Sequential 2.6.0 (2024-09-07)

Bug fixes:

• fixed crashing when resuming a bookmarked folder
• made the UI more responsive when the Recent Items menu contained references to offline files or folders (e.g., when a file server is not mounted)
• a few other minor tweaks and fixes

New features:

• in thumbnail view, it is now possible to navigate into a folder containing no images
• added the View > Invert Colors menu command (useful for reading PDF files when Dark Mode is enabled)
• added the View > Reset Rotation menu command to reset the image's free rotation to zero degrees
• added the Page > Go to Page… menu command to enable navigation to a specific page
• changed the behavior of the View > Reorient > Upright command to reset both the image's orientation to zero degrees, and its free rotation value to zero degrees

See the History.txt file for the full list of changes and their details.

The Sequential.app.2024-09-07.14.59.00.tar.xz file (SHA256 b60a733001f0dbae9484aa38dc6207142c7f483abfcc82645b3d533d84de4f32) contains the Sequential application along with instructions to enable the application to be opened after it is extracted from the archive - the quarantine attribute must be removed from the application otherwise macOS will refuse to open the application.

The Sequential.src.2024-09-07.14.59.00.tar.xz file (SHA256 c70cef31c7390a7abda2a6bce69c6e9f46c53757e957533ce3397477b1209b34) contains the entire set of source code files needed to build the app. Use Xcode 14.2 to build it.

Sequential v2.5.0 (2023-12-01)

Bug fixes:

• the Find panel would crash the app,
• sorting by kind and size now work,
• several minor tweaks.

New features:

• the progress knobs have had their meaning reversed: the background bar now shows the overall progress within a document and the white knob nows show the progress within the current container,
• transitioning to the system's fullscreen mode is now animated better,
• it’s now possible to hide the title bar and view an image using the entire area of the window.

The codebase has been transitioned to Modern Objective-C (Objective-C 2.0) as well as Automatic Reference Counting (instead of Manual Retain Release).

See the History file for the full list of changes.

The Sequential.app.2023-12-01.03.47.46.tar.xz file contains the Sequential application along with instructions to enable the application to be opened after it is extracted from the archive - the quarantine attribute must be removed from the application otherwise macOS will refuse to open the application.

The Sequential.src.2023-12-01.03.47.46.tar.xz file contains the entire set of source code files needed to build the app. Use Xcode 14.2 to build it.

Sequential v2.4.0

Bug fixes:

• when an opened file/archive/folder is moved or renamed, its document title bar is updated along with the Open Recent sub-menus
• opening a single image was broken in the last version and now works again

New features:

• better PDF rendering
• better thumbnail generation
• tweaked the Info window’s display
• supports opening .7z.001 files
• numerous small tweaks and fixes

The Sequential.app.2023-11-02.01.19.25.tar.xz file contains the Sequential application along with instructions to enable the application to be opened after it is extracted from the archive - the quarantine attribute needs to be removed from the application otherwise macOS will refuse to open the application.

The Sequential.src.2023-11-02.01.19.25.tar.xz file contains the entire set of source code files needed to build the app. Use Xcode 14.2 to build it.

Sequential v2.3.0

Bug fixes:

• fullscreen issues while displaying thumbnails,
• selection is preserved when entering and exiting fullscreen.

New features:

• better control over thumbnail metadata display,
• current folder progress indicator,
• implemented select-all,
• total size of multiple selected items.

The Sequential 2023-10-15 00.01.00.zip file contains the Sequential app in a RTFD file. Please open the file in TextEdit and follow the instructions in the file to extract the app. If you are uncomfortable with self-signed apps which are not notarized, please don't download the .zip file.

The Sequential 2023-10-15 00.01.00.src.tar.xz file contains the entire set of source code files needed to build the app. Use Xcode 14.2 to build it.

Sequential 2.2.2 (2023-08-17)

Various bug fixes and small improvements. See the History.txt file for the entire list of changes.

The Sequential 2023-08-17 21.13.00.zip file contains the Sequential app in a RTFD file. Please open the file in TextEdit and follow the instructions in the file to extract the app. If you are uncomfortable with self-signed apps which are not notarized, please don't download the .zip file.

The Sequential 2023-08-17 21.13.00.src.tar.xz file contains the entire set of source code files needed to build the app. Use Xcode 14.2 to build it.

Sequential 2.2.1 (2023-04-30)

Fixed a problem with text truncation on thumbnails. Fixed a problem with the cursor disappearing at times. Updated to Xcode 14.2.

The Sequential.2023-04-29.23.00.00.zip file contains the Sequential app in a RTFD file. Please open the file in TextEdit and follow the instructions in the file to extract the app. If you are uncomfortable with self-signed apps which are not notarized, please don't download the .zip file.

The Sequential.2023-04-29.23.00.00.src.tar.xz file contains the entire set of source code files needed to build the app. Use Xcode 14.2 to build it.

Sequential 2.2.0 (2022-11-05)

This is a modernized build of Sequential for Intel and Apple Silicon Macs
running 10.14 (Intel) or 11.4 (Apple Silicon) or later.

The last build came out in 2010 so this program needed some work to get it
working for modern Macs.

The codebase (and its dependencies) have been updated to build with Xcode
13.2. Sequential is now built as an Universal app and has been tested on
macOS 10.14 (on an Intel Mac) and macOS 11.7.1 (on an Apple Silicon Mac).

The Sequential 2022-11-05 16.29.00.zip file contains the app (executable).

The Sequential 2022-11-05 16.29.00.src.tar.xz contains all of the source code needed to build the app.