Version 1.9.6

Bugs Fixed

• Fix links to internal pages in web group on newer OS systems
• Use appropriate default encoding for reading text
• Interpret missing dates in smart group conditions as far in the past
• More efficient rebuilding of field groups
• Fix selection from .aux file generated by biblatex
• Auto-complete Location field
• Include enclosing folder for linked files in exported archive

Version 1.9.5

Bugs Fixed

• Fix crasher in file search
• Fix editing of macro names
• Fix typo in default preview template
• Make sure default template files are updated when not edited
• Use ElectaionID for pages field from PubMed

Version 1.9.4

New Features

• New default preview template, you may select it manually to use
• New template keys for shortened last names and prefixes or suffixes
• New hidden preference for custom fields to complete

Bugs Fixed

• Fix text preview display
• Make sure correct files are displayed for Quick Look
• Support completion of the Series field

Version 1.9.3

New Features

• Export Refer format

Bugs Fixed

• Fix crasher when reloading a file thumbnail
• Fix visual issue while animating status bar
• Improve updating of text import UI
• Fix modification date setting
• Don't convert some accented dotless i characters
• Improve efficiency of auto-completion in fields

Version 1.9.2

Bugs Fixed

• Make sure linked file URLs are standardized or null to avoid pathologies
• Allow focussing the file views again
• Fix dragging of missing linked files
• Fix item grouping management for keyword-like fields
• Allow showing multiple files at once in Finder

Version 1.9.1

Bugs Fixed

• Fix crasher in templated preview generation

Version 1.9

NOTE: macOS 10.12 (Sierra) and earlier are no longer supported as of 1.9

New Features

• Update Sparkle updater, enhanced security
• Save linked files using modern bookmark data by default
• Hidden preference to save linked files as legacy alias

Bugs Fixed

• Warn when trying to auto-file with a file name that is too long
• Fix Windows menu layout
• Fix bug in loading bibtex data containing an empty month field
• Don't include overwritten values in auto-completion list
• Add attributes to export from RTF templates
• Fix sorting of custom person field columns
• Hide now defunct Web of Science search group servers
• Fix empty linked file page when immediately auto-filing

Version 1.8.20

New Features

• Automatically update relative local file fields when exporting
• New smart group condition for date in current session

Bugs Fixed

• Fix smart group editing issues
• Fix smart group date conditions for edge cases
• Fix auto-sizing table columns

Version 1.8.19

Bugs Fixed

• Fix smart group condition for linked fields and URLs
• Fix dragging files to macro window
• Ignore error html data from DOI server
• Fix extracting DOI from dropped PDF
• Spelling menu consistent with current standard
• Use legacy MathSciNet search for web group

Version 1.8.18

Bugs Fixed

• Fix conditions for cite key autogeneration
• Fix favicon for forwarded web pages
• Search preferred downloads folder for recent downloads

Version 1.8.17

New Features

• New preference option to autogenerate cite keys for existing cite keys

Bugs Fixed

• Make sure getting bolder font does not hang
• Workaround for getting light and condensed system font defaults
• Fix some localized terms
• Avoid dead lock when copying TeX generated copied data

Version 1.8.16

Bugs Fixed

• Don't always call Will Generate Cite Key script hook when importing
• Do call Did Generate Cite Key script hook also when we don't change the key
• Always auto generate cite key when importing when pref is set, also when a cite key was set
• Make sure font preferences controls use the font panel
• Increase contrast for count bubbles with reduced transparency
• Support reduced motion accessibility option

Version 1.8.15

Bugs Fixed

• Fix publication sorting by file or URL field
• Fix ACM, AICR, and Springer web parsers
• Remove CiteULike and MAS web parsers for discontinued sites
• Fix export panel on macOS 13

Version 1.8.14

New Features

• Save search group passwords in the keychain rather than in bookmark, file, or URL
• Allow showing passwords

Bugs Fixed

• Allow removing default search server
• Fix editing of search term of search bookmarks
• Workaround for loading problems with INSPIRE web scraper
• Fix crasher on committing edits in detail window on Ventura

Version 1.8.13

Bugs Fixed

• Fix crasher on changing preferences
• Fix problems related to cite key auto-generation in detail window
• Fix search groups using zoom servers
• Fix search group icons

Version 1.8.12

New Features

• Generate unique characters from format in alphanumerical order again by default
• Allow generating stable unique characters from a field hash using optional arguments
• Use cached web page icons for web history and bookmarks

Bugs Fixed

• More efficient UI updates when an item changes
• Make sure linked crossrefs and citation fields update with changed cite keys
• Improve accessibility
• Always write copied and dragged URLs also as text
• Improve shared group authentication

