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Home Inventory Changelog

What's new in Home Inventory 3.8.6

Jun 18, 2021
  • Fixed an issue with importing photos and receipts referenced from a CSV file.

New in Home Inventory 3.8.5 (Dec 13, 2020)

  • This is essentially the same update as 3.8.4. There was a mistake in the release build of 3.8.4 in that it was not built with native support for Apple Silicon-based Macs (it still ran fine via Rosetta, though). This has been fixed and development has been suitably shamed and forced to listen to smooth jazz.

New in Home Inventory 3.8.4 (Dec 13, 2020)

  • Improved support for macOS Big Sur
  • Native support for Apple Silicon-based Macs

New in Home Inventory 3.8.3 (May 4, 2020)

  • In addition to the improvements below, our mobile helper apps, Home Inventory Remote Entry and Home Inventory Mobile Backup, have also been updated.
  • Added support for scanning ASIN barcodes, when available from our provider, for adding items to your inventory.
  • Small tweaks to the colors used to display information to help improve readability.
  • Fixed some spelling errors in the interface.
  • Fixed a stability issue when exiting the app.

New in Home Inventory 3.8.2 (Jun 20, 2019)

  • Fixed a bug that resulted in an error in handling a barcode lookup with an invalid image associated.

New in Home Inventory 3.8.1 (May 2, 2019)

  • Updated with a new data source provider for adding items through barcode scanning.
  • New keyboard shortcut to duplicate the selected item(s): Shift + Command + D.
  • Item names in list-style reports now wrap to the next line.
  • Fixed a bug with the text in the description field in the file attachment panel not appearing correctly in Dark Mode.
  • Fixed a bug with the text in the address and description fields in the custom report panel not appearing correctly in Dark Mode.
  • Fixed a bug where the background color of the Inbox help overlay is occasionally rendered in the wrong color in Dark Mode.

New in Home Inventory 3.8.0 (Dec 19, 2018)

  • Dark Mode support in macOS Mojave.
  • Add photos and scan receipts from your iPhone or iPad directly into Home Inventory with Continuity Camera support (requires macOS Mojave and iOS 12).
  • Accent Color support in macOS Mojave.

New in Home Inventory 3.7.6 (Sep 20, 2018)

  • Mojave support.
  • Fixes a bug that can result in random crashes on some systems.

New in Home Inventory 3.7.5 (Sep 13, 2018)

  • Support for Mojave.
  • Can now search custom numeric and date fields.
  • Fixed a bug that could result in a crash after closing a window that is showing the Reports view.

New in Home Inventory 3.7.4 (Jun 20, 2018)

  • Currency conversion functionality has been restored after the previous API we had been using had been shutdown without notice by the provider.

New in Home Inventory 3.7.3 (Nov 22, 2017)

  • Fixed a bug with Canadian Dollar to US Dollar currency conversions.

New in Home Inventory 3.7.0 (Apr 20, 2017)

  • Added Touch Bar support.
  • You can now open password protected inventory files on your Mac using Touch ID (must be enabled under Preferences).
  • Fixed a bug where you could not save a report as a PDF over an existing report with the same file name.

New in Home Inventory 3.6.0 (Oct 19, 2016)

