We're excited to announce the full release of Beyond Compare version 4.1.
Thank you to everyone who provided feedback and bug reports during the 4.1 beta.
Notable Changes
For a full list of changes and fixes, see the changelog.
Thank you to everyone who provided feedback and bug reports during the 4.1 beta.
Notable Changes
- Windows/Linux: Added 64-bit version that handles significantly larger comparisons.
- Linux: Updated user interface to use Qt 4.8 instead of Qt 3.3.
- Windows: Comparing Microsoft Excel spreadsheets (.xls, .xlsx) is now significantly faster and no longer requires Excel.
- OS X/Linux: Added support for Microsoft Word documents and Excel spreadsheets (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx).
- Windows: Added support for Microsoft OneDrive.
- OS X/Linux: Added read/write support for 7-zip .7z archives and read-only support for many additional types (.iso, .rar, .dmg, etc).
- Added support for .xz and .tar.xz archives.
- OS X: Added MP3 compare.
- Added support for 3-way merges in the "External" format.
- Added support for IPv6 to FTP and FTPS connections.
- Windows: Added support for IPv6 to SFTP, WebDAV, and cloud services connections.
- Windows: Added support for taskbar jump lists on Windows 7 and up.
- OS X/Linux: Fixed SSL validation to not warn for certificates signed by trusted certificate authorities (affects FTPS, WebDAV, and cloud services).
- Linux: "PDF Documents" file format is now included by default.
- Windows: Improved appearance when using 125%, 150%, and 200% DPI scaling and high contrast themes.
- Linux: Dialog button order on Gnome is now right-to-left instead of always following KDE conventions.
- OS X: "Open With" now works with application bundles (.app).
- Numerous bug fixes, performance enhancements, and other improvements.
For a full list of changes and fixes, see the changelog.