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FinderBuddy
Version 2.0.0
- macOS 14 or later
- Apple Silicon
FinderBuddy runs locally on your Mac.
What's new in v2.0.0
- 5 new video and audio tools: 29 tools in all
- Compress Video, with the estimated size shown before you start
- PDF Studio: sign, fill in forms, and reorder pages
- New menu bar panel with quick actions and ⌘K search
- Five themes, and Stop for any job without half-done files
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Changelog
What's changed
in every version.
Every FinderBuddy release, with everything that's new, improved, and fixed.
- v 2.0.0Latest
Video, audio, and a full PDF Studio
FinderBuddy 2.0 is the biggest update yet. It adds five video and audio tools (29 tools in all), turns Edit PDF into PDF Studio with signing, form filling and page editing, and adds a menu bar panel, five themes and many fixes. Everything still runs on your Mac, and your originals are never changed.
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New video and audio tools
- Compress Video: right-click and pick Smaller File, Balanced or High Quality. You see the estimated size before you start. In our demo, a 4K clip went from 73.1 MB to 9.3 MB
- Compress Video saves as H.264 or HEVC and keeps rotation, dates, location and HDR
- Convert Audio: MP3, M4A, WAV, AIFF and FLAC, keeping titles, artists and cover art
- Video to MP3: save a video's sound, up to 320 kbps
- Audio to MP4: turn a song into a video with its cover art, for YouTube, Instagram or WhatsApp
- Video to MP4: convert MOV and other videos to MP4, in seconds for most videos, with no quality lost
PDF Studio (Edit PDF, much expanded)
- Sign: draw your signature or type it in one of 5 handwriting styles, and save it for next time. This adds a picture of your signature, not a cryptographic digital signature
- Fill in forms, with undo and Reset
- Page strip: drag pages into order, rotate, delete or extract them, and insert pages from other PDFs
- Save As, with options to flatten edits and compress pictures
- Password-protected PDFs now open, with undo and redo for everything
Look and menu bar
- Five themes: Classic, Pearl Glass, Espresso, Graphite and Mist Glass
- New menu bar panel with six quick actions you can click or drop files on
- ⌘K search across all 29 tools
- Live progress with Pause and Stop, plus your recent results
Better everywhere
- Stop any job without leaving half-done files
- Originals are never changed
- Progress shows inside each file
- Clearer error messages
- The app asks before quitting if you have unsaved work
- VoiceOver labels, better contrast, and support for Reduce Motion and Increase Contrast
Requirements and license
- Needs macOS 14 or later on a Mac with Apple silicon
- The new video and audio tools and PDF Studio need a Pro license
- The free tools haven't changed: Convert Format, Resize, Merge PDFs, Rotate PDF, SVG to PNG / PDF and Text ⇄ Markdown
- v 1.0.0
Everyday file tools, right in Finder
The first public release of FinderBuddy. It brings the small file tools you reach for every day (compressing, converting, merging, renaming) into one native Mac app that lives in Finder's right-click menu. Every tool works on a single file or a whole selection, and everything runs locally on your Mac.
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Finder integration
- A FinderBuddy menu in Finder's right-click menu for files and folders
- Run any tool on one file or on a whole selection at once
- Drag and drop files onto the app window
- Keyboard shortcuts for the tools you use most
Image tools
- Compress JPG and PNG with Smaller, Balanced, and Best quality presets
- Convert between JPG, PNG, WebP, and HEIC
- Resize to exact dimensions or a percentage, keeping the aspect ratio
- Remove backgrounds, rotate and flip, and convert to black & white
- Strip metadata such as location, camera model, and capture date
PDF tools
- Merge PDFs in the order you choose
- Split PDFs by page or range, and extract just the pages you need
- Compress PDFs for email and upload while keeping text sharp
- Add or remove password protection
- Turn images into a PDF, and export PDF pages as images
File tools
- Batch rename with patterns, numbering, dates, and find & replace
- Copy a file's full path in one click
- Zip and unzip archives without leaving Finder
Privacy & performance
- All processing happens on your Mac: no uploads, no accounts
- Originals are never changed; results are saved next to them or in a FinderBuddy Output folder
- Built natively for Apple Silicon
Download v1.0.0
Updating
How updates work
Free updates included
Every FinderBuddy license includes future updates at no extra cost. No subscription, no upgrade fees, no renewals.
Installing an update
Download the latest version from this page, open the DMG, and drag FinderBuddy into your Applications folder. Choose Replace when asked. That's it.
Your license carries over
Updates work with the license key you already have. There's nothing new to buy, and your files stay exactly where they are.
- Which version do I have?
- Open FinderBuddy and choose About FinderBuddy from the FinderBuddy menu in the menu bar. The version number is shown there. Compare it with the latest version at the top of this page.
- Will updating change my files?
- No. An update replaces only the app itself. Files you've already processed stay where they are, and FinderBuddy never touches your originals.
- How often are updates released?
- We ship fixes as soon as they're ready and add new tools regularly. Every release, big or small, is listed in the changelog above.
- Something isn't working after an update?
- Email support@finderbuddy.net with your macOS version and what happened. We'll help you fix it, or get you back to the previous version while we do.