Changes in 8.2.1:

• Added a review prompt in the Microsoft Store version after a month's use
• Windows: Added TWAIN support to arm64 installer
• Windows: Fixed some OCR compatibility issues
• Windows: Fixed preview window being cut off
• Mac: Fixed SANE crash
• Escl: Fixed some compatibility issues
• Sane: Fixed some duplex compability issues
• Linux: Fixed Gmail/Outlook Web options not showing
• Linux: Fixed hidden buttons after disabling PDF encryption
• Sdk: Fixed extraneous error log

Changes in 8.2.0:

• NAPS2 is now available on the Microsoft Store
  • It costs a small fee to support the developer and provide automatic updates
  • NAPS2 will continue to be freely available at www.naps2.com
• Added "Edit with" under the "Image" menu for using an external image editor
• Added "Share even when NAPS2 is closed" option for Scanner Sharing
  • This will show a system tray icon and restart on login
• Imported file names are now used as the default file name when saving
• The "Apply to all selected" checkbox now stays checked
• Escl: Increased maximum time searching for devices from 5s to 60s
• Escl: Scanner IPs are now cached for faster and more reliable scanning
• Windows: Added an arm64 installer
• Windows: Replaced the "No friendly name" device name from some drivers with "Unknown Scanner"
• Mac: Fixed an issue where saved files didn't always have the right extension
• Mac: Disabled the "Apple Mail" email provider when not the default email reader
• Mac: Updated icons for Split/Combine
• Linux: Fixed issues with the Save dialog

Changes in 8.1.4:

• Windows: Added a "Theme" setting to switch between Light and Dark mode
• Linux: Fixed OCR on older Linux versions (e.g. Ubuntu 20.04)
  • Ubuntu 18.04 is no longer supported (use NAPS2 7.5.3 if needed)

Changes in 8.1.3:

• Twain: Fixed issues with Kyocera Ecosys scanners
• Sane: Fixed duplex with some scanners
• Windows: Fixed issues with multiple monitors with different DPI

Changes in 8.1.2:

• Added "Apply to all selected" for Split action
• Fixed "unsaved changes" prompt after auto saving
• Fixed issues with Placeholders in Default File Path
• Windows: Fixed OCR errors on some systems
• Windows: Fixed crash with right-to-left languages

Changes in 8.1.1:

• Fixed an issue with dpi selection

Changes in 8.1.0:

• Added the ability to pick a custom resolution
• Added email provider for "New Outlook"
• Improved "Keyboard Shortcuts" interface
• Fixed an issue with shared TWAIN scanners
• Fixed missing screen reader text for some buttons
• Fixed excessive Flatpak size

Fix certificate loading

Changes in 8.0b3:

• Added "Keyboard Shortcuts" settings
• Added "--waitscan" and "--firstnow" console options
• Added support for importing zip files
• Upgraded Tesseract from 5.3.4 to 5.5.0 for OCR
• Fixed an issue with antivirus false positives
• Bug fixes

Changes in 8.0b2:

• Fixes from 7.5.3
• Fixed WIA scanning
• Fixed drag and drop on Windows
• Fixed notifications on Linux
• Fixed sidebar settings being shown with "Use native UI" selected
• Linux flatpak runtime has been upgraded to 24.08

32.0.3 Hotfix Changes

• Adjusted application shutdown logic [Warchamp7]
  • This is a fairly large change that aims to stabilize OBS Studio's application shutdown process. This reduces the number of scenarios in which the "OBS Studio Unclean Shutdown" dialog will appear and also fixes a crash when forcing a log off or shutdown with active outputs.
• Fixed a crash during canvas removal [dsaedtler]
• Fixed a forced application shutdown while changing scene collections due to attempting to access removed sources [exeldro]
• Fixed several audio monitoring deduplication issues [pkv]

32.0.2 Hotfix Changes

• Fixed a crash on macOS when attempting to login with service integrations [PatTheMav]
• Fixed an issue on macOS where Syphon Client sources could be blank/transparent [gxalpha]

32.0.1 Hotfix Changes

• Fixed a possible crash in 32.0.0 on Windows when opening source properties [wanhongqing123]
• Fixed an issue in 32.0.0 where browser sources would break after switching scenes [tytan652]
  • This issue may also have caused increased resource usage.
• Fixed an issue in 32.0.0 with the audio deduplication logic when an Audio Capture Source device is also used for monitoring [pkv]
• Fixed an issue in 32.0.0 where Multitrack Video settings were unavailable to Custom Services [PatTheMav]

