The iNexus

Retiring an old friend

Brian — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 08:02:24 +0000

Apple’s latest operating system, OS X Lion, is a great update with many useful features both large and small. One of note is found in the About this Mac panel. There’s now a list of volumes and their disk usage, including rough categorizations by type like iTunes does. In typical Apple fashion they’ve more than one-upped the functionality of DriveGauge (note: I’m not saying they were aware of it, I’m sure they weren’t), and that’s for the best as it allows me to focus my limited time on Compare Folders.

For those who’ve been waiting for an update to DriveGauge, I apologize; for those who downloaded, donated, and supported the app I thank you from the bottom of my heart - it was the first bit of code I ever wrote and it led me down an incredible path.

Compare Folders 3.4.3 released

Brian — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:50:19 +0000

This morning is the release of a great update for Compare Folders. It’s focused on refining features based on user feedback in addition to continuing bug squashing.

See the changes in in the full article

As always, you can find the disk image for download at: http://www.infinitenexus.com/cf/

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Coming soon, flexible comparisons!

Brian — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 23:42:26 +0000

I thought I’d post a quick note that the next update of Compare Folders has some really great improvements, as the title not so subtly indicates. In particular, you’ll be able to specify what the allowed difference is between file sizes, creation dates, and modification dates in contrast to the literal equality that’s present in the current Compare Folders.

This work started based on in-app feedback from a user; be sure to let us know if there’s something you’d like to see or a particular problem you’re having.

Compare Folders 3.4.2 released

Brian — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:58:51 +0000

This morning is the release of another solid update for Compare Folders. This update focuses on polishing the application even more as well as fixing a regression in the copy to functionality.

See the changes in in the full article

As always, you can find the disk image for download at: http://www.infinitenexus.com/cf/

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Compare Folders 3.4.1 released

Brian — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Today is the release of another solid update for Compare Folders. This update focuses on stability and polish, delivering a fix for a nasty copying crash as well as a fully updated Help book.

See the changes in in the full article

As always, you can find the disk image for download at: http://www.infinitenexus.com/cf/

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Copy that good buddy

Brian — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:21:45 +0000

I’ve finished up most of the coding work on a nice little update (3.4.1) for Compare Folders. As the title of this post implies, it’s all about copying.

I’ve rewritten how copying items works and successfully copied over 23,000 items (4 GB of data) and Compare Folders churned through this without blinking (instead of crashing like before.) This rewrite also addresses other minor issues with copying.

Right now I’m in the midst of updating the documentation to ship with this update. It’s been out of date for far too long [it was last updated for the 2.6 release, sheesh], and will finally be updated with all the current features.

Compare Folders 3.4 released

Brian — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:38:20 +0000

Today is the release of a solid update for Compare Folders. This update addresses a few regressions in the 3.3 release while polishing several areas of the application.

See the changes in in the full article

As always, you can find the disk image for download at: http://www.infinitenexus.com/cf/

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Heads up, with a silver lining

Brian — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:08:45 +0000

FYI, I’ve had some reports of crashes when saving comparison results as text. I’ve been able to reproduce the issue and will start testing a fix this week along with some other improvements that I just finished.

Originally I’d planned to have a month or two of work to make a substantive release but this crash is accelerating the timeline. Look for news on the next Compare Folders update and its features and fixes soon.

Update: The crash is fixed and will go into testing this weekend.

Compare Folders 3.3 released

Brian — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:38:42 +0000

Today is (finally) the release of another solid update for Compare Folders. This update is primarily focused on performance optimizations so you can compare more items but also includes important bugfixes as well as a new feature, colors for alternate differences.

See the changes in in the full article

As always, you can find the disk image for download at: http://www.infinitenexus.com/cf/

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Is this thing on? Yep.

Brian — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:39:42 +0000

If you’re reading this it means the website is live once more.

My former hosting provider, Inno-Tech, disabled my account before the cancellation date (without notice, either) and I had to scramble to get everything set up with a new provider. The upside is that Infinite Nexus is now hosted by Dreamhost, whose service has proven to be 1000% more professional and faster in both directions too. I can’t stress enough how much one should avoid Inno-Tech; if you need a detailed list of reasons just ping me.

Compare Folders 3.3 will be released ASAP now and I’ll get back to finishing DriveGauge and planning major updates for the site and Compare Folders.

If you spot any problems with the site don’t hesitate to drop me a line and let me know.