Released: Sep 9, 2014

Updates in this release

Updates in 4.0

• Mac OS X Version - Beyond Compare now runs natively on Macs with native look and feel.
• New Home View - The new Home View adds session search and Web resources. 
• 3-way Folder Merge (Pro Edition only) - Compare independent changes against a common ancestor to quickly merge changes.
• Ad Hoc Unimportant Text - Define unimportant terms directly from the Rules dialog, rather than having to edit your file formats.
• WebDAV, Amazon S3, Subversion and Dropbox Support (Pro Edition Only) - In addition to FTP, you can access WebDAV resources, Amazon S3 buckets, Subversion repositories and Dropbox's cloud storage directly from within Beyond Compare. 
• Picture Compare - Automatic zoom, pixel-level details and simplified controls. 
• Preferences Dialog with Search - The reorganized options dialog includes a search feature for finding specific settings quickly. 
• Other Significant Features
  • New View Patch command shows diff/patch files as a text comparison.
  • HTML folder comparison reports can now embed links to file comparisons.
  • File operations can be paused in the folder compare.
  • Improved appearance on high DPI (retina) displays.
• Windows Only
  • Portable media devices such as cameras, MP3 players, and Android phones can be compared.
  • 7-zip archives can be created or compared, and many other archive types have read-only support, including IMG/ISO disk images.
  • Remote Windows servers can be loaded as base folders (e.g., \\server), allowing access to all of its shares.