Silverback Changelog

What's new in Silverback 2.6.5

Sep 20, 2013
  • This release provides additional warnings for incompatibility issues.

New in Silverback 2.6.4 (Aug 2, 2013)

  • Resolves a reported issue with video going out of sync on long sessions.

New in Silverback 2.6.3 (Apr 17, 2013)

  • Adds support documentation for settings to use when capturing Keynote presentations.

New in Silverback 2.6.2 (Apr 17, 2013)

  • Fixes an issue where a project would fail to export if event data was out of sequence.
  • Adds support for capturing alpha-blended screen data.

New in Silverback 2.6.1 (Nov 7, 2012)

  • Fixes an issue where sessions couldn’t be previewed or exported when “Show mouse clicks” was switched off in preferences.

New in Silverback 2.6 (Oct 29, 2012)

  • Developer ID added for compatibility with Gatekeeper on Mountain Lion
  • Fixes a bug that could cause the mouse cursor to stop moving during recorded drags
  • Resolves two minor memory leaks

New in Silverback 2.5.7 (Oct 16, 2012)

  • Changes to screen size during recordings is now supported
  • New recovery mode for recovering corrupt sessions
  • Session duration correctly updates in the UI after a session recording on Mac OS X 10.8
  • Fixes a bug which affected the position and appearance of the cursor

New in Silverback 2.5.6 (Sep 3, 2012)

  • Prevents Time Machine from attempting to backup a session whilst it is being recorded
  • Improved support for third party capture devices which compress audio

New in Silverback 2.5.5 (Jul 20, 2012)

  • Better handles a situation where the camera becomes unavailable during a recording
  • Explicitly prevents sleep during recording

New in Silverback 2.5.4 (May 15, 2012)

  • Using H.264 codec for file exports instead of Apple Animation
  • Fixes an issue where very long sessions would fail to export

New in Silverback 2.5.3 (Feb 3, 2012)

  • Fixes a bug causing installation failure Mac OS X 10.6
  • Fixes a bug causing crash on export of individual tasks

New in Silverback 2.5.1 (Aug 12, 2011)

  • Fixes a bug affecting Mac OS X 10.5 users
  • Fixes an issue with video capture
  • Recordings can be paused and restarted by pressing ‘⌘ ⌥ ⌃ F1’
  • Recordings can be stopped by pressing ‘⌘ ⌥ ⌃ F2’
  • Tasks can be created by pressing ‘⌘ ⌥ ⌃ F11’
  • Highlights can be added by pressing ‘⌘ ⌥ ⌃ F12’
  • Documentation updated to include new keyboard shortcuts

New in Silverback 2.0.1 (Dec 20, 2010)

  • Fixed an issue where exporting with no iSight video caused application to crash.
  • Fixed issue where export from sessions recorded with external monitor attached caused application to crash.
  • Fixed other issues which caused application to crash when exporting sessions.

New in Silverback 1.1.2 (Nov 27, 2009)

  • Resolved problem preventing users registering on Snow Leopard
  • Improved overall compatibility with Snow Leopard
  • Improved overall stability when exporting sessions
  • Fixed issue where Silverback would crash during exports of long sessions
  • Fixed peculiar scrollbar behavior when editing session notes
  • NOTE: When using Snow Leopard you should update to at least 10.6.2

New in Silverback 1.1.1 (Jul 14, 2009)

  • Fixed syncing issues
  • Fixed audio issue when "Capture iSight video and audio" was unchecked in preferences
  • Fixed files disappearing when non-alphanumeric characters were used in session name

New in Silverback 1.1 (Jun 3, 2009)

  • Added bulk export functionality for whole project or selected sessions (multiple select or export option).
  • Silverback menu bar icon flashes when Apple Remote is used.
  • Added translated GUI buttons.
  • iMovie compatibility option added.

New in Silverback 1.0.3 (Jun 3, 2009)

  • Fixed Syncing Issues.
  • Fixed Apple remote chapter marker setting.
  • Fixed cancelling export bug.

New in Silverback 1.0.2 (Apr 6, 2009)

  • Improved export speed.
  • Reduced exported file sizes.
  • Improved memory handling.
  • Fixed chapter marker bug.
  • Fixed intermittent exporting bugs.
  • Improved multi-threading support.

New in Silverback 1.0.1 (Apr 6, 2009)

  • Added Export menu item
  • Added tooltips.
  • Minor adjustments to export labels.
  • Improved cleanup of temporary files.
  • Improved error handling when exports fail.
  • Export speed improved significantly.
  • Added localization infrastructure.

New in Silverback 1.0.0 (Apr 6, 2009)

  • Initial release.