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Reference Tracker Changelog

What's new in Reference Tracker 3.5

Mar 20, 2024
  • Compatibility improvements with the latest macOS
  • Added style, sorting and line break options to the formatted reference list window
  • Updated the document publication list to show full creator names and titles
  • Streamlined the document window toolbar
  • Improved journal article searching
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the 'New group with selection' menu item to be inactive
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent a duplicated document moving from iCloud to local storage
  • Fixed a bug that could cause document windows on Mac to reset to their default size and position when reopening

New in Reference Tracker 3.4 (Oct 31, 2023)

  • Compatibility improvements with the latest macOS.
  • Improved font fallback selection when a formatting style tries to add bold or italic traits to a font that does not support them.
  • Improved workflow for publishing changes to a shared formatting style.
  • Improved UI in Smart Group Rules Editor and Styles Manager Window.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the ACM style to add reference numbers.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when looking up an ISBN for a book with more than 2 authors.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the Available Styles list in the Styles Manager Window to be inaccurate.

New in Reference Tracker 3.3.2 (Oct 31, 2023)

  • Fixed a bug that could cause multi-sentence publication titles to be formatted incorrectly.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause publication subtitles not to be capitalised properly.
  • Fixed the title capitalisation option for the built in APA 7th Ed style.

New in Reference Tracker 3.3.1 (Oct 31, 2023)

  • Fixed a bug that could prevent new windows from opening with certain documents.

New in Reference Tracker 3.3 (Oct 31, 2023)

  • Improved APA 7th Ed style for publications with no author.
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent documents from autosaving.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when opening documents containing references with no author.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when editing the same iCloud document simultaneously on 2 devices.

New in Reference Tracker 3.2.2 (Oct 31, 2023)

  • Fixed a bug that could cause DOI lookups to timeout.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the Formatted Reference List window to remain open after its document is closed.

New in Reference Tracker 3.2.1 (Oct 31, 2023)

  • Added swipe gestures to remove references from groups and delete references.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the 'Change Reference To..." menu to be greyed out.
  • Fixed a but that could prevent files from being attached when dragged and dropped onto a reference.

New in Reference Tracker 3.2 (Oct 31, 2023)

  • All new UI for macOS Big Sur.
  • Improved Quicklook integration.
  • Improved Spotlight integration.
  • Minimum OS requirement has been updated to macOS 11.1.

New in Reference Tracker 3.1.2 (Oct 31, 2023)

  • Fixed a bug were undo and redo might not be available is certain situations. m being saved to existing documents.

New in Reference Tracker 3.1.1 (Oct 31, 2023)

  • Improved Spotlight and Quicklook integrations.
  • Improved APA 7th Ed style for broadcasts.
  • Fixed a bug were some icons in Styles Manager were not visible on macOS 11 Big Sur.
  • Fixed a bug where closing a document under certain conditions could cause a crash on macOS 11 Big Sur.
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent new references from being saved to existing documents.

New in Reference Tracker 3.1 (Oct 31, 2023)

  • Reference Tracker is now a universal app for both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.
  • Updated document file format.
  • Fixed a bug where duplicate documents could be created in iCloud Drive.
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent documents being moved to and from iCloud Drive.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause QuickLooks of documents to display a document icon instead of the document contents.

New in Reference Tracker 3.0 (Oct 31, 2023)

  • Updated and improved UI including Dark Mode support.
  • Added file attachments for each individual reference in a project.
  • Added iCloud Documents support.
  • Added keywords (tags) to references.
  • Added Smart Groups.
  • Added new interface for creating and editing styles.
  • Added new line and paragraphed break options for formatted reference list generation.
  • Added support for full persistent customisation of generated formatted reference lists.
  • Improved performance and reliability of publication lookup and searches.
  • Improved sticky notes.
  • General bug fixes and other improvements.
  • Minimum OS requirement has been updated to macOS 10.14.

New in Reference Tracker 2.7.2 (Oct 31, 2023)

  • Fixed a bug that caused ISBN Lookup and Book Search to timeout.

New in Reference Tracker 2.7.1 (Oct 31, 2023)

  • Fixed bugs and compatibility issues on macOS Mojave (10.14).

