What's new in RedHand 1.9.5
Sep 29, 2014
- New features:
- Updated for OS X 10.9.5
- Bug fixes:
- Excessive Bluetooth-related logging
- Resolved a conflict between manual lock and lock on sleep (Thanks David!)
- RedHand would prevent force-sleep (Cmd-Opt Eject)
- Screensaver preferences would sometimes not be properly read on Mavericks
New in RedHand 1.9.4 (Apr 22, 2014)
New in RedHand 1.9.3 (Mar 4, 2013)
- Some preferences options could not be modified (introduced in 1.9.2)
New in RedHand 1.9.2 (Mar 1, 2013)
- New features:
- Added preferences option to configure where images should be stored
- Added preferences option to configure if images should be stored immediately or on demand
- Added new event: 3x wrong password
- Bug fixes:
- 'Auto start at login' was broken in Mountain Lion (#93Q5BW2BWQ)
- Crash when unchecking 'Show Dock Icon' in the preferences panel while RedHand is running (#QR113JP5YY)
- Camera would sometimes not properly be released after use
- Log window would sometimes not appear after failed login attempts
- Crash when opening list of exceptions
New in RedHand 1.9.1 (Jan 25, 2013)
- New features:
- Ready for Mountain Lion / Gatekeeper
- Bug fixes:
- Rare error where RH would seemingly ignore keyboard input
New in RedHand 1.9 (Jun 18, 2012)
- Bluetooth module rewritten: Devices need not be in discoverable mode for BT locking to work (BT locking needs to be enabled again in the RH preferences)
- Scans for Bluetooth devices may be aborted
- RH now remembers the keyboard layout used when setting the password and temporarily selects it while the computer is locked. The password has to be set again for this feature to work.
New in RedHand 1.8.1 (May 25, 2012)
- Stability improvements (#5T6UZ5678W)
New in RedHand 1.8 (Mar 7, 2012)
- New features:
- When locking via idle timer is enabled, RH will check against a (configurable) list of applications before locking the computer. If the frontmost application is listed RH won't lock your Mac. (#N1MGPE77BM)
- Bug fixes:
- Lion: Dismissing the log window would stall the application for a period of time
- Restored PPC support
New in RedHand 1.7 (Dec 9, 2011)
- New features:
- Added configuration option to lock when a Bluetooth device cannot be discovered for a certain amount of time (#2JZV47DNLY); Previous versions locked as soon as the device could not be discovered.
- Added configuration option to use a Bluetooth device for unlocking only (#WE25U43RX4)
- Passwords of invalid login attempts are not displayed by default. Instead the log window features a check box to reveal passwords. (#4SYAPG1N3Z)
- Bug fixes:
- Always restore focus after unlocking/closing about panel (#J781L844SX)
New in RedHand 1.6.2 (Nov 2, 2010)
- New features:
- Added a button to clear the log
- Added auto-unlock when computer has been sleeping for less than n minutes (#PP9MH5TVXH)
- Bug fixes:
- Sometimes terminating RH would result in the application becoming unresponsive
- Prevent lock out if "Require password" is enabled in OSX Security preferences and RedHand (#ED9AZ2D9EA, #XL68PTH6SV, #RQU9D5GPZP and #YDVGM2THM2)
- Fixed issues with locking/unlocking via Bluetooth (#L6HTVZTHBT, #D2UWPLQSXQ, #1P5QRZ5UWE, #R248EQEV5A)
New in RedHand 1.6.1 (Sep 30, 2010)
- Fixed problems with enabling/disabling the Dock icon
New in RedHand 1.6 (Sep 10, 2010)
- New features
- Implemented locking/unlocking via a configurable Bluetooth device depending on its distance from the computer
- added preference option to ignore first key stroke when unlocking while screen is dimmed
- Bug fixes
- sometimes executing scripts could not be enabled
New in RedHand 1.5.1 (Aug 17, 2010)
- RH would not accept input when locking the screen while a screen saver was active
- Accept keypad enter key to enter passwords
New in RedHand 1.5 (Aug 12, 2010)
- Added screensaver mode (auto lock after n minutes of inactivity).
- Added auto lock on system sleep.
New in RedHand 1.4 (Aug 2, 2010)
- New features:
- All components are 64bit now
- Scripts, executables or AppleScripts may be executed whenever a certain event is encountered
- A preview is now displayed, when the mouse cursor is above a thumb nail in the log window
- Modified preferences/architecture to allow for future extensions
- Bug fixes:
- fixed memory leaks
New in RedHand 1.3.1 (Nov 11, 2009)
- RedHand could simply be quit (Cmd-Q) while locked.
New in RedHand 1.3 (Nov 10, 2009)
- New Features:
- Switched to 32/64bit universal binary.
- Added preferences options 'Show log only after unsuccessful login', 'Enable fading'.
- Photo on lock and photo on unlock are configurable.
- Added option to disable two-seconds-delay when locking screen.
- Added refresh button for list of video devices.
- Bug Fixes:
- Video device was sometimes not correctly released, which led to conflicts w/ other applications which would use it.
- Miscellaneous:
- Replaced NDHotKetComponend by ShortcutRecorder/SGHotKey.
New in RedHand 1.2.1 (Jun 23, 2009)
- Log window may be closed by the same action that opened it.
- Bug fixes - RedHand would sometimes crash when a hot key has been cleared.
New in RedHand 1.2 (Jun 22, 2009)
- Made screen dimming configurable: black screen w/ lock symbol, black screen or display sleep).
- Bug fixes:
- If no hotkey has been defined for screen locking and the screen has been locked via menu or dock, screen locking could be triggered by pressing the ‘a’ key.
New in RedHand 1.1 (Jun 12, 2009)
- Changes:
- Hot key for log panel.
- Hot keys may be cleared.
- Preference option to show log window when screen is unlocked.
- Fixes:
- Thumbnails don’t open in Preview.app.
- Doesn’t work when installed system-wide.
- ‘Input timeout’ and ‘Dim screen’ can be set to 0, which makes it impossible to enter a password.
New in RedHand 1.0 (Jun 12, 2009)