already exists shows its icon and version on both sides.
  • Every button that deletes or replaces something is red.
  • Review Files lists only the files that differ.
  • An app inside a folder you merge is kept whole.
  • Kept copies are named like Finder's, also on servers.
  • Files in iCloud Drive show whether they are downloaded.

Version 0.8.176

5 October 2026

  • The file list uses less power with long names.
  • The Replace button in the already-exists question is red, like other buttons that delete or replace.
  • When both copies have the same date, the question says so.

Version 0.8.175

5 October 2026

  • Column Order in Settings shows the full column names again and opens in its own small sheet.
  • In narrow panes, Name, Ext and Date Modified stay visible. A new setting hides columns down to Name only.
  • List view shows one column of files, each name the full width of the pane.
  • Long names are shortened in the middle, so names that start the same stay apart.
  • Cmd+1 to Cmd+9 jump to a tab.
  • Undo works after a folder merge and puts the folder back as it was.
  • Copies keep the creation date and access rights of the original.

Version 0.8.174

4 October 2026

  • Pasting an item that already exists always asks again, with R, K and S as shortcuts.
  • Long file names stay whole: the other columns make room first, and a name that is still cut off shows in full when you point at it.
  • Settings > Appearance can choose which columns hide first in a narrow pane, and keep the sidebar or the preview open in a narrow window.
  • List now shows just the names, in columns that run left to right; Detailed list keeps its columns.
  • A Dropbox folder on an external drive appears in the sidebar.
  • Toggle Selection on Focused Row can have its own key with Commander-Style Marking.
  • Contacts archives and other packages show as one file.
  • Up, Down and Return work in the Go to Folder suggestions.
  • File icons can be set separately for Icons and Gallery.

Version 0.8.173

4 October 2026

  • When an item already exists you get one short question again: Replace, Skip or Keep Both, with Review Files for the details. Apps are replaced as a whole, and identical files are skipped without asking.
  • SFTP servers your Terminal trusts connect in the app too.

Version 0.8.172

4 October 2026

  • File sizes now read the way Finder counts them.
  • A rename step you move with the arrow buttons keeps the keyboard focus.

Version 0.8.171

3 October 2026

  • Large Photoshop files and other big pictures now show their picture in Icons and Gallery, also on external drives.
  • A tool window you reopen no longer comes back wider than its contents.

Version 0.8.170

3 October 2026

  • Icons and Gallery views show thumbnails for PSD, HEIC, PDF and other formats Finder can preview.
  • Find Duplicates keeps its toolbar on one line, with a filter field wide enough to read.
  • Add Remote's popular services fit a narrow window.
  • File paths in the preview and Get Info wrap between folders, never inside a name.
  • Menus draw the line between groups on every display.
  • App Deleter leaves an unknown size blank.

Version 0.8.169

3 October 2026

  • Dialogs open at the size of their content and keep their buttons at the bottom.
  • Dialogs such as Add Remote float above your windows instead of being tiled by a window manager.
  • Settings: one place to report a bug or ask for a feature, and labels that no longer break.
  • Settings › About speaks your language.
  • A remote saved under a name with characters it cannot use is renamed so its files open again; your name for it stays in the sidebar.
  • Empty values in the file list are left blank instead of showing a dash.
  • Settings never opens larger than your screen.
  • Diagnostics and the About page fit a narrow window.

Version 0.8.168 Security and Compatibility Fixes

2 October 2026

  • WebDAV remotes connect over HTTPS.
  • A WebDAV starting folder with %24 or $ in it works.
  • Uploads to a WebDAV server that asks to wait a moment no longer fail.
  • When a WebDAV server turns down your password, the app now says so.
  • Move to Trash now says so when nothing is selected.

Version 0.8.167 Security and Compatibility Fixes

2 October 2026

  • WebDAV remotes connect over HTTPS.
  • A WebDAV starting folder with %24 or $ in it works.
  • Uploads to a WebDAV server that asks to wait a moment no longer fail.
  • When a WebDAV server turns down your password, the app now says so.
  • Move to Trash now says so when nothing is selected.

Version 0.8.166

2 October 2026

  • If a file cannot be moved to the Trash, the app now says why instead of doing nothing.
  • Files copied into OneDrive, iCloud Drive and other cloud folders now upload.
  • Copying many small files over SFTP is faster.
  • Polish wording for moving files and the Trash is corrected.

Version 0.8.165

1 October 2026

  • A file you drag out of the window and back in now drops where you aim.
  • Names OneDrive does not accept are listed before a copy starts.
  • Changing only the capitalisation of a file name on a network folder now works.

Version 0.8.164

1 October 2026

  • A Disk Space Analyzer scan you start keeps going at full speed in Low Power Mode.

Version 0.8.163

1 October 2026

  • Failed transfers now explain why in your language.
  • Swift Salamander uses less battery in Low Power Mode and less memory when idle.

Version 0.8.162

30 September 2026

  • Large PDFs preview again.
  • Swift Salamander uses less battery and memory, especially when idle or in the background.

Version 0.8.161

30 September 2026

  • Dialogs now reopen at the size and place you left them.

Version 0.8.160

30 September 2026

  • 4K and HDR MKV films now play smoothly in the preview, also when an earlier version had already prepared them.

Version 0.8.159

30 September 2026

  • 4K and HDR MKV films now play smoothly in the preview.

Version 0.8.158

30 September 2026

  • Dialogs open about three times faster and never show a blank white window first.
  • MKV videos start playing right away and play smoothly.
  • MKV videos show a thumbnail in the file list and in the preview.

