What's new in Vanilla 2.1.1
Sep 29, 2023
- Fixes an issue with auto-hide setting being ignored
New in Vanilla 2.1 (Sep 27, 2023)
- Improved compatiblity for macOS Sonoma
- New modernized Settings interface
- Add global keyboard shortcut for toggling desktop icons
- Add the ability to customize the interval for automatically hiding icons
- Requires macOS 12.0 and above
New in Vanilla 2.0.3 (Oct 29, 2021)
- Updated Vanilla for macOS Monterey
- Improved multi-monitor support
New in Vanilla 2.0.2 (Dec 18, 2020)
- Updated app icon for macOS Big Sur
- Update to macOS Big Sur 11.1 to fix the issue where your menu bar icons do not maintain their position across reboots or app re-launches
- Improved the checkout experience for purchasing Vanilla Pro
New in Vanilla 2.0.1 (Nov 19, 2020)
- Improved reliability on macOS Big Sur
- Updated the app’s copyright text
New in Vanilla 2.0 (Nov 16, 2020)
- This version of Vanilla adds support for macOS Big Sur and Apple Silicon Macs
- I’ve made this a free update for all customers, but if you want to leave a tip to help support development, that would be really appreciated. It makes a huge difference for me!. Send me a tip here: https://gum.co/TKvWP
- Adds a completely new rendering engine for compatibility with macOS Big Sur
- Adds an option for showing and hiding your desktop icons on macOS Big Sur
- Add keyboard shortcuts for navigating Vanilla’s menus
New in Vanilla 1.2.2 (Nov 5, 2019)
- This version of Vanilla adds two important features:
- A key fix for compatibility with macOS Catalina and the new permissions model
- Introduced a new licensing service for activating upgrades
New in Vanilla 1.1.3 Build 33 (Aug 30, 2019)
- This version of Vanilla changes how we publish and deliver updates, as well as introducing new licensing and security methods. (It's now self-hosted – no more third parties!)
New in Vanilla 1.1.1 Build 28 (Sep 28, 2018)
- Fix the "start at login" preference for Mojave compatibility
- Vanilla now handles dynamic switching of light and dark mode, and also handles when you change the accessibility settings for reduced transparency
- Improve handling for a sporadic crash that occurs when changing the desktop background
New in Vanilla 1.1 Build 27 (Sep 26, 2018)
- Update Vanilla for macOS Mojave compatibility and Dark Mode
- Improved multi-monitor compatibility
- Improved support for full screen applications and fewer glitches when switching to and from full screen mode
- Significant performance optimisation, resulting in faster multi-display switching and vastly lower energy usage
- Prevent auto-hiding icons when the user is currently interacting with the menu bar
- Added support for Mojave’s dynamic wallpapers
New in Vanilla 1.0.8 Build 24 (Nov 3, 2017)
- This update fixes an issue on macOS High Sierra where changing external monitors, changing the screen resolution, or changing from light to dark mode would cause a second Vanilla bar to appear on screen and get stuck there.
New in Vanilla 1.0.7 Build 23 (Oct 7, 2017)
- High Sierra compatibility:
- This version of Vanilla improves compatibility with High Sierra, including a fix for the start at login preference not registering correctly.
New in Vanilla 1.0.6 Build 22 (Aug 9, 2017)
- Keyboard shortcut for toggling icons:
- For Pro users, this version of Vanilla adds the ability to set a keyboard shortcut in Preferences to toggle your icons.
- Better synchronization of Vanilla with your icons:
- Sometimes Vanilla falls out of sync with your menu bar icons and ends up hiding them when it shouldn't. This update makes Vanilla more reliable about hiding only what you want hidden.
- Bug fixes and performance improvements:
- Just some general tidying up and fixing bugs.
New in Vanilla 1.0.5 Build 20 (Jun 10, 2017)
- Brand new menu bar color matching algorithm! — If you've ever noticed Vanilla sometime mis-matching your menu bar (particularly if you're running in dark mode with a dark background), this update should make Vanilla match perfectly
- Fixes an issue where some apps' system menu items would be covered up by Vanilla (Atom, Photoshop, and Excel in particular)
- Fixes an issue where Vanilla would get misaligned after opening the Preferences window
- Other small bug fixes and improvements
New in Vanilla 1.0.4 Build 17 (May 19, 2017)
- Fixes the most common crashing bugs in Vanilla 🎉
New in Vanilla 1.0.3 Build 15 (May 18, 2017)
- Significant improvements for multi-monitor support, including unconventional monitor layouts
- Improved functionality for full screen apps
- Fix Vanilla positioning issues
- More efficient CPU and GPU usage and faster app switching
- Fix certain apps (e.g. Slack) causing Vanilla to cover the entire menu bar
New in Vanilla 1.0.2 Build 8 (May 8, 2017)
- Improves multi-monitor support, dark mode, performance improvements, and full screen support.
- Still working on some of the rough edges around full screen mode — this release adds the bare minimum but I'm planning to make it better.