MemoryTamer Changelog

What's new in MemoryTamer 1.5.2

Jun 6, 2019
  • MemoryTamer is not currently being actively developed, but I may convert it to a Swift-based app at some point in the future, which could improve performance and reliability over the current RubyMotion version
  • Switch to an internal implementation of the pressure-based freeing method
  • Update various dependencies

New in MemoryTamer 1.5.1 (Apr 16, 2018)

  • Fix a crash introduced in the previous release.

New in MemoryTamer 1.5.0 (Apr 13, 2018)

  • First update in a while, updating some dependencies to keep things running smoothly; feature work is on hold indefinitely

New in MemoryTamer 1.4.6.1 (Mar 3, 2017)

  • Update some dependencies, including the Paddle selling framework, logging framework, HockeyApp SDK, and Sparkle updater.

New in MemoryTamer 1.4.6 (Oct 6, 2016)

  • Fix an issue on macOS Sierra that was causing the preferences dialog to pop up on app launch with default values. You may still see some startup errors related to this issue, but from my testing, those don't actually affect anything, and the preferences dialog will still launch.
  • Add an option to use a grayscale (well, single-color) menu bar icon. This mono-color icon will switch colors when you enable dark mode (on Yosemite and up)
  • Update some frameworks and dependencies, including the RubyMotion build framework and the Paddle licensing framework

New in MemoryTamer 1.4.5.7 (Jul 26, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • Update Paddle selling framework.

New in MemoryTamer 1.4.5.6 (May 13, 2016)

  • Update multiple dependencies

New in MemoryTamer 1.4.5.5 (Mar 25, 2016)

  • Update multiple dependencies

New in MemoryTamer 1.4.5.4 (Feb 1, 2016)

  • Update multiple frameworks, including a security update to the Sparkle updater framework, bug fix and improvement updates to the Paddle purchasing framework, and bug fix and improvement updates to the RubyMotion build system.

New in MemoryTamer 1.4.5.3 (Nov 9, 2015)

  • Fix the value of the MemoryTamer memory usage to match Activity Monitor and add some extra MemoryTamer memory usage stats that can be shown by holding down the Option key when opening the menu

New in MemoryTamer 1.4.5.2 (Nov 6, 2015)

  • Update dependencies, including a new version of the Paddle library with some fixes and improvements

New in MemoryTamer 1.4.5.1 (Oct 27, 2015)

  • Fix downloading of updates on El Capitan (hopefully)

New in MemoryTamer 1.4.5 (Oct 27, 2015)

  • Update multiple dependencies, including a new version of the Paddle library with better support for OS X 10.11 El Capitan
  • Fix the display of app memory and file cache
  • Display the compressed memory for MemoryTamer and relaunch if it gets over 100MB

New in MemoryTamer 1.4.4 (Sep 18, 2015)

  • Update multiple dependencies, including a new version of the Paddle library with better support for OS X 10.11 El Capitan
  • Refreshed app icon

New in MemoryTamer 1.4.3 (Jul 30, 2015)

  • Changes:
  • add an option to pause automatic freeing and trimming
  • make Paddle licensing the default again
  • update some dependencies

New in MemoryTamer 1.4.2.1 (Apr 11, 2015)

  • Update some dependencies to hopefully reduce problems

New in MemoryTamer 1.4.2 (Mar 12, 2015)

  • Update the Paddle framework to hopefully fix some issues

New in MemoryTamer 1.4.1.1 (Feb 21, 2015)

  • Fix a crash related to the trial system

New in MemoryTamer 1.4.1 (Feb 21, 2015)

  • Hopefully fix a startup crash

New in MemoryTamer 1.4.0 (Feb 19, 2015)

  • Changes:
  • Now supports FastSpring as an alternate payment provider. Due to some issues in the licensing dialog, currently the FastSpring license can only be activated via the link you get in the delivery information email. You will need to have MemoryTamer already installed before you click the link. You may need to allow it to open/run.

New in MemoryTamer 1.3.1.3 (Feb 11, 2015)

  • Changes: Because of some recent issues with Paddle activation, MemoryTamer will now not block you from using the app when your trial runs out. This is temporary while a solution gets worked out, but it should help those who are having trouble activating their copy.

New in MemoryTamer 1.3.1.2 (Feb 9, 2015)

  • Update to latest version of Paddle selling and licensing framework

New in MemoryTamer 1.3.1.1 (Feb 4, 2015)

  • Fix the value for Swap Used

New in MemoryTamer 1.3.1 (Feb 3, 2015)

  • Changes:
  • Add the rest of the statistics found in the bottom section of Activity Monitor
  • Fix a bug with incorrect free memory values on Yosemite

New in MemoryTamer 1.3.0 (Jan 31, 2015)

  • Changes:
  • Show the App Memory, File Cache, Wired Memory, and Compressed values (as found in Activity Monitor) in the menu
  • Fix a bug that caused some display-only menu items to be clickable

New in MemoryTamer 1.2.5 (Jan 30, 2015)

  • Changes: Add a menu item for displaying memory pressure percentage

New in MemoryTamer 1.2.4.2 (Jan 27, 2015)

  • Fix a minor problem in the integration with the new Paddle framework version

New in MemoryTamer 1.2.4.1 (Jan 27, 2015)

  • Changes:
  • Update Paddle purchasing framework to latest version
  • Change minimum OS X version requirement to 10.9 Mavericks. Almost no MemoryTamer users are still running 10.8 Mountain Lion, so removing support for it allows the compiler to make a more optimized and potentially more stable executable.