Version 0.8.157

30 September 2026

  • Tabs now sit in the title bar, lined up with your file panes. You can switch back in Settings > Appearance.
  • With the sidebar hidden, no stray icons show at the left edge of the window any more.

Version 0.8.156

29 September 2026

  • Questions such as delete confirmations now stay in front of their window, and the window waits for your answer. Nothing is dimmed, and Quit still works.
  • Dialog windows open at the right size, show all their buttons, and can be moved by their title bar.
  • Dialog title bars match the height of the main window.
  • MKV videos play smoothly at their own frame rate.

Version 0.8.155

29 September 2026

  • Dialogs open in their own windows, which you can move and resize, and never block the app.
  • MKV videos play in the preview with sound.
  • The PDF preview keeps its zoom and search bar out of the way until you click Find in PDF.

Version 0.8.154

29 September 2026

  • View Options opens and closes again as before.
  • Delete Immediately and the other questions that ask before a change appear inside the window again, as before.
  • The Disk Analyzer’s Move to Trash question appears inside the window again.
  • Git actions that ask first appear inside the window again.
  • Remote File Changed appears inside the window again.
  • Buy Pro, Add Remote and the network sign-in appear inside the window again.
  • The Network Analyzer’s location question appears inside the window again, and Return and Escape answer it.
  • Quit now works while any dialog or tool window is open.

Version 0.8.153

29 September 2026

  • Adding a server, View Options and the Network Analyzer's location question now appear on the window that asked, like the other questions.
  • When a question would delete something for good or cannot be undone, pressing Return chooses Cancel. For every other question Return chooses the action.
  • Signing in to a network server now works with the Return key, and your password is no longer handed between the app's windows.

Version 0.8.152

29 September 2026

  • Questions such as Delete Immediately, the warning before quitting during a copy, the Disk Analyzer's Move to Trash and the Git view's confirmations, and Buy Pro, now appear on the window that asked, the way Finder asks its questions, and keep that window waiting until you answer.
  • PDF previews fit the page to the width of the preview with no sideways scroll bar, text on a page can be selected and copied, and Find in PDF opens from the magnifier button above the preview or with Command-F.

Version 0.8.151

28 September 2026

  • Get Info, Edit Tags, New From Template, Diagnostics and Change Default App open in their own windows, which you can move and resize like Settings.
  • PDF previews show their pages without the bar that covered the bottom of the page. Zoom and Find in PDF sit above the document.

Version 0.8.150 Security and Compatibility Fixes

28 September 2026

  • Sync Folders now includes every subfolder. Before anything changes, the preview lists each file it will copy and each file or folder it will remove, and a file added to a folder after the preview is never removed.
  • The sidebar shows your Mac's disk once, in the storage card, with the same numbers everywhere.
  • View has Enter Full Screen, and Control-Command-F takes the window into full screen and out again.
  • When an update cannot be installed, the window says so in one sentence, keeps the technical detail behind a Details button, and shows the step that went wrong.
  • Columns such as size and permissions are shown whole or hidden when the window is narrow, never cut in half.
  • With Commander-Style Marking, the icon view shows the cursor apart from the marked files, as the list does.
  • Fit Column on the Name column widens it until the longest name shows in full.
  • After the app restarts, a search of your home folder includes the changes made while the app was closed.

Version 0.8.149 Security and Compatibility Fixes

27 September 2026

  • A Pro licence no longer turns to Free after the licence check gets an unclear answer twice in one session, and a Mac that went to Free that way is Pro again at the next daily check.
  • The app starts without waiting for the licence to be read.
  • Folder lists and the disk list refresh by themselves when macOS loses track of changes, and a folder open in two windows stays up to date in one when the other closes it.
  • Adding files to or removing files from an archive checks the rebuilt archive before it replaces the original, and keeps the archive's tags and comments.
  • A move that finds its file already at the destination reports it as already moved only when this app moved it there.
  • A copy to a server that stops answering ends with a message after two minutes instead of waiting.

Version 0.8.148 Security and Compatibility Fixes

27 September 2026

  • Closing a window while it is in full screen takes you back to your desktop instead of leaving a black screen.
  • Google Drive can be added again. When Google limits how often Drive can be read, the app tells you so within seconds instead of loading forever.
  • Grouping by Kind in View Options now works in folders that remember their own sort, including iCloud Drive.
  • New: Commander-Style Marking in Settings > Shortcuts. Mark files with Space or Insert while the arrow keys move freely.
  • Choosing a language in Settings now changes the whole app at once.
  • The disk list says how much of each disk is used, and a disk of unknown size no longer shows 0%.
  • Help > Report a Bug now helps you record the problem first and upload one log with your report.
  • Diagnostic logging always goes back to its normal level after a recording.

Version 0.8.147 Security and Compatibility Fixes

27 September 2026

  • The Color and Icon window for sidebar favorites and remotes is clearer. It shows a preview of the row, marks the chosen color and icon, starts on No Color, offers 14 colors plus any color you pick, and groups the icons with their names.
  • Dialogs no longer darken the window behind them.
  • Tool windows such as Duplicate Finder and Compare Folders open at a size that fits the main window, centered on it, the first time. After that they open where you left them.
  • A crash report no longer opens your mail app. In Settings, About, Report shows the report in Finder and opens the bug report, where you can attach it.
  • If a diagnostics recording is cut off by a hang or a crash, the next launch keeps what was recorded and offers to upload it.
  • Get Info shows a folder's size the way Finder does, with Size and On Disk. Each file is counted once, and disks mounted inside the folder are not counted. Folder sizes in the list use the same count.
  • Opening Swift Salamander from a disk image or from Downloads while the same or a newer version is installed in Applications now opens the installed one.

