3.11.13

Oct 8, 2024

• Permute now requires macOS 11 or later.
• Fixed: An issue where cropping a GIF Animation with alpha channel would result in the animation losing the alpha channel.
• Fixed: An issue where the crop dialog would incorrectly display HEIC images.
• Changed: Reverted some changes made in recent versions regarding HDR conversions. Video presets now contain an option whether to use HDR, force SDR or to handle this automatically.
• Improved: AV1 preset now allows MP4 container which can be played in QuickTime Player on M3 computers.

3.11.12

Sep 6, 2024

• Fixed: Issue where forcing 16 bits per sample on HEIC format could result in the image being incorrectly converted from Display P3 to sRGB.
• Fixed: Certain issues with trimming video resulting in black screen within the first few seconds.
• Fixed: Issue where certain files could fail to get converted using the MP4 preset.
• Fixed: Issue where WebP Animation conversion could fail.

3.11.11

Aug 13, 2024

• New: Option to loop created DVD.
• New: Option to specify bit depth for HEIC.
• New: Support for AV1.
• New: Adding support for newest iPhone/iPad devices.
• Fixed: Issues with converting video files using unusual color spaces.
• Fixed: Issue where Permute might not display bitrate options for some video formats using custom quality.
• Fixed: Issue where certain MJPEG videos could be misinterpreted as audio-only files.
• Fixed: Issue where scheduled tasks could continue being run in the background even after being removed from the UI.

3.11.10

Jun 7, 2024

• Fixed: Permute leaving behind temporary files. Everything gets cleaned up properly.
• Changed: MP3 conversions with custom quality settings are now run with joint stereo off.
• Improved: Conversion shortcut so that sending multiple files with different presets doesn't affect each other.
• Fixed: Crash that could occurr while detecting external audio file for a mislabeled video file.
• Improved: Subtitle track detection in certain cases.
• Fixed: Audio to Video module now properly handles images with higher DPI.
• Improved: File Cutter module now properly sets track number.

3.11.9

Apr 23, 2024

• Improved: Support for JPEG XL (macOS 14+).
• Changed: Shortcut for file conversion now provides output files.
• Fixed: Issues converting certain files into HEVC.
• Fixed: Issues converting certain files into HAP.
• Fixed: Issues with certain MP3 tracks.
• Fixed: Issue where the audio track language metadata was not kept during conversion.

3.11.8

Mar 25, 2024

• New: You can now set bits per sample for PNG conversions.
• Fixed: Issue where the PDF to Images module would not create the enclosing folder.
• Fixed: Issue with HAP Alpha.

3.11.7

Mar 8, 2024

• Fixed: Using copy operation on MP3 tracks that use 22,050 Hz frequency.
• New: Text to Speech workshop module now allows you to preview the current settings.
• Fixed: Text to Speech now correctly sets words per minute.

3.11.6

Feb 27, 2024

• New: H.264 and H.265 formats now support CRF mode when using custom quality.
• Fixed: MJPEG conversion failing in certain cases.

3.11.5

Feb 9, 2024

• Improved: The crop window can now be resized.
• Fixed: Issue where Animated WebP would not loop.
• Fixed: Issue where Permute would copy audio tracks even when quality setting was Custom.

3.11.4

Jan 4, 2024

• New: Permute now automatically detects external audio files for video files with no audio tracks. If there's an audio file with the same name in the same folder, it will be automatically added to the video.
• Fixed: Issues with downscaling certain images.
• Fixed: Issues with converting certain videos while maintaining colorspace.

3.11.3

Dec 22, 2023

• New: You can now adjust speed of video files.
• New: Option not to generate chapters when stitching files together.
• Fixed: Issues with converting CMYK JPEG files.
• Fixed: Issues with converting ProRes files from iPhone 15 Pro.
• Fixed: Issues with Dock icon on macOS 14.

3.11.2

Nov 20, 2023

• Improved: Metadata support in File Cutter module.
• Fixed: Visual issues in trimming editor on macOS 14.
• Fixed: ProRes not correctly using selected profile.
• Fixed: Issues with cropping video with different DAR and SAR.

3.11.1

Oct 23, 2023

• Fixed: Issue with metadata editor ignoring the last edited value.
• Fixed: Issue with original files not being moved to Trash.

