Little by little, the number of applications that have dark mode is completed and by the way, the developers take the opportunity to update the application in depth. This is the case of Handbrake, the famous video format converter that reaches the version 1.2 with a revamped app.
We find this renewal in the use of all the resources that Apple puts to help video conversion, to optimize the process and consume fewer resources or the task is done in less time. But at the same time, we will find more news in this free application that has been on the market for a long time.
We also find support for the touch Bar MacBook Pro. From the Apple touch bar we can activate the start and control the conversion progress, preview the video, add a file to the queue or show the information window. In addition, another of the most representative novelties is the option of dark mode. In the application we should not make any changes, it will have the same color as the one selected in the macOS Mojave preferences.
Regarding the conversion of videos, HandBrake changes completely, adapting to Apple's architecture, taking advantage of the novelties of Metal 2 and the new Hardware. This is based on the T2 chip and the generations of Macs that we have seen throughout 2018. Developers are now using the FFmpeg libraries instead of Libav, in order to be able to handle more formats. In any case, it is the first version in the framework of VideoToolBox From Apple, therefore, performance improvements are expected in the next versions, after debugging the application.
At the same time, the notifications which to date was Growl, now it is the same for macOS. These are only the most representative news, but we have a long list of new features of version 1.2 that we can Download on the developer's website.