Pear Note Changelog

Changes in version 3.2.1

  • Note - 3.2 drops support for Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) and Lion (10.7). Version 3.1.4 will continue to work on these OS versions, but do not try to install version 3.2 on these old OS versions as it will not work.
  • Fixed issue that caused 3.2 to fail to update itself, requiring users to manually download updates to it
  • Fixed compatibility issues with OS X 10.11 El Capitan
  • Rework layout and animation to be smoother
  • Other miscellaneous bug fixes

Changes in version 3.2

  • Note - 3.2 drops support for Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) and Lion (10.7). Version 3.1.4 will continue to work on these OS versions, but do not try to install version 3.2 on these old OS versions as it will not work.
  • Fixed compatibility issues with OS X 10.11 El Capitan
  • Rework layout and animation to be smoother
  • Other miscellaneous bug fixes

Changes in version 3.1.4

  • Fixed compatibility issues with OS X 10.10 Yosemite
  • Fixed bug in displaying highlighter color picker
  • Other miscellaneous bug fixes

Changes in version 3.1.3

  • Fixed a bug that could cause Pear Note to fail to open documents on the latest version of Mac OS X
  • Fixed a bug related to autosave
  • Fixed a bug that caused slides to shift

Changes in version 3.1.2

  • Fixed code signing issue in 3.1.1 which caused OS X to report Pear Note as damaged in some cases.
  • Improved compatibility with OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Changes in version 3.1.1

  • Improved compatibility with OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Changes in version 3.1

  • Pear Note is now fully Retina-capable. So, if you've got a fancy new Retina MacBook Pro, Pear Note should now look a lot prettier. If you don't have one, then just pretend you never read this line.
  • Support for images that can be used in Pear Note for iOS version 2.1 or greater
  • Fixed bug where saving (including autosave) would cause the slides to move back
  • Fixed bug that caused shared documents with special characters to display improperly when hosted on Dropbox
  • Fixed bug in audio/video/slides section headers
  • Fixed bugs in Spotlight results for Pear Note documents
  • Fixed bugs in QuickLook generator for Pear Note documents
  • Other bug fixes

Changes in version 3.0.3

  • Fixed bug that prevented changing slides on Snow Leopard
  • Fixed bug that prevented time from showing properly when there was more than 10 hours
  • Fixed bug that caused hang when closing a document while recording
  • Fixed bug that could cause errors in saving when the default save directory is deleted
  • Fixed bug that caused a crash when closing a document

Changes in version 3.0.2

  • Fixed bugs causing various crashes
  • New Share button
  • Fixed bug in buttons that caused them to be slightly fuzzy

Changes in version 3.0.1

  • Fixed bug that caused crashes when closing document that contained slides
  • Began signing with Developer ID for Gatekeeper in Mountain Lion
  • Fixed bug in crash log submitter that prevented crash logs from being sent
  • Fixed display bugs that occured when opening a new document
  • Fixed bug that prevented changing slides if a document was locked
  • Fixed bug that caused autosaving to fail when attempted while recording was still getting started

Changes in version 3.0

  • Note - 3.0 is a major new version which drops support for Mac OS X Leopard. Version 2 will continue to work on Leopard, but do not install version 3 on Leopard.
  • Support for Auto Save and Versions in Lion
  • Support for full-screen mode in Lion
  • New recording/playback engine improving efficiency and enabling new settings including HD video recording in Lion (HD video recording requires a capable camera)
  • Integration with Call Recorder for Skype from Ecamm for taking notes on Skype calls
  • Updated interface and application icon
  • Updated QuickLook plugin to include slides
  • Removed in-app search feature as it duplicated Spotlight and is not allowed within a sandbox

Changes in version 2.1.1

  • Fixed bug that prevents File->Open from working on Lion
  • Fixed bug that prevented underline from syncing properly to iPad version
  • Fixed bug that could result in a broken web player when sharing
  • Improved search handling of documents created on the iPad

Changes in version 2.1

  • Updated file format to work with upcoming Pear Note for iPad
  • Fixed major incompatibility with Lion which could cause recordings to disappear in certain situations
  • Fixed bug that prevented QuickLook from reading Pear Note documents on Lion
  • Fixed bug that prevented Pear Note documents from showing up in Spotlight results on Lion
  • Sped up quitting

Changes in version 2.0.6

  • Fixed issues with running on Lion
  • NOTE: Importing Keynote and Powerpoint slides files directly (as opposed to through their respective applications) is no longer supported. See this for more information.