Version 1.8.11

New Features

• Allow import script command to load items from a URL

Bugs Fixed

• Fix DOIs from arrive web scraper
• Fix cite key generation actions
• Fix updates for linked files, also fixes auto filing

Version 1.8.10

New Features

• Expose preference to choose download folder

Bugs Fixed

• Fix copy or drag of templated rich text
• Make template preview display a bit more robust
• Fix and improve updates and edit commits in detail window
• Fix arXiv web scraper for abstract pages
• Fix adding linked files to parsed or copied items
• Do not convert file and URL fields in external groups

Version 1.8.9

New Features

• Display note fields in main table using icons and tool tips
• New hidden preference to use custom images in main table cells

Bugs Fixed

• Workaround for clipboard managers to block copying TeX generated data
• Fix enabling of import buttons for external groups
• Make sure text fields in main table are displayed in a single line

Version 1.8.8

New Features

• Invert colors in TeX preview in Dark Mode

Bugs Fixed

• Fix table layout on older systems
• Faster auto sizing table columns
• Pass missing value for publications in script hook handlers for the document
• Fix layout of smart group conditions
• Fix crasher when cleaning up when application terminates
• Fix some crashers when edits in tables are implicitly committed

Version 1.8.7

New Features

• Simulate dark mode in TeX preview
• Provide starting points for new script hooks

Bugs Fixed

• Fix resizing of find panel
• Fix problems that can occur after importing new publications
• Fix editing of default bibliography file
• Fix orphaned files finder, don't return linked files
• Increase batch size for Entrez search groups

Version 1.8.6

Bugs Fixed

• Fix display of field groups on older systems
• Fix person detail window
• Fix file matcher
• Consider Local-Url for orphaned files finder when not using linked files
• Fix reloading of the fields after edits in detail editor
• Workaround for group table size on older systems
• Improve RIS parsing and export

Version 1.8.5

Bugs Fixed

• Workaround for hangs in layout of the group table on older systems
• Fix display and layout of color label field groups
• Fix crasher after closing a document containing fields using macros

Version 1.8.4

New Features

• Allow deleting bookmarks by dragging to the trash
• New preference to hide group highlights
• Allow changing the fields to filter with in the quick search
• Contextual menu when searching file content
• Restore favicon in browser
• Save file links using modern bookmark data

Bugs Fixed

• Improve UI
• Avoid some macro strings editing problems in rare situations
• Prevent crasher after closing a document containing macros
• Fix moving multiple bookmarks by dragging
• Fix undo of moving bookmarks
• Fix toggle for detail editor side bar
• Fix adding publications from clipboard when the data starts with a URL
• Improve table UIs
• Improve animation of control views
• Improve efficiency of UI updating
• Fix Journal field from RIS import
• Fix Quick Look updates when selection changes
• Fix opening files in some cases
• Try not to collapse last column in main table

Version 1.8.3

New Features

• Keyboard shortcut for adding a new field

Bugs Fixed

• Fix completion in fields combo boxes
• Fix layout of toolbar search fields on older systems
• Ignore rubbish spotlight search text from Finder
• Fix save and open options view layout on 10.9
• Fix unicode to TeX conversion
• Improve UI layout
• Fix encoding selection buttons

Version 1.8.2

New Features

• QuickLook support for search group files

Bugs Fixed

• Fix generation of unique characters in auto generated cite key or file name
• Fix scrolling of web content
• Don't crash when using a template that cannot be found
• Fix code signature
• Fix layout issues

Version 1.8.1

Bugs Fixed

• Fix crasher when displaying linked files from external disk

Version 1.8

NOTE: Mac OS X 10.7 through 10.8 are no longer supported as of 1.8.0

New Features

• New application icon
• New scripting property for item URL
• Try to generate deterministic unique characters, universal cite key, from format
• Allow optional suffix to unique characters in format
• Allow reading new format for file links

Bugs Fixed

• Many improvements to drawing linked file icons
• Make some artwork compatible with Big Sur

Version 1.7.9

New Features

• Modernize interface
• New hidden preference to match author names exactly

Bugs Fixed

• Field names are saved lowercase
• Allow closing documents from full screen

Version 1.7.8

Bugs Fixed

• Get full bibtex from DOI
• Share files as attachments
• Re-add recent downloads menu in detail window
• Fix showing added fields in merge sheet

Version 1.7.7

New Features

• Template keys for keyword-like fields

Bugs Fixed

• Fix smart group conditions
• Fix some unicode character conversions
• Fix merging from import script command
• Rename conflicting argument for import command

