Herald Changelog

What's new in Herald 8.0.2

Oct 3, 2017
  • Fix an issue where the preferences window could crash when using custom appearance.

New in Herald 8.0.1 (Sep 27, 2017)

  • Fix an issue where deleting would cause main Mail window to open.

New in Herald 8.0 (Sep 26, 2017)

  • Support for macOS High Sierra.
  • Fix issue with Gmail accounts wrongly triggering notifications for unselected mailboxes.

New in Herald 7.0.3 (Apr 2, 2017)

  • Support for macOS 10.12.4.

New in Herald 7.0.2 (Dec 20, 2016)

  • Support for macOS 10.12.2.

New in Herald 7.0.1 (Oct 28, 2016)

  • Support for macOS 10.12.1.

New in Herald 7.0 (Sep 23, 2016)

  • Support for macOS Sierra.
  • Command-clicking the message body now views message in Mail.

New in Herald 6.0.3 (Mar 25, 2016)

  • Support for OS X 10.11.4.

New in Herald 6.0.2 (Dec 10, 2015)

  • Support for OS X 10.11.2.

New in Herald 6.0.1 (Oct 22, 2015)

  • Support for OS X 10.11.1.
  • Fixed an issue where notifications would show up for disabled mailboxes.
  • Viewing a message in a new window now behaves the same as the built in OS X notifications (it doesn't open the main Mail window).

New in Herald 6.0 (Sep 28, 2015)

  • Support for Mac OS X El Capitan.
  • Fixed VIP-only notifications.

New in Herald 5.0.2 (Jan 29, 2015)

  • Support for OS X 10.10.2.

New in Herald 5.0.1 (Nov 21, 2014)

  • Support for OS X 10.10.1.

New in Herald 5.0 (Oct 18, 2014)

  • Support for Mac OS X Yosemite.
  • Refreshed UI.
  • New light and dark themes that utilize Yosemite translucency.

New in Herald 4.0.8 (Jul 2, 2014)

  • Support for OS X 10.9.4.

New in Herald 4.0.7 (May 16, 2014)

  • Support for OS X 10.9.3.

New in Herald 4.0.6 (Mar 10, 2014)

  • Fixes an issue where messages would not be moved to junk mailbox after being marked as junk. Messages will only be moved to junk if you use the "Move it to the Junk mailbox" setting in Mail preferences.

New in Herald 4.0.5 (Feb 26, 2014)

  • Support for OS X 10.9.2.

New in Herald 4.0.4 (Dec 18, 2013)

  • Support for OS X 10.9.1.

New in Herald 4.0.3 (Nov 8, 2013)

  • Support for Mavericks Mail Update 1.0.

New in Herald 4.0.2 (Nov 4, 2013)

  • Support for new Macbook Pros.

New in Herald 4.0.1 (Oct 28, 2013)

  • Fix an issue with overlapping headers on non-English systems.
  • Fix an issue where the notification window would not show up by default with some Gmail accounts.

New in Herald 4.0 (Oct 28, 2013)

  • New release for OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
  • Refreshed appearance and added new "Solid" option.

New in Herald 3.0.6 (Sep 16, 2013)

  • Added support for OS X 10.8.5.

New in Herald 3.0.5 (Jun 6, 2013)

  • Added support for OS X 10.8.4.

New in Herald 3.0.4 (Mar 27, 2013)

  • Fix for non-English characters being garbled in message body.

New in Herald 3.0.3 (Mar 27, 2013)

  • Hopefully fix some hanging problems on Mountain Lion.
  • Play sound at alert level rather than system volume level.
  • Fix problem with window changing position when switching monitors.
  • Uninstaller now removes preferences also.

New in Herald 3.0.2 (Oct 8, 2012)

  • New icons for Retina MacBook Pro.

New in Herald 3.0.1 (Sep 4, 2012)

  • Fixed an issue where Herald wouldn't start if Mail was launched automatically on login.

