MacJournal 7.0.3b2

This fixes some issues with with Navigation modes, like Tags. There's also a new preference to disable listening for syncing with iOS devices if you want to avoid opening a potential connection on your Mac. There are also some more changes to make auto-saving more reliable, as well as a second backup file for saved entry text as it is saved. The last 20 non-encrypted entries will be saved in an additional backup.

Download it here.

MacJournal 7.0.3b1

<a href="https://danschimpf.com/macjournal/MacJournal_7.0.3b1.zip">Get it here</a>.

This is a small bug-fix release for 7.0.2. There is a change to how the UI is set when changing selection to reuse fewer parts of the UI to try and resolve an issue where auto-save stops working. Please try this release and let me know if you run into issues with saving.

There are also fixes for Batch Change, Focused Editing, and the items in the default toolbar (the Quick Look item is replaced with the Sidebar item).

MacJournal 7.0.1

MacJournal 7.0.1 has been released! This is mostly a bug fix release but has a few small improvements, such as new toolbar items for styles, a new column in the Entries list for links, and an easier way to get to the Export All menu item. It also should fix a bug with displaying your entry text at zoom levels over 100%. There is also a new Danish localization!

I plan to make releases like this more frequent in the future to avoid critical fixes building up so expect more releases soon!

Download it here.

MacJournal 7.0.1b5

I debated making this the final release but decided to do one more beta before shipping the final release in a week, hopefully with no changes. This beta fixes issues with Focused Editing, the unlock sheet showing up again right after unlocking, text separators, some issues dragging entries, a VoiceOver change, an issue opening MacJournal links, and an issue with the resulting filename after exporting entries. This release also adds a new help article about tags. I hope to keep adding help articles over time so please let me know if there's a topic that you think should have one.

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Status Update

There hasn't been a lot going on in this space for a little while unfortunately and the reason is that I've been sick for several weeks now. It's nothing serious, but I likely had the flu and it's been keeping me down since mid-December. I haven't been able to respond to any email or get the 7.0.1 release out as I had planned. However, I'm feeling better now and I'm going to try and catch up with what I missed. My apologies if I missed your email while I was away and I will try to get to everything in time. I'm also going to try and get the release out this month; it should be largely done. I hope you all had a good New Year and here's to a healthier 2020!

MacJournal 7.0.1b4

This beta should hopefully be the last before the final release. It has fixes for some random crashes, times when the Sidebar would be empty, the behavior of then "Numbers" list style, some undo behavior, and some fixes for "Expand Selected Journal" preference. Please let me know of any issues using the Report an Issue menu item in the Help menu.

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MacJournal 7.0.1b3

Hi all, this is the third beta for 7.0.1. My aim is to get this release out during September so this will be one of the last beta. It is also the first release that is "notarized" by Apple so it will avoid any warnings on the to-be-released macOS Catalina release. There are also bug fixes for entries in tab, converting a rich entry to plain text, searching entries in encrypted journals, the contextual menu for journals, hiding the Entries List, and the "New Entry from Web Page" menu item. The "Export All" menu item is also exposed by default now (it used to require the Option key). Please try it out and let me know of any issues using the Help menus "Report" menu item.

Download it here.

MacJournal 7.0.1b2

This beta has fixes for remembering some appearance settings like whether or not the Info bar is visible, a crash resizing the window, the None item in the Main Document list picker, locked journals showing a useless "0" in the sidebar, creating new entries in a non-hierarchical navigation mode, exporting PDFs, creating a new tag in the Change Tags sheet, and a crash when exporting. Please try it out and let me know of any issues you run into using the Report a Bug menu item in the Help menu.

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MacJournal 7.0.1b1

7.0.1 is a small release to fix a few bugs found in version 7.0 (released on https://danschimpf.com/ a little while ago). This beta fixes an issue with blog configuration UI, blog categories UI, dark mode, iOS syncing, and a preferences crash. The biggest change is with text zoom. There was a change in beta 3 of 7.0 to try and fix a Mojave compatibility issue that unfortunately broke line wrapping. This beta should try to fix the line wrapping without also breaking compatibility. Please try it out (especially on Mojave) and let me know if it does not work for you.

Get it here.

MacJournal 7.0b3

This beta fixes a hang with empty files, the appearance of alias entries, the Tags item in the Info bar, and a few smaller behavioral bugs. Please let me know of any issues using the Help menu's Report menu item.

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MacJournal 7.0b2

This beta fixes an issue with the Clean Up, re-added entry counts for smart journals in the sidebar, and fixed a focused editing issue. Text Zoom works differently here where you'll get a horizontal scroll bar when using it in certain cases, but this should hopefully fix text issues that people on Mojave have experienced. Also, the Picasa support has been removed as Google has turned that off on their end.

Download it here.

MacJournal 7.0b1

MacJournal 7 is a brand new version of MacJournal with lots of new features. I'll have more to say about this release soon but this is the first pre-release for testing. Some of the new features include a brand new map view for looking at entries, updated timeline, improved backups, improvements to the tabs, added outline entries, improvements to searching and blogging, improved separate editing windows, additional metadata for entries like duration, performance and user interface improvements (including Mojave Dark Mode). This release requires macOS 10.13. Please give it a try and use the "Report a Bug" menu item in the Help menu if you have an issue.

