Requires Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later
  Snow Leopard compatible
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Release Notes
Version 8.35
Key Improvements
  • Fixed problem where alarms would sometimes trigger at the wrong time if the computer was put to sleep while the service was running
  • Fixed problem under Snow Leopard where alarms sometimes wouldn't fire at all
  • Fixed problem setting custom monthly repeating events and tasks

Version 8.34
Key Improvements
  • Fixed problem with the "items on the due date" preference where the tasks sometimes ended on the wrong date
  • Fixed problem where removing an instance of a recurring event that recurred yearly didn't always get deleted
  • Fixed problem where the Desktop Calendar sometimes didn't roll-over to the current date range
  • Fixed problem with weekly recurrence events that recurred on certain days not recurring properly
  • Fixed problem where monthly and yearly recurrences that ended on a weekend day would also recur on each weekday if the weekend day it ended on was a Sunday
  • Fixed problem that made it impossible to create recurrence rules that occurred on a set weekday or weekend day
  • Fixed problem displaying set weekday or weekend recurrence after creation
  • Fixed problem where the weekend day setting didn't set the by-set-pos rule
  • Removed a stray ".Mac" reference in a MobileMe window

Version 8.33
Key Improvements
  • Added menu items and keyboard shortcuts for switching tabs that are identical to the ones used by Safari
  • Added preference that controls whether tasks are drawn as banners or not
  • Added folder pop-up buttons to the phone call windows
  • Added ability for users to see exactly what components need to be updated during install phase
  • Added support for more weekly, monthly and yearly repeating options (day, weekday, weekend day, etc.)
  • Added support for any nth day monthly repeating option (goes a step further than iCal)
  • Improved speed of drawing lots of tasks with due dates
  • Improved error reporting when a vCard import fails
  • Improved month and year date formatters (they now remove some less common formatter characters such as week of year and quarter of year)
  • Improved speed of switching dates in calendar views (now over twice as fast)
  • Changed connection protocol for DAV libraries to fall back on HTTP if an HTTPS connection fails
  • Changed software to always display four-digit years in the dates block and translate two-digit years to four-digits during input
  • Fixed runaway CPU usage if a CalDAV refresh failed
  • Fixed the underlying problem that was causing more problems with collapsing subgroups
  • Fixed problem where the day of the week was incorrectly showing up in Organizer's week view if there was a space placed prior to the weekday name in the formatter
  • Fixed problem opening the day and week views where they could get caught in a near-infinite loop
  • Fixed ambiguity problem syncing tasks that don't have a start date
  • Fixed miscellaneous task drawing issues
  • Fixed problem snoozing alarms
  • Fixed problem where the admin password needed to be entered multiple times when installing components
  • Fixed problem (in Snow Leopard) where the Other Dates block only accepted dates entered using the US date format
  • Fixed "cannot connect to server (null)" message when connecting to a server based on name alone
  • Fixed problem where errors during a backup at launch time caused an error message infinite loop
  • Fixed problem where errors during a backup when the software quits weren't always displayed correctly

Version 8.32
Key Improvements
  • Added a Cancel Sync button to Sync Preference pane
  • Added an indicator to the Sync Preference pane that shows number of pending changes to sync
  • Significant speed improvement when syncing with Sync Services
  • Improved support for gracefully handling situations when key folders have wrong permissions set
  • Fixed problem where selecting a sub-group caused the parent group to collapse
  • Fixed problem where MobileMe backups sometimes wouldn't work if user has multiple MobileMe email accounts
  • Fixed problem installing components when old components being moved to the Trash didn't have unique names
  • Fixed problem that sometimes prevents calendars from being exported
  • Fixed rare problem that caused a lockup when quitting the software
  • Fixed problem that caused syncing with Sync Services to unexpectedly fail under Leopard
  • Fixed problem caused by large numbers of pending sync changes for Sync Services

Version 8.31
Key Improvements
  • Fixed problem that prevented events in iCal's Birthday calendar from syncing correctly
  • Other minor improvements

Version 8.30
Key Improvements
  • Improved scheduled backups to gracefully handle failures better
  • Dramatically improved performance of databases with lots of top-level groups
  • Fixed problem with scheduled backups failing due to insufficient memory
  • Fixed problem where backups stalled forever waiting for other processes to finish
  • Fixed a problem where repeating tasks would draw beyond the expected dates
  • Fixed a problem that allowed a task's completion date to be set before the start date
  • Fixed the Start search after pressing Return preference button which wasn't initialized correctly
  • Fixed problem that sometimes occurred while deleting lots of contacts
  • Fixed problem where the encoding prompt doesn't appear when vCards are dragged to the Contact Card
  • Fixed problem that sometimes caused SOHO Migration Assistant to fail when converting large databases
  • Fixed a crash that would eventually occur when accessing imported events and tasks
  • Fixed a crash that would sometimes occur when switching from a Contact Card with a fixed height notes block to another view

