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.

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.

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.

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

Open the .dmg and drag Quirio into Applications.
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.)