Download it here.

MacJournal 6.2

MacJournal 6.2 is out and you can get it from the Check for Updates menu item or download it here. Since 6.1.7, there are several bug fixes and a change to avoid indexing entries in the trash for the system Spotlight search. Please update now and let me know of any issues you might have by using the Report a Bug item in the Help menu.

MacJournal 6.1.7

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As you may have seen in your automatic update window, MacJournal 6.1.7 has been released. You can also get it from the link above. Thanks for trying out MacJournal!

MacJournal 6.1.7b9

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This is a small update that fixes a bug with encrypted journals on Dropbox and another potential crash. I'm hoping to get the final release out soon with no further changes.

MacJournal 6.1.7b8

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This beta fixes some issues downloading posts from Blogger. It also adds a short delay before locking journals after switching apps in case you switched by accident. It improves handling of the new dark menu bar in recent OS X releases and improved a situation where a default font was lost when editing the journal template for the first time. Please let me know of any issues by using the Help menu's Report an Issue item. Thanks!

MacJournal 6.1.7b7

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This is the first release built on the new El Capitan operating system. It fixes an issue with video entries on El Capitan along with one about creating an entry from a web site on any OS. Please let me know of any problems you see (especially on El Capitan) using the Report a Bug menu item in the Help menu. Thanks!

(Updated to point to 6.1.7b7, which fixes a crash on launch on OS X 10.10)

MacJournal 6.1.7b5

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This adds the ability to send images to WordPress.com and fixes a few rare crashes. It also changes syncing with iOS devices to send deleted entries from the other side to the trash instead of deleting outright as a safety mechanism.

MacJournal 6.1.7b4

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This beta has some fixes for blogging with Blogger and WordPress.com. Please let me know of any problems as this will probably be pretty close to the final release.

Thanks for trying this beta!

MacJournal 6.1.7b3

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This beta alters how you log in to WordPress.com to be more compatible with 2-factor authentication. It should work better for blogs there; other custom WordPress installations are not affected. Please report any issues you have via the Report item in the Help menu. Thanks for trying this beta!

MacJournal 6.1.7b2

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This beta fixes an issue logging into certain Google accounts, improves linking with entries in smart journals, and fixes a rare edge case with journal encryption. Please let me know of any issues by using the Report menu item in the Help menu. Thanks!

MacJournal 6.1.7b1

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6.1.7 is a small followup release to 6.1.6, which came out about a week ago. Some users were seeing issues where entries and journals would duplicate themselves while using MacJournal. This apparently was due to how MacJournal reacts to the system it is running on telling it that its data changed outside of MacJournal. This release tries to address this in a few different way. First, it improves the strategy used to merge the data from disk to eliminate cases where it might duplicate something. The second is to stop paying attention to these messages from the system in cases where it doesn't make much sense. If the document isn't on something like Dropbox, these notifications are likely spurious (and may be a bug in the operating system itself) and would just cause unnecessary work for MacJournal. This is now turned off for most cases and I will look into perhaps turning this general ability back on in the future after testing with future versions of the operating system.

Please let me know if you have any issues with this soon as I expect the final release to come out later this week,

MacJournal 6.1.2b2

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This release fixes a few more bugs in anticipation of the release of 6.1.2. There are a few fixes with Quick Note, document navigation modes, blogging with HTTPS servers, and Dropbox syncing. There are also improvements to the command-line tools. Please let me know of any problems that you have using the Report a Bug item in the Help menu. Thanks!

MacJournal 6.1.2b1

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This beta should be the only pre-release before the final release of 6.1.2. It fixes some issues in 6.1.1 and before. There are fixes for search indexing, layout issues with books, improved posting to Blogger, and fixes for Quick Note. Please let me know of any issues by using the Report a Bug item in the Help menu. This release should be out soon, so please let me know! Thanks for testing MacJournal.

MacJournal 6.1b4

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This beta should be the last one and the final release shouldn't be too much different than this one, so please let me know of any issues that you run into. There are some syncing improvements here as well as improvements for copying encrypted journals. Please report any issues using the Report a Bug item in the Help menu.

MacJournal 6.1b3

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This beta has some bug fixes and improvements in behavior. It also should improve behavior when facing conflicts with data on Dropbox since Dropbox has its own way of handling conflicts. Other than that, large images should look better in certain WordPress templates, the default auto-save time is now shorter, most of the items in the Text Cleanup menu will work in the Topic field, and double-clicking an entry with content that can't be edited in MacJournal directly will open the best application for that content directly.

Please let me know of any issues that you have via the Report a Bug item in the Help menu.

MacJournal 6.1b2

Get it here.

There are mostly bug fixes in this beta over the last one. For example, refreshed categories will now be saved correctly when you are posting an entry to a blog. When syncing a document with an iOS device for the first time, there will be an extra message saying so just in case that is unexpected.

One change that you might not see is to how MacJournal deals with changes from other device using the same data over Dropbox. While opening the same place on more than one machine was never recommended, it sometimes happens and this release should hopefully handle it better by merging in the changes from the updated file on disk instead of wholly replacing the opened document, which may have some unsaved changes.