  • Brings new tools for estate planning and storing general information about your home so it is always easily accessible.
  • Estate Planning/Heirs:
  • Home Inventory now helps you with your estate planning. Create a list of heirs and assign items in your inventory to the appropriate heir.
  • Fill in heir information from Contacts (macOS Sierra or El Capitan required).
  • A new navigation option lets you browse your inventory by heir and easily see which items are assigned to a given heir.
  • New reporting options to organize items by heir and filter items included in a report based on specific heirs.
  • New built-in heir reports for detailed and simple item lists, organized by their assigned heir.
  • Home Management & Organization:
  • Store home inspection reports, lot surveys, homeowners’ association covenants, and other home-related documents in the new file attachments section in the Home View.
  • Keep track of home maintenance, repairs, and renovations using the new dated notes feature in the Home View.
  • Store receipts for home maintenance, repairs, renovations, and other house-related purchases in the new receipts section of the Home View.
  • Add multiple photos of your home in the new Home View photos section.
  • New reporting option to include Home View information (including notes, photos, and receipts) in reports.
  • More Features:
  • You can now add receipts and file attachments to locations (rooms).
  • You can now add receipts and file attachments to collections.
  • Support for tabs in macOS Sierra.
  • Item photos now appear in search results.
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where the selection bar can disappear in the left navigation list when the item list is hidden.
  • Fixed a bug that resulted in an exception being raised when invalid characters were entered in a manual barcode lookup.

New in Home Inventory 3.5.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • The new Home Inventory Inbox makes maintaining your inventory a snap. Use the free print plugin (download instructions are in the app) to add digital receipts to the Inbox as you make your purchases without having to open Home Inventory. When you're ready to add your purchases to your inventory, the Inbox's streamlined interface makes it easy to quickly add new items associated with the receipts in your inbox all from within a single view. Tutorial video available at https://youtu.be/Sn-BvDzfm9k.
  • A badge next to the Inbox button tells you how many receipts are waiting in your Inbox.
  • In addition to creating new items from receipts in the Inbox, you can also add a receipt from the Inbox to an existing item through the Item view Receipts section.
  • Add file attachments from the Inbox to existing items through the Item View Files section.
  • You can also drag and drop files straight into the Inbox view without going through the print plugin.
  • Support for the new Photo Entry mode in Home Inventory Remote Entry for quickly entering items with just a photo and a name in rapid succession. Tutorial video at https://youtu.be/cN7vx0a7uIY.
  • You can now add new categories, collections, conditions, and locations straight from the add/edit item panel.
  • A new item list sort option, Sort By Completion, lets you sort items based on how complete the information is for each item (an item is considered complete if it has a price or value, at least one photo, at least one receipt, and a warranty).
  • Item detail reports no longer include a photos section for items with only a single photo when the report is configured to show the main item photo in the basic item information section.
  • The 'Begin each item on a new page' option is now un-checked by default when creating a new custom item detail report.
  • Fixed a bug that can sometimes interfere with obtaining map directions in OS X 10.11 (El Capitan).
  • Fixed a bug where WiFi backups to Mobile Backup would occasionally fail with a timeout error.
  • Fixed a bug where the Quick Help overlay appears too large on Retina displays.
  • Fixed a bug where 'Year Built' field displayed a comma in the year when editing home stats.
  • Fixed a bug where the correct item quantity was not being displayed for coverage categories that included items with quantities greater than 1.
  • Fixed a bug in the coverage analysis report where a coverage category containing no items would show as covering one item for a value of $0.00.
  • Minor visual bug fixes and tweaks.

New in Home Inventory 3.4.0 (Jul 28, 2015)

  • Added a new Charts section to the Home View with charts that give you an overview of your inventory.
  • You can configure what types of charts are shown. Options include breakdowns by category, collection, condition, location, and tag, warranty coverage breakdowns, property assessment history, and purchases over time so you can see if you are spending more or less on your possessions that you used to.
  • New custom report option lets you choose which field is used for report totals in custom list and detail reports.
  • New custom report option lets you choose which field items are sorted by.
  • Added a new summary only report type.
  • Added a cover page with date to the warranty analysis report.
  • You can now choose whether the item list in the Items View is sorted in ascending or descending order.
  • Added a notice that appears in an item's warranty section when its warranty has expired or is about to expire.
  • Added an icon that appears in the item list when it is in the detail view mode that indicates the item is out of warranty coverage.
  • Fixed a bug where items may not properly fill the page in a custom item detail report when the main item photo is not included.
  • Fixed a bug where collections could show up twice in the report summary in reports with the "Show each collection in its own section" option set.
  • Fixed a bug where an item's value was being erroneously multiplied by its quantity when considering whether or not it exceeded the maximum single item value coverage limit for insurance coverage analysis.

