iPhoto Buddy Changelog

What's new in iPhoto Buddy 1.3.9 Build 4855

Mar 12, 2016
  • Corrected an issue that caused the iPhoto Buddy Menu item in Buddy’s Preferences to be disabled when running under Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11.x).
  • Addressed several minor cosmetic issues when running under Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11.x).
  • Other minor performance/compatibility improvements.

New in iPhoto Buddy 1.3.8 Build 4853 (Nov 24, 2014)

  • Corrected a bug that caused the iPhoto Buddy Menu item in Buddy’s Preferences to be disabled when running under Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10.x).
  • Addressed several minor cosmetic issues when running under Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10.x).
  • Other minor performance/compatibility improvements.

New in iPhoto Buddy 1.3.7 Build 4846 (Nov 5, 2013)

  • Added support for Aperture – open/edit any of your Libraries using Aperture (requires iPhoto 9.3 or later and Aperture 3.3 or later)
  • Corrected an issue that prevented some newly-created Libraries from being properly added to the Library List
  • Corrected an issue in iPhoto Buddy Menu that prevented the iMovie menu option from displaying and/or working properly on some systems.
  • Improved compatibility with the new unified Library format used by iPhoto 9.3+ and Aperture 3.3+
  • Improve compatibility with Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks.

New in iPhoto Buddy 1.3.5 Build 4611 (Nov 26, 2010)

  • Added compatibility with iLife '11 (iPhoto 9) Libraries.
  • Corrected an issue that prevented Events, Faces, and Places from appearing in the Info Panel List under certain circumstances.

New in iPhoto Buddy 1.3.4 Build 4605 (Sep 17, 2010)

  • iPhoto Buddy 1.3.4 introduces the two most frequently requested new features: Thumbnails in iPhoto Buddy Menu and Library Launchers
  • Introducing Library Launchers – Desktop icons that act like aliases for your Libraries. Simply double click a Library Launcher icon in the Finder to instantly open a specific Library.
  • Buddy’s Thumbnail Images are now optionally displayed in iPhoto Buddy Menu. The Thumbnail size is user-adjustable.
  • Entries in Buddy’s Library List can now be quickly re-linked to Libraries that have been moved from one drive (volume) to another. It is no longer necessary to delete and recreate the entry.
  • Corrected an issue that prevented random Thumbnail creation with Libraries created by iPhoto 8.x and later.
  • Corrected an issue in iPB Menu which could cause un-mounted network volumes to be repeatedly re-mounted without user input.
  • Miscellaneous performance and stability improvements.

New in iPhoto Buddy 1.3.3 Build 4565 (May 18, 2009)

  • Introducing iPhoto Buddy Menu – a persistent Status Menu in your Mac’s Menu Bar that provides instant access to each of your Libraries – even when iPhoto Buddy is not running. Requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
  • Corrected an issue introduced in v1.3.2 that caused a crash at startup on OS X 10.4.11 if there were invalid entries in the user’s Login Items list.
  • Corrected an issue introduced in v1.3.2 that prevented iPhoto Buddy Menu from launching if a particular item was not set in Buddy's preferences.
  • Corrected several minor issues with sheet-window layering.

New in iPhoto Buddy 1.3.2 Build 4511 (May 13, 2009)

  • Introducing iPhoto Buddy Menu – a persistent Status Menu in your Mac’s Menu Bar that provides instant access to each of your Libraries – even when iPhoto Buddy is not running. Requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
  • Create new Libraries in one simple step – no more creating empty folders in the Finder first.
  • A new Preferences option allows the user to specify which Library (if any) Buddy should register when it quits, so that subsequently launching iPhoto (or the other iApps) always opens the same Library. The selected Library is indicated in the Library List with a blue dot.
  • Corrected an issue where Buddy would launch iWeb in stead of iMovie from the contextual menu or the Dock Menu.
  • Corrected an issue where Buddy could quit iDVD without giving the user an opportunity to save changes to their projects first.
  • The Preference item to prevent iPhoto from overwriting the user’s choice of registered Library with the other iApps was removed, as it was ineffective.
  • Performance and stability improvements.

New in iPhoto Buddy 1.3.1 Build 4456 (Feb 6, 2009)

  • Added support for iPhoto 8 (iLife '09).
  • Added icons in the Library List indicating which Library is currently registered with iPhoto and which is currently registered with other Applications.
  • Improved the Library verification process so that adding Libraries to the Library List is more reliable.
  • A warning message is displayed if the user attempts to add a Library that contains ampersand characters (&) in the path to the Library List.
  • Corrected an issue that prevented some Libraries from opening as expected from the Dock Menu.
  • Corrected an issue that prevented the Dock Menu from behaving correctly when iPhoto Buddy was not the front Application.
  • Performance and stability enhancements.

New in iPhoto Buddy 1.3 (Nov 27, 2007)

  • Corrected an issue that caused loading of the Info Panel and Album List to fail with iPhoto 7.1.x Libraries.
  • Significantly faster load times for the Info Panel and Album List.
  • The Info Panel and Album List are now displayed in a resizable drawer.
  • Updated appearance on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).
  • A number of significant performance and stability improvements.

New in iPhoto Buddy 1.2.8 (Sep 17, 2007)

  • Buddy now allows you to save & use a separate copy of iPhoto’s Preferences with each Library in your Library List.
  • Corrected an issue that caused Buddy to display an error message and quit if the Info Panel was open while in Name mode if there were unfound Libraries in the Library List.
  • Corrected an issue that caused Buddy to display an error message and quit if the Info Panel was open and a Library belonging to iPhoto 4.x or earlier was selected in the Library List.
  • Buddy now updates the Library List properly when changes have been made to a Library in the List while Buddy was not the active application.
  • Corrected an issue where Buddy was not always properly caching Library information, causing delays when changing the selection in the Library List.
  • Corrected an issue that caused Buddy to incorrectly display the error message “Library Registration Fialed”, when in fact, the “registration” had been successful.
  • Corrected an issue where Album counts were not always correct on some systems for iPhoto 2.x Libraries.
  • Minor performance and stability improvements.