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What's new in Sente 6.7.11 Build 11931

Sep 30, 2016
  • Corrected a bug in QuickAdd.
  • Fixed some bugs on OS X Sierra.

New in Sente 6.7.11 Build 11926 (Sep 6, 2016)

  • Corrected a problem in the previous build that made Sente crash on OS X 10.8 and 10.9.

New in Sente 6.7.9 Build 11905 (Dec 20, 2015)

  • Compatibility with OS X 10.11, otherwise known as El Capitan

New in Sente 6.7.9 Build 11901 Pre 3 (Dec 19, 2015)

  • Corrects a few small issues identified in testing.

New in Sente 6.7.9 Build 11899 Pre (Sep 20, 2015)

  • Addresses a crash when installing libraries from the server, along with a number of smaller issues.

New in Sente 6.7.9 Build 11898 Pre (Sep 18, 2015)

  • This is the first publicly available pre-release of Sente for El Capitan. While a lot of effort has gone into upgrading the app to work with the latest version of OS X, we are still relatively early in the testing, so we do not recommend this pre-release for regular use. (Of course, if you are running a pre-release of El Capitan, you cannot run Sente 6.7.8 anyway. The point is that we are opening this up for help with testing; do not expect this release to be stable yet.)
  • This release has NOT been tested on earlier releases of OS X, so if you are not running El Capitan, but would like to help, you can download this version and try it on your system. We recommend that you do not overwrite your existing copy of Sente 6.7.8 with this pre-release, but keep both versions around while you test. (Should you inadvertently delete your copy of 6.7.8, you can always re-download from our site, of course.)

New in Sente 6.7.8 Build 11870 (Jan 6, 2015)

  • Fixed a bug that caused File > Open Library to fail.
  • Fixed a bug when running on OS X 10.7.

New in Sente 6.7.8 Build 11864 (Jan 6, 2015)

  • Updated to be compatible with OS X 10.10 Yosemite.

New in Sente 6.7.7 Build 11825 (Jul 12, 2014)

  • Corrected several scanning bugs: an RTF scanning error encountered whed unicode characters are terminated with a newline; an exception that could sometimes cause scanning to hang.
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when importing a reference through Applescript.

New in Sente 6.7.6 Build 11672 (May 2, 2014)

  • Corrected problem that caused bibliographies to be generated without newlines between entries.
  • Removed the license acceptance step when launching new releases.

New in Sente 6.7.5 Build 11649 (Apr 16, 2014)

  • Updates to targeted browsing support for: JSTOR, PubMed, ACM, APS, Cambridge IEEE, ScienceDirect, Scitation, NY Times, Emerald Insight, PNAS, Web of Knowledge.
  • Corrected a problem in the MS Word document scanner that could sometimes produce an ill-formed document.
  • Corrected a problem in the document scanners that would result in character attributes not being properly applied to the first character at the start of a line.

New in Sente 6.7.4 Build 11520 (Nov 21, 2013)

  • Fixed a rare sync bug that was affecting several users, and which could affect more.

New in Sente 6.7.4 Build 11517 (Nov 20, 2013)

  • There is a new File > New Library dialog window that presents the option of automatically importing
  • libraries from Mendeley, Zotero of Papers into your new library if any of these are present on your computer. These library importers have also been improved in various ways.
  • There is also a new File > Open Library window that presents the known libraries in a free-standing window, rather than in a submenu.
  • The start-up options have changes to use these new dialogs for new users to help them get up and running more quickly.
  • There is also a new Window > Bibliography Formats window that is used for setting your "favorite" bibliography formats. The Bibliography Format Editor has been reconfigured and it now accessed through the new Bibliography Formats window.
  • Users with a free Basic account can now share libraries with other users.
  • Users without Premium account can no longer edit libraries that have been shared with them, regardless of permissions.

New in Sente 6.7.3 Build 11460 (Nov 7, 2013)

  • An important fix to sync that was causing some users to experience sync errors. It appears that some recent OS X update changed the way the MIME type of some files is reported.
  • Updated targeted browsing support for: NY Times, arXiv.
  • Added ability to stop syncing a library. That is, to permanently disconnect the local copy of the library from the server.

New in Sente 6.7.0 Build 11353 (Sep 17, 2013)

  • Is now a 64-bit app and both have been converted to use Objective-C 2.0 and ARC memory management for increased stability and performance.

New in Sente 6.6.0 Build 10939 Preview (Mar 19, 2013)

  • Sync2 -- a major update to the sync technology that Sente uses; creating and using synced libraries is now easier than ever.
  • Find-in-PDF -- now supported on both the Mac and iPad.
  • New, streamlined PDF annotation interface on the iPad.
  • Support for the retina display on Mac.
  • A new approach to licensing makes Sente free for many uses.