Please give this a try and let me know of any issues via the Report item in the Help menu. Thanks for trying MacJournal!

MacJournal 6.1b1

Download it here.

This is the first beta of the 6.1 release. There are a lot of changes in this release, but not all of them may be immediately apparent. For example, this release should improve performance and memory efficiency. There are several new features to use as well. There's a new live Markdown preview window available. You can add a new column to the Entries list for which journal the entry is from. You can see the character count for an entry next to the word count in the bottom bar. There's a new item in the Format menu to re-apply the default style to a selection of text. There is a new German localization. You can now rename tags in the Change Tags sheet. There are many smaller fixes and improvements for things like blogging, smart journals, syncing, and importing. See the full list in the Version History. Please report any problems that you have using the Report item in the Help menu.

MacJournal 6.0.7b10

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Beta 9 expires on Tuesday, so here's a new beta to extend that date. I'm planning on releasing 6.0.7 Tuesday as well but I don't want anyone to miss out on the new release. Despite what I said about the release date, please still let me know of any issues you have using the Help menu's bug reporting item. In terms of what's new, it's mostly just bug fixes. Statistics should be improved, as should restoring a journal from a backup. Blogging is improved, as usual. Dealing with the Browse toolbar item when the Entries list is open should make more sense as well.

MacJournal 6.0.7b9

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This beta is mainly to test a new authentication mechanism that will soon be required for Imgur posting. If you use Imgur, please give it a try and let me know if you have any problems. Of course, please let me know of any problems anywhere in the app as I’d like to release it very soon, pending one final bug fix. There is also a new Norwegian localization, fixes for the calendar and timeline views, a change to the default toolbar layout, and a fix for sending empty entries to Blogger. Thanks for testing MacJournal!

MacJournal 6.0.7b8

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This beta is mostly focused on syncing changes for an upcoming release of the MacJournal iOS applications. However, there are benefits without it, including printing and blogging changes. Memory usage on a whole should be down as well. Please let me know of any problems using the Report a Bug menu item the Help menu. Thanks for testing MacJournal!

MacJournal 6.0.7b7

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The last beta was supposed to be the last, but there were some additional changes for iOS syncing that went in that I'd like to get out a little in advance. Like last time, I'm hoping this is the last beta. Please let me know if you have any problems as I'd like to get this out very soon.

Thanks for testing MacJournal!

MacJournal 6.0.7b6

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This should hopefully be the last beta of 6.0.7 (famous last words). It fixes a regression in beta 5 with the calendar as well as a few other bugs and performance improvements. There's also a "Rebuild Search Index" item in the Help menu instead of having to use a bunch of modifier keys when launching to do it. Please let me know if you have any issues with this beta via the Help menu's Report a Bug item since this will be released soon. Thanks!

MacJournal 6.0.7b5

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Happy Valentine's Day! This new beta fixes a crash introduced in the last beta, adds some new AppleScript facilities, adds some blogging and printing fixes, and an iOS syncing improvement or two. Please give it a shot and let me know of any problems via the Report a Bug item in the Help menu. Thanks!

MacJournal 6.0.7b4

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This beta has some improvements for Posterous and Tumblr blogs, AppleScript, and searching. There are also some fixes for syncing with iOS devices. Please let me know of any issues by using the Report a Bug item in the Help menu.

MacJournal 6.0.7b3

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This beta improves some things like automatic blog configuration and some other things. Please let me know if you have any problems, especially on 10.6 and 10.7. Use the Report a Bug item in the Help menu to send me any bug reports.

Thanks for testing MacJournal!

MacJournal 6.0.7b2

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There are more general improvements in this beta. A few dragging issues in the last beta are resolved. There are usability improvements in the areas of blog configuration, document navigation modes, and importing. Performance should also be improved for large documents or documents with many custom icons. Please let me know of any issues by using the Report a Bug item in the help menu. Thanks!

MacJournal 6.0.7b1

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This release will fix a few crashing issues in 6.0.6. It also fixes dragging images from the Media browser and some issues downloading from WordPress blogs. The beta period will not be long, so let me know of any new issues. Thanks for trying it!

MacJournal 6.0.6

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This update is out for Mac App Store users as well, so run the App Store to get the update. This update has the typical number of bug and crash fixes. It also adopts new ways of communicating with Blogger, Tumblr, and Dropbox to conform to what they want out of applications these days. Because of that, you'll have to log in to those services again. Please let me know of any problems you have with this release by using the Report a Bug item in the Help menu. Thanks for using MacJournal!

MacJournal 6.0.6b2

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As the final release winds its way through the Mac App Store review, I thought I'd post a new beta to replace the expiring one. This has several bug fixes over the last one and some more performance improvements. Please let me know of any issues that you encounter, both in this beta or in the last. Use the Report a Bug item in the Help menu to email me.

MacJournal 6.0.6b1

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It's time for another new beta of another upcoming release. It's worth saying a bit about what this release is for though. Tumblr decided to pull the plug on the version of the API that MacJournal is using next month, so this version switches to the new API. This requires a different way of logging in when you do a post, so you'll see a different, web-based login screen for Tumblr now. While I was at it, I did the same thing for Blogger, which also had a new API. This also has the web-based login now, but it should be more compatible with modern Google features.