New in MemoryTamer 1.2.4 (Nov 4, 2014)

  • add a menu item for launching on login

New in MemoryTamer 1.2.3 (Oct 23, 2014)

  • Changes: enable cmd+w for closing feedback and preferences windows

New in MemoryTamer 1.2.2 (Oct 22, 2014)

  • Changes: Add a link to vote on the next feature

New in MemoryTamer 1.2.1.1 (Oct 15, 2014)

  • fix a bug in OS stat collecting

New in MemoryTamer 1.2.1 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Add anonymous tracking of OS version to determine number of users on Lion

New in MemoryTamer 1.2 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • MemoryTamer no longer supports OS X 10.7 Lion. I can still issue bug fixes for Lion, but all new features will require OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and up.

New in MemoryTamer 1.1.5 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • add anonymous tracking of OS version to determine number of users on Lion

New in MemoryTamer 1.1.4.1 (Oct 8, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • display how long it's been since MemoryTamer last launched
  • fix the auto-relaunch feature

New in MemoryTamer 1.1.3 (Oct 7, 2014)

  • add a "Deactivate License" menu item
  • fix some logging issues

New in MemoryTamer 1.1.2 (Oct 4, 2014)

  • Display MemoryTamer memory usage in menu and add "relaunch" menu item

New in MemoryTamer 1.1.1 (Oct 2, 2014)

  • Fix notification system "none" not working and fix "Update free memory display while freeing" not working on first launch

New in MemoryTamer 1.1 (Oct 1, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • integrate a feedback form

New in MemoryTamer 1.0.12 (Oct 1, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • fix a bug that could cause a crash when freeing memory with memory pressure

New in MemoryTamer 1.0.11 (Sep 27, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Fix an issue that could cause MemoryTamer to fail to launch after a crash
  • Slightly reduce the amount of memory plain allocation tries to free in order to reduce the chance of the computer being slowed down
  • Add a "Write a review" menu item

New in MemoryTamer 1.0.10 (Sep 23, 2014)

  • Changes: fix an issue with icon hiding not being respected on relaunch

New in MemoryTamer 1.0.9 (Sep 19, 2014)

  • Changes: put log messages into a file and include them in the automatic crash reports

New in MemoryTamer 1.0.8 (Sep 13, 2014)

  • Changes: handle errors in launching preferences window better

New in MemoryTamer 1.0.6 (Sep 12, 2014)

  • Changes: add option to control refresh rate.

New in MemoryTamer 1.0.5 (Sep 12, 2014)

  • Changes: remove the out of date usage link and add a link to the app twitter account

New in MemoryTamer 1.0.4 (Sep 11, 2014)

  • Add the option to control the number of decimal places

New in MemoryTamer 1.0.3 (Sep 11, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Add the option to choose between showing both the icon and free memory, just the free memory, or just the icon. The only new state is the one with just the free memory.

New in MemoryTamer 1.0.2 (Sep 11, 2014)

  • Change update handler.

New in MemoryTamer 1.0.1 (Sep 10, 2014)

  • integrate a crash reporter.

New in MemoryTamer 1.0 (Sep 9, 2014)

  • Big 1.0 release! MemoryTamer now has a window-based preferences interface. See the screenshots above.
  • As part of the preferences update the "auto-threshold" feature has been changed into "Suggest Threshold".
  • As part of the preferences update, you can now turn off all notifications or individual ones. Note that if you have the notification system set to "None", the individual notification checkboxes will be ignored.
  • When upgrading from a pre-1.0 version, the "update while freeing" option will be turned off the first time you launch 1.0. This is because the suddenly decreasing free memory amount may cause confusion. You can turn this option back on if desired.
  • Thanks to all of the beta testers that helped me get this version working well.

New in MemoryTamer 0.9.6.1 (Aug 14, 2014)

  • Fix a integer overflow error.

New in MemoryTamer 0.9.6 (Aug 13, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • add a mechanism for relaunching MemoryTamer when it starts using up too much memory
  • hopefully reduce memory leaks

New in MemoryTamer 0.9.5 (Aug 9, 2014)

  • New icon!
  • Hopefully work around a memory leak by using a bundled copy of growlnotify

New in MemoryTamer 0.9.3 (Jul 30, 2014)

  • Changed Auto-threshold.

New in MemoryTamer 0.9.1 (Jul 30, 2014)

  • Changes: Make some changes to auto-threshold to hopefully improve it.

New in MemoryTamer 0.9 (Jul 30, 2014)

  • Changes: New experimental feature: auto-threshold. Designed to automatically adjust your thresholds to the target frequency.

New in MemoryTamer 0.8.1 (Jul 29, 2014)

  • Add an option to control whether or not growl notifications are sticky