Louppe 1.6 makes sorting and grouping do real work for you, adds subfolders throughout filtering and sorting, speaks your Mac's own date and time format, and opens folders noticeably faster.
Sort that shapes the view
- The toolbar sort control is now a full popover matching the filter's look, with Sort by, Order, and a new Groups section.
- Grouping now follows whatever you sort by: sort by camera and the photos divide into camera groups, by subfolder into subfolder groups, and so on. Sorting by Name shows one continuous list.
- Every group divider carries its group's name — the date, camera, lens, or other label sits at the start of the line in both the Grid and the Browser column, with the divider continuing after it.
- A Divide into groups checkbox turns division off entirely when you'd rather see one flat run.
Subfolders everywhere
- The filter popover lists every subfolder of the opened folder — plus None for files lying directly in it — as checkboxes with live photo counts.
- The sort menu gains a Subfolder option, and subfolder names now match in the metadata search field too.
Dates in your format
- Every date and time shown in the app — the info panel, the selection summary, the filter's day list, and the group dividers — now follows your Mac's Language & Region settings, including the custom Date format picker and the 12- or 24-hour clock.
Smoother Gallery navigation
- In the Gallery, ↓ steps to the next photo and ↑ to the previous one, mirroring the top-to-bottom order of the Browser column. The Grid keeps its row-by-row ↑/↓ movement.
- The Browser toggle now appears in the toolbar only while the Gallery is showing — the Browser column exists only there.
- In the filter popover, Subfolders sits below File types and starts collapsed to keep the panel tidy.
Faster on big cards
- Opening a folder is much quicker: photo details (EXIF) are now read across several CPU cores at once instead of one file at a time — nearly 3× faster in benchmarks, with more expected on large cards.
- The Grid fills its thumbnails about twice as fast, and the big Gallery photo no longer waits in line behind thumbnail work.
- Removed hidden per-keystroke layout work in the always-visible scrollbars and a small grouping slowdown, keeping rating and navigation snappy in large sessions.
The release includes the signed macOS app as Louppe.zip.