http://www.chipmunk-app.com/index.htmlChipmunk News(null)contact@chipmunk-app.comCopyright 2007-2008 Ruotger Skupin2010-01-08T14:06:14+01:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:11:07 +0100contact@chipmunk-app.comReleases2010-01-08T14:06:14+01:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/Version_1_2_5.html#unique-entry-id-29http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/Version_1_2_5.html#unique-entry-id-29Chipmunk 1.2.5


The registration window had a bad layout. If the registration information was incorrectly entered in a certain way, it look valid. I improved the layout in a way that it is now obvious at first glance if registration information is entered incorrectly.

New in 1.2.5:

- improved registration window so that it is easier to input the registration information correctly
]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comReleases2009-11-06T17:02:48+01:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/Version_1_2_4.html#unique-entry-id-28http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/Version_1_2_4.html#unique-entry-id-28Chipmunk 1.2.4


While no big deal it has been a bad first time impression: There were two help menu entries when the app was unregistered. fixed.

New in 1.2.4:

- fixed duplicate Help menu when unregistered

]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comReleases2009-10-09T17:25:35+02:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/Version_1_2_3.html#unique-entry-id-27http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/Version_1_2_3.html#unique-entry-id-27Chipmunk 1.2.3



When testing for Snow Leopard I must have missed to test one feature: Quick Look. This is when Murphy law hit. It didn't work on Snow Leopard. Someone (*) told me and here is the fix.

New in 1.2.3:

- Quick Look works on Snow Leopard

(*) Thanks, Richard!
]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comOutage2009-09-17T17:27:17+02:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/I_m_in_Russia.html#unique-entry-id-26http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/I_m_in_Russia.html#unique-entry-id-26
I am in Russia from september the 17th to 27th. I have no idea if I can respond to your mails in that time but I will do my best to find an internet outlet once in a while. My apologies if I can't respond in a timely manner but I will respond!

By the way: Quick Look seems to be broken on Snow Leopard. Will be fixed when I'm back.

Best Regards
Ruotger
]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comReleases2009-07-02T00:38:48+02:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/Version_1_2_2.html#unique-entry-id-24http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/Version_1_2_2.html#unique-entry-id-24Chipmunk 1.2.2

It’s been a while that Sparkle 1.5 reached maturity. I put the newest version into Chipmunk

New in 1.2.2:

- more secure, flexible and reliable updates with Sparkle 1.5
]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comBeta2009-01-23T12:02:37+01:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/Version_1_2_1_beta_1.html#unique-entry-id-23http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/Version_1_2_1_beta_1.html#unique-entry-id-23Chipmunk 1.2.1 Beta 1


To squash a rather mean crash bug I had to do some significant low-level changes. Thus for some system configurations (especially multi-processor, multi-core machines) there might be hangs or crashes for newly introduced bugs. So please test this version and report anything you find. That would be gorgeous!

Thank You.

You can use this version along with version 1.2.

New in this version:

- (hopefully) fixed a hard to find crash bug in the tree view
- cataloguing sheet is not resizeable any more.
]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comReleases2008-11-02T17:14:01+01:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/Version_1_2_Undo.html#unique-entry-id-22http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/Version_1_2_Undo.html#unique-entry-id-22Chipmunk 1.2


Version 1.2 brings you Undo. Finally.

This is a free update for all registered users.

From the release notes:
- trashing of files is fully undoable
- sends growl notifictaions
- significant speed improvements when cataloguing
- can now delete on file servers
]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comReleases2008-09-20T16:13:07+02:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/Version_1_1_4.html#unique-entry-id-21http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/Version_1_1_4.html#unique-entry-id-21Chipmunk 1.1.4


Version 1.1.4 fixes a few crashes

This is a free update for all registered users.

I know this took longer than it should, due to some personal troubles I had. I just want you to know that I’m still committed to do the best duplicate finder out there. I’m already working on the next most-requested feature. ]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comReleases2008-08-08T14:57:02+02:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/f23cff7baea2c5c7102f73381ec46342-20.html#unique-entry-id-20http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/f23cff7baea2c5c7102f73381ec46342-20.html#unique-entry-id-20Chipmunk 1.1.3


Version 1.1.3 fixes quite a few problems with the tree view

This is a free update for all registered users.

What's new:
- shows number of catalogued folders
- enhanced feedback menu command
- fixed several display problems of the tree view
- added quit on close window when in demo mode
- fixed some rare crashes
]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comNews2008-07-07T22:00:54+02:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/68496a64397b4ab4d23618fdbe20060a-19.html#unique-entry-id-19http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/68496a64397b4ab4d23618fdbe20060a-19.html#unique-entry-id-19
UTC (formerly known as GMT):
22:00h - 4:00h

U.S. West Coast (Pacific Time Zone UTC-8):
14:00h - 20:00h (2pm-8pm)

China, Australia AWST (UTC+8):
6:00h - 12:00h

But on the other hand, when the server is down, you can’t read this anyway.]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comReleases2008-06-12T20:20:25+02:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/075b3b1d56296c4abf4de09075a49e13-18.html#unique-entry-id-18http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/075b3b1d56296c4abf4de09075a49e13-18.html#unique-entry-id-18Chipmunk 1.1.2


Version 1.1.2 reduces memory consumption when running huge searches.

