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Living Earth Changelog

What's new in Living Earth 1.25

Dec 8, 2016
  • Center icon and temperature on menu bar for macOS 10.12.
  • Increase text contrast and legibility.
  • Fix issues with connecting and disconnecting external displays.

New in Living Earth 1.24 (Dec 2, 2015)

  • Visual improvements: Oceans reflect sunlight and more accurate sunset shading for better visual depth.
  • Rain percentages are blue for better visibility.
  • Fix issues launching for 10.7 users.
  • Fix truncation with long city names.

New in Living Earth 1.22 (Jun 4, 2015)

  • Fix issue with occasional screen flashing with desktop wallpaper.
  • Fix screensaver activating when watching video with VLC.
  • Enabling 24 hour clock in system preferences will also enable 24 hour in app.
  • Fix crash when searching for city when network access is unavailable.

New in Living Earth 1.21 (Dec 3, 2014)

  • New option to disable the star background for the desktop wallpaper. We've heard your feedback and many of you like the Earth with a completely black desktop background.
  • Fixed performance issues with the screensaver on Yosemite. Things should be much smoother now.

New in Living Earth 1.20 (Oct 16, 2014)

  • Added our universe in the backdrop, rendered with stunning precision and beauty. Constellations, star brightness, star color, nebula and the Milky Way are all rendered accurately in space.
  • Refreshed the interface for a more modern look.
  • Fixed compatibility issues for OSX Yosemite 10.10.

New in Living Earth 1.18 (Nov 26, 2013)

  • Fix discrete GPU requirement for some users.

New in Living Earth 1.17 (Nov 26, 2013)

  • Fix screensaver issue with 10.9 Mavericks (body movements in front of laptop can cause the light sensor to kill the screensaver).
  • Resolve issues with graphics compatibility when updating.
  • Fix crash with DST.

New in Living Earth 1.16 (Nov 8, 2013)

  • NOTE: You may get an 'unsupported graphics hardware' error when attempting to update. We're aware of this issue and have submitted an update to Apple.
  • Now fully compatible with 10.9 Mavericks.
  • New Current Location feature will update the first city in the city list with your current location. Great for travelers. Enable the feature in the Add City section of the menu bar drop down.
  • Improved trackpad pinch, zoom and swipe gestures.
  • Menu app no longer takes away focus from currently focused app when the menu bar drop down is activated.
  • Improvements to wallpaper date and time design.

New in Living Earth 1.12 (Apr 23, 2013)

  • Bug Fix Release:
  • Fix occasional failure to update weather when app is open for a long period of time.
  • Fix occasional menu bar sizing issues on app open when iCloud city sync is enabled.
  • Fix wallpaper Bright Night Cloud preference not saving correctly.
  • Fix issue where wallpaper rendered over India instead of chosen city.

New in Living Earth 1.11 (Feb 15, 2013)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • iCloud sync. Sync your cities between different devices, Mac, iPhone and iPad. Enable in Preferences.
  • Keyboard navigation in menu bar drop down.
  • Latest planet night imagery from NASA Earth Observatory.
  • More realistic night cloud rendering.
  • Mouse hover over city name in forecast view will reveal weather station name.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Fix for large number of cities freezing.
  • Fix for copy and paste in search box.
  • Fix for visuals in city list when hitting locate button.
  • Fix for weather cache growth from screen saver POI.
  • Fix for desktop city switching when using a second monitor set to fill with black
  • Fix for clicking on same day slot in second city would show first city's day graph.
  • Fix issue with Earth rendering on desktop wallpaper on Snow Leopard.

New in Living Earth 1.10 (Feb 13, 2013)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • iCloud sync. Sync your cities between different devices, Mac, iPhone and iPad. Enable in Preferences.
  • Keyboard navigation in menu bar drop down.
  • Latest planet night imagery from NASA Earth Observatory.
  • More realistic night cloud rendering.
  • Mouse hover over city name in forecast view will reveal weather station name.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Fix for large number of cities freezing.
  • Fix for copy and paste in search box.
  • Fix for visuals in city list when hitting locate button.
  • Fix for weather cache growth from screen saver POI.
  • Fix for desktop city switching when using a second monitor set to fill with black
  • Fix for clicking on same day slot in second city would show first city's day graph.
  • Fix issue with Earth rendering on desktop wallpaper on Snow Leopard.

New in Living Earth 1.03 (Nov 13, 2012)

  • Global hotkey option to enable screen saver
  • Option for Enabling/Disabling Dock icon
  • Add wind direction in current conditions
  • Rotation speed slider for screen saver in preferences
  • Smoother transitions on wallpaper when switching cities
  • Improved visuals of menu window border
  • Improved cloud rendering and visuals on dark side of the Earth
  • Screen Saver will not activate when playing iTunes movie
  • Default temperature unit to metric when appropriate
  • Many bug fixes

New in Living Earth 1.02 (Oct 5, 2012)

  • Allow use of integrated GPU for power savings.
  • RAM usage improvements. RAM use will also vary depending on if the Live Wallpaper feature is enabled. More improvements here are coming.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Living Earth 1.01 (Aug 29, 2012)

  • Fix for users experiencing stability and launch issues.