• Redesigned the Metadata Viewer to be more compact and able to be minimized much smaller.
• Added “Set Spotlight Comment” to the Metadata Viewer. Clicking this button writes the current Metadata formatted text to the file’s Spotlight entry. Viewable with Finder’s Get Info.
• Added “Get Info” button to the Metadata Viewer to open Finder’s “Get Info” window.
• Added new Tagging defaults that cover a wide range of sonic descriptors.
• Added “Copy Metadata to Spotlight Comments” to the File menu.
• Added “Copy” and “Paste” menu items to the Metadata Viewer “Template” menu.
• Added “Metadata Tags Setup…” to the Library menu. Use this to build your set of preset Tags.
• Improved the Combo Box tagging drop downs to be more user friendly and to provide Tool Tips to display the complete tag when the field is not wide enough.
• Changed the way the Tags combo boxes work, they now append Tags selected from the drop down instead of replacing what’s already there.
• Added support for renaming a selected folder. Automatically updates the Metadata Database.
• Streamlined the File menu by moving some items into a “Convert” submenu.
• Moved the “Mount” button to the File menu as it’s more of a power user feature.
• Switched HUD Windows to using the new AppKit provided HUD windows.
• Command-H besides hiding the windows will now also minimize any AudioUnit Inspectors.
• Bug fix for the “Remove” item in the Metadata Viewer “Template” menu.
• Bug fix when Processing mono files with AudioUnits resulting in extra padding at the end.
• Creation Date and Modification Dates are now being actively tracked by the Metadata Database.
• Missing items in the Metadata Database Manager are now sorted.
• Renamed the “Show Info” button to “Show Metadata” to clear up confusion.
• Fixed a slow start up issue when there were thousands of Tags in the Metadata Database.
• Bug fix for crash on start up with bad Audio Units.
• Couple of bug fixes for the Folder Template feature.
• Fixed an Audio Unit sorting problem that results in Wave Z-Noise note showing in the menu.
• Command-D now properly toggles showing/hiding the Metadata Info Viewer.
• Fixed play on Dock icon drag and drop for Leopard.
• Overall work on the Tagging user interface has made it much easier to use.
• Other bug fixes.

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• Added option to move aside a database that’s unusable, because it has zero records. This is a rare edge case.
• Other bug fixes.

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• Added new Metadata Database Notes feature. Create RTF notes to help keep track of the projects you’re working on.
• NOTE: when launching the Metadata Database will be backed up and converted to a newer format.
• Added iTunes Library Sidebar item to make accessing the iTunes Library easy.
• Added “.mid”, “.syx”, “.sysex”, “.ogg” and “.flac” to the default user scan types.
• Improved Scanning core to better handle custom user types.
• Fixed bug when dragging files to a saved Library in the Sidebar.
• Crashing bug fixed for Roger Linn and Stillwell AudioUnit plug-ins.
• Bug fix in Metadata Search Panel “Add Search Results” was not adding the results.
• A few typo fixes.
• Other bug fixes.

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• Added VST3 support to the Plug-in Manager.
• Added new user Preference “Only scan/import on Sidebar item double clicks”
• Added work around for PathFinder syncing.
• Bug fix, copying a file resulted in two entries for the same file in the Metadata Database.
• Improved scrolling speed regression.
• Other bug fixes.

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• Added Metadata Database for organizing sounds.
• Many other improvements and new features.
• Switched to simple drag install.
• Too many major changes to list here.

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• Fixed AudioUnit Window display bug on 10.6.3.
• Other bug fixes.

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• Fixed crash in Spot To ProTools with some file formats.
• Improved drag and drop to work in more apps. Will now drop on EXS24 Keys.
• Bug fixes in “Open URL…”
• Other bug fixes.

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AudioFinder normally attempts to hide files that don’t appear to be sounds. Sometimes the settings are too high and it hides everything.

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• Added new Preference “Start with last folder and Playback History”
• Reworked the Metadata panel to show more information and allow copying of all the text to the clipboard.
• Added ability to mine some versions of metadata from a popular format.
• Added new Preference “Allow MIDI input in background” By default MIDI input is ignored when AudioFinder is not the front most application. This option allows it to controlled via MIDI even when in the background.
• Improved the playlist feature to allow skipping when not in shuffle mode.
• Removing a sound or moving it the Trash will no longer stop playlist.
• Fixed Command-Delete shortcut bug. Will automatically advance to playing the next file.
• Pitch Analyzer will now work with a selection as well as the whole file.
• Pitch Analyzer now inherits the volume settings from the AudioViewer.
• Bug fix Folder Column Browser was not following alias folders.
• Fixed selection to stick after a new file is created.
• Other bug fixes.

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Changes in version 4.9.7
• Added AudioUnit Plug-ins and Presets to the Sidebar. Double Clicking on AudioUnit Presets opens the AudioUnit.
• Removed AudioUnits Presets menu.
• Double Clicking on a Sidebar item resets, ie: scan will rescan, bookmark will return to the original location.
• Improved Spot to Pro Tools file naming.
• All DSP Processing is now done at the current playback speed. For example if you change the playback speed and then apply an AudioUnit the resulting file will be at the current playback speed.
• Added new Preference “Allow unlimited Miniview files”
• Added alert when attempting to create Miniviews that result in a large amount of diskspace being used.
• Added new Preference “Use AppleScript Move to Trash”
• Fixed Folder Column Browser bookmark jumping bug.
• Bug file in converting Sample Rates which resulted in the sounds be either shorter on longer.
• Changed the Plug-in Manager’s default “Disabled” folder to “Unused” to match Pro Tools 8.0’s standard location for Digidesign Plug-ins only.
• 10.6.1 bug fix for navigation to Bookmarks.
• Improved the progress indicator messages.
• Added Natural Order Numerical Sorting.
• Bug fix in the list view when clicking on empty folders.
• Updated the “Logical” window background to match the current version.
• Updated and corrected several sections in the Manual.
• Other bug fixes.

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