Other than all that blogging stuff, there are some fixes elsewhere in the app. There is fix for an issue with tooltips on Mountain Lion, a fix for over-zealous crash reporting, and a few rare crashes. There are also performance enhancements for very large encrypted journals and selecting multiple entries.

Because of the Tumblr situation and the time it takes to get a release reviewed and posted, I didn't submit 6.0.5 to the Mac App Store, opting instead to get the Tumblr fix ready and do a quick 6.0.6 release and submit that instead. So I plan to submit this next week to the store. The direct distribution release will come a bit after that, but before the end of the month. Please give this beta a try (especially Tumblr and Blogger users) and let me know of any problems because the final will be out soon! You can submit bug reports using the Help menu's Report a Bug.

MacJournal 6.0.5b6

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I know I said that I wanted beta 5 to be the last beta, but consider this a GM candidate build. I'm going to resist making an major and most minor changes for this release after this point. Please, please let me know of any problems that you have as I want to get this out within a short amount of time (ahead or at least at the same time as Mountain Lion). This beta has several crash and regression fixes from the previous beta. This also adds Gatekeeper support as well as Retina-ready graphics for anything that was missing it (mostly the preference panes). Despite the new images, download size should actually be down due to other file optimizations. Again, please let me know of any issues via the Report a Bug item in the Help menu.

MacJournal 6.0.5b5

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A few small but important fixes in this beta. There's a fix for encrypted journals where an edge case could cause some problems with a journal encrypted in 6.0.3. There are some other improvements in backups, blogging, and HTML exporting. I'd like this to be the last beta, so please let me know of any issues via the Report a Bug item in the Help menu.

MacJournal 6.0.5b4

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This build has a few more performance improvements, especially when importing files into an encrypted journal. Location services are improved, as well as several other bug fixes as this release winds down ahead of the public release. Please let me know of any issues you encounter using the Report a Bug item in the Help menu.

MacJournal 6.0.5b3

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This beta fixes a few crashes with encrypted journals introduced in previous betas. It fixes another regression in importing from a file. Tumblr download of non-text posts is improved, and downloading in general is improved by allowing for multiple journals to do it with the same menu selection. The final release is coming very soon, so let me know of any issues by using the Help menu's Report a Bug. Thanks for testing!

MacJournal 6.0.5b2

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Catching the leading edge of June, here's a new beta build of MacJournal. There are some more performance improvements in this build, particularly with smart journals. There are also several changes to support sandboxing, which is a required change for the Mac App Store. Sandboxing isn't enabled for these builds so those changes won't be obvious, but it's important to make sure there are no regressions the things that you use normally.

Please let me know of any issues using the Report A Bug item in the Help menu.

MacJournal 6.0.5b1

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MacJournal 6.0.5 is the next release of MacJournal for the Mac, both via direct distribution and the Mac App Store. If you don't have 6.0.4, don't worry: that release was only for the Mac App Store. There are a lot of fixes in this release, so please give everything that you do normally a thorough testing. Most of the changes are behind the scenes, so there shouldn't be many differences when using the application (except for the bugs fixed). Syncing with an iOS device has also received a lot of attention, so let me know if you have any trouble syncing with the current version of the iOS apps. Performance should also be better, especially when launching the application.

Remember that beta releases are only for testing, so please make sure you have a backup of your data before trying this out (MacJournal will also make a special backup when launching). Also, this beta is usable only in demo mode for App Store users.

Please let me know of any issues by using the Report a Bug menu item in the Help menu.

MacJournal 6.0.3

Use the "Check for Update" item in the MacJournal menu to get it, or visit http://marinersoftware.com/ to download directly.

The big goals with this release are performance and stability. Well, performance, stability, and export. Several bugs that could cause crashes are fixed, as well as issues that could prevent proper content searching. Search indexing should also be faster, as well as any other situation where you're loading a lot of entry text all at once (such as exporting). Multiple selection of entries should also be faster. Several issues with export have been fixed, including several file naming issues.

If you obtained MacJournal from the Mac App Store, you can get the update from the normal App Store update mechanism when Apple approves the update, which should be soon (judging from past experiences).

A word on localizations: unfortunately, they are still underway. We are working hard to update the localizations right now, but none of them are complete enough for this release. Once any of the localizations is ready, a new release will include them as soon as possible.

MacJournal 6.0.3b2

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A few more small fixes in this beta, and one or two larger ones. There are a few more fixes for encrypted journals, including exporting certain entries out of them. The separate entry editing windows should remember their size and position and show up when you relaunch on Lion. Performance of some things, including multiple selection, should also be improved.

6.0.3 will be out by the end of the month, so let me know if you have any problems. Use the Report an Issue item in the Help menu to report issues with this beta.

MacJournal 6.0.3b1

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This is the first beta for 6.0.3, another small bug fix release. This fixes a few crashers, as well as fixing search indexing for those that have been experiencing it (depending on how your data are structured). There are a few tiny UI differences, including reorganizing the Format menu a bit to match TextEdit better (something I meant to do before 6.0), and requiring the Command key to move something in the Sidebar or Entries List to the Trash to reduce accidental actions. Performance should also be improved.

