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BusyContacts Changelog

What's new in BusyContacts 2024.2.1d1 Beta

Apr 30, 2024
  • Improved compatibility with Hookmark markdown links
  • Improved Whatsapp formatted numbers
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 2024.1.2 (Feb 11, 2024)

  • New custom relationships added to the related field: father / mother / son / daughter in law, nephew, niece
  • View setting added to disable sorting by phonetic names
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 2024.1.2d2 (Jan 19, 2024)

  • New custom relationships added to the related field: father / mother / son / daughter in law, nephew, niece
  • View setting added to disable sorting by phonetic names
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 2024.1.2d1 (Jan 18, 2024)

  • View setting added to disable sorting by phonetic names
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 2024.1.1 (Jan 5, 2024)

  • Fixed an issue where the font name in print settings would not restore
  • Fixed an issue with social media links on Sonoma
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 2023.4.1d1 Beta (Dec 3, 2023)

  • Fixed an issue where the font name in print settings would not restore
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 2023.3.1 (Sep 22, 2023)

  • You can now batch assign an existing Company to multiple contacts using the Edit menu
  • macOS Sonoma compatibility
  • Improved sorting for Swedish
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 2023.2.1 (May 28, 2023)

  • Workaround added for when related contacts go missing / have their internal identifiers changed. BusyContacts now automatically resolves severed links (only works for newly edited relationships).
  • Fixed bug where clicking on a related company contact would not open the parent card
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 2023.1.1 (Mar 22, 2023)

  • macOS 13.3 Mail Plugin compatibility
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 2022.4.5 (Dec 20, 2022)

  • Support for adding Mastodon social profile links
  • Improved compatibility with Outlook when emailing a tag of contacts
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 2022.4.4 (Dec 7, 2022)

  • Improved handling of poorly formatted vCard data during import
  • Improved interoperability with Daylite
  • Improved sorting of the Birthday and Anniversary column in List view
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 2022.4.3 (Nov 14, 2022)

  • "Send to BusyContacts" option now shows up on the Services menu when you option+click on selected text. Use this to quickly create contacts from other apps.
  • Mail-plugin support for macOS Ventura 13.1
  • Fixed bug where Print dialog would fail to open for some users
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 2022.4.2 (Oct 18, 2022)

  • WhatsApp now appears as an option for phone numbers
  • Improved detection of organization name and job title when using Quick Entry with pasted contact details
  • Improved detection of nextcloud CardDAV servers
  • During merging of contacts, the same values, but differently cased, are now considered equal
  • Fixed bug where info panel would take too much space in list view
  • Fixed bug where assignment of a profile image would fail for large JPEGs
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 2022.4.1 (Oct 11, 2022)

  • WhatsApp now appears as an option for phone numbers
  • Improved detection of organization name and job title when using Quick Entry with pasted contact details
  • Improved detection of nextcloud CardDAV servers
  • During merging of contacts, the same values, but differently cased, are now considered equal
  • Fixed bug where info panel would take too much space in list view
  • Fixed bug where assignment of a profile image would fail for large JPEGs
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 2022.3.1 (Jul 26, 2022)

  • Major visual refresh with clean, lean look
  • New and improved address book panel. All address books under an account can now be temporarily disabled by turning on Exclusion mode.
  • Pinned (i.e. flagged) contacts are now grouped in Card View and appear sorted above other contacts. This behavior can be turned off from Preferences > Views
  • New and improved smart filter selector
  • New floating smart filter panel
  • New app icon
  • Improved contact list in Card View
  • Contact counts now show against each contact section
  • Contact photos in contact list can be turned off optionally from Preferences > Views
  • New notes indicator displays against contacts with notes. Can be turned off optionally from Preferences > Views
  • Colored contact names can be turned on / off from Preferences > Views
  • Tweets timeline now supports dark mode
  • Fixed mail plugin compatibility errors for affected users
  • Fixes hang when loading contacts with a lot of mail activity
  • Hiding the left panel no longer automatically selects "All Tags"
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.6.7 (May 18, 2022)

