Spotlife Changelog

What's new in Spotlife 2.0.0

Jan 31, 2015
  • NEW! Weather forecast in the Day, Week, and Month views
  • NEW! Menu bar icon shows current date
  • NEW! Blurred, translucent background styles for Desktop Calendar
  • NEW! Automatically uses calendar accounts set up in OS X
  • NEW! Supports On My Mac, iCloud, Exchange, Yahoo, Google, CalDAV, etc.
  • NEW! Switch between Agenda, Day, Week, and Month views directly from menu bar
  • NEW! View tasks as banners that stretch to due date or just on due date
  • NEW! Interface improvements to match style of Yosemite
  • NEW! Color & monochrome weather display styles
  • More…
  • REQUIRES OX 10.10 YOSEMITE OR LATER

New in Spotlife 1.1.0 (Nov 20, 2014)

  • Fixed launching issue related to OS X 10.10

New in Spotlife 1.0.9 (Mar 20, 2014)

  • Improve appearance of current time indicator in Day and Week views
  • Fixed problem displaying current time line indicator in Day and Week views
  • Fixed problem that could cause software to hang under Mavericks
  • IMPORTANT NOTE: Spotlife is now sandboxed which will require accounts to be re-created

New in Spotlife 1.0.8 (Nov 13, 2013)

  • Added OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) compatibility
  • Added new modern/clean look for events/tasks
  • Added preference to control whether the Desktop Calendar appears in all spaces or the default behavior
  • Fixed problem where the first day of a repeating event was incorrectly displayed when it was also excluded

New in Spotlife 1.0.7 (May 30, 2013)

  • Fixed problem problem that occurred when the system time zone is in the eastern hemisphere and there are events occurring in a time zone in the western hemisphere

New in Spotlife 1.0.6 (May 10, 2013)

  • Fixed problem in the agenda view where past events would sometimes incorrectly appear as 'continued' on future days
  • Fixed rare problem when synchronizing with a CalDAV server
  • Fixed problem where quitting after a network outage did not take the accounts back online after restarting
  • Subscribed calendars from the 'On My Mac' account will now show up in Spotlife
  • Fixed rare problem when taking accounts online from the Accounts preferences

New in Spotlife 1.0.5 (Apr 4, 2013)

  • Added new application icon
  • Added multiple screen support: choose which screen the Desktop Calendar appears on
  • Enhanced for Retina displays
  • Commonly used keyboard shortcuts can now be used as hotkeys (but their use is discouraged)
  • Software is now more aggressive in re-establishing broken Internet connections
  • CalDAV stability and compatibility improvements
  • On CalDAV servers that support scheduling, invitations received, but declined will no longer appear in calendar views
  • Fixed problem where tasks with due dates/times didn't always show up in Day View
  • Fixed problem where all-day events stored in an On My Mac calendar appeared for an extra day in the Agenda View
  • Fixed problem where sleeping/waking the computer caused Spotlife to quit refreshing

New in Spotlife 1.0.4 (Jan 25, 2013)

  • Added a preference to control whether symbols (repeating, alarm, etc.) appear in Day, Week, & Month views
  • Fixed problem with view height and width sliders initially working
  • Fixed problem where symbols would sometimes appear out of place
  • Long event or task's titles in the day or week or month view are now truncated with an ellipsis

New in Spotlife 1.0.3 (Dec 5, 2012)

  • Improved display of overlapping events in Day and Week views so they cascade over one another instead of tiling

New in Spotlife 1.0.2 (Nov 13, 2012)

  • Fixed problem that caused repeating events created in iCloud.com to not show up correctly
  • Fixed memory leak

New in Spotlife 1.0.1 (Nov 13, 2012)

  • Added customizable keyboard shortcuts and menu items to quickly change the day, week, or month being viewed
  • Added date navigation controls to Desktop Calendar when Center Stage is activated
  • Added option to keep Desktop Calendar the same size when Center Stage is activated
  • Fixed problem where the Desktop Calendar would move to another screen after changing themes
  • Fixed problem that occurred when switching preferences
  • OS X Mountain Lion compatibility

New in Spotlife 1.0.0 (Jul 27, 2012)

  • Desktop Calendar
  • Shows events & tasks
  • Agenda View
  • Day View
  • Week View
  • Month View
  • Center Stage
  • Works with local iCal calendars
  • Supports CalDAV servers
  • Works with iCloud — one step setup
  • Works with Google Calendar — one step setup
  • Works with Yahoo! Calendar — one step setup
  • Works with fruux — one step setup
  • Turn ON/OFF individual calendars
  • Menu bar access
  • Customize appearance of views
  • 5 built-in themes
  • Adjustable size & location