MacOS Big Sur has arrived and it has a new style for table views. This new style makes rows taller and also adds some space to each row, insetting them. While you may like your app to adopt this look for most of your tables, it is possible that some tables look odd when insetted. There is a new style attribute you can apply both in IB and in code, which by default is set to automatic.

This release improves compatibility with macOS Big Sur & Apple Silicon, fixes some minor issues and adds more decimals to percentage related fields. It also features a new icon designed to better fit in Big Sur and a future iOS release:  This release adopts some of the new Big Sur looks, such as full height sidebar with the new system symbols (available only when running on Big Sur). The toolbar icons are unchanged for now and will be replaced with symbols in a future release, as well as using a custom accent color for the sidebar items.

Creating a to-do entry doesn’t have to be a burden. PopDo makes it really easy and quick to do just that. It only takes pressing a shortcut to bring up QuickTask, typing the to-do title and pressing return.  The newly created to-do now lives in the default list. You can add a reminder to the to-do by typing a textual representation of date and time, and assign the to-do item to a particular list by using the #MyList (hashtag) specifier.

PopDo is Sold Through Paddle Now I have been thinking about adding a second sales channel for PopDo for a while, just in case Apple decides it’s no longer fit for the App Store. It is not only about that safety net, but also about pricing freedom (there are no tiers), fees are much lower, knowing who your customers are, faster updates, etc. I chose Paddle mainly because everyone else is already using it and at first glance their integration is easy and I like their dashboard and product price settings.

This patch fixes a crash that happens when you enter more than 64 characters in an invoice or estimate item name. There are also a couple of improvements you can read here. FreelanceStation is available for download now.

This patch fixes the right-click behaviour, which now opens the contextual menu for a task without the need to select the task first. There are also improvements to stability. You can download a 14 days trial here: https://ds9soft.com/popdo/

This patch addresses several issues with contact selection and display and introduces some improvements. Refer to the Release Notes for more details. You can download a free 30-days trial here.

This patch fixes some UI bugs. You can download a 14 days trial here: https://ds9soft.com/popdo/

FreelanceStation is a Mac time tracker. It was created to be only available for Macs and there was no question about it. But the introduction of macOS Big Sur was a huge indicator that all Apple platforms are going to be integrated and unified. All apps available in iOS for iPhone or iPad would eventually be made available for Mac, and ideally many Mac apps would also be available under iOS, where it makes sense.

This is a quick patch to fix an issue with the menu bar icon. When configured as a counter of tasks, the count did not properly update when marking a task as complete. The issue has been solved.