New in Sente 6.6.0 Build 10920 Preview (Mar 12, 2013)

  • Includes:
  • Find-in-PDF
  • Support for the Retina Display

New in Sente 6.6.0 Preview 1 (Dec 12, 2012)

  • Sync2:
  • Sync2 is a complete overhaul of Sente's library synchronization mechanism, including a faster and more robust backend, and a simpler user interface.  Like the old version, Sync2 lets you install synchronized copies of your libraries on any number of Macs and iPads, anywhere on the Internet.  Changes in any copy are sent to all other copies almost immediately.  You can also still share copies with other users, and set their permissions appropriately.
  • The new version of sync has a number of improvements, like:
  • It now uses standard web protocols to communicate with the servers, so it will work behind most firewalls.
  • There is now no limit on the size of attachments (sync1 only supported files up to 20MB).
  • Sync2 is based around user accounts, so you can now install your libraries on new machines directly from the server (no need to create a copy on the "master" machine).
  • The user interface is better.
  • Sync2 is faster.
  • Sharing libraries with others is easier (and they can even access your library without paying for Sente; see below).
  • You can now install any of your synchronized libraries on any of your devices by simply selecting it from the File > Open Library menu.  One big advantage to this approach is that even if you were to lose your entire computer, you can get back to just where you were by simply installing the software on a new machine and reinstalling your libraries from the server.  Everything will be just as you left it.
  • To start using the new version, you will need to create an account on the sync servers.  When you launch the app for the first time, you will be presented with a registration screen.  You will use your email address as your user name (don't worry, we will never use your email address for any purpose other than Sente).
  • When you open a Sente 6.5 library, you will be prompted to convert it to the new sync.  We would, of course, strongly recommend that you make a copy of your existing library before converting it to the new sync.
  • Once your library begins syncing in the new version, you will be able to open it using Sente 6.6 on any other Mac.  (See below for information on the upcoming Sente 6.6 for iPad.)
  • New Pricing and Licensing:
  • The other major change in Sente 6.6 is the way in which we are pricing and licensing Sente.
  • Beginning with Sente 6.6, both the desktop and the iPad apps will be absolutely free for anyone with libraries up to 100 references.  A free license will also include 250MB of space on the sync servers, which can be spread across any number of libraries.  This means that Sente will be free for many users, like people who just need to write a few papers in which they will cite a handful of references.
  • Users who need to work with more references will be able to upgrade to a premium account for just $29.95.  This will enable them to create libraries with any number of references.  It will also increase the space on the sync server to 1GB (enough for about 1,000 typical academic PDFs).  There are no recurring costs for a premium account.
  • People with a premium account who need more sync space can purchase it on an annual basis, starting at $19.95/year for 5GB.  
  • Current Sente users can register their existing licenses with the new sync server to be given a non-expiring space allocation (20GB for standard and academic licenses; 1GB for undergraduate licenses).  Once you have created your account, use the Sente 6 > Enter Sente License Code... command to enter your existing Sente license.  Please note: each license can only be added to one account, so if you have been sharing a license with someone, only one of you will be able to use the old license to get the additional space allocation.  (Please note: licenses purchased on or before October 28, 2012 can be entered into Sente 6.6 today;  licenses purchased after this date will be available in the coming weeks, but will not be recognized today.)
  • The new purchasing mechanisms found in the preview versions of Sente are live.  This includes the Sente 6 > Upgrade to Premium Account command, and the Sync > Add Sync Space... command. This means that anyone who wishes to purchase a license using the new pricing can do so within the app today.  Purchases made this way, however, will only work with Sente 6.6, not Sente 6.5.

New in Sente 6.5.18 (Sep 19, 2012)

  • Corrected a bug in Sente preferences introduced in 6.5.17.

New in Sente 6.5.0 (Dec 19, 2011)

  • The new multiple-line reference list view is much more attractive and readable. While the old, grid view is still available, most users prefer the new view for most work.
  • Single collection tabs let you open tabs containing only those references in any collection in your library, like one showing all references with a particular status.
  • The completely new reference editor is more attractive and usable. It supports custom layouts based on reference type, and all layouts can be tailored to meet your specific needs.
  • The new notes interface features color coding to match the highlighting you added to your PDFs, and the ability to jump from any note to its original source in the PDF.
  • New window layout options let you set up each tab to make best use of your particular screen setup. You can, for example, place the reference list at the left edge of single collection tabs, making them particularly useful on a large monitor.
  • Support for Full Screen Mode under Lion (OS X 10.7).
  • Improved citation lookup now supports many more data sources. The new Citation Lookup sheet, which can be used either as files are being added to your library, or after the fact, makes it easy to locate the citation data for a paper using dozens of common sources.
  • Scan-in-place support for Microsoft Word and Apple Pages lets you work with a formatted version of your document at all times. When you select the scan-in-place option, Sente formats any recently added citations and lets you keep right on editing without missing a beat.
  • Compatibility with Word + EndNote lets you easily collaborate with colleagues who still use EndNote with Word. You will be able to edit and scan their documents, and they will be able to do the same with yours.
  • Common customizations now sync between copies of your library. Items like your custom statuses, reference type definitions, custom reference attributes, web bookmarks, QuickTags, hotword definitions, reference editor configurations and more are all automatically synchronized to all other copies of a library. (These changes do not yet appear in Sente for iPad -- this is coming.)
  • The new Print-to-Sente command, available in all print dialogs on your system, lets you quickly send any document as a PDF to Sente.
  • There is a completely new user manual, available in both PDF and EPUB formats.