Version 1.7.6

New Features

• Share menu instead of email command when available
• New option in import script command to overwrite fields without asking

Bugs Fixed

• Fix a crasher when automatically committing certain edits
• Fix import script command
• Don't update linked files unnecessary during save
• Fix color label conditions in smart groups
• Fix Inspire web scraper for new page format

Version 1.7.5

New Features

• Merge a publication with data from the clipboard
• Allow merging from import script command

Bugs Fixed

• Fix orphaned files finder when using relative papers folder
• Find and replace substrings in strings with macros
• More efficient way to get file icons for main table
• Escape double-quotes in email script

Version 1.7.4

New Features

• Added string parser for RSS feeds containing PRISM and Dublin Core
• New script hook called before deleting publications

Bugs Fixed

• Fix arXiv parser
• Support web scrapers for DOIs from XML such as RSS
• Fix a hang in external group updates for large number of local publications

Version 1.7.3

New Features

• Add source location to downloaded files
• New web scraper for ACL Anthology
• Allow cancelling an action from script hooks

Bugs Fixed

• Fix JXA script hooks
• Run all script hooks asynchronously
• Fix download script command for linked URLs
• Make sure script hook is called when closing a document
• Fix arXiv web scraper

Version 1.7.2

New Features

• New preferences to automatically download remote URLs when importing a new item
• New menu items to download URLs
• New script command to download URLs
• Display URL fields in main document when not using linked files and URLs
• Support authentication for various downloads
• Allow import script command to work asynchronously
• Allow using the color label as group field and for smart groups
• Provide a set of default color labels
• Add color label controls to publication actions menus
• Support for syncable Skim notes
• Set "Where From" metadata on downloaded files

Bugs Fixed

• Fix layout of accessory views in open and save panels
• Fix arXiv web parser for abstract pages
• Fix German and French preference window
• Don't perform standard opening action when opening a file or a URL
• Fail writing bibtex with too large items we cannot open
• Don't add unlimited number of address fields to items from some formats
• Move zoom controls back below the preview views
• Use some dark mode safer colors
• Update display of added or removed bookmarks and search bookmarks
• Don't drop files and URLs dragged from the main table on itself
• Use standard localization names

Version 1.7.1

Bugs Fixed

• Fix data downloads in search groups and web groups
• Fix line height of tables with customizable fonts

Version 1.7

NOTE: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) is no longer supported as of 1.7.0

New Features

• Enable dark mode on 10.14
• New high resolution art work
• Replace ligatures and accented characters in generated cite keys
• Update Sparkle Updater to latest version
• Use newer networking API if available
• New hidden preference to re-enable the Google Scholar web scraper
• Support autosave in place, versions, and renaming of documents
• Preference to use autosave in place or old behavior
• Export Word 2016 bibliography format
• Support for touch bar
• Option-Enter to open files for selected publications

Bugs Fixed

• Fix reading rich text templates
• Workaround for display of small icons
• Fix live font updating
• Ignore fav icons on 10.13+, as it does not work anymore
• Improve WOK search group servers
• Fix and rename BDLP search group servers for current API
• Run AppleScript and JXA asynchronously to avoid slowdown and deadlock
• Fix opening a file with a search string
• Fix sample AppleScripts
• Edit copies of sample AppleScripts
• Improved escapes in URLs
• Fix promised files dragging on 10.14

Version 1.6.22

New Features

• Move custom citations table inside window
• Show/hide zoom control of previews automatically by cursor
• Improve expanded macro preview

Bugs Fixed

• Fix French condition views
• Fix some focus rings
• Make sure text previews or files are shown initially
• Fix export script command on older systems
• Workaround for grayed out text in detail editor

Version 1.6.21

New Features

• More images for table headers
• Use system font for tables by default
• Allow choosing the system font for preferences

Bugs Fixed

• Don't collapse whitespace in local file fields
• Fix editing of name for author field group
• Fix groups sort order
• Allow asking permission for scripting access to other apps
• Allow asking permission to use Contacts
• Reduce transparency of drag images
• Fix preview display buttons
• Fix context menu for linked file view
• Fix dragging tokens in template document

Version 1.6.20

Bugs Fixed

• Fix registration of ill formed author names for completion

Changes since 1.6.18

New Features

• Auto complete author names from last name

Bugs Fixed

• Fix updating of external groups
• Fix updating of person detail window for external group
• Close person detail window for external group when the group is removed
• More efficient updating of groups

