What's new in ActiveDock 2.601
Jan 30, 2024
- What's new:
- New option for the "Icon Click" behavior: Hide/Show applications, just like it happens in MS Windows
- setting the size and color of the Indicators of Running Applications
- Fixed:
- incorrect size of Running Application Indicators on latest versions of macOS
- automatic update system
- several crashes based on your letters
New in ActiveDock 2.5 (Jan 26, 2024)
- Updated all major libraries and components for compatibility with the latest versions of macOS
- Improvements in performance and stability
New in ActiveDock 2.401 (Mar 9, 2023)
- Fixed crashes when dragging elements and when closing Chrome windows
- Optimizations and improvements for macOS Ventura
New in ActiveDock 2.400 (Feb 21, 2023)
- Improved compatibility with macOS Ventura
- Minor bugs fixed
New in ActiveDock 2.222 (Jul 5, 2022)
- Fixed:
- The item "Customise Start Menu" does not work
- Added settings options (Experimental):
- (If you have problems, you can turn it off)
- Automatically set Keep in Dock when moving, to prevent questions about the order of icons after the restart, if you start dragging the application icon, the “Keep in Dock” indicator is automatically set
- Display Agents/Menubar Apps, to display when activating applications that are not normally visible in the Apple Dock (applications run as Agents and are available in the Menu Bar
New in ActiveDock 2.201 (Apr 29, 2022)
- Updating security certificates
New in ActiveDock 2.200 (Mar 30, 2022)
- Fixed the problem with opening the settings that occurred in the latest versions of macOS (sorry for the inconvenience caused)
New in ActiveDock 2.108 (Mar 27, 2022)
- Fixed crash when activating apps
- A few small improvements
New in ActiveDock 2.107 (Jan 14, 2022)
- Fixed problems and crashes that occurred in the latest versions of macOS when changing application settings
New in ActiveDock 2.106 (Dec 21, 2021)
- Working around frequent crashes when opening settings (I hope I fixed it completely)
New in ActiveDock 2.102 (Nov 28, 2021)
- ActiveDock 2 is fully compatible with Apple Silicon (M1)
- Updated third-party libraries that caused problems in new versions
New in ActiveDock 2.100 (Nov 23, 2021)
- Updated third-party libraries that caused problems in new versions
- Improved compatibility with Apple Silicon
New in ActiveDock 2.99 (Aug 9, 2021)
- Important: Due to the fact that some users have problems on Apple Silicon, in this version, the native support for Apple Silicon chips is temporarily disabled. I apologize for the inconvenience. Supporting Apple Silicon will be returned soon.
New in ActiveDock 2.98 (Aug 8, 2021)
- ActiveDock Now running native on Apple Silicon and Intel
New in ActiveDock 2.97 (Jul 8, 2021)
- Added setting "Do not show indicators of running applications"
New in ActiveDock 2.96 (Jun 23, 2021)
- Added customization of icon sizes in Folders/Groups
- Added setting Open Folders / Groups by right click
- Fixed minor issues
New in ActiveDock 2.95 (Jun 17, 2021)
- Fixed problem "Drag and Drop not working"
New in ActiveDock 2.94 (Jun 16, 2021)
- Added separators (spaces)
- Added the ability to adjust the size of Window Preview
- Sorting the Downloads folder by date added
- Improved the Start menu now when you open the menu you can immediately enter text and find the applications you need
- Fixed an issue with the size of the Group View pane
- Many fixes and improvements
New in ActiveDock 2.93 (May 30, 2021)
- Some bugs fixed and performance improved
New in ActiveDock 2.90 (May 17, 2021)
- An update that many have been waiting for, I am pleased to present a new feature (so far experimental) "Sort"
- When the "Automatically by name" option is enabled, items on the panel are sorted according to the following rules:
- Start Menu first
- Pinned items
- Punning applications sorted by name
- Groups and folders
- Bin (Trash Bin)
New in ActiveDock 2.87 (Apr 8, 2021)
- now in alignment mode fill the panel has no round corners
- fixed GPU consumption issues
New in ActiveDock 2.86 (Mar 31, 2021)
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
New in ActiveDock 2.80 (Mar 19, 2021)
- Fixed unexpected and rare issues after previous updates (SDK change)
New in ActiveDock 2.78 (Mar 16, 2021)
- Quick fix for an error that occurred with a third-party SDK that was updated in version 2.77, I apologize for the inconvenience
- Fixed the problem with overlapping windows when positioned to the right
- Fixed a problem with the licensing window
- Many small improvements and optimizations
New in ActiveDock 2.74 (Mar 11, 2021)
- Now Groups as well as a Folder can be displayed as a list
- Improved settings window
- Fixed the problem with displaying the licensing window
- Many small improvements and optimizations
New in ActiveDock 2.73 (Feb 3, 2021)
- Fixed the problem: "badges (number of notifications) for Reminders were not displayed"