3.11.0

Oct 13, 2023

• Changed: Permute now requires macOS 10.14.6 or later.
• New: Option to move file to Trash after successful conversion on individual files.
• New: Workshop modules can now be automated via custom scheme. See Help > Permute Help > Automation for details.
• New: Audio to Video workshop module now has a bitrate option.
• Fixed: Issues with the option to restrict file size by compression was ignored.

3.10.9

Sep 5, 2023

• New: Image presets now contain an option not to copy EXIF metadata.
• New: MP4 preset now allows copying of HEVC and MP3 tracks. This option is on by default. If you want to force the preset to re-encode these tracks to HEVC and AAC respectively, please disable the option in Settings.
• New: You can now double-click the title of the video to change the name of the output file.
• New: Audio to Video workshop module now automatically detects image files with the same name as the audio file.
• Improved: Audio to Video workshop module now uses lower framerate for faster conversions and smaller files.
• Fixed: Issue where the video track would get re-encoded instead of being copied in some circumstances.

3.10.8

Aug 10, 2023

• New: You can now hold ⌥ + ⇧ and click on steppers in trimming dialog to get 5-second steps.
• New: HEIC preset now supports targetting file size by compression rather than by resolution.
• Fixed: Issue where the output image would not maintain P3 colorspace.
• Fixed: Issue with AVIF file conversions on macOS versions prior to macOS 13.
• Improved: Performance of downsizing images to fit within a certain file size.

3.10.6

Jun 21, 2023

• Fixed: Issues with certain H.264 encodes on Intel-based Macs.
• Fixed: AVIF issues on macOS versions prior to macOS 13.

3.10.5

Jun 14, 2023

• New: Support for AVIF images.
• Improved: SVG support.

3.10.5

May 18, 2023

• Improved: Handling of very large images.
• Improved: Handling of video files with alpha channel.
• Improved: HAP preset - it now supports selecting HAP Alpha and HAP Q.
• Improved: Handling of video files with PNG thumbnail tracks.

3.10.4

Apr 12, 2023

• New: Automation features now support passing trimming and cropping arguments. See Help > Permute Help > Automation in the menu bar for more information.

3.10.3

Mar 30, 2023

• Fixed: Certain files with alpha channel not being treated as with alpha channel.
• Improved: WebM preset now supports alpha channel.
• Improved: Passing show name to TV app.
• Improved: Allowing to force-start a conversion using the start button.

3.10.2

Feb 15, 2023

• New: Added 192kHz sample rate to supported options.
• Fixed: Metadata not being preserved when converting images to WebP.
• Fixed: Switching between light and dark mode Dock icons on macOS 13.

3.10.1

Feb 4, 2023

• Fixed: UI issues with optional values.

3.10

Feb 3, 2023

• New: "No Audio" video format. You can now create a custom preset that will only include video and will discard audio.
• Fixed: Issues with converting AVI files with broken index.

3.9.15

Dec 29, 2022

• New: The subtitles popover now has a toggle button that allows you to easily deselect all subtitles.
• Fixed: An issue where Permute would copy the track even when speed was adjusted.
• Fixed: Issues with the crop editing and validation.
• Improved: HEVC under macOS 13 and later.

3.9.14

Dec 13, 2022

• New: Video to Images workshop module that allows you to extract video frames as images.
• New: JPEG preset now allows selection between .jpg and .jpeg path extensions.
• Fixed: UI bug where the correct scaling option wouldn't get selected.
• Fixed: Resizing issue with certain resolutions.
• Fixed: Issue with reading certain malformed images.

3.9.13

Nov 18, 2022

• New: Support for CR3 image files. Requires macOS 11 or later.
• Improved: Apple Lossless now supports 96kHz frequency.
• Fixed: Certain settings on ProRes preset not saving between launches.

3.9.12

Oct 21, 2022

• New: PDF to Images workshop module now has an option to create folder for each PDF.
• Fixed: Issue with PDF to Images feature in combination with the option to move original file to Trash after conversion.

3.9.11

Sep 30, 2022

• Changed: Permute now requires macOS 10.13 or later.
• Improved: Permute now detects and deselects corrupted audio tracks.