  • Compatibility support for macOS 12.4
  • New advanced option added to Account preferences to enable syncing of tags as CardDAV "categories" for servers that do not support contact groups natively.
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.6.6 (Apr 21, 2022)

  • Added mail plugin support for macOS 12.4 Beta
  • Fixed bug where edits to phone numbers would not stick on more recent versions of macOS 12
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.6.5 (Mar 15, 2022)

  • Improved support for 3rd party CardDAV servers
  • Added mail plugin support for macOS 12.3
  • Certain large emails with attachments are now skipped when loading the Mail timeline to improve performance
  • Fixed bug where editing a tag name would get interrupted at times due to an ongoing background sync
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.6.4 (Jan 23, 2022)

  • Improved handling of an iCloud error that would prevent sync from completing
  • Added support for iCloud's CardDAV servers in China
  • Fixed an issue where Group name changes from Fastmail would not sync at times
  • Fixed an issue where profile photos would not update for iCloud at times
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.6.3 (Dec 14, 2021)

  • macOS 12.1 mail Plugin compatibility
  • New preference added to disable mail plugin and use Spotlight instead. Useful if you rely only on 3rd party apps such as MailMate.
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.6.2 (Nov 5, 2021)

  • Critical fix for recently changed iCloud app-specific password requirements
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.6.1 (Oct 26, 2021)

  • macOS Monterey support
  • Mail plugin adds compatibility support for macOS Monterey
  • Empty / bogus messages returned by Spotlight are now filtered out automatically
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.6.0 (Jul 16, 2021)

  • NEW: Support for showing Mail Activity for contacts has been added for macOS 10.15 (Catalina), 11.0 Big Sur and 12.0 Monterey Beta. This requires installation of a Mail Plugin from under BusyContacts > Preferences > Updates.
  • Fixed bug where the cursor would at times go back to the Info Panel from search
  • Fixed bug where Twitter authentication was failing for a number of users
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.5.2.1 (Apr 16, 2021)

  • Improved reporting of errors received during sync with Google
  • Fixed bug where the department property would not appear correctly within the Contact List
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.5.2 (Apr 5, 2021)

  • Show All Tags shortcut added under View menu
  • Improved handling of "quota exceeded" errors when syncing with Google
  • Fixed pasting of company LinkedIn URLs
  • Fixed a bug where the app would not automatically sync in the background if the internet was unavailable for a long period of time
  • Added additional entitlements for MailMate
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.5.1 (Jan 5, 2021)

  • The "Copy Name & Address" option, when clicking on an address, now copies the job title and the company name too
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.5.0 (Dec 21, 2020)

  • NEW: Apple Silicon support
  • NEW: Office 365 Hybrid Authentication support
  • NEW: When restoring from a backup, you can now restore selected address books as local, "on my mac" address books. This allows you to restore contacts selectively instead of replacing all your existing contacts with a previous snapshot.
  • Fixed a bug where the app may crash when dragging / dropping contacts to notes
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.4.11 (Nov 16, 2020)

  • New keyboard shortcut to switch to All Tags (⌘+⌥+k)
  • Ongoing stability and performance improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.4.10 (Sep 11, 2020)

  • Patch for a recent breaking change in how iCloud stores contacts, which resulted in internal server errors
  • Ongoing stability and performance improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.4.9 (Aug 27, 2020)

  • Improved integration with MailMate for email indexing on macOS Catalina and above
  • Increased number of past and future repeating events from BusyCal can now show in the Activity list
  • "Categories" CardDAV property is now ignored for iCloud as it isn't supported
  • Fixed a bug where deleted tags from iCloud would at times remain visible in BusyContacts
  • Fixed a bug where birthdays to an Exchange server would at times sync a day off
  • Ongoing stability and performance improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.4.8 (Jun 26, 2020)

