Added a Metronome Utility Panel
Enhanced the Metadata Database Manager and added a reset the database feature.
Added warning alerts for Group, Copy, Move, Alias and Move to Trash.
Renamed the menu item "Group In New Folder" to "New Folder with Selection (n Items)" to match the new feature in OSX Lion.
Bug fix when using Power Rename in combination with selecting Tags from the Sidebar.
Bug fix the preference "Scan/Import Sidebar items require double clicks" was broken.
Other bug fixes.

Re-enabled the column headers that mysteriously vannished.
Fix for files with multi-byte characters like Kanji.
Other bug fixes.

Added new Tag based browser.
Added a "Clear" button to the Tags editor.
Added a "Append" option to the Tags editor for multiple selections.
Moved the Star Rating control to the Tags editor panel where it doesn't require saving.
Bug fix for path control when Bookmarks are selected in the Sidebar.
Fixed list refresh bug when changing tags.
Other bug fixes.

Added new tagging panel to make setting tags on sounds quicker and easier.
Bug fix reading certain AIFC files.
Other bug fixes.

A collection of fixes to make AudioFinder on Lion smoother.
Bug Fixed a potential freeze after a scan or import on Lion.
Lion double clicking Sidebar bug Fixed.
Switched to GCD for threads for better performance.
Renamed saved "Libraries" to "Lists" to avoid confusion with everything else called Library.
Behavior change, if the Preference "Allow unlimited Miniview files" is enabled Audio will keep these files in a non-system purgable location instead of the default Caches folder.

Improved 64 bit stability.
Fixed memory leak.
Other bug fixes.

Fixed a crasher when playing back files on certain systems.
Improved 64 bit stability.
Better caching memory management.
Other bug fixes.

Added a new path control for quick jumping.
Added search term "bread crumbs" for tracking refinement of search terms.
Added "Refine" button to the Metadata Database Search and Spotlight Search.
Added a crash reporting feature.
Bug Fix: Renaming a folder in the list view didn't update folder column browser.
Bug Fix: Varispeed menu was disabled for some mp3 files.
Bug Fix: 64 bit only crash when trying to play .ogg files.
Bug Fix: some menu items were disabled.
Other bug fixes.

- 32/64 Bit Native
- Updated every aspect of AudioFinder to use the latest frameworks and API's.
- Other bug fixes.

Bug fix: Converting Apple Lossless to AIFF produced no file.
Other bug fixes.

- Added a Spot to DAW button to the Audio Quick Look
- Changed the AudioUnit menu icon in the Audio Quick Look.
- Fixed an edge case issuing when spotting to ProTools a single .L or .R file.
- Bug fix for the playback engine on SSD's.
- Other bug fixes.

• More stablization of the new audio engine and quicker responsiveness.
• Improved crash handling for damaged audio files.
• Bug fix when playing back audio files greater than 96K sample rate.
• Other bug fixes.

• Fixed an intermittent hang during playback.
• Fixed a crash with some Audio Units.
• Fixed a crash with missing files in a saved library.
• Fixed an issue with transparent sheets.
• Other bug fixes.

• All new playback engine with multichannel support.
• Improved Audio Quick Look with multichannel support.
• Added new "Relocate" feature to the Metadata Database Manager.
• Bug fix when converting more than 1000 files to mp3.
• Renamed "Bookmarks" to "Favorites"
• Added "Reveal Application Support Folder" to the Options menu.
• Other bug fixes.

Changes in version 5.2.2
* Bug fix where some column data could contain stale info.
* Other bug fixes.

Changes in version 5.2.1
* Bug fix for renaming a folder which could result in AF misplacing the Metadata for the files within.
* Bug fix when using the Decoding cache with WAV as the default file format.
* Made the minimum screen height slightly smaller for people on 13" screens.
* Other bug fixes.

* User interface redesign. Added new unified Metadata View/Edit Sidebar and several other workflow improvements.
* Metadata Edit's "Guess" key now works for multi-selections.
* New waveform rendering style.
* Added Miniview/List view Toolbar toggling button.
* All new Sample Extractor HD now works with 16, 24 and 32 bit files.
* Updated the Shortcuts Help Panel to reflect the latest.
* Added a new user preference to opt into showing Audio Unit plug-ins and presets in the Sidebar (off by default)"
* Added a new user preference to make WAV the default output format.
* Fixed memory leak in the Sample Tool.
* Fixed column truncation mode in the sound list. Will now show trailing "..." where applicable.
* Spot to ProTools bug fix when two dual mono files are selected.
* Added "Export Selection to Logic" to the Sample Tool.
* Other bug fixes.

