Release Notes — Symbiote

Version 2.1 Latest July 2026

Add from Preset. A new gallery of common places people move to an external drive — Applications, Photos Library, Downloads, Documents, Music, Movies, plus creative targets like Native Instruments, audio libraries, and Obsidian attachments. Pick one and Symbiote pre-fills the destination for you; just choose the folder on your drive.
Custom pair icons. Give any folder pair its own icon and color so your list is easy to scan at a glance.
Cleaner pairs list. Refined status indicators, a tidier card layout, and a smoother renaming experience.
Various polish and small fixes.

Version 2.0 June 30, 2026

Multiple folder pairs. Link several source folders to different destinations — apps, photos, games — each enabled and monitored independently.
Menu-bar app. A redesigned interface with per-pair status indicators and live link counts, Sync Now, and a global Pause / Resume.
Automatic reconnect. Symbiote resumes monitoring and re-syncs on its own when an external drive is plugged back in.
Launch at login and other preferences for a quieter, set-and-forget experience.

Version 1.0 2024

The original Symbiote — automatically mirror a source folder's contents into a destination as symbolic links, so your files can live on an external drive while still appearing where macOS expects them.