Please let me know of any problems using the Report an Issue item in the Help menu. If you have purchased MacJournal via the App Store, this beta won't recognize that license right now. I'm looking into ways of letting App Store customers test betas in the future.

MacJournal 6.0.2b2

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This is the second beta for 6.0.2. Save for one bug with books that I'm still working on, this should be complete and the final release will come very soon. Please know of any problems that you have with this release.

This beta fixes a crash syncing with iOS, improves memory usage for multiple selection, and allows cancellation of backups in the Activity window, among other things.

MacJournal 6.0.2b1

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Here comes the most recent beta release of MacJournal 6. This is 6.0.2b1. The goals for this release are performance, reliability, and minor UI improvements.

Performance of smart journals in situations where there are a lot of them and/or a lot of entries to search should be better. You may see the smart journals update not all at once; for large amounts of entries, the search happens in the background so as not to block the user interface. In that case, you’ll see the count for the smart journal increase in situations like unlocking a journal that reveals a bunch of new entries. Smart journals searching entry content should also work better after an iOS sync.

Certain encrypted journals from version 5 that had trouble unlocking in version 6 should be fixed. Encrypted journals should also be a bit faster as well.

In other news, “Send to MobileMe” should work better, as should popovers on Snow Leopard. The Backup Browser should work better for restoring entire journals and should let you unlock journals to view their contents. In the “Send to Other Blog” menu, you’ll see a light gray indication of where that particular blog is specified, in case you want to remove it. Exporting with the new “Automatic” format should work better, and you can specify which entry metadata you want to include in textual entries.

There are more fixes, so check out the Version History in the Help menu for all of the details when you get the release.

MacJournal 6.0 and 6.0.1b1

As you may have seen from a few other websites, MacJournal 6 was released last week! After 14 months of development, I’m thrilled that it’s out for everyone to use. I’m very proud of this release.

However, any large release has its share of small issues that need fixing. I aim to pick off the vast majority of the problems that have been reported with 6.0.1. So far, the biggest issue is that for some configurations, MacJournal has trouble quitting cleanly. Either it never quits, or it quits after a minute or so of spinning the CPU. These issues should be solved for 6.0.1. Today I’m releasing the first and only planned beta for 6.0.1 for those that want to try it out.

Here is 6.0.1b1:

MacJournal_6.0.1b1.zip

Please let me know of any problems with this release via the “Report an Issue” menu item in the Help menu. Keep in mind though that this is a beta, and it’s always good to make sure you have backups of your important data when trying out a beta.

MacJournal and Lion

Apple's new operating system, Lion, came out last week and some users have wondered how MacJournal works with it. I'm happy to report that I've been using the current version of MacJournal with all of the developer seeds and the final release without any trouble. If you have had any issues, please do let me know at dschimpf@mac.com and we will work it out. Other than that, journal away!

MacJournal 5.2.7

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This is a small bug-fix release for 5.2.6 to fix some of the issues discovered in that release and provide parity with the Mac App Store release. There are very few changes over the last beta. Thanks to everyone that tested the betas!

MacJournal 5.2.7b2

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This is the second beta of 5.2.7. There are some fixes for iOS device syncing, especially in the case of "Keep Both" conflict resolution. Also, any deleted entries on the Mac will be placed in the Trash instead of deleted immediately. There are a few other assorted fixes, including ones for dragging journals between documents, and display of the word count field and search options buttons in extreme situations.

Please let me know of any issues via email by using the Report Issue item in the Help menu. Thanks for testing MacJournal!

MacJournal 5.2.7b1

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This is a small round of betas aimed at syncing up a release with an imminent Mac App Store release. There are a few fixes, including one for uploading movies to a blog and tag suggestions. Please let me know if you have any trouble with it.

MacJournal 5.2.6

Another release; more syncing fixes. On that front, the "system clocks are too different" warning has been modified to show up only with a 60 second difference or more. Even if it shows, you can also still continue with the sync. An issue preventing the Mac from showing up in the device list should also be fixed. There were some other sync issues that are fixed as well.

But it's not all syncing! There are fixes for Magic Mouse users, blog servers with self-signed HTTPS certificates, smart journals, and more.

Use "Check for Update" in MacJournal to get the new release and let me know of any issues you run in to.

MacJournal 5.2.6b2

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There is an important fix in this beta: a fix for iOS devices that don't show a Mac you want to sync with on certain networks. The issue was in MacJournal, but it only presented itself on certain network configurations, so you may not have seen it. But if you were in a situation where the Mac didn't show up on your iPhone or iPad even though you're sure the two devices are on the same network, this could be the fix for you.

There are also some other fixes for rare crashes, blogging to servers with a self-signed HTTPS certificate, and others. Please let me know of any issues.

MacJournal 5.2.6b1

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Another day, another series of betas. There are a few minor fixes in there, but if you're having trouble with the new "your clocks are too different" check with touch device syncing, this beta for you.