  • Ongoing stability and performance improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.4.7 (Jun 5, 2020)

  • Fixed a bug where column sizes in List view would not correctly restore for some users
  • Fixed a bug where new tags for a new contact syncing to a Google account would not sync correctly
  • Fixed a bug where manually selecting "email" from the share menu would open multiple copies of the compose email sheet
  • Ongoing stability and performance improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.4.6 (May 11, 2020)

  • Improved searching of partially entered phone numbers
  • MailMate, when installed, is automatically used in Email spotlight lookups. Setting it as default mail client is not required anymore.
  • Fixed inverse relationship for "son". Where gender is specified, the correct lable (i.e. mother / father) is used.
  • Fixed a bug where a confirmation prompt would incorrectly appear when cutting contacts
  • Fixed a bug where fractions entered into top / left layout margins during printing would round-off to the nearest integer
  • Fixed a bug where the cursor would go to the end of the notes field when the contact is updated during sync in the background
  • Fixed a bug where Apple Mail would not compose emails correctly at times
  • Fixed for macOS 10.14 and below, where sending an email with attachments would fail at times
  • Fixed attachment of .vcf files when using AirMail as the default mail client
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.4.5 (Feb 5, 2020)

  • Improvements to background syncing for users with many accounts
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.4.4 (Feb 2, 2020)

  • Significant sync speed improvements for Google Contacts
  • Fixed drag and drop to Apple Mail. It now correctly attaches a vCard. To copy just the contents, select a contact, CMD+C to copy and paste into Mail.
  • Improved search to work with partial keywords
  • Improved auto detection of Exchange web services when connecting to a self-hosted Microsoft Exchange account
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.4.3 (Jan 8, 2020)

  • Improved background sync speed when used with multiple accounts
  • When editing a contact's picture, you can now use an attached Camera to take a picture
  • Large contact photos are now automatically compressed for CardDAV servers that have internal limits on photo dimensions
  • Fixed a bug with smart filters on custom labels
  • Workaround for bug where Google Contacts would frequently update the modification date for a card that hasn't in fact changed
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.4.2 (Oct 21, 2019)

  • App Sandboxing improvements for Catalina
  • In list view, clicking on the column header a third time, when changing sorting direction, now removes the column from the sorting list
  • Photo size, when zoomed, is restored upon relaunch
  • The "in the date range" filter for Birthdays and Anniversaries now ignores the year in order to correctly filter on birth-date "day / month" combinations
  • Fixed a bug where where a newly created contact on a Google Addressbook would at times lose selection after sync
  • Improved date format recognition when pasting dates into the Birthday / Anniversary fields.
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.4.1 (Sep 16, 2019)

  • NEW: Modern Authentication (MFA / 2FA / SSO) support for Office 365 accounts
  • Collapsed address books no longer automatically expand when selecting contacts
  • Added UI changes to require additional privileges to access mail / messages on macOS Mojave and Catalina
  • Improved detection and handling of unavailable mail / messages for a contact
  • Fixed a rare bug where, under specific conditions, two words separated by a space would merge together in notes or multi-line addresses
  • Fixed a bug with Google Sync where creating a new contact with a new group would at times not reflect the change on other devices until the contact is edited a second time
  • Fixed a bug where committing changes to a field would at times cause focus to jump to the Title field
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.4.0 (Sep 15, 2019)

  • NEW: Modern Authentication (MFA / 2FA / SSO) support for Office 365 accounts
  • Collapsed address books no longer automatically expand when selecting contacts
  • Added UI changes to require additional privileges to access mail / messages on macOS Mojave and Catalina
  • Improved detection and handling of unavailable mail / messages for a contact
  • Fixed a rare bug where, under specific conditions, two words separated by a space would merge together in notes or multi-line addresses
  • Fixed a bug with Google Sync where creating a new contact with a new group would at times not reflect the change on other devices until the contact is edited a second time
  • Fixed a bug where committing changes to a field would at times cause focus to jump to the Title field
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.3.5 (Jun 3, 2019)