New in Reference Tracker 2.7 (Oct 31, 2023)

  • Improved RIS file importing for better compatibility with files generated by MEDLINE.
  • Fixed a bug where not all search results would be displayed after an article search.
  • Fixed a bug that would show the wrong dialogue after a failed book search.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash if a large number or documents were created and closed within a short time.
  • Fixed a bug that would cause the size and position of Sticky Notes to reset to defaults.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause sticky notes to draw incorrectly on Mac OS X Mojave (10.14).

New in Reference Tracker 2.6 (Mar 29, 2017)

  • Added MLA 8th Edition to the built in styles.
  • Added additional name ordering options for custom reference styles.
  • Improved name ordering in all built in styles.
  • Improved ISBN lookup.
  • Fixed a bug that could incorrectly display an error when looking up an ISBN.
  • Fixed a bug that could potentially cause a crash when launching the app on Mac OS X 10.7
  • Compatible with macOS Sierra (10.12).

New in Reference Tracker 2.5 (Nov 11, 2015)

  • Added in document reference searching.
  • Added custom in-text citation formatting to the styles editor.
  • Added in-text citation formats for all built in styles.
  • Added a quick copy feature for formatted references, in-text citations and cited text.
  • Added a numbered citation variant to the built in ACM style.
  • Added reference numbering to the built in Vancouver style.
  • Compatible with Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11).

New in Reference Tracker 2.4 (Aug 31, 2015)

  • Improved grammar in the built in APA style.
  • Improved copy/pasting references from Reference Tracker to other applications.
  • Improved formatting of imported search and lookup results.
  • Improvements to the drag-and-drop Styles Editor.
  • Fixed a bug where exporting from the Formatted Reference List would export all references in the document, not just those in the list.
  • Fixed a bug that caused some older articles not to import correctly from search results.

New in Reference Tracker 2.3 (Oct 4, 2014)

  • Compatibility with Mac OS X Yosemite.
  • Updated the built in APA style to prefer DOIs over URLs in formatted references.
  • Improved UI in the Styles Manager and Style Editor.
  • Fixed a bug with importing Reference Tracker v1 documents.
  • Fixed a bug with the Cited Text field.

New in Reference Tracker 2.2 (Mar 10, 2014)

  • New automatic and manual reference numbering.
  • New Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) reference style built in.
  • Improved RIS import compatibility.
  • Improved BibTex import compatibility.

New in Reference Tracker 2.1 (Nov 8, 2013)

  • Improved ISBN lookup.
  • Improved article search.
  • Fixed a bug where incomplete reference styles could be shared to the cloud.
  • Fixed a bug where ISBN lookup results could be imported with missing data.
  • Fixed a bug where open link buttons in documents could reposition incorrectly when the document window was resized.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause Reference Tracker to crash on startup on OS X 10.7.
  • Fixed tabbing between fields in the Publication Search sheet.

New in Reference Tracker 2.0 (Oct 30, 2013)

  • Fixed Searching Progress UI in Publication Lookup and Publication Search.
  • Fixed bug with sticky notes not updating properly when switching between references.
  • Fixed bug with BibTex importer, where accented characters in a BibTex file were not read properly.
  • Fixed bug with accented characters not being formatted properly files exported in the BibTex Format.

New in Reference Tracker 2.0 Beta 2 (Sep 30, 2013)

  • Improved document icons.
  • Improved version checking and updating.

New in Reference Tracker 2.0 Beta 1 (Sep 18, 2013)

  • New streamlined and simplified user interface with support for Retina screens.
  • New reference formatting engine for improved layout and punctuation handling, and improved handling of references with partial data.
  • New custom reference style editor.
  • New custom style sharing system.
  • New, more robust document format.
  • Added support for DOIs (document object identifiers) in formatted references.
  • Added native opening of BibTex and RIS files.
  • Improved publication lookup with support for DOIs (document object identifiers).
  • Improved publication searching with support for journal article searches.
  • Improved lookup and searching with better online databases (and removal of Amazon as a search option).
  • Improved layout and formatting controls for formatted reference lists.
  • Improved BibTex importing and exporting.
  • Improved RIS importing and exporting.
  • Updated help.
  • Fixed bug with auto updating.
  • Reference Tracker is now a Sandboxed application, for improved system security.
  • Reference Tracker is code-signed with a Developer ID for Gate Keeper compatibility and improved security.
  • Reference Tracker now required Mac OS X 10.7 or higher, on 64bit processors.

