Plaxo for Mac
Release Notes
v868
- Fixed a crashing problem during setup introduced in last version
v864
- Fixed condition that could lead to run away sync attempts with Plaxo Online
- Fixed problem where recurring events were sync'ed to the Mac with shifted start and end times
- Recurrent exceptions will once again sync to the Mac
- Clean up a few memory leaks
- Plaxo for Mac now installs and uninstalls correctly from a standard (non-admin) user account
- Uninstalling Plaxo clears out Sync Services registration
- iCal sync internals reliability enhancements
- Fixed some issues with 'Me' card sync
v826
- Now sync Display and Audio Alarms with Calendar Events
- Improved error handling during calendar sync
- Rewrote folder mapping code to eliminate duplicate folders and for greater reliability
- Added additional data cleansing to cut down on spurious sync conflicts between Plaxo and iCal
- Cleaned up text on server certificate warning message
- Updated Plaxo menu status graphics
- Prevent a superfluous delete contact event that occured under certain circumstances
- More reliable Pulse lookup in Mail and Address Book plugin views
- Fixed keyboard navigation focus functionality in Plaxo Setup Assistant screens
- Plaxo for Mac will now report if you attempt to sync over 10,000 calendar items
- Launching Address Book without having Plaxo setup will no longer open Plaxo Setup Assistant
- Changed warning message that is displayed if Address Book is restored from a backup
- Tweaked 'Me' card sync to Plaxo Profile to report changes via Growl
- Improved code to register and unregister Plaxo for Mac as a Sync Service client
- Enhanced capabilites of Plaxo updater code
- Added status message to Pulse display in Address Book when no email is available for contact
- Added Dutch localization
v636
- Improved folder mapping code internals - affect new sync points only
- Plaxo for Mac will no longer attempt to sync with iCal if Calendar sync is turned off in preferences.
- Pulse notification time augmented by 20%
- Minor tweak to Pulse view in Address Book when selected contact has no associated email address
- Removed JaJah themed call buttons from Click To Call plugin panel
- Added a close button to the Pulse Notifier window
- Improved error handling during calendar sync for some circumstances
v616
- Fixed compatibility problem on OS X 10.3 (Panther) which caused Plaxo Assistant to fail to launch
- Added new Pulse Notifier
- Fixed problem with some recurrent events extending beyond their intended end date
- Plaxo dock in Apple Address Book will no longer display if contact sync is disabled
- Fixed size and layout of buttons in Plaxo Updater window (affected non-US locales)
- Fixed some initialization issues for Click To Connect in Apple Mail
- Now scrubbing carriage return characters from calendar events coming from Plaxo so that iCal doesn't complain of conflicts
- Fixed memory deallocation bug in calendar sync cleanup code
- Fixed disk image to display correctly on OS X 10.3 (Panther) systems
- Plaxo Updater can now check for OS compatible versions
- If Plaxo Online account is deleted, the local Mac sync endpoint will be reset
- Fixed several problems with Plaxo alert messages
v579
- Plaxo Pulse now available in Apple Mail Click to Connect panel
- Sync errors which had shown massive XML dumps via Growl should now show a readable message
- Improved Growl notifications for sync - now notes changes sent and received for both Contacts and Calendars
- Toggling photo in Plaxo panel within Address Book will now toggle primary photo in Address Book if the primary photo is not set by user
- Added Google lookup for email author in Click to Connect panel, removed obsolete options from same
- Added additional filtering for calendar syncing to avoid syching invalid calendar events from iCal subscriptions
- Improved responsiveness in Address Book if user is quickly navigating from contact to contact
- Click To Connect button will no longer draw in Apple Mail's RSS feeds
- Improved handling of downloading Plaxo contact's photos during sync
- Click to Connect will no longer draw off the bottom of screen
- Fixed problem where a Plaxo member would not be correctly identified as such in Click to Connect
- Fixed several memory leaks in Click to Connect
- Fixed display problem in Plaxo Address Book plugin which primarily affected MacBook users
v527
- New Pulse tab replaces defunct Permissions tab in Address Book Plaxo dock
- Fixed shifting All-Day events for locales in +GMT timezones
- Fixed potential issue of selecting a default Contact sync folder
- Fixed sync problems with mobile phone numbers which often lead to duplicates on a contact's record
- Restored Plaxo membership badge in Address Book (for Leopard)
- Localized tabs in Address Book Plaxo dock for all supported languages
- Fixed sync problem when moving an event in iCal from one calendar to another then quickly deleting the former parent calendar
- More low level optimizizations and fixes throughout Plaxo for Mac
v479
- Added new options to Plaxo menu item
- Improved error handling if Plaxo is not able to read saved iCal sync data
- Removed Plaxo menu from Address Book menu (no longer required)
- Enabled Plaxo Dock in Apple Address Book (for Leopard)
- Added support for URL field for calendar events
- Added validity check to ensure that events and calendar references are good
- Fixed syncing of Groups when they are un-ommited from sync preference control
- Added sync support for address formatting
