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 5.1.0 Build 31016 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-5.1.0.31016.zip

  • MD5 Checksum

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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:
- Re-added support for disjointed row selection to Table Compare
- Improved Home View to make less common comparison types more discoverable
- Various other enhancements and stability improvements

Appearance:
- Windows: Crosshatching used for missing lines and after the end of the file is now scaled on high DPI displays
- Windows: Fixed Home View buttons in dark mode incorrectly drawing as pressed after starting a drag & drop
- Windows: Fixed Home View buttons in dark mode not showing a focus rectangle

File Views:
- Fixed using the mouse wheel over the comparison thumbnail. If the thumbnail has "Allow Scrolling" enabled, it will scroll the thumbnail view. If not it will scroll the main comparison window
- Fixed using the mouse wheel over the main comparison editor/grid scrollbars

Home View:
- All comparison types are now shown by default
- Removed secondary page under the > button in favor of making favorited icons large and making the rest smaller and on a second row
- Added "Text Edit" button

Misc:
- Fixed flickering hints on Session toolbar button's dropdown window
- macOS/Linux: Fixed popup hints for truncated items not matching the font for the underlying control
- Fixed view tab scroll buttons continuing to draw as hot when the mouse leaves the control
- Showing long hints no longer adds a trailing ellipsis

Table Compare:
- Added support for disjointed row selection
- Added "Next/Previous Difference Sheet" commands
- Added "Select Sheet" submenu to sheet tab control's context menu
- "Unhide Column" list now includes columns hidden because of "Hide Same Columns"
- Improved "File Info" regional handling
- macOS/Linux: Added support for configuring Unicode characters for date, time, thousands, and decimal separators
- Removed maximum limit on column widths
- Current cell is now drawn with a border rather than a fake selection
- Editor status bar now includes current column as well as current row
- Cells will now show a hint if they're clipped by the right edge of the editor
- Fixed comparison drawing incorrectly until it's invalidated when performing a slow compare or using key columns
- Fixed handling of really long rows
- Fixed popup hint/tooltip for shortened header cells not showing entire text
- Fixed moving into a cell to scroll to make the column fully visible
- "Align With" will no longer trigger a horizontal scroll
- Improved size/appearance of sheet tab control's scroll buttons
- Changed sheet tab's scroll buttons to show colored arrows instead of a color spot when there are offscreen differences
- macOS/Linux: Fixed multi-sheet scroll buttons not appearing
- Fixed popup hints for extremely long cells displaying worse than v4
- Fixed Session Settings "Columns" and "Sheets" pages not scaling column widths when moving between monitors with different scale factors

Text Views:
- Gutter buttons now draw as hot when the mouse is over them even if they're pressed. (e.g., Text Merge "Conflict" state

Crashes:
- macOS/Linux: Increased the maximum stack size saved when a crash occurs
- Fixed Text Compare crash or incorrect comparison when comparing a file with a byte order mark to itself
- Fixed Text Merge crash after pressing backspace when positioned at the beginning of a line immediately after a missing one
- Fixed Table Compare crash when mouse dragging causes current row to change quickly
- Fixed Table Compare crash when using "Hide Same Columns" with a row fully selected
- macOS/Linux: Fixed "Control '' has no parent form or frame" crash

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