August 10th, 2011· Fixes a bug that prevented the Watchmac preference panel to be opened for new users.
· Other minor bug fixes.
October 28th, 2010· Fixes a bug where an attacker could unlock the screen without knowing the password.
September 6th, 2010· New: Extend Watchmac’s reaction capabilities using AppleScript and other scripting languages via the Run Scripts reaction. Check out the Watchmac Automation SDK for more info.
· New: Lock the screen via AppleScript and the watchmacutil command.
· Fixed: Corrected typography errors in German localisation.
· Other minor user interface tweaks and bugfixes.
February 3rd, 2010· CHANGED No longer showing the Mac OS X username in the Watchmac authentication panel. Authentication using your login password is no longer supported, and so users might get confused when they see their login name.
· CHANGED Minor interface refinements.
· NEW When you accidently type your registration code instead of your password while trying to unlock Watchmac, you’ll be alerted of this possible confusion.
· FIXED Flashing the screen (in response to an infringement) now works properly with multi-display setups.
January 18th, 2010· FIXED Watchmac is once again compatible with Leopard.
· FIXED You should once again be able to disable any infringement type.
· CHANGED Reliability in situations where Growl is not installed has been improved.
· NEW The trial period is reset for users updating from an earlier version.
January 17th, 2010· NEW You can now have Watchmac lock your Mac’s screen.
· CHANGED When locking the screen using the Lock Screen menu item Watchmac will now detect screen unlock authentication failures again when the Use Watchmac to lock screen option is selected in the Advanced preferences tab.
· CHANGED Authentication using your Mac OS X login password is no longer supported. You can now set a custom password for unlocking Watchmac in the Advanced preferences tab. This password may be the same as your Mac OS X login password, but changing it does not affect your login password (and vice versa). If you don’t set this password, Watchmac can be unlocked without authentication.
· FIXED The Battery Removed infringement type will no longer be shown on Macs without a user-replaceable battery.
· FIXED Fixed errors in German localization.
November 3rd, 2009· NEW Added German localization.
· FIXED Fixed a bug that caused Watchmac to crash in certain situations when the computer name (as set in Sharing System Preferences) was empty.
· FIXED The Alert Sound reaction options panel will now properly display installed sounds again.
· FIXED On Snow Leopard Watchmac will now detect in-app authentication failures again (e. g. when you enter an invalid password when trying to unlock Watchmac).
September 22nd, 2009· REGRESSION The authentication sensor is disabled on Snow Leopard until a fix is found.
· CHANGED Minor internal changes.
September 7th, 2009· CHANGED Minor interface enhancements.
· CHANGED Minor internal changes for improved reliability.
July 16th, 2009· FIXED Completely rewrote iSight handler. Watchmac should now take snapshots more reliably on more hardware/software configurations.
· CHANGED Improved infringement reactions and options configuration panes.
· CHANGED Merged Authentication and Advanced preference panes.
· CHANGED Minor interface refinements.
June 24th, 2009· FIXED Watchmac will now quit properly when you log off or shut down your Mac.
· CHANGED Minor interface refinements.
March 28th, 2009· CHANGED Spaces and linebreaks are now stripped from pasted email addresses and registration codes. This should solve problems some users where having when trying to register their copy of Watchmac.
· CHANGED Watchmac preferences are now saved more often. This should reduce unnecessary registration verifications.
March 12th, 2009· NEW New application icon by Susumu Yoshida (http://www.mcdodesign.com).
· CHANGED The Mail and Alert Sound reactions have been updated with by Susumu Yoshida (http://www.mcdodesign.com).
· CHANGED When unlocking Watchmac while viewing details of an infringement marked as unreviewed, the infringement will be marked as reviewed.
· FIXED A long-standing bug that could cause Watchmac to crash under certain circumstances should be fixed now.
· FIXED Information in the More Info tab under infringement details should now display reliably.
· FIXED Fixed an AppleScript bug.
