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myPhoneDesktop Changelog

What's new in myPhoneDesktop 2.2.0

Jul 8, 2014
  • New: Recognition of phone numbers with extensions e.g., (914) 334 5857,123
  • Fixed: Inability to type accented characters on Windows Vista, 7 and 8
  • Removed: "Schedule Call | SMS" actions on Mavericks

New in myPhoneDesktop 2.1.1 (Feb 27, 2014)

  • Desktop/Web:
  • New: Ability to send files of any type
  • Improved: startup speed
  • Improved: Phone View for iPad by adding the "Call with Facetime" button
  • Desktop:
  • New: Send content to your iPhone or iPad simply by dragging it to the right edge of your screen and dropping it to a popped-up "virtual" iPhone or iPad
  • New: Native access to Mac Contacts
  • New: Direct access to contacts on Mac and Windows. No need to import contacts anymore
  • New: System Options dialog with ability to manage Proxy settings, Global Shortcuts and other application properties
  • New: Integrations Tab to showcase available extensions with 3rd party apps
  • New: Notification Center support for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
  • New: Growl 2.x support on Mac
  • New: Signed application for Mac
  • New: mpd:// URL protocol support
  • New: installations of Quicksilver, LaunchBar, Dropzone and Alfred extensions right from the "System Options | Integrations".
  • Added: ability to choose Outlook contact folders to work with
  • Fixed: improper handling of Outlook contacts having the Company attribute assigned
  • Improved: contacts popup with better contacts rendering, sorting and search
  • Improved: Speed when sending images
  • Improved: Integration protocol to support locations and files
  • Improved: Handling of default actions
  • Improved: Handling of Map actions with ability to specify a default Mapping app
  • Improved: Startup speed
  • Fixed: Search for a contact that contain spaces in its name
  • Fixed: improper handling of contact names during import form CSV files
  • Improved: editing of local contacts

New in myPhoneDesktop 2.1.0 (Feb 11, 2014)

  • OS X Mavericks support
  • Improved drag and drop
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in myPhoneDesktop 2.0.3 (Sep 4, 2013)

  • Fixed: rare error on Windows that broke UI in some cases

New in myPhoneDesktop 2.0.2 (Jul 2, 2013)

  • Added: ability to choose Outlook contact folders to work with
  • Fixed: improper handling of Outlook contacts having the Company attribute assigned
  • Fixed: improper handling of contact names during import form CSV files
  • Improved: editing of local contacts

New in myPhoneDesktop 2.0.1 (May 7, 2013)

  • New: installations of Quicksilver, LaunchBar, Dropzone and Alfred extensions right from the "System Options | Integrations".
  • Improved: contacts popup with better contacts rendering, sorting and search
  • Improved: Phone View for iPad by adding the "Call with Facetime" button
  • Fixed: high CPU utilization on Windows when dropping files to the virtual iPhone popup

New in myPhoneDesktop 2.0.0 (Apr 26, 2013)

  • Desktop/Web:
  • New: Ability to send files of any type
  • Desktop:
  • New: Send content to your iPhone or iPad simply by dragging it to the right edge of your screen and dropping it to a popped-up "virtual" iPhone or iPad
  • New: Native access to Mac Contacts
  • New: Direct access to contacts on Mac and Windows. No need to import contacts anymore
  • New: System Options dialog with ability to manage Proxy settings, Global Shortcuts and other application properties
  • New: Integrations Tab to showcase available extensions with 3rd party apps
  • New: Notification Center support for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
  • New: Growl 2.x support on Mac
  • New: Signed application for Mac
  • New: mpd:// URL protocol support
  • Improved: Speed when sending images
  • Improved: Integration protocol to support locations and files
  • Improved: Handling of default actions
  • Improved: Handling of Map actions with ability to specify a default Mapping app
  • Improved: Startup speed
  • Fixed: Search for a contact that contain spaces in its name

New in myPhoneDesktop 1.9.2 (Apr 27, 2012)

  • Mac: Added logging of calls and SMS going through the Google Voice
  • Mac: Fixed rare inability to import contacts form Apple Address Book
  • Ability to view system info and error log (Settings | About | System Information)
  • Renamed all the "Show" buttons to "Send"

New in myPhoneDesktop 1.9.1 (Feb 28, 2012)

  • Improved: Contacts search in the Phone View
  • Fixed: Issues migrating Contacts form Favorites when updating to v1.9
  • Improved: Import contacts from Apple Address Book to handle Skype names
  • Improved: Handling of dropped or pasted images

New in myPhoneDesktop 1.9 (Jan 24, 2012)

  • iDevices, Desktop and Web Clients:
  • New: Call using FaceTime
  • Improved: Send SMS using iMessage service on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
  • Improved: Call and SMS with Skype using Skype contacts
  • iPhone, iPad, iPod touch:
  • New: Open URLs in Sleipnir Mobile browser
  • Desktop Client:
  • New: Advanced Contacts with support for multiple phone numbers, e-mail addresses and Skype contacts

New in myPhoneDesktop 1.8.3 (Aug 9, 2011)

  • Added ability to specify notes for tasks to be added to ToDo apps (put notes after title delimited by comma)
  • Added ability to add tasks to OmniFocus for iPhone/iPad.

