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January 14, 2024

App updates for week 2

Apps and updates

I've been traveling over christmas and new years, but now I am back to finding cool updates! Have you found a new app during this time?



Timing - Track time you spend in each app

Version: 2024.1 released on January 08

Introducing the Reminders.app integration! Timing can now show completed reminders on the timeline and
suggest their titles when creating time entries, similar to how it already works for calendar events and phone
calls.

Additional new features and important changes:

- Added a "Notes" field to the project editor. You can use this field to store any information you want to keep about
the project, e.g. a link to the project's website, a list of people involved, or a list of tasks to be completed. Note
that this field will only be shown in the project editor, but nowhere else in the interface.
- Added a "Title or Path" rule, which can match *either- the title *or- the path.
This is useful if you want to match e.g. both the title and the path of an app activity, but don't want to create two separate rules for that.
- Moved the name of the current profile in Safari window titles from the beginning to the end. This reflects where
Chrome puts it, and also makes it easier to read the actual page title without having to scan past the profile name
first. Please note that if you currently have a rule that matches the profile name using a "Title begins with" rule,
you should update that rule to use "Title ends with" instead.
- Timing will now always list all devices in the device filter. Previously, it would only list devices for which
times are available in the currently selected date range.
- Timing will now separate the vertical timeline by device by default. This mirrors the behavior of the horizontal
timeline and should make it easier to see which device an activity belongs to.

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Canary Mail - Read only important emails

Version: 4.36 released on January 09

Canary's New Year Buzz: Launching Rules & Filters!

New: Rule the Chaos: Create custom rules to organize and filter your mails the way you want.
New: Block Sender: Say goodbye to unwanted emails with our Block Sender feature. Bid farewell to email nuisances with a click.

Fixed: We've squashed those pesky bugs, giving Canary a turbo boost for unmatched efficiency!

Performance just got an upgrade – Canary Mail is smoother, faster, and ready to impress!



AnyTrans for iOS - Move files between macOS and iOS

Version: 8.9 released on January 11

1.Fixed some minor bugs.



MarsEdit - Create your text content offline

Version: 5.1.2 released on January 12

This update includes a number of changes to improve the stability, performance, and functionality of the app:

- Restore inference of alt text from image file name if it looks like prose
- Improve inference of post title from content when no explicit title
- Improve reliability of plain-text editor syntax highlighting
- Improve first-time authentication behavior with TextPattern blogs
- Fix a crash while refreshing that affected some WordPress blogs
- Fix a crash that could occur when using AppleScript to create a new draft based on an existing post
- Fix a bug where pasting a link on a freshly-uploaded image could cause it to revert to pending upload state
- Fix a bug that prevented default Title field visibility from being respected after editing a post

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MetaImage - Edit image metadata

Version: 2.6.3 released on January 11

- Bug Fixed: Addressed various issues pertaining to the parsing of addresses and locations.
- Improvements: Introduce a setting option to automatically update the FileModifyDate upon saving.
- Improvements: Add the support of dozens of new tags.
- Bug Fixed: Resolved several minor issues to enhance overall performance and functionality.



Path Finder - Copy, delete, and sync files

Version: 2166 released on January 12

- Fixed potential security vulnerability in authorized privileged helper.



Pulltube - Download and trim videos

Version: 1.8.5.23 released on January 11

- improved some YT cases, SVT, MTV, prankcast, abematv, ARD, twitter, instagram stories, BBC



HoudahSpot - Find files faster

Version: 6.5.1 released on January 13

- HoudahSpot can now show file label colors even when that information is missing from the Spotlight index.
- You can now see the exact total size in bytes of selected files. Hover over the combined size in the Inspector pane to get the byte value as a tooltip.



Speeko - Get better at public speaking

Version: 4.01.02 released on January 09

Welcome to a brand new era of Speeko. Stay tuned for more big exciting updates coming soon!

Fixed:
- We found a couple of bugs that could crash the app on rare occasions. Our apologies to those who got caught up in the glitchy shenanigans!



Expenses - Track your spending

Version: 3.4.4 released on January 09

・Minor bug fixes and performance improvements.

Recent:
・Added support for Shortcuts on macOS 14.



Tripsy - Plan trips on Mac and iOS

Version: 2.19.0 released on January 10

• It's now possible to save web links into trips, either in the documents section or linked to a specific activity. Saving links is also available from the share extension.



MoneyWiz 2023 - Budget and manage bills

Version: 2024.1.1 released on January 12

- Bug fixes in reports calculations
- Bug fix related to PIN



Elephas - Get AI writing assistance

Version: 2.40 released on January 11

- Chat performance
- Web link opening from context bug
- Hide hints slideshow option
- Context count bubble
- First message flickering removed
- Preference window open from Cmd + ,
- General UI updates & Smart reply UI fixes
- Content menu items (blog & email) now have a new design
- Font update
- Super command preserves selection
- Text selection floater now works in Apple Mail
- Whisper module update to latest version
- Presentation bug fixes for non-english language systems
- HTML file support in brain


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