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

Get it here.

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.

MacJournal 5.1.3b7

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This is the release candidate; there will be little to no changes for the release. This beta fixes a bug in backups and updates the Google framework.

MacJournal 5.1.3b6

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This beta adds some fixes for some rare crashes. There are several improvements in searching: the selections will be easier to see during a search, multiple search terms show up in PDF documents, and fixed behavior when searching only for text. Some new AppleScript commands were added to deal with plain versus rich text. There's also a fix for the live word count accuracy.

MacJournal 5.1.3b5

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This beta adds three localizations: Norwegian, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese (the latter two are still incomplete). Please let me know of any problems with these new localizations besides some missing strings in the Chinese ones. Backup behavior and resiliency has been improved. If you were seeing backup errors before, they should go away and backups should be happening (they were likely not happening at all on your machine, even on 5.1.2). The style of journals in the sidebar has changed a bit. There are also new versions of the Media Browser and the Google code, and some fixes for interacting with iWeb.

MacJournal 5.1.3b4

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It's a modest list of improvements, but then again, it is a modest release overall. A few minor UI fixes, some new hidden prefs, and a fix for Japanese blogging servers round up the list of changes. This release has been a bit slow because I've been working on future releases at the same time, but expect the final release soon.

MacJournal 5.1.3b3

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I intended for this to be the final release, but it's going to have to be a beta for now. I don't expect anything to change between now and then, and "then" is hopefully next week. There's not much in this build either: an AppleScript fix, and import fix for RTFDs with attachments stored externally, a entry deletion fix for WordPress, a fix for Full Screen key equivalents in the F1-4 range, and better error reporting for backup issues. That's about it. Let me know of any problems.

MacJournal 5.1.3b2

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This release should fix LiveJournal interactions with a few other tweaks. This should hopefully be the last beta, but let me know of any problems.

MacJournal 5.1.3b1

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This is the first beta of 5.1.3. This is intended to be a very small and quick release, hopefully out this month while I work on some other things in tandem. This release contains all the fixes that I want to do already, so I suspect there will only be a handful of changes between now and the final releases.

There are fixes for some bugs in the UI, blogging, and searching.

MacJournal 5.1.2

MacJournal 5.1.2 is out now! Get it here now, or from the Help menu's Update item. There are a lot of improvements over 5.1.1 in the areas of text editing, blogging, syncing and more. Over the last beta, there are fixes relating to blogging, some improvements in UI layout, and improvements to the Dutch localization.

MacJournal 5.1.2b6

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This release fixes a pasting bug introduced in the last beta and improves the reliability of "Send to iWeb". It also improves the layout of the Info bar and adds a "Save a Copy As" menu item (for English users right now, everyone else when they get updated again).

There is also a new logging facility to collect information about file operations that take place, e.g. importing and exporting entries, saving entries, etc. You can turn this on in the Hidden Preferences in the last tab as "Log document file actions". If you are seeing a problem where your data file gets inordinately large (several GB), please let me know as this will be useful.

MacJournal 5.1.2b5

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This beta fixes a crash or two, improves creating an entry in iCal, improves entry templates, and improves printing. My hope is to get the final release out next week, if all goes well.

MacJournal 5.1.2b4

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Another round of syncing changes accompanies a few changes for smart journals, discovering links, and recovering entries.

If you are having trouble syncing and a normal reset from the System Preferences does not work, use these steps to perform a complete reset of syncing on your machine:

1. Close all applications.


2. Trash the Library/Application Support/SyncServices folder.


3. Restart your machine.


4. Open MobileMe system preference pane.


5. Re-enable syncing. You will have to pull everything down from the server again.

Please let me know if those that were having trouble have any more success with this release.

MacJournal 5.1.2b3

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This beta has a few fixes for editing, importing, and syncing. It also adds back the floating calendar window. Let me know of any problems.

MacJournal 5.1.2b2

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This beta has some syncing changes and a crash fix or two. Check it out and let me know if you have any problems.