New in Herald 2.1.2 (Apr 3, 2012)

  • Added integration with SpamSieve 2.9. If SpamSieve 2.9 is installed, marking a message as junk will now train it as spam with SpamSieve.

New in Herald 2.1.1 (Feb 6, 2012)

  • Support for OS X 10.7.3.

New in Herald 2.1 (Nov 25, 2011)

  • Added an archive button.
  • New option to delay showing notifications until a specified time period has passed. For example, you could choose to only show notifications every hour so that you won't be interrupted too often.
  • New installer which fixes potential problems with permissions.
  • Changed option-clicking to command-clicking for reply-all and flag.

New in Herald 2.0.3 (Oct 12, 2011)

  • Support for OS X 10.7.2.
  • Font size can now be reduced down to 10pt.

New in Herald 2.0.2 (Jul 28, 2011)

  • Fixed an issue where duplicate notifications could appear.
  • Fixed some potential memory leaks.
  • Added credits.

New in Herald 2.0.1 (Jul 23, 2011)

  • Reduce automatic update checking interval.

New in Herald 2.0 (Jul 23, 2011)

  • New release for OS X 10.7 Lion.
  • Option-clicking the "Mark as Read" button will mark as read and flag the message.
  • Option to hide notifications while Mail is active, but keep existing notification window visible when switching back to Mail.
  • Now automatically checks for updates.

New in Herald 1.3.2 (Mar 22, 2011)

  • Support for Mac OS X 10.6.7

New in Herald 1.3.1 (Feb 27, 2011)

  • Support for Feb. 2011 MacBooks
  • Uninstaller now removes Herald preferences
  • Fixed an issue where Herald would fail to mark messages as read when Mail Act-On was installed

New in Herald 1.3 (Feb 27, 2011)

  • Fully customizable header; show/hide "From," "Subject," "To," "Mailbox," user icon, and header labels.
  • Option to hide message body (if hidden, Herald won't fetch the body text from the server)
  • Many more font sizes
  • Option to play a sound when Herald notification appears
  • New button for forwarding messages
  • Option to hide any of the action buttons
  • Two new window styles: "gradient" and "flat"
  • Option for light or dark buttons
  • Deactivate any mailboxes named "Spam" or "Junk" by default
  • If a top-level account is unchecked in Herald, new mailboxes created underneath it will no longer be checked by default
  • When Herald is set to show while Mail is active, there is now an option to automatically advance to the next message when "View" or "Reply" is clicked
  • When Herald is set to show Mail in a new window, there is now an option to not also select message in the main viewer

New in Herald 1.2.3 (Jan 5, 2011)

  • Notification window can now be resized small enough so that the entire message body is hidden.

New in Herald 1.2.2 (Nov 11, 2010)

  • Added support for Mac OS X 10.6.5.

New in Herald 1.2.1 (Jun 16, 2010)

  • Added support for Mac OS X 10.6.4.

New in Herald 1.2 (Feb 3, 2010)

  • Added an attachment indicator icon in the upper right of the notification window.
  • Added an option to keep the notification window visible even when Mail is the active application.
  • Added an option to use a monospaced font.
  • Mail is no longer brought to the front if the notification appears while Mail is hidden.
  • Changed the behavior of auto-hiding notifications when there is more than one message. Now after the specified time has elapsed, the next message will be displayed rather than hiding the window. Once all messages have been viewed, the window will hide.
  • Fixed a bug where notification window could automatically hide even when the mouse was over it.
  • Fixed a bug related to Spaces where Mail would become the selected application instead of Finder.

New in Herald 1.1 (Nov 10, 2009)

  • Added a button for marking a message as junk.
  • Added option for showing notification window on all spaces.
  • Added option for changing font size.
  • Option-clicking the reply button now initiates a reply-all.
  • Fixed a bug where window was not remembering its size after quitting Mail.
  • Fixed some bugs relating to replying.
  • Added support for Mac OS X 10.6.2

New in Herald 1.0 (Oct 12, 2009)

  • Initial release.