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Changelog

Every version, and what changed.

Stow is free and stays free. Most of what is below came from people telling us what was missing, which is the fastest way to get something changed. The current version is 0.6.29, for macOS and Windows.

0.6.29

Current
  • Updates finish the job nowInstalling an update used to end in silence: the new version was on disk, but the app neither restarted nor said anything. The update now narrates every step, downloading with a percentage, installing, restarting, and in the rare case Stow cannot restart itself, it says plainly: quit and open it again to finish.
  • Check for updates when you want, and a dot when one is waitingCheck for updates now sits in the app menu, and in Settings, and both answer plainly either way. If a new version exists and you close the notice, a small dot stays on the menu until you are actually up to date. Closing the message does not close the fact.
  • Stow offers to clear the installer you no longer needAfter a fresh install, the file you downloaded is still sitting in your Downloads folder. Stow points this out once, names the exact file, and on your yes moves it to the Bin on a Mac or deletes it on Windows, saying so plainly. It only ever touches Stow's own installer files, only in Downloads, and if you decline it never mentions that file again.

0.6.26

  • Stow's own design system, and a light modeThe whole app moved onto Instrument, the design system built for it: a calmer gunmetal interface, IBM Plex throughout, and verdict colours checked for contrast so a result reads at a glance. There is a light theme now too, and Stow follows your system setting automatically.
  • A wrapped card always finds its way backOn a Mac, a wrapped card used to vanish from the tray, and macOS itself would offer to initialise it, which would erase the footage. Stow now remembers every card it wraps and shows it in the tray as Wrapped, click to unwrap, even after quitting and reopening the app. Before anything is written, Stow re-reads the card and refuses to touch anything that is not genuinely its own wrap.
  • Wrap with a single verified copy, if you chooseA second switch, off by default, offers Wrap when only one verified copy exists. The result stays amber, and the confirmation says plainly which part is reversible: wrapping is, formatting the card in your camera is not.
  • Settings save themselvesEvery switch writes to disk the moment you change it. The Save button is gone, and with it the way a change could quietly fail to stick.
  • Permissions that stay granted, and smaller fixesThe Mac build's signing identity is now stable, so disk-access approvals survive updates instead of being asked for again each time, and a first-launch guide walks the one-time setup through. Ejecting a card now removes it from the sources list, the window no longer jumps between Setup and Result, and the Wrap offer after an offload now appears on the Mac as it always did on Windows.

0.6.17

  • Every card at oncePut three cards in and all three copy and verify together, each with its own row and its own verdict. A multi-card session now takes about as long as its slowest card, instead of the sum of all of them.
  • Signed and notarised on both platformsNo security warning to click past on either Mac or Windows, and updates now install from inside the app.
  • Wrap a finished cardOnce a card is verified you can Wrap it, and the camera offers a fresh format next time it goes in. Finished and unfinished cards stop looking identical in the pouch. It is off by default, Unwrap puts it straight back, and it is the only time Stow writes to a card.
  • Folder layout presets, and a tidier disk trayChoose how deep the folder tree goes, from client and project down to just a date. The disk tray now keeps cards and drives apart, which matters when six drives are already plugged in.
  • A note on your phone when it finishesOptional, and off until you set it up. Useful when a long offload means walking away from the machine.

0.5.0

  • A new look, and smarter card namingA cleaner, flat dark interface built for long days, and reused cards now name themselves from the majority camera on the card, not the first photo found.

0.4.3

  • Per-card camera labelsTwo identical bodies on one shoot? Click a card's camera name and label it A-Cam or B-Cam, that card only. Asked for in the comments, shipped.
  • Update notice and the full Sony rangeA small banner when a new version exists (one tiny version check a day, nothing about you sent, off switch in Settings), and around 120 Sony bodies recognised out of the box.

Earlier

  • Check an archiveRe-verify any offloaded folder against its manifest, months later.
  • Verified offload report and checksums.csvOne-page proof of every transfer, written to every destination, ready for a client.
  • Resume where it stoppedPull a card early or lose a drive mid-run, and the next go picks up only what is missing. Replug a card and Stow recognises it, and offers the same session back.

Next

Not shipped yet
  • Custom folder templatesThe three presets cover most days. Naming a shape of your own is the next step, and it will be free like the rest.
  • Extra checksums and ASC MHLMD5, SHA-256 and C4 where a client or a delivery spec requires them. Being looked at, not promised.
  • Cloud destinationsVerified transfer to S3, Dropbox and shared review tools. Being looked at, not promised.

If something here is wrong, or Stow is missing the thing you actually need, tell us. Almost everything above started that way. You can also get an email when there is a new version.