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