Release Notes

Requirements

• This update requires macOS 12.4 or later

New

• Configurable separator for tag hierarchies for Filesystem and DEVONthink data source (Thanks, Brett!)

Fixed

• Tag type of components of hierarchic tags not properly displayed (Thanks, Brett!)
• Sorting by file name does not work correctly when filename contains numbers; e.g. "Doc 10" will appear before "Doc 1"
• Datasource selection "All DEVONthink Databases" does not work (Thanks, Rolf!)

Improved

• Improved visibility of cursor in tag cloud
• Improved performance
• Always show tag cloud when tag bar is empty

New

• Support for DEVONthink 4 Public Beta

Fixed

• Broken layout when resizing window after opening textual result filter

Fixed

• Tags truncated on macOS versions older than Sonoma (Thanks, Joël!)

New

• Preferences option "Display components of nested tags in flat Tag Cloud" (Thanks, Joern and Radu!)
• Replaced File>Reveal in DEVONthink by Reveal in Data Source (Thanks, Radu!)
• Added menu item "Open With…" to file menu (Thanks, Radu!)

Fixed

• Incorrect sorting of tags if "Display hierarchic tags in flat Tag Cloud" is enabled and hierarchic tags are displayed in the flat cloud
• Tags in Obsidian vaults at beginning of a line not recognized
• Nested tags in Obsidian document properties are not properly recognized
• Application freezes when resizing main window while tag cloud is being rendered
• Graphics glitch when reducing width of main window

Improved

• Provide full file name as tooltip when file name is truncated in result list view (Thanks, Radu!)
• Handle Obsidian vaults pointed to by aliases (Thanks, Radu!)

New

• A new Icon View (⌘1) complements the existing Table View (⌘2)

Fixed

• Crash when indexing DEVONthink database containing documents missing meta data

Improved

• GUI refinements
• Improved reliability of communication with DEVONthink

Changed

• Requires macOS Big Sur (11) or newer
• Changed keyboard shortcuts to access tag, filetype and date clouds from ⌘1, ⌘2 and ⌘3 to ⌘⌥1, ⌘⌥2 and ⌘⌥3

New

• Preferences option to show search panel in front of applications in full screen mode (Thanks, Norbert!)

Fixed

• Graphics glitch when collapsing sections in the sidebar on macOS Sonoma
• Width of tag cloud not restored after restart
• Random crash (Thanks, Norbert!)

Improved

• Comments are now displayed without surrounding whitespace
• Placed Comment section in sidebar above Preview section

Fixed

• Ammonite does not show a preview for items merely indexed by DEVONthink (Thanks, Markus!)
• Case where nested tags in Obsidian vaults are not displayed properly
• Ammonite parses hex colors in HTML snippets in Obsidian vaults as tags (Thanks, Tom!)
• Ammonite shows non-browsable volumes in Filesystem tab of the Ammonite Settings
• Blurry Obsidian icon in Ammonite Preferences on Retina displays
• Obsidian tag scanner is interpreting some strings as tags when it should not (Thanks, Kim!)

Improved

• Ask for Full Disk Access upon start
• Left-clicking on the Menu Extra opens/closes the search panel; Right-clicking brings up the menu as usual
• Much improved layout speed when resizing tag cloud

New

• Support for Dynalist's Obsidian (https://obsidian.md)
• Preferences option to show/hide hierarchic tags in a flat Tag Cloud; disabled by default
• Allow for selection of negative date tag covering the same date range as an already selected positive tag; This allows for queries like "All items from 2019 except those from March 2019"
• Keyboard shortcut ⌘W closes main window without altering query

Improved

• Redesigned Settings window
• Updated manual

New

• Command File>Replicate… to replicate only the selected items in the result set
• Keyboard shortcuts ⌘⇞, ⌘⇟, ⌘↖ and ⌘↘: Go to next/previous/first/last page in PDF preview

Fixed

• Deleting a saved query does not work
• Replicate Resultset… does not work for some DEVONthink databases (Thanks, Alexander!)

