Mac utility that combines directory compare and file compare

Beyond Compare for Mac

Beyond Compare for Mac

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  • Latest Version

    Beyond Compare 5.0.2 Build 30045 LATEST

  • Review by

    Michael Reynolds

  • Operating System

    Mac OS X 10.11 or later

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  • Author / Product

    Scooter Software, Inc. / External Link

  • Filename

    BCompareOSX-5.0.2.30045.zip

  • MD5 Checksum

    932d5d05bdcbf0ed95a68c578c004c37

Beyond Compare for Mac allows you to quickly and easily compare your files and folders. By using simple, powerful commands you can focus on the differences you're interested in and ignore those you're not. You can then merge the changes, synchronize your files, and generate reports for your records.

Compare Files and Folders
You can compare entire drives and folders at high speed, checking just sizes and modified times. Or, thoroughly verify every file with byte-by-byte comparisons. FTP sites, cloud storage, and zip files are integrated seamlessly, and powerful filters allow you to limit what you see to only what you're interested in. Once you've found specific files you're interested in, Beyond Compare for macOS can intelligently pick the best way to compare and display them. Text files can be viewed and edited with syntax highlighting and comparison rules tweaked specifically for documents, source code, and HTML. The text contents of Microsoft Word .doc and Adobe .pdf files can also be compared but not edited. Data files, executables, binary data, and images all have dedicated viewers as well, so you always have a clear view of the changes.

3-Way Merge
Beyond Compare's merge view allows you to combine changes from two versions of a file or folder into a single output. Its intelligent approach allows you to quickly accept most changes while carefully examining conflicts. Color coding and section highlighting allow you to accept, reject, or combine changes, simply and easily. When merging files you can change any line in the output with the built-in syntax-highlighting editor. By using Beyond Compare's powerful file type support and ability to favor changes from one file, you can trivially accept many changes without even seeing them.

Synchronize Folders
The tool's intuitive Folder Sync interface lets you reconcile differences in your data automatically. You can efficiently update your laptop, backup your computer, or manage your website, and the app will handle all the details. You can copy to and from disks, FTP servers, and zip files, all using the same interface. Anything you don't want affected can be easily filtered out, and all of the powerful comparison techniques are available, making the backup as fast or robust as you need.

Note: 30 days trial version.

Also Available: Download Beyond Compare for Windows

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What's new in this version:

Notable Changes:
- Added "Side" option to Folder Compare "Alignment Override" settings to match from right to left
- General fixes and stability improvements

File Views:
- Fixed updating sided display filters when using "Swap Sides"

Folder Compare:
- Added "Side" option to "Alignment Override" settings to match from right to left in addition to existing left to right remapping
- Fixed "Swap Sides" to update Sort Side and Alignment Override settings

FTP:
- Fixed "timeout (110)" errors when connecting to SFTP servers that expect the client to send the welcome packet first
- Fixed SFTP corruption when uploading to OpenSSH for Windows

Installer:
- Windows: Fixed installer putting the Start Menu icon in the top-level Start Menu folder rather than the Start Menu\Programs subfolder

Misc:
- Linux: Fixed missing UTF-8/UTF-16 options in file encoding dropdowns
- macOS: Fixed number/decimal separator showing as ? for some regions
- macOS: Fixed path edit autocomplete in main comparison windows
- Fixed reading text lines longer than 65536 characters in various places

Picture Compare:
- Fixed changing tolerance after the initial comparison is done to update the comparison results

Registry Compare:
- Fixed parse error for .reg files with lines longer than 65536 characters

Table Compare:
- Fixed canceling "Go To" and "Resize Column" dialogs
- Fixed comparing region settings
- Fixed MS Excel Workbook comparisons to use system's regional settings instead of forcing English ones
- Fixed displaying negative numbers as "-x" instead of "(x)"
- Fixed detection of numbers to require a digit before or after the decimal separator
- Fixed HTML reports formatting the first sheet's name differently than the rest

Text Compare:
- Fixed "Next Difference" to not skip missing lines

Crashes:
- Linux: Fixed crash/hang when generating a report
- Fixed crash when using "Swap Sides" in Media and Version Compare when there are hidden items