FATX360 v1.4 - Major Update

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FATX360 v1.4 - Major Update

New Features

• Added real-time operation logging with timestamps
  • Collapsible log window with adjustable height
  • Clear log button for convenience
  • Persistent log between operations
• Smart parallelization using thread pools
  • Automatically scales to 75% of available CPU cores
  • Minimum of 2 threads to ensure parallel processing
  • Thread-safe UI updates and progress tracking
• Dynamic subfolder depth detection
  • Automatically detects maximum depth of source directory
  • Updates slider limits based on actual directory structure
  • Caps at 99 levels to prevent excessive scanning
• Operation mode selection
  • Copy mode: Creates RENAMED directory for safe operation
  • In-place mode: Directly modifies files with confirmation
• Improved FATX compatibility checking
  • Only renames files/folders that violate FATX standards
  • Preserves beginning of directory names, end of filenames
  • Maintains spaces in names while removing other invalid characters

Improvements

• Better Tkinter dependency handling
  • Platform-specific installation instructions
  • Clear guidance for macOS, Linux, and Windows users
• Hidden file handling
  • Ignores ._ files and other hidden files/folders
  • Prevents processing of system/metadata files
• Enhanced error handling
  • Thread-safe error reporting
  • Specific error messages for different failure types
• UI Enhancements
  • Resizable log window
  • Clearer operation mode selection
  • Real-time progress tracking
  • Improved cancel operation handling

Technical Improvements

• Thread-safe UI updates using master.after()
• Proper cleanup of thread pools on cancellation
• More efficient directory walking
• Better memory management for large operations