  • Sync improvements for large address books
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.3.4 (May 29, 2019)

  • Improvements to photo retrieval for iCloud
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.3.3 (May 20, 2019)

  • Added support for CommuniGate Pro CardDAV server
  • Improved reporting of connectivity errors
  • Improved "sync at launch" for accounts with Push sync enabled
  • Improved processing of large HTML notes for Exchange
  • Improved connectivity for custom Exchange accounts
  • Switching address format when editing a card now retains partially entered addresses
  • Fixed smart list filtering rules for anniversary dates
  • Fixed a crash when adding shared address books on Exchange for a user with no name set
  • Fixed dragging contacts into an email's body (Apple Mail) to paste contact details
  • Auto-complete now no longer pre-selects the first suggestion in order to allow you to type in a period / space etc
  • "Printing labels" is now a little more lenient with malformeded addresses
  • Performance improvements
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.3.2 (Mar 12, 2019)

  • New context menu options to "Show only this / all / none" when right-clicking on an Address book
  • Improvements to accounts preferences
  • Compatibility improvements with some CardDAV servers, including Google Contacts
  • Fixed a bug where linked cards would show for disabled accounts
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.3.1 (Nov 19, 2018)

  • Improved exchange authentication process
  • Improvements to auto-linking contacts across different services
  • Advanced connection options now available for Exchange / CardDAV when adding new accounts
  • Fixed a bug that would at times cause the currently highlighted contact to lose selection
  • Fixed selection of previously selected contacts after a quit & relaunch
  • Fixed selection of contacts with a lot of notes causing the profile photo to scroll out of view
  • Includes fixes for changes made to iCloud's CardDAV servers recently
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.3.0 (Oct 21, 2018)

  • Dark Mode for macOS Mojave (10.14). You can optionally set BusyContacts to always use the lighter appearnce from View > Apperance.
  • Improvements to auto-discovery of CalDAV / Exchange accounts
  • Fixed duplicate / delete card menu options at times become unavailable
  • Fixed an auto-save bug where changes to notes would at times sync with a delay
  • Fixed a bug where moving a contact between address books would duplicate the card on IceWarp servers
  • Fixed an glitch where making modifications to notes after performing a search would retain the highlighted words
  • System support for LinkedIn and Facebook was removed in macOS 10.14. BusyContacts relied on OS support, and so these services are no longer available starting 10.14
  • The main contact list now shows longer names in full when possible
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.17 (Sep 30, 2018)

  • Fix for Google's recent changes to their backend, causing crashes upon launch
  • macOS Mojave compatibility fixes (Dark mode support will come later)
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.16d6 Beta (Sep 14, 2018)

  • Ability to change the update frequency from Preferences > Updates

New in BusyContacts 1.2.16d5 Beta (Sep 12, 2018)

  • Fixed activity panel not showing emails / messages on macOS Mojave

New in BusyContacts 1.2.16d4 Beta (Sep 12, 2018)

  • Improvements to handling Google account keychain authentication errors
  • Improved handling of duplicate and conflicting responses from some CardDAV servers
  • macOS Mojave compatibility fixes
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.16d3 Beta (Aug 27, 2018)

  • Improvements to adding Google account where the keychain would at times fail to authenticate
  • Fixed an issue where the editor would lose selection of the currently edited contact in case a change wasn't part of the currently applicable filter
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.16d2 Beta (Aug 27, 2018)

  • Improvements to adding Google account where the keychain would at times fail to authenticate
  • Ongoing stability improvements
  • Improved push sync detection for iCloud accounts before falling back to 15-minutes sync
  • Fixed a bug where events interrupted while syncing with exchange would at times report unknown errors
  • Fixed an important issue where certain timezones would not get translated correctly when fetching events from Exchange
  • Fixed an issue where smart apostrophes would prevent BusyCal from looking up a contact
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.16d1 Beta (Aug 27, 2018)

