BitMatch 0.2.6

You can now choose to leave recognized Mac metadata companion files out of a transfer.

• In Copy & Verify → Advanced, turn on Exclude AppleDouble companion files. Review the count and file list before starting.
• The setting is off by default. Ordinary files starting with ._, other sidecars and unrecognized metadata stay included.
• History and reports record what was excluded. Selected files are still checked, but a filtered transfer never marks the whole card safe to erase. Keep the source.
• Existing backup files and MHL histories remain protected from overwrite.

Tested locally across APFS, HFS+ and exFAT, including 54 two-destination transfer scenarios, all four verification modes, reports, MHL, cancellation and queued transfers. The engine, Mac and iPad simulator suites passed. These tests reproduce a Mac metadata conflict; they don't prove the exact cause of the report in #16.

If a transfer still fails: open History → Export diagnostics and attach the file to your issue with the exact error and the source/destination drive formats. Reopen BitMatch first if it closed. Diagnostics exclude footage names and paths; nothing is sent automatically.

Download the signed and notarized Mac DMG below, or use Check for Updates in BitMatch. iPhone and iPad remain available to build from source.