- Fixed link for changing communication preference in Click To Connect
- Fixed problem with Plaxo member identification in Click To Connect button in Apple Mail
- A new 'Me' card will now be created in the Address Book if 'Me' card sync is enabled and no existing card is present in the Apple Address Book
- Some minor text layout improvements in Plaxo's Address Book dock for some localized versions
- Enabled Calendar folder mapping in Advanced setup (except for Leopard which will be fixed in next release)
- Fixed code handling auto-start of Plaxo at login-time (for Leopard)
- Fixed problem where empty "work" address was being created in Address Book - added cleanup code to fix affected entries
v454
- low level improvements to recurrent event setup
- Fixed Birthday and Anniversary sync in Address Book
- Reset "General" tab to be default in Preference (broken in 447)
v447
- Significant overhaul of Contact sync - standard field labels now used almost exclusively for syncing
- Fixed several potential behavioral problems in the Plaxo preference panel
- Plaxo updater enhanced to monitor for new versions more effectively
- Update for Leopard compatibility for Apple Mail Click To Connect
- Fixed some layout problems in Plaxo preference panel when viewed in Leopard
- Sync code now is engaged properly when computer wakes from sleep (personal sync settings permitting)
- Migrate contact field labels on startup from Plaxo v1 to new generic values
v412
- Fixed potential crash situation in Plaxo dialog messages
- Improved functionality of Setup authentication panel if a network error occurs during auth process
- Fixed a few layout problems for localized versions of Plaxo Address Book panel
- Sync conflict notification in Address Book now is toggle-able in all localized versions
- Fixed message when authentication fails for network related problems
- Fixed some layout problems in Plaxo prefs
- Added _disabled_ ability to select Calendar folder mapping - will available in next release
- Fixed broken option to sync All Contacts vs syncing to just one folder
- Fixed problems related to syncing All-Day events correctly
- SmartGroups are now correctly filtered out when updating Groups/Categories
- Sync Assistant will re-establish a link to Plaxo when Mac wakes from sleep
- Improved Contact Sync reliability in error conditions
v378
- Added a data validator to fix problem were invalid unicode characters (embedded in contact and calendar events) were being sent to the server
- Plaxo Click To Connect in Apple Mail layout is improved for localized versions
- Improved handling of iCal events that have invalid IDs
- More layout improvements in Plaxo preference panel
v356
- Fixed server communication with uninstaller so endpoint can be successfully removed
- Modified startup code for the Plaxo preference panel
- Improved contact sync - now recovers from a failed sync better
- Added support for Growl to display server errors
- Fixed problem in selecting an appropriate default Contacts sync folder when one isn't specifically selected during setup of a sync point
- Plaxo for Mac no longer falls back to do a full sync after encountering a sync error.
v346
- Made several localization fixes throughout the various interface elements
- Changed servers that Plaxo uses
- Fixed some potential crash problems
v333
- Fixed a couple serious object allocation problems in iCal event handling
- Cleaning up our app resources better when Plaxo Assistant quits
- Try to clean addresses up a bit when doing a Map lookup
- Improved handling of all day events somewhat
- Fixed several localization issues
- Improved handling of Groups/Plaxo categories to be more efficient
- Fixed some potential crash problems when handling iCal data
- Plaxo for Mac no longer claims to sync StartOfWeek iCal data item
- Plaxo should not attempt to sync endlessly if it is having trouble communicating with the server
v314
- Fixed sync failure with iCal for calendars that used the ampersand, greater than, less than or single or double quote characters in the calendar name
- Further improved reliability of iCal sync especially for edge cases when recovering from error states or unexpectedly quitting
v308
- Improved reliability of iCal sync (in creating duplicates)
- Plaxo for Mac is now localized for Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil) and Spanish
v254
- Added iCal sync capability for calendars and events
- Moved Plaxo configure option out of Address Book and into system preferences
- Added ability to sync Me card with member's Plaxo profile (on by default)
- Added controls to preferences to selectively enable/disable Address Book (contacts) and iCal (calendar) sync
- Added preliminary Growl support for Contacts sync
- Added Contacts sync protection if Apple Address Book database corrupts (to protect against wiping out the Plaxo address book
- New Setup Assistant for setting up named sync endpoints with more configuration options in Advanced Setup
- Removed "Request Update" button from Plaxo dock in Address Book
v173
- Added Plaxo Click To Connect panel option for Apple Mail
- Revamped sync code to respond quickly to changes and updates
- Fixed problem where sync label warnings would not appear for non-Plaxo contacts
- Adjust look of menus in Plaxo Address Book panel
- Fixed case where editing a Group in Apple Address Book did not correctly apply change to Plaxo Address Book
- Added Click To Call option to Plaxo dock within Apple's Address Book application.
