Fixes

• macOS: Fixed slow scrolling on macOS 11 Big Sur.
• macOS: Fixed regressions in 4.3.6 that caused blurry text on retina displays and slow scrolling performance in macOS 10.15 and earlier.
• macOS: Fixed SVN profile support on macOS 11 Big Sur.

Fixes

• MacOS: Fixed graphical issues when running on MacOS 11 Big Sur.
• MacOS: Fixed buttons & checkboxes incorrectly using small control sizes/fonts.
• Changed "OS X" to "MacOS" in the About dialog.

Fixes

• Notable Changes
  • Linux: Fixed file manager integration with various desktop environments.
  • Apple macOS: Improved stability.
  • Microsoft Windows: Disabled "Check for Updates" functionality on Microsoft Windows XP, 2003, and Vista because they don't support HTTPS over TLS 1.2.
• Cloud Services
  • Fixed Microsoft OneDrive authentication to allow using accounts other than the one tied to the local Windows user account or system web browser's currently logged in Microsoft/Live.com account.
• Command Line
  • Linux: Fixed file manager integration with various desktop environments:
    • Thunar 1.8 (GTK3).
    • XUbuntu (XFCE) thunarx-2 and thunarx-3.
    • Nautilus on Wayland.
    • Mint and Ubuntu using MATE desktop (Caja).
    • Debian 10 Gnome.
• Folder Compare
  • Windows: Fixed reparse points being incorrectly treated as symlinks after file operations or refreshes.
  • Windows: Fixed resource leak when refreshing encounters an exclusively locked file.
  • macOS: Fixed "Folder Not Found" dialog not clicking "Reload" button when pressing [Enter].
  • Fixed "Ignored" showing as checked when nothing is selected.
• FTP
  • Fixed parsing Comau C5G FTP listings.
• Installer
  • Linux: Fixed apt-key warning when installing/upgrading .deb package.
• Misc
  • Windows: Disabled "Check for Updates" functionality on Windows XP, 2003, and Vista because they don't support HTTPS over TLS 1.2.
  • Windows: Fixed digital signatures on pdftotext(64).exe.
  • macOS: Fixed some toolbars/menu items incorrectly disabling when clicking on a toolbar button.
  • macOS: Fixed Export Settings "Save As" dialog not including a .bcpkg extension.
  • Fixed enabling "Factory Defaults" button in File Formats dialog and Home view.
• Options
  • Windows: Fixed 64-bit shell extension not updating the registry correctly when toggled in the Options dialog.
• Text Compare
  • Fixed alignment weights for orphan lines.
  • macOS: Fixed thumbnail not redrawing correctly when reloading a comparison.
• Crashes
  • Fixed crash when saving after editing session defaults on Home view.
  • Linux: Fixed intermittent crash in Folder Compare > Actions > Synchronize.
  • macOS: Fixed Home view crash after deleting a session.
  • macOS: Fixed Picture Compare crash when comparing JPEG files.
  • macOS: Fixed instability when launching a comparison from the command line.
  • macOS: General stability fixes.

Fixes

• Command Line
  • Linux: Fixed support for command line arguments and file names containing special characters.
  • macOS: Fixed bcomp never exiting if Beyond Compare is closed due to a crash or "Force Quit" command.
  • macOS: Fixed bcomp incorrectly returning 0 after canceling a merge.
• File Formats
  • Windows: Updated pdftotext to v4.02.
• Folder Compare
  • Fixed Touch dialog incorrectly resetting selection side when toggling "Including folder contents" checkbox.
  • Windows: Fixed using "Browse Using Profile" to select a folder inside a zip.
  • macOS: Fixed poor date/time editor behavior when modifying newer/older filters.
• FTP
  • Fixed SFTP uploads to OpenSSH for Windows failing after 100KB.
• Misc
  • Windows: "Check for Updates" now uses HTTPS connections.
  • Windows: Fixed using middle mouse click to scroll in views.
  • Windows: Fixed support for paths that explicitly include the Windows \?\ long filename prefix.
  • macOS: Fixed clicking on a window incorrectly bringing all application windows to the front.
  • macOS: Fixed various issues with path edit autocompletion.
  • macOS: Fixed closing maximized window on secondary monitor reopening on primary monitor.
  • macOS: Fixed default keyboard focus when dialogs are first shown.
  • macOS: Fixed poor behavior when dragging to rearrange view tabs or moving buttons on Home view.
  • macOS: Fixed dragging to rearrange items in list views.
  • macOS: Fixed File Formats dialog drawing checkboxes incorrectly after moving file format in list.
• Picture Compare
  • macoS: Fixed details crosshatching for partially transparent pixels.
• Reports
  • Updated <DOCTYPE>and <BR> tags in HTML reports.
• Text Compare
  • macOS: Fixed loading http:// URLs in Text Compare.
  • macOS: Fixed text drawing over gutter when "Right side gutter for left editor" is enabled.
  • macOS: Fixed hex details not allowing scrolling to end of long lines.
• Crashes
  • macOS: Fixed crash when modifying sessions on Home view.
  • macOS: Fixed crash when using error logging with multiple processes.

