February 2023 (Version 1.28.0, building 20230214.5. Mac arm64 build 20230214.4)
Welcome to Storage Explorer version 1.28.0. A detailed list of all issues closed for this release can be found here. Continue reading below for information on major changes.
macOS ARM64 Preview
Storage Explorer for macOS ARM64 (Apple silicon) is now available for preview. All binaries and executables other than AzCopy now natively target ARM64. This greatly reduces the amount of emulation used to run Storage Explorer, and should lead to better performance and battery life.
We encourage those on Apple silicon Macs to try the preview and share your feedback. We will be working towards the GA of Storage Explorer for macOS ARM64 in the near future, and all feedback helps towards this goal. You can download the preview here.
New Electron Version & Windows 7/8/8.1 Support
Storage Explorer is now using Electron 22. This version of Electron brings various improvements and bug fixes. This change also means that this will be the last version of Storage Explorer to support Windows 7/8/8.1. This is aligned with the end of support for Windows 7 ESU, and Windows 8.1 extended support, on January 10th, 2023.
Text Preview Improvements
Additional content-types have been added to the built in list of content-types which can be text previewed. These include:
text/xmlapplication/xmlapplication/json
As with previous versions of Storage Explorer, if text preview is not enabled for a file you wish to preview, you can go to Settings > Services > Storage Accounts > Text preview extensions, and add the file's extension to the list.
Text preview also now supports previewing files of any size. However, only the first 10MB of the file will be previewed. When this happens, a status bar message will appear at the top of the preview tab to inform you that the file was too large to preview in its entirety.
If you wish to preview the entire file, you can download it and then open it in your default text editor.
Finally, you can also now use Ctrl/Cmd+F to search for text during text preview.
SAS Expiration Warnings
When viewing data which is authenticated with a SAS token, Storage Explorer will now warn you if the SAS token is about to expire. The warning will appear at the top of the data explorer.
Additionally, when the SAS token does expire, a message informing you that it has expired will be displayed.
Trust File Extension During Open
Storage Explorer allows you to quickly download blobs and files and then open them in their default application via double-click or the context menu. However, Storage Explorer only trusts a certain set of file extensions by default, and when trying to open a file with an un-trusted extension, Storage Explorer asks you to confirm that you want to open it. While there is a setting to add additional file extensions to the trusted list, this can be tedious. To make trusting file extensions easier, there is now a checkbox in the confirmation dialog that will add the file extension to the trusted list for you.
Auto Delete AzCopy Logs
There is now a setting to automatically delete AzCopy logs for transfers which were successful. Successful transfers are transfers which have no failed or skipped items. The logs will be immediately deleted once the transfer has finished. This setting can be found in Settings > Transfers > AzCopy > Auto Delete Successful Transfer Logs.
Copy Between Blob Containers and File Shares
You can now copy blobs from a blob container to a file share and vice versa. Note that due to the differences between blobs and file shares, some properties will be lost when performing cross-service copies. For example, blob tags will not be preserved when copying blobs to a file share, and SMB information will not be preserved when copying files to a blob container.
Filter by Prefix in ADLS Gen2 Blob Containers
You can now filter by prefix in your ADLS Gen2 blob containers. The filter by prefix text box can be found next to the address bar.
Sub-Directory Prefix Search in File Shares
When filtering by prefix in a file share, you can now include /s in the prefix. The inclusion of one or more /s in the prefix will result in filtering the sub-directory specified by the portion of prefix prior to the last /, by only files and folders whose name start with the portion of prefix after the last /.
Multi Blob Download When Filtering by Tags
When filtering blobs by tags you can now download multiple blobs at once. Simply select the blobs you wish to download, and then click on Download in either the context menu or toolbar of the blob container data explorer.
Copy Tables with Azure AD Credentials
You can now copy and paste tables exclusively with Azure AD credentials. Previously, you could only copy and paste tables if you had a SAS token or account keys.
Preserving of Blob Tags During Clone
Storage Explorer now preserves blob tags when cloning blobs. To clone a blob, select the blob and then click on Clone in either the context menu or toolbar of the blob container data explorer.
Lease Operations on ADLS Gen2 Folders
You can now lease and break leases on ADLS Gen2 folders. To lease or break a lease on a folder, select the folder and then click on Acquire Lease or Break Lease in either the context menu or toolbar of the blob container data explorer.
ADLS Gen2 Soft Delete Feature Flag Removed
Now that soft delete has reached GA for ADLS Gen2 blob containers, the ADLS Gen2 soft delete feature flag has been removed from settings. All soft delete related features are available by default for ADLS Gen2 blob containers.