What's new in Tembo 3.1
Sep 13, 2023
- Updated for macOS 14 Sonoma
- Caveat: Apple Mail on macOS 14 no longer accepts plug-ins. Tembo will not be able to search your Apple Mail messages
- Various bug fixes. Thank you for reporting bugs
New in Tembo 3.0.2 (Mar 28, 2023)
- Compatibility Mail on macOS 13.3
- Minor bug fixes
New in Tembo 3.0.1 (Oct 7, 2022)
- Fixes a bug where Tembo Helper fails to start
- Fixes a bug where checking for updates causes a crash
New in Tembo 3.0 (Oct 4, 2022)
- Fresh New Look:
- Tembo has a fresh new look that puts the focus on your search results.
- Search Apple Mail Messages:
- Tembo installs a plug-in that runs within the Mail application. This plug-in allows Tembo to include Mail message files in your search results.
- File Tags:
- Tembo improves file tagging with quick access to your favorite tags.
- Grid View:
- The grid view has been reimagined to show pertinent file information along icons and file previews.
- Search By Date:
- Tembo 3.0 adds new options to search for files by time frame.
- Options:
- New options menu to quickly adjust your search parameters. Set default options in Tembo preferences.
- Apple Silicon:
- Tembo 3.0 works with the latest versions of macOS and fully supports Apple Silicon Macs.
New in Tembo 2.7.1 (Jul 6, 2022)
- Restores the "Get Finder Info" functionality
New in Tembo 2.7 (Jun 16, 2022)
- Tembo now emphasizes tagged files with their file label color
- Fixed a bug where Tembo failed to pick up label colors for some files
New in Tembo 2.6 (Nov 12, 2020)
- Updated for compatibility with macOS 11.0 Big Sur
- Fixed various minor bugs and localization issues
New in Tembo 2.5.1 (May 15, 2020)
- Improved support for searches using Simplified Chinese
New in Tembo 2.5 (May 10, 2020)
- Minor bug fixes
- New crash reporter. Hopefully, you won't have to use it
New in Tembo 2.4.1 (Oct 10, 2019)
- Updated for macOS 10.15 Catalina
- Please note, that on macOS 10.15 Catalina, Apple Mail messages are not available through the Spotlight index. Tembo will no longer be able to find Mail message files.
New in Tembo 2.4 (Sep 5, 2019)
- Support for macOS Mojave Dark Mode
New in Tembo 2.3 (May 10, 2019)
- The “Search in HoudahSpot” option is now compatible with the new HoudahSpot 5.0
- Clicking on the Tembo icon in the menu bar now opens a new Tembo window
- Click and drag or right-click the Tembo icon in the menu bar to access the menu with other options
- Fixes a problem where Tembo failed to show Finder label colors
- Fixes a problem where searches by date failed
- Corrections to the German and French language versions
New in Tembo 2.2.3 (Oct 3, 2018)
- Improved instructions for enabling "Full Disk Access" on macOS Mojave
- Works around a bug where Quick Look preview can crash on macOS Mojave
New in Tembo 2.2.2 (Sep 25, 2018)
- After clearing a search, Tembo now puts the focus back on the search field so you can immediately start typing
- Added new privacy controls for access to photos, mail messages, etc. on macOS Mojave
- Fixes various minor bugs
New in Tembo 2.2.1 (May 25, 2018)
- Minor bug fixes
- Added a link to our privacy policy in the About box
New in Tembo 2.2 (Mar 30, 2018)
- It is now possible to set Tembo to search multiple folders by default. See Preferences > Locations
- Fixes a bug where results, when shown as grid of icons or previews, would scroll without reason
- Works around a bug where Tembo could crash while moving a large number of files to the Trash
- Fixes an issue where it was not possible to paste from LaunchBar clipboard history into the Tembo search field
- Works a around a bug where opening an Xcode file from search results had Xcode open two windows for the file
New in Tembo 2.1.4 (Sep 11, 2017)
- File label colors now closely match those seen in Finder
- Fixes a crashing bug in grid view
- File renaming now accepts file names containing a forward slash character
- Corrections to the German and French language versions
New in Tembo 2.1.3 (Dec 1, 2016)
- Fixes a bug where the filter sidebar in drill-down groups could not be resized
- Fixes a bug where the sidebar next to grouped results grew to take up too much space
New in Tembo 2.1.2 (Sep 14, 2016)
- Ready for macOS 10.12 Sierra
- Fixes a crash when receiving unexpected values from the Spotlight index
New in Tembo 2.1.1 (Aug 12, 2016)
- Drag files from search results to the Trash to delete
- Minor bug fixes
New in Tembo 2.1 (May 13, 2016)
- Tembo now shows Finder tag colors in search results
- Long file names now wrap over two lines in grid view
- Improved performance and responsiveness in the grouped display of search results
New in Tembo 2.0.5 (Mar 22, 2016)
- Fixes a bug where the date filters failed to work
New in Tembo 2.0.4 (Jan 20, 2016)
- New menu item to select a folder to search: Options > Where > Select Folder…
- Fixes a crash when dragging folders to the Where section of the sidebar
New in Tembo 2.0.3 (Dec 1, 2015)
- Fixes a bug where certain date locale settings could cause Tembo to crash on launch
- Fixes mistakes in the German and French localizations
- Improves performance of loading event date values in the Events & Reminders group
New in Tembo 2.0.2 (Oct 20, 2015)
- Searches across multiple folders can now be started from Apple Script
- Fixes an issue where the scroll bar in icon view had the wrong height
New in Tembo 2.0.1 (Oct 20, 2015)
- Tembo can now search several locations at once. Hold the command key as you select a search location to add it to the current selection
- The search field now understands a wider variety of date formats
- Fixed a bug where the search field had focus, but failed to show the insertion point
New in Tembo 2.0 (Jul 17, 2015)
- Actions: rename, tag, or trash files from search results
- Sharing: send files by Mail, Messages, Facebook, etc.