Version 0.8.146

26 September 2026

  • Share in the right-click menu is now part of the app's own menu. It lists every way your Mac can share the files, each with its own icon, followed by Copy Link and Edit Extensions.
  • Every action from the right-click menu can now be added to the command buttons, including Share and a new AirDrop button.
  • The Go menu lists your saved workspaces, so one click opens any of them.
  • Each disk in the sidebar shows how much free space it has. You can turn this off in Settings, Sidebar.
  • Favorites and remotes in the sidebar can have their own color and icon: right-click one and choose Color and Icon.
  • A new setting makes the active pane follow the pointer, so moving into a pane selects it without a click. It is in Settings, General, and off unless you turn it on.
  • Tabs can be locked. A locked tab keeps its folder, and folders you open from the sidebar open in a new tab instead.
  • The Trash only says items are deleted after 30 days when Finder is set to do that.
  • The active pane stands out more clearly in the Dark Base16 theme.
  • Setup no longer triggers a pile of macOS folder permission requests on first launch. Nothing looks inside Desktop, Documents, Downloads or iCloud Drive until setup is finished, and without Full Disk Access macOS asks about a folder only when you open it.
  • The Full Disk Access step in setup now notices within two seconds when you switch access on in System Settings, and shows it as granted right away if it already is.
  • The right-click menu groups related actions together, and Delete Permanently appears only while you hold Option.
  • Pictures have a new image editor with a live preview for cropping, straightening, rotating, resizing and converting. Results are saved as new files, so your originals stay unchanged.
  • The photo view lets you rate, pick and compare pictures side by side, and shows each picture's camera details.

Version 0.8.145

26 September 2026

  • Share in the right-click menu opens the Mac's own share menu, so every app that can share files is there. Copy Link sits right next to it.
  • The preview and Quick Look now show the item you added to the selection last, whether you add it above or below.
  • Adding iCloud Drive now asks for the verification code Apple sends to your devices.
  • Settings can start the app in a workspace you choose, every time you open it.
  • Pressing Command-Z right after merging folders now says the merge cannot be undone, instead of undoing something older.
  • The busiest app in the network view's Top Talkers list shows its name again.

Version 0.8.144

26 September 2026

  • After merging a folder into one that was already there, Undo no longer takes the whole folder back.
  • If another app saves a file while it is being moved, the newer version stays where it was and the copy is kept too.
  • A server can no longer make a copy or a move place files outside the folder you chose.
  • A file dropped on a cloud storage connection in the sidebar lands in the folder the connection opens on.
  • The message after a failed cloud storage connection and the connection details in Add Remote are now in your language.
  • The terms of use are now version 1.4. When the terms change, the app shows what changed at the top and asks you to accept again.
  • Pick any accent colour in Settings, and give a theme you create its own accent colour.
  • Command with the plus key on the number pad now makes the terminal's text bigger.

Version 0.8.143

25 September 2026

  • A cloud storage connection that may only use one bucket now opens straight into that bucket from the sidebar.
  • Server connections use the host name and port from the settings your Terminal uses, and a key your keychain already unlocks connects without typing its passphrase.
  • Make the terminal's text bigger or smaller with Command and plus or Command and minus, and go back to the usual size with Command and zero. The size is remembered.
  • With folder sizes turned on, small folders show their size right away instead of waiting for a very large folder to finish.
  • The 3D model preview in the sidebar no longer has a grey frame around it.
  • Sizes are written without a space between the number and the unit.

Version 0.8.142

25 September 2026

  • Rename works on files in every column of the column view, and when a file cannot be renamed the app says why instead of doing nothing.
  • The last column of a list reaches the edge of the window, with no empty gap after it.
  • Advanced Find shows that it is still searching, and results stay where they are while new ones arrive.
  • Ideas and bug reports live in one place now: issues.swiftsalamander.app.

Version 0.8.141

24 September 2026

  • Dates in the Modified column are never cut off anymore, and the Ext column is only as wide as it needs to be.
  • Letting go of a column divider no longer re-sorts the list.
  • Advanced Find has a new layout: choose where to search, add more folders to search in, and set how file names are matched.

Version 0.8.140 Security and Compatibility Fixes

24 September 2026

  • Analyse Disk Space, folder sizes, Find Duplicates and search no longer download files that are kept only in the cloud. They count what is stored on your Mac.
  • Copying to a server that does not allow changing a file's date now succeeds, and the Transfers list says the original date could not be kept.
  • Pressing Esc while recording a shortcut cancels the recording and keeps Settings open.

Version 0.8.139

23 September 2026

  • Copying a folder with many thousands of files no longer slows down until the app quits.

Version 0.8.138

23 September 2026

  • A vertical video fits the preview and Quick Look, with nothing to scroll.
  • A PDF inside a hidden folder shows in the preview instead of an empty page.
  • The storage card in the sidebar shows the same used and total space as System Settings.
  • In the Layout menu, every row of arrangement buttons fills the menu from edge to edge.

Version 0.8.137

23 September 2026

  • Export and import all your settings as one file, or keep them in sync between Macs through iCloud Drive or any folder you choose.

