What's new in Paperless 3.0.0
Dec 21, 2018
- Added Simple Reports feature.
- Improved OCR and Autofill functionality.
- Dropbox support.
- Revamped User Interface.
- Support for Mojave Dark Mode.
- Added New Database Fields.
- Watch Folder feature.
- ScanSnap Home Support.
New in Paperless 2.5.0 (Sep 23, 2018)
- Added new interface for latest ScanSnap Manager.
- Updated code on OS 10.14 Mojave to fix crash when scanning.
- Various updates and bug fixes.
New in Paperless 2.4.1 (Dec 23, 2017)
- Provides a work around for High Sierra beta (10.13.3) issues which affect an import bug.
- Corrected other High Sierra issues.
New in Paperless 2.4.0 (Oct 30, 2017)
- WARNING - This update is for users on OS 10.13 High Sierra ONLY.
- Provides a work around for High Sierra (10.13.1) issues which affect NSImage crash bugs introduced by Apple.
- Corrected other High Sierra issues.
New in Paperless 2.3.9 (Jan 14, 2017)
- Corrected Sierra (10.12.2) issue which affected internal viewer crashing bug.
- Corrected other Sierra issues like thumbnail view when recompiled using Xcode 8.3.1.
New in Paperless 2.3.8 (Dec 2, 2016)
- Fixed crash on MacOS 10.12 Sierra when creating a new library.
- General bug fixes.
New in Paperless 2.3.7 (Oct 27, 2016)
- Upgraded Paperless to work with the latest ScanSnap manager.
- Fixed several Sierra bugs on close.
- Updated interface items for Sierra.
- ATTENTION ! All users using OS 10.12 Sierra should upgrade to 10.12.1 to fix PDF crash issues.
New in Paperless 2.3.3 (Apr 21, 2016)
- Added support for iX100 scanner.
- Improved OCR date matching.
- Improved bug reporting libraries.
New in Paperless 2.3.2 (Jul 8, 2014)
- Added retina display images.
- Improved ocr matching.
- Fixed false merchant matching for non-english languages.
- Fixed one cause of an exception when adding or removing pages.
New in Paperless 2.3.1 (Oct 17, 2013)
New in Paperless 2.3.0 (Apr 13, 2013)
- Feature Additions:
- Added the ability to create smart collections that search the content of the OCR Text field.
- Bug Fixes:
- Resolved a specific cause of an issue where Paperless would hang while updating the Spotlight Index.
- Improvements:
- Made changes the the way that Paperless organizes source files within the library file. As a result, Paperless should move and rename source files less frequently.
- Removed the preference "Append Date to filenames" from Paperless preferences.
New in Paperless 2.2.2 (Jan 24, 2013)
- Improvements:
- Added support for the ScanSnap iX500 scanner.
New in Paperless 2.2.1 (Jan 24, 2013)
- Fixes:
- Resolved a number of issues with auto-complete (for fields including Merchant/Title, Category, Subcategory):
- Fixed a bug where Paperless would suggest seemingly random auto-complete values that would not match the typed characters
- Changed autocomplete so that it is no longer case-sensitive (e.g. "moe's tavern" = "Moe's Tavern")
- Fixed a number of issues relating to case-insensitive auto-complete, where case changes were sometimes hard to override (e.g. Paperless would display "TAco Bell" instead of "Taco Bell")
- Fixed issues with auto-completion of values that started with or contained accented characters
- Included workarounds for 2 OS errors that contributed to auto-complete misbehavior
- Improvements:
- Added a number of auto-corrections to OCR for commonly mis-recognized words. (e.g."GALLUNS" is auto-corrected to "GALLONS" and "1lSA" is corrected as "VISA".)
New in Paperless 2.1.6 (May 9, 2012)
- Fixed a specific issue where closing a library file would sometimes not properly save changes, making library items seem to disappear, although the associated document was still saved inside the library file package.
New in Paperless 2.1.4 (Feb 24, 2012)
- Improved OCR accuracy
- Improved stability
New in Paperless 2.1.3 (Oct 5, 2011)
- Added 1-up, 2-up and 4-up options to Expense Reports
- Added the ability to represent Splits information in report view
- When hitting Done after entering metadata, Preview now loads the next item in the list
- Default document type will now override Paperless's "guess" at the scanned/imported document type
- Paperless will be less likely to interrupt manual metadata entry and auto-complete fields with data detected in the scanned/imported document
- Opening items in the viewer should no longer require resizing or scrolling to veiw the entire page
- New Collections and Smart Collections are created with the column selection/arrangement of the Library view
- Column visibility and arrangement are now shared between List and Cover Flow views
- Collections sort order is now remembered
- Searching for a receipt by amount now returns valid results
- Paperless now displays a warning when you navigate to reports view when a collection containing many items is selected. The warning indicates that the reports view may take a long time to load.
