What's new in iconXprit 3.7
Oct 8, 2016
- The iconXprit service menu is now displayed in a panel, which resolves the issue that previously the menu could not open stably on macOS 10.12.
- Text editing on the Editor uses a separate panel on macOS 10.12.
New in iconXprit 3.6.1 (Sep 4, 2016)
- Internal adjustments for the latest OS X and removal of the links to the closed Kagi orderseite.
New in iconXprit 3.6 (Oct 25, 2015)
- Internal adjustments for compatibility and stability.
- A slider "opacity" is added to the Preferences/Colors to adjust attaching color opacity in whole.
- A menu item "Relaunch Finder" is added to the iconXprit status item menu.
New in iconXprit 3.5 (Jun 24, 2015)
- Various internal adjustments to reduce use of deprecated functions and methods on OS X Yosemite.
New in iconXprit 3.4 (Oct 2, 2014)
- Internal adjustments for better compatibility with the latest OS X.
New in iconXprit 3.3 (Jun 12, 2014)
- Two options to adjust coloring are added to the Preferences / Colors: a "Coloring intensity" slider and a "Color overall (no grayscale area exclusion)" check box.
- A few internal updates (by Finder selection retrieval, default icon retrieval, and launch option).
New in iconXprit 3.2.1 (Jan 7, 2014)
- Resolved the issue of retarding display of the iconXprit menu on Mavericks.
- Bug fix regarding adding gradient colors, saving templates and adding text.
New in iconXprit 3.2 (Nov 9, 2013)
- Option "Use group color names as Finder tags (OS X 10.9-)" is added at the bottom of the "Colors" section of the Preferences panel.
- For more details, please refer "What's New and History" included in the package.
- Label-ColorGroup Converter is adjusted to handle re-ordable & color-assignable Favorite Tags of OS X 10.9 Finder.
- "Relaunch" is added to the status item menu.
- Other internal adjustments mostly for OS X 10.9 compatibility (search-methods, scribbling, etc).
New in iconXprit 3.1.4 (Feb 15, 2013)
- Bug fix to prevent tooltips hanging after the iconXprit menu is closed.
New in iconXprit 3.1.3 (Feb 6, 2013)
- The iconXprit service menu is revised.
- Prevents "Help Viewer" from connecting to this site (thanks to Daniel for his reports).
- A "matte" option is added to the shiny effect ("+α…" button on the editor).
- Bug fix by attaching text ("Add Text…") and a few other internal modifications.
New in iconXprit 3.1.2 (Sep 22, 2012)
- OS X 10.7.5 compatibility.
- Bug fix by drawing text objects and adding shadow.
New in iconXprit 3.1.1 (Aug 24, 2012)
- Bug fix:
- by replacing images including hiDPI representations with 72dpi-only images on the editor.
- by attaching custom icons to the start-up volume.
New in iconXprit 3.0 (Aug 12, 2011)
- Adjustments for Mac OSX v.10.7.
- iconXprit 3 uses a separate preference file, but the resources saved in your "Library/Application Support/iconXprit" folder are shared with all the versions. If there is an old preference file, v.3 imports it automatically. In case an old version exists in your "Library/Services" folder, it will be automatically compressed to avoid duplication.
- Unfortunately OSX Lion's Spotlight no longer searches metadata used for color groups and text.Please. So please use iconXprit's functions "List items with (color or text)" included in the status item menu.
- Another drawback is OSX Lion's Finder sidebar, which no longer reflects custom icons. A bug report has been submitted with a hope to be fixed in a future OSX version.
- Standard drag & drop installation to the "Applications" or "Utilities" folder.
- Please double-click the newly installed iconXprit directly to make sure this version is used..
- If you see iconXprit duplicated, please find all the old versions and remove them.
- iconXprit is basically assumed to be used as a background app. To make it work as a foreground app (i.e. visible main menu and icon in the Dock) select the option "Show iconXprit in Dock" in the Preferences.
- Support for 1024x1024 icon size if applicable.
- "Show / Hide Grid" menu item (⌘G) is available for the editor panel.
- A new icon, as you may have noticed.
New in iconXprit 2.5.4 (Apr 21, 2011)
- The font panel is improved.
- Bug fix by displaying templates
New in iconXprit 2.5.2 (Jan 16, 2011)
- Bug fix by removing color from items with custom icon and by coloring items using hot-keys (a quick resort done in v.2.5.1 is revised).
- A few minor internal updates.
New in iconXprit 2.5.1 (Jan 10, 2011)
- Bug fix by coloring selected items with hot-keys
New in iconXprit 2.5 (Jan 10, 2011)
- Pressing the alt-key while selecting a function (relevant to attaching color, favorite and custom icon as well as removal) lets apply the same to the selected item's sub-directories.