March 4th, 2009· NEW Watchmac will now detect when you pull the power cord or remove the battery.
· NEW Added a Delete Unreviewed Infringements command to the status item and Dock menus.
· NEW Watchmac now records whether the screen was locked when an infringement occured.
· NEW You can set a threshold after which the authentication sensor (Screen Unlock and Generic Authentication Failure infringements) will fire.
· NEW You can have the Sound reaction unmute the system sound and fully raise the volume as well as have it stop iTunes playing.
· NEW You can now use a custom password for Watchmac (i. e. one differing from your Mac OS X login password).
· NEW Two new alarm sounds have been added for use with the Sound reaction: Car Alarm and Extreme Alarm.
· NEW A Lock Screen menu item has been added to the status and Dock menus.
· NEW When Watchmac is running but not turned on, the menu bar status icon displays an outline only.
· CHANGED Minor interface refinements.
· FIXED Currently playing alarm sound preview will stop when a new sound is selected.
February 23rd, 2009· FIXED Watchmac will no longer complain about the motion sensor not being usable on computers without a hardware motion sensor.
· FIXED In the infringement history, the search field will now adjust properly when the Dashboard window is being resized.
February 10th, 2009· FIXED Further fixes for the motion sensor.
· FIXED Minor refinements of the status icon.
December 8th, 2008· NEW You can now navigate the history using multi touch swipes.
· CHANGED The activation process is now more transparent. You will be asked to confirm activation of your registration information. If your registration information cannot be verified, a more specific alert is displayed.
· CHANGED Watchmac will now record infringements and show notifications only when the infringement typ is enabled in preferences.
· FIXED The sensitivity of the sudden motion sensor should now be more predictable.
· FIXED An update notice will no longer appear for first-time Watchmac users.
· FIXED On some systems Watchmac would show the dashboard window when opened as a login item. This has been fixed again.
November 26th, 2008· NEW You will now be prompted to enter your password when trying to quit Watchmac while it is locked.
· NEW Added stealth mode to the Watchmac visibility options. When this mode is enabled, Watchmac will not be shown in the Dock nor in the menu bar.
· NEW For automation purposes, you can now have Watchmac display infringement details through the «watchmac:» URL scheme, i. e. «watchmac:infringements/» where is the unique ID of the infringement.
· NEW In history view you can now press the space bar to mark the selected infringements as reviewed or needing review.
· NEW You can now flip through the camera snapshots in details view using a mouse’s scroll wheel or trackpad.
· NEW You can now filter and search the infringement history.
· CHANGED Changed the way the Watchmac lock status is displayed.
· CHANGED Some other minor interface changes.
· FIXED The sudden motion sensor will now work more reliable after waking from sleep.
· FIXED Fixed a bug that could cause Watchmac to crash when deleting an infringement after viewing details about it.
· FIXED The Watchmac dashboard will now be shown more reliable when reactivating the application.
· FIXED watchmacutil now installs correctly (when invoked using with the --install argument).
· FIXED The Delete Snapshot button in the infringement details pane is now properly enabled.
August 25th, 2008· NEW You can now enable an option to send an alert mail when an infringement occurs.
· NEW You can now copy or drag a camera snapshot from the infringement details to other applications.
· CHANGED Any preferences affecting Watchmac’s monitoring behaviour are now locked after an infringement has occured. Therefore the (Un)lock History command is now called (Un)lock Watchmac.
· CHANGED Watchmac will now record authentication failures at the login window (as long as Fast User Switching is enabled in the System Preferences Accounts panel and you aren’t logged out completely).
· FIXED If you hadn’t changed the alert sound, it wouldn’t play on non-English systems (or on those where the «Purr» sound has a different name).
· FIXED Watchmac will attempt to keep your login items list (Account preference pane in the System Preferences application) clear of duplicate entries for Watchmac. I. e. if you had Watchmac turned on, then moved the application, it could create a duplicate entry. Other login items (that are not the Watchmac application) are not affected by this change.
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