32.0 New Features

• Added a basic plugin manager [FiniteSingularity/PatTheMav/Warchamp7]
• Added opt-in automatic crash log upload for Windows and macOS [PatTheMav/Warchamp7]
• Added Voice Activity Detection (VAD) to NVIDIA RTX Audio Effects, which improves noise suppression for speech, as well as several optimizations to NVIDIA Effects [pkv]
• Added chair removal option for NVIDIA RTX Background Removal, allowing removal of chairs [pkv]
• Added experimental Metal renderer for Apple Silicon Macs [PatTheMav]
• Added Hybrid MOV support [derrod]
  • Brings ProRes support on macOS and a more widely supported HEVC/H.264 + PCM audio option to all platforms

32.0 Changes

• OBS Studio will no longer load plugins built for a newer release of OBS to prevent future compatibility issues [norihiro]
• Added custom OBS widgets in preparation for larger UI updates [derrod/gxalpha/Warchamp7]
• Added preparations for Metal renderer (stay tuned!) [PatTheMav]
• Changed default bitrate from 2500 to 6000 Kbps [notr1ch]
• Changed the crash sentinel file location to its own subdirectory [PatTheMav]
• Improved audio deduplication logic to cover more cases of nested scenes, groups, and multiple canvases [pkv]
• Prevent audio duplication when sources are set to "Monitor and Output" while the monitoring device is also being captured [pkv]
• Updated the default settings for AMD encoders [rhutsAMD]
• Improved accuracy of chapter markers in Hybrid MP4/MOV [derrod]
• Re-hid the cursor in edit fields on macOS [gxalpha]
• Improved format selection for PipeWire video capture [tytan652]
• Removed workarounds to prevent loading Qt 5 based plugins [RytoEX]
• Removed the --disable-shutdown-check launch flag [PatTheMav]
• Hybrid MP4/MOV is now out of beta and has been made the default output format for new profiles [derrod]

32.0 Bug Fixes

• Potentially fixed a rare crash on macOS when moving or resizing the OBS window [PatTheMav]
• Fixed a crash with SRT when using an invalid URL [pkv]
• Fixed a crash when setting non-default pkt_size with SRT [pkv]
• Fixed a crash in Media Source when playback starts with certain video files [howellrl]
• Fixed a UI deadlock when opening source properties from the Sources list when the Windows setting 'Snap mouse to default button in dialog boxes' was enabled by adding a 200ms delay before creating the properties window [Warchamp7]
• Fixed a memory leak when trying to output Hybrid MP4 to a non-writeable location [norihiro]
• Fixed rare occurrence of multiview becoming blank [norihiro]
• Fixed SRT reconnection failures [pkv]
• Fixed overflow texture rendering sRGB-awareness [PatTheMav]
• Fixed incorrect color range property setting for AMD AV1 encoder [rhutsAMD]
• Fixed Hybrid MP4 file splitting not working correctly in some cases [derrod]
• Fixed not being able to capture higher than 60fps with macOS Screen Capture [jcm93]
• Fixed focus not displaying properly in hotkey settings on macOS [gxalpha]
• Fixed the scrollbar appearing invisible in Light and Rachni themes [shiina424]
• Fixed HEVC frame priority not being set correctly in some cases, potentially causing playback errors when dropping frames [dsaedtler]
• Fixed an issue that could result in increases to output latency after temporary encoder stalls [dsaedtler]
• Fixed an issue where Multitrack Video could still be enabled after switching from a service that supports it to one that does not [Penwy]
• Fixed an issue where GetGroupList with obs-websocket would return nothing [gxalpha]
• Removed a workaround for older Qt versions that prevented docks from loading correctly while OBS is maximized [RytoEX]

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Changes from 2.5.5 to 2.5.6:

Updates:

• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.18.2480

Changes/improvements:

• Added an option to adjust alignment of the toolbar buttons. It is now possible to align to middle of window.
• When playing a rar archive that contains multiple media files, it is now possible to skip to next/previous file within the archive.

Fixes:

• Several small fixes and improvements.

