WordCounter Changelog https://wordcounterapp.com Most recent changes with links to updates. en Version 1.6.6 (Beta) 2023-06-15 15:54:00 +0100 10.13 https://wordcounterapp.com/release-notes/ If you should experience update problems, please download the latest stable version manually!

Please report problems or any weird behavior to: support@christiantietze.de

Changes in v1.6.6

  • Changed: New date range picker in the statistics/export window.
  • A lot of platform maintenance tasks. Updates to "launch at login" and the app's own updater logic.

Changes in v1.6.5

  • Fixed: Vertical centering of the daily word count in Big Sur's menu bar.

Changes in v1.6.4

  • Fixed: Month of January 2021 displayed completely wrong with Gregorian ("western") calendars.
  • Fixed: Hang-up when selecting something in the history, then scrolling down a lot, then selecting another day.
  • Changed: When exporting the stats to CSV, reveal the file in Finder.
  • New: Display years in both the History's month view, and the daily stats.

Changes in v1.6.3

  • New: You can select apps from disk to track, no matter if the app is running or not.

Changes in v1.6.2

  • Fixed: Opening the Analytics/Statistics window now correctly refreshes available data since last closing the window. Previously, you’d see the outdated stuff from last time showing the stats.

Changes in v1.6.1

  • New: A statistics module! You can select any writing period and see a graph of your productivity, with a simple CSV export of the visible data.
  • Also comes with Catalina-related fixes.
]]> Version 1.6.5 (Beta) 2021-05-10 12:50:00 +0100 10.12 https://wordcounterapp.com/release-notes/ If you should experience update problems, please download the latest stable version manually!

Please report problems or any weird behavior to: support@christiantietze.de

Changes in v1.6.5

  • Fixed: Vertical centering of the daily word count in Big Sur's menu bar.

Changes in v1.6.4

  • Fixed: Month of January 2021 displayed completely wrong with Gregorian ("western") calendars.
  • Fixed: Hang-up when selecting something in the history, then scrolling down a lot, then selecting another day.
  • Changed: When exporting the stats to CSV, reveal the file in Finder.
  • New: Display years in both the History's month view, and the daily stats.

Changes in v1.6.3

  • New: You can select apps from disk to track, no matter if the app is running or not.

Changes in v1.6.2

  • Fixed: Opening the Analytics/Statistics window now correctly refreshes available data since last closing the window. Previously, you’d see the outdated stuff from last time showing the stats.

Changes in v1.6.1

  • New: A statistics module! You can select any writing period and see a graph of your productivity, with a simple CSV export of the visible data.
  • Also comes with Catalina-related fixes.
]]> Version 1.6.4 (Release) 2021-01-18 22:02:00 +0100 10.12 If you should experience update problems, please download the latest stable version manually!

Please report problems or any weird behavior to: support@christiantietze.de

Changes in v1.6.4

  • Fixed: Month of January 2021 displayed completely wrong with Gregorian ("western") calendars.
  • Fixed: Hang-up when selecting something in the history, then scrolling down a lot, then selecting another day.
  • Changed: When exporting the stats to CSV, reveal the file in Finder.
  • New: Display years in both the History's month view, and the daily stats.

Changes in v1.6.3

  • New: You can select apps from disk to track, no matter if the app is running or not.

Changes in v1.6.2

  • Fixed: Opening the Analytics/Statistics window now correctly refreshes available data since last closing the window. Previously, you’d see the outdated stuff from last time showing the stats.

Changes in v1.6.1

  • New: A statistics module! You can select any writing period and see a graph of your productivity, with a simple CSV export of the visible data.
  • Also comes with Catalina-related fixes.
]]> Version 1.6.2 (Release) 2020-02-14 15:51:00 +0100 10.12 If you should experience update problems, please download the latest stable version manually!

Please report problems or any weird behavior to: support@christiantietze.de

Changes in v1.6.2

  • Fixed: Opening the Analytics/Statistics window now correctly refreshes available data since last closing the window. Previously, you’d see the outdated stuff from last time showing the stats.

Changes in v1.6.1

  • New: A statistics module! You can select any writing period and see a graph of your productivity, with a simple CSV export of the visible data.
  • Also comes with Catalina-related fixes.
]]> Version 1.5.2 (Release) 2019-09-30 18:58:00 +0100 10.12 If you should experience update problems, please download the latest stable version manually!

Please report problems or any weird behavior to: support@christiantietze.de

Changes in v1.5.2

Minor compatibility and graphics updates to prepare for the next macOS release.

Changes in v1.5.1

  • Fixed: The word count history properly updates its contents when you open the window.
  • Changed: Prevent accidental quitting when looking at preferences, the record history, or file monitoring stats.