3.9.10

Sep 6, 2022

• New: Added CAF preset.
• New: Added experimental support for .ttml and .dfxp subtitle files.
• Fixed: Issues with less common color spaces.
• Changed: Video bitrates can now be set as low as 100 kbit/s.

3.9.9

Aug 24, 2022

• Fixed: Issues on Apple Silicon machines.

3.9.8

Aug 17, 2022

• New: Fixed resize with letter box now can specify the letter box color.
• Fixed: Fixed resize with letter box for image conversions.
• Fixed: Localization in the crop setup.
• Fixed: Issues with the Music library in case the library database was not in the default location.
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

3.9.7

Aug 3, 2022

• Fixed: Issues with some files on Apple Silicon computers.
• Fixed: Issues where the text to audio module would not correctly set the speech rate.
• Fixed: Issues where Permute would fail to send the converted file to the Music app.

3.9.6

Jul 29, 2022

• New: WebP animation preset.
• New: Support for MPEG-TS container.
• Fixed: Issues with adding converted audio files to the Music app.
• Fixed: Issues with detecting subtitles language in .ASS files.
• Fixed: Crop issues.

3.9.5

Jul 13, 2022

• New: If the video contains multiple video tracks, Permute now allows you to select which one to use. Additionally, Permute will try to auto-select track based on resolution if the preset or group customizations include a resize action.
• New: Permute now accepts .vtt files as subtitles.
• New: Support for .jfif files.
• Fixed: Conversion of image files rotated via metadata.
• Fixed: Cropping upscaled videos.
• Improved: Siri Shortcuts now accept folders.
• Improved: Open panel can now select folders.

3.9.4

Jun 7, 2022

• New: Permute will now automatically adjust the font when burning Chinese, Japanese or Korean subtitles.
• New: Text Encoding conversion module in Workshop now supports CSV documents.

3.9.3

May 23, 2022

• Fixed: Minor bug fixes.

3.9.2

May 11, 2022

• New: Reworked preferences UI on macOS 11 or later.
• New: Option to speed up or slow down audio files.
• Improved: Crop can now be applied to images as well.
• Improved: Permute will now detect if an image file has an incorrect path extension and will correctly process such file.
• Fixed: Issues when burning subtitles into the video track.
• Fixed: Issues with embedding HEVC in MOV container.
• Fixed: Issues with 10-bit H.264 video tracks.
• Fixed: Issue with exporting mov_text subtitle track.
• Changed: The option to restrict file size for images now allows up to 50MB in size.

3.9.1

Apr 25, 2022

• New: Crop editor: if all videos in the group have the same resolution, you can apply the crop to all files at once.
• New: Option to include preset name in the output file name.
• Fixed: Issues with adding multiple subtitle files.
• Fixed: Issues with crop.
• Improved: Thumbnail generation in crop and trim editors.
• Improved: GIF Animation preset now has a size restriction option.
• Various other fixes and improvements.

3.9

Apr 12, 2022

• New: Added HAP preset.
• New: DNxHD preset now supports 24 and 25 fps.
• New: When the file gets converted, there's a new option in the Actions menu to prepare the file for a new conversion. This allows you to run the conversion again with the same crop/trim/subtitles setting.
• Improved: Cropping UI has been improved and the thumbnail gets updated even with smaller steps.
• Improved: When trimming, Permute now displays the duration of the video.
• Fixed: GIF Animation can now be cropped.
• Fixed: Issues with image conversions with certain DPI values.
• Fixed: Issues with cropping video while also resizing it.
• Fixed: The popup button with presets is now correctly sorted alphabetically.
• Fixed: Issues with some video files that contained embedded GIF thumbnails.

3.8.9

Mar 24, 2022

• Fixed: Issue when merging files of same resolution and downsizing them.
• Improved: Keyframe interval in H.264 options now allows values starting with 1.
• Improved: Detection of DRM-protected files from QQ Music.
• Improved: Minor other UI improvements and bug fixes.

3.8.8

Mar 3, 2022

• New: File size limitation can now be achieved by compression instead of downscaling for JPEG format.
• Improved: Major speed improvements for limiting file size for images.
• Fixed: Issue where limiting file size for images could result in incorrect aspect ratio.
• Fixed: Issue where changing the destination folder could require Permute to be relaunched in order for the change to take effect.