New in Home Inventory 3.3.2 (May 5, 2015)

  • Added support for drag and drop from Apple's new Photos app.
  • When bulk editing items, the tags fields for those item is not updated unless you explicitly make changes to tags during the edit.

New in Home Inventory 3.3.1 (Apr 9, 2015)

  • Added a preference for making the text darker to provide a higher contrast.
  • Fixed a bug where barcode lookups failed if the system region was set to Cyprus.
  • Fixed a bug that could result in an error being improperly shown when performing a backup.
  • Fixed a bug that resulted in photo and receipt images being improperly scaled in some regions if a thousands separator was included the maximum threshold values in the app's preferences.

New in Home Inventory 3.3.0 (Jan 20, 2015)

  • New, Yosemite-style user interface.
  • Brand new free helper app, Home Inventory Remote Entry, for adding items to your inventory using your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Includes an offline mode that lets you add items without being connected to Home Inventory via WiFi. This app replaces the Home Inventory Photo Remote app.
  • Share item information, photos, receipts, and file attachments via email, Twitter, and elsewhere using Yosemite's share sheets (Yosemite only).
  • Rewritten built-in image editor now displays within the main application window instead of a separate window.
  • Rewritten image capture for adding photos to items using your Mac's built-in camera now displays within the main application window instead of a separate window.
  • Fixed a bug where the number of items shown in the status bar for a collection with a valuation method of "Same as the price/value given to the collection" is incorrect.
  • Fixed a bug that resulted in a security sandbox violation when trying to update older version 1 Home Inventory/Stockpile databases to the new format.

New in Home Inventory 3.2.2 (Sep 3, 2014)

  • Fixed a bug that could result in a crash after a Save As under OS X 10.9.4.

New in Home Inventory 3.2.1 (May 14, 2014)

  • Fixed a bug in 3.2.0 that resulted in a crash under 10.7 and 10.8.

New in Home Inventory 3.2.0 (May 13, 2014)

  • New backup to Dropbox feature works in conjunction with Home Inventory Mobile Backup 2.0 to backup your inventory to your Dropbox folder, where it can be pulled down by Mobile Backup. You no longer have to backup to Mobile Backup over WiFi or through iTunes. See the "Backing Up Your Inventory" chapter of the User Guide for details.
  • You can now browse your inventory by tag. Adding, editing, and deleting tags works just like it does with categories, collections, and locations.
  • Added a new custom item field type, Website (URL), that allows you to store a clickable URL for a website with your item information.
  • Automatic local backups now take place when you close an inventory window or quit Home Inventory instead of when opening an inventory.
  • Home Inventory now uses the more modern AV Foundation framework for capturing photos from your Mac's video camera instead of the older QT Kit framework.
  • No more paper clip. Long live the paper clip!

New in Home Inventory 3.1.2 (Jan 20, 2014)

  • Fixed a bug where exporting all items may stall under OS X 10.9 (Mavericks).

New in Home Inventory 3.1.1 (Dec 2, 2013)

  • Fixed a problem where exchange rate lookups were failing due because the original lookup source was shutdown.
  • Automatically sets the label of photos added through the Photo Remote app to the name of the item they are being added to.
  • Fixed a bug where a manually entered barcode that included spaces would result in a failed barcode lookup.

New in Home Inventory 3.1.0 (Oct 24, 2013)

  • Maps support for looking up locations and getting directions from contact information, purchased from, and other fields (Requires OS X 10.9 Mavericks).
  • Drag and drop items between different inventory files.
  • Add your own custom conditions.
  • New address custom field type that supports Maps lookups.
  • New multi-line custom field type for entering longer text.