New in Sente 6.5 Preview 5 (Dec 12, 2011)

  • A New Notes Interface
  • Revised Add File Interface
  • Scan-in-Place Support for Pages
  • Ignore Cover Page on PDFs

New in Sente 6.5 Preview 4 (Nov 28, 2011)

  • There is a completely new autolink interface.  This includes the way that autolink templates are managed (this is now in the Autolink Setup pane in the source list) and the way they are accessed (click on the "links" icon in the attachment view header).
  • The attachment view now automatically loads one of the autolinks (as controlled in the setup pane), or the autolinks page itself, when there are no attachments on a reference.
  • The attachment view header has been improved.
  • The output gesture configuration has been moved into Sente Preferences.  This is where you say what Sente should do when you drag a reference from the reference list, for example.
  • There is a new Add Reference sheet that is used when adding references to your library (e.g., through targeted browsing, or when dropping a URL onto a library).  You can edit the reference in this sheet before updating the library (e.g., you can set a status, add tags, etc.)
  • There is a new Add File sheet that appears when you drop PDFs or other files onto your library.  You now also have options of adding multiple files using template references (e.g., to automatically assign tags to all files in a batch).
  • There is now a Create Reference from this Web Page in the context menu in Sente's web view.  Sente will automatically add a web archive of the page to the new reference.
  • Crossref.org is now used to lookup citation data for a DOI.

New in Sente 6.2.17 (Nov 11, 2011)

  • Miscellaneous:
  • Updated targeted browsing support for: German National Library / Berlin State Library, APA PsychINFO, New York Times, Taylor and Francis, Journal of Chemical Physics, Web of Knowledge, and MARC XML.
  • Fixed a problem that caused Sente to hang when deauthorizing under OS X 10.7 (Lion).

New in Sente 6.2.16 (Sep 28, 2011)

  • Miscellaneous:
  • The list of Exact Case words (those words that should never have the case changed when generating bibliographies) now handles phrases, in addition to single words.
  • Updated targeted browsing support for: CiteSeer, Sage Publications, Cite-U-Like, Web of Knowledge, Op Ed pages in the NY Times, JSTOR, Proquest, ACM Digital Library, CERN, APA PsychNet, British Library Explore, IOP Science, PLoS, Springer, EBSCOhost PsychInfo, and ScienceDirect.
  • Updated EndNote XML importer to handle some special cases in keywords.
  • Updated Sente XML importer to remove extra export of publication status; added import and export of rating.
  • Adjusted prioritized list of word processors for Send to Word Processor.
  • Added new author name format option ("SMITH AB") to the bibliography format editor.
  • Added U Penn main library to the list of Z39.50 data sources.

New in Sente 6.2.15 (Aug 9, 2011)

  • Miscellaneous:
  • Improved targeted browsing support for Library of Congress, Web of Science, Web of Knowledge, Taylor and Francis, and NEJM.
  • When importing BibTeX, citationKey now imported as BibTeX key.
  • Fixes some Lion-related crashes in the handling of "sheets" in the user interface.

New in Sente 6.2.14 (Jul 24, 2011)

  • This release corrects problems that sometimes resulted in crashes when running under OS X 10.7. Specifically, the crashes sometimes occurred:
  • when deleting notes, or
  • when syncing very large attachments.

New in Sente 6.2.13 (Jul 17, 2011)

  • Miscellaneous:
  • Modified the file scanners to trim leading and trailing whitespace from newly generated citation IDs.
  • Added KSSTA bibliography format for the official journal of European Society of Sports Traumatology Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy.
  • Updated the MRHA bibliography format.
  • Fixed the plural version of the Editors/Translators prefixes for book chapters in the SBL format.
  • Added Fuller Theological Seminary library as a Z39.50 data source.
  • Added targeted browsing support for Taylor and Frances site.
  • Updated targeted browsing support for PubMedCentral.
  • Fixed a bug introduced in 6.2.12 that caused the start-up steps for new users not to function correctly.

New in Sente 6.2.12 (Jun 24, 2011)

  • Updated targeted browsing support for: Google Books, Sage, Cambridge, Nature, Applied Physics Letters, Chicago, Arxiv, Oxford, JSTOR, NASA, Wiley, Ingenta, PubMed Central, APS, ScienceDirect, EBSCOhost/PsychInfo and PsychArticles, Springer and InformaWorld.
  • Fixed a bug with exporting 0 references.
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes caused no references to be shown in the reference table at startup.
  • Updated Applescript import command to handle larger imports.
  • Added PMID and PMCID support to EndNote XML importer.
  • Updated BibTeX importer to better handle JSTOR files.
  • Added Applescript support for importing PDFs.
  • Updated Chicago 15AD to omit authors for subsequent citations with a citation group with identical authors.
  • Now enforcing minimum widths for the reference editor, reference table and attachment view in the main window.

