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Flashcard Hero Changelog

What's new in Flashcard Hero 3.5

May 16, 2023
  • NEW: For multiple choice test, you can now use the original order of answer choices instead of shuffling the answers
  • IMPROVED: The number of questions per multiple choice test is now saved for each deck instead of a global setting
  • Fixed a crash when importing from CSV/TSV and changing the encoding
  • More stability improvements.

New in Flashcard Hero 3.4 (Sep 12, 2022)

  • Flashcard Hero gets a new app icon.

New in Flashcard Hero 3.3.6 (Jun 15, 2022)

  • New:
  • You can now drag a PDF document onto a card to insert it as image. For multi-page PDFs, the first page is used (to insert a specific page, see below).
  • Improved:
  • Dragging in an individual PDF page from Preview is now working again.
  • Solved a potential crash after quickly opening and closing a deck with many images.

New in Flashcard Hero 3.3.5 (Jun 3, 2022)

  • Stability improvements: Fixed a rare condition that could cause a crash after opening a deck.

New in Flashcard Hero 3.3.3 (May 30, 2022)

  • Small improvements to the app’s internals.

New in Flashcard Hero 3.2.2 (May 5, 2022)

  • Small improvements to the app’s internals.

New in Flashcard Hero 3.2.1 (May 3, 2022)

  • His is mainly a compatibility and stability update with lots of changes behind the scenes. The minimum required macOS version now is macOS 11.0, because some internal changes were not backwards compatible.
  • In addition, this updates comes with:
  • Native support for Apple Silicon
  • A bit of a UI refresh
  • The issue with the stray separator line that would sometimes appear after hiding the right sidebar has been fixed.

New in Flashcard Hero 2.9.9 (Oct 23, 2019)

  • Minor update improving compatibility with macOS Catalina: selecting a card in the card list on the left now properly reveals the card again.

New in Flashcard Hero 2.9.2 (Sep 26, 2018)

  • Added support for Dark Mode
  • The Share menu now contains an entry to show all decks shared via uploading

New in Flashcard Hero 2.9.1 (Jul 11, 2018)

  • NEW:
  • Full support for the Spaced Repetition learning technique and the Leitner system:
  • The app now shows which cards are due each day so you know exactly what to study
  • The number of days between reviews increases each time you correctly recall a card
  • You can adjust the Spaced Repetition intervals to your needs for each deck individually (via the Study menu)
  • IMPROVED:
  • The difficulty level “somewhat difficult” now distinguishes between cards memorized today and those due for a second review tomorrow
  • OTHER IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Improved support for pasting images copied from PDF documents

New in Flashcard Hero 2.8.6 (Apr 10, 2018)

  • Adjusted text size of super- and subscript text.

New in Flashcard Hero 2.8.4 (Mar 28, 2018)

  • Improved performance while typing in very large decks.

New in Flashcard Hero 2.8.2 (Mar 23, 2018)

  • New features: Change the text color and highlight text.

New in Flashcard Hero 2.7.2 (Oct 25, 2017)

  • QuickLook preview in Finder now working again on macOS High Sierra
  • App now keeps the exact aspect ratio for images that cover the full width of the question
  • A number of smaller improvements

New in Flashcard Hero 2.7 (Sep 25, 2017)

  • Compatibility with latest release of macOS (please note that the QuickLook preview does not yet work, I’m still working on that)
  • Changes to the alignment of images is now properly recorded even it no other changes are made on a card

New in Flashcard Hero 2.5 (Apr 12, 2017)

  • Solved problem with image copy & paste not working on macOS Sierra 10.12.4
  • Improved importing cards from CSV and TSV files

New in Flashcard Hero 2.4.2 (Apr 28, 2016)

  • Addressed a potential crash on El Capitan when closing a secondary window.
  • Disabled automatic spell checking and correction while typing answers when studying.

New in Flashcard Hero 2.4.1 (Mar 21, 2016)

  • New feature for teachers and the use in classrooms: Use your iPhone/iPad as a remote to control the study mode on the Mac.

New in Flashcard Hero 2.2 (Jan 28, 2016)

  • Addressed a case where the app could become unresponsive after clicking Cancel after trying to insert an image
  • The 50% zoom level in the German version is now correctly labeled as “50%”
  • Addressed the “gray box” issue that a few people ran into

New in Flashcard Hero 2.1.1 (Jan 11, 2016)

  • Sharing decks via “Upload & Copy Link” now works again (there used to be a problem starting with Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.1).

New in Flashcard Hero 2.1 (Dec 14, 2015)

  • Better support for Split View on Mac OS X El Capitan even on smaller displays
  • Added 50% and 75% zoom options
  • Align left/center/right keyboard shortcuts are now working again
  • Left sidebar size can now be made smaller and the width is saved across restarts
  • Addressed a possible crash when adding an image to a card in a deck that already contains hundreds of images
  • When copying text from PDF, don't include the PDF title in the pasted text.
  • When selecting to use the answer side as question in multiple choice tests, the actual answers could contain the wrong side of the card

New in Flashcard Hero 2.0 (May 18, 2015)