New in myPhoneDesktop 1.8.1 (Jun 9, 2011)

  • iPhone:
  • Added Mercury Browser support
  • Enabled "Open with MotionX-GPS Drive" action for any textual data
  • Improved handling of "Unnamed" locations when adding them to InstaTodo
  • Desktop;
  • Mac OSX: Fixed inability to turn ON dock-less mode when myPhoneDesktop is installed into a folder with spaces
  • Fixed missing invalid login error message
  • Improved Quick Dial Pad to disallow sending empty SMS
  • Desktop/Web:
  • Improved "Map with Google" action to recognize location pasted from Google Maps or Bing Maps
  • Enabled "Open with MotionX-GPS Drive" action for any textual data

New in myPhoneDesktop 1.8 (Mar 28, 2011)

  • Mac OS X: Ability to hide Dock icon (via the "System Options | Hide Dock Icon")
  • Support for System-wide Proxy
  • Option to force myPhoneDesktop start minimized (via the "System Options | Start Minimized")
  • Ability to send SMS to Multiple SMS recipients - accepting list of phone numbers delimited by semicolon
  • Updated Phone Popup to correctly change only last phone number in the list
  • Shift+Click on Quick Dial Pad to append a phone number
  • Ability to specify list of phone numbers for a Favorite
  • Automatic shrinking of Phone Field's font size to accommodate growing list of phone numbers

New in myPhoneDesktop 1.7 (Feb 24, 2011)

  • Ability to create to-do list in InstaTodo app. Templates make InstaTodo special! InstaTodo adds customized Template to sophisticated to-do list to save time and make life easier. Click here to learn How-To...
  • Ability to open locations in NAVIGON MobileNavigator app using Google maps and Bing Maps services. If you have an iPhone, iPad or iPad and use NAVIGON MobileNavigator for turn-by-turn driving directions and GPS navigation, now, with the help of myPhoneDesktop you can send geo location/address information to NAVIGON app directly from your desktop or web-browser. Click here to learn How-To...
  • Phone popup: ability to show all phone numbers by using Ctrl+Click or Ctrl+Key Down
  • Mac OS X: Added ability to drag-and-drop files to myPhonedesktop icon in Dock or in Finder

New in myPhoneDesktop 1.6 (Dec 7, 2010)

  • Ability to initiate directly from desktop Calls and send SMS via Google Voice
  • Ability to choose a Phone Device (e.g. iPhone, Skype, Google Voice or GV Connect) that will be used by default for all Calls and SMS (via the Additional Actions | Phone Device menu)
  • Ability to initiate specific Call or send SMS via Google Voice, Skype or GV Connect apps
  • Mac OS X: Fixed - import contacts from Apple’s Address Book
  • Added proper encoding recognition for importing contacts from CSV files

New in myPhoneDesktop 1.5.1 (Oct 4, 2010)

  • Desktop Client:
  • Extended recognition for phone numbers to allow support for some GSM codes in the form ## (e.g. #31#+1-212-555-1212) see http://linux.sgms-centre.com/misc/gsm_codes/ for more details on GSM codes
  • Fixed inability to specify PAC proxy scripts as http:// URL's
  • MAC: Added Cmd+Enter shortcut to show Additional Actions popup
  • Web Clients:
  • Added ability to preserve data in the View's between sessions

New in myPhoneDesktop 1.5 (Sep 17, 2010)

