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Emutastic for Mac v0.7.6

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@codingncaffeine codingncaffeine released this 16 Jun 19:04
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v0.7.6
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Your saves now follow you to every machine, gameplay recording is built into the Mac with nothing to
download, and controllers behave the way they should.

What's New

  • Cloud sync backs up everything now. Sync previously covered only battery saves (.srm); this
    release adds the memory cards and save data the cores manage themselves — GameCube & Dreamcast memory
    cards, PSP / 3DS / DS save data, PlayStation & Saturn cards, arcade NVRAM. Saves are organized per
    console, and a fresh machine pulls your saves down automatically — even for games you haven't imported
    there yet. (Your existing saves are tidied into per-console folders once, on first launch; save states
    aren't synced yet.)
  • Recording is native — nothing to download. Gameplay capture now uses Apple's built-in VideoToolbox
    (hardware-accelerated H.264 / HEVC / ProRes) instead of needing an ffmpeg download. Choose the encoder,
    quality, scale and audio bitrate in Preferences → Media; H.264/HEVC save as .mp4, ProRes as .mov.
    Record from the in-game cog → Record (or F9).

What's Fixed

  • Controllers connected after a game starts now work. A controller switched on mid-launch — or paired
    after the game opened — is picked up immediately. No more "controls are dead until I restart the game."
  • Fixed a launch hang. The app could beachball on startup while scanning for controllers; resolved.
  • View Recordings, game manuals, and external links open. These quietly did nothing on macOS before.
  • The in-app updater works. Preferences → About now checks the Mac releases and updates in place.
  • macOS remembers folder permissions. The app is signed with a stable certificate now, so you grant
    access to your ROM folders once instead of being re-asked on every launch — keep your ROMs anywhere.

Install

Apple Silicon only. Download Emutastic-0.7.6-osx-arm64.zip from the
releases page, unzip, and move
Emutastic.app to Applications. Builds aren't notarized yet, so on first launch right-click the
app → Open (or run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Emutastic.app). Existing installs
update in-app from Preferences → About.

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