This is a free update for all registered users.

What's new:
- reduced memory usage considerably (this slows down large searches a bit, but keeps them from crashing)
- a search can now be started with a double-click and with the return key.
- removed a bogus crash (crash reporter would come up to report a crash though there was no crash)
]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comNews2008-05-23T12:00:46+02:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/f6db5e6349afea47f3c49640963dd85e-17.html#unique-entry-id-17http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/f6db5e6349afea47f3c49640963dd85e-17.html#unique-entry-id-17
I have no idea what to post yet, but I'm positive it's going to work out, somehow.]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comReleases2008-05-07T22:36:45+02:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/9aeab522c226e968f168a937e9aa9726-16.html#unique-entry-id-16http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/9aeab522c226e968f168a937e9aa9726-16.html#unique-entry-id-16Chipmunk 1.1.1


Version 1.1.1 is just a small fix for a rare crash.

This is a free update.

What's new:
- fixed a rare crash
- added diagnostic code to hunt down another rare crash
]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comReleases2008-04-11T13:13:51+02:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/be7f569dd7227764072bf45afef23ce0-15.html#unique-entry-id-15http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/be7f569dd7227764072bf45afef23ce0-15.html#unique-entry-id-15Chipmunk 1.1


Version 1.1 adds the three most requested features: Quick Look, Reveal In Finder and the automatic opening of the outline disclosure triangles. Have fun and a good duplicate hunt!

This is a free update.

What's new:
- added Quick Look (needs Leopard)
- added Reveal In Finder
- opens all disclosure triangles in the outline automatically (needs Leopard)
]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comReleases2008-04-06T11:28:17+02:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/eb7b9e6ee12d1104dd457995c5a14968-14.html#unique-entry-id-14http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/eb7b9e6ee12d1104dd457995c5a14968-14.html#unique-entry-id-14Chipmunk 1.0.3

I added a check to make sure that the boot volume doesn't fill up.

When there's less than half a gigabyte free memory on the boot volume (or the volume the users home folder is on), Chipmunk stops cataloguing or comparing in order to protect the user (i.e. you) from a full boot disk. This should reduce the number of people getting stuck considerably.

Tip: If you are like me and your boot disk is 99% full most of the time, do yourself a favor and install iStat menus from islayer.com. You can then easily monitor your free memory. I advise on keeping at least 1GB free on the boot disk. Below that value starts the bumpy ride in my experience.

Changes:
- added a check for low hard disk space condition
]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comReleases2008-03-28T10:35:08+01:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/9c882c90b011d87a81471b245ffc9a10-13.html#unique-entry-id-13http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/9c882c90b011d87a81471b245ffc9a10-13.html#unique-entry-id-13Chipmunk 1.0.2

Fixed another batch of stuff. Thanks for reporting.

Changes:
- the trash is not searched anymore
- hidden directories are not searched anymore
- fixed a condition in which trashing outer files wouldn't work
- added a dialog to tell the user when a file could not be moved to the trash
]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comNews2008-03-27T09:35:42+01:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/f6447c3fee678634deb3e8b267b034d9-12.html#unique-entry-id-12http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/f6447c3fee678634deb3e8b267b034d9-12.html#unique-entry-id-12
Thanks to everyone who bought! (Can't say that often enough) This gives my morale a huge boost to hack on on all things Chipmunk.

Thanks to everyone giving feedback in any form. A lot of features have been suggested, most of them on my list already. I plan on having a bug-fix release "soon", which should fix the few outstanding bugs. After that new stuff is going to come.
]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comReleases2008-03-22T02:23:04+01:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/7ed5235d9a8ad408a90e28b2c34298f6-11.html#unique-entry-id-11http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/7ed5235d9a8ad408a90e28b2c34298f6-11.html#unique-entry-id-11Chipmunk 1.0.1

As soon as you get your software into the hands of enough of people, there are always a few who find more bugs. Thanks for reporting. Here are the fixes.