A word about this check: I had a conversation with a user a few weeks ago that was seeing consistent data loss—entries were getting deleted every time he synced. We traced this down to a difference in clocks between the two devices. MacJournal uses the modification dates of the entries compared to the date of the last sync to decide what to sync. If one machine thinks it's really 30 or 40 seconds later or earlier than it really is, the syncing can go awry because it might decide something should be deleted that really shouldn't. The check was meant to prevent issues like that. The threshold is set at 25 seconds in 5.2.5. This release extends it to 60 seconds and also allows you to continue syncing after seeing the warning. It's still important to keep your system clocks as close as possible (since there really is only one correct time and all of your computers should be as close as possible to that), but since so many people were syncing successfully even with incorrect system clocks, it seems like a good idea to re-enable that. Please give it a try and let me know if you're having problems syncing.

MacJournal 5.2.5b1

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5.2.5 will be a smaller release than 5.2.4 and meant to address some issues in that release and some issues discovered with syncing the recent mobile releases. To that end, there is a fix for an error that can occur during syncing that some people with PDFs were seeing. There’s also a fix for blogging with PDFs. VoiceOver support is improved in the calendar and tab bar, as well as better international support. I also reverted behavior for the “shaded” days in the calendar to include just the entries in the current journal until I can work out a better way to accomplish what I was going for in 5.2.4.

Please let me know of any problems using the “Report an Issue” item in the Help menu. If everything looks okay here and no more mobile support is required, this should be reaching public release status soon.

MacJournal 5.2.4

As is my custom, I forgot about posting something about the final release. However, 5.2.4 came out a week or two ago. Going forward, there will likely be a 5.2.5 at some point soon, but as a much smaller release than 5.2.4. I will likely post a beta of it soon once I get fixes finalized, so stay tuned if you are interested. Please let me know if you have any problems with 5.2.4. Email or the Support Forums are the best route to get in touch. Thanks everyone for your help with 5.2.4!

MacJournal 5.2.4b6

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“Synchronize” is now available when syncing with iOS devices for the first time. What happens is that if the data sets are completely distinct (as in created separately), they can be safely merged. If there is some overlap and some other issue causes the system to think the two devices have never synced before, a Replace sync will be necessary to restore good working order as before.

As a historical footnote, upgrading data from MacJournal 2.1 and before is supported once again.

MacJournal 5.2.4b5

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Here is the next beta of MacJournal 5.2.4. This is an unofficial final candidate build. That is, I'm not expecting to have to change anything before the final public release. In terms of what has changed in this beta, a few bug fixes and a few syncing changes. Starting a sync with an iPhone will do a backup first (just like with MobileMe). The automatic sync behavior is on by default now, but you can disable it. MacJournal entry URLs are now created with their IDs instead of topics, making for greater stability if you rename the entries. Also, you can sort search results in the entries list and that sorting will be remembered separately.

Please let me know of any problems you have by emailing me.

Macjournal 5.2.4b4

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It's another beta! This beta adds an explicit "Import from Journler" menu item in the File menu that does a much better job than dragging a specific folder into the sidebar ever could. It also fixes a regression in an earlier beta with creating links to entries and showing the status sheet for the daily backup. Holding down the Option key when clicking the back or forward buttons in the calendar will now jump a year in that direction. The "magnify" gesture to change text zoom is now off by default since it seem it got more accidental use than intentional. There are other changes, so check out the Version History when you get it and let me know of any problems.

MacJournal 5.2.4b3

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This beta has some tweaks to blogging to support some new kinds of MetaWeblog servers. It will also allow you to specify how many entries to download from Blogger. There also some fixes for searching, syncing, and international calendars. Please let me know of any issues you have.

MacJournal 5.2.4b2

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There are a few bug fixes and regressions fixed in this beta. There are also a few new (very minor) things included here. "More" tags for blogs will be automatically recognized and let through to the server, even if you have "Escape > and <" turned on. If you hold the Option key when connecting a touch device, you can choose to which document you'd like it to sync. I added a new debugging tool in the Help menu: a network log for seeing what is happening during blogging. There are also some improvements regarding touch device syncing: large syncs should do better now.

Please let me know of any problems, specifically regarding touch syncing. Please let me know if that got better or worse for you.

Macjournal 5.2.4b1

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This is the first beta of 5.2.4. It has more changes than seem evident in the UI, but there are a few changes that might help you. Line endings with Blogger are improved yet again. The right text margins when you have text zoom set to greater than 100% should also be fixed. There are some changes to wiki links, internationalization, and Services as well. Please try it out and let me know of any problems.

The best ways to report problems are with the Report a Bug menu item in the Help menu or the MacJournal Support Forums. Make sure to include what version of MacJournal you are using.

MacJournal 5.2.3

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My apologies for the rapid-fire release but a bug was discovered for dealing with line breaks and I wanted to keep that working for all users and I'll be away from email for a few days so it was now or a while from now. One or two other bugs were fixed, including one with editing the top-level entry template in the Inspector.

MacJournal 5.2.2

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This is a small bug-fix release for 5.2.1 to fix some issues with iPhone syncing and Tiger compatibility. There are also improvements to blog downloading, entry linking, and image scaling.

MacJournal 5.2.2b2

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This beta has improvements for iPhone syncing and blogging. Please try it out and let me know of any problems before the final release.

