Vicomsoft FTP Client for Mac OS X Version History
Below is a list of the improvements and bug fixes that have been made to different versions of the Vicomsoft FTP Client for Mac OS X.
Version 5.0.2
- Compatibility with OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)
- The Bookmark settings window now remembers its disclosed state
- Fixed an issue with AutoRoute and multiple connections
- Fixed an issue with Remote Editing preferences panel
- Fixed an issue with automatically skipping errors during scheduled syncs
- Fixed an issue with the displayed last software update check time
- Fixed an issue with the About window registration info display
Version 5.0.1
- Fixed an issue with completion sounds preferences settings getting lost
- Fixed an issue with software update displaying garbage name on download
- Restored compatibility with FTP Droplets created in v4
Version 5.0 - Major upgrade - 30+ new features
- All new, high resolution Retina-ready UI
- Full screen browser mode (Lion or later)
- Integrated Bookmarks manager + Dropbox sync
- Import Bookmarks from other apps
- Built-in text editor for local and remote editing
- Local and remote zip/unzip, create symlinks
- Compare local/remote files for differences
- Localised into 9 different languages
- Bandwidth limiting
- Sync browsing navigation mode
- Two way Mirror directory Synchronisation
- Schedule repeating transfers and syncs
- Extensive file/folder filtering and exclusion rules
- Open local/remote directory in Terminal or iTerm app
- Copy + Open Web URL options
- Full Suffix Mapping capabilities
- Built-in software update mechanism
- Set Color Labels for local and remote items
- Quick Look browser icon previews
- Apply recursive permissions, owner, user, group to files/folders or both
- Growl and e-mail notifications
- App Nap support (Mavericks or later)
- New icons throughout
- Stand-alone option for freely distributable FTP Droplets
- Send raw commands via SSH
- Server-side delete and duplicate options via SSH
- Copy listing data as text
- Pause and resume transfers and syncs
- Recent Connections menu
- Bonjour Connections menu
- Set Return Key actions
- Sort folders first in listings
- Hide/show alternating list row colors
- Hide/show list column dividers
- Hide/show list columns
- Set browser font size
- Auto-routing - drag onto FTP Client dock icon to upload
- Remote edit completion sounds (optional)
- Option to use UTF-8 Form C encoding
- Keep-alive option to stay connected
- Automatic archive of transcript logs
- Additional controls over remote editing behaviour
- Too much to list!
Version 5.0 System Requirements : Intel, OS X 10.5 or later
Version 4.6.5
- Added Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) and Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) compatibility
- Digitally signed with Apple's new Developer ID for Gatekeeper support
Version 4.6.4
- Added Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) compatibility
Version 4.6.3
- Added option to encode UTF8 in Normalization Form C
- New Connection window did not appear on some systems
- Fixed some issues with icons and type/creator on Snow Leopard
- Added ability to control the timeout value for connections
- Fixed inability to create Droplets from a different user account
- Start Demo button no longer brings up the Purchase window
Version 4.6.2
- Snow Leopard compatibility
Version 4.6.1
- Support for public key authentication
- Lock icon displayed in FTP Browser when connection is secure
- IPv6 support via EPSV/EPRT commands
- Ability to set server modification date/time on uploaded files
- Fixed purchase problems in Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Automatic upgrade facility for existing registered users
Version 4.6.0
- New licensing system from eSellerate, with in-app purchase capability
- Check for updates capability
- QuickLook preview support
- Growl notification support
- Finder-like in-line rename
- Enhanced SFTP server compatibility
- Bug fixes and optimizations
Version 4.5.1
- Partial download icons might not have been displayed
- Resolving symlinks could get into an endless loop
- Corrected some missing icons
- The automatic import of Bookmarks from the old version did not work correctly in some cases
- When transferring multiple items the name of the currently transferring item was not displayed
- Local items could not be deleted when running on Leopard
- Upload synchronization could have incorrectly created unwanted empty folders
- FTP Droplets created by the previous version of FTP Client may not have worked with v4.5
- Download now includes a step by step installation guide for those having difficulty understanding the default OS X software delivery mechanism using .dmg files
- Upgrading from v4.0.x could have rendered Remote Editing non-functional in some cases
Version 4.5.0
- Now a Universal Binary
- Leopard compatibility
- Added full Mac OS X toolbar
- Large file support added for files greater than 2GB
- Long file/folder name support added for full Unicode capability
- FTPS (FTP over SSL) support added in both explicit and implicit modes
- Ability to select any application for remote editing
- Added support for AppleScript scripting as well as recording
- Added sserver to server transfers using drag & drop
- Added automatic re-connect and retry for transfers
- Added automatic Passive/Active FTP mode detection
- Added automatic time offset calculation to cater for time zone differences
- Overall speed enhancements for transfers
- Completion sounds for transfers can now be customized
- Added option to control double click action - transfer, edit or no action
- Drag & drop support in Column view now supported
- In-line rename in Column view now supported
- Streamlined user interface
Version 4.0.3
- Fixed a problem with Active FTP connections
Version 4.0.2
- Fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.3, Panther.
Version 4.0.1
- Fixed a problem with the creation of Droplets.
Version 4.0.0
- FTP Client for Mac OS X released
- Introduction of:
- SFTP
- Hierarchical Directory Listings
- Multithreading
- Directory Caching
- Queue Based FTP
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