Fixes

• Folder Compare
  • macOS: Fixed Edit menu not showing Undo/Redo/Cut/Copy/Paste when in a modal dialog launched while the comparison treeview has focus.
• Misc
  • Linux: Fixed using system-provided Qt4 library.
• Options
  • macOS: Fixed labels getting progressively darker when opening/closing a combobox popup.
  • macOS: Fixed font size and weight for view tabs, toolbar buttons, and various other controls.
• Settings
  • macOS/Linux: Fixed corruption warning when updating to Beyond Compare 4.3.
• Table Compare
  • macOS: Fixed clicking "Mark" buttons in "Visible Columns" dialog.
• Crashes
  • macOS: Fixed crash when moving a window between screens with different bit depths.

Fixes

• Folder Compare
  • Windows: Fixed loading comparisons of various types of NTFS reparse points, including local OneDrive folders.
  • Linux: Fixed hang when starting a file copy with "Confirm file copy" disabled.
  • macOS: Fixed "Comparison Results" dialog double clicking to launch a file compare on macOS 10.15 Catalina.
• Misc
  • Linux: Fixed included Qt4 library not following system font and color settings.
  • Linux: System-provided Qt4 library will now be used instead of the included one if it's installed.
• Crashes
  • macOS: Fixed crash when a shared sessions file is configured but doesn't exist.
  • macOS: Fixed crash in Folder Compare "Sync Preview" and various other dialogs on macOS 10.11-10.13.
  • macOS: Fixed crash when dragging windows between monitors or onto an iPad being used through Sidecar.

Fixes

• Notable Changes
  • Linux: Fixed compatibility with Linux distributions that no longer provide Qt4.
  • macOS: Improved stability and various other fixes.
• File Formats
  • macOS: Fixed Conversion dropdown including its content multiple times.
• File Views
  • macOS: Fixed horizontal scrolling behavior to follow "Natural Scrolling".
  • macOS: Fixed line height when using certain fonts.
• Folder Compare
  • macOS: Fixed incorrect comparison results after file conversion errors.
  • macOS: Fixed selecting preset filters in the Name Filter combobox on the toolbar.
• Home View
  • macOS: Fixed default keyboard focus for comparisons launched from the Home view.
• Installer
  • Linux: 64-bit installer packages now include a private copy of Qt4.
  • macOS: Fixed Check for Updates new version install failing until a manual update and system restart.
• Misc
  • macOS: Fixed treeviews not drawing correctly (Folder Compare Sync Preview, Folder Compare operation "Hidden Items" dialog, etc).
  • macOS: Fixed Comparison Info dialog drawing treeview over the top of the close button.
  • macOS: Fixed closing a view to activate the second most recently active one rather than the most recently created one.
  • macOS: Fixed dragging a file from Finder onto a path edit inserting just the filename under macOS 10.15 Catalina.
• Table Compare
  • macOS: Improved compatibility and stability when comparing Excel .xls and .xlsx files.
  • macOS: Fixed Excel conversion failures being silently ignored.
  • macOS: Fixed height of inline edit in line details.
  • macOS: Fixed incorrect character coloring for lines with extended (non-ASCII) characters on them.
• Crashes
  • macOS: Fixed crash when opening files with paths containing CJK characters.
  • macOS: Fixed crash when editing archive associations in Preferences.

Features

• Notable Changes
  • macOS: Upgraded to 64-bit and re-implemented interface in Cocoa. Supported versions are now macOS 10.11 through 10.15.
  • macOS: Added support for Microsoft OneDrive.
  • macOS: Text editor enhanced with macOS-specific behavior and improved performance.
  • macOS: Added support for Full Screen mode.
• Cloud Services
  • macOS: Added support for Microsoft OneDrive.
• Misc
  • macOS: Added support for autocompletion in path edits.
  • macOS: "Check for Updates" now uses HTTPS connections.
  • macOS: Added support for per-monitor high-DPI images.
  • macOS: App bundle is now notarized by Apple.
• Text Views
  • macOS: Added support for custom keybindings in ~/Library/Keybindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict.
  • macOS: Added support for long-pressing a letter to select an accented variant.
  • macOS: Added support for system pop-up dictionary (Ctrl+Cmd+D).
  • macOS: Added support for deleting accents on characters and segments in multi-segment glyphs (Ctrl+BkSp).
  • macOS: Added support for Killing (Ctrl+K) and Yanking (Ctrl+Y)
  • macOS: Added support for setMark:, selectToMark:, deleteToMark:, swapWithMark: keybinding commands.
  • macOS: Improved editing performance.

Fixes

• Notable Changes
  • Fixed Patience Diff alignment never completing if the last line of the comparison is an orphan.
• File Formats
  • Fixed "Description" field for new file formats including text from most recently used file format.
• Misc
  • macOS: Fixed 'Reveal in Finder' so it doesn't ask the user for permission to automate Finder before it works.
• Registry Compare
  • Microsoft Windows: Fixed undo/redo handling of swapped sides.
• Text Compare
  • Fixed Patience Diff alignment never completing if the last line of the comparison is an orphan.
• Crashes
  • Fixed crash when sorting Folder Compare/Sync by CRC.
  • Microsoft Windows: Fixed crash on exit when overriding the locale in the registry.
  • Linux/macOS: Fixed crash when moving symbolic links across filesystems.