Photo Mechanic 2025.1 (build 7955)

What's new in this version:

Added:
- Option to automatically reload Code Replacement files when they are updated.
- {clipboardtext} and {cbtx} variables.  They evaluate into the contents of the system clipboard if it contains text (up to 2000 characters), or an empty string if no text exists in the clipboard.  Thanks to Mike Price of Fairfield Photography for the idea.
- {parentfolder} variable for retrieving the name parent of the image's folder
- Word(s) extraction to Variable Substring Extraction.  Use {var:index,count:w} to extract count words starting at index word.  Words will be separated by comma separators unless 'w' is followed by an exclamation point (!) as in 'w!', in which case words will be separated by spaces only.  If index or count are out of range, only the in-range words will be returned.  You can additionally follow the word command by conversions and translation if desired.  Thanks to user ‘Ulrik’ on the Camera Bits forum for the idea.
- Parser extraction to Variable Substring Extraction. Use {var:p,delimiter,n} to parse terms separated by ‘delimiter’, and evaluate to the n-th field.  If either colons (:), commas (,) or backslashes (\) are your delimiter character, you need to escape them with backslash (\).  The delimiter character must be a simple ASCII character. If there is no n-th field, an empty string is returned.  You can follow the parser command with conversions and translation if desired.
- Sorted Photosets in the Flickr upload template

Fixed:
- Perpetual licenses incorrectly being considered as not valid for All-in-one builds as of Jan 1, 2025
- Removing an element from a repeating field, like 'Persons Shown' from the popup menu hangs the application when a semi-colon is the chosen separator character
- Updated HEIF/DE265 libraries to allow decoding of iOS 18 HEIC images
- Missing suggestions in Auto Complete from text file when a metadata field had similar matches
- SmugMug uploader error with accented characters in filenames
- SmugMug supported formats note doesn't show until dialog is resized
- Change in repeating field separator character can cause multiple terms to be considered a single term.  Users are prompted to relaunch the application in order for the change to take effect.
- XMP updates in iPhone HEIC photos modified by Photos not being recognized by other apps
- Restoring last session on startup now restores Favorites and Navigator sort popup menu correctly, even when default preferences differ
- 'E' shortcut does not work in Preview window unless path is set to an editing application. (When using the Finder to open.)
- Added: Snapshots show color swatches when a snapshot file has been given a color in the Finder.  Thanks to user ‘Ulrik’ on the Camera Bits forum for the idea.