- Note: if you like to apply the same function to multiple items selectively, just select them in the Finder before applying a function.
- Update of several internal methods.
New in iconXprit 2.4 (Sep 11, 2010)
- "Quick Attach…" is added to the iconXprit menu.:
- This new menu item is activated when a folder or a volume containing items is selected. iconXprit automatically combines the container's generic image and an image selected from its contents to make a custom icon and shows you a confirmation panel before attaching.
- "Add Text…" is modified with a couple of new possibilities:
- the preview image can be saved as png or icns.
- option "text only" is available to hide the background image and make a text only icon.
- The menu can be moved with mouse pointing at some black area, while the alt-key is held down.
New in iconXprit 2.3.2 (Jun 10, 2010)
- The cmd-key (⌘) is no longer required by assigning shortcuts if any other modifier key (alt / ctrl) is selected.
New in iconXprit 2.3.1 (May 31, 2010)
- The "Add Favorites" submenu may have horizontal and vertical scrollers. The frame size is adjustable on the favorite-template panel.
- One extra feature for the registered users: shortcuts are assignable to Finder's color labels.
- Select "Label↔GroupColor" under the status item and enter an alphabet or a number with a modifier in the relevant text field.
New in iconXprit 2.3 (May 21, 2010)
- "Add Group Color" is added to the status item menu.
- A special color group "No Color" is available to remove colors.
- You can add or remove this group in "Preferences/Colors".
- For more details please read "History" included in the package and refer Help in the program.
- Compatibility with "Path Finder" is improved - now shortcuts assigned in iconXprit work as well (as far as iX is running).
New in iconXprit 2.2 (May 10, 2010)
- Accepts drag & drop of a desktop item on the program icon (directly or in the Dock) to open the editor.
- Option "Terminate after the last window is closed" is added to be used with the option "Show in Dock".
- The message panel with a selection of existing images to confirm which to be replaced.
- Several other mostly internal adjustments (e.g. to minimize influences of devices on icon color).
- The installer now keeps a custom icon if any attached to iconXprit
New in iconXprit 2.1.5 (Apr 15, 2010)
- Shadow setting is adjusted.
New in iconXprit 2.1.4 (Apr 10, 2010)
- A drop-box to remove custom icons is added to the editor.
- Small images (16 & 32) on the editor accept direct drag & drop of image files.
- Adjustments and bug-fix by:
- selecting image representations.
- coloring scaled images.
New in iconXprit 2.1.3 (Mar 5, 2010)
- Adjustments by:
- displaying the favorite icon submenu.
- moving, resizing, and transforming objects (for better image quality).
- reading in icon images.
- Bug fix by:
- the favorite icon menu background.
- moving items downward on the favorite icon matrix.
- mini template previews.
New in iconXprit 2.1.2 (Feb 15, 2010)
- Favorite icons, if there are more than five, are displayed in a grid (instead of a vertical list) in the submenu according to the order adjustable on the Favorite+Template panel.
- Stabler drag & drop by changing the menu order (Preferences).
- Bug fix by moving a full-size object (Editor).
New in iconXprit 2.1.1 (Feb 13, 2010)
- A drop-box to attach the current image as icon is added to the editor (at the top-right corner).
- If you drag & drop one or more desktop items (file, folder or volume) to this box, then the current image is attached to them as custom icon.
- "Redo" is supported by editing objects.
- Bug fix by editing text and scribbling.
New in iconXprit 2.1 (Jan 15, 2010)
- Reorganization of the user interface:
- The editor has more explicit buttons (instead of the previous mini menu and the caps-lock option).
- The color option is moved to the editor for quicker use.
- The color table is moved to the preferences "Colors".
- The favorite and template lists are integrated on the icon service panel (click the lower heart button on the editor or "»" on the iX menu to open).
- Each item of the iconXprit menu can be disabled so that it is not displayed (Preferences "Services").
- Black&white option for the status icon (Preferences "General").
- The color panel opened for the editor's color option has a color-picker.
- A new function to use the main image as texture is added to the icon service panel.
- Clip objects have more options on the effect panel: a new shape and a few brush types.
New in iconXprit 2.0.1 (Sep 25, 2009)
- The menu item "All" under "List Items with" of the status menu opens a window where all the colored items are listed according to color groups.
- The function of attaching a custom icon with a template uses the selected item's image contents, if it has no custom icon but image data.
- Internal adjustments mostly relating to menu handling.
New in iconXprit 2.0 (Aug 31, 2009)
- To avoid confusion with the earlier versions, iconXprit 2.0 uses a different preference file. So please reenter your registration information. You can, however, use the same customized resources. Please locate a backup of the "iconXprit" folder used by v.1.3 (to be found in your "Library/Application Support") in the corresponding location and restart iconXprit (for more details, please read "Release Note" included in the dmg package).
