4.4.7.28397 - October 19; 2023$$$Notable Changes$$$macOS: Fixed blurry text on Intel CPU systems with retina displays running macOS 14 Sonoma.$$$Linux: Fixed typo in RPM uninstall script in 4.4.5 and 4.4.6. To upgrade/uninstall those versions see https://www.scootersoftware.com/kb/linuxpreun$$$Fixed hex compare incorrectly marking single matches as different.$$$General updates and stability fixes.$$$File Formats$$$Windows: - Updated pdftotext to v4.04.$$$Folder Compare$$$Linux: Updated smb:// support for KDE and DBUS integration.$$$Hex Compare$$$Fixed incorrectly marking single matches as different.$$$Installer$$$Linux: RPM installer no longer tries to import our GPG key automatically.$$$Linux: Updated RPM repository GPG key for Fedora 38 compatibility.$$$Linux: Fixed typo in rpm pre-uninstall script.$$$Misc$$$macOS: Fixed blurry text on Intel CPU systems with retina displays running macOS 14 Sonoma.$$$macOS: Fixed Beyond Compare top level menu item not appearing in macOS Sonoma betas.$$$Windows: Fixed showing menu items as checked on Windows 11.$$$Options$$$Windows: - Fixed Options dialog Explorer Integration saying its a portable install if BC was installed and registered by an administrator and is run by a limited user.$$$Crashes$$$Linux: Fixed crash when simultaneously running multiple command line quick compares.

4.4.6.27483 - MARCH 6; 2023$$$macOS: Improved scrolling speed on M series hardware running macOS 13; but editing performance can be slower. Were still working on additional improvements.

4.4.5.27371 - FEBRUARY 3; 2023$$$Notable Changes$$$Fixed toggling Include hidden items checkbox in file operation confirmations to no longer reset the selected sides.$$$macOS: Improved exceptionally poor performance on 4K+ displays with high bit depths (e.g.; Studio Displays or built-in retina MacBook screens).$$$Linux: Updated Nautilus Context Menu to Support Gnome 43 / Nautilus API 4.0.$$$Various other fixes and stability improvements.$$$File Formats$$$Unix: Fixed PDF conversion failing when filenames contain a parenthesis.$$$Folder Compare$$$Fixed toggling Include hidden items checkbox in file operation confirmations to no longer reset the selected sides.$$$FTP$$$Unix: SFTP connections now check ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 in addition to id_rsa and id_dsa.$$$Hex Compare$$$Improved handling of important difference color and font settings.$$$Installer$$$Linux: Updated location of GPG public signing key for .deb installer.$$$Linux: Updated RPM signature to use SHA256.$$$Misc$$$macOS: Improved exceptionally poor performance on 4K+ displays with high bit depths (e.g.; Studio Displays or built-in retina MacBook screens).$$$Linux: Updated Nautilus Context Menu to Support Gnome 43 / Nautilus API 4.0.$$$macOS: Fixed memory leak.$$$Crashes$$$macOS: Fixed crash when cancelling Install command line tools prompt.$$$Unix: Fixed crash when comparing .doc files.$$$Windows: Fixed crash in 64-bit Registry Compare when comparing large data sets.

4.4.4.27058 - NOVEMBER 4; 2022$$$Notable Changes$$$macOS: Fixed scrolling and redrawing issues in macOS 13.0 Ventura.$$$Folder Compare$$$macOS/Linux: Fixed alignment overrides not correctly handling DOS replacement masks that contain numbers.$$$Text Views$$$Fixed intermittent incorrect results with lines longer than the maximum line length.$$$Crashes$$$Windows: Fixed crashes in the folder browse dialog on 64-bit Windows.

Notable Changes$$$Windows: Fixed two security vulnerabilities in the installer.$$$Various stability fixes.$$$Cloud Services$$$Dropbox connections now only try to use TLS 1.2 & 1.3.$$$File Formats$$$Updated URL for PDF documents file format converter.$$$Installer$$$Windows: Fixed DLL preloading vulnerability in uninstaller (CVE-2022-36415). Installer will no longer run on Windows XP or Windows Vista.$$$Windows: BCClipboard is no longer run automatically during silent installs unless launched from Beyond Compare as part of an auto-update (CVE-2022-36414).$$$Windows: Fixed crash when removing the shell extension in an Install for current user install.$$$Windows: Fixed Internal error: Failed to expand shell folder constant userdesktop error when run from a restricted user account.$$$Misc$$$Updated supported OS versions in Windows and Linux README files and updated URLs to use https://.$$$$$$Table Compare$$$Windows: Updated Excel .xls/xlsx reading library.