Version 1.6.19

New Features

• Auto complete author names from last name

Bugs Fixed

• Fix updating of external groups
• Fix updating of person detail window for external group
• Close person detail window for external group when the group is removed
• More efficient updating of groups

Version 1.6.18

Bugs Fixed

• Fix person detail window
• Fix validation of delete and cut of publications

Version 1.6.17

New Features

• Allow evaluated linked files and URLs in remove scripting command
• Add scripting support to authors in custom person fields
• Add scripting support to publications in citation fields
• Add scripting support for crossref parent
• Improve add and remove script commands
• Improved scripting support of information about types and fields
• Improved scripting support for available templates
• Fold templated (rich) text command into extended export command
• Change preferred syntax for parse format and auto file script commands
• Add scripting utilities supporting file URL and relative path
• Add scripting support for bookmarks and search bookmarks
• Save linked files with reduced data size
• Hidden preference to save linked files in old format

Bugs Fixed

• Fix a crasher when changing list in template preferences
• Fix a crasher that can occur when updating a search
• Improve web scrapers
• Fix French web group start page
• Remove web scraper for Google Scholar, follow the bibTeX links
• Improve efficiency for group table, for instance when collapsing field groups
• Make field group handling more robust
• Fix drag images
• Increase sorting efficiency on Mojave
• Proper relative path resolution when the database file is a symlink

Version 1.6.16

New Features

• Support linked files saved in different format for future compatibility
• Allow use without linked files, including support for auto-file
• Preference option to use URL fields instead of linked files
• New template key for ampersand without serial comma
• New template keys for some global values
• New AppleScript convenience properties of fields
• AppleScript support for document info
• New preference setting for default local file format
• Update BibDesk help
• Indicate wether a linked file has Skim notes in the main table
• Allow in using less names with et al. in author format specifiers
• Allow escaped characters in optional argument of formats

Bugs Fixed

• Fix arXiv web scraper for search results
• Make sure error warnings are updated when editing format strings

Version 1.6.15

New Features

• Download web content we cannot display
• Improve auto-complete of text

Bugs Fixed

• Fix crasher in INSPIRE and IEEE Xplore web parsers
• Fix web parsers for various math sites
• Support biblatex style citations when dropping .aux file to select

Version 1.6.14

New Features

• Add web scrapers for NUMDAM, Science Direct, SIAM, and IUCr

Bugs Fixed

• Use newer DOI URLs and avoid duplicate DOI URLs
• Fix a leak in notes search
• Fix some URLs to use https the available
• Allow overwriting default character conversions to TeX
• Improve thread safety
• Improved clipboard handling
• Fix a leak in password handling
• Fix erroneous sharing resets
• Improvements to sharing
• Fix text alignment problems in UI
• Fix Springer and CiteULike web scrapers
• Improve web scrapers, allow them to run asynchronously
• Fix online help
• Reset file search index when reverting
• Fix a crasher in loading from web

Version 1.6.13

Bugs Fixed

• Fix Export accessory view on High Sierra
• Fix a crasher in file icon drawing
• Fix a deadlock after entering invalid cite key
• Resolve DOI URL to https scheme by default

Version 1.6.12

New Features

• New template keys for join style without serial comma

Bugs Fixed

• Make boolean and tri-state field editable again in main window
• Make rating fields editable through contextual menu
• Fix arXiv web parser for new format
• Fix editing cite key or crossref when there is a self reference
• Make sure pasted file URLs are resolved

Version 1.6.11

Bugs Fixed

• Fix linked file reference after auto-file
• Better handle aliases in auto-file location
• Resolve symlinks in linked files to avoid continuous updating
• Fix JSTOR web scraper
• Fix some leaks
• Disable editing of rating or flags from the main table
• Make sure views are updated after auto file

Version 1.6.10

Bugs Fixed

• Fix MathSciNet web scraper
• Fix drag highlights
• Fix field group icons
• Fix search highlights in preferences
• Improve compatibility with tabs
• Better suppress update check prompt

Version 1.6.9

Bugs Fixed

• Fix deployment target for earlier OS versions

Version 1.6.8

Bugs Fixed

• Use separate PATH environment variables for tex and bibtex commands for preview
• Allow background drawing in TeX preview PDF view to avoid sluggishness on 10.12
• Linked files prefer path over file object after replacing, support Dropbox
• Fix side pane animation

Version 1.6.7

New Features

• Get citations from DOI, drop or paste or get from clipboard

Bugs Fixed

• Avoid showing two open dialogs at launch
• Don't add recent documents to Dock item twice on newer systems
• Fix Google Scholar web parser for changed format
• Fix a crasher and preview area zoom popup on 10.12