MacJournal 5.2.2b1

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This is a small bug-fix release for 5.2.1 to fix some of the issues discovered in that release. There are fixes for syncing with iPhones as well as a fix for launching on Tiger. There are fixes in a lot of different places, so check out the version history and let me know of any problems.

MacJournal 5.2.1

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Note for Tiger users: after the release, an issue was found that prevents launching on most Tiger machines. 10.4 users should continue to use 5.2 until a fix is released.

This was actually released about a week ago, but I neglected to do a post here. Please check it out and let me know of any problems.

MacJournal 5.2.1b6

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At this point, I think all the issues that are going to be fixed in this release have been fixed so far. This beta is to get some of those fixes since the last beta out there for a little while before the final release, which should hopefully be this week. Since the last beta, there have been fixes for mobile syncing, aliases and smart journals, and improvements to the Quick Note window. Please let me know of any problems via email, the "Report a Bug" menu item in MacJournal, or the Support Forums.

MacJournal 5.2.1b5

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This will likely be the last beta release for 5.2.1. This includes a fix for an issue where crash logs for MacJournal for iPhone would show up in the crash reporter each time you launch MacJournal, no matter what you chose to do last time. There are some other fixes for syncing with the mobile version, as well as some fixes for smart journals and entries with tables. Please let me know of any issues.

MacJournal 5.2.1b4

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After this week's release of MacJournal for iPhone, an issue arose with getting the initial sync between the phone and the Mac set up. It varied based on network conditions, but some users saw it consistently. This beta should fix that issue. Please let me know if you see any problems getting syncing started using this beta.

MacJournal 5.2.1b3

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This build fixes some small issues with smart journals, improves support for Boolean operators while searching, and a few small other UI issues.

MacJournal 5.2.1b2

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This build fixes some issues people were seeing with templates disappearing. It also changes tabs behavior a bit to reduce confusion: selecting an entry that already is a tab somewhere won't switch to that tab anymore. There are also improvements for export, AppleScript, link detection, separate editing windows, and more. Check it out and let me know of any issues.

MacJournal 5.2.1b1

5.2 came out a little over a week ago and 5.2.1 fixes a few small bugs found in that release. Download it now. Among the useful changes, PNG images will upload to blog servers and look better. Configuring new Picasa settings should work better now. Spell checking should work better in Full Screen. There are a few other small changes, which you can check out in the Version History item in the Help menu.

If you have any issues in this release, please email me as soon as possible as this release will hopefully have a much shorter cycle than 5.2.

MacJournal 5.2

It's finally here! Use the Check for Update item in MacJournal or head to Mariner to get the final release. The major new features with 5.2 are support for the iPhone version, downloads of more than 50 entries for LiveJournal, automatic backups for non-main documents, better UI for setting default font and color, fixes for Quick Note with Spaces, improved compatibility with non-Blogger Atom servers, and, as always, fixes for MobileMe syncing.

If you have a question or an issue, please consider visiting the support forum or using the "Report an issue" item in the Help menu in MacJournal. Thanks!

MacJournal 5.2b13

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This beta encapsulates some changes I made that I wanted to get out before the final release. I will likely finalize the final release Tuesday night or Wednesday, so please let me know if you have any issues sooner rather than later. There are some tweaks to HTML export, the first-launch experience is fixed, and the "Save As" menu item will now worked more as expected when used on the main document. There is also a workaround for a crash in the OS with URL caching. Please let me know of any troubles.

MacJournal 5.2b12

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Mostly assorted small updates in this one. There's a "Reveal in Finder" button in the Advanced Preferences to show the current main data file in the Finder (which will help me with support). For Leopard or Snow Leopard users, the behavior of smart quotes in tricky situations should be much better. A few crashes are fixed, HTML formatting should be improved for links with smart quotes in them, the entries list should hide correctly after a search, and so forth. Let me know of any problems as this will likely be released sometime this month.

MacJournal 5.2b11

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This fixes a regression in Quick Note and MobileMe syncing that could cause a crash. It also improves MobileMe upload and resizing images for uploading to WordPress.

MacJournal 5.2b10

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An assorted collection of minor enhancements and bug fixes. Recorded video should play back correctly now. Accessibility and VoiceOver support has been improved. Uploading to MobileMe via the Share menu should work better. When both the sidebar and vertical entries list are on the screen, only one set of Add and Action buttons will be visible. If you open the File menu and hold the Control, you'll see a new item to add a journal at the top level, no matter what is selected. There's more, so check out the Version History in the release if you want, and, as always, let me know of any issues.

MacJournal 5.2b9

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This beta has as few fixes here and there. Really, the release is closing down at this point (hopefully). Emailing non-textual entries (such as PDFs) should work now. You can specify a translucent (or completely clear) background color for Full Screen if you want to see your desktop. There are small fixes for MobileMe HTML upload, back/forward history navigation, maintaining selection while deleting items, and configuring attachment servers. The one note that is worth mentioning by itself is the iWeb functionality: it's never worked very well due to a very limited interface made available by Apple. An interface they have chosen to remove entirely, it seems. So, for now, the corresponding functionality has been removed from MacJournal while I investigate another solution.