Version 0.8.136

22 September 2026

  • Settings now has a Default Sort, so a new pane, tab or window opens sorted the way you choose.
  • A new setting, Remember Sort Per Folder, gives a folder back the sort you last gave it. It is off until you turn it on.
  • A link shows its own size in the file list, the way Finder does.
  • Dragging a row in Settings to change the collapse order works.
  • The typeface picker only offers faces your Mac can really draw, so every choice in it changes what you see.

Version 0.8.135

22 September 2026

  • Dates in the file list follow the date format you picked in System Settings.
  • The date columns keep their dates whole: when a pane gets narrow, a date column hides rather than cutting its dates off.
  • Settings is in the app menu next to the Apple menu, with Command-comma.
  • Every app in the Applications folder shows its icon. An icon that fails to load shows the standard app icon and is loaded again later.

Version 0.8.134

21 September 2026

  • Connecting to a server no longer fails for every server when one saved server entry is damaged.
  • The delete shortcut works while Quick View is open: the file goes to the Trash and the preview moves on to the next file.
  • Disk images you open in the app now mount the way Finder mounts them. A new setting, Open Disk Images With, lets macOS open them instead.
  • Every tooltip now looks the same.
  • The Network Analyzer no longer starts every connection in Zurich when macOS has not said where your Mac is. It says that Location Services is off instead.
  • The plus next to Smart Folders asks what to search for when the search field is empty.

Version 0.8.133

20 September 2026

  • The app no longer freezes when you preview a file while the window is full screen.
  • Renaming a folder on a server works, instead of reporting that it is a directory.
  • A folder on a server can now be a favourite, and a favourite the app cannot add says so.
  • Opening a Smart Folder no longer filters every folder you open afterwards.

Version 0.8.132

20 September 2026

  • Trash, Recent, Tags and Search now use the same header as a folder, in the same size and typeface.
  • Closing one of those views takes you back to where the pane was, instead of jumping home.
  • An empty Trash no longer offers to empty it, or warns you about it.
  • Reporting a problem from the app now opens a form instead of an email.

Version 0.8.131 Security and Compatibility Fixes

18 September 2026

  • If updating from inside the app does not work, quit Swift Salamander, download the current version from the website once, and install it over the old one.
  • Swift Salamander no longer marks the files it writes as coming from the internet, so an update installs cleanly and files you copy open without a question.
  • Files copied with recent versions may still ask once whether you want to open them, and an application you copied into your Applications folder may need to be moved there once in the Finder.

Version 0.8.130

17 September 2026

  • Updating now works when the app was opened from the disk image or the Downloads folder, and explains what to do if it cannot.

Version 0.8.129

17 September 2026

  • Folders you own under /Library, such as a local web server's document root, now accept files.
  • The window appears as soon as your current tab is listed, without waiting for a network volume that is asleep.
  • Listing large folders and building thumbnails are lighter on the main thread.
  • The Oldest and Duplicates lists in the Disk Space Analyzer now look at every file the scan found.
  • Hidden system volumes stay out of the sidebar, and the back and forward buttons on a mouse work again.

Version 0.8.128

16 September 2026

  • Copying and moving large folders is much faster, with one disk flush per folder instead of one per file, proven by a new crash-safety harness that replays every power-loss point.
  • The copy lane no longer stalls when the window is busy.
  • Fixes Pro tool windows closing at once on a Mac the license reads as Free.

Version 0.8.127

15 September 2026

  • Fixes the app staying open in the background after Quit, and the Terms of Use being asked again after you accepted them.

Version 0.8.126 Security and Compatibility Fixes

15 September 2026

  • Cloud and network remotes: files copied from a remote are now marked like downloads, so macOS checks them the same way.
  • SFTP and SMB passwords are kept in your Keychain.
  • SFTP servers are identified on first connection and a changed host key is refused.
  • License activation now uses a one-way hash; nothing changes for existing licenses.
  • The Terms of Use (1.3) and Privacy Policy (1.2) are updated; the app asks you to read and accept them once at the next launch.

Version 0.8.125 Security and Compatibility Fixes

14 September 2026

  • The Transfers window keeps its size while files move, and a finished transfer says what it did: Copied 1,218 files to Data, click to see the files.
  • Dragging a large selection carries every selected file, not only the rows on screen.
  • A crash no longer leaves a blank window: you get Reload and Copy Diagnostics.
  • Settings that cannot be saved say so instead of vanishing.
  • Text fields keep Cmd+arrows, Tab moves through the toolbar, app icons show without a click, higher contrast in the Trash view and menus.
  • Security update for a networking library.

Version 0.8.124

14 September 2026

  • Copies to cloud folders no longer overwrite a file that is already there: the existing file is kept beside the new one, and merging a folder onto a folder keeps every file.
  • A cancelled copy to a stalled network share stops within a second instead of hanging.
  • Undo of a delete restores exactly the file you deleted.
  • A merge that could not restore an original now says where it left it.

Version 0.8.123

14 September 2026

  • Copying a folder now moves several files at once and checks each one as it lands.
  • Copying to an exFAT drive or a network share no longer refuses a good copy.
  • Undo after moving something to the Trash now brings back the right file.

Version 0.8.122

12 September 2026

  • Replacing a file on a cloud drive or a server keeps the old one until the new one has been checked.
  • A file moved to a server is read back and compared before the original is removed.
  • Copying an alias now copies the alias instead of everything it points at, and an alias whose file is gone can be renamed, duplicated and deleted again.
  • Moving files within one drive no longer asks for free space it does not need, and deleting a disk snapshot asks first.

Version 0.8.121

12 September 2026

  • Adding a second SFTP server no longer stops the first one from connecting.
  • Double-clicking a word while renaming a file selects the word instead of opening the file.