Version 1.6.6

New Features

• Some extensions to template format
• Add PMID to Endnote XML export data
• New script hooks when opening or reverting a document

Bugs Fixed

• Remember collapsed groups
• Preserve order of publications in static groups
• Improve help on linked file columns
• Make sure saving is properly cleaned up when auto saving on newer systems
• Better updating of address bar in web group when redirecting
• Fix templated text AppleScript command
• Don't remove escaped curly braces when cleaning TeX
• Improve security of updater.
• Fix crasher in remote URL preview icons

Version 1.6.5

New Features

• Hidden preference to save only the relative path for linked files

Bugs Fixed

• Don't show QuickLook from detail editor when linked files change
• Make it easier to drop on the detail editor
• Fix a bug in auto generation formats
• Fix moving to trash actions on 10.11
• Some support for moved TeX installation on 10.11
• Fix link to Wiki

Version 1.6.4

New Features

• Allow creation of publications from data in AppleScript
• Extend import AppleScript command

Bugs Fixed

• Don't ignore custom open settings such as text encoding
• Fix highlights for containing group on Yosemite
• Fix dragging of templates in preferences
• Fix bug in undo for bookmarks deletion
• Fix script menu icon in dark mode
• Avoid a hang in the Preferences on Yosemite
• Also reopen last open documents when restoring BibDesk at login
• Improvements to Quick Look support
• Fix warning suppression for editing inherited fields

Version 1.6.3

New Features

• Add pasted or dropped items to selected static groups
• New auto file format specifier for extension without dot

Bugs Fixed

• Fix parsing bug for dragged or dropped bibtex data on 10.9
• Fix preservation of group selection
• Fix parsing of WoS data
• Fix web parser for ArXiv for changed format
• Fix and upgrade Web of Knowledge search groups
• Make sure search group error message is displayed
• Fix version check for 10.10
• Fix crasher due to corrupted abstract font preference

Version 1.6.2

New Features

• Allow username/passsword identification in ISI World of Science search groups
• Allow editing search bookmarks
• Support Quick Look in orphaned files finder and file matcher
• Allow phrase searching

Bugs Fixed

• Fix abstract import from RIS
• Spotlight search editors for publications without an author
• Fix search group URLs
• Fix scripting properties of markup notes
• Avoid creating many annote fields from RIS
• Fix scripting of field groups
• Avoid a spurious crasher
• Code-sign all components
• Avoid using discrete GPU
• Disable web icons for remote URLs on Mavericks for now

Version 1.6.1

Bugs Fixed

• Fix adding linked file
• Fix adding fields in text import sheet
• Fix automatic parsing for New Publications From Clipboard
• Remove crashing latex2rtf to generate rich text for preview and copying
• Avoid a problem updating the preference window
• Enable default button in field selection sheets
• Get multiple cite keys from dropped .aux files
• Fix parsing of author names containing brace escapes
• Fix default HTML export template. Reset the template files to apply the fix.

Version 1.6.0

NOTE: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) is no longer supported as of 1.6

New Features

• Support for multiple group fields

Bugs Fixed

• Fixes to ISI search groups
• Fix extension for saving through AppleScript
• Use modern API for copy/paste
• Use modern API for asynchronous code
• Fix a crasher in file search indexing

Version 1.5.10

Bugs Fixed

• Improved BibTeX parse error handling
• Fix MARC XML parsing for XML with additional attributes
• Avoid loss of file location that can happen due to Lion bug
• Ignore linked folders in export of BibTeX and Papers
• Broader support for Web of Knowledge
• Numeric sorting for item titles
• Get abbreviated journal names from WoS
• Workaround for WebKit bug setting black background in text fields
• Don't allow closing the window in full screen
• More lenient import of pages from RIS
• Fixes for running shell scripts
• Fix for single name authors on Lion

Version 1.5.9

New Features

This release updates BibDesk for TeX Live 2012.