New in Reference Tracker 1.7.1 (May 4, 2012)

  • Fixed a bug that could cause imported publication search results not to be visible until the document was saved when running on Mac OS X 10.7.

New in Reference Tracker 1.7 (Aug 13, 2010)

  • Improved the speed and compatibility of BibTex file importing.
  • Improved the speed and compatibility of RIS file importing.
  • Fixed a bug that would give an error when sending a formatted list to Pages.

New in Reference Tracker 1.6.2 (Mar 17, 2010)

  • Added support for FireFox version 3.6.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause BibTex file importing to fail under Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger).
  • Improved punctuation in APA formatted references.

New in Reference Tracker 1.6.1 (Feb 17, 2010)

  • Fixed a bug that could prevent new sticky notes from being created.

New in Reference Tracker 1.6 (Feb 8, 2010)

  • Added support for the Australian Government Publication Service (AGPS) Harvard reference style.
  • Improved compatibility with Pages '08, '09 and Microsoft Word.
  • Improved punctuation in Harvard formatted references.
  • Replaced the missing link button from the URL field in Online Article reference type UI.
  • Removed the 'untitled' document created when the application is launched by opening an existing document.
  • Fixed a bug where documents with sticky notes would be marked as needing saved immediately after opening.
  • Fixed a bug where details for an Online Article type reference entered in the formatted list importer would not be imported.
  • Fixed memory leak bugs.

New in Reference Tracker 1.5 (Nov 3, 2009)

  • Added support for the APA 6th Edition reference style.
  • Added support for the MLA 7th Edition reference style.
  • Added the current date as the default for new publications with a 'Date Accessed' field.
  • Improved the accuracy of the formatted reference list importer.
  • Fixed a bug that caused Newspaper articles to format incorrectly in the APA style.
  • Fixed a bug where changes to 'Page Number' fields were not immediately recorded.

New in Reference Tracker 1.4 (Aug 25, 2009)

  • Compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
  • Improves the speed and responsiveness of publication searches and ISBN lookups.

New in Reference Tracker 1.3 (Aug 13, 2009)

  • New optional numbering in formatted reference lists.
  • Compatibility updates for Amazon lookups.

New in Reference Tracker 1.2 (Apr 6, 2009)

  • New outputting of bracketed citations for appropriate styles.
  • New outputting of footnote formatted references for appropriate styles.
  • New page numbers field for all 'paper' reference types.
  • Improved formatting and punctuation in reference list formatting.

New in Reference Tracker 1.1 (Jan 28, 2009)

  • New MLA and Chicago/Turabian reference styles.
  • New Online Article reference type.
  • New support for Nisus Writer Pro in the Send to Word Processor feature.
  • Improved reliability and accuracy of formatted list importing.
  • Improved formatting and punctuation in reference list formatting.
  • Improved BibTex exporting.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the BibTex importer to fail.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the formatted reference list importer to fail.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the layout of document windows to distort.

New in Reference Tracker 1.0 (Aug 14, 2008)

  • New 'Send To Word Processor' feature to send formatted lists to open Word or Pages documents.
  • New Importing features to import Reference lists from word processor documents, BibTex and RIS files.
  • Nex export to BibTex or RIS feature.
  • New Reference Types: Conference Proceedings and Broadcast.
  • Fixed spacing in formatted references.

New in Reference Tracker 0.4 Beta (Jun 28, 2008)

  • Replaced Amazon search with a new Publication search the searches multiple libraries and databases around the world.
  • Enhanced ISBN Lookup
  • Added formatting of author names returned from searches to 'Surname, Initial.'
  • Added 'Conference Paper' reference type
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when saving
  • Fixed punctuation problems in formatted references
  • Fixed graphical glitches with the 'Chapter in Book' reference type
  • Fixed a bug with scrolling through cited text with cursor key

New in Reference Tracker 0.3.1 Beta (Apr 3, 2008)

  • This update fixes various graphical glitches with Sticky Notes and Cited Text

New in Reference Tracker Beta 3 (Mar 17, 2008)

  • Added support for the APA (American Psychological Association) reference style
  • Added ability to stored cited text with references
  • Fixed punctuation formatting in Harvard style references
  • General bug fixes