Mac utility that combines directory compare and file compare

Beyond Compare for Mac
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Beyond Compare for Mac

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  • Latest Version

    Beyond Compare 5.2.0 Build 31950 LATEST

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    Michael Reynolds

  • Operating System

    Mac OS X 10.11 or later

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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.

How to Use

Launch the app and select comparison type

Add folders or files for side-by-side comparison

Use toolbar to manage sync, merge, or view changes

Save sessions for future comparisons or automation

System Requirements
  • macOS 10.13 High Sierra or later
  • Intel or Apple Silicon (M1/M2) processor
  • 200 MB of available disk space
  • 4 GB RAM or more recommended
  • Internet access for updates and activation
PROS
  • Fast and efficient file comparison
  • Supports folder and file merging
  • Intuitive and customizable interface
  • Works with FTP, SFTP, and cloud storage
  • Powerful filters and rules options
CONS
  • No built-in dark mode on Mac
  • Higher price than some alternatives
  • Can be overwhelming for beginners
  • Limited preview for non-text files
  • Lacks built-in collaboration features
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 support for comparing and filtering Unix owner/group/file type and additional Windows file attributes (e.g., symbolic link, offline)
- Expanded support for disabling features via admin policies
- Changed how saved passwords are stored. Exported profiles are compatible with previous versions, but downgrading an install will treat the passwords as blank
- Table Compare now ignores case and whitespace when aligning columns by name
- Fixed "Invalid key material type" error when connecting to Dropbox
- Linux: Updated to Qt 6
- Linux: Updated .deb packages for Deb822
- Various other enhancements and stability improvements

Admin Policies:
- Expanded support for disabling features via admin policies
- Policies are stored in the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE on Windows and as /etc/bcompare.conf on macOS and Linux. See help for details
- Added DisableSavedPasswords policy to hide "Save Password" checkboxes
- Added DisableRemoteProfiles policy to disable FTP and cloud profiles. Read-only Subversion access is still enabled
- macOS/Linux: Added support for DisableCheckForUpdates policy
- Windows: Added /DisableCheckForUpdates, /DisableRemoteProfiles, and /DisableSavedPasswords switches to installer to enable their respective admin policies. /DisableCheckForUpdates is an alias to the existing /DisableUpdates one

Appearance:
- Windows: Font sizes no longer change slightly when moving between monitors with different scale factors
- Windows: Fixed file view "Align with..." mode labels for "Line # is marked" and "Select line(s) to align" drawing as black on black in dark mode
- Windows: Fixed visibility of I-beam with hourglass mouse cursor in dark mode
- Windows: Fixed detached merge output panel showing incorrectly sized images if it's on a monitor with different scaling than the main view
- Linux: Mouse cursor for Picture Compare + and text editor I-beam when busy now use system-provided images to work around issues with Wayland fraction scaling
- Linux: Fixed buttons with icons (e.g., Session > Save Session As > New Subfolder) showing black text on a black background in dark mode
- macOS: "File Formats" dialog now shows red for file formats that won't be used because a higher format matches the same file masks
- macOS: Fixed various buttons drawing the button shape smaller when they have focus (e.g., + and - buttons next to Home view search edit)
- macOS: Fixed file view comparison results icon in status bar drawing upside down

Folder Compare:
- Windows: Added support for displaying, comparing, and filtering additional Windows file attributes (e.g., temporary, offline)
- Added support for filtering symbolic links and other Unix special file types (e.g., FIFOs, sockets)
- Added support for comparing files' Unix owner/group/permissions
- macOS/Linux: Keyboard shortcuts are now suppressed when in an inline rename edit
- Fixed "Close Subfolders" to work on selection instead of just current line, matching "Open Subfolders" behavior
- Fixed "Compare Contents" incorrectly disabling "Binary" and "Rules-based" when the base folders are network servers (\\server), and incorrectly enabling them when the selection is within an expanded snapshot file
- Fixed archive files created on a Unix system and stored on a Windows disk sorting incorrectly when sorting by the "Attribute" column
- Windows: Fixed log always being closed in new views on high DPI monitors
- Windows: Fixed log height not scaling when moving between monitors with different scaling

FTP / Cloud Services:
- Changed how saved passwords are stored. Exported profiles are compatible with previous versions, but downgrading an install will treat the passwords as blank
- Fixed "Invalid key material type" error when connecting to Dropbox
- Fixed failure when using XCRC command with ProFTPD
- Fixed poor behavior when entering certain malformed URLs
- macOS: FTP Profile > Server > Time zone edit no longer allows selecting folder items like "Africa" as a timezone

Hex Compare:
- Fixed Find panel losing focus when pressing [Enter]

Installer:
- Windows: Installer now supports dark mode and has an updated appearance
- Linux: Updated .deb packages for Deb822
- Linux: Fixed .tar.gz package including an unintentional installer.sh, separate from the intended install.sh
- Linux: Fixed .rpm package's PROVIDES section listing unnecessary files

Misc:
- Windows: Code signing now only uses an SHA-256 signature rather than also dual signing with an SHA-1 signature
- Linux: Fixed "Help" button not appearing on dialogs depending on the desktop environment
- macOS: Improved behavior of dropdown treeviews (e.g., FTP Profile > Server > Time zone)
- macOS: Multi-select treeviews (e.g., Home view "Sessions" list) now toggle selection on Cmd+clicks rather than Ctrl+clicks
- macOS: Showing a window-modal dialog when quitting now disables other open windows and keeps the one showing a sheet on top
- macOS/Linux: Fixed slow startup in trial mode

Reports:
- Added "Revision" column option to Folder Compare reports

Scripting:
- Extended scripting FILTER command with UNIXTYPE filter to match symbolic links, FIFOs, sockets, etc

Table Compare:
- Column align by name now ignores case and whitespace
- Fixed keeping current row at same relative position in the view when changing the display filter

Text Views:
- Windows: Fixed displaying lines longer than 65535 characters

Crashes:
- Fixed crash when loading a 7-zip archive and then trying to access a file that has been removed from the archive
- Linux: Fixed Report "Print Preview" crashes, missing pages, and slow behavior
- macOS: Fixed crashes when closing windows
- macOS/Linux: Fixed crash when opening a new tab while doing an inline rename in a Folder Compare view, among other places
- macOS: Fixed crash when using "Next Difference Files" opens a different compare view
- macOS: Fixed Folder Compare crash when pressing [Ctrl] key while file operations are occurring

Third Party Libraries:
- Updated FlexCel to v7.25
- Updated fpspreadsheet to Lazarus-CCR SVN trunk r9907
- Updated Free Pascal to v3.3.1, GitLab commit bb1c527
- Updated IndySockets to v10.6.3.12
- Updated Inno Setup to v6.6.1
- Updated JCL to v2.8.1.9330
- Updated Lazarus to v4.99, GitLab commit 480bdb7
- Updated madCollection to v5.2.0
- Updated SecureBlackBox to v24.0.9430
- Updated SMWord to 1.60(b44)
- Updated Xpdf PdfToText to v4.06
- Updated ZipForge to v6.97

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