Changes:
- fixed some rare conditions where crashes could occur
- fixed a condition where the resource fork of a file was not checked for equality

]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comPress Releases2008-03-20T09:44:50+01:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/b1d51c297d2dbdf1aef057d5a980cdc9-10.html#unique-entry-id-10http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/b1d51c297d2dbdf1aef057d5a980cdc9-10.html#unique-entry-id-10contact@chipmunk-app.comSpecials2008-03-20T01:43:15+01:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/9ac2553eed7e0e2b6976c5cd2dc72afe-9.html#unique-entry-id-9http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/9ac2553eed7e0e2b6976c5cd2dc72afe-9.html#unique-entry-id-9
As a little easter special Chipmunk will be $19.95 as long as the easter rabbit is around. I will switch the price to $24.95 on tuesday 25th so be sure to get your copy before.]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comReleases2008-03-20T01:41:08+01:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/0d2388f5cf3fcee84cf445ca6e03ea3d-8.html#unique-entry-id-8http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/0d2388f5cf3fcee84cf445ca6e03ea3d-8.html#unique-entry-id-8Chipmunk 1.0

Chipmunk 1.0 is out! Thanks to all people beta testing!]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comBetaReleases2008-03-16T23:39:53+01:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/2a48f19afc72bba9c8c1b24093d52f88-7.html#unique-entry-id-7http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/2a48f19afc72bba9c8c1b24093d52f88-7.html#unique-entry-id-7Chipmunk 1.0rc1

I have done it! I dare to call this version a release candidate. After finally repairing bundle support and fixing all known bugs, Chipmunk seems to be ready for prime time. Please use this version to check if everything's fine and give much appreciated feedback. Thank You

Changes:
- handles bundles correctly now
- fixed several crashing issues
]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comBeta2008-03-14T11:54:43+01:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/a0fb57b8db4e012b96535e71232711eb-6.html#unique-entry-id-6http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/a0fb57b8db4e012b96535e71232711eb-6.html#unique-entry-id-6Chipmunk 1.0b6

After hunting for crash bugs for quite a while, this should be a lot more stable now. Thanks to everybody who send in crash reports. Without them I wouldn't know what's going wrong or that something's going wrong in the first place. I also reduced memory consumption considerably which benefits people who scan large drives for duplicates. Have Fun!

Changes:
- displays count of catalogued files
- fixed several crashing issues
- reduced memory consumption considerably
]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comBeta2008-02-10T23:01:06+01:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/e9bab72ca85c474b1fd3036307b09e1c-5.html#unique-entry-id-5http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/e9bab72ca85c474b1fd3036307b09e1c-5.html#unique-entry-id-5 Chipmunk 1.0b5

I rewrote some code to put vital information into the user's Caches folder instead of along side the files. This leaves the modification dates intact. Thanks to everyone who was reporting this.

Changes:
- fixed a bug where the modification date of folders and files would be changed
]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comBeta2008-02-07T19:14:08+01:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/00cb01b742d92d6ff2eee737bd0e1a1f-4.html#unique-entry-id-4http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/00cb01b742d92d6ff2eee737bd0e1a1f-4.html#unique-entry-id-4 Chipmunk 1.0b4

Changes:
- the crash reporter now also reports the console.log contents on Leopard. (While this is not so interesting for the user, it makes diagnosing crashes on Leopard easier)
- the help menu item now shows up
]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comBeta2008-01-20T23:36:53+01:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/d88d871c25dcb53596fd491f5ab408ba-3.html#unique-entry-id-3http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/d88d871c25dcb53596fd491f5ab408ba-3.html#unique-entry-id-3 Chipmunk 1.0b3

Changes:
- the plus button wouldn't always work in the places window (Thanks Jon for reporting)
- fixed a crash in the tree view and corrected display problems on Tiger/intel
]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comBeta2008-01-20T01:43:02+01:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/9a4a5db6e591a99ea180ee1382742e82-2.html#unique-entry-id-2http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/9a4a5db6e591a99ea180ee1382742e82-2.html#unique-entry-id-2 Chipmunk 1.0b2

These are the changes:
- fixed a bug where the program windows could become too small
- fixed a bug with Exclusions
- fixed a possible crash
- removed logging that was accidentally switched on
- added help book
]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comBeta2008-01-12T21:27:01+01:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/d939adbb12362b5c7074512dd38c725e-1.html#unique-entry-id-1http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/d939adbb12362b5c7074512dd38c725e-1.html#unique-entry-id-1First preview of Chipmunk hot off the press! Go to Download to get your copy.

Please be kind to the little rodent, he might be a bit shy. And PLEASE report anything that does not behave the way you think it should.
]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comBeta2008-01-15T01:51:02+01:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/d293342f09b76fefe0ca9873aa30a6c8-0.html#unique-entry-id-0http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/d293342f09b76fefe0ca9873aa30a6c8-0.html#unique-entry-id-0Chipmunk is in Beta. So download and start to have fun. Go to Download to get your copy.
]]>contact@chipmunk-app.comReleases2009-02-22T19:10:05+01:00http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/Version_1_2_1.html#unique-entry-id-25http://www.chipmunk-app.com/news/files/Version_1_2_1.html#unique-entry-id-25Chipmunk 1.2.1


Noone reported a crash or other bug and I didn’t find anything, so I’m calling it an official version.

Changed since 1.2.1 Beta 1:

- nothing

New in 1.2.1:

- fixed a hard to find crash bug in the tree view
- cataloguing sheet is not resizeable any more.
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