  • Improved push sync detection for iCloud accounts before falling back to 15-minutes sync
  • Fixed a bug where events interrupted while syncing with exchange would at times report unknown errors
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.15 (Jul 25, 2018)

  • Improved push sync detection for iCloud accounts before falling back to 15-minutes sync
  • Fixed a bug where events interrupted while syncing with exchange would at times report unknown errors
  • Fixed an important issue where certain timezones would not get translated correctly when fetching events from Exchange
  • Fixed an issue where smart apostrophes would prevent BusyCal from looking up a contact
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.15d2 Beta (Jul 24, 2018)

  • Fixed a bug where events interrupted while syncing with exchange would at times report unknown errors
  • Fixed an important issue where certain timezones would not get translated correctly when fetching events from Exchange
  • Fixed an issue where smart apostrophes would prevent BusyCal from looking up a contact
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.15d1 Beta (Jul 23, 2018)

  • Improved push sync detection for iCloud accounts before falling back to 15-minutes sync
  • Fixed a bug where events interrupted while syncing with exchange would at times report unknown errors
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.14 (Jul 4, 2018)

  • Fixed a bug where the app would hang when switching between smart filters
  • Fixed a bug where certain rich text characters in notes would prevent them from showing fully
  • Fixed a crash when undoing in notes
  • Fixed an issue that would prevent some users from downloading updates from within the app (you will still need to download the update manually one last time)
  • Performance improvements
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.14d3 Beta (Jun 6, 2018)

  • Fixed a bug where the app would hang when switching between smart filters
  • Fixed a bug where certain rich text characters in notes would prevent them from showing fully
  • Fixed a crash when undoing in notes
  • Fixed an issue that would prevent some users from downloading updates from within the app (you will still need to download the update manually one last time)
  • Performance improvements
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.13 (May 19, 2018)

  • Fixed a bug where the app would hang when switching between smart filters
  • Performance improvements
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.12 (May 15, 2018)

  • Performance improvements
  • Fixed an issue where the currently edited contact would at times lose selection
  • Fixed detection of BusyCal installed via Setapp
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.12d4 Beta (May 10, 2018)

  • Performance improvements
  • Fixed an issue where the currently edited contact would at times lose selection
  • Fixed detection of BusyCal installed via Setapp
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.12d2 Beta (May 7, 2018)

  • Performance improvements
  • Fixed an issue where the currently edited contact would at times lose selection
  • Fixed detection of BusyCal installed via Setapp
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.12d1 Beta (May 5, 2018)

  • Performance improvements
  • Fixed detection of BusyCal installed via Setapp
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.11 (Apr 20, 2018)

  • Fixed detection of BusyCal for showing Calendar events
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.10 (Apr 18, 2018)

  • NEW: Accounts can be disabled without deleting thme from under Preferences > Accounts
  • Improved account discovery for custom CalDAV servers
  • Fixed Google Authorization issue (please click 'Authorize' one more time, if prompted)
  • Fixed a bug where sync would not automatically trigger upon network-state change
  • Improved account discovery for custom CardDAV servers
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.9 (Apr 18, 2018)

  • Fixed Google Authorization issue (please click 'Authorize' one more time, if prompted)
  • Fixed a bug where sync would not automatically trigger upon network-state change
  • Improved account discovery for custom CardDAV servers
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.9d2 Beta (Apr 7, 2018)

  • Fixed a bug where sync would not automatically trigger upon network-state change
  • Fixed Google Authorization issue
  • Improved CardDAV server / account discovery when adding a new account
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.9d1 Beta (Apr 7, 2018)

  • Fixed a bug where sync would not automatically trigger upon network-state change
  • Ongoing stability improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.8 (Mar 19, 2018)

  • Improved readability of contact names against lighter colors
  • Improved auto-save in notes
  • Improved automatic conflict resolution during sync
  • General performance improvements and contact searching speed (from BusyCal)
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.8d11 Beta (Mar 12, 2018)

  • General performance improvements and contact searching speed (from BusyCal)
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.8d8 Beta (Mar 9, 2018)

  • Improved automatic conflict resolution during sync
  • General performance improvements and contact searching speed (from BusyCal)

New in BusyContacts 1.2.8d4 Beta (Feb 19, 2018)

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements.