* Quick update to fix Control-Drag in the Audio Quick Look when creating clips. In version 5.1.2 adding the context menu to the Audio Quick Look view broke creating clips. This updates reverts that change. Use the Action button instead for accessing the context menu.
* Fixed a Sample Tool crasher when inserting space at location 0.
* Other bug fixes.

* Added new "Find Duplicates" Sidebar item. When invoked it will scan the location selected for duplicates and show them in the main list.
* Made the Audio Quick Look view sizeable inside the main window by adding a pane splitter.
* Switched to a standard customizable toolbar.
* Added Quick Look icon to the toolbar. Will collapse and open the view, or bring it forward when detached.
* Changed the Detach Audio Quick Look keyboard shortcut to Command-/ to avoid confusion with Command-F for Find.
* Change the keyboard shortcut for Toggling the Metadata Viewer panel to Command-Option-I.
* Added menu item for feature not often discovered by users. File->Remove Selection From List. Unlike "Move to Trash" this just removes the items from the list.
* Fixed bug when dragging from one Library to another where the list would refresh each time.
* Added context menu to Audio Quick Look waveform view.
* Bug fix, the Top button in the main window was broken.
* Bug fix for reading embedded metadata from a file with improper chunk sizes.
* Bug fix, hitting return in the Search Field sometimes could trigger the Play button (return key shortcut).
* Bug fix, when searching the Metadata Database the results were not being added to the Recents Sidebar item.
* Other bug fixes.

* Required Update! All users of versions 5.0 - 5.0.6 should install this update. It fixes a case where your Metadata Database could be cross-linked during a auto-relink.
* More column options in the sound list view, see the new "View Options..." panel.
* Added 20 User Customizable Metadata Database fields.
* Added "Last Play Date" and "Play Count" Metadata Database fields.
* Added "Find Duplicates" feature to the Advanced Search Panel. This feature finds all duplicate sound files in the Metadata Database.
* Made fields in the Advanced Search Panel default to "Contains" where applicable.
* Set the Advanced Search Panel to be case insensitive. Previous versions were case sensitive.
* Added "Hold" feature in the AudioViewer when in Finder Selection Mode.
* Improved formatting of the Metadata Viewer Info view.
* Change the way the "Main Library appears in the Sidebar. Now it appears as a regular item.
* Fixed a Metadata Database sound audio ID bug with sounds under 2K.
* AudioFinder is now signed so using SoundCloud won't ask to reauthorize the Keychain item after future updates.
* Sample Tool "Normalize -3dB" was actually normalizing to 0dB.
* Bug fix: the Reload button in the main window was jumping back to the orignal starting folder instead of reloading the current folder.
* Renamed the AudioView to Audio Quick Look to try and keep the sample nomenclature as the OS.
* Other bug fixes.

* Added Support for Spotting sounds to the cursor in Apple Logic 9 or newer.
* Sample Tools now accept MIDI input for playing back at variable pitches/speeds. This is automatically enabled when a Sample Tool is frontmost window.
* Added import of "Hollywood Edge" sound library ".tab" files in the Metadata Database Manager.
* Bug fix with Metadata Editor Templates. If a Template was applied to a sound already in the database the path could be reset to be AFMetadataStoreTemplate.
* Metadata Database Viewer Templates have a new format, any old ones in use will need to be updated.
* Fixed the Escape Key to end editing of renaming operation in the list view.
* Bug fix - sometimes after renaming a file the keyboard shortcuts could stop working.
* Bug fix AudioViewer shortcuts when detached (free mode).
* Fixed a bug in the Folder Column Browser that only effected Leopard.
* Other bug fixes.

* Added support for uploading directly to SoundCloud from AudioFinder's browser.
* Added support for accepting drag and drops from iTunes.
* New threaded file AudioViewer waveform analyzer. Allows for instant abort and skip.
* Smoother more responsive playback start when switching long tracks.
* Added prefence to set the Playlist playback pause time.
* Added Show Playback Cursor location option to the Locations popup in the Sample Tool.
* When browsing the file system the list view now shows all folders at the top instead of interleaved.
* Bug fix when attempting to write Metadata to a missing file, AudioFinder will now present a warning dialog when a file has been renamed, moved or deleted outside of AudioFinder.
* Code prep for 64 bit optimzations.
* Other bug fixes.