Mini Whiteboard V1.3.1 — Windows release + Mac preview

Downloads

Stable Windows release with a Mac preview download.

• Windows 10/11 x64: extract the ZIP, then run Mini Whiteboard.exe inside the Mini Whiteboard folder. Keep the entire folder together. Python is included.
• Mac preview, macOS 14+: extract on a Mac and move Mini Whiteboard.app to Applications. The Universal2 bundle contains Apple Silicon and Intel slices. Interactive Mac acceptance, macOS 14 execution and Intel execution are NOT RUN; architecture validation and automated startup do not establish those results.

Windows is unsigned. The Mac preview is ad-hoc signed and not notarized. For a trusted Mac download blocked by Gatekeeper, follow Apple's Open Anyway instructions.

Changes

• Refined optional Glass with a continuous rounded native backdrop, one light-catching rim, clearer typography and roomier temporary menus. Windows material now updates correctly when the desktop background changes while a popup opens. White remains the default appearance.
• Reworked F1 help into two columns where space permits, with a scrolling layout on smaller desktops and the chosen Hide All shortcut shown.
• Added a restrained 140 ms edge highlight for Glass creation, restore and temporary surfaces. Reduced motion suppresses it; repeated native notifications cannot replay it. Artwork keeps its geometry, colours and opacity.
• Removed OCR / Extract Text, its engine, language data and exclusive dependencies.
• Added a saved Windows Hide All shortcut choice: Ctrl+Alt+H or Ctrl+Alt+Shift+H. A conflict preserves the placement and screenshot shortcuts. Hide All restore preserves the foreground application.
• Fixed focus when a textbox opens immediately after placement. Outside textbox clicks finish editing and deselect without starting another tool action. Text metrics, clipboard, masks, history and hold → move → release placement remain covered by regressions.

Glass uses native frost and static shading. It is a Liquid Glass-inspired approximation without optical refraction. Unsupported effects, reduced transparency and high contrast use solid fallbacks. Mac system menus keep their native appearance.

Verification

Both runtime archives are the exact approved review files, built from 8d0f10a69e9a239a12fdbf80bf561cc8690b8773. The release tag adds documentation changes only.

• Windows CI: 242 tests passed, two Mac-only skips. Native Windows 11 checks covered placement/lifecycle, shortcuts/focus, editing, rounded geometry, material updates and packaged operation.
• Mac CI: all 244 tests passed twice on macOS 15.7.9 Apple Silicon. Universal2/linkage/signature/symlink/metadata checks passed before and after Mac-created archive extraction; eight-second Cocoa startup and normal exit passed.
• Both packages passed notice, CRC and SHA-256 checks and contain no removed OCR payload. The Mac ZIP was transferred unchanged from the Mac builder.
• Detailed release verification and performance results and the testing guide record actual results and limits.

Checks not run: interactive Mac appearance, shortcuts, focus, Screen Recording permissions/capture, Spaces and Retina/multi-monitor behaviour; macOS 14 and Intel execution; Windows 10, clean-machine/security acceptance, physical mixed-DPI displays and extended manual IME/RTL/handle usability. Mac animation/performance was not measured. Enabled Windows motion was checked with a test-process policy injection while the OS motion setting remained disabled.

Checksums and sources

• Windows ZIP SHA-256: 9cbebd8f864430637e659c47a76227c988ef9d3c75fb6e5e285dc7d55c466b60
• Mac preview ZIP SHA-256: caefb39d524e3102685209fcdf7c016ffaa4f35e28c5d74fa48c2972df33c392

SHA256SUMS.txt covers all attached runtime, notice and dependency-source files. Each app includes its dependency notices and source/rebuild guide; a separate notice archive and the five retained exact dependency-source archives are attached here. Mini Whiteboard's own code/assets use MIT. See third-party notices and rebuilding/replacing dependencies. Historical releases and assets remain available.