Robert, 2020-06-17
I am happy to announce the release of BetterZip 5. There are many new features and improvements in this new version, both visible to you and behind the scenes.
I have made a page that lists all the exciting new things in BetterZip 5, but let me pick out a few that I like in particular:
Drag and Drop modernized: Drag items from an archive directly to other apps, e.g., Transmit. And when you drag items to the Desktop or Finder windows with icon view, the items will (finally!) be placed where you dropped them.
Redesigned “Delete with pattern”: Firstly, BetterZip 5 lets you invoke your favorite patterns from the toolbar or menu. Secondly, you can now review which files are going to be deleted and tweak the list before actually deleting anything.
BetterZip 5 lets you delete all Mac specific files from an archive with a toolbar button click or menu command. And you can purge all empty folders from your archive.
Added support (compression and extraction) for Apple disk images (DMG), Zstandard, and Brotli.
The “Replace File” dialog no longer blocks all other operations and you can now quick-look the two files for a last visual check.
BetterZip now lets you save all the settings in the save panel as a preset. Use the new gear button for this. Loading presets has been moved to this button as well.
There is a lot more stuff which is worth checking out.
BetterZip 5 is a paid upgrade. All users who bought a license on or after September 1st 2019 get the upgrade for free. Woohoo! Older licenses entitle you to a discounted upgrade: $9.99 for V3 and V4 licenses, $14.99 for V1 and V2 licenses (including those bought in the Mac App Store).
Thank you, Bartosz, Dino, Frank, Johnny, Nicolas, Victor, and Zelu for your help with the localizations and all the beta testers who participated!