Version 8.17
Key Improvements
  • Added ability for users to create events and task from the Journal view
  • Added a preference to begin a search after the user presses Return, just like in SOHO Notes
  • Improved vCard importing by letting user choose encoding
  • Improved calendar performance
  • Improved Day view by auto-forwarding it to the next day when the clock strikes midnight
  • Fixed the current time indicator so it draws beneath events in Day and Week views
  • Fixed problem modifying certain occurrences of recurring events
  • Fixed problem where calling using the default method was incorrectly disabled
  • Fixed problem saving new phone call notes
  • Fixed problem that occurred when editing the preference for the number of blocks to show in the Contact Card
  • Fixed problem with new events disappearing after refreshing a CalDAV calendar

Version 8.16
Key Improvements
  • Improved performance of refreshing subscribed calendars
  • Improved error reporting for modem dialing and receiving calls
  • Improved syncing of subscribed calendars because SOHO Organizer no longer tells Sync Services about subscribed calendars due to a bug in iCal where it will delete subscription changes it doesn't know about
  • Improved startup performance by throttling Spotlight processing
  • Fixed some potential printing problems
  • Fixed several problems with dialing and processing caller ID with a modem
  • Fixed several problem with alarms going off when SOHO Organizer isn't running
  • Fixed problems with alarm window that appears when alarms fire

Version 8.15
Key Improvements
  • Improved performance of form definitions by limited the form definitions menu to 25 items
  • Fixed two problems that caused exceptions after SOHO Organizer was launched and tried to open window to last state
  • Fixed random crash that occurred when deleting events from a view

Version 8.14
Key Improvements
  • Added a progress indicator next to CalDAV calendars in the sidebar
  • Added the ability to remove mini-months and the calendar legend from printouts
  • Added error button indicators next to CalDAV calendars in the sidebar
  • Improved support of syncing task links
  • Improved the way contact templates work
  • Fixed a problem where the initial show tasks state in the print window wasn't being set correctly
  • Fixed a problem that caused SOHO Organizer to crash when launched under certain circumstances
  • Fixed a syncing problem with exception dates

Version 8.13
Key Improvements
  • Added a preferences to toggle the header on/off in the Desktop Calendar Window
  • Added support for the service type (AIM, Jabber, etc.) to be specified in the chat template
  • Added ability for users to delete fields in a contact even if the field is specified in the template for that block
  • Improved startup time by removing the sync on startup, except in the case where the database is brand new
  • Improved sorting in Desktop Calendar Window by adding a secondary sort field by event title
  • Fixed miscellaneous CalDAV issues including CalDAV searching
  • Fixed problem that occurred when clicking on the organization link button when there was no organization with that name
  • Fixed crash that occurred when there were multiple tabs open and the current tab was closed
  • Fixed problem with the date stepper controls being cut off when the system was set to a four-digit year format
  • Fixed problem where recurrence end date picker didn't match up correctly with the calendar type used by the event or task's calendar
  • Fixed problem where we didn't correctly reload contacts and groups when a new selection is made
  • Fixed cosmetic problem where the service type field couldn't be seen in the BlackTop theme
  • Fixed the auto-resizing of the address block so that the margins between fields stays constant when resized
  • Fixed problem where the fields in the address block would not correctly rearrange when the postal code comes before the city
  • Fixed exception when deleting an empty tag

Version 8.12
Key Improvements
  • Fixed problem that caused assigning a time to an alarm of a task to not work
  • Made improvements to connecting to Google calendars via CalDAV
  • Fixed problem that made it impossible to add blocks to a contact card via the action menu
  • Fixed problem that caused the time zone pop-up menu to not appear in the new event/task window if time zone support is enabled

Version 8.11
Key Improvements
  • Fixed problem that caused the Desktop Calendar to not appear if the SOHO Organizer background application was running on a different user account


Version 8.10
Key Improvements
  • Made additional improvements to CalDAV support
  • Added Google and Yahoo shortcuts to make it easier to connect to each service CalDAV implementation
  • Fixed problem that caused the due date of a task to not sync

Version 8.08 & 8.09
Key Improvements
  • Added support in the calendar views to say "Today" and "Yesterday" as options for the start day of the week
  • Added tool tips to the Show/Hide Event and Task buttons in the calendar views
  • Improved CalDAV support
  • Fixed problem that caused the status of a subscribed calendar to never finish spinning when refreshing the calendar
  • Fixed various minor issues in the SOHO Migration Assistant application

