MediaCatalog Release Notes

1.7.11–1.7.13 October 18, 2026

Export Images puts Format and Quality side by side, with quality on a pop-up slider.
In the masonry view, the empty heart and an unrated 0 light up on hover, as in the grid.
The View menu has Zoom In View and Zoom Out View (⌘+ and ⌘−) and Larger Interface and Smaller Interface (⌥⌘+ and ⌥⌘−).
Pressing Delete with items selected does the same as clicking the trash can.
Checking for updates from Settings shows its dialogs and the download progress in the Settings window, where they can be seen.

A new masonry view shows pictures in rows at their own proportions, with compact color, rating and flag marks.
File ▸ Save As… saves a catalog under a new name or location.
Export Images groups its extra outputs on one row, and its quality slider moves in steps of 5.
Menus, popups, the inspector and view switches no longer flash while they draw.
Arrow keys move more predictably around a selection and the last row.

Free text search, an optional download in Settings ▸ Searching, finds pictures by describing them, best matches first.
Updates now come from GitLab.
A catalog renamed or moved on the same disk while it's open is saved and closed at its new location.
The status bar counts folders and items separately while importing.
Quitting no longer reports a catalog moved to the Trash while it was open, and says plainly when a deleted catalog's latest changes couldn't be saved.
Electron and the AI app connection are updated, with security fixes.
A new setting in Settings ▸ Appearance, Show stars and flags with color, can draw stars and flags in gray, in the app and in exported web catalogs.

Catalogs on network shares open in seconds, appear with their thumbnails ready, and scroll right away.
Catalog windows appear sooner and close without a flash.
Dialogs are shorter and use plainer wording.
Reanalyze Catalog refreshes keywords, recognized text, colors and metadata without touching any thumbnail, and AI apps can start it too.
Find Duplicates is several times faster and no longer holds up the app while it runs.
Kodak, Leaf, Mamiya, Minolta and Sigma raw files open about twice as fast, and some Leaf, Kodak and Mamiya files are sharper at full size.
DDS, DPX, QOI, PGF and Sigma preview images, and video frames, get their thumbnails faster.

A second raw decoder reads more cameras' files, adding ARQ, ORI and STI.
Every export checks for free space before it starts.
In dialogs, Return presses the default button, Escape cancels, and keys no longer reach the catalog behind.
Locate Originals is tidier, and the blank strip at the end of the inspector and table view is gone.

Settings is redesigned as six sections with labeled rows and switches.
Locate Originals opens on three explained choices and ends on a summary, and folders renamed while a catalog is open are relinked.
MediaCatalog checks for updates automatically, at most once a month.
Text watermarks can include each image's properties.
About, Help and Settings stay above catalog windows.
Smart sections can match on a section.
Export as Catalog writes a single-file catalog.

Theatre mode, full screen and detached viewers work together more smoothly, and the pointer hides while idle.
Status bar messages fade after a few seconds.

360° photos and video, QuickTime VR panoramas and GoPro MAX files open in a look-around viewer.
Stereo 3D photos and videos are shown as one eye.
Names containing a slash or colon match what the Finder shows.
Imports no longer hang after an update.
Automation also connects Gemini tools.
The license text is one size smaller.

Video files and Live Photos can be cataloged and played, in most common formats.
A frame preview appears over the video seek bar.
MediaCatalog is released under the MIT License.
The video seek preview has a white border.
The video seek preview's border is thinner.
A packaging problem is fixed.

More formats open, including JPEG XL, JPEG 2000, OpenEXR, Targa, HDR, DDS, DPX, QOI and more camera raw files.
The viewer gains a label settings popover and a section menu in its header.