New in Sente 6.2.11 (Apr 27, 2011)

  • Miscellaneous:
  • Improved performance for several tag-related operations.
  • Updated targeted browsing support for: PubMed, JSTOR, archive.org, ACM, ERIC, SAGE, EBSCOhost, Oxford, Springer, Cambridge University Newton catalog, Nature, Informaworld, IEEE, Project Euclid.
  • Modified the EndNote importer to be more tolerant of empty references and to handle reference-notes.
  • Corrected problem with font menu in RTF pane of bibliography format editor.
  • Corrected bug that caused scans to hang in some cases when authors were missing initials.
  • Corrected a problem that prevented Sente from launching correctly in some cases of sync conflicts.

New in Sente 6.2.10 (Mar 19, 2011)

  • Improved performance in several areas related to QuickTags and Keywords. In particular, users with large numbers of references and large numbers of QuickTags and Keywords will see improved performance when switching between references when QuickTags and Keywords are visible, when opening a smart collection editor, etc.
  • Improved the Zotero importer, including addition of the URL, improved handling of publication titles for various pub types, handling of book chapters and author roles.
  • Updated support for targeted browsing on: JSTOR, Springer, Science Direct, Informaworld, Karger, Oxford, Google Scholar, MIT Press Journals, ACM, and pages with COINS data.
  • Increased options for author counts required to trigger use of "et al."
  • Restored RTF version of formatted citations when dragging references.
  • Improved the RefMan importer's handling of author name variations.

New in Sente 6.2.9 (Feb 25, 2011)

  • Miscellaneous:
  • Restored the ability to print attachments, including PDFs, from within the Attachment View. For PDFs, you have the option of printing with or without annotations made within Sente.
  • Modified the behavior when dragging and dropping Sente Citation Tags to not include any style information with the text. This should cause Sente Citation Tags to take on the style of the text into which they are dropped.
  • Fixed a bug that cause the Sente window to disappear if you clicked on another application when the PDF annotation popover was visible.
  • Fixed a bug with the Attachment View that sometimes caused the horizontal scrollbar to disappear.
  • Fixed a bug with creating new reference editor views that caused the new views not to be visible in all cases.
  • Fixed a bug in the Autolink preferences that could sometimes render the preference pane inoperable.
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the Notes icon in the main reference table (the pencil) to remain displayed even when all notes had been deleted. For existing cases where this was a problem, displaying the Notes view in the reference editor for the problem references will clear up the condition.
  • Modified the BibTeX importer to map BibTeX tags to Sente tags.
  • Fixed a problem that caused deleted notes to be included in several different output formats, including Sente XML and any bibliography format that included notes.
  • Fixed a problem that caused Sente to hang if a password-protected PDF were provided to QuickAdd.

New in Sente 6.2.8 (Feb 16, 2011)

  • Improved handling of PDF annotation created in external programs.
  • Added support for additional styles of font and text encoding, which means that Sente can accurately extract text from more PDFs.
  • Fixed a problem that caused some PDFs to "freeze" Sente.
  • Improved the handling of page rotation in some PDFs. There are still some cases in which rotated pages are not correctly displayed, but fewer such cases than in prior releases.
  • Added a new autolink template that will cause Sente to open the reference's URL in the attachment view.
  • Updated targeted browsing support for the New England Journal of Medicine, Nature, Google Books. Added support for the Ecological Society of America.
  • Corrected a problem with the bibliography format editor that caused it to hang in some cases.
  • Modified the BibTeX importer and exporter to (a) map the BibTeX URL to the reference URL field, and (b) stop escaping special characters in the URL field on export.
  • Added support for importing reference URLs in data in RefMan, Ref Works and Refer format.

New in Sente 6.2.7 (Feb 7, 2011)

  • Improvements to the PDF View:
  • Zooming in and out is now supported. There are commands in the main menu as well as the context menu within the PDF view. Pinch can be used on trackpads.
  • Improved handling of page cropping.
  • Improved support for PDF annotations made in other programs. Work remains in this area, but this version is much better than previous releases.
  • Added support for additional types of text and font encoding. This improves text selection and extraction in many PDFs, including many of those generated using Clearscan OCR technology.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • Fixed a problem that prevented some users from accessing Google Scholar in Sente's embedded browser.
  • Added or enhanced targeted browsing support for SpringerLink, Science Magazine, ERIC, Sage, Nature, Walter de Gruyter Publications, search.ProQuest.com, InformaWorld, PLoS, Liebert On-line, and Persee.fr.
  • Modified the EndNote importer to handle single references with up to 256k of data. Also improved support for institutional authors on import. Added support for electronic books. Improved handling of PDF links within EndNote XML files.
  • Modified COINS support to handle the type "research article."

New in Sente 6.2.6 (Jan 6, 2011)

  • Fixed a bug that prevented the bibliography format editor window from opening under OS X 10.5.
  • Fixed a bug that caused targeted browsing on Google Scholar and QuickAdd not to work for some users.
  • Updated targeted browsing support for: Oxford, Nature, Springer, American Society of Microbiology, PNAS, COinS, Cambridge, Informaworld, Science, APA PsycNET, New England Journal of Medicine, OCLC, Worldcat.
  • Added support for structured PubMed abstracts.