New in BusyContacts 1.2.8d3 Beta (Jan 15, 2018)

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements.

New in BusyContacts 1.2.8d2 Beta (Jan 14, 2018)

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements.

New in BusyContacts 1.2.7 (Dec 9, 2017)

  • Keychain/authentication improvements
  • Fixed photo cropping and scaling issues
  • Cancel previous spotlight search when spawning a new one
  • Other miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.7d1 Beta (Dec 5, 2017)

  • Fixed photo cropping and scaling issues
  • Other miscellaneous improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.6 (Nov 30, 2017)

  • Fixed persistent login prompts
  • Display contact photos in a circular mask
  • Checking an address book in source list selects it
  • Other miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.6d4 Beta (Nov 30, 2017)

  • Fixed persistent login prompts
  • Display contact photos in a circular mask
  • Checking an address book in source list selects it
  • Other miscellaneous bug fixes and optimizations

New in BusyContacts 1.2.6d3 Beta (Nov 26, 2017)

  • Fixed crash when adding a Google Account
  • More improvements to keychain handling
  • Other under-the-hood improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.6d2 Beta (Nov 26, 2017)

  • More improvements to keychain handling
  • Other under-the-hood improvements

New in BusyContacts 1.2.6d1 Beta (Nov 26, 2017)

  • Fixes bug with Activity List not showing Messages
  • Fixes bug when deleting Fruux address books

New in BusyContacts 1.2.5 (Nov 26, 2017)

  • Fixes bug with Activity List not showing Messages
  • Fixes bug when deleting Fruux address books

New in BusyContacts 1.2.4 (Oct 28, 2017)

  • Fixes bug that caused Preferences to get reset on High Sierra
  • Updates FastMail CardDAV endpoint

New in BusyContacts 1.2.3 (Oct 2, 2017)

  • Fixes crash on High Sierra when selecting Inbox notifications
  • Fixes Localization issues

New in BusyContacts 1.2.2 (Oct 2, 2017)

  • Fixes Activity List not showing emails and chats on High Sierra
  • Fixes problem pasting multiple contacts from clipboard into other apps
  • Improvements to exception handling

New in BusyContacts 1.2.2d1 Beta (Sep 12, 2017)

  • Fixes High Sierra bugs.

New in BusyContacts 1.2.1 (Aug 31, 2017)

  • Fixes Google Login errors
  • Fixes Exchange 2016 autodiscovery issues
  • Pause auto-linker when duplicating or editing a card
  • Fixes crash in auto-linker when creating a new card
  • Other miscellaneous bug fixes

New in BusyContacts 1.2 (Aug 30, 2017)

  • Fixes Google Login errors
  • Fixes Exchange 2016 autodiscovery issues
  • Pause auto-linker when duplicating or editing a card
  • Other miscellaneous bug fixes

New in BusyContacts 1.2d6 Beta (Aug 29, 2017)

  • Fixes High Sierra variable rowHeight error
  • Other miscellaneous bug fixes

New in BusyContacts 1.2d3 Beta (Aug 8, 2017)

  • Fixes Google Login errors
  • Other miscellaneous bug fixes

New in BusyContacts 1.1.9 (Jul 7, 2017)

  • Fixes Exchange Delegate crash
  • Retries failed Google login attempts after 15 minutes

New in BusyContacts 1.1.9d4 Beta (Jul 1, 2017)

  • New provisioning profile.

New in BusyContacts 1.1.9d2 Beta (Jun 29, 2017)

  • Fixes Exchange Delegate crash
  • Retries failed Google login attempts after 15 minutes

New in BusyContacts 1.1.8 (May 27, 2017)

  • Specifies app-specific password required for iCloud accounts.