- Added a warning when changing a field's type
- Fixed a list sorting problem in Library Configuration that would be apparent when creating a new field
- Fixed a crash that would occur when an open item was combined with other items
- Fixed issue where changing metadata in a document when the document is visible could change the scroll location in the view
- Fixed an instance where keyboard navigation quit working
- Updated links in the Help menu
- Fixed typos and other minor errors in Help
New in Paperless 2.0.2 (Mar 15, 2011)
- Store virtually anything, not only pdf's
- Store virtually any kind of document, from Word or Excel, to web archives or zip files.
- Track anything with custom fields
- Add fields of your choice; it's your data, choose what's important.
- Track warranties, bills, or medical records
- Manage any class of documents by adding custom types.
- Summarize your data
- View or submit expenses, pie charts,
- or contact reports.
- Find what you need quickly
- Find items easier using tags and quickly
- classify items with the tags palette.
- Know where you've been
- Save time entering data when receipts match
- one of thousands of popular merchants.
New in Paperless 2.0.8 (Oct 2, 2008)
- Fixed crash when was in search box.
- Hitting cancel button when removing a sub category/payment method now works.
- If the backup reminder is on the screen, printing to ReceiptWallet now dismisses the dialog so the import can continue.
- Fixed issue where using location set to Switzerland, ReceiptWallet would not total values in SFr. (and other currencies that use ' as the thousands separator) if they were over 1000.
- Updated to latest Sparkle version.
New in Paperless 2.0.6 (Jul 17, 2008)
- Added ability to encrypt libraries.
- CoverFlow view no longer always uses square images.
- Changed TWAIN flag to hopefully fix scanner issues.
- If adding a page from the ScanSnap, ReceiptWallet now searches all open windows for the first window that is waiting for a page to be added.
- Updated to latest Tesseract OCR engine (update applies to Intel machines only).
- Changed auto-fill so that if it pre-populates the category/payment method fields and the merchant is changed, those fields are re-populated. If the fields are touched manually, they aren't re-populated.
- Now cleans up temp directory after updating.
- Updated to latest Sparkle version.
- Worked on TWAIN issues with HP Scanners, in particular ADF and scanning second sides
- Addressed additional issues with HP scanners where the driver would report the incorrect size (in some cases) when scanning in black and white leading to a crash.
- Linefeeds in notes fields are now stripped on CSV export.
- Changed autofill to reduce entry time.
- Fixed totaling of receipts under certain conditions.
- If a combobox is displayed when entering information about a new receipt/document and the return key is hit, it only selects the item in the box and doesn't dismiss the window.
- Better handling of scanner failure codes.
- Loading of CoverFlow view is now delayed at startup in order to prevent crashing.
- Fixed building thumbnails in CoverFlow view with certain receipts/documents.
- Fixed memory leak when building thumbnails.
- Fixed crash printing from receipt view window.
- Added smart collection criteria "in the last x days"
New in Paperless 2.0.5 (Jun 18, 2008)
- Fixed typo in import multiple dialog.
- If the same item is added to the import queue (by dragging and dropping onto the app icon or via a droplet), that item is ignored. This works around an apparent HP bug in its scan to mechanism.
- Integrated latest Sparkle update code.
- Scan next now resets values for data entry.
- Worked around EPSON scanner driver bug by not closing the data source at the end of the scan; note you CANNOT switch use 2 different scanners if you first use an EPSON scanner without quitting ReceiptWallet.
- Fixed prompt for second side scanner setting.
- Removed unused "Include archived data in reports" checkbox
- When quitting, scanner object is now released in order to close TWAIN data source if it was left open (in the case of the EPSON scanner workaround)
- Added Tax/VAT Field.
- Leopard - rounded rectangles are now used for show details with thumbmnails.
- Fixed issue where selected collections that are remembered between restarts didn't properly show the correct receipts.
- Preliminary support for Image Capture scanners including the NEAT Receipts scanner; note that there aren't many devices that have properly working image capture drivers. This requires 10.5.3 or later.
- Fixed issue removing a folder that had collections under it.
- Trapped exception with binding when a library is closed.
- Fixed a number of memory leaks.
- Addressed issues re-ordering collections.
- Addressed potential issue cancelling scans with some scanner drivers.
- Added ability to alphabetize collections.
- If viewing a PDF and a new item is dropped onto ReceiptWallet or opened via a droplet, a new receipt/document is created instead of presenting the user with an error.
New in Paperless 2.0.4 (May 8, 2008)
- Fixed scrolling in CoverFlow with mouse wheel.
- Fixed collection higlighting issue for Tiger users.
- Fixed issue where ReceiptWallet would lose track of documents if a user used undo on the merchant/title or the date.
- Added QuickLook support (Leopard). Press spacebar to invoke.
- Fixed issue generating thumbnails in certain instances.
- Fixed issue where confirm delete receipt/document dialog would appear floating.
- If a folder is selected and an item is removed from the collection, it is now removed from all the sub collections as well.
- Now remembers selected collection(s) between opening of libraries.
New in Paperless 2.0.3 (Apr 18, 2008)
- Fixed exception when creating a new receipt with a split.