New in Home Inventory 3.0.6 (Oct 22, 2013)

  • Fixed a bug when handling invalid data returned from SearchUPC.com.
  • Removed Google Shopping Search as a barcode information lookup source because Google is shutting down the service on September 16.

New in Home Inventory 3.0.5 (Jul 16, 2013)

  • Added support for looking up UPC/EAN codes on SearchUPC.com.
  • Empty categories, collections, and locations are now included in the summary at the end of a report.
  • Fixed a bug that could result in garbage data when importing a CSV file using UTF-16 encoding.
  • Fixed a bug where empty warranty and notes entries were created when importing CSV records with empty notes and warranty fields.

New in Home Inventory 3.0.4 (May 31, 2013)

  • Added a new custom report option to include empty item fields in detail reports.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Home Inventory from adding new items in certain situations where a custom field layout did not include the quantity field.
  • Fixed a bug that could result in a crash when trying to remove a coverage entry.

New in Home Inventory 3.0.3 (Apr 6, 2013)

  • Enabled spell checking in text entry fields for item information.
  • Local backup feature performs a data integrity check on the database before creating a backup.
  • Disallows using Save As to save over an open inventory file, which could lead to file corruption.

New in Home Inventory 3.0.1 (Mar 2, 2013)

  • Fixed the minimum OS version to correctly state 10.7.4.

New in Home Inventory 3.0.0 (Feb 28, 2013)

  • A new user interface with support for Retina displays.
  • Support for full-screen mode.
  • Build out a maintenance schedule for regular household tasks.
  • Add maintenance tasks to Calendar and Reminders (OS X 10.8 and above only).
  • Keep track of your property assessment history.
  • Sort the item list by name, purchase date, or value.
  • Choose between three detail options for displaying the item list.
  • A new photo view for managing item photos.
  • A new receipt view for managing item receipts.
  • A new file view for managing file attachments.
  • An updated scanning interface that supports document feeders and scanners shared over a network.
  • You can now add file attachments using your scanner.
  • Scan receipts and file attachments into a single multi-page PDF if your scanner has a document feeder.
  • Home Inventory now runs in OS X's security sandbox.

New in Home Inventory 2.6.3 (Jul 17, 2012)

  • Compatible with OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
  • Fixed a bug in the alternative scanning interface that could result in Home Inventory not scanning properly in Mountain Lion.

New in Home Inventory 2.6.2 (Apr 26, 2012)

  • Added an option in general preferences that allows you to choose how the item list is presented when Home Inventory starts up (organized by location, category, or collection, or show all items in a single list).
  • Home Inventory now retains the size of the left and right navigation lists on restart.
  • Fixed a bug that could result in an error when trying to save a PDF receipt from the item view.

New in Home Inventory 2.6.1 (Mar 3, 2012)

  • Fixed a bug that could result in a crash when generating reports with items that contain certain types of PDF files as receipts.
  • If you have not explicitly set a backup directory, Home Inventory will ask you to choose one the first time an automatic local backup is triggered or the first time you select Backup Now from the File menu.

New in Home Inventory 2.6.0 (Feb 8, 2012)

  • You can now add native PDF receipts to Home Inventory. The pages of receipts added from a PDF file are no longer converted to bitmapped images as in previous versions.
  • A built-in PDF viewer lets you view and print PDF receipts. Support for viewing PDF receipts is also included in version 1.1.0 of the Home Inventory Mobile Backup companion app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPodTouch.
  • When adding a new item to a collection using the Home Inventory Photo Remote app, the item is automatically seeded with the default category and location associated with the collection. Home Inventory Photo Remote version 1.4.1 is required for this feature.
  • Fixed a bug where barcode lookups were not searching Google Products if an item could not be found on Amazon.

New in Home Inventory 2.5.1 (Nov 11, 2011)

  • Selecting and editing multiple items from the same category simultaneously will now use that category's field layout in the edit panel instead of the default field layout.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented password protected inventory files created on a PowerPC-based Mac from being opened on an Intel-based Mac.

