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Version 4.7.6

17th July 2008

  • Adds a "Clear" button to the preview

Version 4.7.5

2nd April 2008

  • Copy file creation date to EXIF "date time original" field
  • Re-arranged action menu for increased clarity
  • Improved support for site licenses

Version 4.7

13th February 2008

The new release allows the EXIF shooting date of JPEG picture files to be set to an arbitrary date and time.

Version 4.6.7

9th January 2008

Fixes a bug affecting the "Change Modification Date" feature.

Version 4.6.6

23rd October 2007

Delivers Leopard compatibility and makes minor corrections.

Version 4.6.5

17th October 2007

The new release adds support for setting Finder color labels.

Version 4.6.1

3rd September 2007

This release fixes a bug that caused the 'Add or subtract time from JPEG EXIF capture date' feature to fail on batches of more than 100 items.

Version 4.6

8th August 2007

The new version adds features for visualizing invisible files (including those pesky .DS_Store files) and removing them from entire file hierarchies.

Version 4.5.6

18th July 2007

This is a minor update that warns users that Mac OS X 10.4 does not always display file dates pre-dating the 1st of January 1970 correctly, but the program does change dates correctly within the 1904 to 2040 time range.

The update also contains the newest system preferences pane.

Version 4.5.5

6th June 2007

The new version now allows you to remove legacy creator and types codes from existing files.

Version 4.5

24th April 2007

The new version offers EXIF time stamp reading support for:

  • jpeg (with EXIF)
  • crw (Canon)
  • cr2 (Canon)
  • thm (Canon)
  • nef (Nikon)
  • tiff (camera)
  • raf (Fuji)
  • orf (Olympus)
  • mrw (Minolta)
  • dng (Adobe)
  • srf (Sony)
  • pef (Pentax)

and improves error checking.

This latest version is the requires Mac OS X 10.4!

Version 4.4.5

21st March 2007

The new version:

  • features improved date and time pickers
  • fixes a bug affecting international users only

This latest version is the first that requires Mac OS X 10.4!

Version 4.4

19th February 2007

The new version:

  • adds the ability to batch adjust the Exchangeable Image File (EXIF) time and date that JPEG pictures were shot to compensate for time zone errors or incorrectly set camera clocks.

Version 4.3.5

24th January 2007

The new version:

  • adds automatic correction of inconsistent file dates
  • replaces the "Apply" button with an auto-quit setting
  • adds new links to online support

Version 4.3

13th December 2006

You can now force the Finder to update its information on files and folders when it displays stale information.

Version 4.2

15th November 2006

The new version integrates the features of the discontinued A Better Finder Creators & Types product:

  • change the creator and the type code of a document
  • change only the creator of the document
  • change only the type code of the document

For more information on creator & type codes please refer to this explanation on wikipedia.

Version 4.1.1

30th September 2006

The new version updates the optional program components: the systems preferences pane, hot key and contextual menu plugin.

Version 4.1

13th September 2006

The new version improves the handling of inconsistent date values and makes a number of minor fixes and improvements.

Version 4.0.3

19th April 2006

The new version updates the System Preferences Pane and the Hot Key Component to address a minor installation bug.

Version 4.0.2

12th March 2006

Version 4.0.2 is a bug fix release that corrects registration inconsistencies and a minor bug in the hot key component.

Version 4.0.1

8th March 2006

This bug fix release corrects an installation problem with the 4.0 release that prevented the context menu from working.

Version 4.0

8th March 2006

Version 4 will be a free upgrade for all owners of version 3.

A Better Finder Attributes 4 is based on the same code as A Better Finder Rename 7, released late last year.

It inherits much of its user experience and features:

  • Detachable & re-sizable file list drawer with dynamic information display.
  • Simple drag & drop installation.
  • Operates as a stand-alone application.
  • Optional Finder context menu item.
  • Optional Finder hot key activation
  • create and edit droplets to automate frequent tasks.
  • more than hundred usability tweaks and refinements.
  • experimental support for CR2, NEF and Adobe DNG EXIF data.

Version 3.9.5

11th January 2006

This is the first release as a "Universal Application" running at full speed on both PowerPC and Intel-based Macintoshes.

Version 3.9

7th December 2005

This new release features faster and more reliable EXIF shooting date acquisition.

Version 3.8.6

16th November 2005

This minor release ensures compatibility with the new version 7 release of A Better Finder Rename.

Version 3.8.5

6th July 2005

The new release updates the hot key and preference pane components to provide an improved user experience:

  • system preference pane now displays all hot keys in a single table
  • user-defined hot key combinations run through a 'sanity check' to avoid problems with other applications
  • hot key component no longer installed by default
  • clean hot key installation and un-installation from the system preference pane

Version 3.8

16th March 2005

The new version allows time intervals to be added or subtracted to existing modification and creation date and times.

Version 3.7

9th February 2005

The new version introduces a swizzle user interface and makes significant internal changes.

The new "progressive disclosure" user interface is based on the use of swizzle triangles and brings A Better Finder Attributes in line with the latest A Better Finder Rename releases.

Internal changes exploit Cocoa bindings to make it easier to add significant new user interface features in the future.

Version 3.6.1

17th November 2004

This minor update contains the new version of the System Preferences pane shared with the other A Better Finder series tools.

The System Preference Pane update:

  • allows the hot key to be changed to a wider variety of keys
  • displays registration details on all A Better Finder products
  • replaces the old Registration Assistant application
  • unloads the resident A Better Finder hot key application from memory when the feature is switched off

Version 3.6

20th October 2004

The new release introduces a file details drawer designed to make it easier to judge file changes interactively.

Version 3.5

21st July 2004

The new release:

  • adds the ability to set the creation date of digital camera picture files to the time the picture was taken, rather than when it was first imported to your Macintosh
  • EXIF digital camera support for JPEG, TIFF and Canon Raw formats (CRW, THM)