Changes in version 2.0.5

  • Updated sharing template such that the web player will now play on newer versions of iOS on the iPad
  • Added preference for how much time to jump back
  • Improve handling of PowerPoint documents
  • Reduced disk space used by app
  • Decreased playback CPU utilization
  • Bug fixes

Changes in version 2.0.4

  • Improved stability
  • Improved recording error handling
  • Improved error handling when adding slides
  • Fixed bug that could occur when adding slides to a previously saved document
  • Added checking for other instances of Pear Note running on startup

Changes in version 2.0.3

  • Limited CPU utilization when recording and playing
  • Added support for Snow Leopard text substitution
  • Improved search robustness
  • Improve robustness of web sharing feature
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes

Changes in version 2.0.2

  • Limited CPU utilization when idling
  • Fixed bugs causing occasional crashes
  • Improved performance of sharing notes
  • Improved search speed
  • Fixed user interface bugs
  • Other miscellaneous bug fixes

Changes in version 2.0.1

  • Fixed bug in updating search cache that caused Pear Note to crash
  • Improved web sharing layout for very long recordings

Changes in version 2.0

  • NOTE - This major upgrade to Pear Note is free to all Pear Note 1 users
  • Completely overhauled user interface
  • Added sharing feature to share notes on the web
  • Added playback speed control
  • Greatly improved search speed and accuracy
  • Added support for multiple slides files in a single note
  • Added support for disabling spell checking
  • Added text transformations
  • Improved importing experience
  • Numerous other improvements

Changes in version 1.4.2

  • Handle errors in recording and importing more gracefully
  • Improved first launch experience
  • Fixed crash that could occur in upon launch
  • Fixed crash that could occur when autosaving
  • Fixed crash that could occur when importing a recording

Changes in version 1.4.1

  • Handle errors when recording more gracefully, including automatically restarting recording where appropriate
  • Improved ease of entering license code when Pear Note expires
  • Added menu item to forget all slide changes
  • Fixed crash that could occur when Pear Note trial expires

Changes in version 1.4

  • Added image support, allowing images to be dragged onto the text area
  • Added Find in Slides support
  • Added RTFD as an additional export option when a document contains images
  • Added menu item to save default window position for new documents
  • Improved QuickLook generator
  • User interface improvements
  • Numerous reliability and stability improvements

Changes in version 1.3.6

  • Fixed bug that prevented reverting to a saved document

Changes in version 1.3.5

  • Added menu items for opening Video and Slides windows
  • Improved handling when errors occur during recording
  • Improved consistency of position within the timeline when opening a document
  • Fixed bug that caused reinstalling license into all accounts to fail
  • Fixed bug that caused navigation to fail in rare cases
  • Fixed bug that caused video to shrink
  • Fixed bug that caused video to disappear from video window in rare cases

Changes in version 1.3.4

  • Improved the process of importing slides and media
  • Added PDF service to make it easier to get slides from PowerPoint or Keynote into Pear Note
  • Modified jumping to a slide during playback to select the time the slide was up for the longest, rather than the first time it showed
  • Preserve whether slides or video window are visible when re-opening a document
  • Fixed bug that caused the total number of slides to disappear when the sidebar is resized
  • Fixed bug that prevented canceling exporting audio/video
  • Fixed crash that could occur when undoing highlighting or lists
  • Improved handling of windows that try to appear off screen
  • Improved robustness and stability

