Serial Changelog

What's new in Serial 2.0.17

Dec 4, 2023
  • Fix for timestamp rendering.
  • Other bug fixes and improvements.

New in Serial 2.0.16 (Oct 5, 2023)

  • Support for macOS 14.0 (Sonoma)
  • Other bug fixes and improvements.

New in Serial 2.0.15 (May 5, 2023)

  • Upgraded to libssh 0.9.7 to address CVE-2023-1667 and CVE-2023-2283
  • Upgraded to OpenSSL 1.1.1t
  • Bug fixes and improvements

New in Serial 2.0.14 (Oct 20, 2022)

  • Support for macOS 13 (Ventura)
  • Bug fixes and improvements

New in Serial 2.0.13 (May 19, 2022)

  • Fixed CP2101 driver
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Serial 2.0.12 (Oct 22, 2021)

  • Support for macOS 12.0 (Monterey)
  • Fixed potential crash while using Bluetooth SPP devices
  • Fixed pasted text not echoed while local echo enabled
  • Fixed control characters not echoed while local echo enabled
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Serial 2.0.11 (Aug 27, 2021)

  • Upgraded to libssh 0.9.6 to address CVE-2021-3634
  • Upgraded to OpenSSL 1.1.1l to address CVE-2021-3711 and CVE-2021-3712
  • Improved the send string view

New in Serial 2.0.10 (Apr 5, 2021)

  • Fixed keyboard shortcut for reset emulation
  • Fixed issue affecting FTDI H-series devices

New in Serial 2.0.9 (Apr 2, 2021)

  • Fixed issue affecting character delay timing
  • Fixed issue affecting USA-19HS devices

New in Serial 2.0.8 (Apr 1, 2021)

  • Added support for Prolific PL2303G series devices
  • Added support for the Keyspan/Tripp-Lite USA-49WGv2
  • Added support for HM-10 Bluetooth modules
  • Fixed issue with built-in FTDI driver running at 921600 bps
  • Upgraded to OpenSSL 1.1.1k to address CVE-2021-3450 and CVE-2021-3449
  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

New in Serial 2.0.7 (Jan 15, 2021)

  • Bug fixes and improvements

New in Serial 2.0.6 (Nov 21, 2020)

  • Bug fixes and improvements

New in Serial 2.0.5 (Nov 21, 2020)

  • Bug fixes and improvements

New in Serial 2.0.4 (Nov 15, 2020)

  • Native support for Apple Silicon
  • Bug fixes and improvements

New in Serial 2.0.3 (Nov 11, 2020)

  • Support for macOS 11.0 (Big Sur)
  • Bug fixes and improvements

New in Serial 2.0.2 (Jun 30, 2020)

  • Improved coexistence with certain kernel drivers
  • Improved coexistence with DriverKit drivers
  • Minor bug fixes and improvements

New in Serial 2.0.1 (Jun 18, 2020)

  • Fixed bug where port settings may be incorrect after waking from sleep
  • Fixed bug in hex view where CR and LF characters may be stripped
  • Fixed occasional crash while using the find feature
  • Allow copying text from device and connection info panels
  • Numerous other bug fixes and improvements

New in Serial 2.0.0 (Mar 4, 2020)

  • Added SSH Support
  • Added Telnet Support
  • Added Hex View
  • Added Bluetooth Smart Support
  • Dozens of Bug Fixes and Improvements

New in Serial 1.4.2 (Oct 21, 2019)

  • Prevents duplicate device entries caused by DriverKit
  • Added warnings for several devices that do not work correctly with Apple's DriverKit drivers
  • Added a workaround for potential crash in the Bluetooth stack on some versions of macOS

New in Serial 1.4.1 (Sep 27, 2019)

  • Re-enables line drawing characters that were disabled by default in version 1.4
  • Fixes a bug affecting the keypad enter key under certain circumstances
  • Adds an option to strip the high bit in received data

New in Serial 1.4.0 (Sep 4, 2019)

  • Added support for macOS 10.15 (Catalina)
  • Added visual BEL indication
  • Added configurable BEL sound support
  • Added choice of send window size commands for different devices
  • Added window size lock/unlock toggle in title bar
  • Added adjustable character and line spacing
  • Added cursor color, type and blink options
  • Added greater flexibility in choosing fonts
  • Added support for shift-click to extend the selection
  • Improvements to full-screen mode
  • Reduced the likelihood of changing to the alternate character set inadvertently
  • Added per-character delay option for BT and CDC devices
  • Added DEL and INS escape sequences
  • Added ability to reset elapsed timestamp counter
  • Improved binary log output
  • Added support for additional devices
  • Added support for dark mode
  • Added support for hardened runtime
  • Serial is now notarized
  • Dozens of bug fixes and improvements

New in Serial 1.3.9 (Sep 19, 2018)

  • Added support for macOS 10.14 (Mojave)
  • Added the ability to customize the session log save path
  • Added CP437 and CP850 character set support
  • Added support for additional devices
  • Other bug fixes and improvements

New in Serial 1.3.8 (Jul 2, 2018)

  • Improved the CP2102N device driver
  • Fixed send file options panel
  • Now resets emulation state after changing baud rate
  • Added support for several new device types
  • Other bug fixes and improvements

New in Serial 1.3.7 (Jan 18, 2018)

  • Fixed potential crash at launch during log rotation.