  • Over 30 new features and improvements. Most notably: improved iCloud upload speed, organizing decks into folders, multiple choice tests, audio output / text to speech, and much more.
  • Studying cards:
  • New study mode: type the answer and have the app match letter by letter or word by word
  • New study mode: multiple choice tests with answers taken from other cards
  • Multiple choice cards with pre-defined right and wrong answers
  • Have cards read out aloud in over 30 languages, many with different voices
  • Jump to other cards while studying
  • Use the Leitner study system (spaced repetition)
  • Topics are shown when studying cards
  • Decks in Finder:
  • Organize decks in folders in Finder (this is replacing the Deck Library)
  • Support for Finder tags
  • Support for Finder’s Smart Folders (along with two custom search attributes “total cards” and “cards to study”)
  • Decks with due cards are automatically tagged (set via Preferences)
  • Spotlight and Preview integration (to find all decks, search for kind:flashcards)
  • Working with decks:
  • Open multiple decks at the same time
  • Copy/paste or drag cards between decks
  • Use your own pictures as cover cards
  • Browse and restore older versions of a deck (integrates with Time Machine)
  • Clear study statistics for selected cards (Control-click on selection)
  • Zoom into cards
  • Cards are placed next to each other in the editor if there is enough room
  • Easy to tell which cards to study next (based on difficulty, last studied, Leitner system)
  • Easier to study by topic: you can now see the study progress separately for selected topics (Ctrl-click on the topic)
  • The app detects duplicate cards when dragging cards between decks
  • Export as printable PDF
  • Export as lecture notes
  • iCloud:
  • App gets its own folder in iCloud Drive (decks in the “Flashcard Hero” folder show automatically in the iOS app)
  • Drag individual decks in and out of iCloud Drive in Finder (no need to store all decks in iCloud at the same time)
  • Improved the way decks are saved → decks take up to 80% less space and transfer quicker through iCloud
  • Improved:
  • Scrolling large cards in study mode
  • Swiping left/right during study mode to change cards
  • Better undo support when reorganizing cards in the card outline
  • Reduced text size for topic cards
  • Number of study cards is now shown at the bottom of the card list
  • Improved responsiveness when reordering cards in large decks
  • Decks with a forward slash in the title would not export as tsv file
  • Improved copy & paste text from MS Word documents
  • Gone:
  • The deck library (replaced by folders in Finder)
  • Sharing through cards attached to PDF (you can now share the deck documents directly from Finder or from within the app’s Share menu)
  • No more automatic combining of iCloud conflicting versions (the “Changed on another device” topic cards). You can drag cards from one deck version into the other, duplicate cards are skipped)

New in Flashcard Hero 1.9.2 (Nov 20, 2014)

  • iCloud: On Mac OS X Yosemite, the iCloud upload status is now updated as soon as the deck is uploaded to iCloud.

New in Flashcard Hero 1.9 (Oct 17, 2014)

  • Millions of ready-made flashcards at your fingertips: import cards directly from Cram.com and Quizlet.com (File → Import)
  • Compatibility with Mac OS X 10.10
  • Keyboard shortcut ^⌘S to study a deck (along with a File menu entry)
  • Spellchecker suggestions are now shown right at the top of the card context menu (Control-click on a misspelled word)
  • Solved problem with “special characters” copied from a PDF file preventing a deck from opening
  • Improved TSV file export

New in Flashcard Hero 1.8 (Jul 2, 2014)

  • Search through all your cards
  • Easier sharing of decks

New in Flashcard Hero 1.7 (Jun 3, 2014)

  • New: decks can now be combined by dragging them on top of each other
  • New: decks can be split by moving selected cards into a new deck
  • Improved: When adding images, the file size is now reduced even further
  • Improved: Prevented accidental deletion of cards when pressing Cmd-Z many times
  • Solved: Addressed problem when combining two versions of a deck after studying an older version on the iPhone

New in Flashcard Hero 1.6.1 (May 20, 2014)

  • Addresses a problem with updating the study statistics when studying an older version of a deck on the iPhone.

New in Flashcard Hero 1.6 (May 1, 2014)

  • Compatibility with the Flashcard Hero iPhone app. You can now study your cards on your iPhone.
  • Other changes:
  • Opening and saving decks with many cards is now up to 40% faster
  • After the last update, numbered lists with 10 or more items would be cut off at the beginning, this is now resolved
  • Decks in the Trash are now sorted by name
  • Addressed potential crash when adding images to a deck in very quick succession

New in Flashcard Hero 1.5 (Mar 4, 2014)

  • New: iCloud integration
  • New: instead of deleting decks, they are now moved into a separate Trash folder
  • List items next to a left aligned image are now placed correctly with the list bullets visible.
  • Improved performance when reorganizing cards in decks with many cards
  • Pasting lists from PDF documents would sometimes cause the deck cover to be misplaced during study mode
  • Importing and exporting decks would sometimes fail silently (now it just works :)

New in Flashcard Hero 1.4 (Nov 29, 2013)

  • New: Print your flashcards
  • New: Better formulas with sub and superscript
  • New: Multilevel lists: pressing the Tab key inside a list indents the line (Shift-Tab the opposite)
  • New: Copy & paste images from the clipboard and insert screen shots via the context menu
  • New: Switch question and answer while studying
  • Added keyboard shortcuts for inserting lists
  • Dragging images onto a card now highlights the area where they can be dropped at
  • Better compatibility with Mac OS 10.9 X Mavericks: icons in study mode were twice their original size on Retina displays

New in Flashcard Hero 1.3 (Oct 24, 2013)

  • NEW: Decks including images and text formatting can now be shared with others online
  • Addressed a problem where some cards could not be selected after copying text containing an ill-formatted list from a PDF document

New in Flashcard Hero 1.2 (Aug 27, 2013)

  • NEW: Images/pictures can now be added to cards via drag & drop from your Mac or the web
  • NEW: Text can now be centered (as well as left/right aligned)
  • Many small improvements:
  • Switching decks is now even faster
  • No more flickering when clicking on a card that is already selected
  • Small adjustments to the card layout (decreased space before first line of each card, top of each card now has a bit more room for text)
  • Bold/italic/underline formatting buttons now show state before typing
  • Empty lines are now always of the same height
  • Space between first and second line is now same as for all other lines