New in Sente 6.2.5 (Dec 21, 2010)

  • Miscellaneous:
  • Updated support for Google Scholar in both targeted browsing and QuickAdd. Improves success for both operations, especially for users outside of the U.S.
  • Added a warning when users have Adobe's PDF Viewer plugin installed on their system. This plugin is not compatible with Sente and will cause a crash if a user attempts to open a PDF using the plugin. If the plugin is detected when the user selects the "Follow link" option when clicking on a link to a PDF in Sente's embedded browser, the user is given the option of opening the PDF in Safari instead.
  • Added an information sheet that is displayed when the user scans a document that does not include a {bibliography} tag, explaining that this means that the output document will not include a bibliography.
  • Corrected a problem with the handling of some PDFs from the Nature Group.
  • Fixed a problem with author order in the Papers importer.
  • Added support for Nisus Writer Pro 1.4.1.
  • Updated targeted browsing support for CiteSeer.

New in Sente 6.2.4 (Dec 18, 2010)

  • Fixed a problem with PDF annotation when a reference had more than one PDF attachment. The previous version made it appear that the annotation was sometimes being applied to all attached PDFs, rather than just the appropriate one.
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes caused updated references to disappear from smart collections in synced libraries. The disappearance was temporary (they returned under several conditions, including relaunching the app) but disconcerting.
  • Fixed a problem with the note editor not accepting input sometimes after the deletion of a note.
  • Fixed a problem where tapping on comment, after selecting a previously highlighted passage, would not do anything. Now it creates a comment, as expected.
  • Made the PDF highlighting colors a bit darker, especially when exporting PDF with attachments to be read in Preview.
  • Fixed a problem in targeted browsing on Google Scholar for users outside the U.S.
  • Updated targeted browsing support for American Physical Society, National Institute for Clinical Excellence and PNAS. Improved COINS handling.

New in Sente 6.2.3 (Dec 11, 2010)

  • Prevents crashing on some very large PDFs.

New in Sente 6.2.2 (Dec 10, 2010)

  • Includes some optimizations in the PDF view that make a significant difference in performance on some PDFs.

New in Sente 6.2.1 (Dec 9, 2010)

  • Compatible with Sente for iPad:
  • Sente 6.2.0 is required for compatibility with the soon-to-be-released full version of Sente for iPad. This new version of desktop Sente uses a different approach to PDF highlighting to be compatible with the iPad version. We recommend that anyone considering Sente for iPad upgrade to Sente 6.2 prior to installing and using the iPad app.
  • New PDF Viewer and Annotation Model:
  • The attachment view has been entirely rewritten in this release. Most importantly, the PDF view has been made compatible with the PDF view in Sente for iPad. This involved user interface changes as well as changes to the way in which PDF annotation is stored.
  • Library Import from Mendeley, Papers and Zotero:
  • It is now possible to directly import Mendeley, Papers and Zotero libraries directly, without first exporting the data from those applications. This both improves the quality of the data that gets imported and, most importantly, it allows Sente to obtain PDFs directly, rather than relying on links or URLs in the export files.
  • Support for Microsoft Word 2011:
  • Sente can now scan docx files produced by the latest version of Microsoft Word. Sente works with Word 2011 just the same way that it works with Word 2008 (that is, it uses the File > Scan interface).
  • Miscellaneous:
  • Updated targeted browsing support for Library of Congress, SAGE, Oxford Press, ACM, InformaWorld, PNAS, BioMedCentral, CiteULike, Royal Society of Chemistry, Atyphon-link.
  • Added targeted browsing support for pages using COINS.
  • Fixed a problem scanning multiple citations in a single cell in a table in a Pages document.
  • Updated the BibTeX imported to recognize pubmedid.
  • Sente now prevents the Trash from being emptied in a synchronized library if the library is not current with respect to the sync servers.

New in Sente 6.1.19 (Nov 2, 2010)

  • Miscellaneous:
  • Fixed a problem introduced in 6.1.18 that caused the Pub Title entry to be dropped in the list of fields presented in the Browser (cmd-B).
  • Added targeted browsing support for Oxford Journals.
  • Minor tweaks to BibTeX support of Thesis references.

New in Sente 6.1.17 (Oct 16, 2010)

  • Miscellaneous:
  • Updated support for Nature.com.
  • Updated EndNote XML importer to handle some cases that were previously rejected.
  • Added several Z39.50 data sources.
  • Fixed a bug in synchronized libraries that could, in rare circumstances, cause the propagation of an edit to a reference to be delayed.

New in Sente 6.1.16 (Oct 14, 2010)

  • Miscellaneous:
  • Fixed bug in Pages scanner that caused citations after the first paragraph of a footnote to be ignored.
  • Updated targeted browsing support for EBSCOhost to handle changes at the site.
  • Updated targeted browsing support for Sage, PNAS.
  • Updated Word scanners to handle bibliographies placed in endnotes.
  • Corrected a few issues in the BibTeX exporter and importer.
  • Added some new Z39.50 data sources.
  • Sente now displays a Library identification number, and a current message number, for synchronized libraries to help track down any problems with library synchronization. The library ID can be found in the window title bar and the message number in the footer. Two copies of a synced library should display the same library ID number and, when up-to-date, the same message number.