New in Home Inventory 2.5.0 (Oct 17, 2011)

  • Support for backing up and restoring to the new Home Inventory Mobile Backup companion app over WiFi. You can now backup and view your inventory files on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
  • The ability to set the currency used for a given inventory file independent of the currency settings in System Preferences.
  • Home Inventory can now automatically convert currency amounts from other currencies to the currency used for the inventory file, based on current exchange rates. See the Home Inventory User’s Guide for details.
  • Custom item detail reports now offer the ability to select the individual item fields that will appear in the report.
  • You can now edit custom report options after you have created them.
  • The Home Inventory Photo Remote will display the number of photos next to each item when Home Inventory 2.5.0 is used in conjunction with Photo Remote version 1.4 or later.
  • A new Backup Now option under the File menu lets you backup your inventory to an attached hard drive or synced folder with a simple click of your mouse.
  • Set a password hint to help you remember your password for password protected inventory files.
  • The CSV import feature can now import CSV data using encodings other than just UTF-8.

New in Home Inventory 2.4.4 (Sep 20, 2011)

  • A pretty minor update that contains an additional preference section with new configuration options for barcode lookup operations.
  • Also updated the Home Inventory User’s Guide with information on the latest version of the Home Inventory Photo Remote (version 1.3).

New in Home Inventory 2.4.3 (Jul 4, 2011)

  • Minor bug fixes

New in Home Inventory 2.4.2 (Jun 22, 2011)

  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Home Inventory 2.4.1 (May 24, 2011)

  • You can now manually enter a barcode number (or use a barcode scanner that mimics a keyboard to scan a barcode) and Home Inventory will lookup the item information online and add it to your inventory.
  • The field for entering/editing a note is now larger to make it easier to enter and edit longer notes.
  • Fixed a bug that could result in a crash when generating a Coverage Analysis report.

New in Home Inventory 2.4.0 (May 11, 2011)

  • Add items to your inventory with your iPhone and iPad 2 using the barcode scanning feature in the free Home Inventory Photo Remote companion app (Photo Remote version 1.2 is required for this feature).
  • Fixes a bug that produces an error when trying to use the Home Inventory Photo Remote companion app with an inventory file that has a very long file name.

New in Home Inventory 2.3.1 (Mar 4, 2011)

  • Support for the Home Inventory Photo Remote app for the iPhone and camera-enabled iPod Touch that allows you to take photos of your items and create new items, locations, categories, and collections without having to be in front of your Mac.
  • A new warranty analysis report that lets you know which items are no longer under warranty coverage and when existing warranty coverage will expire.
  • A new auto-save option (enabled by default) that automatically saves changes to your inventory as they are made.
  • Reports now use a smaller font and less spacing so they require fewer pages to print.
  • Faster, more efficient Save Report feature.
  • Adding file attachments now takes up less space in your inventory file.
  • Dramatically more efficient memory usage.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause Home Inventory to hang when importing items from an improperly formatted CSV file.
  • Fixed a bug with the duplicate item feature that caused duplicated items that were a part of a collection to show up when they should not if the "Only show collected items when viewing by collection preference" was checked.

New in Home Inventory 2.2.2 (Jan 16, 2011)

  • Fixes a problem where the tab order could be incorrect when entering data into a customized field layout.

New in Home Inventory 2.1.1 (Jun 28, 2010)

  • A new preference option to remind you to backup your inventory file to MobileMe at regular intervals.
  • Fixed a problem where updates to an item’s price or value were not always being reflected in the totals at the bottom of the window in the Item View.
  • Fixed a bug with using drag and drop to copy notes and warranties from one item to another.

