BetterZip 2.1

Robert, 2011-09-20 12:49:00 +0200

BetterZip 2 is selling very well since its release in June and I have got a lot of praise and great user feedback. Of course, the new version came with a few bugs, even some that could crash the application, but I think I have fixed most of them – at least those that were reported. Thank you for that!

New Features:

• Using the service “Extract with BetterZip” you can now extract all archives in a folder hierarchy.
• If files are selected in the archive window, presets now only extract those instead of all files. Hold down Shift to extract all anyway.
• Enhanced “replace existing files” dialog: it now allows to merge extracted items into existing folders, keep both versions or replace the existing version with the one from the archive.

Enhancements:

• Enhanced accessibility.
• Improved SIT file handling.
• The favorites sidebar is now populated in the background and there is no longer a delay when starting BetterZip.
• Re-added “Terminate after last window closed” option.
• Enabled the additional parameters field for tar archives.
• Holding down the option key now shows a save panel even for services or direct extraction.
• The location preset in the save panel is now by default next to original/archive.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed two bugs that could lead to a crash.
• BetterZip now uses the original encryption method when resaving an archive, i.e., header encryption will be retained.
• Splitting 7z archives was off by a factor 1024.
• The Save toolbar button wasn’t correctly initialized with the default preset.
• Cancelling archive creation through a service in the save panel no longer displays a confusing message.
• Moving or deleting the external rar program could lead to a crash when saving with a preset with rar format.
• The progress bar no longer gets stuck when hiding BetterZip while extracting large archive.
• Extracting an archive via context menu while the same archive was open in BZ could crash BetterZip.
• Fixed a problem with extracting read-only folders in archives.

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