Changelog.

What each version shipped, from 1.0 to now. Current direct build: 1.8.0 (build 15).

1.8.02026-10-27Current
  • Removed The external plugin system: custom .sfplugin bundles are no longer loaded and the plugin port goes with it (the Pro one-time purchase never opened for sale). The app itself still has zero networking.
  • Removed The sidebar tool area: all 16 built-in tools for images, PDFs, media and text are retired. The sidebar is now two sections — info and quick open.
  • Improved Quick open is easier to hit: app icons at 20pt, app names at 15pt, 34pt rows, hover feedback, a stronger section title and a ⊕ mark on the add row.
  • Improved The direct download and the App Store build are now the same release (1.8.0), feature for feature — only the delivery channel differs.
1.7.12026-10-21
  • New Shake to summon the shelf: while dragging files from Finder, give the pointer a quick left-right shake. When SuperFinder is not in front, its staging shelf slides out under the menu bar icon — an empty shelf says "Drop files here to stash", an occupied one lists what is already there, and a highlighted edge means it is ready to receive.
  • New No need to drag back to SuperFinder first: the shake brings the shelf to you, and it waits until you drop. Release elsewhere or press Esc and it closes itself.
  • Improved File drags only: moving a window, selecting text, or shaking up and down will not trigger it, and the same drag will not re-trigger it over and over.
  • Improved No focus stealing: the shelf appearing or closing never interrupts Finder or the file you are dragging.
1.7.02026-10-20
  • New Display names for bookmark items: right-click any item in the bookmarks bar and choose "Set Display Name". The new name shows in the bookmarks bar only, in bold, while hovering still shows the full path. Clear the field to restore the original name.
  • Fixed Dropping onto the staging shelf: files now land anywhere inside the shelf container. Previously only the area near the shelf icon worked, and the highlight kept flickering (same in the main window and the menu bar shelf).
  • Fixed Focus after splitting a tab: clicking the upper pane now moves the focus there, so the next jump from the bookmarks bar opens in the pane you clicked.
1.6.02026-10-17
  • New Tab groups: right-click any tab and choose "Add to New Group" to gather a row of related tabs into one colored group.
  • New Collapse and expand: click a group's name to fold the whole group into a small color chip; click again to expand. Opening any member tab expands its group.
  • New Drag to organize: drag tabs into, out of, or between groups and reorder them inside; dragging out the last member dissolves the group.
  • New Rename and recolor groups: right-click a group name to rename it, or pick one of 8 colors.
  • New Groups persist with your session: quit and reopen, and every group comes back exactly as it was.
  • New Save a group to the bookmarks bar: right-click the group name and choose "Save Tab Group" — the saved group appears in the bookmarks bar and on the start page; one click restores the whole set, and ⌘-click or middle-click opens it in the background.
  • New "Open All in Tabs" for folder bookmarks: right-click a folder in the bookmarks bar to open every subfolder as a row of tabs at once.
  • Improved A continuous color bar under a group's members shows at a glance who belongs together.
1.5.12026-10-14
  • New Right-click a bookmark: folders and files in the bookmarks bar now open a menu to open, remove from bookmarks, or rename.
  • New Bookmarks inside a folder work the same way: expand the group, then right-click an individual bookmark for the same menu.
  • Fixed Right-clicking a bookmark inside a folder used to jump straight to it; it now only shows the menu.
  • Fixed A menu item could be activated by the same press that opened the menu — the menu now appears on mouse-up.
  • Improved Unavailable menu items are disabled when a bookmark is stale: "Open" for a missing folder and "Reveal in Finder" for a missing file are greyed out, while "Rename" and "Remove from Bookmarks" always stay, so broken bookmarks remain manageable.
1.5.02026-10-14
  • New Row numbers in list view: every row is numbered on the left, and the numbers re-flow after sorting.
  • New Hairline rules between columns; the sorted column is emphasized and shows its direction.
  • New Drag to the menu bar icon to stage: dragging over it pops out a drop container — drop and the files are staged, without interrupting what you are doing in Finder.
  • New Count badge on the menu bar icon: while the window is away and the staging shelf has items, the icon shows how many (9+ past nine); reopening the window brings them back inside.
  • New First launch seeds the bookmarks bar with Home, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, and Applications.