The Extended Stable channel has been updated to 142.0.7499.226 for Windows and Mac which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 143 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. This will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

Chrome 143.0.7499.40 (Linux) 143.0.7499.40/41 Windows/Mac contains a number of fixes and improvements -- a list of changes is available in the log. Watch out for upcoming Chrome and Chromium blog posts about new features and big efforts delivered in 143.

Below are development builds for testing purposes.

Latest development build: 2.5.5.30 (November 27th 2025)

Latest stable release build: 2.5.5.0
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.5.5

fre:ac version 1.1.7 has been released on 5th March 2023.

This release adds a tool for splitting the output into multiple files based on various parameters like duration, number of files or metadata. The update also adds support for dithering, a matrix surround decoder and a volume adjustment filter.

Additionally, fre:ac 1.1.7 comes with various minor improvements, updated third party codecs and fixes for several issues found in fre:ac v1.1.6 and earlier versions:

• New features
  • Added a tool for splitting output by various parameters (e.g. duration or number of files)
  • Added support for dithering when reducing sample resolution
  • Added a matrix surround decoder DSP component
  • Added a volume adjustment DSP component

• Improvements
  • Added support for WavPack Hybrid Lossless compression with correction files
  • Added support for decoding MPEG-4 DASH files
  • Added support for opening WebM audio files with the .weba extension
  • Added support for downmixing 6.1 channel audio
  • Added support for MusicBrainz metadata in ID3v2, MP4, Vorbis Comment, APEv2 and WMA tags
  • Added support for sort order fields in ID3v2, MP4, Vorbis Comment, APEv2 and WMA tags
  • Added support for rating field in Vorbis Comment, APEv2, MP4 and LIST INFO tags
  • Added rating field to the tag editor
  • Added optional release year column to the joblist
  • Changed filename placeholder to resolve to 1 if disc number is not set
  • Improved compatibility with applications writing non-compliant LIST INFO tags (e.g. Traktor)
  • Added an option to use source file names as output file names if no metadata is present
  • Added an option to control extraction of missing metadata from file names
  • Added an option to restrict file names for reading cover art
  • Added an option to disable intensity stereo phase inversion to Opus settings
  • Added AccurateRip notification options for successful verification and missing database entries
  • Sample rate conversion no longer converts to 32 bit float when the source rate matches the target
  • Added negative exit codes to indicate errors when running freaccmd
  • Added support for KDE color schemes (including dark mode)
  • Improved HiDPI scale factor detection in KDE desktop environments
  • Respect text scaling factor in addition to font size setting on X11 based systems

• Bug fixes
  
  • Fixed crashes when decoding ALAC files (especially with the Windows Store version)
  • Fixed failure (hang and abort after several seconds) to decode chapters from ALAC files
  • Fixed interoperability issues of HE- and HEv2-AAC files created with FDK-AAC with foobar2000
  • Fixed incorrect gapless information when creating HE- and HEv2-AAC files with FDK-AAC
  • Fixed incorrect index times in cuesheets for very long multi-track files
  • Fixed incorrect inclusion of data tracks in the audio track count of CD offset strings
  • Fixed old data remaining in place after updating WMA file tags
  • Fixed selected format resetting to first entry when opening WMA config dialog
  • Fixed excessive bitrate when encoding Vorbis on non-x86 LP64 systems
  • Fixed decoding of MP4 files with a single chunk taking excessively long
  • Fixed HDCD detection for tracks starting with more than about one second of silence
  • Fixed floating point samples being converted to integer when creating WavPack files
  • Fixed inability to close cover art popup window on Linux
  • Fixed long paths being converted to 8.3 format on recent versions of Windows
  • Fixed inability to handle long network paths on some versions of Windows
  • Fixed disc insert and removal detection working unreliably on Windows

Upgrading to fre:ac v1.1.7 is strongly recommended for users of earlier releases.

The new release is available in the downloads section. Please report issues on the GitHub issue tracker or by email to support@freac.org.

fre:ac's discussion forums are moving to GitHub. Please post new questions and ideas in the new Discussions area and feel free to start discussions about anything releated to fre:ac and digital audio conversion over there.

The old discussion forums on SourceForge will be kept online for reference, but please use the GitHub Discussions page to start new topics from now on.

fre:ac version 1.1.6 has been released on 22nd January 2022.