New in BusyContacts 1.1.7 (Feb 2, 2017)

  • Improved handling of iCloud login errors
  • Minor bug fixes

New in BusyContacts 1.1.6 (Jan 20, 2017)

  • Added support for Google AppAuth
  • Improved on-boarding process for adding new accounts
  • Updated on-boarding setup assistant graphics
  • Fixed language code crash

New in BusyContacts 1.1.6d16 Beta (Jan 18, 2017)

  • Google Login optimizations
  • Updated Setup Assistant graphics
  • Localization changes

New in BusyContacts 1.1.6d7 Beta (Jan 5, 2017)

  • Added support for Google AppAuth
  • Fixed language code crash

New in BusyContacts 1.1.5 (Dec 12, 2016)

  • Changed bullet character used for Date Stamp
  • Minor bug fixes

New in BusyContacts 1.1.5d1 Beta (Dec 6, 2016)

  • Changed bullet character used for Date Stamp.

New in BusyContacts 1.1.4 (Nov 9, 2016)

  • Fixed lookup of linked Contacts in BusyCal
  • Fixed Exchange syncing memory leak

New in BusyContacts 1.1.4d1 Beta (Oct 28, 2016)

  • Fixed lookup of linked Contacts in BusyCal.

New in BusyContacts 1.1.3 (Oct 15, 2016)

  • Fixed Exchange auto-discovery failed login dialog.

New in BusyContacts 1.1.2 (Sep 15, 2016)

  • Sierra compatible
  • Added photos to Inbox change notifications
  • Fixed Text size menu commands and prefs
  • Fixed sync error when creating contact on Exchange via Quick Entry
  • Fixed iCloud sync error for vCards containing social profile links
  • Fixed linking error for URLs that contain # character

New in BusyContacts 1.1.1 (Jul 21, 2016)

  • Display prompt to re-enter password if Google OAuth token has changed
  • Fixed crash if nil results when syncing with Twitter
  • Localization changes

New in BusyContacts 1.1 (Jun 16, 2016)

  • Updated app icon and preference icons
  • Minor bug fixes

New in BusyContacts 1.0.8 (Oct 20, 2015)

  • Fixed crash when storing backups to iCloud Drive
  • Added support for upper-case country codes in address format metadata

New in BusyContacts 1.0.7 (Sep 26, 2015)

  • Fixed bug editing Company field

New in BusyContacts 1.0.6 (Sep 20, 2015)

  • Compatible with OS X 10.11 El Capitan
  • Fixed bug where photos added in BusyContacts could exceed iCloud max size
  • Fixed bug in Activity List when displaying/opening MailMate messages
  • Fixed bug starting Skype Chat if field label contained (work) or (home)
  • Fixed bug with Duplicate Card menu command becoming disabled after an edit
  • Added support for sending emails in AirMail 2.5

New in BusyContacts 1.0.5 (Aug 13, 2015)

  • Fixed crash in List View introduced in version 1.0.4
  • Backups are stored to BusyContacts Container if no backup folder is selected
  • German localization: Role → Funktion

New in BusyContacts 1.0.4 (Aug 11, 2015)

  • Added support for displaying MailMate messages in Activity List
  • Added support for 8-bit Content-Transfer-Encoding for Mail messages in Activity List
  • Fixed bug displaying Birthdays on wrong date for Exchange contacts
  • Birthdates in BusyCal will show company name for cards marked as a Company
  • Fixed bug in Smart Filters when searching Last Modified date
  • Fixed bug in Time Zone lookup for various area codes
  • Added more Asian address formats: Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam
  • Improved sorting of Kanji names and diacriticals
  • Improved scrolling speed
  • Fixed bug importing unicode tags
  • Fixed bug restoring private tags from a backup
  • Fixed bug with Tag/Group names disappearing or duplicating when syncing with Kerio
  • Added support for VALUE=URL parameter on PHOTO property when syncing via CardDAV
  • Fixed tab order when adding custom fields
  • Print first name first on Labels & Envelopes
  • Print Company name in return address on Envelopes when selected
  • Print Kanji postal code symbols and names in proper order on Labels & Envelopes
  • Fixed crash when printing custom envelope sizes on Mavericks
  • Fixed orientation of International Envelope sizes ISO C2, C3 and C5