New in Home Inventory 2.1 (Jun 10, 2010)

  • The ability to adjust the size of photos and receipts in the item, location, and collection views.
  • Item and value totals for the selected location, category, or collection are shown across the bottom of the window.
  • A new preference setting for turning off the label prompt when importing photos and receipts.
  • Fixed an issue where importing photos and receipts under Snow Leopard could result in a blurry image.

New in Home Inventory 2.0.1 (Mar 18, 2010)

  • Support for importing multi-page PDF files as receipts and photos. Each page is treated as a separate photo or receipt.
  • Images with embedded rotation information are automatically rotated when imported into Home Inventory.
  • You can now drag and drop warranty information, notes, and file attachments from the selected item to other items in the Item List.
  • User guide updated to include a section on creating custom reports.
  • Fixed a problem where photos and receipts imported from print-quality PDF files could appear blurry.
  • Fixed a crash problem when modifying the field layout under Snow Leopard.
  • Fixed a problem maintaining the last window position under Snow Leopard.
  • Fixed an issue with the tab order in the Item Information Panel under Snow Leopard.
  • Fixed an issue where clicking on a search result could sometimes show the incorrect item with a large inventory database.

New in Home Inventory 2.0.0 (Feb 18, 2010)

  • A complete rewrite of the application and features a brand new user interface, insurance coverage analysis, customizable fields and layouts, dated notes, support for file attachments, and much, much more!

New in Home Inventory 2.0 Preview 3 (Jan 18, 2010)

  • The view areas for item, location, collection, category, and policy information no longer show sections that have no data.
  • You can now drag and drop images and files into any area of the Item View to add them to the selected item(s). If the drop occurs outside of the Item Photos, Item Receipts, or Item Files sections, Home Inventory will prompt you as to the association (photo, receipt, or file) of the drop operation.
  • You can now drag and drop photos into any area in the Collection View to add photos to the selected collection.
  • You can now drag and drop photos into any area in the Location View to add photos to the selected location.
  • You can now drag and drop files into any area in the Policy View to attach files to the selected policy.
  • You can add an existing item photo as a receipt for that item by dragging and dropping a photo from the Item Photos section in the Item View into the Item Receipts section and vice versa.
  • Dragging and dropping a photo or receipt from the Item View or Album View onto an item in the Item List will add that photo/receipt to that item.
  • You can now drag and drop photos and receipts out of Home Inventory.
  • Pressing Command+Option+N on the keyboard will add a new item, location, collection, category, policy, depending on the view and whether or not the Item List is shown.
  • When a search does not yield any matches, a message indicating no matches were found is displayed in the search results area instead of leaving that area blank.
  • More efficient use of memory when displaying images.
  • Bug fixes included in this release:
  • Fixed some typographical errors in the user interface.
  • Fixed a bug where image thumbnails were being stored as the same size as the fullsize image instead of being scaled down. To remedy this, when you save an inventory file created with one of the first two preview versions of Home Inventory 2.0, Preview 3 will optimize (scale down) all of the
thumbail images in the database. This will result in a much smaller inventory file on disk as well as better performance the next time the inventory file is opened by Home Inventory. The optimization operation only needs to occur once for a given inventory file. Once it has completed, it will not run again.
  • Fixed a bug where dragging and dropping a single item from the Item List to a new category, location, or collection could result in the wrong item being moved.
  • Fixed a bug where section pages were not appearing in contact sheet (photo list) reports

New in Home Inventory 2.0 Beta (Jan 3, 2010)

