Quirio 0.6.0

Quirio 0.6.0

Released 2026-07-06 • macOS (Apple Silicon) • beta

Quirio grows up a little: it’s now a properly signed Mac app.

Changed

• Quirio is now signed and notarized with Apple. Every release is scanned
  by Apple before it reaches you, so the first launch is a single click —
  Open — with no trip through System Settings. Permissions you grant now
  carry across updates, too. One heads-up when coming from v0.5.1 or earlier:
  macOS sees the newly signed app as new, and asks its one-time questions once
  more.

Installing

1. Open the .dmg and drag Quirio into Applications.
2. First launch: macOS confirms it's an app downloaded from the internet — click Open.
   (Updating from v0.5.1 or earlier? macOS asks its one-time questions once more — see the README.)

Quirio 0.5.1

Quirio 0.5.1

Released 2026-07-03 • macOS (Apple Silicon) • unsigned beta

A download-and-casting release: the installer now opens the way the install
steps promise, and sending a book to a speaker got a lot steadier.

Fixed

• First launch no longer claims “Quirio is damaged.” Earlier downloads
  shipped with a broken code signature, so macOS refused them outright — with
  no way forward but a Terminal command. The app is now properly signed at
  build time: first launch shows the standard one-time “could not verify”
  warning instead, and System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway
  clears it, exactly as the install steps describe.
• Casting holds up for big books and Apple Lossless. Apple Lossless books
  now cast (Quirio quietly converts them first; your original file is never
  touched), and a speaker that needs a while to read a long book is given that
  while — no more silent give-ups or retry loops mid-handoff. A finished book
  now ends its cast cleanly, and one press starts a re-listen.

Improved

• Better company while a speaker gets ready. Casting a long book shows a
  calm waiting state with a soft estimate, instead of leaving you to wonder
  whether anything is happening.
• Long books are served to Cast speakers index-first when the file keeps
  its index at the tail, so the speaker never needs a second pass through a
  large file. Nothing about your files changes.
• Security hardening under the hood, from a top-to-bottom audit of how the
  app’s windows and processes talk to each other.

Installing

1. Open the .dmg and drag Quirio into Applications.
2. First launch of an unsigned beta: if macOS blocks it, open
   System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down, and click Open Anyway.
   (This is normal until the app is signed + notarized — see the README.)

Quirio 0.5.0

Quirio 0.5.0

Released 2026-06-27 • macOS (Apple Silicon) • unsigned beta

The biggest update yet: a new way to look at a book before you play it, and a real
backup system for your whole library.

Added

• A book-detail inspector. Click any book and a floating glass panel slides into
  your shelf — cover, length, narrator, description, chapters, and Play — so you
  can have a proper look before you commit. Clicking a book no longer hijacks
  playback; choose whether a click opens details or plays straight away in
  Settings → Playback (and the other is always a right-click away).
• Jump to any chapter. The inspector's Chapters pill opens a slide-up list —
  tap a chapter to jump right there, your exact place always kept.
• Back up your whole library — and keep it backed up. Export your covers, edits,
  finished and favorite marks, and listening progress to a single file; Restore
  brings it back with a preview (merge, replace, or progress-only). Turn on a
  daily auto-backup that rotates older copies and can write to iCloud or an
  external folder, and your books reconnect to their audio on their own.
• Inline speed & volume in the mini player. Adjust both right in the docked bar,
  without opening the full window.
• A friendlier, searchable Help. The in-app FAQ is warmer and bigger, with live
  search to jump straight to an answer.
• Smarter window sizing. Quirio opens at a size that fits your display, and
  remembers where you left it between launches.

Changed

• A calmer launch — the splash holds until your library is ready instead of
  flashing an empty shelf.
• A refreshed Now Playing — a bigger cover, cleaner single-row metadata, a length
  footer, and a frosted scroll edge so the summary passes under the chrome rather
  than clipping under it.
• More accurate chapters — upgraded the metadata engine (music-metadata 11) for
  correct chapter timing on more files.
• Richer book descriptions — embedded formatting and HTML entities now render
  cleanly instead of showing as raw markup.
• Cover picker — clearer source labels and a one-click Revert to original.
• Tidier Settings — the Library pane is reorganized by how often you touch each
  thing, with a hidden-book count in the stored-locally summary.
• Sharper buttons and typography, plus honest macOS info: the app and README now
  name what Quirio is tested on (Apple Silicon, macOS Tahoe) rather than overpromising.

Fixed

• Light-mode contrast sweeps — the Import Summary modal and alert colors now hold up
  in both themes.
• Nav-tab sliding-pill color flash, and marquee jitter when switching views.
• The in-app version number now shows correctly.
• Slimmed the packaged app by dropping leftover development files from the build.

Installing

1. Open the .dmg and drag Quirio into Applications.
2. First launch of an unsigned beta: if macOS blocks it, open
   System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down, and click Open Anyway.
   (This is normal until the app is signed + notarized — see the README.)