Changes in version 1.3.3

  • Changed slider to stretch with the window size
  • Improved error handling when importing media
  • Fixed bug in audio and options view that caused things to disappear when resizing
  • Fixed bug that could cause documents to never load when opened in limited circumstances

Changes in version 1.3.2

  • Added preference to disable highlighting characters
  • Added logic to notice when run from somewhere other than Applications and offer to move myself there if so
  • Improved robustness in slides switching
  • Fixed bug that caused crashes when recording on Snow Leopard
  • Fixed bug in Quick Lists that caused misbehavior when selection included a mix of lists and no lists
  • Fixed bug that could cause the wrong slide to show when rewinding
  • Fixed bug that caused the highlight well to not show selection when using menu or keyboard shortcut and no text is selected
  • Fixed bug that caused the adding slides dialog to pop up on the wrong screen
  • Fixed bug that caused Find Next and related menu items to fail
  • Fixed typo in slides tooltip
  • Additional bug fixes

Changes in version 1.3.1

  • Fixed bug that caused adding some Keynote or Powerpoint files on Snow Leopard to fail
  • Modified video recording to be more robust and create smaller recording files by utilizing QuickTime X on Snow Leopard

Changes in version 1.3

  • Added Quick List feature to quickly add lists/outlines to Pear Note documents
  • Added Highlighting feature to highlight important text within the document
  • Added preference for default font to be used when creating new documents
  • Fixed bug that caused window placement to be improper when multiple monitors are used in some cases
  • Fixed bug that could cause a document to become corrupted if not saved for several days
  • Fixed bug that could cause a document to become corrupted if undo is attempted during playback at the wrong point
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when an error occurs while recording
  • Fixed a bug that caused some videos to be unable to display
  • Fixed a bug causing misbehavior when jumping around while recording

Changes in version 1.2.3

  • Improved support for misbehaving UVC webcams
  • Properly handle quoted phrases in search
  • Fixed bug that could cause a document to become corrupted if a recording failed
  • Fixed bug causing video preview to sometimes not show
  • Fixed bug causing search indicator to sometimes not show
  • Improved error handling
  • Other bug fixes

Changes in version 1.2.2

  • Added new feature to support drag/drop of audio/video files onto document to auto-import
  • Added new feature to support drag/drop of audio/video or slides files onto Pear Note icon to auto-create a new Pear Note document with that files
  • Now listed in Open with... context menu for audio/video and slides files
  • Added new feature to support scrolling to, selecting, and highlighting text that was searched for when opening a new document from a search that searched for an exact word or phrase in the document
  • Added badges to preview in search for audio, video, and slides
  • Made moving the divider in the document window smoother
  • Fixed bug that caused video to stop playing if you moved your scrollwheel on the playing video
  • Fixed crash that could occur when presenting an Open/Save dialog

Changes in version 1.2.1

  • Pear Note will now show video when not playing
  • Added new zoom capabilities to slides and video windows (under View menu)
  • Record current timestamp even when not recording or playing
  • Fixed bug that caused slider not to work if no characters had been typed
  • Fixed crash that could occur after exporting audio/video
  • Fixed bug that caused slide changes to not undo properly
  • Fixed bug that caused underlining to stick around occasionally
  • Fixed bug related to search window activation
  • Fixed bug related to video and slides window activation
  • Fixed bug that caused cropping to sometimes fail
  • Fixed crash that could occur when importing media
  • Fixed bug in slide display when adding slides to a pre-existing recording
  • Fixed bug that caused the wrong slide to sometimes show
  • Fixed bug that caused slides to flip around during playback
  • Fixed bug that caused recording menu controls to be disabled sometimes
  • Fixed bug that caused clicking at the end of the text to not work
  • Fixed bug that caused timeline to jump every time a character was typed
  • Fixed bug preventing undo of cropping from working properly

