Kaleidoscope for Mac
Spot differences in text and image files.
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Kaleidoscope overview
Kaleidoscope spots differences in text and image files.
Features
- General
- Single window workflow: One tab per comparison
- Compare two+ files: Add any number of files per tab
- Always up to date: Auto-refreshes when files change
- File Shelf: Quickly go from file to file
- Path Bar: See where your files are
- Keyboard shortcuts: Every action has a shortcut
- Text Scope
- Supports any text file: Plain text, source code, HTML, etc.
- Clear comparisons
- Three layouts: Blocks, Fluid, and Unified
- Compare documents: Imports text from .doc and .rtf files
- Instant search
- Change Stepper: Quickly jump from change to change
- Highlights: Added, deleted and changed text
- Image Scope
- All popular image file formats: JPEG, TIFF, PNG, PSD and more.
- Four connected layouts: Two-Up, One-Up, Split, and Difference
- Comprehensive image support: RGB/CMYK/LAB, alpha, any size.
- Multi-touch support: Smooth scrolling and pinch to zoom
- Customizable environment: Change background color, difference mask and checkerboard settings
- Two difference mask modes: Spot absolute or relative changes
- Integration
- Git, Mercurial, SVN, and Bazaar: Integrate with a couple of clicks
- Versions
- TextMate SVN
- Cornerstone
- ksdiff Command-line tool: Integrate with practically anything
What’s new in version 5.1
New Features
- kaleidoscope:// URL scheme. You can now add content to Kaleidoscope by clicking a URL, e.g., kaleidoscope://compare?~/Documents/Draft1.txt&~/Documents/Draft2.txt&label=My%20Drafts in apps that support that. See an article on our blog or the built-in help for supported commands, use cases, and exact syntax.
Enhancements
- Many commands for Changeset and File History have been added to the menu bar, along with some default keyboard shortcuts for quick access. If you want to define your own shortcuts, use System Settings for that (see our blog post on the topic).
Bugfixes
- Fixed a sporadic crash when reloading the File History.
- Worked around a bug in macOS Sequoia beta (already fixed in the latest betas) that caused data in tables to not update in all previous versions of Kaleidoscope.
- More fixes related to macOS Sequoia.
- When no git binary is installed, Kaleidoscope will now trigger the macOS default installation procedure.
- Smaller refinements.
Kaleidoscope for Mac
$96.00
In English
Version 5.1
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User Ratings
Sep 10 2024
Version: 5.1
If you will opt for lifetime + 1 year updates I may consider to buy the new version, otherwise Deltawalker is a great alternative without subscription
Sep 27 2023
Version: 4.1
I would not buy an upgrade for this app annually for $96, so why would I use their ridiculous subscription model? $96/year??? Absolutely insane.
Jun 12 2023
Version: 3.6.1
An other good app ruined from subscription model :-( price it is insane