Bugs Fixed

• Update release documentation
• Rewrite BDSKTask internals using fixes from Tex Live Utility
• Allow all file types for new publications from file action
• Improve title sorting
• Work around a WebKit bug
• Prevent crashes occurring when closing main window in Lion full screen mode

Version 1.5.8

Bugs Fixed

• Improved BibTeX parse error handling
• Fix MARC XML parsing for XML with additional attributes
• Avoid loss of file location that can happen due to Lion bug
• Ignore linked folders in export of BibTeX and Papers
• Broader support for Web of Knowledge

Version 1.5.7

New Features

• New web parser for Microsoft Academic Search

Bugs Fixed

• Fix hyphen replacement method for template
• Fix end tags in HTML export template. Update this manually or revert from the preferences
• Fix OpenMate tags support
• Force redisplay of external group after refresh
• Improve web group address field
• Don't set default value for newly added fields
• Improvements to error source editor
• Ignore "plugin handled load" warnings in web group
• Fix ACM web parser for changes in format
• Fix gradient behind files on 10.7
• Make sure auto file error window is shown

Version 1.5.6

Bugs Fixed

• Fix crasher in updater on 10.5
• Avoid a system bug on 10.7 in updater
• Make sure Item URLs are properly written to the clipboard

Version 1.5.5

New Features

• New "select" AppleScript command
• Support Outlook email client
• New service to open a URL in a web group
• Add recent searches to menu of quick search menu
• Enable Lion's full screen support
• Disable Lion's built-in window restoration feature.

Bugs Fixed

• Don't open remote URLs twice
• Update authors and groups when macros change
• Add full abstract text to Entrez search results
• Don't allow "=" in cite keys
• Allow changing raw BibTeX values that expand to the same value
• Fix key view loop in preference window
• Fix a crasher that sometimes can happen with saving new documents
• Remember secondary sort key
• Allow numeric pad keys in type select
• Extra optional arguments for %k and %w format specifiers for separator
• Improved efficiency when selecting the Publication Date column
• Fix setting scripting properties in make command
• Allow some more characters in cite key when sniffing for bibtex
• Improved preference window layout
• Fix link to feature requests
• Make sure search field is always shown when initiating a quick search
• Avoid a crash when a linked URL contains PDF
• Fix zoom popups in previews on Lion
• Don't save template in empty documents
• Support INSPIRE in web group

Version 1.5.4

New Features

• Support Web Archive rich text templates
• Support template tags in links in rich text templates
• Added German localization (thanks Florian Beyerlein)
• Support for multiple web groups
• Download management in web groups
• Hidden preference to suppress initial web group
• More web group improvements
• Web history submenu of Bookmarks menu

Bugs Fixed

• Allow opening author info from detail window through shortcut
• Improve %-escapes in URLs from fields
• Improvements to 'add' scripting command
• Fix crasher due to editor not being cleaned up properly
• Accept RIS with extra comments at the top
• Improvements to template-based preview: use accessory files and background color
• Import article number from new import format in ISI search groups
• Allow HTML preview templates with accessory files
• Fix creation of new groups from AppleScript
• Reset file search index when reverting
• Escape @ character in saved groups
• Fixes and improvements to template documents, in particular when reading from file
• Use user's calendar settings to interpret smart group date conditions
• Don't reset document when reading fails
• Make Revert undoable
• Complete support for webarchive templates
• Fix IEEE Xplore web parser
• Don't crash on corrupted bookmarks data
• Don't show duplicate error alert when opening a file was already cancelled
• Default to printing all items as bibtex, add a separate print command to print the selection or the preview
• Fix some display problems after resorting
• Update Springer and ACM web site parsers
• Fix journal parsing of COinS web parser

Version 1.5.3

New Features

• Add support for JSTOR in web group, thanks Douglas Stebila
• New template key for Vancouver style authors

Bugs Fixed

• Save preferences toolbar configuration
• Fix link in help
• Don't append full stop for corresponding template key at end of sentence
• Parse Pages field from Springer Link
• Export standard inherited fields for RIS export
• Improvements to WoS search group imports

Version 1.5.2

New Features

• You can now follow links in citation fields from the main table
• Improved display of search groups in group table
• Added web group support for SpringerLink and IACR archives, as well as generic bibTeX
• Add menu action to select all crossref parents of selected items
• Improvements to Script menu, smarter updating, allow custom ordering, support for automator workflows

Bugs Fixed

• Fix accidental overwrite of fields when changing publication type
• Parse @string macro definitions from files that use parenthesis
• Fix size of icons in add bookmark sheets
• You should not be able to drag a group outline item
• Use improved contextual menu support in tables
• Fix failing check for parseable string types
• Fix missing template files
• Fix scripting support for local file format
• Fix scripting support for groups
• Avoid duplicate menu item titles
• Log parser errors from web parsers
• Avoid using the printing system for the TeX preview
• Fix contextual menu when no items are selected
• Fix a crasher in the Dublin Core parser

Version 1.5.1

Bugs Fixed

• Fix a bug in getting templates, which also may prevent saving and preview
• Use recommended font sizes in tables