Changes in v1.5.0

  • Fixed: Changing “Show Daily Total in Status Bar” did not update the status menu icon immediately. You had to quit and relaunch the app.
  • New: Opening preferences, file monitor, or the history calendar will show the WordCounter in your Dock. If you close all windows, the Dock icon will disappear again. Now you will not lose a helper window anymore!
  • New: Overhauled the “About” window with more details and nicer colors for dark-mode.
  • New: Added an Internet Access Policy so you get info about when and why the app is establishing a network connection to download updates.
]]> Version 1.5.1 (Release) 2019-07-05 10:58:00 +0100 10.12 If you should experience update problems, please download the latest stable version manually!

Please report problems or any weird behavior to: support@christiantietze.de

Changes in v1.5.1

  • Fixed: The word count history properly updates its contents when you open the window.
  • Changed: Prevent accidental quitting when looking at preferences, the record history, or file monitoring stats.

Changes in v1.5.0

  • Fixed: Changing “Show Daily Total in Status Bar” did not update the status menu icon immediately. You had to quit and relaunch the app.
  • New: Opening preferences, file monitor, or the history calendar will show the WordCounter in your Dock. If you close all windows, the Dock icon will disappear again. Now you will not lose a helper window anymore!
  • New: Overhauled the “About” window with more details and nicer colors for dark-mode.
  • New: Added an Internet Access Policy so you get info about when and why the app is establishing a network connection to download updates.
]]> Version 1.5.0 (Release) 2019-06-26 11:44:00 +0100 10.12 If you should experience update problems, please download the latest stable version manually!

Please report problems or any weird behavior to: support@christiantietze.de

Changes in v1.5.0

  • Fixed: Changing “Show Daily Total in Status Bar” did not update the status menu icon immediately. You had to quit and relaunch the app.
  • New: Opening preferences, file monitor, or the history calendar will show the WordCounter in your Dock. If you close all windows, the Dock icon will disappear again. Now you will not lose a helper window anymore!
  • New: Overhauled the “About” window with more details and nicer colors for dark-mode.
  • New: Added an Internet Access Policy so you get info about when and why the app is establishing a network connection to download updates.
]]> Version 1.4.3 2018-12-31 17:28:00 +0100 10.12 If you should experience update problems, please download the latest stable version manually!

Please report problems or any weird behavior to: support@christiantietze.de

Changes in v1.4.3

  • Fixed: Some third-party code was configured to produce Gatekeeper errors after downloading the app or an update.

Changes in v1.4.2

  • Fixed: Launch-at-login code signing was broken, resulting in a warning about this app being from an unidentified developer. Sorry, folks!
  • Changed: Behind the scenes, I updated the app updater and preferences.

Changes in v1.4.1

  • Fixed: Crash on Mojave when a monitored file went missing/was deleted.
  • Fixed: Code signing issues for the update’s download. In other words, it gets rid of a warning during installation.

Changes in v1.4.0

  • Fixed: Launch at login preference now sticks.
  • Fixed: Trial-up notifications.
  • Fixed: Send Log Files sends an email with all attachments again.
  • Fixed: Trial duration alert could be hidden behind other windows. Now displays a less obtrusive notification instead.
  • Fixed: Asking for confirmation when removing app history records.
  • Fixed: The web store works more reliable now.
  • New: Support for Mojave Dark mode.
  • New: Improved in-app icon resolutions and window transparency.
  • Various small code modernizations you probably won’t notice until I ship a really cool update next. Also, general user interface modernizations.
]]> Version 1.3.5 (Release) If you should experience update problems, please download the latest stable version manually!

Please report problems or any weird behavior to: support@christiantietze.de

File Monitoring (v1.3.x)

  • New: You can now add files to monitor changes to them. Changes are tracked automatically.
  • New: You can pick the plain text file extensions you want to enable for monitoring.
  • New: Preference option to show a live counter in the menu bar.
  • Better trial mode: longer trial duration and easier to see the duration.
  • Fixed 2016 new-year's bug of the record history.
  • Fixed bugs where adding multiple files did fail.
  • Fixed a bug where switching out of the daily digest window quickly crashed the app.
  • Fixed a bug where some app installation would freeze during startup.
  • Various fixes and improvements.
]]> 2016-03-11 12:46:00 +0100 10.09 Version 1.3.4 (Release) If you should experience update problems, please download the latest stable version manually!

Please report problems or any weird behavior to: support@christiantietze.de

File Monitoring (v1.3.x)

  • New: You can now add files to monitor changes to them. Changes are tracked automatically.
  • New: You can pick the plain text file extensions you want to enable for monitoring.
  • New: Preference option to show a live counter in the menu bar.
  • Better trial mode: longer trial duration and easier to see the duration.
  • Fixed 2016 new-year's bug of the record history.
  • Fixed bugs where adding multiple files did fail.
  • Fixed a bug where switching out of the daily digest window quickly crashed the app.
  • Various fixes and improvements.
]]> 2016-01-16 13:54:00 +0100 10.09 Version 1.3.3 (Release) If you should experience update problems, please download the latest stable version manually!