MacJournal 5.2b8

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This beta has some syncing fixes and some other unrelated upgrades. The old simultaneous-use warning that was added in 5.1 is gone, in favor of watching the file system for changes and updating automatically. There's a fix for tabs, and for time zone switches in the calendar. The recording devices in the pref pane should update more consistently now, and page setup information is now included with files dragged out. So perhaps there's something there for everyone, but let me know of any problems.

UPDATE: There was a regression with rich text entries with attachments in beta 8. I've updated the link above to point to a fixed release, 5.2b8.1. If you downloaded 5.2b8, you should see it offer the update.

MacJournal 5.2b7

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Search is now entirely done in the background, making large data sets and/or lots of smart journals a lot faster. There was also a bug introduced in one of the betas that could cause an issue if you edit an entry in a smart journal but this has been fixed here. The file naming scheme for attachments in HTML file has been changed to reduce duplicates on the server. There are a few smaller fixes, such as the appearance of MacJournal in the Spotlight menu on non-English systems, typing styles between entries, a weird tab bar one, and others. Check it out and let me know of any issues. And to my US-based audience: Happy Thanksgiving.

MacJournal 5.2b6

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There's a fix for searching so it won't rebuild the index during searching in a certain case and a few small UI tweaks. There are a lot of under the hood changes for new syncing features, so please let me know if you experience any issues with this release.

MacJournal 5.2b5

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This is a somewhat smaller beta release, but there are some fixes that I wanted to get in people's hands. There was a case when trying to save checkboxes in a template that would go awry and a case where the search index would need to be rebuilt incorrectly (which can take a while depending on your data).

MacJournal 5.2b4

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This beta fixes support for posting to Atom blogs (Blogger not included; that has worked just fine). There is also a fix to restore 10.4 compatibility and another regression from 5.1.4 when moving entries between journals. You may not see save prompts at quit anymore, but worry not: everything is being saved anyway. Let me know of any problems.

MacJournal 5.2b3

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This beta fixes a few key bugs: a crash while searching, a crash while customizing the toolbar on Leopard, a problem with dates when switching back and forth between these betas and 5.1.4, and a rare issue with losing entry text. Please let me know of any problems that you see.

MacJournal 5.2b2

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Nothing too exciting, but there are some fixes you'll want if you are using beta 1. There's an important fix for Tiger. There's a few small usability improvements, like being able to highlight sections of text in a separate editing window. There's also a few fixes for small regressions since 5.1.4. Check out the full details in the version history if you are interested.

MacJournal 5.2b1

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This is a larger release than 5.1.4, but smaller than 5.1. It's largely to support a future iPhone client, but there are some features in there for desktop users as well. For example, LiveJournal users can download more than 50 entries. Also, non-main documents are backed up. Quick Note works better on Snow Leopard as well. However, this release is already feature complete, so nothing else will be added except for bug fixes.

There are a fair amount of under-the-covers changes as well, particularly in blogging, so please try it out and let me know if anything breaks.

9/22 Update: I fixed the beta expiration date for non-US users. If you were seeing a problem, please re-download 5.2b1. There are no other changes in the fixed build.

MacJournal 5.1.4

Snow Leopard is on the Prowl! The Cat is out of the bag! More tortured cat metaphors!

Yes, Snow Leopard is out and so is MacJournal 5.1.4. If you use the former, you'll want the latter as well. There was only one cosmetic issue that I found in 5.1.3 (as well as a rare crash), but that is fixed in 5.1.4, along with some other things. It's a benefit to all three OSes on which it is supported. Download it at Mariner now or get it from the Check For Updates in a previous version of 5.x.

MacJournal 5.1.4b4

You can get it here, however please try to update MacJournal from within the application by using the MacJournal or Help menu to Check for Updates.

This beta is pretty small. I decided to do it to test a new version of Sparkle in the last update and some build environment changes in this release. There is also a long-in-the-making data loss fix that is also in this release. I expect the final release to have no additional changes and be out some time next week.

MacJournal 5.1.4b3

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This beta has a few fixes here and there as well as some updates to third-party components that MacJournal uses, like Sparkle. Some rare crashes are fixed, such as one opening the Inspector and editing links on Snow Leopard. A bug where the crash reporter would show up each launch is fixed as well. Tiger users will note that searches from the toolbar will no longer highlight text within the PDF as that was causing a reproducible crash. The issue is not present in Leopard and is still available there.

Call for Beta Testers

Interested folks will want to check out the Mariner MacJournal support forum where there is a post asking for beta testers for a mobile version of MacJournal. Find it here. If you haven't been there before, you can use this forum to discuss other MacJournal issues/suggestions as well (or search past discussions).

MacJournal 5.1.4b2

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This beta fixes a few rare crashers and some weird window resizing behavior, among other things. It is hopefully the last beta and the final will be out sometime in the next few weeks. Let me know of any problems with it.

MacJournal 5.1.4b1

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This release fixes a few bugs in 5.1.3. There are fixes for Blogger, AppleScript, and MobileMe settings. There are also a fix for a display issue in Snow Leopard. Tags will be searched case-insensitively. This release also fixes a bug with the Backup progress sheet.

MacJournal 5.1.3

Get the final release at Mariner or from the Check for Updates item in the Help menu. It's pretty similar to the final beta with a few minor changes. Stay tuned for future plans.