Version 1.5

New Features

• New menu item to select cited items from a .aux files
• New hidden preference to disable parsing of Google Scholar result lists in the web group
• You can now copy citations from the detail window
• Support for OPAC syntax in Z39.50 search groups

Bugs Fixed

• Add more data from PubMed import
• Add publication and author as AppleScript property of window
• Re-anable launch behavior
• Make sure some warning sheets don't collide
• Fix for main table contextual menus
• Make sure the Help is registered so it can always be called
• Save boolean and 3-state field values as numbers to avoid localization inconsistencies
• Fix placement of add/remove button in macro windows
• Avoid closing the preferences or switching panes when there is an attached sheet
• Remember table columns for new documents
• Don't resolve symlinks in file content search results
• Allow searching alias files in file content search
• Fix getting search group from URL
• Fix parsing format for generic field
• Workaround for a spurious crasher when reading window setup
• Allow dragging multiple URLs on 10.6
• Fix size of a caution image
• Fix menu validation of Copy As menu items
• Map incollection to reftype 5 in EndNote XML export
• Improvements to thread safety in search groups
• Launching BibDesk by following a custom URL now works
• Allow selecting nothing from AppleScript
• Update search group field when switching between search groups

Version 1.4

NOTE: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) is no longer supported as of 1.4

New Features

• General improvements for 10.5 and later
• Skim notes are now indexed for filtering in the background, which can improve opening a file
• New web group parser for IEEE Xplore
• Allow arbitrary letter characters in generated URLs
• Use standard status bar and divider styles and animate them
• Allow hiding the status bar in the detail editor
• New menu items to toggle the groups and the sidebar
• You can now duplicate groups
• Show overflow item in search bar if needed

Bugs Fixed

• Fix a potential bug when running shell tasks
• Fix AppleScript sort command for special fields
• Properly resize images on Snow Leopard
• Coerce scripting properties passed in with "make" command
• More subdued warnings when external groups fail to load
• Include custom publication type in detail editor popup
• Only sort by import order when switching to a search or web group
• Safer calling of script hooks, fixes potential tcrasher and inconsistent state
• Fix some saving issues when saving needs permission
• Compare all fields for item equivalence when we don't know the type
• Allow volume and booktitle fields as group fields
• Avoid a race condition in shell script execution
• Fix attaching file import sheet
• Avoid showing more than one warning sheet when opening a file
• Fix small toolbar items

Version 1.3.22

New Features

• Reopen last open file after relaunching a new version

Bugs Fixed

• Workaround for crasher due to uncommitted editors
• Fix cmd-0 shortcut for filling field in import from text
• Fix Remove action from contextual menu
• Fix leaks
• Don't get into trouble due to corrupted file preferences
• Use correct format for linked files in "parse format" script command
• Fix cleaning of generated linked file names
• Be slightly more permissive accepting formatted MARC
• Don't search package contents for orphaned files
• Improve web group parsers for CiteULike and COinS
• Don't add type subtemplate duplicates when opening a template file
• Workaround for Apple's saving bugs for saving to NFS file systems
• Fix French Preferences panel for Tiger
• Duplicate menu items from the detail editor action menu in the main menu
• Always display the status bar in the detail editor
• Don't set default button in field-choice sheets, as it can interfere with selecting an item from the popup
• Display auto-file progress in a separate window so the main window is not blocked
• Use proper field for DOI in imports from World of Science
• Fix spotlight highlight in preference window on Tiger
• Open the linked remote URLs from the "Open URLs" menu item
• Fix links for World of Science search group in Help
• Add some new fields to exported EndNote XML
• Fix auto-generation of remote URLs, its cleaning was a bit too aggressive
• Fix enabling of BibTeX style field in the Preview preferences
• Fix a crasher that can occur when the default fields and types are changed
• Disable the AppleScript "move" command, as it does dangerous things and should not be needed
• The AppleScript "BibTeX string" property of a publication is now read-only, use the "import" command instead
• We don't warn anymore about missing papers folder for auto-filing, we just create it when needed
• Fix a validation that prevented generating a cite key in a publication detail window
• Safer editing registration to avoid possible crashers
• Fix leaks in the template editor
• Use correct initials for abbreviated author names with hyphens
• Don't remove forward slash from auto-generated local file names for strict cleaning options
• Make sure the template editor commits and saves edits
• Fix some leaks
• Use correct post-processing script for templates
• Copy accessory files in export script command
• Fix a hang due to spaces in the template post-processing script path

