Journal For macOS v1.3.1

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Fixed all issues in #3
• Fixed rich text editor issues with formatting preservation
• Resolved text color inconsistencies when creating and editing entries
• Fixed cursor and placeholder text behavior
• Eliminated console warnings and error messages

New Features

• Enhanced text formatting options with improved sidebar
• Added support for font selection and rich text attributes
• Improved RTFD handling to maintain all formatting attributes

Optimizations

• Reduced memory usage and prevented memory leaks
• Improved performance with debounced text updates
• Fixed multiple SwiftUI state update warnings
• Eliminated unnecessary debug logging

UI Improvements

• Enhanced sidebar animations with spring physics
• Improved emotion selection overlay handling
• Fixed text input cursor behavior and placeholder text
• Better visual feedback during formatting changes

Journal for macOS 1.3.0

What's New in Journal for macOS 1.3.0

✨ Quality of Life Improvements

• Enhanced Onboarding Experience
  - Improved full-screen onboarding presentation
  - Properly centered page indicators for better visual balance
  - Smoother transitions between onboarding screens

• UI Refinements
  - Consistent background treatment for greeting and stats section
  - Better visual integration between UI components
  - Improved window handling with proper toolbar interactions

• Interaction Enhancements
  - Fixed issues with custom sheet interactions
  - Enhanced emotion selection interface responsiveness
  - Smoother variable blur effect implementation

• General Polish
  - Fixed window closing issues related to settings button
  - Consolidated settings functionality in the toolbar
  - Overall improved UI consistency and behavior

🛠️ Technical Improvements

• Updated NSHostingView implementation for better view hosting
• Fixed type-related issues in SwiftUI code
• Improved code structure and component organization

Journal for macOS v1.2.0

🎉 New Features & Improvements

Enhanced Emotion Tracking

• Introduced the new Emotion Orb interface for more intuitive mood tracking
• Smooth, fluid animations for a more engaging experience
• Better visual feedback when selecting emotions

Refined Entry Views

• Improved layout consistency between new and edit entry views
• Enhanced visual harmony across all interfaces
• Optimized view transitions and animations
• Better padding and alignment in text fields

Performance Improvements

• Removed unnecessary animations for smoother entry switching
• Optimized view transitions throughout the app
• Enhanced overall app responsiveness

Visual Polish

• Restored transparent backgrounds for better visual consistency
• Improved field alignments and padding
• Better visual hierarchy in entry views

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed field width consistency issues
• Corrected emotion selection parameter naming
• Various minor UI and performance improvements

v1.1.1

Edit entry saving patch

v1.1.0

What's New in 1.1.0

🎉 New Features

• Added list (bulleted and dashed) functionality for body text
• Enhanced date management with date picker in entry forms

✨ Improvements

• Smoother animations and transitions
• Improved visual spacing and consistency

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed entry data storage (now appears in settings and can be revealed in Finder)
• Improved visual consistency in the list view

v.1.1.2

Journal for macOS 1.1.2

🚀 New Features

• Added import/export functionality
  • Import .journal files from any folder on your Mac
  • Export all entries to a selected folder
  • Automatic duplicate handling during import
• Redesigned Settings window with tabbed interface
  • General tab for storage and data management
  • About tab with app information and GitHub link
• Added ability to view default storage location in Finder

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed entry editing behavior
  • Entries can now only be edited through swipe actions or detail view
  • Removed accidental editing when clicking entries
• Fixed file permission issues with iCloud and external drives
• Improved handling of storage directory access

💅 Improvements

• Better feedback during import/export operations
• Cleaner settings interface with grouped sections
• More intuitive navigation between views
• Enhanced file management system

🏗 Technical Updates

• Improved file system access handling
• Enhanced security for file operations
• Better error handling for file operations
• Optimized storage management

v1.0.2

New Features

• Added pin functionality to keep important entries at the top
  • Swipe right to pin/unpin entries
  • Pinned entries are highlighted with a yellow pin icon
  • Pinned entries stay at the top regardless of date
  • Visual separator between pinned and unpinned entries

Improvements

• Enhanced date management
  • Added date picker to both new and edit entry views
  • Better month grouping and sorting (newest to oldest)
  • Improved visual spacing between entries

Bug Fixes

• Fixed entry sorting to properly display newest entries at the top
• Fixed highlight background to properly align with swipe actions
• Improved visual consistency in the list view

Technical Updates

• Enhanced data model to support pinned entries
• Improved state management for entry sorting
• Optimized list rendering and animations

v1.0.1

Journal for macOS 1.0.1

What's New

• ✨ Added automatic update checking
• 🔄 App now checks for updates on launch
• 📝 Added "Check for Updates" option in menu bar

Technical Improvements

• Integrated Sparkle framework for seamless updates
• Added secure update verification
• Improved version management

Bug Fixes

• Fixed various minor UI issues
• General stability improvements

Journal for macOS v1.0.0

Journal for macOS v1.0.0

Initial release of Journal for macOS - a native journaling app inspired by Apple's Journal app for iOS.

Installation

• DMG: Download the .dmg file, open it, and drag Journal to your Applications folder
• ZIP: Download the .zip file, extract it, and move Journal to your Applications folder

Features

• 📝 Clean, distraction-free writing experience
• 😊 Track your emotions and moods
• 📊 Writing statistics
• 🗂 Monthly organization
• 🌙 System appearance support
• 💾 Local storage