New in Sente 6.1.14 (Sep 18, 2010)

  • Miscellaneous:
  • This release contains the first public version of APA 6. Please report any problems with this new format on our support system.
  • Corrected issues in targeted browsing for many sites, including: Amazon.com, PNAS, ACS, AnthroSource, Sage, and Springer. Also, removed support for Wiley-Interscience (this service has been replaced by the publisher).
  • Corrected ISBN-13 validation and the Dublin Core importer, both of which should improve data collected during QuickAdd.
  • Added support for OCLC for QuickAdd by ISBN.
  • Added support for NYTimes.com
  • Corrected problems in the file scanner for Word docx files.
  • Corrected a problem with the ordering of some bibliography formats.
  • Corrected a problem with support for Nisus Writer.
  • Added new author name and date formats.

New in Sente 6.1.13 (Sep 3, 2010)

  • Miscellaneous:
  • Fixed a few problem with the Pages, RTF and Word document scanners.
  • Updated the JSTOR SRU address.
  • Corrected a problem with ordering bibliographies containing blank author fields.
  • Updated reference detectors for many sites, including Google Scholar, JSTOR, EBSCOhost and others.

New in Sente 6.1.11 (Jun 8, 2010)

  • Miscellaneous:
  • Added support for a previously unsupported Google Books search results page format.
  • Modified the handling of PubMed pages to handle changes made by NCBI.
  • Modified the handling of Google Scholar to handle changes made by Google.
  • Modified Pages scanner to force output filenames to end with .pages.

New in Sente 6.1.10 (May 26, 2010)

  • Miscellaneous:
  • Corrected a problem that caused the Shortened Title to sometimes not appear in the Bibliography Fields editor view.
  • Modified the fields included for Thesis and Presentation in the Bibliography Fields view.
  • Added cmd-Y support for DEVONthink and fixed a problem with cmd-Y and MS Word 2008.
  • Updated the thesis style in Chicago 15 AD.
  • Modified attachment filename generation to apply the specified name length limit to folder names as well as file names. To make Sente adjust existing folder names, modify the filing strategy slightly (e.g., increase or decrease the maximum file name length by a character).
  • Improved the handling of EBSCOhost web pages.

New in Sente 6.1.8 (May 13, 2010)

  • Miscellaneous:
  • Corrected a bug that first appeared in recent versions of Sente that resulted in some newly created synchronized copies of libraries not containing attachment handling settings. This version of Sente will detect and report this problem in existing libraries.
  • The RefMan importer has been modified to strip out HTML tags in comments.
  • Corrected a problem that could result from empty entries in the list of words to be ignored when applying title case.

New in Sente 6.1.7 (Apr 9, 2010)

  • Miscellaneous:
  • Updated reference detectors to handle changes to web site structure, or additional page types, or to correct problems. These include: PubMed, SpringerLink, EBSCOhost Philosophers Index, Ingenta, Internet Archive, and Amazon.
  • Updated Harvard bibliography format.
  • Added LaTeX bibliography format.
  • Corrected a problem that resulted in slow PDF downloads on some sites.
  • Fixed a crash that could happen on Rockefeller Press web pages.

New in Sente 6.1.5 (Mar 16, 2010)

  • Fixed a bug that resulted in Sente sometimes not presenting the user with the correct options (e.g., Download and Import) when clicking on a PDF in a web view.
  • Fixed a problem with selecting annotation (i.e., highlighting) in some PDF files.

New in Sente 6.1.4 (Mar 15, 2010)

  • IMPORTANT: Sente 6.1 is not backwards compatible with Sente 6.0. When you first open a Sente 6.0 library in Sente 6.1, Sente will make changes to the library that will prevent it from opening correctly in Sente 6.0.
  • For this reason, it is essential that you MAKE A COMPLETE BACKUP of your library and all attachments prior to installing and launching Sente 6.1. If you are unable to use Sente 6.1. for any reason, you will need to restore your library (and attachments) from your backup to revert to 6.0.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed two bugs in the handling of attachments in libraries which have been set to use the "link to" option for attachment handling. (1) attachments added to existing references were being lost on restart; and (2) automatically downloaded attachments were not being handled correctly.

New in Sente 6.0.28 (Jan 22, 2010)

  • Miscellaneous:
  • Corrected some problems in the ASA bibliography format.
  • Corrected two problems in the Pages and Word 2008 file scanners. One issue could cause spaces to be inadvertently added or removed during that scanning process. The second problem is that citation tags that spanned a page break were not being correctly handled.
  • Added Citation ID as an available element in bibliography formats.
  • Updated the Cambridge Journals On-line support to handle changes in their page structure.

