Fixed: Editing metadata of MP3 files. Fixed: An issue where trimming file could have resulted in the full file anyway. Improved: iPhone Ringtone preset now doesn't ignore the trimming functionality. Improved: HDR handling.

Fixed: An issue where AIFF files might not have cover image. Improved: Disk space checking performance. Improved: Various minor improvements.

Fixed: Subtitle support for AV1 preset. Improved: Using the Copy option for audio quality on MP4 preset will now also successfully copy TrueHD, E-AC-3 and AC-3 audio tracks.

New: Shortcuts now include a Crop option so that you can automate any cropping that you may need to do. Fixed: A crash that could occurr when opening the crop editor. Fixed: An issue where Permute could not convert some files with HEVC video tracks. Fixed: An issue with HEIC images and the Audio to Video workshop module. Fixed: UI issue in File Cutter workshop module on macOS 26.

Improved: macOS 26 compatibility. Fixed: An issue where P3 color space might not have been preserved. Fixed: Issues converting videos into H.264 using certain color spaces. Fixed: Issue where some metadata might not have been preserved.

Fixed: Crash in certain cases when converting larger images. Changed: Permute no longer displays point size of images, but pixel sizes.

Improved: Minor improvements and bug fixes.

New: Option to put computer to sleep when done. New: Permute can now replace the original file in case the conversion takes place in the same folder and results in the same name.

Fixed: An issue where HEVC in MOV container would not be playable in QuickTime Player.

Various minor fixes and improvements.

New: Support for encoding JPEG XL files (Apple Silicon only). Fixed: Issue where AIFF preset may not have copied metadata. Fixed: Issue where AAC audio would not get copied over. Fixed: Issue where AV1 conversions could have failed. Changed: Some MP4/iPhone/iPad conversions now use different parameters.

New: Permute can now create AVIF Animation files. New: FLAC preset now supports 32-bit samples. Improved: Metadata handling when stitching files together. Fixed: Issues where AV1 conversions could fail.

Fixed: An issue that would prevent HEVC conversion of video with subtitles while using MOV container. Changed: HEVC preset now defaults to MP4 container instead of MOV.

Improved: Performance of HEVC conversions on Apple Silicon devices.

Fixed: An issue where overriding bitrate/max bitrate in the group customizations would not work properly. Fixed: An issue where unsupported hardware acceleration features would be used on some M1 computers.

New: H.264 (MP4, ...) and H.265 (HEVC) conversions on macOS 13 running on Apple Silicon now use CQ (Constant Quality) instead of bitrate by default, resulting in much smaller files while maintaining the same quality. New: Permute can now encode AVIF images. Improved: Handling of large images (over 50,000 pixels in either dimension). Fixed: Issue with VVC conversions.

New: Support for SFW image format. Fixed: Quality of upscaled SVG images. Fixed: Issue where Permute could produce MP4 file not playable on AppleTV. Fixed: Crash when burning embedded subtitles. Fixed: Issues with encoding GIF Animation from video files with video track being listed after audio.

Fixed: Issues with crop and GIF Animation. Fixed: Issue where Permute would unnecessarily override subtitles font style. Fixed: Issues with converting MJPEG video tracks into H.264 or H.265. New: Support for VVC video format. Improved: Detection of corrupted MP3 streams in AVI files. Fixed: Issue where Permute's Workshop module would automatically handle files even when disabled. Fixed: Dock progress bar on macOS 15 or later.

Fixed: GIF Animation conversion failing when resizing the video. Improved: Color handling. Improved: Automatic video track selection.

Fixed: An issue where conversion of a file with multiple video tracks into GIF Animation would always use the first track. Fixed: An issue with GIF Animation conversions that involved cropping. Fixed: An issue where trimming a video file with embedded subtitles would result in the subtitles being lost. New: Support for PSB images. Improved: Automatic video track selection for files with multiple video tracks.

Fixed: Issue with GIF Animation conversions while also trimming the video.

New: Support for SAMI (.smi) subtitle files. Fixed: An issue where incorrect custom quality settings could be displayed.

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.

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.

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.