Version 0.8.120

12 September 2026

  • Previews of documents that take a while to draw now say so and try again, instead of saying no preview is available.
  • Search finds files while they are still being downloaded or saved.
  • The Services menu only lists services your Mac can run.
  • A folder you open no longer shows the files of the folder you just left.
  • Space can open macOS Quick Look instead, in Settings > Appearance.

Version 0.8.119

10 September 2026

  • When a drive or network share runs out of room during a copy, Salamander now says so instead of reporting a failed check.
  • Failure details now show how much of the file arrived and how much room the destination had left.

Version 0.8.118

10 September 2026

  • Moving and copying files to a network drive no longer fails at the last moment, after all the data has already been sent.
  • When a transfer really cannot finish, the message now says what the drive refused rather than only a number.

Version 0.8.117

10 September 2026

  • Folder comparison works with cloud storage again.
  • Network shares remember their password, so you are not asked for it again after a restart.
  • Copying moves several files at once, including to and from cloud storage, and the Transfers window shows each file with its own speed.
  • Sync Folders now opens on the option that only adds files and never deletes.

Version 0.8.116

9 September 2026

  • When a copy cannot finish, the message now counts the files that were copied and the files that were not, and confirms that every original is still where it was.
  • iCloud Drive now lists the same app folders Finder lists. Folders left behind by apps you removed no longer appear.
  • An app folder in iCloud Drive appears once, instead of two or three times under the same name.
  • The tab, the folder trail and the pane now all call iCloud Drive by its name.

Version 0.8.115 Security and Compatibility Fixes

9 September 2026

  • Moving files to a network drive now finishes instead of stopping partway.
  • A file that turns up at the destination after you were asked about the others is no longer replaced without asking.
  • Files named with numbers now sort 1, 2, 3, 10 instead of 1, 10, 11, 2, and folders sort by size when folder sizes are shown.
  • Opening a folder no longer makes another app flash on screen, and controls in dialogs no longer overlap in a narrow window.

Version 0.8.114

9 September 2026

  • Moving and copying files to a NAS or network drive works again.
  • Adding files to a zip stored on a network drive works too.

Version 0.8.113

9 September 2026

  • Sync Folders now works with the folders you have added under Remotes, and the plan appears right away.
  • A sync that would delete something on a remote tells you first, because that cannot be undone.

Version 0.8.112

9 September 2026

  • Folders on a cloud or network remote come back when you reopen the app or load a workspace.
  • The Compress window shows the real size of each file instead of 0 bytes.
  • Right-click a .gz file to open or extract it, and any file to reveal its folder in a new tab.
  • Edit Tags can now rename and delete a tag.
  • The app checks for a new version once a day, not only when it starts.
  • Dialog titles share one style, the search location list stays under its field, and quitting is quicker.

Version 0.8.111

8 September 2026

  • Fixed: iCloud Drive now lists the app folders Finder lists there, under the names Finder uses, instead of every folder every app has ever made.
  • New: a switch to leave the app folders out of iCloud Drive altogether, in Settings, General.
  • Fixed: running the setup assistant again no longer leaves you stuck on the terms screen, with nothing to click and no way to quit.
  • Fixed: a move that runs out of room says how much space it needs in gigabytes, the way the rest of the app does.
  • Fixed: copying or moving to a network share is no longer refused for lack of space the share has.

Version 0.8.110

8 September 2026

  • Shared network folders that need a user name with a domain now connect.

Version 0.8.109

8 September 2026

  • New: the app icon now comes in a dark version. Turn it on in System Settings, Appearance, under Icon and widget style.

Version 0.8.108

8 September 2026

  • Fixed: an SSH key written with a ~ in its path is found again.
  • Fixed: sorting a Google Drive folder no longer adds rows that are not there.
  • Fixed: an update keeps the size and position of your window.
  • Fixed: the buttons at the bottom of the update window stay put while you read the notes.
  • Fixed: entering a folder puts the cursor on its first item, and going up puts it on the folder you left.
  • New: an optional “..” row at the top of a folder, so you can go up with the arrows and Return. Settings, General.
  • New: the app artwork in About and Onboarding now follows your dark theme.
  • Fixed: copying to a network drive no longer slows down part of the way through.
  • Fixed: an empty file copied to a network drive now arrives, instead of being reported as damaged and removed.

Version 0.8.107

7 September 2026

  • Fixed: Duplicate in the right-click menu makes the copy straight away and names it for you, instead of stopping to ask about a name that is already taken.
  • Fixed: dates in the file list follow the region set in System Settings, so they are written the same way as everywhere else on your Mac.
  • The two cards on the Remotes step of the welcome screens have space between them.

Version 0.8.106

7 September 2026

  • A licence that has not yet been checked by the server gets checked before anything else, so an update after a long break keeps Pro.

Version 0.8.105 Security and Compatibility Fixes

7 September 2026

  • Licence records now carry a signature from the licensing service. Existing licences keep working; nothing to do.

Version 0.8.104 Security and Compatibility Fixes

7 September 2026

  • Settings › About now has a Licences page listing every open source component the app is built from.
  • Licence records are being moved to server-signed ones in the background. Existing licences keep working; nothing to do.

Version 0.8.103 Security and Compatibility Fixes

7 September 2026

  • Fixed: a cloud transfer that the server reported as failed is never counted as done, and a cancelled one is stopped rather than left running.
  • Fixed: files whose names differ only in capitalisation move to a case-sensitive server as two files again.
  • Improved: selecting thousands of files and moving them starts faster.