New in Sente 6.0.27 (Jan 6, 2010)

  • Miscellaneous:
  • Fixed a bug that could result in partially-obscured PDFs in the attachment view in a single-reference pane.
  • Fixed a bug that resulted in a new reference, created using the Duplicate Reference command, pointing to the same notes as the original reference.
  • Enhanced targeted browsing support for: CiNii, National Library of Portugal, WorldCat, Melvyl, PubMed Central.
  • Updated list of Z39.50 sources.
  • Removed support for modifier keys when dropping files on references.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash if user took too long to authorize Sente.
  • Corrected problem with CSL-based bibliography formats that caused them not to use superscipts when appropriate.

New in Sente 6.0.26 (Dec 30, 2009)

  • Miscellaneous:
  • Corrected a bug that caused the Last Executed date not to be set the first time a search was executed.
  • Updated targeted browsing support for: PubMed Central, ProQuest, Nature Neuroscience, InterScience.
  • Fixed a bug in RefMan import where publication abbreviation was not picked up.

New in Sente 6.0.25 (Dec 23, 2009)

  • Miscellaneous:
  • Modified targeted browsing and QuickAdd to handle recent changes to Google Scholar.
  • Improved performance when opening a synchronized library.
  • The BibTeX importer was improved to recognize "web page" and "law" references.
  • Corrected the SBL bibliography format to remove duplicate book titles.
  • Added the ability to create dependencies on "intuitive title" when defining bibliography styles.
  • Added MHRA bibliography format.
  • Corrected several issues with the ASA bibliography format.
  • Corrected problem that caused page range formatting (e.g., "123-25") not to be applied to cited pages elements.
  • Added a link to release notes to the Help menu.
  • Modified code that extracts text from PDFs (e.g., during import and when creating notes from selected text) to ignore attributes like bold and italics. This is being done to work around a bug in Apple's PDFkit that is causing crashes.

New in Sente 6.0.24 (Dec 11, 2009)

  • Sync Enhancements:
  • Improved handling of network connection loss and restoration. Sente will now automatically reconnect when a network connection is restored (e.g., after a sleep and relocate).
  • Eliminated reporting of false sync conflicts.
  • Solved a problem that caused Sente on some non-English systems not to be able to create synchronized libraries.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • Fixed a crash that could happen loading large chunks of data.
  • Various reference detector enhancements (affects MUSE, SAGE, Combridge, Ingenta, EBSCOhost, Google Books, Highwire).
  • Various BibTeX handling improvements (e.g., scrub newlines within fields; handling of quoted strings).
  • Improved handling of keywords in MARC data.
  • Added new style of name lists available for bib formats.
  • Fixed a problem with the menu options and auto-completion values during QuickAdd.
  • Made the Duplicate Reference command work on references selected within smart collections.

New in Sente 6.0.22 (Nov 21, 2009)

  • Fixed a bug that could result in the loss of QuickTags if changes were committed (that is, the lock clicked) when a search was active in the Find field.
  • Fixed a problem with the synchronization of non-latin characters in QuickTags, Smart Collection definitions and Notes.
  • Fixed a problem that turned targeted browsing off for new tabs after the user manual was displayed.

New in Sente 6.0.21 (Nov 19, 2009)

  • Fixed a bug with the QuickTag palette where changes to a parent tag would cause the changed tag to be assigned explicitly to references where it had been previously implied.
  • Enhanced the handling of SUTRS data.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when downloading PDFs.

New in Sente 6.0.21 (Nov 19, 2009)

  • Fixed a bug with the QuickTag palette where changes to a parent tag would cause the changed tag to be assigned explicitly to references where it had been previously implied.
  • Enhanced the handling of SUTRS data.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when downloading PDFs.

New in Sente 6.0.20 (Nov 17, 2009)

  • Fixed a problem that caused searches sometimes to start from scratch inappropriately during query update sweeps.
  • Fixed a bug that caused PDFs downloaded from within the app not to be filed outside the library bundle, even if that was what the user requested in preferences.
  • Corrected an autocompletion bug in the Tags presenter. Typing a capital letter as the first character in a tag did not generate any matches.

New in Sente 6.0.19 (Nov 16, 2009)

  • Corrected a problem in Chicago 15 AD where "in" was repeated for book chapters.
  • Added a new author name style: "Arthur P. Sloan", and a new name list format: "name; name; and name".
  • Fixed targeted browsing for ScienceDirect.
  • Corrected a problem introduced in 6.0.18 which caused spotlight cache files to be misfiled.
  • Fixed some miscellaneous bugs in the Pages scanner.
  • Added preliminary versions of the J Am Chem Society and OSCOLA bibliography formats.
  • Correct some issues with the ASA bibliography format.

New in Sente 6.0.18 (Nov 14, 2009)

  • Sente now informs the user when an import results in the creation of custom fields to handle data encountered in the input file. For example, if custom fields are found in an EndNote XML file, corresponding fields are created in Sente and the user is informed.
  • Extended cmd-Y support to include TeXShop.
  • Restored import from clipboard command.
  • Improved performance of log gathering during crash reporting.
  • Improved ASA bibliography format.
  • Corrected problem with downloading PDFs that could sometimes crash the program.
  • Improved performance in a number of areas.