3.8.7

Feb 27, 2022

• New: 🇺🇦 Option in Preferences > General to show solidarity with Ukraine by placing Ukrainian flag over app's icon.
• Fixed: PDF creation under macOS 10.12.
• Fixed: Issues with converting animated GIF or WebP with alpha layer to MP4.

3.8.6

Feb 21, 2022

• New: Support for a fixed scaling with letter box (i.e. adding letter box around a video).
• New: Support for rotating video 180º.
• Fixed: Issues with PSP preset.
• Fixed: Various other small bug fixes.

3.8.5

Jan 26, 2022

• Fixed: Crash when editing customizations.

3.8.4

Jan 25, 2022

• New: GIF Animation now has a loop count setting.
• Improved: Audio to Video workshop module.
• Improved: PDF to Images workshop module.

3.8.3

Jan 20, 2022

• New: Color replacement workshop module now accepts images as well as videos.
• New: PDF preset and PDF Merge workshop module both allow setting a PDF password.
• New: PDF to Images workshop module allows you to specify preset directly in the workshop window.
• Fixed: Crash on macOS 10.13 and earlier.

3.8.2

Jan 13, 2022

• New: License code activation and deactivation automation possibility. See help for more information.
• New: Automation URLs now allow you to specify custom group via custom_group query parameter.
• Fixed: Issues with HDR videos and iOS-based presets.
• Fixed: Handling animated WebP images with incorrect path extension.
• Fixed: Issues with MP4 files with additional PNG thumbnail video tracks.

3.8.1

Jan 5, 2022

• Fixed: Issue with adding subtitles from an external file.

3.8

Jan 3, 2022

• New: Shortcuts! Shorcuts for everything on macOS 12! Use shortcuts to convert files, merge PDFs, convert PDFs to images, apply filters to PDFs, convert text to speech. If you want more, let us know.
• New: DVD preset - option to use chapters instead of titles.
• New: The option to burn subtitles into the video now supports soft subtitles from the input file.
• Fixed: Issues with image file restriction conversion.
• Fixed: Issues with files that contained a mix of bitmat and textual subtitles.
• Fixed: Issues in the trimming dialog on certain setups.
• Fixed: Issues with certain WMV files.

3.7.9

Dec 17, 2021

• New: GIF Animation preset now includes a framerate option.
• Improved: Metadata editor's reliability with M4A files.
• Improved: All Workshop modules have new icons, unifying the style.
• Improved: In the trimming dialog, you can click on the timeline to move the nearest knob instead of dragging it.
• Improved: In the trimming dialog, thumbnails are now generated on a 1-second basis.
• Improved: In the trimming dialog, you can ⌥-click on the stepper for 0.1 second increments.
• Improved: Responsiveness when starting conversions.

3.7.8

Dec 9, 2021

• New: Added 50fps option to Framerate.
• New: The customization popover can now be dragged to be detached.
• New: Track Export module now supports exporting subtitle tracks.
• Fixed: Issue with trimmed videos that used the GIF Animation preset.
• Fixed: Issue where conversions added from the Workshop wouldn't start automatically.
• Improved: Subtitle detection.

3.7.7

Nov 30, 2021

• New: DNxHD support.
• New: PDF to Images Workshop module now remembers the magnification value and can be set as default handler for PDF files.
• Improved: Audio to Video Workshop module - you can now drop files onto the module and lock the image file.
• Improved: Alpha channel detection in animated GIF files.
• Improved: Conversion to animated GIF format.
• Improved: PDF to images conversion.
• Improved: Automatic file handling by Workshop modules.
• Fixed: An issue where subtitles track would fail to be recognized and wouldn't be copied subsequently.
• Fixed: An issue where conversions from the Workshop wouldn't start automatically.

3.7.6

Nov 24, 2021

• New: Combine an image and an audio track into a video file using the Audio to Video workshop module.
• Fixed: Issue where the aspect ration on the output file could be incorrect.

3.7.5

Nov 16, 2021

• New: Support for HEVC with alpha channel.
• New: You now get option whether to author a DVD disk image or import the contents when dropping VIDEO_TS folder onto Permute.
• New: Option to move subtitles files to Trash after conversion.
• New: Support for DSF image files.
• Improved: Metadata copying for image conversions.

