Mac Desktop Release Notes

These are the release notes for Cloud Drive for Mac.

See also:

• Mac Desktop Installation
• Mac Desktop Upgrade

With this release users will now have transparency into the Mac Drive’s background tasks and user initiated actions including downloads, uploads, errors, and system messages.

• The activity monitor can be found by clicking on the Cloud Drive icon in the Mac tool bar.
• While activity is happening in the background, the Cloud Drive icon shows an animation indicating there is activity a user can view if they choose.

Activity presented in the Activity Monitor includes:

• Downloads
• Uploads
• M-Stream (accelerated) uploads
• File structure changes
• Errors

Various testing and minor changes were made to ensure Mac Cloud Drive is compatible and performs well with MacOS Sequoia.

• MD-316 - New folders could take up to two minutes to display
• MD-319 - Contents of large directories could take a long time to display
• MD-331 - Duplicate activity events could show on re-launch of the application
• MD-342 - Folder could get stuck refreshing and now showing contents
• MD-343 - Application crash while listing a folder could cause incomplete folder listings from not updating
• MD-378 - Some files in a large download would not complete
• MD-390 - Finder refresh cycle could happen more often than is necessary
• MD-392 - Folder renaming sometimes delayed
• MD-400 - Some M-Stream settings not persisting as expected
• MD-401 - Network outages sometimes cause unexpected sign-outs
• MD-423 - Rare scenarios where the root folder(s) would not refresh as expected
• MD-433 - If a folder was deleted while a user was viewing them, it would sometimes be put in a “stuck” state
• MD-434 - Resolved a very rare scenario when the application would crash during certain downloads
• MD-267- Saving Excel files will longer create conflict files due to ~$ lock files being uploaded

• MD-210: The tag macsync is no longer added to files uploaded through the drive.
• MD-102: The Copy password button for sharing links now provides confirmation.
• MD-213: Individual logs are now rotated after 7 days rather than 24 hours.
• MD-233: Files that have changed remotely will now be downloaded even when the Finder window is closed.
• MD-279: API Tokens are now renewed when they expire rather than periodically.
• MD-277: Error handling when downloading has been improved.
• MD-68: RTF files will no longer unlock spontaneously. They will now unlock when closed.
• MD-273: Some folders were showing incomplete or out of date content. This has been resolved.
• MD-274: Some folders were taking several minutes to load. This has been resolved.
• MD-275: Conflict files are no longer created when updating large PSD files. This was happening when an earlier saved version had not been uploaded yet.
• MD-280: Deleted files are no longer processed multiple times (as seen in the logs).
• MD-281: The local metadata cache is now cleared when disabling the drive.
• MD-320: Files no longer stop downloading if folders have been removed from the provider.
• MD-322: The root folder no longer shows as empty after enabling the drive.
• MD-324: An in-app upgrade no longer pops up a warning that the Nasuni InDesign locker is not running.

• Improved Compatibility & Issues Resolution for Mac Sonoma OS
• Fixed issues with files locking during native Mac preview
• Lock actions were sometimes not available in the context menu
• Resolved inconsistency in unlocking behavior across different file types
• Cleanup of locking behavior related to Adobe InDesign linked assets

• MD-252 - Mac Drive no longer generates excessive GET calls to the server.

Mac Drive Web Editing via Office Online - Users can now open files for edit from the Mac cloud drive directly into Microsoft Office Online.
Preview Files Within The Mac Drive - Users can now see thumbnail previews of files within the Mac Drive to more readily identify correct files for open and download.

None

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• MD-214 - If an existing folder is replaced, then any action within this folder can freeze.
• MD-198 - The Lock/Unlock icon takes too long to appear
• MD-190 - Initializing the MacDrive can get stuck in a bad state
• MD-176 - A folder creation failure may prevent sub items being upload
• MD-175 - Relaunch Indesign Locker on Launch and upgrade
• MD-167 - InDesign Locking feature not locking uncached files
• MD-163 - Opening an InDesign file for the first time does not lock the file.
• MD-109 - Files opened via Finder or Office's 'recents' and 'favorites' are not updated automatically in some circumstances.
• MD-105 - Enable creation of permalink shares in Mac Drive
• MD-89 - Keynote Package File Support
• MD-77 - Sharing - Verification workflow can trigger an error
• MD-71 - Support when editing via Office Online through drive

• MD-160: Automatic locking of Adobe InDesign files is now supported.
• MD-134: Unable to delete any folder or file from Mac Drive.
• MD-135: The modification time for a file may be incorrectly updated when a new version is uploaded through the Cloud File Manager.
• MD-136: Copying a folder to a folder with the same name but different contents may create file conflicts even when “Replace” is selected.
• MD-137, MD-129: Drive now supports very large files (such as 14 GB)
• MD-140: When moving a folder between providers via the Cloud File Manager the source folder disappears from the drive but target may not show up.
• MD-144, MD-128: An attempt to retry an upload a file that had been successfully uploaded, such as after a network restart, no longer creates a conflict file.
• MD-158: A folder containing subfolders may not be removed from drive if it has been already deleted through the Cloud File Manager.
• MD-112, MD-126: Error handling for file uploads, such as when the Mac goes into sleep, has been improved.
• MD-113: Folders can be stuck in a loading state when the Mac starts up after sleeping.
• MD-114: Network error handling for file uploads has been improved.
• MD-115: In some cases editing Indesign files results in conflict files.
• MD-117, MD-146: The drive no longer slows down when listing folders with hidden subfolders.
• MD-119: An issue uploading a Keynote package due to a folder encoding has been corrected.
• MD-121: Error handling has been improved for files that have been removed from the server.
• MD-122: Cached files may now be evicted by the File Provider to free up space after the drive is restarted.
• MD-123: Resolved an issue where directories temporarily 'disappeared' (due to network errors).
• MD-124: Resolved an issue that caused drives to show as empty.
• MD-139: Saving a file opened on the drive to another directory will no raise a “Resource Deadlock” error.

• MD-25: Premier Pro Files with a + in the file name cannot be relinked in a project.
• MD-86: Accessing via the Favorites Sidebar may not refresh automatically.
• MD-104: Switching to CoreData from User Defaults for File Information / Snapshots / Local Sync
• MD-109: Folders access through “Recents” may not refresh automatically.
• MD-130: Uploading an expanded application folder may fail.
• MD-159: Undoing an event through Finder is not reflected in an undo against the Server.

• [MD-31, MD-32] M-Stream Upload and download is now supported through the Drive. This is transparent to the end user.
• [MD-55, MD-66] The drive now supports offline access. When files/folders are downloaded they can still be accessed when the network is disconnected. Changes will sync automatically when back online.
• [MD-61] IT Administrators can now pre-set the endpoint in the Drive through Plist configuration.
• [MD-84] IT Administrators can now disable the Auto Update feature through Plist configuration.
• [MD-44] The “Open Folder” button is more consistently available on the Settings screen
• [MD-45] Read-Only access to folders is now enforced by the Drive
• [MD-81] In some cases, folder sharing would not work. This has been resolved.
• [MD-93] A number of application crashes have been resolved.
• [MD-97] An improvement to the handling of state between upgrades has been made.

• Shared links to files and folders can now be created
• Improved status bar icon for light and dark modes.
• Background folder refresh polling and pagination
• Bug fixes