Install: download Refr-0.2.0-arm64.dmg, open it and drag Refr to Applications. Refr is signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple. It requires an Apple silicon Mac with macOS 13 or later.
What's new
- The recovery copy only exists while you have unsaved changes. Before, it was never removed, so Refr offered to restore it on every launch, even after you'd saved. Now:
- It follows the most recently changed document with unsaved changes, and is deleted once nothing is unsaved: after you save, undo back to the saved state, or close without saving.
- Quitting with the menu, ⌘Q or the close button writes a pending copy right away, so a change made in the last second before quitting isn't lost.
- At launch, Refr asks Restore unsaved changes? with Restore or Discard. A restored copy opens as unsaved, so closing it asks first.
- Workspaces keep coordinates exactly. Annotation positions could drift in the last decimal after a save and reload. They're now saved and loaded exactly.
- Complete documentation in docs/: a user guide (getting started, the workspace, annotating, comments, organizing pages, fill and sign, saving and exporting, shortcuts, privacy and limitations, troubleshooting) and a developer guide (building, architecture, the
.pdfspaceformat, testing, releasing, porting notes, contributing).
Good to know
- Cropping is not redaction, and a drawn signature is a visual mark, not a certificate-based digital signature.
- OCR, encryption, password-protected PDFs and form filling aren't supported.
- Exported annotation text uses the standard Helvetica font, which covers Western European characters.
SHA-256
a975ebfdfe8ccf4042d8491ef2a9e58dbf96f5c2f49266e5544ab5ab7dec9fd7 Refr-0.2.0-arm64.dmg
7e6b8675f90d9d14c01d048948732181a86fba41a1bc6b0ba28a054794348c10 Refr-0.2.0-arm64.zip
Full changelog: v0.1.0...v0.2.0