Translucent Changelog

What's new in Translucent 1.7.9

May 14, 2019
  • Stability Fixes.

New in Translucent 1.7.8 (Oct 24, 2018)

  • Compatibility Fixes

New in Translucent 1.7.7 (Jan 16, 2018)

  • Stability Improvements.
  • Interoperability with Dark Mode.

New in Translucent 1.7.6 (Apr 10, 2017)

  • Core Stability Improvements

New in Translucent 1.7.5 (Apr 7, 2017)

  • Compatibility Improvements.
  • Core Stability Improvements & Fixes.

New in Translucent 1.7.4 (Jun 3, 2016)

  • Stability improvements.

New in Translucent 1.7.3 (Mar 12, 2015)

  • Fixes a layout issue that can occur with the status items.
  • Interface Enhancements.

New in Translucent 1.7.2 (Jan 16, 2015)

  • Performance & Stability Improvements
  • Minor Interface Changes

New in Translucent 1.7.1 (Apr 4, 2014)

  • Bug Fixes
  • Stability Improvements

New in Translucent 1.7 (Mar 26, 2014)

  • Minor re-layout of the preference window.
  • Added additional preferences window to hold old features.
  • Added removal of network status interfaces that are not in a connected state.
  • Added hot plugging detection of network interfaces.
  • Added change of opacity for activity indicators for network and disk status items.
  • Minor reductions to the overall footprint in the status bar.
  • Minor slimming of the memory status item.
  • Slight reduction in size of the activity indicators.
  • Stability improvements.

New in Translucent 1.6.2 (Dec 30, 2013)

  • Improvements to support encrypted disk volumes.

New in Translucent 1.5.4 (Apr 19, 2013)

  • Added an opaque background with adjustable color and opacity.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Translucent 1.5.3 (Dec 8, 2012)

  • Fixed the background not highlighting on menu open.
  • Addressed an issue with Translucent requiring to run only on the discrete graphics processor.
  • Stability improvements.

New in Translucent 1.5.2 (Oct 16, 2012)

  • Stability improvements.

New in Translucent 1.5.1 (Aug 29, 2012)

  • Improvements to the calculation of free and used memory.
  • Stability improvements.

New in Translucent 1.5 (Aug 10, 2012)

  • Retina graphics support.
  • New Detailed Disk window to display activity for individual physical disks.

New in Translucent 1.4.1 (Jun 9, 2012)

  • Translucent is now Sandboxed.
  • Performance improvements to the rendering system of the cpu and memory status items.
  • Fixes to Translucent adding itself as a login item to support sandboxing.
  • Minor interface changes.
  • Various fixes to support sandboxing.
  • Stability enhancements.

New in Translucent 1.4 (Apr 20, 2012)

  • Indeterminate indicators are now separated for the network and disk status items.
  • Improvements to the cpu and memory status items rendering system.
  • Minor changes to the preference window's controls and layout.
  • Minor interface enhancements.
  • Changes to the infrastructure for launching on login.
  • Migrations to support future sandboxing.
  • Performance and stability enhancements.
  • Addresses an issue where the network status items may not show up if none of the network interfaces are connected on startup.

New in Translucent 1.3.6 (Jan 28, 2012)

  • Adjusted the sensitivity of the turbo boost detection.

New in Translucent 1.3.5 (Jan 25, 2012)

  • Fixes an issue where turbo boost mode may not be correctly detected & undetected.

New in Translucent 1.3.4 (Jan 6, 2012)

  • Added the ability to set the updating interval to between 1-10 seconds.
  • Fixes to the cpu frequency calculation.
  • Stability and performance enhancements.

New in Translucent 1.3.3 (Nov 3, 2011)

  • Redesigned graphics for the network status icons.
  • Stability improvements.
  • Changed determinate indicators to be default for the network and disk status items.

New in Translucent 1.3.2 (Sep 1, 2011)

  • Compatibility fixes for Lion.

New in Translucent 1.3.1 (Jul 19, 2011)

  • Performance enhancements to the cpu and memory status items rendering systems, both now use hardware-accelerated rendering.
  • Added determinate read and write indicators for the network and disk status items.
  • Redesigned preference window to help reduce clutter with the new determinate indicator preferences.
  • Enhancements to the tooltip windows on Lion.
  • Minor interface enhancements.
  • Performance & stability enhancements.

New in Translucent 1.3 (May 27, 2011)

  • Added cumulative and system statistics.
  • Cumulative statistic collection for the network and disk usage that remain across system reboots.
  • System statistics since system boot for cpu usage (user, system and idle time reporting), network and disk usage.
  • Fixed Translucent not recognizing systems that support turbo boost.
  • Minor bug fixes and stability enhancements.

New in Translucent 1.2.2 (Apr 26, 2011)

  • Enhancements to the network and disk icons, higher resolution icons with larger icons displayed for the network.
  • Complete rewrite of the rendering system for the CPU and memory icons providing sharper graphics and more responsive displaying of information.
  • Stability enhancements.

New in Translucent 1.2.1 (Apr 12, 2011)

  • Added turbo boost monitoring on systems that support it (i5/i7). The CPU window will display frequencies for each core detected and the status items will outline in red when a core is detected to operate above it's base frequency.
  • Fixed a delayed crash that would occur when the network status item was removed from the status bar.

New in Translucent 1.2 (Mar 17, 2011)

  • Added CPU coalescing, the number of CPU items to display in the status bar can be changed to help reduce space.
  • Added the ability to view the memory status item as either memory used (current style) or memory free.
  • Fixed a bug that occasionally would cause erratic behavior on updated information when items were removed and re-added to the status bar.
  • Minor interface tweaks & bug fixes

New in Translucent 1.1.4 (Mar 3, 2011)

  • Fixed a bug that caused crashes on systems with 12+ cores
  • Minor bug fixes
  • Performance enhancements

New in Translucent 1.1.2 (Feb 1, 2011)

  • Added a link to the Translucent website in the menu.
  • Command-Clicking on the sensors in the status bar will open the associated window.
  • Translucent will now ask to move itself to the Applications folder if it is not located there already.
  • Fixed a rare bug that can happen when the operating system doesn't correctly recognize a USB drive that has been plugged in.
  • Minor changes to the preference window's look.