Version 8.07
Key Improvements
  • Added a warning if the user tries to quit the software while an update is being downloaded
  • The Attachment block filtering setting is now saved
  • Made general speed and reliability improvements

Version 8.06
Key Improvements
  • Mini-months in calendar views now animate when opening/closing
  • Added a folder pop-up menu next to the title for choosing which folder the note is assigned to when it's attached to a contact
  • Fixed problem that caused dragging contacts to groups to not work correctly
  • Fixed problem that caused contacts assigned to a group to not sync correctly
  • When searching for emails to attach to a contact the search is now case-insensitive
  • Fixed problem that caused the Send Email command to be grayed out in the attendee pop-up menu of an event
  • Improved reliability of calendar syncing
  • The uncompress option for backups is now respected when backing up to MobileMe
  • Fixed problem that prevented encrypted daily notes and journal entries from being viewed
  • When setting the end date of an event or task occurrence, the calendar pop-up defaults to the current month and year
  • Fixed problem that would cause a crash when closing a tab
  • Made improvements to the caller ID detection system

Version 8.05
Key Improvements
  • Added preference to show location of events (SOHO Organizer > Preferences, click Advanced tab)
  • Fixed problem that caused the current date in the Desktop Calendar to be off a day if the time zone is set to New Zealand
  • Phone numbers can be dialed now via Speaker under Snow Leopard
  • Searches in the Contact Card now include the notes field by default
  • Fixed crash that occurred when dragging and dropping a contact on a calendar view
  • Fixed problem that caused the Attachments block for one contact to appear with a different contact after doing a search

Version 8.04
Key Improvements
  • Fixed problem that would cause unexplained crashes

Version 8.03
Key Improvements
  • Improved memory usage when dealing with thousands of events and tasks
  • Fixed various issues when converting data from version 7.x
  • Company only contacts now appear in the correct alphabet tab
  • Multi-day events can now be edited in the Week view
  • Fixed problem that caused tabbing through the fields in the event window to not work

Version 8.02
Key Improvements
  • Fixed several issues when converting data from version 7
  • Progress indicator for MobileMe backups is more accurate
  • Contacts can now be linked to calendar events
  • Calendar events now show up in attendee contacts
  • Fixed issue that would cause a new contact to not be saved in the database

Version 8.01
Key Improvements
  • Fixed problem where certain blocks couldn't be added to Contact Card
  • Fixed problem where groups and contacts weren't properly migrating from version 7 to version 8 databases
  • Fixed problem where master tag list wasn't migrating from version 7 to version 8 databases
  • Fixed problem with finding duplicate contacts and merging duplicate contacts
  • Fixed problem where syncs ended prematurely with a crash

Version 8.0
New Features
  • Added Desktop Calendar
  • Added ability record audio and video notes (email, save to disk, create note, copy to clipboard, attach to contact)
  • Added email support to Attachments block for Apple's Mail
  • Added Themes for Day, Week, and Month calendar views (special theme for printing)
  • Added convenient Insert Date, Insert Date, and Insert Date/Time buttons to Notes block
  • Added support for the Coptic, Ethiopian, Ethiopian (Amete Alem), Indian National, and Persian calendars under Snow Leopard
  • Overhauled relationship linking (soft links instead of hard links, preference to control whether user is asked to choose contact when multiple matches exist)
  • Added Accounts preference pane for managing multiple databases including CalDAV servers
  • Super month views can now be printed
  • Print preview now shows all pages instead of just the first
  • Print preview now has a zoom slider
  • Overhauled Alphabet Bar (now based on sort setting, user can choose default letters for better international support)
  • Added grammar checking
  • Added text substitution for smart quotes, smart dashes, smart links, data detectors (Snow Leopard-only)
  • Added text transformations for making text all upper case, all lower case, capitalized
  • Overhauled backups (ask what users want to do on first backup, compression level setting, specific times, faster)

Key Improvements
  • Faster launching
  • Faster searching
  • Added menu items to switch the name ordering around
  • Added option to display contact names as first/last/middle by default

Other
  • Removed multi-user capabilities

Version 7.0.4
Key Improvements
  • Fixed crash that was caused when searching for a string that contains a quotation mark
  • Images with transparency now show properly in Image notes
  • Fixed problem when emailing PDF notes would result in a blank email message
  • Fixed problem with titles of notes turning white when editing them
  • Fixed problem that caused the contents of a form note to be deleted if you deleted one of the fields of the form
  • Fixed problem that caused the dates to change to mm/dd/yyyy when resizing a date column smaller
Version 7.0.3
Key Improvements
  • Fixed an issue that caused form fields to not move via drag and drop when defining a form
  • Includes OpenBase 10.0.11 which includes several key improvements
 
 
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