Scooter Software heeft een update voor versie 4.0 van Beyond Compare uitgebracht. Met dit zeer uitgebreide programma, dat beschikbaar is voor Windows, Linux en nu ook voor OS X, kunnen bestanden met elkaar worden vergeleken. Daarnaast is het mogelijk om complete folders, ftp-locaties en archieven te vergelijken. Beyond Compare is beschikbaar in een standaard- en een pro-uitvoering, voor prijzen die beginnen bij 30 dollar. De onderlinge verschillen kunnen op deze pagina worden gevonden. De changelog voor versie 4.0.3 ziet er als volgt uit:
Notable ChangesArchives
- OS X: Fixed code signature failure on OS X 10.9 and 10.10.
- Bug fixes and polish.
File Views
- Linux: Added support for symlinks in .rpm archives.
- Linux: Fixed support for .rpm archives containing files with spaces in their names.
- Linux: Improved error message when rpm isn't installed.
- OS X/Linux: Fixed support for archive files on smb:// servers.
- Windows: Improved error message when unable to load a 7-zip provided archive format.
- Windows: Tweaked descriptions of some 7-zip provided archive formats.
- Windows: Fixed support for uncompressed Shockwave Flash files (.swf) and added support for zlib compressed ones.
Folder Compare
- OS X/Linux: Fixed editing files on SMB servers using the smb:// path syntax.
- Added accelerators to popup menu commands.
- Fixed File Info panel text clipping.
Folder Sync
- Improved speed when opening Compare Contents results dialog.
- Actions menu is no longer hidden while in "Align with..." mode.
FTP
- Fixed swapping overridden sync actions.
Hex Compare
- Fixed support for connecting to FTP servers that disconnect in response to a HOST command.
Home View
- Fixed "Go to next difference in files after copying to other side".
HTTP
- Added "Edit Defaults" button when the session editing panel is hidden and a new session type is selected in the treeview.
- Improved visibility handling of the session edit panel.
Misc
- Fixed support for HTTP comparisons of SOAP services that don't accept HEAD requests.
Options
- OS X: Fixed code signature failure on OS X 10.9 and 10.10.
- OS X: Fixed failure to write log file when set to continuously do so.
- OS X: Fixed some files in the Beyond Compare.app bundle being stored as duplicates rather than symbolic links.
- Improved position and sizing of floating in-line edits in folder compare and table compare.
- Session Settings dialog's "Scope" combobox is now aligned vertically with the Ok/Cancel buttons.
Picture Compare
- Fixed File Views Gutter Font swatch clipping.
Settings
- Increased max zoom to 2000%.
- Tweaked drawing of selected pixel in the details grid.
Subversion
- Installing BC4 into a BC3 portable folder now moves BC3 settings into a subfolder and offers to import them.
- Fixed importing settings from some older releases.
Text Compare
- Windows: SSL connections will now trust self-signed and expired certificates instead of being unable to connect.
Crashes
- Edit menu is no longer hidden while in "Align with..." mode.
- Fixed Text Replacement handling of right-sided difference.
- Fixed crash when performing a Quick Compare with an External Format.
- Fixed crash when using the FTP Quick Connect "Connect & Browse" button when the "Host" edit is empty.
- Fixed Text Merge crash when changing "Merge to" changes detected file format.
- OS X: Fixed crash when showing Hex Compare find frame.