3.7.4

Nov 3, 2021

• New: Support for custom font when burning subtitles into the video.
• New: Automatic subtitles language detection on macOS 10.14 or later.
• New: Option for default subtitles language in case the detection fails. See the help article about subtitles for additional information.
• New: File Cutter module now contains an additional option to add index number to the file name.

3.7.3

Oct 22, 2021

• New: Support for interlaced videos.
• Fixed: SVG to WebP conversion.

3.7.2

Oct 15, 2021

• New: Support for WebP animation files. You can now convert WebP animation to GIF or any other video format.
• New: File Cutter module now supports metadata JSON files from Downie.
• Fixed: When stitching images into a PDF file, the size restriction is no longer ignored.
• Improved: Splitting audio files using CUE/EDL files.

3.7.1

Oct 8, 2021

• Fixed: WebP conversions on Intel-based computers.

3.7

Oct 5, 2021

• New: Permute now runs fully natively on Apple Silicon machines.
• New: WAV now has an option for floating point samples.
• New: Presets for the new Apple devices.
• Improved: Quality of WebP output files.
• Improved: Metadata reliability.
• Fixed: An issue where chapters would be set incorrectly when stitching audio or video files with certain chapter metadata.

3.6.9

Sep 15, 2021

• New: Support for ORF files.
• Improved: Target file size restriction support.
• Improved: OGG audio preset.
• Improved: Custom groups.
• Improved: Workshop window now has a scrollable list of modules.

3.6.8

Sep 2, 2021

• Improved: handling of large amounts of files.

3.6.7

Aug 20, 2021

• New: You can now click on the "Loading..." sign to view which file is currently being processed.
• Fixed: Issues when converting a lot of files could render the UI unresponsive.
• Changed: CUE and EDL module is now File Cutter and supports spliting MKV, MP4, M4B and M4A files by chapters.
• Improved: SVG support.

3.6.6

Jul 21, 2021

• New: Automation of Permute now supports 'remove_original' argument for removing the original file after conversion.
• Fixed: Issues that caused some conversions to use higher bitrate.
• Fixed: Issues with APNG preset.
• Fixed: Issues where the UI would not update correctly.
• Fixed: Crash caused by malformed JPEG files.

3.6.5

Jul 1, 2021

• New: Added support for 96kHz FLAC.
• New: Support for multi-file .cue files.
• Improved: Quality of MP4-based conversion of 1080+p videos.
• Fixed: Issue where sample rate could be changed instead of kept during conversion.

3.6.4

Jun 2, 2021

• New: Support for MXF container.
• New: Option for compression level for FLAC.
• New: Option for keyframe interval for H.264-based presets.
• New: Integrations now support custom destination.

3.6.3

Apr 28, 2021

• New: APNG preset.
• New: Endianness setting for PCM format.
• Improved: Preset settings are now scrollable.
• Improved: When Permute is called as an automation with a callback, the callback is now called under all circumstances and error messages are suppressed.
• Fixed: Issue where PDF to Images module would produce wrong orientation of the page.

3.6.2

Apr 16, 2021

• New: Automation was extended to include callbacks. See Help > Permute Help > Automation for more information.
• Fixed: Issue where MP4 files with HEVC video would not open in QuickTime Player.
• Fixed: Issue where the conversion would fail for files with internal and external subtitles.

3.6.1

Mar 30, 2021

• New: Per-group delayed start - schedule a group of conversions to be started at a certain time.
• New: Support for M3U playlists.
• Fixed: Issues with UTF-8 encoding in metadata editor.
• Fixed: Issues with merging multiple PDF files together.

3.6

Mar 3, 2021

• New: Option convert video files to a target file size.
• New: Custom Groups - define groups with predefined customizations.
• New: Workshop modules can now automatically handle types they support. This means that you can now drop .cue, .edl, .264, .sec onto the main window and they will get processed automatically. You can also set up automatic actions for PDF and TXT files.
• New: Motion JPEG video format support.
• New: Color replacement module.
• Fixed: Issues with custom presets not retaining some settings.