New in BusyContacts 1.0.3 (Apr 21, 2015)

  • Added Envelope Printing
  • Added menu command for copying a contact's busycontacts:// URL to clipboard
  • Added support for tag expansion in BusyCal's attendee and contact fields
  • Added contextual menu when control-clicking on a field value for copying, etc.
  • Improved background syncing and auto-linking to avoid editing hiccups
  • Improved busycontacts:// URL handler API to accept AB UIDs and support creation of new contacts
  • Facebook syncing is now done via AddressBook framework to deal with Facebook API shutdown on April 30th
  • LinkedIn syncing is now done via AddressBook framework to deal with LinkedIn API shutdown on May 12th
  • Display confirmation dialog when filtering by tag and deleting a contact
  • Fixed "is not set" Smart Filter bugs
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes

New in BusyContacts 1.0.2 (Mar 27, 2015)

  • Added support for opening contacts in BusyContacts from third-party launchers (e.g. Alfred, LaunchBar, etc.) via addressbook:// URL handler
  • Control-clicking on a field value in the info panel displays a contextual menu
  • Phones with custom labels are treated as iPhones for action menu purposes
  • Added support for custom date formats when inputting Birthdays and other dates
  • Fixed Exchange Birthdays bug that caused some birthdays to be off by a day
  • Added support for importing vCards with '.vcard' extension
  • CardDAV bootstrapping now searches ports 8843 and 8800
  • Improved change notifications for social networks
  • Tags are reloaded after deleting an address book
  • Tag filter restored after quit/relaunch
  • Birthdays are refreshed in BusyCal after deleting an address book
  • Tag Groups are not stored to Google if more than 2258 members
  • Fixed crash when parsing corrupted email in Activity List
  • Deactivated spotlight mail searching when window minimized

New in BusyContacts 1.0.1 (Feb 27, 2015)

  • Added Address Formats for other countries
  • Added Role property to Smart Filters
  • Added Simplified Chinese localization
  • Added delete icon in Print dialog for removing image from labels
  • Added support for FullContact CardDAV server
  • Added support for additional A4 Avery Labels (L7160, J8160)
  • Allow setting of different Me Card per account
  • Backups are now performed immediately after first sync of each account
  • Changed default address book colors
  • Display chat sessions in Activity List for Me Card
  • Display only one email in Activity List if duplicates exist
  • Display warning when merging many cards
  • Don't fuzzy match Related field
  • Don't show Facebook birthdays in calendar by default
  • Don't synthesize group changes until first sync completes
  • Fixed Activity List spinner
  • Fixed Birthday is Today Smart Filter
  • Fixed Exchange Office 365 Push bug
  • Fixed Exchange authorization cookie error
  • Fixed Exchange incorrect update property error
  • Fixed Exchange legacy field labels
  • Fixed Google CardDAV endpoint when migrating accounts from OS X Contacts
  • Fixed Localization errors
  • Fixed area code lookup for displaying local time zone
  • Fixed auto-cap bug in Address field
  • Fixed bug when moving contacts between Fruux address books
  • Fixed iCloud Push Sync bug
  • Fixed importing of unicode line breaks in multiline fields
  • Fixed parsing of gb2312 encoded Mail messages
  • Fixed symlinked Mail folder permissions bug
  • Improved area/country code lookup of Messages in Activity List
  • LinkedIn cookies are preserved to prevent frequent login dialogs
  • LinkedIn refresh interval limited to 1 hour max to avoid quota errors