What's New

Latest features, bug fixes, and improvements to BiCommander.

Version 2.0.9

Latest
  • Fixed: SMB connections to local network servers with guest access now work. Previously the connection silently failed with a generic "Unknown error" because the framework was never told to authenticate as guest.
  • New: "Connect as guest" checkbox on the network-share form. Ticking it disables the user/password fields and forces guest authentication. The flag is persisted in the connection record.
  • New: "Browse…" button next to the Share field. It opens the system share picker for the entered server, lets you choose a share, and writes the chosen name back into the form.
  • Improved: All NetFS connection errors are now reported as localized human-readable messages (e.g. "No shares are available for this user on this server.", "Server does not allow guest connections.") with the underlying error code shown in parentheses for support.
  • Improved: The Validate button now shows an explicit success or failure alert in addition to the small status indicator, so the result is impossible to miss.
  • Improved: Saved connections with stray slashes in the share name (e.g. `smb://host//`) are normalised to canonical `smb://host/share` paths everywhere — display, mount URL, and on save.
  • Improved: Network-share form lets you save a connection without entering a share name. When you connect, the system share picker is shown automatically and the chosen share is mounted.
  • Russian localization added for all new strings (Connect as guest, Browse…, Validate alerts, NetFS error messages).

Version 2.0.8

  • The "Go To" popup and the Volumes quick list now show cloud storage volumes mounted via File Provider apps such as CloudMounter. These drives appear alongside regular volumes and can be navigated directly.
  • The "Go To" popup now shows an eject button for volumes that can be unmounted (external drives, disk images, network shares). Clicking it unmounts the volume without closing the popup; the row is removed automatically once the OS confirms the unmount.
  • Fixed a bug where the "Network connections" display mode preference in Preferences → Panels was not saved and reverted to the previous value on restart.
  • SFTP file panels now show a "File Attributes…" option in the right-click context menu, allowing permissions and ownership to be edited directly from the panel.
  • The File Attributes dialog now shows an octal permissions field (e.g. `755`) and a symbolic string (e.g. `rwxr-xr-x`) that stay in sync with the permission checkboxes.
  • Added a "Permissions" column to list view, showing POSIX symbolic notation (`rwxr-xr-x`). Enable it in Preferences → Panels → Layout.
  • Terminal-based editors (e.g. vi) now open in a new terminal tab inside the file panel instead of taking over the full application window.

Version 2.0.7

  • Added a Thumbnails view mode to file panels — browse files as a grid of image previews.
  • Thumbnail size is now adjustable via a continuous slider (8–256 px) in panel preferences.
  • Up/Down arrow keys in Thumbnails view now move by a full row instead of a single cell.
  • Right-clicking empty space in any file panel now shows a context menu with New File, New Folder, and Open in Finder.
  • Right-clicking empty space in a terminal tab now shows a context menu with New File, New Folder, and Open in Finder.
  • Fixed a crash when spawning a new terminal tab from an existing terminal tab.
  • Fixed an issue where app-wide keyboard shortcuts stopped working after focusing a terminal tab.
  • Preferences menu item now displays a gear icon.

Version 2.0.6

  • Terminal can now be opened as a regular tab inside a file panel — use View → Open Terminal Tab or right-click a tab.
  • New Appearance settings in Preferences → Terminal: choose font family, size, foreground color, and background color for the built-in terminal.

Version 2.0.5

  • Files edited on network volumes (FTP, SFTP, WebDAV) are now saved safely by default: the new version is written to a temporary file and swapped in atomically, preventing data loss on a failed upload.
  • New preference in Preferences → General to control safe-save behavior for network files.
  • Redesigned About window: new layout with large icon, app name, and Acknowledgements button.
  • Fixed FTP file rename reliability on remote servers.

Version 2.0.4

  • The "Go To" menu now shows only active network connections by default; a new preference lets you switch to showing all connections.
  • Active network connections are now marked with a green dot badge in the "Go To" menu and drive list.
  • In "show all connections" mode, active connections appear at the top of the list.
  • Connecting to an inactive network connection from the "Go To" menu now shows a confirmation dialog before establishing the connection.
  • Fixed automatic reconnection to network services on startup — the app no longer reconnects automatically.

Version 2.0.3

  • Added a copy-password button to FTP, SFTP, Network Share, and WebDAV connection sheets.
  • Updated Neo dark theme selection colors.

Version 2.0.2

  • Added a "Validate" button to the Network Share connection sheet — tests TCP reachability on the protocol port (SMB: 445, AFP: 548, NFS: 2049) and shows the failure reason in a dialog if the connection cannot be established.
  • The "Test Connection" button on the SFTP connection sheet now shows the failure reason in a dialog instead of silently displaying a red indicator.

Version 2.0.1

  • Added a function key bar at the bottom of file panels showing common actions with their shortcuts.
  • The title bar and toolbar now use the active theme color.
  • Removed automatic theme switching based on system appearance.
  • Added a breadcrumb path bar to the panel header for quick navigation.
  • Path components in the breadcrumb bar can now be dragged onto open-file dialogs in other apps to navigate to that directory.
  • Right-clicking a path component in the breadcrumb bar now shows a context menu with "Show in Finder" and "Copy Full Path" actions.
  • Added FTP TLS/STARTTLS and Implicit SSL (ftps://) support.
  • Added a connection log viewer to the FTP connection sheet.
  • Added a "Test Connection" button to the FTP and SFTP connection sheets.
  • Added a disconnect button to the panel header for network filesystems.
  • Added network connections export and import via encrypted `.bcdata` archives.
  • Opening a `.bcdata` file now launches the import dialog automatically.
  • Improved I/O performance: file attributes and search results are now fetched in parallel.
  • Prohibited fetching file tags on non-local (network) volumes to avoid hangs.
  • Fixed an issue with illegible quick search in the Classic theme.
  • Fixed a missing early return when no default role handler is found for a UTI.
  • Fixed a crash when opening the Copy/Move dialog on macOS 26.