PathDeck v1.0.1 - Farewell Release & Standalone Finalization

PathDeck v1.0.1

PathDeck v1.0.1 represents the final standalone release of PathDeck Studio before integration into a parent developer suite. This release delivers essential memory stability enhancements, clean configuration boundary isolation, and refined tokenization for zsh and bash configuration files.

Users can continue to utilize PathDeck Studio as an ultra-lightweight (under 10MB memory footprint), zero-dependency utility for managing PATH hierarchies, aliases, and Touch ID protected environment variables.

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Added

• Farewell Status Documentation: Added migration indicators and final standalone lifecycle notifications across the studio interface.
• Quarantine Clearance Protocol: Comprehensive Gatekeeper clearance commands for unnotarized community builds.

Changed

• Parser Engine Optimization: Enhanced tokenizer resilience for nested quotes, backslashes, and multiline exports in ~/.zshrc and ~/.bash_profile.
• Memory Footprint Bounds: Optimized in-memory profile representation to maintain peak memory usage strictly under 10MB.

Fixed

• Commit History Normalization: Standardized historical commit logs to strictly comply with workspace conventions.
• Atomic Backup Preservation: Fixed timestamped backup retention logic when reverting unsaved modifications.

Security And Integrity

• Zero Network Transmission: 100% local operation with zero telemetry, remote accounts, or diagnostic tracking.
• Biometric Enclave Protection: Touch ID verification sheets securely guard secret environment variables from exposure.

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Installation And Upgrade Instructions

Manual Download And Verification

Download PathDeck.dmg attached below and verify its cryptographic checksum before running:

Artifact	SHA-256 Checksum
PathDeck.dmg	7c232243a6e37dec3865655bef194889b8d24ad4558a689b95cd7ca9acec249b

If macOS Gatekeeper blocks opening on launch (unnotarized open-source build):

sudo xattr -r -c /Applications/PathDeck.app

Or allow it via System Settings > Privacy & Security > Open Anyway.

PathDeck v1.0.0 - Inaugural Production Release

PathDeck v1.0.0

PathDeck v1.0.0 is the inaugural production release of PathDeck Studio. Built natively in Swift and SwiftUI for macOS, PathDeck replaces cumbersome manual shell configuration file edits with a safe, responsive visual workbench for managing ~/.zshrc and ~/.bash_profile.

This release introduces drag-and-drop PATH prioritization, alias management, Touch ID biometric protection for environment variables, and automatic backup diff restoration.

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Added

• Visual PATH Stack Manager: Drag-and-drop PATH directory prioritization with background health checks for dead or broken pathways.
• Alias Studio: Visual quick-launcher and safe commenting deactivation for shell command aliases.
• Biometric Environment Variable Protection: Touch ID authenticated access to secret and token variables with in-memory bullet masking.
• Timestamped Safe Backups: Automated snapshot generation prior to committing configuration mutations with interactive diff comparisons.
• Standalone DMG Packaging: Zero-dependency architecture maintaining operating states strictly under 10MB memory usage.

Changed

• Native SwiftUI Workspace: Modernized control layout designed exclusively for macOS Sonoma and Sequoia.
• Clean Configuration Demarcations: Safe block isolation preserving non-PathDeck customizations within shell profiles.

Fixed

• Disk Validation Performance: Asynchronous background dispatch preventing UI blocking during disk hierarchy scans.
• Shell Parser Robustness: Handled complex string expansions and multi-word command aliases cleanly.

Security And Integrity

• Zero External Dependencies: Compiled with zero third-party packages, tracking code, or external framework links.
• Local Biometrics: Biometric verification managed entirely via native Apple LocalAuthentication APIs.

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Installation And Upgrade Instructions

Manual Download And Verification

Download PathDeck.dmg attached below and verify its cryptographic checksum before running:

Artifact	SHA-256 Checksum
PathDeck.dmg	bf47165d384c3c551618f5b68d547385fb36d750d19826340b5d52e07639dcf9

If macOS Gatekeeper blocks opening on launch (unnotarized open-source build):

sudo xattr -r -c /Applications/PathDeck.app

Or allow it via System Settings > Privacy & Security > Open Anyway.