Changes in version 1.2

  • Support for a large variety of video devices, including DV cameras and cameras requiring third-party drivers
  • Support for high quality video recording
  • Support for Keynote 09 slides files
  • Support for crash log reporting (thanks to UKCrashReporter)
  • New feature to allow auto-scrolling during playback
  • New feature to allow exporting slides
  • New feature to support auto-recovery of documents if Pear Note crashes/dies
  • New feature to support configurable amount of time before a character at which to start playback
  • Improved highlighting to provide longer-lasting blue underline to indicate location in the recording
  • Improved slides user interface, including total slides display
  • Improved time user interface, which when clicked now shows the total time
  • Improved feedback when finishing recording
  • Changed behavior of placing characters on the timeline if they are typed while recording/playback is stopped to now give them timestamps at the same time as the character before them
  • Updated search icon to something that actually looks like a search icon
  • Fix to bug that caused changing slides in one window to change the slide in all windows
  • Increased stability when handling broken slides files
  • Fix to bug causing systems with iWork 09 installed to display slides incorrectly
  • Fix to bug in interface for Saving preferences
  • Fix to bug in undoing video import
  • Fixed bug preventing drag/drop of text from working
  • Fixed bug that prevented audio from playing back in some cases
  • Fixed bug that prevented video preview from working in some cases
  • Fixed bug that could corrupt the timeline after an undo operation
  • Fixed crash that could occur if document was closed during playback
  • Fixed crash that could occur if Pear Note was left alone for some time
  • Fixed bug that caused highlighting to not catch the first few characters when crossing recording boundaries
  • Fixed bug that caused crash if a document was closed while previewing audio/video or recording audio/video

Changes in version 1.1.3

  • Fixes to license validation code to make it more reliable
  • Fix to bug related to switching between using betas and not
  • Fix to bug that caused Pear Note to silently proceed when recording failed in the background
  • Fix to bug that caused Pear Note to hang in certain cases when recording failed
  • Workaround a bug in QuickTime that causes some video cameras to occasionally fail to record on the first try
  • Fix error messages when recording fails
  • Handle typed characters while recording is still starting up more cleanly
  • Fix to preserve toolbar state
  • Fix to bug that prevented exporting audio/video
  • Added slide content to search metadata
  • Improved support for exporting large audio/video files
  • Fix to search window to ensure old contents go away

Changes in version 1.1.2

  • Fix to bug introduced in 1.1.1 that caused a crash when recording hours of medium quality video

Changes in version 1.1.1

  • Fix to bug in text editing when not recording
  • Fix to bug that caused crash when switching users during recording
  • Fix to bug that caused crash when playing too quickly after recording finishes
  • Minor improvements to the GUI
  • New preference to prevent auto-expanding the audio and video sections
  • Add ability to zoom slides in slides window
  • Fix to bug that prevented keyboard shortcuts from working when slides or video window was frontmost

Changes in version 1.1

  • New feature to import external audio and video files
  • New feature to export text as plain text or RTF
  • New feature to export audio and video to QuickTime .mov or AAC .m4a files
  • Major overhaul to saving functionality to save as much as possible while in the middle of recording
  • Added list support to document text
  • Added link support within document text
  • Added support for formatting spacing of document text
  • Added table support to document text
  • Added Recording menu for accessing recording controls from the menu bar
  • Sidebar can now be hidden by double-clicking it
  • Numerous stability improvements
  • Numerous UI clean ups
  • Several performance improvements
  • Improved undo support
  • Note - 1.1 includes a new file format that is not compatible with previous versions of Pear Note. Consequently, any documents saved in 1.1 will not be able to be opened by previous versions. Pear Note 1.1 has no problems opening older files, however, so this should not pose a problem for most users.

Changes in version 1.0.1

  • New feature to allow removing slides from document
  • Improved handling of insertion/removal of devices
  • Improved handling of adding slides
  • Fixed a saving bug that occurred when closing a document during recording
  • Fixed bug to handle saving during recording more gracefully
  • Fixed numerous saving bugs
  • Fixed display bug in QuickLook plugin
  • Improved license handling
  • Miscellaneous user interface improvements