Version 0.8.102

6 September 2026

  • Fixed: the Trash shows what the Finder shows, including items deleted from iCloud Drive and from a connected drive, and it updates on its own when something new lands there.
  • Fixed: Empty Trash removes locked items, read-only folders and apps, and it tells you from the Trash itself what is left rather than from what it tried.
  • Fixed: copies to a network drive no longer report details the drive cannot keep.
  • Fixed: closing a full-screen window brings you back to the desktop.
  • Fixed: deleting a folder no longer shows an error afterwards.
  • Changed: moving files to the Trash no longer asks first. You can turn the question back on in Settings, under Safety.

Version 0.8.101 Security and Compatibility Fixes

6 September 2026

  • Fixed: comparing two folders and applying the result, or extracting an archive, can no longer overwrite a file that appeared while you were looking at it.
  • Fixed: trashing a selection that spans a network drive and your Mac asks about each drive, instead of deleting the files on your Mac for good.
  • Fixed: dragging files in from another app uses the keys you were holding when you dropped them, even if you press a different key while answering a question.
  • Fixed: files you have made private stay private while they are being copied.
  • Fixed: moving a symbolic link to another disk moves the link, instead of copying everything it points at, and a folder keeps the permissions it had.
  • Improved: copying or moving a large folder to another disk asks the disk to do half as much work for the same safety.

Version 0.8.100 Security and Compatibility Fixes

5 September 2026

  • Fixed: replacing a file on a network drive or cloud remote never deletes the file you replaced unless the new copy was verified byte for byte; otherwise the old copy is kept beside it.
  • Fixed: if a move to a network drive cannot remove the original afterwards, the copy that arrived is never undone.
  • Fixed: when the app cannot check a destination folder, it stops and says so instead of writing into it.
  • Fixed: moving, trashing or deleting thousands of files at once is fast again.
  • Fixed: two files whose names differ only in capitalisation are never merged into one on a network drive or cloud remote; the move is refused and says which two.

Version 0.8.99

5 September 2026

  • Group files by kind, date, size or tag from View Options, and edit a file's tags from the right-click menu.
  • Rename, delete and move entries inside a zip or tar archive without unpacking it, and open or create password-protected zips.
  • Press Control+Space or Option+Space to show the size of the selected folders, and delete several apps with their leftover files in one go.
  • Fixed a stray blue line in a narrow window, the bottom bars getting cut off in a short window, and a Shift+arrow selection running off the screen.

Version 0.8.98 Security and Compatibility Fixes

5 September 2026

  • Copying a folder into one of its own subfolders is refused before anything is written.
  • The drag setting is now a choice: follow the drive like the Finder, always move, or always copy. Option copies and Command moves for one drag.
  • Mouse thumb buttons go back and forward, and a middle click opens a folder in a new tab or closes a tab.
  • iCloud Drive lists app folders under the app's name, and the path bar names them the way the Finder does.
  • A double-click on the title bar minimizes, zooms or does nothing, as set in System Settings.
  • A new setting stops the arrow keys at the ends of the list.
  • The pane scrollbar stays faint at rest on every input device, and the toolbar folds only where it runs out of room.
  • The Process Manager reuses its tab, and the Disk Analyzer can scan your home folder from a tool tab.
  • A video on another drive opens with a player that reads nothing until you press play.
  • An untracked file in a Git folder shows as one added block in the diff.

Version 0.8.97 Security and Compatibility Fixes

5 September 2026

  • Replacing a file on a network drive or cloud folder now keeps the old copy until the new one has fully arrived.
  • Moving files to another drive checks every file, folders included, before the originals are removed.
  • Deleting one file in a cloud folder never removes the folder around it.
  • Merging folders on a network drive follows the choice you make in the dialog: keep the newer, keep the existing, or keep both.
  • Moving an empty folder to a network drive no longer leaves the original behind.
  • If the app is interrupted while replacing a file on a network drive, the next launch puts the original back.
  • The Leftovers scanner and App Deleter only suggest files that belong to the app being removed.

Version 0.8.96 Security and Compatibility Fixes

5 September 2026

  • Fixed: updating from inside the app failed with "Update failed" and nothing was installed.
  • Installing an update on an account without administrator rights now asks for an administrator password instead of failing.

Version 0.8.95 Security and Compatibility Fixes

4 September 2026

  • Fixed: merging a folder into an existing folder on a network drive or cloud remote no longer deletes what was already there.
  • Fixed: if replacing a folder fails partway, your original folder is put back, and if it cannot be put back the app tells you exactly where it is.
  • Fixed: a folder move can no longer remove the original folder when nothing was actually copied.

Version 0.8.94 Security and Compatibility Fixes

4 September 2026

  • Fixed an update that could stop with a signature error when the download did not arrive complete. It is now retried and reported properly.

Version 0.8.93 Security and Compatibility Fixes

4 September 2026

  • Updates now install on accounts without administrator rights, asking for an admin password when one is needed.
  • Moving a protected item to the Trash now asks for permission instead of refusing.
  • The preview pane changes side as soon as you pick a new position in Settings.
  • Used and available disk space now update after you empty the Trash.

Version 0.8.92 Security and Compatibility Fixes

4 September 2026

  • Fixed: copying and pasting a file into the folder it is already in duplicates it again.
  • Fixed: a move on a network share or cloud remote could delete the file when the destination named it a second way.