3.5.16

Feb 9, 2021

• New: Custom volume name for DVD ISO file authoring.
• New: WebM preset now allows switching between VP8 and VP9 encoders.
• Other improvements and bug fixes.

3.5.15

Jan 26, 2021

• New: Support for iPhone 12, 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max and 12 mini.
• New: Option to automatically start conversions added from Permute's Workshop.
• New: Support for EPS files.
• Improved: MP4 Web Optimization now maintains subtitle tracks.
• Improved: Text detection (OCR) is now performed natively on Apple Silicon computers.

3.5.14

Jan 6, 2021

• Improved: Subtitle language support and language detection.
• Improved: Various other improvements and bug fixes.

3.5.13

Dec 29, 2020

• New: Support for subtitle language setting.
• New: Support for 8-bit PCM.
• New: PCM-ALAW and PCM-ULAW presets.
• Improved: German and Chinese localizations.
• Improved: macOS 11 Big Sur compatibility.
• Fixed: Colorspace correction while stitching.

3.5.12

Dec 9, 2020

• New: Checks for running out of disk space on the destination volume and warns at several levels of low disk space.
• Improved: macOS 11 Big Sur compatibility.

3.5.11

Nov 26, 2020

• Fixed: Issues with crop.
• Fixed: Issues with custom presets.
• Improved: Big Sur and Apple Silicon compatibility.

3.5.10

Nov 19, 2020

• New: Support for CR2 files.
• New: 96kHz option for AIFF, PCM and WAV.
• Improved: WebM preset.
• Other minor improvements.

3.5.9

Oct 29, 2020

• New: Option to process folders recursively.
• New: Option to preserve subfolder hierarchy.
• New: Channel options for lossless audio formats.
• Fixed: Various issues with creating GIF animations.
• Fixed: Missing chapters when stitching files in certain cases.
• Fixed: Issues with surround sound in certain cases.

3.5.8

Oct 12, 2020

• Bug fixes.

3.5.7

Oct 9, 2020

• Changed: Change: Permute now requires macOS 10.12 or later.
• Improved: GIF encoder's support for video trimming.
• Improved: AAC encoding.
• Improved: FLAC support.
• Improved: Support for files stored on iCloud.
• Improved: Text to Speech module.

3.5.6

Sep 18, 2020

• Bug fixes.

3.5.5

Sep 16, 2020

• New: Custom preset - create a custom preset by selecting a container, video format and audio format.
• Improved: Accessibility of Permute's Workshop.

3.5.4

Sep 3, 2020

• Various improvements and bug fixes.

3.5.3

Aug 25, 2020

• Bug fixes and improvements.

3.5.2

Aug 11, 2020

• Bug fixes.

3.5.1

Aug 3, 2020

• Bug fixes.

3.5

Jul 22, 2020

• New: Import and export entire preset collection.
• New: Crop videos, including automatic letterbox detection.
• New: Trim videos.
• New: Sort files by name within a group using a single click.
• New: Option to resize by percentage.
• New: Option to resize to a fixed size (no aspect ratio).
• New: Support for variadic bitrate for audio files.
• New: Per-group custom bitrate settings (video, max bitrate, audio).
• New: Text encoding conversion module.
• New: Text to speech module (convert text to an audio file).
• New: 'Open With' menu for completed conversions.

3.4.13

Jul 15, 2020

• Bug fixes.

3.4.12

Jun 24, 2020

• New: options for FLAC preset.

3.4.11

Jun 10, 2020

• Bug fixes.

3.4.10

Jun 2, 2020

• Fixed: Size restrictions with scaling up when stitching videos.
• Improved: Files in scanned directories are now sorted by name.
• Improved: Thumbnail loading.

3.4.9

May 19, 2020

• New: New: 23.98 fps option.
• Bug fixes.

3.4.8

May 4, 2020

• Fixed: Issues with 4:4:4 profiles.
• Fixed: Issues with audio files with 10+ channels.
• Improved: CUE file parsing.
• Improved: Support for MJPEG tracks in AVI files.
• Improved: iTunes/Music/TV support on macOS 10.15+.

3.4.7

Apr 16, 2020

• Various bug fixes and improvements.

3.4.6

Mar 26, 2020

• Bug fixes.

