PrivacyScan Release Notes

Version 1.9.4 - March 23, 2018

  • Fixed a bug where PrivacyScan cleaning could hang when using the Secure Shredding option under macOS 10.13 (High Sierra)
  • Fixed a bug where Finder Recent Items, QuickTime Recent Items, and Preview Recent Items weren't being cleaned correctly under macOS 10.13 (High Sierra)
  • Fixed a bug where Firefox Webpage Icons weren't being fully cleaned in certain situations
  • Fixed a bug where Firefox Last Session Information wasn’t being fully cleaned in certain situations
  • User interface updates and improvements

Version 1.9.3 - March 31, 2017

  • Fixed a bug where Chrome Browsing History wasn’t being fully cleaned in certain situations
  • Fixed a bug where Chrome Sync Alert would continue to appear even if sync had already been disabled
  • User interface updates and improvements

Version 1.9.2 - March 16, 2017

  • Fixed a bug where some items were not being cleaned correctly in Safari 10
  • Fixed a bug where Firefox Download History wasn’t being fully cleaned in certain situations
  • Fixed a bug where apps could appear twice in the list for cleaning
  • User interface updates and improvements

Version 1.9 - September 26, 2016

  • Fixed a bug with cleaning in secure shredding mode on macOS 10.12 (Sierra)

Version 1.8.0 - October 6, 2015

  • Fixed a bug where the final cleaning results screen was not appearing correctly on OS X 10.11 (El Capitan)

Version 1.7.0 - October 27, 2014

  • Fixed a bug where some items were not being cleaned correctly in Safari 8
  • Fixed a bug where Firefox cache items were not being cleaned in certain situations
  • Fixed a bug where the shredding animation was not appearing correctly on OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)

Version 1.6.0 - September 8, 2014

  • Fixed a bug where Firefox items were not appearing in scan results in certain situations
  • Improved compatibility with future OS X releases

Version 1.5.0 - January 10, 2014

  • PrivacyScan supports cleaning for open windows in supported apps
  • PrivacyScan now alerts users about potential cleaning problems when Chrome Sync is enabled
  • User interface updates and improvements

Version 1.4.0 - November 12, 2013

  • Fixed a bug where some information for Finder, Preview, QuickTime, and Safari was left behind after cleaning in OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)

Version 1.3.0 - July 25, 2013

  • Fixed a bug where some Download History information for Chrome was left behind after cleaning
  • PrivacyScan now correctly supports cleaning for Opera 15 (Chromium Engine)
  • PrivacyScan now correctly supports cleaning for Archived Browsing History for Chrome
  • User interface updates and improvements

Version 1.2.0 - June 27, 2013

  • Fixed a bug where Chrome Extensions settings were being reset when Chrome Web Storage/DOM Storage was selected for cleaning
  • PrivacyScan now correctly supports cleaning for Chrome-specific Flash Cookies
  • Fixed a bug where Finder recent items and folders were not being cleaned correctly in some cases
  • Fixed a bug where Web Storage/DOM Storage cleaning didn't run correctly for some versions of Opera
  • Fixed a bug where QuickTime recent items were not being cleaned correctly for some versions of QuickTime Player X
  • PrivacyScan now correctly supports cleaning for QuickTime Caches
  • PrivacyScan now correctly supports cleaning for QuickTime Download Quarantine History
  • PrivacyScan now correctly supports cleaning for SeaMonkey Typed History
  • User interface updates and improvements