Download Beyond Compare 4.4.5 build 27371

Scooter Software has released version 4.4.5 of Beyond Compare. With this very extensive program, which is available for Windows, Linux and macOS, files can be compared with each other. In addition, it is possible to compare complete folders, FTP locations and archives. Beyond Compare is available in a standard and a pro version, for Prices they start at $35. The differences between each other are endless this page are being found. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

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 (eg, 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.

Compare leaflet

• 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 (eg, 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 canceling “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.