DropConvert 1.3.0

What's new

• Rebranded to DropConvert with the new app name and icon.
• Added a menu bar Check for Updates... item that opens GitHub Releases.
• Expanded local conversion support across PDFs, Office documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and common image formats.

Download

DropConvert-1.3.0.zip - unzip and move DropConvert.app to your Applications folder.

The LibreOffice conversion engine downloads automatically on first use. After that, conversions can run offline.

First launch

DropConvert is not notarized yet, so macOS will block the first launch until you approve it manually:

1. Double-click DropConvert.app and click Done on the warning.
2. Open System Settings -> Privacy & Security.
3. Scroll to the message saying DropConvert was blocked.
4. Click Open Anyway, enter your password, and confirm.

See TRUST_AND_INSTALL.md for install details, network behavior, checksums, and update notes.

Requirements

• macOS 13 Ventura or later
• Apple Silicon Mac

Checksums

de7c0258dbcdf8eb341bc02d82252e373fc733feed1d58e28bab60b6eefa24ba  DropConvert-1.3.0.zip
20232d7763c596a474c0df47fd7f23b2610ea00b98919a01932029e148c165dd  LibreOffice-26.2.3-aarch64.tar.gz

v1.2.0 — Check for Updates

What's new

• Check for Updates… menu item — opens this Releases page in your browser so you can compare versions at a glance.

Engine

No engine change in this release. The LibreOffice engine from v1.1.3 (gzip-compressed, ~190 MB) remains current and will be reused — no re-download needed if you already have v1.1.3 installed.

Download

👉 ConverterApp-1.2.0.zip — macOS 13+, Apple Silicon. Unzip and drag to Applications.

Install

1. Download ConverterApp-1.2.0.zip below.
2. Unzip and move ConverterApp.app to /Applications.
3. First launch: System Settings → Privacy & Security → "Open Anyway".

See README for the full first-launch walkthrough.

ConverterApp 1.1.3

What's fixed

• Critical: Engine install failed for users without Homebrew installed (v1.0.0 – v1.1.2). The compressed format the app's installer expected requires a separate zstd binary on disk; switched to standard gzip which works on every Mac out of the box.

Download

👉 ConverterApp-1.1.3.zip — macOS 13+, Apple Silicon. Unzip and drag to Applications.

First launch

macOS will block the app initially. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security, find the message about ConverterApp (usually at the end), and click Open Anyway. One-time only.

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The 'Source code' downloads below are auto-generated by GitHub — ignore them.

ConverterApp 1.1.2

What's fixed

• Critical: Engine install failed with 'tar exit 1' on real installs of v1.0.0–v1.1.1. Caused by tar's flaky auto-detection of zstd-compressed tarballs from inside an app process. Fixed by passing --zstd explicitly.
• Improved error logging: tar's stderr is now captured and logged so future install failures can be diagnosed from Console.app.

Download

👉 ConverterApp-1.1.2.zip — unzip and drag to your Applications folder.

If you're stuck on an earlier version

Just download v1.1.2 from above. No special steps needed — your previous engine cache (if any) is reused.

First launch

• Right-click the app → Open → confirm the security dialog. (macOS still shows an unsigned-app warning because notarization requires a paid Apple Developer account.)
• macOS 13 (Ventura) or later, Apple Silicon.

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The 'Source code' downloads below are auto-generated by GitHub — ignore them.

ConverterApp 1.1.1

What's fixed

• Critical: v1.1.0 (and v1.0.0) downloads showed a 'damaged and can't be opened' error on first launch because the app bundle wasn't ad-hoc signed after assembly. Fixed in v1.1.1.

Download

👉 ConverterApp-1.1.1.zip — unzip and drag to your Applications folder.

The conversion engine from earlier releases is reused — no second download if you've installed before.

If you're stuck on v1.1.0 with the 'damaged' error

Open Terminal and run:

xattr -cr /Applications/ConverterApp.app

This clears the quarantine flag and lets the app launch. Or just download v1.1.1 from above, which has the fix baked in.

First launch (v1.1.1+)

• Right-click the app → Open → confirm the security dialog. (macOS still shows an unsigned-app warning because notarization requires a paid Apple Developer account.)
• macOS 13 (Ventura) or later, Apple Silicon.

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The 'Source code' downloads below are auto-generated by GitHub — ignore them.

ConverterApp 1.1.0

What's new

• First-launch onboarding window with an animated drag-and-drop demo.
• New "How to Use…" item in the menu bar dropdown to re-open the welcome window any time.

Download

👉 ConverterApp-1.1.0.zip — unzip and drag to your Applications folder.

The conversion engine from v1.0.0 is reused — no second download if you've already installed v1.0.0.

First launch

• Right-click the app → Open → confirm the security dialog. (macOS shows this for apps not from the App Store. You only need to do it once.)
• macOS 13 (Ventura) or later, Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4).

ConverterApp 1.0.0

Download

👉 ConverterApp-1.0.zip — this is the app. Unzip and drag to your Applications folder.

What it does

Native macOS menu bar file converter. Drag a file onto the menu bar icon and it converts locally, on-device — no uploads, no internet round-trip. Supports DOCX, PDF, PPTX, XLSX, ODT, ODS, ODP, RTF, CSV, TXT, and images (PNG, JPG, HEIC, WebP, TIFF, BMP).

First launch

• Right-click the app → Open → confirm the security dialog. (macOS shows this for apps not from the App Store. You only need to do it once.)
• The first time you drop a file, the app downloads its conversion engine (~140 MB, one time only). Subsequent conversions are instant.

Requirements

macOS 13 (Ventura) or later, Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4).