Mac Winlink v1.0.0 Beta 22

Mac Winlink v1.0.0 Beta 22

Download: MacWinlink_2026-07-15_7c4fb52.dmg (17 MB) — see Assets below.

First-time install? Read the Gatekeeper bypass instructions — since macOS Sequoia, Control-click-to-open no longer works and you'll need to go through System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.

What's in this build

Beta22 is a safety-focused patch cut. Two headline changes:

• Yaesu / Kenwood CAT safety fixes — SwiftRigControl bumped from 1.1.1 to 1.1.2, a seven-vendor Hamlib parity audit. Several safety-critical CAT protocol bugs closed, including a Kenwood one where setPTT(false) was actually keying the radio and a Yaesu FT-DX10 stop-bits mismatch that could occasionally read as a stray TX1; command and briefly key the radio. If you're on Yaesu HF (FT-DX10, FT-DX101, FT-991A, FT-891, FT-450D, FT-950, FT-2000, FT-DX3000/5000, and earlier models) or Kenwood desktop rigs (TS-590, TS-990S), please upgrade. Downstream: #3, upstream: SwiftRigControl v1.1.2.
• Help menu is finally functional — the previous User Manual and Quick Start Guide items silently did nothing (markdown files were never bundled). Now every user-facing guide is bundled with the app and reachable via Help → Documentation… (⌘⇧?). Six guides included: Quick Start, User Manual, VARA Setup, Gateway Discovery, P2P Connections, Troubleshooting. All render offline — no network needed, which matters for EMCOMM use.

What's unchanged

Everything else in beta21 is unchanged. No functionality removed; no protocol changes; no UI restructuring. Test suite unchanged: 1,965 main-app tests, 227 Helper tests, 0 failures.

System requirements

• macOS 15.0 (Sequoia) or later
• Apple Silicon Mac (M1 / M2 / M3 / M4)
• Intel Macs are not supported

Full changelog

The complete beta22 release notes are in ARSFI/MacWinlink CHANGELOG.md. No Helper-side code changes this cut — Helper version bumps to keep pairing parity.

Reporting problems

File a bug report or feature request.

Verification

SHA-256 of the DMG: 42077a86e4ff42fb3be0ee0f66d161a5c7a60932fbea56858ee77ba91c655cd2

You can verify with shasum -a 256 MacWinlink_2026-07-15_7c4fb52.dmg after downloading.