Version 0.8.91 Security and Compatibility Fixes

4 September 2026

  • Fixed: a file replaced during a move or copy now goes to the Trash instead of being deleted.
  • Fixed: a move never removes your file before the copy at the destination has been checked.
  • Fixed: after a move that did not finish, the details say where every one of your files is now.
  • Fixed: moving files while an earlier move of the same files is still running is refused instead of running twice.
  • Fixed: recovering after a crash never deletes the only copy of a file.
  • New: the app refuses to move or delete a whole disk or a whole home folder at once.

Version 0.8.90 Security and Compatibility Fixes

3 September 2026

  • Fixed: moving or copying an item into the folder it is already in could delete it.
  • Fixed: moving a folder into a folder of the same name further up could delete both it and the folder it was in.
  • A move that fails now always leaves your file either where it was or where it was going, never neither.

Version 0.8.89

3 September 2026

  • Adding a OneDrive account works for personal accounts whose drive Microsoft lists under an id it then refuses.

Version 0.8.88

3 September 2026

  • New: select some items, right-click, and choose New Folder with Selection to put them into a new folder.
  • When you update from more than one version behind, the update notes now list every version you skipped.
  • Adding a OneDrive account works when the first drive it lists cannot be opened.

Version 0.8.87

3 September 2026

  • Adding a OneDrive account works again.

Version 0.8.86

3 September 2026

  • Fixed the sign-in dialog for network servers being cut off on the right when the server has a long name.
  • Copying files larger than about 4 MB from an SFTP server works again.
  • Copying folders from an SFTP server works again.

Version 0.8.85

3 September 2026

  • Folders now copy and move to network servers and phones, not just the files inside them.
  • Network servers you find on your local network connect on the first click, and each one shows only once in the sidebar.
  • Dragging a file from a pane onto another app now works even when that app's window is in front.
  • A saved network share that needs its password again tells you so, instead of showing a confusing connection error.

Version 0.8.84

3 September 2026

  • On a Mac with company security software, activation works again. The app now trusts the same certificates your Mac trusts.
  • The app no longer quits unexpectedly while a window is being moved or resized.

Version 0.8.83

2 September 2026

  • The built-in terminal now always opens, even when a pane is showing a network location or a folder that has moved.
  • Tooltips now appear right next to the button or sidebar row they describe, and no longer break across several lines.

Version 0.8.82

2 September 2026

  • Command buttons can now sit in the toolbar or in a bar of their own along the bottom of the window.
  • Each button can show an icon, an icon with the command's name, or the name and its keyboard shortcut. Both settings are in Settings under General.
  • Hover hints are drawn by the app itself now, so they appear straight away and stay readable in dark themes.
  • The preview panel no longer cuts off its message when the panel is narrow.
  • The accent line under the active pane can be turned off in Settings under Appearance.
  • Settings, Advanced, has a new Logging and Diagnostics section. The log level is Error by default and you can raise it when support asks.
  • Diagnostics can record what the app does while you reproduce a problem, then save the file for you to attach to a feedback post or a mail.
  • Log files are rotated every day and at 20 MB, and at most ten are kept, so they can never fill a disk.
  • Save Current Log puts the active log file, or a zip of all of them, wherever you choose.

Version 0.8.81

2 September 2026

  • Fixed the empty gap that appeared under Favorites in the sidebar.

Version 0.8.80

2 September 2026

  • Favorites can be grouped. Drag a favorite under a heading, fold a group away, and rename either from its right-click menu.
  • A Favorites window opens from the star in the toolbar or with Command-B, and you can type to find one by name or by folder.
  • Control-Command-T adds the folder you are looking at to Favorites, or removes it.
  • The Go menu now lists your favorites.
  • Dragging a folder onto the line between two favorites adds it to Favorites. Dropping it on a favorite still moves the folder into it.
  • The Favorites section stays visible when it is empty, and shows you how to fill it.
  • Hide From Sidebar now works on drives, servers, remotes and cloud folders. Settings lists everything you have hidden, with Show and Show All to bring rows back.
  • The sidebar no longer shifts down when you start dragging a file over it.

Version 0.8.79

2 September 2026

  • When your year of updates is ending, you can add another year from the Plan section in Settings.
  • See and manage which Macs use your license from the Plan section in Settings.
  • License activation now tells you exactly what went wrong when it fails.
  • Copying to a network server or share now moves several files at once, and the Transfers window shows each file in flight with its own progress.
  • When a transfer fails, the message says what the destination refused and which file, and Copy Details carries everything a report needs.
  • Retry after a partly failed move sends only the files that did not arrive, and a file that already arrived is never reported as missing.
  • Identical error messages no longer pile up; one message shows how many times it happened.
  • The View menu no longer has a blank row in it, and its Show items now say Hide once the thing is showing.
  • The View menu ticks the view mode your pane is in.
  • Show Command Buttons sits with the toolbar setting and is greyed out while the toolbar is hidden.
  • The update window tells you which version you are on, not just the one you are moving to.
  • The theme button in the left strip now cycles Light, Dark and System, matching the setting.
  • Clicking the sidebar's edge no longer makes it jump. It only moves when you drag it.
  • Spinners no longer flash for folders that open instantly.
  • The floating sidebar's shadow is dark in dark mode instead of white.
  • Rows with striping now highlight in one colour under the pointer instead of two.
  • It is easier to see which pane you are working in.
  • Buttons in Settings react when you hover and press them.
  • Dropdowns keep their arrow while the pointer is over them.
  • Scrollbars keep one colour when the pointer leaves the pane.
  • The bottom bars read more cleanly, and the filter button is properly centred.
  • Right-click menus have clearer dividers, fewer repeated icons, and submenus that no longer flicker when you move across them.
  • Selected rows no longer show an arrow at the far right.