- Reduced the size of the item to display the number of unread
New in ActiveDock 2.72 (Jan 26, 2021)
- Fixed problem: (if edge indentation is enabled) ActiveDock was not shown on auto-hide. Thanks Martin
- Fixed problem (I hope) with Folder View size if ActiveDock is on the right side
New in ActiveDock 2.69 (Dec 30, 2020)
- New: Window Preview:
- Indicator for minimized window
- Minor improvements
New in ActiveDock 2.68 (Dec 28, 2020)
- New: Drag & Drop to the icon (for Applications - open a file in the app, Groups - add items, Folder View - move files to a folder
New in ActiveDock 2.66 (Dec 23, 2020)
- Fixed a problem with the color of indicators of running applications
- Fixed the problem with displaying the settings window on macOS Big Sur
New in ActiveDock 2.63 (Dec 7, 2020)
- Quick fix: fixed an issue where when trying to drag (to reorder icons) the message "Attention: Reordering Elements: Use the Shift or Option keys" was repeated too often
New in ActiveDock 2.60 (Dec 4, 2020)
- Fixed a problem that occurred when adding elements to a group
- Significantly improved performance when monitoring and displaying folders and start menu
- Minor improvements and optimization for macOS Big Sur
New in ActiveDock 2.58 (Nov 27, 2020)
- Fixed issue (closed applications remain on ActiveDock)
- Fixed minor bugs on macOS Big Sur
- The feedback mechanism was redesigned, now it happens through the form on my website
New in ActiveDock 2.57 (Nov 20, 2020)
- Fixed display of indicators of running applications
- Fixed display of application icons in the Start menu
- Several minor improvements and fixes
New in ActiveDock 1.54 (Jan 9, 2020)
- Fixed problem when checking for updates
- Minor improvements for speed and stability
New in ActiveDock 1.46 (Nov 23, 2019)
- Final touches, in past updates I rewrote several modules and significantly accelerated the application, but due to the use of a third-party library, several errors occurred, after today's beta testing I'm glad to present this update ... sorry for the inconvenience
New in ActiveDock 1.25 (Nov 11, 2019)
- Fixed: Trash feature did not work on macOS Catalina
- Fixed: application crashed when opening settings window
- Improved: access request window
New in ActiveDock 1.23 (Oct 11, 2019)
- Fixed unexpected crashes occurring on new versions of macOS
- Fixed bug with automatic updates
New in ActiveDock 1.19 (Oct 9, 2019)
- ActiveDock ready for macOS Catalina:
- several improvements for working on macOS Catalina
- fixed authorization problems on macOS Mojave
New in ActiveDock 1.1.5 (Sep 26, 2019)
- Minor bugs fixed on macOS Catalina
- Preparation for notarization and macOS Catalina
- Preparation for version 2.0
New in ActiveDock 1.1.4 (Sep 10, 2019)
- Fixed problems that occurred in recent versions of macOS
New in ActiveDock 1.1.3 (Aug 12, 2019)
- fixed problems with displaying 3D background for themes
- fixed many bugs related to the obsolete DevMate component
- improved stability
New in ActiveDock 1.1.24 (Aug 5, 2019)
- updated third-party components causing a lot of errors
- fixed of minor errors
New in ActiveDock 1.1.22 (Jul 1, 2019)
- fixed bugs on macOS Catalina
- more apps
New in ActiveDock 1.1.21 (May 13, 2019)
- Quick fix crashes on Mojave
New in ActiveDock 1.1.20 (Apr 8, 2019)
- Quick fix for the crash "NSArray was mutated while being enumerated."
New in ActiveDock 1.1.19 (Apr 3, 2019)
- Added:
- option (mode) to sort running application Alphabetical
- Fixed:
- issue with scrollbar in folder view
- fixed crash when trying to open Folder View in Finder
New in ActiveDock 1.1.18 (Mar 20, 2019)
- finally solved the problem with displaying Badges on macOS Mojave
- several stability and performance improvements
New in ActiveDock 1.1.17 (Mar 18, 2019)
- Fixed a problem caused by the addition of the Disable Apple Dock button
New in ActiveDock 1.1.16 (Mar 15, 2019)
- Added (restored) dark / light mode for Start Menu
- Fixed problem with sorting groups / Folder View
New in ActiveDock 1.1.15 (Mar 12, 2019)
- improved application speed and reduced consumption of system resources
- redesigned Apple Dock hide setting
- added buttons and menu item to disable and enable (restore) Apple Dock
- new icon for menu bar
- many minor improvements
New in ActiveDock 1.1.12 (Mar 5, 2019)
- Fixed problems with Bages and improved the procedure for hiding the Apple Dock (due to which Bages did not work correctly)
New in ActiveDock 1.1.11 (Jan 26, 2019)
- Improved display of application icons
- Increased speed of activation and switching windows
- Fixed Mojave crashes
New in ActiveDock 1.1.10 (Jan 9, 2019)
- Fixed many bugs on Mojave
New in ActiveDock 1.1.9 (Oct 29, 2018)
- Fixed some more bugs on macOS Mojave.
New in ActiveDock 1.1.8 Build 189 (Oct 21, 2018)
- Improved Mojave support and fixed issues on Mojave.