New in Serial 1.3.6 (Jan 17, 2018)

  • Increased mouse cursor visibility over dark window backgrounds
  • Fixed issue where Kermit file transfer changed filenames to uppercase
  • Added support for xterm set window title escape sequence
  • Fixed an issue where automatic session logs could be interrupted
  • Added left/right arrow and home/end support in line buffered send mode
  • Fixed send string command in line buffered send mode
  • Added option to automatically send dropped files
  • Added support for additional devices
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in Serial 1.3.5 (Sep 18, 2017)

  • Added support for clear scrollback escape sequence
  • Fixed set cursor position escape sequence
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in Serial 1.3.4 (Aug 2, 2017)

  • Cmd-Left and Cmd-Right now go to beginning/end of line respectively
  • Fixes potential crash when checking for updates

New in Serial 1.3.3 (Jun 30, 2017)

  • Fixed severe text rendering issue affecting High Sierra beta users
  • Fixed crash with certain escape sequences
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in Serial 1.3.2 (May 16, 2017)

  • Fixed bug with raw binary file transfer mode
  • Fixed bug when overwriting a received file that already exists
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in Serial 1.3.1 (May 6, 2017)

  • Improved text pacing
  • Improved reconnect reliability for devices that cycle on/off the USB bus frequently
  • Fixed potential hang with some USB-connected Cisco devices
  • Added X/YMODEM file transfer options
  • Reduced scrollback memory usage
  • Added keyboard shortcuts for file transfers
  • Right-click in terminal window to quickly access profiles
  • Other improvements and bug fixes

New in Serial 1.3.0 (Mar 23, 2017)

  • Profiles
  • Logging
  • Timestamps
  • Automatic line wrapping
  • Send string with hex support
  • In-app help
  • Connect/disconnect option
  • Improved support for CH340/CH341 devices
  • Emulated XON/XOFF flow control where hardware support is lacking
  • Emulated break support where hardware/kernel driver support is lacking
  • Right-click to paste option (off by default)
  • Character delay option
  • Rewritten XMODEM and YMODEM implementations
  • ZMODEM support
  • Kermit support
  • Improved text pacing
  • Option to disable preserve prompt on Clear All
  • Dozens of bug fixes

New in Serial 1.2.5 (Oct 21, 2016)

  • Suppress device in-use warnings for some applications that indiscriminately touch all USB devices while running
  • Fixed bug affecting file transfers

New in Serial 1.2.4 (Oct 13, 2016)

  • Detect devices seized by VM software
  • Fixed an incompatibility with OSX 10.7
  • Fixed a potential crash introduced in 1.2.3
  • Fixed an issue preventing some devices from being detected
  • Dozens of other bug fixes and improvements
  • Stay tuned for more very soon!

New in Serial 1.2.3 (Sep 16, 2016)

  • Compatible with macOS Sierra (10.12).
  • Fixes an issue with baud rate selection.
  • Warns when certain drivers with known issues are installed.
  • Fixes a compatibility issue with Spark Photon devices.
  • Now works with the global find pasteboard.
  • Fixes an issue with some multi-port Silicon Labs devices.
  • Fixes an issue where CRLF was not echoed when local echo enabled.
  • Dozens of other improvements and bug fixes.
  • Stay tuned for more very soon!

New in Serial 1.2.2 (Sep 11, 2015)

  • Additional fixes for OS X 10.11 (El Capitan).
  • Prevent character set change if emulation set to none.
  • Improved compatibility with certain device drivers.

New in Serial 1.2.1 (Aug 12, 2015)

  • Fixes minor issue affecting a small subset of users.

New in Serial 1.2 (Aug 7, 2015)

  • Support for OS X 10.11 (El Capitan).
  • Added treat received CR as CRLF option.
  • Added send raw file transfer option.
  • Added support for several TUSB3410 based devices and adapters.
  • Drop DTR on long duration break.
  • Dozens of minor fixes and improvements.

New in Serial 1.1.10 (Jul 3, 2015)

  • Resolves issues when using several identical adapters at the same time.
  • Now drops DTR and RTS on close.
  • Added support for additional devices.
  • Added additional text pacing options.