- Note on 64-bit compatibility: iconXprit 2.0 is compiled to be 64-bit compatible but tested in the 32-bit mode only (unfortunately the 64-bit kernel cannot be tested on my iMac7,1). In case you encounter any problems by running iconXprit in the 64-bit mode, select the option "Open in 32-bit mode" and retry. This option is available on the Info panel, which you can open by selecting "iconXprit.service" in your Library/Services and press cmd-I. As a whole, this version may not be so stable because its test period is very short.
New in iconXprit 1.3 (Aug 24, 2009)
- Saves custom resources (group colors, gradations and last editor state) in the Application Support folder for easier transfer and maintenance.
- Warning: No backward compatibility - if you use an earlier version again, it will start with the default state, ignoring the resources mentioned above. To get back the earlier state, a backup preference file ("li.loos.trollin.iconXprit.plist") of an earlier version needs to be relocated in your Library/Preferences folder. So please make a backup beforehand.
- Work-around of a possible crash on a MacBook Pro by opening the editor or using a text function.
New in iconXprit 1.2.6 (Jul 7, 2009)
- Combined icon images look clearer.
- Internal adjustments to avoid deprecated functions.
New in iconXprit 1.2.5 (May 24, 2009)
- Slightly larger favorite and template images for the contextual menu and the editor panel.
- Object selection with mouse clicks in the preview area is improved.
- However, this automatic selection can be prevented if the CapsLock-key is down.
- Tooltips (esp. for the preview area and the mini-menu) behave better.
- If they are hanging over, move the mouse somewhere else in the window or click once in the preview area.
- The Czech localization is integrated.
New in iconXprit 1.2.4 (May 7, 2009)
- A tool to convert between OSX labels and iconXprit group colors is added.
- The tool is accessible by selecting "Converter..." under "Tools" of the iconXprit menu (in a registered version) or by opening the Preferences panel via the Editor.
New in iconXprit 1.2.3 (Mar 20, 2009)
- The text panel is improved with the line-height slider, the +/- font size buttons and one more text style.
- The option state "Save in the archive" is remembered.
- Compatibility with "Path Finder" by Cocoatech (known issue: the shortcut function does not work).
New in iconXprit 1.2.2 (Jan 24, 2009)
- Shortcut key assignment is possible to the menu items: Remove, Add Text..., Open Editor, and Add Group Color.
- Note: You need to open the iconXprit menu once after start-up or relaunch to let Finder create it (and then the shortcut keys are available).
- The layout of the editor panel is adjusted to show the object table properly.
- Bug fixing by:
- removing color groups.
- changing group colors - pick up a color and then click the apply button to confirm.
New in iconXprit 1.2.1 (Dec 30, 2008)
- The paint tool is improved - stabler and with a new option (gradient) and 2 more brush types.
- Group color change (available on the list panel) is now handled separately.
- The editor panel keeps the last state of editing.
- Possible to start editing text or paint objects with a double-click on the object table.
- Bug fixing and adjustments: scrollbars are visible in the smaller editor, clip frames are adjusted for the aqua effect, etc.
New in iconXprit 1.2 (Dec 19, 2008)
- A simple paint tool added to the editor panel - now you can add your own scribbles (or art works!) directly on the preview area.
- A menu item "Save object image…" is added to the mini menu on the editor panel, so that you can save your painting separately in a jpeg, png or tiff format.
- The effect panel is modified. The previous 'Height field' and 'Shading material' are combined to one effect "Aqua", which has an extra option "intensity" effective for light-colors such as white and yellow.
- The aqua effect (both on the effect and the text panel) can now keep the original (multiple) colors.
- The resizing/reshaping handles on the editor are fixed to respond properly.
New in iconXprit 1.1 (Sep 26, 2008)
- Internal revision for better Finder's responses, especially by attaching editable text (via the text panel).
- Note: text attached in this version is not editable in the older versions (v.1.0-v.1.0.6).
New in iconXprit 1.0.6 (Sep 1, 2008)
- A menu item "Image Details" is added under the mini menu on the Editor Panel. This function makes it easier to control images which has more than one representations (16, 32, 128, 256 & 512 if all available).
- Bug fixing by saving images and a few internal adjustments.
New in iconXprit 1.0.5 (Jul 25, 2008)
- A menu item "Show Colors" is added under "Add Free Color".
- Minor bug fixing.
New in iconXprit 1.0.4 (Jun 26, 2008)
- Gradient tool accessible from the effect panel - more fun with color!
- Size option by saving image in the jpeg, png, or tiff format.
- Bug fixing by the mini menu button and text added on the editor.
New in iconXprit 1.0.3 (May 5, 2008)
New in iconXprit 1.0.2 (Apr 18, 2008)