What's new in Xslimmer 1.9.4
Oct 18, 2013
- Fixes a crasher after the analysis phase completed. This issue was inadvertently introduced in version 1.9.3, and could happen when a single folder had been selected or dropped onto the interface.
New in Xslimmer 1.9.3 (Sep 9, 2013)
- Fixes a crasher introduced in 1.9.2 that affected some users. Our apologies for the trouble.
- Adds compatibility with Mac OS X 10.9, Mavericks.
New in Xslimmer 1.9.2 (Sep 6, 2013)
- Added OS X 10.9 compatibility.
New in Xslimmer 1.9.1 (Aug 1, 2012)
- Xslimmer 1.9.1 fixes a problem where the recent 1.9 release would fail to start in some Leopard (10.5) and Tiger (10.4) systems.
- Important: PowerPC Macs are no longer supported. Do not upgrade if you are using a PowerPC based Mac (2005 or previous years).
New in Xslimmer 1.9 (Jul 12, 2012)
- Xslimmer 1.9 adds compatibility with Mac OS X 10.8, Mountain Lion.
- Important: PowerPC Macs are no longer supported. Do not upgrade if you are using a PowerPC based Mac (2005 or previous years).
New in Xslimmer 1.8.2 (Jul 24, 2011)
- Fixes a crasher introduced in version 1.8 - it crashed on startup in Leopard and Tiger systems.
New in Xslimmer 1.8 (Jul 24, 2011)
- Improves compatibility with Mac OS X 10.7, Lion. Support for 10.3.9 "Panther" is now discontinued.
New in Xslimmer 1.7.9 (Aug 23, 2010)
- Applications without executable permissions were incorrectly shown as slimmable.
- A very small number of apps (usually bundled within larger applications) do not have executable permission on their main binary file.
- These are in fact not well-formed bundles and were ignored by Xslimmer, but they showed up as slimmable after the analysis process. These apps are now shown as unslimmable.
New in Xslimmer 1.7.8 (Jun 13, 2010)
- Fixes architecture detection for i7-powered MacBook Pros, which were being incorrectly identified as 32-bit systems. It also reinstates the slim-install feature, which was mistakenly lost in a previous release.
- MacBook Pro with i7 CPU is correctly identified as 64-bit capable.
- The i7 CPU in MacBook Pros is advertised by the system as belonging to a different chip family than the i7 CPUs found in iMacs, and that caused a confusion in Xslimmer which has been fixed now.
- In addition, the 64bit capability check has been made much more robust, so new CPU families introduced in the future should no longer make Xslimmer become confused.
New in Xslimmer 1.7.7 (Feb 19, 2010)
- New Features:
- New option to keep all native host architectures. Even though many Snow Leopard applications are built as 64-bit binaries, there are some situations when they need to be run in 32-bit mode - a typical scenario would be to allow third-party 32-bit plugins to run. Previous versions of Xslimmer already recognized the "Open in 32-bit mode" setting in a per-application basis; however, some times you realize you need to revert an app to 32-bit mode after you have already slimmed it down. Thus, we have created a new global setting that will preserve 32- and 64-bit versions of the code, while still removing code corresponding to other architectures (i.e., Intel-32 and Intel-64 will be preserved in a Snow Leopard computer, but PowerPC versions will be removed). This is now the default. Advanced users may uncheck this option to achieve additional settings in apps they know for sure will not be needed in 32-bit mode.
- Bug Fixes:
- Fixed rare crasher that could occur when the user modified Xslimmer preferences after having dropped applications to the list, and the space savings were recomputed to take into account the new settings.
New in Xslimmer 1.7.6 (Dec 13, 2009)
- Fixes a rare crasher that triggered when an application named Zattoo (but with a different bundle ID than the one that can be downloaded from zattoo.com) is present in the system.
New in Xslimmer 1.7 (Aug 27, 2009)
- Supports 64-bit binaries, honors code signing rules, is able to handle and create native HFS-compressed files and adds many other improvements that will continue to provide a worthwhile and reliable experience to Snow Leopard users (as well as to all others that choose not to upgrade to the latest OS yet).
New in Xslimmer 1.6.5 (Jul 20, 2009)
- Version 1.6.5 adds the ability to slim mixed 64bit/32bit applications produced with recent versions of the Mac OS X developer tools, and that target both Leopard and Snow Leopard systems.
- This increases compatibility with both versions of Mac OS X and ensures Xslimmer remains fully prepared for the upcoming release of Snow Leopard.
- Xslimmer 1.6.5 is strongly recommended for all users running Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5).
New in Xslimmer 1.6.3 (Feb 4, 2009)
- A localization improvement update.
- The following localizations have been updated: Japanese, Swedish, Finnish, Italian.
New in Xslimmer 1.5.2 (Apr 22, 2008)
- Version 1.5.2 improves the previously existing support for Leopard code-signing technology, making it possible to safely slim signed applications that access the keychain, such as Adium or Mail.app.
- In addition, the registration window now allows the user to remotely retrieve his license using his purchase data, even if his license file was not received by email. This upgrade is recommended to all users.