- hotkey to hide and show ActiveDock
- option "Hide ActiveDock when switching to full screen mode"
- size of icons 32-128 (improved display of application icons with very small sizes)
- fixed memory leak and high memory consumption
- fixed a problem with a long list building window for Window Preview
- fixed a problem with showing Badges after the update
- fixed problem with updating ActiveDock with changes to Dock Applets
- improved performance and reduced memory and CPU consumption
- fixed issue with Show Desktop Item
New in ActiveDock 1.1.7 Build 178 (Sep 19, 2018)
- Fixed the problem with a large memory consumption (let me know if this happens again)
- Fixed the problem when the list of items was not updated when adding Folder View / Groups
New in ActiveDock 1.1.7 Build 176 (Sep 4, 2018)
- Hurray, then what many wrote and asked to implement App Badges - icons with the number of unread messages (Mail.app, Skype and others)
- For the correct display of the number of unread messages, the first time ActiveDock is started, you may need to restart the application for which you want to display the number of notifications.
New in ActiveDock 1.1.62 Build 152 (Aug 18, 2018)
- Quick fix transparent Start Menu:
- fixed the problem with the transparent Start Menu and right click menu - the dark menu will be available very soon
New in ActiveDock 1.1.61 Build 150 (Aug 8, 2018)
- Improved stability and bug fixes
- The ActiveDock icon is no longer displayed in the Apple Dock and application switcher
New in ActiveDock 1.1.6 Build 149 (Jul 17, 2018)
- Fixed problems with the dialog for selecting icons and folders for Folder View
- Improvement in Start Menu
New in ActiveDock 1.1.5 Build 146 (Jul 2, 2018)
- Fixed problem with Apple Launchpad.
New in ActiveDock 1.1.5 Build 145 (Jun 26, 2018)
- Fixed problem with blinked ActiveDock when using two monitors
- Improved disabling Apple Dock (fixed bug where Apple Dock did not hide after swiper 3 fingers up)
New in ActiveDock 1.1.4 Build 142 (Jun 21, 2018)
- Added:
- Command-Click - opening the item menu
- Fixed:
- errors occurred when changing the size of some windows (!!! tell me by email if it will be repeated !!!)
- a problem with Folder View which did not always open the Folder view
New in ActiveDock 1.1.2 Build 141 (Jun 19, 2018)
- Fixed the problem with the double of icons.
New in ActiveDock 1.1.2 Build 140 (Jun 12, 2018)
- Fixed migration of Favorites from the previous version (format).
New in ActiveDock 1.1.2 Build 139 (Jun 11, 2018)
- fixed issue with import failures from Apple Dock
- fixed issue with adding to Favorites applications without Bundle ID
- Improved performance
New in ActiveDock 1.1.1 Build 138 (Jun 7, 2018)
- In the new version we completely redesigned Window Preview Panel for more comfortable work with windows.
- Also we added ability to create folders and group apps into them. For each folder you can add your own icon for better visualization.
New in ActiveDock 1.1 Build 129 (May 23, 2018)
- The control of the position of the windows on the screen which is accessible directly from the Window Preview window.
New in ActiveDock 1.08 Build 124 (May 13, 2018)
- Fixed issues and bugs that arose on macOS 10.11* (El Capitan)
- General improvements in stability and speed
New in ActiveDock 1.07.1 Build 118 (May 8, 2018)
- improved hiding Apple Dock (when working with Mission Control / Expose)
New in ActiveDock 1.07 Build 117 (May 8, 2018)
- fixed problems encountered when working with multiple monitors
- completely redesigned ActiveDock hiding procedure
- instead of "Hide ActiveDock into Tab" now use "Dim out ActiveDock"
- improved hiding and restoring Apple Dock
- hiding and showing ActiveDock after sleeping Mac
New in ActiveDock 1.07 Build 116 (May 7, 2018)
- Some more fixes and improvements.
New in ActiveDock 1.06 Build 111 (Apr 25, 2018)
- New:
- Full Hiding Apple Dock
- Monitoring the Recycle Bin
- Fixed several bugs, improved Window Preview
New in ActiveDock 1.05 Build 108 (Apr 18, 2018)
- Several bugs fixed
- Improved Window Preview Note: Due to the limitations of some system functions, switching windows on different spaces may not work right away if the application was started before ActiveDock was started, ActiveDock needs some time to index all the windows.
New in ActiveDock 1.04 Build 104 (Apr 5, 2018)
- Many bugs fixed.
- Improvement in UI.
- Added beautiful themes from Allan Nyholm Nielsen.
New in ActiveDock 1.03 Build 100 (Apr 3, 2018)
- added the ability to upgrade to beta - now you can get new features faster, on the other hand all versions will undergo thorough testing.
- added beautiful themes from Allan Nyholm Nielsen.
- several corrections for the possibility of implementing new functions.
New in ActiveDock 1.02 Build 98 (Apr 2, 2018)
New in ActiveDock 1.01 Build 96 (Mar 31, 2018)
- Fixed several bugs, including with Window Preview.
New in ActiveDock 1.01 (Mar 28, 2018)
- Fixed issues with transparency Start Menu
- Fixed problems with displaying hidden and temporary files
- Added Drag And Drop for Custom Icons
- Fixed minor bugs