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v1.3: The Refinement Update 🚀

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@CodingGeoff CodingGeoff released this 10 Jun 20:36
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Full Changelog: v1.2...v1.3

This is a significant update focused on making PARA File Manager EVO faster, smarter, and more intuitive than ever before. We've overhauled the core engine for blazing-fast startup speeds, implemented a super-intelligent duplicate detection algorithm, and added real-time file system monitoring to make the app feel truly alive.

This release aims to refine the user experience, transforming it from a powerful tool into an even more intelligent partner in your file organization workflow.


✨ Highlights

🧠 Super-Intelligent Duplicate File Selection

The "Find Duplicates" feature is no longer just a scanner—it's designed to assist your decision-making. We have completely redesigned the duplicate resolution process with a powerful new scoring algorithm.

  • Path-Based Intelligence: The algorithm now understands the PARA methodology, giving higher scores to files in 1_Projects and 2_Areas over those in 4_Archives or temporary locations like your Desktop.
  • Filename Analysis: "Clean" filenames with descriptive words and dates are preferred, while files with messy names like _copy or (1) are given lower priority.
  • Total Transparency: The results dialog now shows the exact score and the reasoning behind each recommendation, so you can understand the "why" behind its choices.

⚡️ Instant Startup & Real-Time Sync

  • Cached File Index: The initial, time-consuming file scan is now a thing of the past! The app creates an intelligent cache of your file index, allowing for near-instant startups on subsequent runs.
  • Live File Monitoring: Thanks to a new real-time QFileSystemWatcher, the app now instantly detects changes you make to your PARA folders, even from outside the application. Add, delete, or rename a file, and the app will automatically update its index in the background.

🗂️ Smarter "Move To" Dialog

  • Recent Destinations: The "Move To..." dialog is now more convenient than ever. It remembers your most recently used folders and presents them in a quick-access dropdown, saving you countless clicks when organizing files.

🛠️ Fixes & Improvements

  • [Fixed] Corrected a critical bug that caused an infinite indexing loop after the initial scan.
  • [Fixed] Resolved a startup crash caused by a misordered method definition.
  • [Fixed] Addressed a NameError related to the QFileSystemWatcher by including the proper import.
  • [Improved] The application's internal data (logs, cache) is now correctly stored in the operating system's standard AppData location, preventing it from interfering with the user's PARA library.