  • iPhone:
  • Ability to add tasks to Todo app (http://appigo.com/todo)
  • Ability to open URL’s in alternative browsers (can be controlled in the "Settings | URL View Options | Open With" view). Currently supported browsers are: Safari, Atomic Web Browser (http://atomicwebbrowser.com/), Perfect Browser (http://www.perfectbrowser.com/)
  • Desktop Client:
  • Added ability to import contacts from CSV files. Gmail, Outlook, Hotmail and Yahoo address book formats are supported out of the box. Import from other formats can also be performed via correct mapping of CSV file and myPhoneDesktop contacts' fields
  • Ability to Drag&Drop CSV files into myPhoneDesktop to initiate import of contacts
  • Added Option to force myPhoneDesktop client to start minimized
  • Shortcuts for quick account switching (e.g. Cmd+Alt+1, Cmd+Alt+2 etc for Mac or Ctrl+Alt+1, Ctrl+Alt+2 etc for other platforms)
  • Fixed inability to schedule phone calls and SMS for some regions
  • Desktop and Web Clients:
  • The Call and SMS buttons in the Phone View now works with Skype on iPod touch and iPad
  • Ability to add tasks to Todo app (http://appigo.com/todo). Task list should be specified in the simple textual form (see http://bit.ly/aB34g3 for more info)

New in myPhoneDesktop 1.4.1 (Jul 23, 2010)

  • Desktop:
  • Added undo/redo to SMS, Text and URL Views.
  • Added support for recognition of Phonewords: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoneword (aka Vanity phone numbers) (e.g. 1-800-MY-APPLE).
  • Improved SMS character counter with additional support for other then Latin character set.
  • Added ability to enter international characters in the phone number text field.
  • Added Keyboard navigation shortcuts to select desired View (Phone, Text, URL, Image and Settings)..
  • Added Keyboard shortcuts (mnemonics) for performing actions. (Windows/Linux only).
  • Added ability to configure proxy using proxy auto-config files (i.e., PAC script: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_auto-config).
  • Fixed inability to save localized Favorites.
  • Fixed rare issue of incorrect sort of the recent phone numbers.
  • Web Client/Bookmarklet:
  • Added SMS character counter with support for other then Latin character set.
  • Added ability to setup a Bookmarklet per iDevice/Account. With this feature the user can now setup one Bookmarklet to work with iPhone, another one with iPad, etc.
  • Added support for recognition of Phonewords: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoneword (aka Vanity phone numbers) (e.g. 1-800-MY-APPLE).
  • Bookmarklet: added ability to send current Google Map location or route without a need to select url. You just need to find your location or build a route and click myPhoneDesktop Bookmarklet.

New in myPhoneDesktop 1.4 (Jul 5, 2010)

  • iPhone:
  • Full support for iOS 4
  • Support for background mode (iOS 4)
  • Greatly improved SMS support for composing SMS messages from within myPhoneDesktop (iOS 4)
  • Ability to open supported document URLs in Mobile Stanza
  • Support for e-mail addresses typed in URL View
  • Added "Clear Data" button to each View
  • Ability to send data by e-mail.
  • Desktop:
  • Ability to open supported document URLs in Mobile Stanza
  • Ability to send data by e-mail on iDevice
  • Added quick account switching to the Tray (System) Menu
  • Windows: Fixed inability to use Input Methods to enter characters with accents i.e. circumflex (ê) or ë
  • Windows: Fixed inability to use Fn keys on some keyboards
  • Windows: Fixed inability to use Global Shortcuts installed by some applications
  • Improved URL shortening to exclude e-mail addresses.
  • Web:
  • Ability to open supported document URLs in Mobile Stanza
  • Ability to send data by e-mail on iDevice.

New in myPhoneDesktop 1.3 (Jun 4, 2010)

  • iPhone app:
  • Ability to search phone numbers, text and URLs with Google.
  • Ability to map phone numbers, text and URLs with Google Map.
  • Ability to open URLs with Instapaper Mobilizer.
  • Support for vCard with ability to add/update contacts.
  • Desktop/Web Client:
  • Support for Multiple Accounts  allowing to work with several devices (e.g. iPhone and iPad). see: http://bit.ly/d2jFMy
  • Quick Accounts switching.
  • Ability to search phone numbers, text and URLs with Google.
  • Ability to map phone numbers, text and URLs with Google Map.
  • Ability to shorten URLs using bit.ly/j.mp service: see http://bit.ly/ddHfby
  • Ability to open URLs with Instapaper Mobilizer.
  • Support for vCard with ability to add/update contacts.
  • Desktop Client Only:
  • Ability to paste text as SMS text using global shortcuts or "Paste" and "Paste and Send" actions.
  • Ability to import contacts from Mozilla Thunderbird Address Books (limited support)
  • Mac OS X: Ability to schedule phone calls and SMS in iCal.
  • Mac OS X: Ability to log phone calls and SMS in iCal.
  • Ability to specify HTTPS proxy settings in the /bin/application.ini
  • Web Client Only:
  • Maintaining recently dialed phone numbers.
  • Auto-complete for phone numbers (based on recently dialed phone numbers)
  • Bookmarklet:
  • Ability to send current page URL if nothing is selected on the page.
  • Added indication of current account for list of elements and notification popups.