Word Counter Update Release Notes
v1.6.6 (2023-06-15)
- 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.
- Now requires macOS 10.13.
v1.6.5 (2021-05-10)
- Fixed: Vertical centering of the daily word count in Big Sur’s menu bar.
v1.6.4 (2021-01-18)
- 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.
v1.6.3 (2020-04-04)
- New: You can select apps from disk to track, no matter if the app is running or not.
v1.6.2 (2020-02-14)
- 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 Previously, you’d see the outdated stuff from last time showing the stats.
v1.6.1 (2019-11-03)
- 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.
v1.5.2 (2019-09-30)
Minor compatibility and graphics updates to prepare for the next macOS release.
v1.5.1 (2019-07-05)
- 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.
v1.5.0 (2019-06-26)
- 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.
v1.4.3 (2018-12-31)
- Fixed: Some third-party code was configured to produce Gatekeeper errors after downloading the app or an update.
v1.4.2 (2018-12-30)
- 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.
v1.4.1 (2018-12-29)
- 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.
v1.4.0 (2018-12-10)
- 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.
v1.3.4 (2016-03-11)
Fixed a bug where some app installation would freeze during startup.
v1.3.4 (2016-01-16)
You can pick the plain text file extensions you want to enable for monitoring.
v1.3.3 (2016-01-08)
- New: Preference option to show a live counter in the menu bar.
- Fixed 2016 new-year’s bug of the record history.
v1.3.2 (2016-01-05)
- Better trial mode: longer and easier to see the duration.
- Various fixes and improvements.
v1.3.1 (2015-11-20)
- Fixed bugs where adding multiple files did fail.
- Fixed a bug where switching out of the daily digest window quickly crashed the app.
v1.3.0 (2015-10-28)
Introducing: File Monitoring!
- You can now add files to monitor changes to them. Changes are tracked automatically.
- Various fixes and improvements.
v1.2.1 (2014-10-29)
Supports Yosemite (10.10) dark menu.
v1.2.0 (2014-10-21)
- 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).
v1.1.3 (2014-08-30)
This release fixes issues with the full-hour timer which wasn’t working as expected for some. It also contains various smaller improvements.
It also enables a Trial version of the app for new users.
v1.1.2 (2014-08-20)
Added dual screen support.
v1.1.1 (2014-08-14)
The stats are Retina ready, being crisp on every kind of display.
Improved usability of the charts: hovering is easier and the total-per-hour is displayed.
v1.1.0 (2014-08-13)
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.
v1.0.0 (2014-07-04)
Initial public release.