This update adds native support for Windows on the ARM64 architecture which greatly improves the user experience on devices like the Surface Pro X, HP Elite Folio or certain Samsung Galaxy Book models. Most notably, conversions can be up to six times faster on many devices with ARM cores.

Besides this, the 1.1.6 update adds support for editing lyrics in the tag editor and creating cue sheets and playlists with freaccmd, fre:ac's command line interface. It also comes with minor workflow and performance optimizations, tagging improvements, updated codecs and the usual bug fixes:

• New features
  • Added support for editing lyrics in the tag editor
  • Added support for creating cue sheets and playlists with freaccmd

• Improvements
  • Improved performance of adding video and proprietary audio files (DTS, DSD etc.) to the joblist
  • Playlists can now be added to the joblist by drag & drop
  • Added <tempo> and <initialkey> placeholders for use in filename patterns
  • Added optional composer, conductor, tempo, musical key and ISRC columns to the joblist
  • Added initial key field to tag editor
  • Added support for lyrics in ID3v2, MP4, Vorbis Comment, APEv2 and WMA tags
  • Added support for parsing OverDrive MediaMarkers in ID3v2 tags
  • Added support for the pre-emphasis flag in cue sheets

• Bug fixes
  
  • Fixed possible crash upon querying the CDDB database
  • Fixed possible crash in FAAD2 decoder when trying to open unsupported files
  • Fixed faulty decoding of certain AAC files caused by a bug in the FDK-AAC decoder
  • Fixed possible faulty output when decoding from non-zero positions using external decoders
  • Fixed issue ripping CD tracks when output filename pattern is <filename>
  • Fixed AccurateRip reporting verification errors for hidden track one audio
  • Fixed setting to replace spaces not being respected when writing cover art and log files
  • Fixed setting to suppress Unicode characters not being respected when writing cover art and log files
  • Fixed tag editor fields for media type, catalog number and barcode being limited to 12 characters
  • Fixed freeze when decoding certain WMA files on Windows
  • Fixed drag & drop not working after online update on Windows

Upgrading to fre:ac v1.1.6 is strongly recommended for users of earlier releases.

The new release is available in the downloads section. Please report issues on the GitHub issue tracker or by email to support@freac.org.

fre:ac version 1.1.5 has been released on 27th June 2021.

This update adds support for verifying audio CD rips using AccurateRip technology. This compares a checksum of the ripped audio against other users' results for the same CD. When a match is found in the AccurateRip database, this basically certifies a perfect rip. And in case of a mismatch, fre:ac displays a warning to let you know something may be wrong.

Besides this major new feature, the 1.1.5 update comes with performance optimizations, further tagging improvements, updated codecs and a number of bug fixes:

• Improvements
  • Improved DSP processing performance by up to 70% (mainly on Windows)
  • Added frequency bandwidth setting to FDK-AAC encoder configuration dialog
  • Added an option to toggle logging of complete paths in log files
  • Added options for specifying cover art files to freaccmd
  • Added support for reading Shift_JIS encoded CD-Text
  • Added support for writing album and track comments to cue sheets
  • Added support for ID3v2 tags in RF64 files
  • Added support for updating Vorbis Comment tags
  • Added support for updating ID3v2 tags in RIFF and AIFF files
  • Added support for updating LIST INFO tags in RIFF, RF64 and Wave64 files
  • Added support for ensemble field in Vorbis Comment and APEv2 tags
  • Added support for movement field in ID3v2, Vorbis Comment, APEv2 and MP4 tags
  • Added support for additional URL fields in APEv2 tags
  • Added a tag editor option to keep album artist even if identical to track artist
  • Added media type field to tag editor

• Bug fixes
  
  • Fixed hotspot for genre edit field utility menu not covering the whole width of the field
  • Fixed occasional crashes when selecting codec subformat using the "Start encoding with" menu
  • Fixed chapter marks being offset by a few seconds when using DSP processing
  • Fixed playback not working when using certain combinations of DSP processors
  • Fixed incompatibility of FDK-AAC encoded HE and HEv2 AAC files with iTunes
  • Fixed issue decoding FLAC files with unknown length
  • Fixed glitches decoding transients in some Vorbis files
  • Fixed possible crashes when decoding Opus files
  • Fixed rare crashes in LAME encoder component
  • Fixed strings read from ID3v2 tags being limited to 1024 characters
  • Fixed crash when reading malformed CD-Text genre IDs
  • Fixed failure ripping with negative read offset
  • Fixed disc eject not working on macOS
  • Fixed crash when closing fre:ac via dock command on macOS
  • Fixed UI glitches and crashes on exit when running in a Wayland session
  • Fixed popup menu and dropdown list closing behavior on non-Windows platforms
  • Fixed issues with custom DPI settings on Xfce desktops
  • Fixed drag & drop working unreliably on X11 based systems

Upgrading to fre:ac v1.1.5 is strongly recommended for users of earlier releases.

