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Vortex Changelog

What's new in Vortex 1.3.5

Oct 2, 2015
  • [UPDATE] Update for OS X 10.11 El Capitan compatibility

New in Vortex 1.3.4 (Jul 9, 2015)

  • [NEW] Improved support for aiff files
  • [UPDATE] Updated downloaders
  • [FIX] Stability and bug fixes

New in Vortex 1.3.3 (Apr 15, 2015)

  • [NEW] New tray menu for changing the resolution of your screens, with more options than the native system preferences menu
  • [FIX] Stability and bug fixes

New in Vortex 1.3.2 (Apr 15, 2015)

  • [NEW] New tray menu for changing the resolution of your screens, with more options than the native system preferences menu [FIX] Stability and bug fixes

New in Vortex 1.3.1 (Jan 3, 2015)

  • [NEW] Improved UI for Yosemite
  • [UPDATE] Further updates for Yosemite
  • [NEW] You can now download several songs at the time with the Song action
  • [NEW] Brought back the Download South Park episode action
  • [NEW] New actions Night, Red Alert and Restore tones to have fun with your screen. Available in the command centre.
  • [NEW] Now Vortex explains why a certain download has failed in the status window.

New in Vortex 1.3.0 (Aug 18, 2014)

  • [NEW] Added basic multicore support for video conversion.
  • [NEW] Drastically improved GUI
  • [NEW] Several new configuration options (sound, reveal files).
  • [NEW] Actions are now organized in categories. You can choose to show or hide any action in the main screen
  • [NEW] New status window. Get it by left-clicking in the Vortex dock icon.
  • [NEW] New actions for developers: sign apps and sign installer packages easily.
  • [NEW] Video downloaders now update themselves, without the need for us to release a new update.
  • [NEW] New licensing mechanism, easier to use and more reliable. Current users are unaffected by this update.
  • [UPDATE] We've temporarily disabled the SouthPark Studios download action, as they have changed their video provider
  • [UPDATE] Updated series search
  • [UPDATE] Updated Grooveshark downloads
  • [UPDATE] Downloader updates
  • [FIX] General bug fixes.

New in Vortex 1.2.0 (Jun 30, 2014)

  • [NEW] Vortex is now OS X 10.10 Yosemite compatible! If you cannot wait to try the new OS X version, Vortex can follow you there.
  • [UPDATE] Updated video downloaders
  • [FIX] Fixed a bug where preferences would not save for some users
  • [FIX] Fixed a bug that didnt allow you to propery uninstall certain applications.

New in Vortex 1.1.9 Beta (Jun 26, 2014)

  • [NEW] Greatly improved and smarter Uninstall action. Check the new video tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXU-mDUxbn4
  • [NEW] Added new "Unsing" action: remove signature from any app (for developers)
  • [UPDATE] Updated Grooveshark action to compensate for Grooveshark web page changes
  • [FIX] You can now download Grooveshark songs even if they are currently playing on Safari
  • [FIX] Fixed small bug where Vortex would not show the actions window the first time invoked.

New in Vortex 1.1.8 Beta (Jun 19, 2014)