Please report problems or any weird behavior to: support@christiantietze.de

File Monitoring (v1.3.x)

  • New: Preference option to show a live counter in the menu bar.
  • New: You can now add files to monitor changes to them. Changes are tracked automatically.
  • Better trial mode: longer trial duration and easier to see the duration.
  • Fixed 2016 new-year's bug of the record history.
  • Fixed bugs where adding multiple files did fail.
  • Fixed a bug where switching out of the daily digest window quickly crashed the app.
  • Various fixes and improvements.
]]> 2016-01-08 09:00:00 +0100 10.09 Version 1.3.2 (Release) If you should experience update problems, please download the latest stable version manually!

Please report problems or any weird behavior to: support@christiantietze.de

File Monitoring (v1.3.x)

  • You can now add files to monitor changes to them. Changes are tracked automatically.
  • Better trial mode: longer and easier to see the duration.
  • Fixed bugs where adding multiple files did fail.
  • Fixed a bug where switching out of the daily digest window quickly crashed the app.
  • Various fixes and improvements.
]]> 2016-01-05 10:58:00 +0100 10.09 Version 1.3.1 (Release) If you should experience update problems, please download the latest stable version manually!

Please report problems or any weird behavior to: support@christiantietze.de

File Monitoring (v1.3.x)

  • You can now add files to monitor changes to them. Changes are tracked automatically.
  • Fixed bugs where adding multiple files did fail.
  • Fixed a bug where switching out of the daily digest window quickly crashed the app.
  • Various fixes and improvements.
]]> 2015-11-20 13:45:00 +0100 10.09 Version 1.3.0 (Release) File Monitoring (v1.3.x)
  • You can now add files to monitor changes to them. Changes are tracked automatically.
  • Various fixes and improvements.
]]> 2015-10-28 18:35:00 +0100 10.09 Version 1.2.1 (Release) If you experience update problems, please download the latest version manually! I'm sorry for the trouble.

The History

  • Introducing the record history: you can now have a look at your past days' scores.
  • The history shows the most productive hour of a given day.
  • Various speed improvements.
  • Supports Yosemite (10.10) dark menu.
  • Fixes the 3-day time trial (probably not useful for you, anymore, but well).

Please report odd behavior or look and feel under Yosemite!

]]> 2014-10-29 23:09:00 +0200 10.9 Version 1.2.0 (Release) The History
  • Introducing the record history: you can now have a look at your past days' scores.
  • The history shows the most productive hour of a given day.
  • Various speed improvements.
  • Fixes the 3-day time trial (probably not useful for you, anymore, but well).
]]> 2014-10-21 18:15:00 +0200 10.9 Version 1.1.4 (Release) More Accurate Timers
  • This release fixes issues with the full-hour timer which wasn't working as expected for some. It also contains various smaller improvements.
  • The digest window now shows bar charts for the day. When you hover over the bars, you can see which applications contributed to the overall count.
  • The stats are Retina ready, being crisp on every kind of display.
  • Added dual screen support.
  • Improved usability of the charts: hovering is easier and the total-per-hour is displayed.
  • It also enables a Trial version of the app for new users.
]]> 2014-08-30 13:12:00 +0200 10.9 Version 1.1.2 (Release) Introducing Stats — Retina Ready & User-Friendly!
  • The digest window now shows bar charts for the day. When you hover over the bars, you can see which applications contributed to the overall count.
  • The stats are Retina ready, being crisp on every kind of display.
  • Added dual screen support.
  • Improved usability of the charts: hovering is easier and the total-per-hour is displayed.
]]> 2014-08-20 17:10:00 +0200 10.9 Version 1.1.1 (Release) Introducing Stats — Retina Ready!

The digest window now shows bar charts for the day. When you hover over the bars, you can see which applications contributed to the overall count.

The stats are Retina ready, being crisp on every kind of display.

Also, we now "signed" the application so you can feel more secure using it.

Please note: the app may request accessibility privileges after the update once again. You may have to untick the check box and then tick again. From now on, this won't ever happen again. Pinky promise.

]]> 2014-08-14 18:19:00 +0200 10.9 Version 1.1.0 (Release) Introducing Stats

The digest window now shows bar charts for the day. When you hover over the bars, you can see which applications contributed to the overall count.

Also, we now "signed" the application so you can feel more secure using it.

Please note: the app may request accessibility privileges after the update once again. You may have to untick the check box and then tick again. From now on, this won't ever happen again. Pinky promise.

]]> 2014-08-13 19:11:00 +0200 10.9 Version 1.0.0 (Release) The final release!

This is the initial public release version.

It's time to start fresh. Delete ~/Library/Application Support/WordCounter and ~/Library/Logs/WordCounter to get rid of the beta data.

]]> 2014-07-04 15:17:00 +0200 10.9