- Fixed potential crash when closing a library.
- Added additional protection against pageAtIndex error.
- Print is now disabled when adding a receipt.
- Potentially addressed issues dealing with mutating while enumerating.
- Potentially addressed issues dealing with mutating while enumerating.
- Addressed issue where a receipt/document was added/modified and then deleted in the same transaction causing an error.
- Fixed crash on quit for some users.
- Fixed issue when Library Info was open that could lead to a crash when switching to another library or receipt/document.
- Fixed exception when selecting a folder in the collections list.
- Fixed issue where cache files weren't being written out.
- Fixed exception when update dialog is shown and menus are pulled down.
- Fixed crash when changing color for show details option after a library document has closed.
- Optimized loading collections to prevent flicker and re-selecting library in many cases.
- Added alert if deleting an item in a collection to delete from the collection or the library.
- Removed second updating of Spotlight index file.
- Cache files are now written out at idle time.
- Metadata into PDFs is now written at idle time with cache files.
- When closing a document, if metadata and cache files haven't been written out, they're written out during close.
- When quitting, if metadata and cache files haven't been written out, they're written out on quit.
- Fixed exception when removing a page from a document.
- Fixed exception when closing a library or quitting in some cases.
- Thumbnails in overview drawer are now updated when pages are rotated (and possibly removed).
- Fixed saving of metadata when closing a library.
- Fixed issue when creating a new library based on a library where folders of collections weren't preserved.
- Worked around Tiger bug where the close notification wasn't being sent when libraries were closed causing some changes to not be written out.
- Eliminated flickering when creating a new top level collection.
- Addressed potential issues when more than one library had the CoverFlow view showing.
- If using the CoverFlow view and the thumbnail page is changed, the CoverFlow view is now updaed.
- Addressed some issues with registration codes not working.
- Updated Sparkle framework for updates; now includes ability to send anonymous system profiles.
- Changed look of Library, Recent Items, and Collections titles.
- If running a beta version and automatic updates are turned on, it will check for updates once an hour.
- Fixed crash when cancelling backup.
- Changed shortcuts for Library Info and Import.
- Command-F now places the cursor in the search field (and Find is enabled in the menu).
- Return and space keys now open a receipt/document if the main table, thumbnail view or coverflow view is the focus.
- Clicking on a popup such as category or title/merchant now selects the item in the list allowing the user to use the arrow keys to navigate.
New in Paperless 2.0.2 (Mar 28, 2008)
- Fixed issue on Tiger if a Document had "Receipt" in the title
- PDFs are now run through mdimport in order to get them indexed by Spotlight. In order to trigger this and rebuild the indexes, delete ~/Library/Caches/ReceiptWallet. Next time the library is opened, it will take awhile to rebuild the indexes.
- When adding pages from a ScanSnap with a window open, the library window is no longer brought to the front.
- Fixed issue where the spotlight metadata cache would be regenerated unnecessarily.
- Fixed issue where if the underlying PDF can't be found, a library wouldn't open.
- Added progress for rebuilding Spotlight index.
- Addressed issues where metadata cache files would keep being regenerated.
- Addressed issues when rearranging collections.
- Set default sorting for receipts to have a second and third sort key in case the dates are the same.
- Fixed crash when clicking Show Details with thumbnail if another library was opened and then closed.
- Fixed memory leak when closing libraries.
- Fixed crashing issue when changing details.
- Optimized rebuilding of Spotlight indexes if re-indexing is needed.
- Fixed race condition when viewing a receipt/document and changing the details
- Fixed crash if search string had a return in it.
- Addressed issue where Spotlight index file was not being generated forcing a rebuild on next open of library.
- Fixed another Spotlight indexing bug that wouldn't remove old data.
- Worked around a PDFKit bug when generating thumbnails and thumbnails for the overview.
- Reworked building of thumbnails in the overview drawer to be more stable and efficient.
- Fixed database filename when writing to CD/DVD
- Fixed reading database off CD/DVD if the filename was messed up.
- Double clicking a ReceiptWallet.receiptwallet or a ReceiptWallet.receiptwallet.com.ggtenterprises.receiptwallet file on a CD/DVD will now open a new read only library
- When archiving to CD/DVD, a library file is now created
New in Paperless 2.0.1 (Mar 17, 2008)
- Images captured from iSight are now flipped
- Fixed issue dragging multiple items into the main window from files (not from other libraries)
- Addressed potential crash when creating new smart collection
- If a collection (or collections) is selected, that collection remains selected after importing a receipt.
- Fixed potential issue upgrading from Tiger to Leopard.
- If the crash reporter has never been shown and there is a crash, it is now shown.
- Crash Reporter now works on Tiger.
- Fixed crash on Tiger when adding a page and then removing a page.
- Added menu option to open prior version data files.
- Fixed issue where if you moved your old ReceiptWallet or DocumentWallet data, ReceiptWallet 2.0 would not automatically open it.
- Added additional crash protection when viewing receipts/documents.