3.4.5

Mar 16, 2020

• New: Support for maintaining alpha channel in QT RLE videos.
• Improved: Stitching of audio files.
• Various other improvements.

3.4.4

February 12, 2020

• Bug fixes.

3.4.3

January 29, 2020

• New: Option to keep color space of the video.
• Improved: Handling of multiple audio tracks.

3.4.2

January 14, 2020

• Fixed: an issue with audio track channels with multi-track files.
• Improved: WMV file compatibility.
• Crash fix.

3.4.1

January 7, 2020

• New: Options for burned subtitles - font size, vertical offset.
• New: H.264 video now supports bitrate up to 220 MBit/s.
• New: Support for ARW raw files.

3.4

December 4, 2019

• New: Permute's Workshop module for merging PDF files.
• Improved: Support for color spaces.

3.3.9

November 13, 2019

• Improved: PDF support.
• Improved: ProRes support.
• Improved: CUE file support.
• Improved: EDL file support.
• Improved: Support for files with non-zero first time stamp.

3.3.8

October 8, 2019

• New: Option to add external audio tracks to video files.
• New: Audio Book preset.
• New: Support for EDL files in file cutter module in Permute's Workshop.
• New: Support for NEF files (including support for XMP metadata).
• New: Adding support for 2019 iPhones and iPads.
• New: Option to disable thumbnails.
• Fixed: Preserving creation and modification dates.

3.3.7

October 8, 2019

• New: Multi-preset module for Permute's Workshop - convert a single file using multiple presets.
• Improved: Subtitles support.
• Improved: Conversions of images with soft-rotation.
• Improved: Metadata support.

3.3.5

September 24, 2019

• New: Metadata editor.
• New: Support for HLS manifest generation.
• New: ProRes preset with PCM audio.
• New: Uncompressed AVI preset.
• New: Support for DNG files.
• New: Stitched video files contain a chapter for each of the original files.
• New: Support for offsetting subtitles (`.srt` and `.ass` files only).
• New: WAV now supports 22kHz frequency.
• Various other bug fixes and improvements.

3.3

July 23, 2019

• New: Support for .sec files in the IP Camera H.264 Fix-Up module.
• Improved: Major improvement to the quality of GIF Animation preset.

3.2.9

July 11, 2019

• Various improvements.

3.2.8

July 1, 2019

• Fixed: DVD authoring issues.
• Fixed: Video stitching issues.
• Fixed: iTunes compatibility.

3.2.7

June 20, 2019

• Fixed: Issues with DVD authoring.

3.2.6

June 11, 2019

• Various improvements and bug fixes.

3.2.5

May 28, 2019

• Various bug fixes.

3.2.4

May 22, 2019

• Fixing issues on macOS 10.11 and 10.12.

3.2.3

May 14, 2019

• New: Afrikaans localization.
• Fixed: Issue where AVI files with MJPEG video tracks would be recognized as audio.
• Fixed: Support for automatically clearing finished conversions from the queue.

3.2.2

May 6, 2019

• New: Plex preset.
• New: Support for Turkish OCR.
• New: PDF to images Workshop preset.

3.2.1

Apr 23, 2019

• New: Adding support for additional languages in the Text (OCR) preset - Czech, French, Italian and Spanish.
• New: Android TV preset.

3.2

Apr 15, 2019

• New: Text preset - convert images into text. Currently supports English only. If you are interested in another language, let us know.
• New: Option to preserve modification date of the files.
• Improved: accessibility.

3.1.9

Apr 9, 2019

• Fixed: An issue where a duplicated preset would not maintain its settings.

3.1.8

Apr 1, 2019

• New: Audio files that are a result of a stitch operation now contain chapters for each file.
• New: Use Permute's Workshop to split audio files using .cue sheets.
• Improved: Accessibility.

3.1.7

Mar 26, 2019

• New: Support for the new iPad models.
• New: Presets for a few Android phones. Is your phone model missing from the list? Just drop us a line using the Support button in the bottom-right corner of the main window.

3.1.6

Mar 19, 2019

• New: Adding a JPEG-2000 preset.
• New: Adding a WebP preset.

3.1.5

• Fixed: Issue where Permute would try to copy incompatible subtitles.
• Fixed: Issue where Permute would ignore custom bitrate.
• Fixed: Issue where Permute would ignore size restrictions.

