Feeder 4.3 Release Notes Archive
Version 4.3.11
Requirements
macOS 10.15 or later.
Released
September 22, 2022
Changes
- Fixed an issue where the sidebar may not display correctly at launch.
- Fixed an issue where feeds may still appear shared after stopping using iCloud until the app is restarted.
- Fixed an issue where a DSA signature would be required when targeting Sparkle 1.6 and the enclosure URL is https.
- Updated FTP software.
Version 4.3.10
Requirements
macOS 10.15 or later.
Released
August 17, 2022
Changes
- Fixed an issue where the an item may always appear as needing to be saved when using the rich text editor.
- Fixed an issue where using Command-S repeatedly to save a newly created or edited item may result in the enclosure details getting lost.
- Fixed an issue where the FTP and SFTP publishing options in the Publishing Setup panel wouldn’t always reflect the latest settings in the main window.
- Updated SFTP software.
Version 4.3.9
Requirements
macOS 10.15 or later.
Released
August 8, 2022
Changes
- Fixed a performance issue when Feeder is using iCloud.
- Fixed an issue where it would not be possible to rebuild the library more than once.
- Improvements handling issues where iCloud is unavailable.
Version 4.3.8
Requirements
macOS 10.15 or later.
Released
July 13, 2022
Changes
- Fixes issues where changes in an editor window wouldn't be reflected immediately when publishing a feed.
- Fixed an issue where the publish panel may not resize correctly to show all the files being published on macOS Big Sur and later.
- Updated FTP software.
- Feeder now requires macOS 10.15 and later.
Version 4.3.7
Requirements
macOS 10.14 or later.
Released
June 13, 2022
Changes
- Fixed an issue where enclosures may not always be uploaded.
- Fixed an issue where the number of unpublished items may not be shown in the sidebar.
Version 4.3.6
Requirements
macOS 10.14 or later.
Released
June 1, 2022
Changes
- Fixed an issue where no feed would be displayed when the sidebar is hidden on macOS 12.4.
- Fixed an issue where enclosures may not always show immediately in the publish panel.
- Scheduled feeds are now rescheduled when the system clock changes.
- An error is now reported if Feeder can’t save changes to its library file.
Version 4.3.5
Requirements
macOS 10.14 or later.
Released
May 19, 2022
Changes
- Improved performance when adding, reloading and publishing large feeds.
- Fixed an issue where Feeder wouldn’t prompt for a password if it is not saved in the keychain.
- Improved performance when saving a large feed to iCloud.
- Fixed an issue saving nested folders to iCloud.
- Updated FTP and SFTP software.
Version 4.3.4
Requirements
macOS 10.14 or later.
Released
May 3, 2022
Changes
- Fixed an issue where inserting HTML tags with the format bar could include previously formatted text.
- Fixed issues connecting to some SFTP servers.
- Updated SFTP and FTP software.
Version 4.3.3
Requirements
macOS 10.14 or later.
Released
January 18, 2022
Changes
- Fixed a crash that could occur when publishing with SFTP.
- Fixed an issue where the appcasting Release Notes field wouldn’t be shown in the editor.
- Fixed an issue with version numbers in the XML when publishing appcast feeds.
- Fixed an issue with automatic software update.
Version 4.3.2
Requirements
macOS 10.14 or later.
Released
January 6, 2022
General
- Fixed an issue where it may not be possible to add people to a shared feed on macOS Monterey.
- Fixed an issue where feeds may not appear in the sidebar on macOS Catalina.
- Updated FTP software.
Sparkle Appcasting
- For appcast feeds, the Sparkle framework version in the Settings view can now be set to “Sparkle 2.0+” to enable features and behavior for the release version of Sparkle 2.0.
- Added support for the Informational Update, Phased Rollout Interval, Channel, and Version History (Full Release Notes) tags for use with Sparkle 2.0 appcast feeds.
- Added support for Maximum System Version and Installation Type tags, which precede Sparkle 2.0.
- Updated AppleScript and Shortcuts support for working with the newly added Sparkle tags.
Version 4.3.1
Requirements
macOS 10.14 or later.
Released
November 10, 2021
Changes
- Fixed an issue where the sidebar may not show any feeds or folders when the Feed or Settings views are shown at startup on macOS Monterey.
- Fixed an issue where the date wouldn’t be shown in the standard preview if an author or creator is specified.
- Hold on Shift at startup to prevent Feeder from scheduling feeds to be published.
- Improved iCloud progress reporting in the Activity window.
- Updated SFTP software.
Version 4.3
Requirements
macOS 10.14 or later.
Released
October 25, 2021
Summary
- Support for the Shortcuts app in macOS Monterey
- Offers to fix podcast artwork that doesn’t meet Apple’s specifications
- Improvements for editing, iCloud, and AppleScript
- Fixes publishing with FTP or FTP-SSL on macOS Monterey
Podcasts
- Feeder will now offer to fix artwork that does not meet the Apple Podcast specifications for dimensions, color space, and resolution provided the image is large enough and at least 72 DPI. In addition, all issues with the original image will be reported immediately, rather than individually.
iCloud
- When iCloud is offline or there is an issue with your account, a warning icon will be shown in General Preferences, hover the mouse over that to see more information, click to see the information and attempt to take iCloud back online (if circumstances allow).
- Fixed an issue where progress wasn’t updated while deleting from iCloud.
Editor
- Fixed an issue changing the format of bulleted or numbered lists in the rich text editor.
- Fixed an issue where an additional error message could be shown when fetching enclosure attributes from the web fails for a Sparkle feed.
Shortcuts
In macOS 12 Monterey, Feeder now provides actions in the shortcuts app, which are described below in alphabetical order. The feeds and items the actions return each have their own properties that can be used in other actions.
- Add New Item to Feed: adds a new item to the specified feed with a title (required), and optional link, enclosure file (required for podcast and Sparkle feeds), Description, and any categories. Returns the new item.
- Export Feed: Export the XML from the specified feed as a file that can be saved with the Save File action or passed to another action.
- Find Feeds: Get feeds from feed by name, link, description, feed URL, folder or title, all of which are optional. Returns a list of matching feeds (or all feeds if no criteria specified).
- Find Items in Feed: Finds items in the specified feed by their title, link, unique ID, date, description, or enclosure URL, all of which are optional. Returns a list of matching items (or all items in the feed if no criteria specified).
- Publish Feed: Starts publishing a feed. To perform actions when a feed has finished publishing, set a script in the feed’s Publishing settings in the app itself.
- Reload Feed: Reload a feed from the web or a file.
- Remove Items From Feed: Removes the passed-in items (e.g. found with Find Items) from the feed that contains them.
- Set Properties on Feed Item: Use to set standard RSS, Dublin Core, Media RSS and WordPress tags on an item.
- Set Properties on Podcast Item: Set podcast-specific properties on an item in a podcast feed.
- Set Properties on Sparkle Item: Set Sparkle-specific properties on an item in an appcast feed.
AppleScript
- Added “current item” to get the current item that is in the frontmost library or editing window.
- It’s now possible to set “selected feed” and “selected items”.
Publishing
- Fixed an issue publishing with FTP or FTP with SSL/TLS on macOS Monterey.
- Updated FTP software.