Magic Calculator Changelog

What's new in Magic Calculator 2.16

May 6, 2021
  • Better compatibility with macOS Big Sur
  • Various bug fixes

New in Magic Calculator 2.15 (May 28, 2020)

  • Fixed a bug that may cause a crash when a window is closed

New in Magic Calculator 2.14 (Apr 19, 2020)

  • Fixed the copy/paste feature so that result can always be used as input

New in Magic Calculator 2.13 (Apr 6, 2020)

  • New menu to change angular unit at window level
  • New option to deactivate automatic parenthesis insertion
  • New larger text sizes available
  • Correction of few minor bugs

New in Magic Calculator 2.12 (Jan 14, 2019)

  • Compatibility with the dark mode of macOS Mojave
  • Full support of unicode: emojis can now be used in comments and variables names
  • Better syntax highlighting
  • Various bug fixes

New in Magic Calculator 2.11 (Feb 17, 2017)

  • More allowed characters in variable names
  • Use the integrated GPU instead of the discrete one

New in Magic Calculator 2.10 (Apr 30, 2015)

  • Added a button to clear the current document
  • Fixed few bugs

New in Magic Calculator 2.9 (Mar 19, 2015)

  • Added 2 new functions : 'sum' and 'average'
  • They allow to compute the sum (or the average) of a list of values.
  • Examples :
  • average(1:10) -> average value from the lines 1 to 10
  • average(10 ; 12 ; 20 ; 5) -> average value of 10, 12, 20 and 5
  • sum(1:10 ; 20:30) -> sum of values from lines 1 to 10, and 20 to 30
  • Fixed a bug with uppercase E in variable name
  • Fixed a scrolling issue with Yosemite
  • Fixed a crash that occurred with the 'if' function

New in Magic Calculator 2.8 (Oct 15, 2014)

  • Improved support of % operator : it now recognizes a+b% and a-b% patterns.

New in Magic Calculator 2.7 (Jan 3, 2014)

  • Improved management of calculation errors (square root of negative number, divide per 0, etc.)
  • Fixed a crash that may occur when using trigonometric functions in degrees or gradians

New in Magic Calculator 2.5 (Feb 22, 2013)

  • Added a preference setting to create automatically a new document at launch
  • Improved parenthesis autocomplete
  • Calculation errors are now reported
  • Fixed a crash with trigonometric functions when angles set to radian or gradian
  • Fixed some bugs linked to syntax errors

New in Magic Calculator 2.4 (Nov 8, 2012)

  • The '@' symbol now returns the values of the previous line.
  • Added a preference setting to change the font size.
  • Added the possibility to use ** for power.
  • The multiplication can now be implicit.
  • Improved iCloud support.
  • The App is now compiled for 32 and 64 bits CPU.
  • Improved the autocomplete
  • @ is automatically added at the beginning of new lines, if necessary.
  • parenthesis are automatically closed.
  • Added the following functions
  • max : maximum between two values.
  • min : minimum between two values.
  • if : if its first argument is strictly positive, returns the second argument, else returns the third one.
  • fact : factorial.

New in Magic Calculator 2.3 (Sep 13, 2012)

  • Fixed a bug with scientific notation.
  • Added gradian as angle unit.
  • Support of Versions and Autosaving.
  • Support of iCloud.

New in Magic Calculator 2.2 (Jan 27, 2012)

  • Added possibility to define global functions and constants.
  • Added '%' notation as a shortcut for division per cent.
  • Updated symbol used to get the value of a calculation row (from '%' to '@' ).
  • Fixed a graphical issue that might occur with some video cards.
  • Fixed some minor issues.

New in Magic Calculator 2.1 (Sep 9, 2011)

  • Added a preference window.

New in Magic Calculator 2.0 (May 27, 2011)

  • A completely redesigned interface to make the application simpler and more intuitive
  • New calculation engine for high precision calculations
  • Added a print feature

New in Magic Calculator 1.1 (Apr 22, 2011)

  • Added the possibility to customize the color of curves
  • Improvement in function plotter
  • Improvement in memory usage