Version 0.8.78

1 September 2026

  • Copying to a server no longer slows down when you switch to another app.
  • Cancelling a copy now says it was cancelled instead of showing an error.
  • Copies finish sooner, and the end of a transfer tells you what it is doing.
  • You can now sign in to an SFTP server with a certificate.

Version 0.8.77

1 September 2026

  • Copying to and from network drives is faster, and the app now picks the quickest route on its own.
  • Every transfer has a Cancel button on its row, and cancelling one now says Cancelled instead of looking like it failed.
  • Copies to network drives start moving straight away instead of sitting at zero, and the app tells you when it is checking the copy at the end.
  • Pause and Resume now work for transfers to network drives.

Version 0.8.76

31 August 2026

  • Adding a cloud storage account works again.
  • Setting up a cloud account no longer asks you which region it is in.
  • Copying to and from servers and cloud storage starts faster.

Version 0.8.75

31 August 2026

  • Cloud storage and file servers now work out of the box, with nothing extra to install.
  • The setup wizard is simpler and no longer asks you to install anything.
  • Browsing folders on network servers is faster.
  • Empty Trash now empties only this Mac's own Trash and leaves connected drives and servers alone.

Version 0.8.74

30 August 2026

  • Empty Trash When Quitting is back in Settings and now works: turn it on and the Trash is emptied for good when you quit, with a progress note you can cancel.
  • Renaming, duplicating or dropping a file into a cloud folder no longer replaces a file that already has that name: the app asks first, or refuses.
  • The Disk Analyzer now asks before moving a file to the Trash from its right-click menu.
  • Undoing a Duplicate now sends the copy to the Trash instead of deleting it for good.
  • Two settings that never did anything have been removed.

Version 0.8.73

30 August 2026

  • Dragging a file out of a network folder into another app no longer crashes Salamander.
  • Network drives that require a secure connection now connect properly, just like in Finder.

Version 0.8.72

30 August 2026

  • The app no longer re-renders continuously in the background, which means lower CPU use, longer battery life and faster updates everywhere
  • Quick search and the Find pane now agree: quick search shows an honest "Showing 40 of N" with one click to see all results in Find
  • Pressing Return with several files selected opens Batch Rename; renaming, opening and the shortcut flavours now behave as the setting says in every pane and view
  • New options: Return can open files instead of renaming, the numeric keypad Enter can rename, and moving to the Trash can skip its confirmation. Deleting permanently always asks unless you explicitly turn that confirmation off in its own new setting
  • Two Safety switches that did nothing were removed; emptying the Trash on quit returns later as a real feature
  • After deleting files, the selection moves to the next file instead of disappearing
  • Batch Rename presets can be invoked directly with a keyboard shortcut
  • Batch Rename, Create Archive and Compress Image are now real windows that remember their size and position; the Batch Rename divider is draggable so long names fit
  • The Transfers window's settings link now focuses the one Settings window instead of misbehaving
  • Deleting a workspace asks in the Workspaces window itself
  • Borders and column dividers in dark themes are now clearly visible

Version 0.8.71

29 August 2026

  • Folders and files with umlauts or accents in their names now open normally, on this Mac and on network shares.
  • Back and Forward now land on the right folder when pressed quickly, and a move that fails no longer breaks them.

Version 0.8.70

29 August 2026

  • Copying a file in Finder and pasting it in Salamander now works
  • Batch Rename uses your replacement text exactly as typed, including when only the capitalisation changes
  • Utilities and system applications such as TV and Maps now appear under Applications
  • Back, forward, up and breadcrumb clicks work again in remote tabs, and Up at the top of a server no longer drops you on this Mac's disk
  • Quick View now follows the selection when you walk the list with the arrow keys

Version 0.8.69

29 August 2026

  • Dragging files onto a remote to copy or move them works again.
  • Adding a remote now asks which region your account is in, so signing in works outside the United States.
  • Adding a remote no longer saves settings you did not choose.
  • A remote an older version set up wrongly is now pointed out, with what to do about it.
  • A drive or share with no Trash now offers to delete the file instead of refusing.
  • When a drive cannot keep everything a file carries, the completion report says so. It previously always said nothing was lost.
  • The progress window no longer appears after a small copy has already finished.
  • Long messages can be read in full and copied.

Version 0.8.68

28 August 2026

  • Renaming and moving files in your own folders no longer fails with a warning about protected system files.
  • Copying to a network drive now finishes instead of stopping partway.
  • Customize Command Bar, Find Duplicates, Compare Folders, Sync Folders, Delete App and Related Files and Find Leftover Files are real windows you can move and resize, and they open in front of Settings.
  • The Settings link in the Transfers window opens on the Transfers tab again.

Version 0.8.67

27 August 2026

  • Settings now opens in its own window you can move and resize, and it no longer dims the app behind it.
  • Rows in every dark theme are striped again, so a long list is easier to read.
  • Dragging a file out of the window and back no longer locks the panel behind a highlight that would not clear.
  • Search opens in a panel over the window from the toolbar or the search shortcut, and the title bar shows the folder you are in.

Previous Versions

If the current version does not start on your Mac, download one of these.

Version 0.9.91

9 November 2026

Opening a very large folder while the preview is shown now lists the first files at once instead of after half a second.

Download Version 0.9.91

Version 0.9.90

9 November 2026

Delete Immediately and the other right-click menu items work again when the trackpad moves a little during the click.

Download Version 0.9.90