MacJournal 7.3b1

 MacJournal 7.3 has a few new features and a few more bug fixes over 7.2.1. On the new feature side, a new French localization has been added. The Detect Duplicates feature has been given a dedicated new UI to review and take action on duplicates, replacing the many journals of aliases that was there before. Some other UI have been refreshed to improve the layout, including the Unlock Journal sheet.

On the bug fix side, there are fixes for showing the Batch Change sheet and making changes. There behavior fixes for Sidebar with collapsing things and reordering items. Fixed an issue with the Related Files feature and opening files in other apps. Fixed adding tags via the field in the Inspector. Fixed column sizing in the Entries List. There are other smaller fixes as well.

Download it now and let me know of any issues using the Report item in the Help menu.

MacJournal 7.2.1

 MacJournal 7.2.1 is out. It doesn't have any changes over the last released beta. Since 7.2, there are performance fixes, crash fixes, and a fix to printing multiple pages. Please let me know of any issues using the Help menu.

MacJournal 7.2.1b2

 This beta has some changes to improve the menu customization, performance improvements for dragging journals, and a fix for the Link toolbar item. The final release of 7.2.1 should be available in about a week's time so please let me know if any issues that you have.

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MacJournal 7.2.1b1

 This beta fixes an issue printing multiple pages from an entry. It also replaces the code to convert Markdown to rich text, which should make the Markdown preview window quicker and more correct. There are some fixes for exporting and there is now a "None" option in the sorting menu in the contextual menu for journals to match the equivalent menu in the menu bar.

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MacJournal 7.2

 This release has a few small new features as well as more UI updates when running on Big Sur. The window titlebar/toolbar area should fit it more with other apps on Big Sur and there are newer standardized images used throughout the UI. There's also new options to export location information and some new color presets for Focused Editing. The tab bar also got a visual overhaul and it should work better.

On the bug fix side, there are fixes with AppleScript, changing the background color in the Inspector, fixes with encrypted journals, fixes with Navigation modes, macOS dark mode, custom fonts in the Entries list, saving recordings, printing with Markdown. There are also some additions to the Help documentation.

Get it here and let me know of any issues via the Report item in the Help menu.

MacJournal 7.1.1

 MacJournal 7.1.1 is the first release of MacJournal compiled for Apple Silicon. If you have a new Mac with Apple Silicon chip, MacJournal will now be able to run without any translation using Rosetta. For everyone else, this release fixes an issue with colors in dark mode causing text and/or the insertion point to disappear. If you have a custom background color or picture, the colors should be as visible as they used to be. There are some other rare crashes fixed as well.

MacJournal 7.1

 This release is largely the same as 7.1b1 (but with a small performance change for the Markdown preview window). The big changes here for users of the new Big Sur OS release are fixes for some toolbar items and for the Inspector area. See the notes for 7.1b1 for more details about what is in here.

MacJournal 7.1b1

 This release adds some new features while continuing to include bug fixes. On the feature side, an entry's status should take up less room in the Sidebar, added a button in the Inspector to show the Tags sheet more easily, entry text should be inverted in dark mode, added controls to control the search options in more places, and added a way to control sort order from the contextual menu of a journal. On the bug fix side, a crash unlocking journals is fixed, using Services from a web browser should grab the page URL again, the close button in a tab should be fixed, the book UI has been disabled to fix an issue, and other various fixes. This release also moves the minimum OS requirement up to 10.14.4 (the policy is to support the current release and one prior so this move is well overdue). A number of issues on Big Sur have been fixed as well.

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MacJournal 7.0.4

 This release fixes a few issues with the 7.0.3 release, most notably a loss of keyboard focus when the auto-save happens for a new entry for the first time. It also fixes issues with converting entries to plain text and back. There are various other crash fixes and minor fixes. Please let me know of any issues by using the Report item in the Help menu.

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MacJournal 7.0.4b1

This is a small bugfix release to clean up one or two issues from the changes in 7.0.3 to fix a data loss issue. It fixes an issue converting an entry to plain text (and back to rich text). It also fixes issues losing keyboard focus shortly after starting a new entry. There are also layout improvements for the Inspector.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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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