PowerPhotos 3.2.3 released with performance and stability fixes
I’m happy to announce the release of PowerPhotos 3.2.3, which focuses on performance and stability, particularly for folks with larger photo libraries.
Performance Improvements
Library search indexing is now faster, and adding photos to albums during copy operations has been optimized to reduce the time spent fetching photo data from the system. I also fixed a hang that could occur when starting a search in a large library.
Quality of Life Improvements
A few smaller changes of note:
The Find Duplicates browser view can now become narrower, which should help folks on smaller screens who had trouble fitting everything on screen with the inspector visible.
PowerPhotos now remembers your last search across relaunches, so you won’t lose your search setup when you quit and restart the app. Also, when switching to a saved search, PowerPhotos will now ask if you want to save your current search first, so you won’t accidentally lose unsaved search criteria.
Lastly, album names shown in the inspector and photo browser now update live when photos are added to or removed from an album, rather than showing stale information until you navigate away and back.
PowerPhotos 3.2.3 is a free update for all registered PowerPhotos 3 users. If you’re still using PowerPhotos 2, upgrades to version 3 are available for 50% off. You can download the latest version from the PowerPhotos website, or use the “Check For Updates” menu item if you already have PowerPhotos installed.
Full Release Notes
- Improved progress updating when scanning a large folder of photos for import.
- Album names shown in the inspector and photo browser now update live when photos are added to or removed from an album.
- The Find Duplicates browser view can now become narrower to fit properly on smaller screens.
- When switching to a saved search, we now ask if you want to save your current search before proceeding.
- Made changes to reduce timeout errors that could interfere with getting some matches during a duplicate search.
- PowerPhotos now remembers and restores the last search you performed across relaunches.
- Fixed a hang that could occur when starting a search in a large library.
- Improved error display when trying to load an iPhoto/Aperture library of an unsupported version.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when reading file size information for certain photos.
- Fixed a bug where exporting an album with a slash in the name would create unwanted subdirectories.
- Fixed broken link to log files documentation in the preview help page.
- Fixed a rare bug that would prevent some photos from being included in a merge preview.
- Made performance improvements during library search indexing.
- Improved performance when adding photos to albums during photo copy operations.