- File Info window: easy-to-read overview of important file properties
- View options: font size, date format, grid of icons or previews
- Collapsible groups: hide seldomly visited groups
- Menu bar button and global keyboard shortcuts
- Same powerful search field as found in HoudahSpot 2.0
- Speed. Tembo is faster than ever
- Built for OS X 10.10 Yosemite
New in Tembo 1.8 (Aug 26, 2014)
- Updated for compatibility with upcoming changes to Mac OS X Gatekeeper.
New in Tembo 1.7.8 (Jul 18, 2014)
- Enhancement: Wild card searches no longer need quotes: name:*.txt
- Bug fix: On some systems date columns were too narrow
- Bug fix: Document type filters could be hard to click
- Bug fix: Filtering bookmarks by domain name could fail
New in Tembo 1.7.7 (Nov 20, 2013)
- New feature: Compatible with Mavericks Finder tags
- New feature: "Open Selection With…" now lists applications with their icons
- Bug fix: Fixes display glitches on Retina Macs running Mavericks
- Bug fix: Disabling all exclusions caused search to fail
New in Tembo 1.7.6 (Jan 9, 2013)
- Works around an issue where sandboxed applications occasionally failed to open files from Tembo search results
- Fixes the display of calendar event dates
- Fixes an issue where Tembo would stop reacting to preferences changes
- Fixes a crashing bug when using the "Open with other…" menu item
- Fixes a rare crashing bug upon closing a Tembo window
- Fixes a rare crashing bug upon returning from sleep
New in Tembo 1.7.5 (Jul 20, 2012)
- Bug fix: Fixes graphic glitches on Retina displays
- Enhancement: Now signed with Developer ID for compatibility with Mac OS X 10.8
New in Tembo 1.7.4 (Jun 5, 2012)
- Fixes a bug where Tembo could crash when used in conjunction with Universal Access' access for assistive devices
New in Tembo 1.7.1 (Feb 10, 2012)
- Fixes a bug with launching applications
- Fixes a bug with opening System Preferences panes
- Works around a bug with opening Adobe InDesign documents
New in Tembo 1.7 (Jan 5, 2012)
- Added dedicated group for Evernote notes
- Fixed the filter feature for bookmarks
New in Tembo 1.6.3 (Nov 2, 2011)
- New feature: Tembo now display Finder label colors
- Enhancement: Smoother animations
- Bug fix: Zoom slider in icon view did not work
New in Tembo 1.6.2 (Sep 21, 2011)
- New feature: Tool tips in icon view
- Bug fix: Possible crash on opening files
- Bug fix: Possible failure to open multiple files at once
- Bug fix: Sort order of music files
- Bug fix: Compatibility with MenuEverywhere
New in Tembo 1.6.1 (Aug 31, 2011)
- New feature: Set a search scope by dragging a folder onto the main sidebar
- Enhancement: Tembo now also searches alternate names of files
- Bug fix: the menu labels for "Reveal in Finder" and "Get Finder Info" were incorrectly labeled
- Bug fix: In some cases the search text passed on to other applications was incorrect
- Bug fix: Tembo sometimes failed to display file names
New in Tembo 1.6 (Jul 13, 2011)
- Tembo is now localized in GERMAN.
- Tembo is now localized in FRENCH.
- Tembo is now localized in JAPANESE.
- Addresses several minor bugs.
New in Tembo 1.5.2 (Jun 13, 2011)
- Fixes a bug where Tembo would open two empty windows rather than one.
New in Tembo 1.5.1 (May 12, 2011)
- Fixes a crashing bug triggered by customizing search scopes.
New in Tembo 1.3 (Mar 2, 2011)
- Option to specify the folder to search
- Support of quotes to specify a phrase to search for
- Computes total sizes for folders
- Shows begin dates for events registered with iCal
- Wildcard support to filters in Messages & Bookmarks
- AppleScript access to search results
- Mac OS X Service to search a selected folder
- Bug fix: Quitting from Dock was unreliable
- Bug fix: Extra window when launched using shortcut
New in Tembo 1.2 (Jan 28, 2011)
- One may now assign Tembo a hot key from the Keyboard pane in System Preferences
- Adds swipe gestures to drill down and back out
- Reveal in Finder now uses PathFinder where it is the default viewer
- Wider date columns