FileBo Changelog

Stay up to date with the latest features, improvements, and fixes in FileBo.

v1.1.5

New

  • Your window, your size — Drag any edge or corner to resize the window. The ••• menu offers Two rows, One row or Custom, an icon-size slider, and ⌘+ / ⌘− to zoom the tiles.
  • The window opens where you left it — Move the window wherever it suits you — FileBo puts it back in the same spot next time, even after a restart or a reboot.
  • Browse folders right in the window — Double-click a folder and it opens in place, in the same window. Step into subfolders, go back with ⌘[ or ⌘↑, and the folder name stays in the header so you always know where you are. Press Esc to leave the folder and return to your recent files.
  • Paste and move files into any folder — Copy files anywhere — in FileBo or in Finder — then press ⌘V inside a folder to put a copy there, or ⌥⌘V to move them. Right-click empty space for Paste and Move Here.
  • Press Space on a folder and look inside — Press Space on a folder and a panel opens out of the tile with everything inside it. Step into subfolders and back out with ⌘[, Backspace or ⌘↑, press ⌘Y on a file to see it in Quick Look, and drag files straight out into Finder or any other app. Inside, switch between an icon grid and a sortable list. Space again or Esc closes the panel.
  • Apps tab: what you used last — The new Apps tab lists your applications in the order you last opened them, with a dot on the ones running right now.
  • Switch tabs from the keyboard — ⌘← / ⌘→ or ⌃Tab move between tabs — even while you are typing in search, so you can narrow results by tab without touching the mouse.

Improvements

  • Faster under the hood — Smoother scrolling, zooming and resizing, less work on the main thread, and a set of small refinements across the interface.

v1.1.4

Improvements

  • Word and Excel open in Quick Look right away — Press Space on a document and the preview is there at once — Word, Excel and the other office formats render in full, right in the panel. Nothing to wait for, nothing to open.
  • Small improvements under the hood — A handful of quiet refinements that keep FileBo light and reliable.

v1.1.3

New

  • Downloads appear while they are still arriving — A file your browser is downloading now shows up in the grid the moment it starts, with the browser's own icon in the corner so you can see where it came from, and a byte count that climbs as it arrives. It holds its place while it downloads instead of jumping around, and settles in as an ordinary file the moment it lands. Works with Safari and the Chrome family — Chrome, Brave, Edge, Arc, Opera, Vivaldi.

Improvements

  • Save over a file and it comes back to the top — Export or re-save something onto a file that is already there, and it returns to the front of the list, where you would go looking for it. This now covers the kinds of file that get written over most: audiobooks, e-books, subtitles, configuration files, notebooks and TeX, design and 3D exports, and the remaining audio and video formats.
  • 0% CPU while idle — With the window closed, FileBo sits at zero — nothing ticking in the background, nothing spent on your laptop's battery. It also keeps what it has already learned about your files ready to hand, so the list is there the instant you press the shortcut instead of being worked out again.

v1.1.2

New

  • Rename files and folders right in FileBo — Press Enter (or F2) on a selected tile and the name opens for editing in place. It comes up selected without its extension, so typing replaces the name and the extension stays put — Esc steps back, clicking away keeps what you typed. A renamed item rises to the top of the list, and the selection and the view follow it there.
  • Opening a file now lives on ⌘↓ — Enter used to be a second shortcut for opening; it now starts a rename, the way Finder works. ⌘↓ opens the selected file exactly as before, and Space still gives you Quick Look.

Improvements

  • The window is there the instant you press the shortcut — FileBo now does its heavy indexing work off to the side, so the panel opens immediately even while thousands of files are being catalogued in the background — including large cloud folders syncing.
  • The panel opens where you are — It now appears on the desktop you are currently working on, including over a full-screen app.

v1.1.1

New

  • FileBo now speaks German, Spanish, Russian and Ukrainian — The whole app is translated — every screen, menu, hint and dialog. Pick your language in Settings ▸ General; it changes right away, no restart.

Improvements

  • Switch language without restarting — “System” follows your Mac, or you can pin FileBo to one language regardless of what the rest of the system does. Windows and menus follow along the moment you choose.
  • Easier to read, in either appearance — A visibility pass over the interface: highlighted words, coloured accents and small labels now hold their contrast on a bright background as well as a dark one, so nothing fades into the surface behind it.

v1.1.0

New

  • Release notes, right in the app — After every update FileBo shows you what changed. You can open it any time from Help ▸ What's New, from the ⚙︎ menu in the window footer, or from the menu-bar icon.

Improvements

  • A cleaner light theme — A full contrast pass over Light Mode: badges, the trial pill, folder-access labels, volume tiles and the review stars all read more clearly on a bright background. Dark Mode keeps the look you know.
  • Search speaks your keyboard's language — The search field follows the input source you've selected, so Russian, Ukrainian, German and other layouts type through exactly as you expect.
  • Steadier external drives — Ejecting shows a spinner until macOS has fully released the drive, a volume keeps its eject button after you copy files to it, and drives FileBo can't reach are clearly marked so you always know where you stand.
  • A much faster cold start — The first files land in a second or two and the rest of your recents stream in right behind them. FileBo also carries more of its index between launches, so opening the window on a busy Mac feels instant.
  • Calmer cloud folders — Proton Drive, iCloud and Google Drive touch files in the background all day long. FileBo now tells those housekeeping touches apart from your real edits, so the grid stays still and your Mac stays quiet even with a large vault or photo library.

v1.0

New

  • Hello, FileBo — The first release on the Mac App Store: a pop-up panel with your recent files above any app — even full screen — summoned by a global shortcut, the menu bar or the Dock. Seven tabs, time scopes, search, drag & drop, external drives and clouds, auto-grouping, ignore lists and a watch list. Works fully offline, with a 14-day full-featured trial.