3.1.4

• New: If the source file contains incompatible subtitles that are enabled, Permute displays a warning.
• Fixed: Issue with converting a video file with multiple audio tracks into an audio-only format.
• Fixed: Issue with OGG video files being recognized as audio only.
• Fixed: Issue when videos would not get scaled up.
• Fixed: Issue where AAC and M4A presets would not be bound by the custom bitrate limit.

3.1.3

• New: Permute now keeps all audio tracks instead of forcing just one.
• New: Permute now detects when stitching videos with the same properties and no longer re-encodes these videos.
• New: Option to disable creation of cover art from videos.

3.1.1

Feb 20, 2019

• Fixed: Fixes in HEVC.
• Fixed: Fixes in subtitle handling.
• Other minor bug fixes.

3.1

Feb 13, 2019

• New: Permute's Workshop - a new powerful feature that adds various new features to Permute.
• New: Initial workshop modules include PDF filter application, IP camera H.264 fix-up, MP4 web optimization and video/audio track export.
• Many other minor improvements and bug fixes.

3.0.9

Jan 29, 2019

• New: Option to move original files to Trash.
• New: Option to automatically start conversions from external sources.
• New: Option to disable level-posed size restrictions for H.264.
• Improved: SVG support.
• Fixed: Issues with Ogg audio preset.

3.0.8

Jan 16, 2019

• New: You can set custom destination for a group.
• New: If you haven't set a fixed destination folder, the open dialog now includes a checkbox option to apply the destination to the entire group.
• New: Ability to duplicate a preset.
• New: Support for .ass subtitles.
• Fixed: Resolution issues for videos rotated by 270 degrees.
• Fixed: HEIF preset now correctly copies image metadata.

3.0.7

Jan 8, 2019

• New: Support for HEIF image format.
• New: Open panel now allows you to specify the target group.

3.0.5

Dec 31, 2018

• Various minor bug fixes and improvements.

3.0.4

Dec 17, 2018

• Various minor bug fixes and improvements.

3.0.3

Dec 13, 2018

• New: Presets for iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPad 11''.
• New: Option to reduce transparency.
• New: Support for WebP images.
• New: Support for SVG images.
• New: Touch Bar support.
• Improved: Handling of read-only destinations.
• Fixed: Adding artwork to converted audio files.
• Fixed: Conversion of videos using unusual color space.
• Fixed: Disabling embedded subtitles.

3.0.2

Dec 10, 2018

• New: Option to set name for the stitched file.
• New: The progress bar's color is now adjusted based on the preview image's color.
• New: Arabic localization.
• Fixed: The progress is now correctly displayed on the Dock icon.
• Fixed: UI issues on some systems.
• Fixed: Issues with Apple Lossless preset.
• Fixed: Permute not downsizing files according to settings.
• Fixed: Issues when copying and adding subtitles.

3.0.1

Dec 5, 2018

• New: Support for byte order marks in .srt files.
• New: Adding a system-wide service for adding files to Permute.
• New: Option to disable copying compatible tracks.
• Improved: Detecing of tracks that can be copied over.
• Improved: HEVC support.
• Improved: Reporting of errors when processing files.
• Improved: CPU and memory usage when restricting large image files by target file size.
• Fixed: Issue with adding multiple subtitle files to a video.
• Fixed: iPhone ringtone preset.

What's New in Permute 3.0?

Dec 3, 2018

• Completely Rewritten – Permute 3 was started from scratch - completely new project, everything written from the ground up again.
• UI Redesign – the UI has been redesigned from the ground up. It’s faster, more fluent and visually pleasing.
• Dark Mode – Permute now works 100% with the dark mode, even adjusting its Dock icon based on your macOS theme.
• Image Stitching – Stitch images together into a PDF.
• HEVC (H.265) Hardware Acceleration – HEVC (H.265) video encoding now supports hardware acceleration, resulting in conversions more than twice as fast.
• Scheduled Conversions - Schedule delayed conversion start.
• Groups – Put files into groups and set different settings for different groups.
• Customizations – Customize settings on a per-group basis without modifying the preset.
• Multiple Subtitles – Add or copy multiple subtitle tracks from the source file.