  • NEW] Literally dozens of new features in this release! If you have sent us a feature request and it has not yet been included, don’t despair... we are working on it!
  • [NEW] Vortex now keeps a pasteboard history. You can access the last 10 things you copied to the pasteboard. Check the video tutorial here: http://youtu.be/gkovaAOeidQ
  • [NEW] You can now invoke vortex from the contents of your pasteboard
  • [NEW] New vortex in-app edition mode: format text directly in the application you are working with: capitalize, lowercase, reduce urls, format html... Check the video tutorial here: http://youtu.be/ljHihCkL6Pk
  • [NEW] New vortex command-center mode: vortex can now help you manage your whole system with a single click!
  • [NEW] Extract action now works with password-protected files
  • [NEW] New rar with password action
  • [NEW] New 7z with password action
  • [NEW] New zip with password action
  • [NEW] New Webloc action: vortex can automatically create a webloc file from an url.
  • [NEW] New Url from webloc action: vortex can now extract the url in a webloc file for you.
  • [NEW] New song action. You can now download songs by just giving a partial match to artis and title. Check the video tutorial here: http://youtu.be/Tf8-zTDuicM
  • [NEW] New episode action. You can now download episode series by giving a series name, season and episode number. Check the video tutorial here: http://youtu.be/2KRFY6_BDbA
  • [NEW] New gorillavid action (you can now download videos from gorillavid)
  • [NEW] You can know specify the default download location in the preferences pane.
  • [NEW] New global hotkey for running vortex with the current contents of the pasteboard. Check the video tutorial here: http://youtu.be/gkovaAOeidQ
  • [NEW] New global hotkey to run vortex in command center mode.
  • [NEW] You can now enable and disable actions from the preferences pane to unclutter and customizing your vortex interface. And also to see all the available actions! [UPDATE] Improved grooveshark action
  • [UPDATE] Updated video downloaders
  • [FIX] Vortex is now pasteboard-friendly. The pasteboard will never be used unless you explicitly request it
  • [FIX] General stability and small bug fixes.

New in Vortex 1.1.7 Beta (May 20, 2014)

  • [NEW] Reworked (and pretty much better looking) GUI
  • [NEW] New "Mail with text" and "Attach to Mail" actions: quickly create a new mail from text or attach several files at once
  • [NEW] New "extractor" for XCode. If you invoke vortex when using XCode, Vortex will select the file you are currently working with
  • [NEW] New "extractor" for Quicktime. If you invoke vortex when using XCode, Vortex will select the file you are currently playing.
  • [NEW] New "extractor" for Mail. If you invoke vortex when using Mail, Vortex will select the text of the message you are currently reading.
  • [NEW] New "extractor" for TextEdit. If you invoke vortex when using TextEdit, Vortex will select the text of the document you are currently editing.
  • [NEW] Batch processing capabilities for our other tastyapps. If you select a list of URLs (one per line) Vortex will give you the option of invoking Videobox, Musicbox or Web Snapper with all the URLs.
  • [FIX] Several small bug fixes.

New in Vortex 1.1.6 Beta (May 1, 2014)

  • [NEW] New Google Translate Action
  • [FIX] Fixed action shortcodes (broken in 1.1.1)
  • [FIX] Fixed a graphical glitch in 10.6
  • [FIX] Fixed uninstall process
  • [FIX] Fixed problem with Vortex Global Hotkey in first setup and configuration.
  • [FIX] Fixed some file-to-action connections
  • [FIX] General improvements and stability.
  • [FIX] Several stability fixes.
  • [UPDATE] Drastical improvement of download speed.
  • [UPDATE] Slightly improved the GUI
  • [NEW] Loads of changes and new features in this release!
  • [NEW] Check the new video tutorials here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoVn2h6-YYgYcxTxfemmBKg [NEW] You can now download songs from GrooveShark.
  • [NEW] You can now download South Park episodes from SouthParkStudios.com.
  • [NEW] You can now trash files and folders easily from Vortex.
  • [NEW] You can now download all audio files from a given web page or text file.
  • [NEW] You can now split a multi-page PDF into several PDF files, one page each.
  • [NEW] You can now transform single page PDF documents to different image formats. [NEW] Check the new "Details" button in the Actions window to keep track of the files/text/urls you are processing and get more info about them.
  • [NEW] Reworked and simplified interface.
  • [FIX] General stability

New in Vortex 1.1.5 Beta (Apr 28, 2014)

  • [NEW] Added cancel button to the Actions window [UPDATE] Faster and updated video download [FIX] Fixed a bug where Vortex would freeze when suddenly loosing internet connection in the middle of a video download [FIX] General stability and bug fixing