  • New Remove a single suggestion from the start page: right-click one and choose "Remove from suggestions"; folders that no longer exist are cleaned up automatically.
  • Improved One control language across every window: new buttons, fields, and sheets; the file info panel and inspector are laid out as cards, and the status bar reads out in monospaced figures.
  • Fixed A blank page on first launch — SuperFinder now lands in your home folder.
  • Fixed Middle-clicking a bookmark now opens a background tab instead of replacing the current window.
  • Fixed A crash when creating a new tab (⌘T or the + button) after closing the last one.
  • Fixed Bringing the window back with no tabs left still showed the closed tab, and the address bar stopped responding.
1.4.22026-10-11
  • New Closing the window no longer quits: the red close button only puts the window away and the app stays alive — bring it back with your shortcut, the menu bar icon, or a click on the Dock icon (⌘Q still quits).
  • New Menu bar icon: left-click shows or puts away the window, right-click goes straight to shortcut settings, preferences, and Quit.
  • New One-time ⌥Space prompt: on launch SuperFinder asks whether to switch to ⌥⇧Space, and won't ask again once you answer.
  • Fixed Inline rename occasionally showed an empty frame with the text showing through.
  • Fixed The inline rename field came out black in dark mode.
1.4.12026-10-11
  • New File bookmarks: add files to the bookmarks bar via right-click or drag; a single click opens them in their default app.
  • New Connect to Server: mount SMB shares via ⌘K and land in a new tab; the address bar accepts smb://, and recent servers are remembered.
1.4.02026-10-10
  • New Open in new tab: right-click a folder, or middle-click files and bookmarks to open a background tab without losing your place.
  • Fixed The drag image occasionally flew in from the top of the window.
  • Fixed Hovering over a folder while dragging could spring-load the folder itself; hover-to-confirm now has a 0.8 s floor against accidental triggers.
  • Fixed Overlapping text in the free-version badge.
1.3.02026-10-08
  • New Third batch of built-in image tools: crop to ratio, compress to a target size, strip metadata (GPS privacy), flatten transparency, normalize orientation.
  • New Batch rename by capture date, reading each photo's EXIF capture time.
  • New Drag to reorder bookmarks on the bookmarks bar.
  • New Pro unlock: the plugin port for a ¥38 one-time purchase, verified offline, no account.
  • Fixed Two direction bugs: rotate right/left were swapped, and some photos baked in a mirrored orientation.
  • Fixed Permission dialogs for Desktop, Documents and Downloads lacked a purpose explanation.
  • Improved Failed tool runs now state the reason in the toast and the progress card.
1.2.02026-10-06
  • New Sidebar tools: type-aware processing in four domains — images (convert/resize/rotate/background removal), PDF (merge/compress/extract pages), audio & video (convert/extract audio), text (encoding/JSON formatting).
  • New External plugin port: import a .sfplugin and it joins the sidebar; writes stay previewable and undoable (direct build only).
  • Fixed Gallery previews of PDFs ignored the scroll wheel and dragged poorly — previews now render in-process (native PDF, text and image, with QuickLook as fallback).
  • Fixed Opening a large image in the gallery could blow up the window size.
  • Fixed The address bar showed blank when entering edit mode; Quick Look didn't open after selecting in icon view; the gallery preview strip rendered as a sliver.
1.1.02026-10-02
  • New Pinning: keep frequently used items at the top of a folder, reorder by drag.
  • New Batch rename: find & replace, regex, sequence numbers, case conversion, live preview, whole-batch undo.
  • New Get Info and Services integration; show hidden files with one toggle.
  • New Places bar: iCloud, AirDrop, drives and Trash one click away; Empty Trash behind a confirmation.
  • Improved More Finder shortcuts across tabs, panes and lists; full-width characters in the address bar; recently closed tabs listed on the start page.
  • Fixed Plain-click selection and highlight in icon and gallery views; refresh storms, flicker and selection drift in large folders; the unresponsive Empty Trash item; denied Trash access now guides you to Full Disk Access.
1.0.02026-10-02
  • First release The browser-style file workbench: address bar (paste, Return, Tab completion), tabs with four-way splits, named layouts, the reference-only staging shelf, search as a place, four views + Quick Look, session restore, ⌘Z-undoable writes, Trash-only deletes.