New in Sente 6.0.17 (Nov 4, 2009)

  • Miscellaneous:
  • Fixed a bug that caused Sente to place an excessive load on the CPU after performing a search.
  • Fixed a problem with character attributes not always being applied when a Word 2008 document was scanned. The reported bahavior was a lack of italics in some cases.
  • Added support for subject search results pages at Library of Congress.
  • Improved support for EBSCOhost in targeted browsing.
  • Improved data clean-up for Dublin Core imports.
  • Improved CSL handling in many cases and replaced some bibliography formats using updated code.

New in Sente 6.0.16 (Oct 29, 2009)

  • Fixed a bug that could crash Sente during the conversion of a Sente 5 library.
  • Added a report of duplicates and near-duplicates discovered during the Sente 5 conversion process.
  • Updated the PubMed reference detector for targeted browsing to support the new PubMed site design.

New in Sente 6.0.12 (Oct 22, 2009)

  • Synchronized Libraries. Sente 6 makes it easy to maintain multiple copies of a reference library, including attachments such as PDF files, on multiple computers. This works well for users who regularly work on more than one computer. Because permissions can be set differently on each copy, this feature is also useful for sharing a library with colleagues.
  • Hierarchical Reference Tagging. Sente 6 makes it easy to assign and use tags on references. And tags can be arranged hierarchically, in which case Sente will treat references with child tags as though they had also been assigned the parent tags. This makes organizing a large research library much easier than it has ever been before.
  • PDF Markup. This new version also includes PDF markup commands that can be used to highlight passages or other regions in a PDF file. This information is synchronized along with the PDFs themselves, so the marked-up copy is available in any synchronized copy of the library almost immediately.
  • Hundreds of New Bibliography Formats. This significantly increases the likelihood that the format someone needs is already built-in.

New in Sente 6.0.9 Beta (Oct 12, 2009)

  • Sente 6 is "document-based" meaning that there is one main window per library. We think this makes for a cleaner interface and it supports coming enhancements better than our old approach.
  • Libraries in Sente 6 are now single files (bundles, actually) that can be placed anywhere on your computer, like in your Documents folder. Double-click the library in Finder and Sente will pop it open.
  • Attachments (PDFs and other files) can now be stored right in the library. This eliminates the problems with links breaking when you, for example, move a library from one machine to another. Copy a library to a thumb drive and you have all your references and PDFs.
  • Libraries can now be automatically synchronized across any number of computers, and this includes all attachments stored in the library. And different copies of a library can have different permissions, so you can share a library with colleagues without giving them the ability to make changes.
  • Sente 6 supports reference tagging. And tags are fully supported by Find, Browse and Smart Collection definition.
  • There is a new QuickTag palette that lets you quickly see which tags have been applied to one or more references, and assign and remove tags from any number of references with a single click.
  • Tags can be organized hierarchically. References with more specific tags (i.e., more deeply nested tags) will be returned when searching for less specific (i.e., less deeply nested) tags.
  • Sente 6 automatically provides a number of built-in smart collections to support many common needs. For example, there are folders for all recently added references, and all references with specific QuickTags, and all references with particular statuses.
  • There are hundreds of new bibliography styles based on CSL format definitions. And more will be added prior to the official release of 6.0.
  • There is a new, on-line user manual. This is still being completed, but because it is on-line, you will always see the most up-to-date version when you click on Help > User's Guide.

New in Sente 5.6.1 (Jun 19, 2008)

  • Sente 5.6.1 adds targeted browsing, which lets users download and import references from selected web sites simply by clicking on target icons in the page, using the new embedded web browser. This feature makes acquiring references from supported web sites easier than ever.

New in Sente 5.5.0 (May 7, 2008)

  • Enhanced PDF management. In this new version, users can create references directly from the PDF files they already have, as well as new PDFs that they receive from colleagues. Sente uses Google Scholar, the Library of Congress and PubMed to create complete references when importing a new PDF.
  • Sente 5.5 also includes a new Quick Add feature that lets users create complete citations from only an ISBN, DOI or PubMed ID.

New in Sente 5.4.1 (Apr 10, 2008)

  • Version 5.4.1 makes it easier to view, obtain and organize attachments for any reference.
  • The new Links component in the reference editor can be used to view existing attachments and automatically-identified web pages. And, when you click on any PDF file on any of these pages, Sente will automatically download the file, rename it and file it according to your preferences, and attach it to the current reference.

New in Sente 5.4.0 (Apr 9, 2008)

  • Easy Access to Auto-Links. Now, all active auto-links are shown right in the Links view for easy access. For example, if the reference contains a DOI, the DOI link is active and clicking on it will take you right to the publishers web page for the article.
  • Automatic PDF Downloads. When viewing any web page within the Links view, when you click on a link to a PDF view, Sente can automatically download, rename and file the PDF according to your preferences.
  • Attachments. All attachments for a reference are available within the Links view; just click on the icon and the file will be opened within Sente. (Files like Word and Pages documents are not displayable within Sente, but can be opened with one additional command.)

New in Sente 4.2.5 (Sep 13, 2007)

  • Added support for Sente Version 5 License Registration Codes.