Version 1.3.21

New Features

• Independence of Omni frameworks
• Renewed preference interface
• Use standard source list tables on Leopard
• Support a color label column to allow sorting by color label
• It is now possible to share using bonjour between different BibDesk processes on the same computer
• Sharing is now accepted even when you chose not to save the password in your KeyChain
• Add biblatex-type multiple citation style for copy and drag
• BibDesk now updates using Sparkle, thanks Andy Matuschak
• New group UI
• Improvements to file views and quicklook previewer
• Improvements to web group. Add history, URL auto-completion, proxy icon, show loading errors, remember size, support drag & drop
• You can now hide the count bubbles for the group, this can improve performance if you have many smart groups
• Revamp group source list into mode standard group list style, in particular for Leopard
• New auto-generation format specifier for 'words' of a field, useful for first page
• Allow editing files and URLs in the side pane when a single item is selected
• New row mode for file views
• Warn when importing items with duplicate cite keys
• Move changing the group field to main menu and group table contextual menu
• Display duplicate cite keys in red
• Use Medline XML for PubMed import, which includes diacritics

Bugs Fixed

• Avoid an exception when clicking in a publication detail window just outside the fields
• Size status bars according to the HIG
• Workaround in web scraper for regressions in Google Scholar
• Fix back reference in regex find & replace
• Fix find & replace in non-field properties
• Avoid a crash when a BibDesk process used for sharing terminates
• Improve efficiency for UI updating when there are many smart groups
• Improve the key view loop in the main window
• Show keyboard focus ring on some custom buttons
• Improvements and fixes to sharing, you can now share between different processes on the same computer
• Connecting to shared groups now succeeds also if you don't accept the key chain service
• Fix a crasher that sometimes occurred when making modifications while doing a quick search
• Fix shared group updating when more than one document is open
• Allow using BibTeX Type in cite key and auto-file format
• Fix removal of selected shared group
• Avoid a crash when a shared group is removed
• Preserve modified and added dates in shared items
• Fix copying of groups in scripting
• Simplify choosing a search group server
• Avoid a crasher that may happen when closing a document directly after a save
• Display error when the web group fails to load
• Try to update linked files when a file is renamed on disk
• Improve edit validations in publication editor
• Rework various background queues
• More reliable parsing of year field from RIS
• Update duplicate cite key warning when the duplicate cite key changes
• Fix text color in highlighted cells on Tiger
• Default fields are not taken into account for publication equivalence test, so minimal bibtex will be equivalent
• Fix text layout after zooming in preview
• Perform full Entrez search asynchronously, so it won't block when the server is inaccessible
• Fix status bar icon shown when an item needs to be filed
• Make sure the web group tries to parse plain text as a last resort
• Collapse whitespace in simple bibtex fields
• Fix ACMDL web group parser
• Fixes for ISI WoS search parser, use Times-Cited and fix date parsing
• Ignore unknown nontex fields in RIS export to avoid exporting invalid RIS

Version 1.3.20

New Features

• New import AppleScript command to add publications from a text format and from a PubMed search
• AppleScript support for generating templated numbered citations
• The Script menu now also allows non-AppleScript scripts and .app bundles
• Improved template and AppleScript support for numbered items, for use in templated citations
• BibDesk can now automatically fill citation info from PubMed for dropped PDFs when a DOI or PII could be found. Can be disabled through a hidden preference
• Added download support for links in the built-in browser
• Support for the arXiv in the web group
• Improved AppleScript support for rich text
• Initial support for Open Meta tags of linked files. Accessible through AppleScript and readable in the Skim Notes window
• You can now color publication items using the Colors panel
• Change shortcut for citation drawer
• Add clickable and dragable icon in corner of URL fields and support drag & drop for files and URLs in those fields

Bugs Fixed

• Reopen empty or default database when reactivating BibDesk, if appropriate
• Remove system proxy usage, since it breaks z39.50 searching when a user actually has a proxy set. Thanks to Sergei Mariev for testing assistance
• Improve template support
• Improvements to PubMed and RIS parsing and export
• Make sure smart group condition sheet always allows adding new conditions
• Fix loading an external file group containing relative links
• Don't try to parse invalid RIS as RIS, so it can be handled manually
• Publications and groups are now tracked through a unique ID, so their reference won't be invalidated when items are added
• Fix week-based date checking in smart groups
• Respect the file type when exporting templated rich text using AppleScript
• Fix some memory leaks
• Fix proxy icon in publication window
• Fix AppleScript support for smart group conditions
• Fix a potential crasher in script groups
• Fix several leaks
• Fix a potential crasher when dropping on tables
• Really suppress auto-filing when adding a file telling to suppress this