v170
- Fixed bug that caused case sensitive file system based setups to always bring up Setup Wizard on Address Book launch
- Plaxo photos will now not overwrite a custom photo set in Address Book
- Fixed problem with getting bad error state after syncing
- If the Plaxo menu item is manually quit while Address Book is still open, Plaxo interface in Address Book reduces considerably
- Fixed potential problem with photo toggle
- Made some cosmetic fixes
v167
- Enabled access to Plaxo 'My Card' Permissions giving better visibility to this information
- Fixed a couple significant memory leaks and tightened up overall memory usage
- Added additional contact card actions to Plaxo Info tab
- Added alerts in Plaxo panel if a contact's data is set up in a way that will cause sync problems
- Enhanced the drawing of contact's History tab.
- Omitting a group from sync will now give you the option to also remove the contact from Plaxo Online (if present there)
- Added descriptive warning when Resetting Sync Info
- Improved Address Book data handling
- Added sync support for Address Book's flag that indicates a contact is a company rather than a individual
- Added optional 'Advanced' setup option during setup to allow for greater control of the initial sync
- Fixed problem where a multi-line street address could lose the second or third line of information
- Modified Name list drawing code which should correct sporadic problem of drawing a name in the reverse order than expected
- Plaxo menus will bring up setup wizard if account info entries contain blank entries
- Improved handling of malformed UTF8 sequences
- Plaxo panel reduces to a much smaller tab in its minimized state to stay out of the way when desired
- Uninstaller is now placed in /Applications/Plaxo folder for easier access should the need arise
v159
- Fixed serious problem where Plaxo for Mac would get caught in sync when receiving request to remove contacts from Plaxo Online
- Further improved data access to improve performance of Plaxo pane within Address Book
- Fixed a drawing problem when editing a Group Distribution List
- More improvements in updating records correctly when Groups are changed/deleted
- Fixed problem where it was not possible to completely delete Instant Message ids when change comes from Plaxo Online
- Added restrictions to menu commands during synching
v154
- Added 'Request Update' to Plaxo Info pane of non-Plaxo members
- Added some data caching to improve performance of Plaxo pane within Address Book
- Fixed problems with Plaxo log file manipulation - files should not grow beyond 5MB now
- Changed 'other phone' label to 'other' to match Apple style
- Improved Group handling, especially so as to not conflict with SmartGroups
v144
- Redesigned Plaxo dock within Address Book view
- Universal Binary (PowerPC and Intel Mac compatible)
- Enabled Contact History feature for contacts that are Plaxo members
- Enabled setting/getting Permissions on a per contact basis
- Plaxo for Mac package now includes an uninstall utility
- Enhanced syncing of Home and Work Instant Message ids
- Cleaned up Set-up Wizard interface
- Fixed problem in correctly displaying name as First/Last or Last/First depending on configuration
- Enhanced the sync engine to better handle cases where contact records contain corrupted data
- Fixed lock-up problem when selecting Directories with active LDAP server in list
- Fixed a problem where "excluded from sync" Groups were not displayed correctly between restarts
- Fixed issue where a contacts's name title, suffix and middle name could inadvertently be deleted
v132
- Added sign-in option using AIM Screen Name
- The Plaxo dock within Address Book will now retain its state (expanded or collapsed) between application sessions
- Plaxo status icons should now show correctly in Address Book contact list under 10.3
- Additional small bug fixes and UI enhancements