Changelog

Polish release. Refreshed every destination preset against the latest platform specs and added a few new ones (X Premium, Telegram Premium, Discord Nitro Basic, Facebook Reels, LinkedIn Vertical).

• FixedDestination presets refreshed against current 2026 platform specs and internal encoder bug fixes.
• AddedNew destinations: X Premium, Telegram Premium, Discord Nitro Basic, Facebook Reels, LinkedIn Vertical.

Squash launches today. A native macOS video compressor that picks codecs, bitrates, and resolutions for you based on where the video is going. No settings to fiddle with — just drop a file, pick a destination, and ship it.

• Added30+ destination presets across YouTube, YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Instagram Reels and Feed, Facebook, Bluesky, X, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram, Email, Slack, Discord, Discord Nitro, and Microsoft Teams — each tuned to the platform's actual size, duration, and codec limits.
• AddedHardware-accelerated encoding on Apple Silicon via VideoToolbox, with software fallback for codecs the chip doesn't accelerate.
• AddedSmart frame-accurate trimming with scrub-anywhere preview.
• AddedRotate, flip, and crop transforms with live thumbnails.
• AddedDrag-and-drop file loading with batch processing across multiple destinations at once.
• AddedFree tier with the full feature set, capped at 60 seconds of output and a 3-second branded end card.
• AddedPro tier — $29 one-time, no subscription — removes both the duration cap and the end card. Buy once, own forever, lifetime updates.
• AddedIn-app auto-updater that polls for new releases hourly and verifies every download with SHA-256 before touching disk.
• AddedManual "Check for Updates..." item in the Squash menu.
• AddedLicense activation, deactivation, and validation through Polar (handles VAT and global tax compliance as Merchant of Record).
• AddedJob history that survives across launches, with one-click re-export and previous output detection.