The new release is available in the downloads section. Please report issues on the GitHub issue tracker or by email to support@freac.org.

Continuous builds of fre:ac are now available for the macOS as well, completing the effort to make these automated builds available for all major desktop operating systems. These builds give you a chance to try the latest changes without having to wait for the next release, for example to benefit from bug fixes or take a peek at the latest feature additions.

Continuous builds are currently provided as .dmg images for Intel Macs running macOS 10.9 or later. A variant optimized for Apple Silicon Macs and macOS 11.0 will be added later.

You can grab the latest continuous build from the downloads page or from GitHub.

Thanks to GitHub Actions, continuous builds of fre:ac are now available for the Windows platform. These automated builds give you a chance to try the latest changes without having to wait for the next release, for example to benefit from bug fixes or take a peek at the latest feature additions.

The continuous builds are provided as .zip packages for the x86 (32 bit) and x86-64 (64 bit) architectures.

You can grab the latest continuous build from the downloads page or from GitHub.

fre:ac version 1.1.4 has been released on 14th February 2021.

This is a service focussing on minor improvements and bug fixes. fre:ac 1.1.3 adds support for HDCD decoding, improves tagging support and usability of the tag editor, updates codecs to the latest versions and fixes several issues found in earlier releases:

• Improvements
  
  • Improved support for reading CD-Text
  • Added an HDCD decoder DSP filter
  • Added catalog number and barcode fields to tag editor
  • Added file type associations to macOS app, so fre:ac is offered for opening audio files
  • Added quality (VBR) setting to FDK-AAC configuration dialog
  • Improved MP3, AAC and Opus encoding performance by up to 30%
  • Improved multi-monitor support on X11 based systems
  • Discs of multi-disc albums are now shown separately in tag editor album mode
  • Update only changed fields when making edits in tag editor album mode
  • Added support for Replay Gain values in MP4 and WMA metadata
  • Do not override settings with default values when using freaccmd's --config option

• Bug fixes
  
  • Fixed invalid length written to very long Opus and Speex files (longer than 12 ½ hours at 48 kHz)
  • Fixed decoding of some very short Opus, Vorbis and Speex files
  • Fixed written MP4 chapters being invisible to some applications when using Nero AAC
  • Fixed hang/crash when opening WavPack, Musepack, TAK and OptimFROG files with chapters
  • Fixed issues submitting CDDB information for new CDs (without existing entries)
  • Fixed issues handling long path/file names on Windows
  • Fixed output sample rate being limited to 192 kHz
  • Fixed freaccmd randomly failing to process files in rare cases
  • Fixed bad user interface colors on some Linux distributions

• Codec support
  • Switched from FAAC to FDK-AAC for AAC encoding

Upgrading to fre:ac v1.1.4 is strongly recommended for users of earlier releases.

The new release is available in the downloads section. Please report issues on the GitHub issue tracker or by email to support@freac.org.

Just in time for the first Apple Silicon Macs being delivered to end users, fre:ac is now available for this new generation of Macs.

To support the different types of Macs, the macOS version of fre:ac is now available in two flavors:

• For Intel and PowerPC Macs running macOS 10.x, download freac-1.1.x-macos10.dmg
• For Intel and Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 11.0, download freac-1.1.x-macos11.dmg

Head over to the downloads section to get the Apple Silicon version or any other variant of fre:ac.

fre:ac version 1.1.3 has been released on 11th October 2020.

