Synergy — iTunes at your fingertips

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Version history

6.0a4 (2 June 2014)

  • Fix another crash on launch (also reported on bug #2173)

6.0a3 (22 May 2014)

  • Fix for another crash on launch (also reported on bug #2173)

6.0a2 (21 May 2014)

  • Possible fix for crash on launch (bug #2173)

6.0a (19 May 2014)

  • Synergy requires OS X 10.9 Mavericks or greater
  • Synergy is now free
  • Synchronized with open source version, which means trimming some code and resources
  • Rebuilt using ARC (Automatic Reference Counting) instead of Objective-C GC (Garbage Collection), which may yield a marginal performance increase

5.0a (1 January 2013)

  • Synergy is now a 64-bit application, and will only run on Macs capable of running 64-bit applications
  • Synergy now requires Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion or later
  • Rewrite Hot Key handling code to work in 64-bit environment
  • Fix album cover art breakage caused by 64-bit iTunes (issue #1844)
  • Removed legacy code related to very old versions of iTunes (older than 4.7)
  • Update "Help" button target to point at current documentation
  • Replace many deprecated API calls with more modern equivalents
  • Sanitize and clean-up Clang warnings
  • Adapt to latest Xcode toolchain
  • Qualified for use with iTunes 11.0.1
  • Removed out-of-date and incomplete localizations
  • Removed Growl support, pending possible replacement with "Mist"

4.5.2 (1 February 2011)

  • Low-level clean-up of Floater drawing code.
  • Qualified for use with iTunes 10.1.2.

4.5.1 (10 January 2011)

  • Optimization and clean-up of utility classes.
  • Further adaptation for Apple's App Store.
  • Qualified for use with iTunes 10.1 and 10.1.1.
  • Qualified for use with Mac OS X 10.6.6.

4.5 (15 November 2010)

  • Status changed from "beta" to "final"
  • Qualified for use with Mac OS X 10.6.5.

4.5b (2 November 2010)

  • This is the first "code signed" release of Synergy, which means that when Synergy posts updates to Last.fm and the system asks for permission to access the Mac OS X keychain, clicking "Always Allow" will actually grant access on a permanent basis (previously, using each new Synergy release would cause the system to ask for permission again).
  • Reorganization of internal bundle structure for compliance with Apple's forthcoming Mac App Store.

4.4.5 (25 September 2010)

  • Preparation for new auto-update mechanism.
  • Reduced disk and memory footprint.
  • Performance optimizations.
  • Qualified for use with iTunes 10.0.1

4.4.4 (2 September 2010)

  • Adjustments for warning and error-free builds using the new LLVM compiler.
  • Qualified for use with iTunes 10.

4.4.3 (12 August 2010)

  • Reduce memory and disk footprint via dead code removal.
  • Groundwork in preparation for switch to 32-bit/64-bit Universal binary.
  • Qualified for use with Mac OS X 10.6.4.
  • Qualified for use with iTunes 9.2.1.

4.4.2 (10 June 2010)

  • Major internal clean-up of preference-handling code.
  • Qualified for use with iTunes 9.1.1.

4.4.1 (26 April 2010)

  • Status changed from "beta" to "final".

4.4.1b (8 April 2010)

  • Fixes for building on 64-bit processors.
  • Qualified for use with Mac OS X 10.6.3.
  • Qualified for use with iTunes 9.1.

4.4 (11 March 2010)

  • Changed status from "beta" to "final".

4.4b2 (24 February 2010)

  • Update the Amazon access credentials used to enable cover art downloads.

4.4b (22 February 2010)

  • New "Extra visual feedback for other Hot Key actions" checkbox for finer control over when notification bezels are shown in the center of the screen (closes request #1463).
  • Qualified for use with Mac OS X 10.6.2.
  • Qualified for use with iTunes 9.0.3.

4.3 (4 February 2010)

  • Updated buildtools and WOPublic dependencies.
  • Changed status from "beta" to "final".

4.3b (19 January 2010)

  • Added the ability to quicklaunch by holding down the option key while double-clicking the Synergy Preferences application (instead of opening the application and then pressing the "Start" button).

4.2.1 (12 January 2010)

  • Changed status from "beta" to "final".

4.2.1b (4 January 2010)

  • Definitive workaround for "sticky" volume hot keys (see issue #1431).

4.2 (7 December 2009)

  • Changed status from "beta" to "final".

4.2b (30 November 2009)

  • New checkbox in "Advanced" preferences tab to turn Amazon cover art searching on and off independently of the Floater graphic setting.

4.1.1 (3 November 2009)

  • Qualified for use with iTunes 9.0.2.
  • Changed status from "beta" to "final".

4.1.1b (21 October 2009)

  • Floater now appears on all spaces (fixes issue #609).

4.1 (6 October 2009)

  • Qualified for use with Mac OS X 10.6.1.
  • Remove empty sample folder.
  • Changed status from "beta" to "final".

4.1b (28 September 2009)

  • Fix broken "Transfer cover to iTunes" menu item with recent versions of iTunes (bug #1412).
  • Improve error logging in the event that a cover transfer should fail.
  • Remove the third-party (unsupported) "Get artwork from Synergy" sample script as it is reportedly broken on Snow Leopard.
  • Qualified for use with iTunes 9.0.1.
  • Changed status from "alpha" to "beta".

A detailed list of code-level changes can be inspected here.

4.1a (21 September 2009)

  • Major rewrite of cover art downloading engine.
  • Improve handling of tracks with incomplete ID3 tags when searching for cover art on Amazon.
  • Improve pre-processing of tracks with "special" characters in the ID3 tags so that Amazon won't choke on them.
  • Use newer Mac OS X APIs for processing the Amazon XML response.
  • Catch tracks with no useful search keywords by adding more stringent checks.
  • Add instrumentation for diagnosing communication problems with Amazon.
  • As part of cover art downloader rewrite update to use latest Objective-C 2.0 idioms.

A detailed list of code-level changes can be inspected here.

4.0.1 (10 September 2009)

  • Qualified for use with iTunes 9.0.0.
  • Change status from "beta" to "final".

4.0.1b (4 September 2009)

  • Fix for bug #1381 ("Crash on launch due to nil _woSongDictionaryTitle").
  • Fix for bug #1383 ("iTunes volume control hot keys can jam if pressed and held").
  • Performance optimizations.
  • Change status from "alpha" to "beta".

A detailed list of code-level changes can be inspected here.

4.0.1a (1 September 2009)

  • Require Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or above.
  • Remove "Unregister" button from user interface to avoid unintended unregistrations.
  • Provide means of entering new serial number when upgrading from a very old license.
  • Remove old code paths to reduce disk and memory footprint.
  • Remove duplicate classes across different bundles, reducing disk and memory footprint as well as silencing some console warnings.
  • Eliminate all Interface Builder warnings about geometry (clipped views) and inappropriate settings.
  • Replace all calls to deprecated APIs with Mac OS X 10.6 equivalents.
  • Switch to Clang/LLVM compiler.
  • Fix warnings issued by new compiler.
  • Eliminate unnecessary local variable clearing.
  • Fix two minor resource leaks discovered by static analysis.
  • Internal reorganization.
  • Many changes to supporting projects (Wincent Buildtools and WOPublic).

A detailed list of code-level changes can be inspected here.

3.4.1 (9 September 2009)

  • Backport fix for bug #1383 ("iTunes volume control hot keys can jam if pressed and held") from 4.0 branch.

Older versions

For history dating right back to the very first version (0.1, released 23 November 2002), please see this page.

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