  • A completely redesigned user interface that makes using Home Inventory easier than ever before
  • Enhanced navigation that lets you browse your items by category, collection, location, or all items in single list
  • A new consolidated 'document-style' view of item detail so you don't have to navigate through multiple subviews for photos, notes, and warranty information
  • A new Policy View that lets you enter and keep track of your homeowner's/renter's, automobile, life, health, and other insurance policies
  • Coverage warnings that let you know if your valuables are not adequately covered by your insurance
  • A separate area for item receipts that lets you add receipts as images from a scanner, your digital camera, a file on disk, as well as text based receipts from an online purchases
  • The ability to store multiple, dated notes for your items so you can keep a history of repairs, changes and other useful information about your items
  • The ability to attach files to items so you can keep manuals, software updates, and other files related to your items
  • New standard fields for tags, quantity, purchase location, and ISBN/EAN number
  • The ability to add your own custom fields for entering information not provided for by the standard fields offered by Home Inventory
  • The ability to customize the layout of the fields in Home Inventory -- you can even customize the field layout for specific item categories
  • The ability to organize like groups of items into collections
  • Improved scanner support lets you use a wider range of scanners to scan photos and receipts into Home Inventory
  • An improved and easier to use image editor lets you rotate, crop, and adjust the brightness, contrast, and color saturation of photos and receipts so you don't have to rely on an external image editor
  • A new Reports View for creating, managing, running, viewing, and printing reports
  • More report options and report types, including a moving report for making sure your items have been moved from one location to another and a coverage analysis report to determine if you have enough insurance coverage for your valuables
  • The ability to create your own reports and save them so they can be run again at a later date
  • Backup to MobileMe provides safe and secure offsite backups for your inventory
  • Password protect your inventory file to keep out prying eyes
  • The ability to search your entire inventory
  • Much, much more...

New in Home Inventory 1.8.2 (Apr 9, 2009)

  • Added the ability to select from multiple cameras when acquiring images through an
  • attached video camera.
  • Fixed an issue with scanning images using a CanoScan 8600F.
  • Fixed a bug that resulted in category reports not being generated if there was a cate-
  • gory with an empty name.

New in Home Inventory 1.8.1 (Dec 9, 2008)

  • Fixed a bug where a picture that is removed from an item and only disassociated
  • from that item (not deleted from the inventory document) may still appear associ-
  • ated with the item the next time the inventory document is opened.

New in Home Inventory 1.8 (Sep 22, 2008)

  • Added a Duplicate Items option under the Edit menu that will create exact copies of
  • the selected item(s).
  • Added an option to the export dialog to export only items selected in the item list.
  • Added optimizations that allow Home Inventory to start up more quickly when
  • working with an inventory database containing a large number of images.
  • Added an option to the application preferences that allows the user to choose the
  • folder Home Inventory backs up to.
  • Made report generation more memory efficient to fix a problem with running out of
  • memory when generating really large reports.
  • If the default backup directory is being used, it will be created only if the backup
  • capability is turned on.
  • Fixed an issue where fonts were not being substituted properly. This could cause the
  • Home Inventory main window not to appear or reports to fail if one or more of the
  • fonts used by Home Inventory had been removed from the system or disabled.

New in Home Inventory 1.8 Beta (Sep 5, 2008)

  • Version 1.8 Beta has a couple of new features, but nothing really major. However, it does have some significant performance tweaks that will drastically cut the initial load time for Home Inventory if you have a lot of images in the database.

New in Home Inventory 1.7.2 (May 4, 2008)

  • A user from the other other side of the Atlantic dropped me an e-mail yesterday to to tell me about a bug in the way Home Inventory displays purchase dates. When Home Inventory is not in edit mode, dates in the item view are are always displayed in the US format (mm/dd/yyyy) instead of being properly localized (in this case Home Inventory should have display the date using the dd/mm/yyyy format). Oops. When Home Inventory was in edit mode, the localization was correct � so score half a point for at least getting part of it right. A little more checking revealed that reports also did not have the date properly localized (there goes my half point). A new version of Home Inventory, version 1.7.2, fixes these issues and is now available for download

New in Home Inventory 1.7.1 (Apr 21, 2008)

  • Version 1.7.1 contains a few minor bug fixes and tweaks, including: addressing a problem where window position was not being properly maintained when re-loading an existing document, rephrasing the message shown when deleting an item, and moving the location where temporary files are kept to ~/Library/Application Support.