This is a service with only minor feature updates and improvements. Instead, the focus is on compatibility and bug fixes. fre:ac 1.1.3 adds support for macOS 11.0 Big Sur, updates codecs to the latest versions and fixes several issues found in earlier releases:

• General changes
  
  • Added support for macOS 11.0 Big Sur
  • Switched to using GNUdb as the default CDDB database service

• Improvements
  
  • Command line codec configuration now allows specifying additional arguments
  • Improved cue sheet encoding detection to support system codepage and UTF-8 without BOM
  • freaccmd now splits cue sheets to individual tracks unless an output file is specified
  • freaccmd now supports a --split-chapters option to split files into individual chapters
  • Added <profile> placeholder for output folder configuration setting, resolving to user profile
  • Added file type and audio CD associations to Linux/FreeBSD and Windows Store app
  • Added an option to suppress "No entry found" messages for automatic CDDB queries
  • Improved detection of sampler CDs when querying CDDB information

• Bug fixes
  
  • Fixed possible conversion thread hangs when using external encoders
  • Fixed possible crash related to drag & drop handling on Windows
  • Fixed crash when writing fields containing only whitespace to certain tag formats
  • Fixed glitches in WAV/AIFF output when processing samples outside the -1.0/+1.0 range
  • Fixed possible hangs when opening WAV/AIFF files > 2 GB or with a broken chunk structure
  • Fixed inability to open WAV/AIFF files with long paths on Windows
  • Fixed writing wrong offsets to single file cue sheets when the resampling DSP filter is enabled
  • Fixed writing invalid chapter offsets to Opus files with source sample rates other than 48 kHz
  • Fixed writing invalid MP3 bitstreams in rare cases in SuperFast mode
  • Fixed wrong length detection for MP3 files with invalid chapter data
  • Fixed parsing of cue sheets with minute/second values missing leading zeros or longer 99min
  • Fixed parsing of embedded cue sheets without FILE designations
  • Fixed ripping progress for other drives stalling while one drive is ejecting
  • Fixed inability to pause or stop single output file verification
  • Fixed log files being archived despite disabling the corresponding option
  • Fixed various issues with multi-monitor support on macOS
  • Fixed user interface glitches after closing dialogs in tabbed mode on macOS
  • Fixed Shift+Pos1/End shortcuts being interpreted by the joblist and edit fields simultaneously

• Codec support
  • Switched from libav 12.3 to FFmpeg 4.3.1 for auxiliary format support
  • Added support for using the Core Audio codec of iTunes 12.10.9 and later

Upgrading to fre:ac v1.1.3 is strongly recommended for users of any earlier releases.

The new release is available in the downloads section. Please report issues on the GitHub issue tracker or by email to support@freac.org.

fre:ac version 1.1.2 has been released on 20th June 2020.

This release introduces UI scaling to the system font size by default, adds support for theme colors and dark mode on Linux/FreeBSD, updates codecs to the latest versions and fixes several issues found in earlier releases:

• Improvements
  
  • Scale UI to adjust to system font size by default
  • Added support for theme colors and dark mode on Linux/FreeBSD
  • Improved handling of maximized window state on Linux/FreeBSD and macOS
  • Removed non-working option to not lock CD trays while ripping
  • Stop ripping before trying to eject a disc
  • Write audio data CRC to log files when ripping
  • Write MD5 checksums to log files when verifying files
  • Write log entries when replacing existing files

• Bug fixes
  
  • Fixed length of last chapter of some audio books being detected as 0:00
  • Prevent interpreting numerical IDs or dates at the beginning of file names as track numbers
  • Fixed a possible source of random crashes when adding files to the joblist
  • Fixed possible crash when importing MP4/M4A files
  • Fixed possible crash when encoding in SuperFast mode
  • Fixed some graphics glitches on macOS

Upgrading to fre:ac v1.1.2 is strongly recommended for users of any earlier releases.

The new release is available in the downloads section. Please report issues on the GitHub issue tracker or by email to support@freac.org.

The Stable channel has been updated to 143.0.7499.40/.41 for Windows and Mac as part of our early stable release to a small percentage of users. A full list of changes in this build is available in the log.

Bugfixes and minor changes:

• FTP: do not use the default impersonator during the test of the FTP connections.
• Fixed bug that reversed mount point precedence, giving priority to group mount points over user ones; user mount points now correctly take precedence.
• Fixed bug that made the %<home> placeholder not work in case "Use system credentials to log in" was selected but "Use system credentials also for accessing &files and directories" was not.

 The Stable channel has been updated to 142.0.7444.175/.176 for Windows and 142.0.7444.176 for Mac and 142.0.7444.175 for Linux, which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the Log.