Improved

• New Icon

Fixed

• macOS Ventura: Refresh button not visible
• macOS Ventura: Controls for selecting tag cloud type not centered

Fixed

• Display glitch in Details panel: Comments and Tags are sometimes not displayed properly

Changed

• Dropped support for macOS 10.9 and 10.10 in order to support the latest version of Sparkle Framework

New

• Queries can now be saved and restored; Right-click on tag bar for context menu (Thanks, Nicolas!)
• Preview panel for pdf documents now allows for flipping pages; Keyboard shortcuts ⌘⇞, ⌘⇟, ⌘↖ and ⌘↘: Go to next/previous/first/last page

Fixed

• Rare case where items would not whow up in result list (filesystem search only)
• Sort order indicators in table column header point in wrong direction (Thanks, Norbert!)
• Visible columns and their widths are not preserved across restarts

Improved

• Tags of type date and file type are now prefixed with their type
• Resizable Details view (Thanks, Claus!)

Fixed

• "Replicate Resultset…" crashes with DEVONthink 3.8
• Changing the selected item in the tag hierarchy popup while the filetype or date cloud is active does not work properly
• Hierarchic tags sometimes not displayed in cloud after date or filetype has been selected

Fixed

• Crash on macOS Monterey

New

• Preferences option "Create nested tags from location"; Disabled by default; Use it to create nested tags from the folder hierarchy a record is located at
• Support from dragging items from result table

Fixed

• "Open in DEVONthink" did not work in DEVONthink 3

Improved

• DEVONthink 2 no longer supported

New

• Native support for Apple Silicon Macs
• Finder comments are now displayed in side bar
• Now requires macOS Mavericks (10.9) or newer

Fixed

• Info section display glitch when changing selection while info section is collapsed
• Right-clicking in the result list modified selection

Fixed

• Date Tag Cloud does not properly handle non-UTC time zones (Thanks, Paul!)
• Rare crash when selecting an item in the result table
• Sort order is not preserved when result changes in Filesystem mode (Thanks, Norbert!)

Improved

• Left-clicking on the Dock icon now opens the search panel (Thanks, Rolf!)

New

• Export Result List as Text now has an option to export only selected rows

Fixed

• Ammonite no longer gets stuck trying to index DEVONthink databases containing documents with missing meta data
• Rare crash when selecting a tag in the tag cloud immediately after the main window is displayed
• Export Result List as Text was only available from the main menu. Now it is accessible from the Dock and from the Menu Extra as well.

Improved

• Export Result List as Text is now available from the Menu Extra menu and from the Dock menu as well.

New

• Preferences option to ignore documents stored in DEVONthink databases when searching the filesystem. Defaults to True.

Fixed

• Properly handle tag names containing special characters (Thanks, Paul!)
• Text in "About Ammonite" hardly readable in Dark Mode
• Crash when indexing DEVONthink database (Thanks, Jochen!)

Improved

• In case DEVONthink versions 2 and 3 are installed prefer the latter

Fixed

• Scan DEVONthink Pro databases on startup when 'Auto rescan databases' is enabled; Previously this option would only be honoured when switching between databases
• When adding a tag to the tag bar while the tag cloud had input focus it would lose input focus
• Rare case where Ammonite would get stuck querying DEVONthink Pro (Thanks, Markus!)
• Tags were not ordered properly when containing numbers

Improved

• Improved user feedback when querying DEVONthink while rescanning database

New

• New menu item File>Export Result List as Text…
• Tags may now be displayed in the result list
• Preferences option to include tag clouds in the list of controls reachable via ↹ key

Fixed

• Filter by name did not work on macOS Mojave (Thanks, Buster!)
• Shortcuts ⌘+ and ⌘- did not work as documented
• Tag Cloud search field doesn't lose focus on ⏎ anymore when cloud is empty
• Path control would sometimes show wrong icons
• Reveal folder did not work for DEVONthink
• Clear tag bar when selecting another source (filesystem, DEVONthink database)
• Date range search did not consider time zone
• Random crash when navigating tag cloud with cursor keys

Improved

• Consistent input focus switching via ↹
• Updated documentation

New

• Notarized by Apple
• Support for partial Dark Mode (dark Menu and Dock only)

Fixed

• Issue with disappearing Year Tags from the Date Cloud (Thanks, Wilfried!)
• Restored compatibility with macOS 10.7
• Random crash when selecting tag from tag cloud (Again, thanks, Wilfried!)

Note

This update requires you to re-configure your Ammonite hotkey

Fixed

• Further improved stability on macOS Mojave (Thanks, Jim!)

Fixed

• Improved compatibility with DEVONthink Pro on macOS Mojave (Thanks, Christoph!)

New

• Support for Mojave Dark Mode

Fixed

• Wrong result when using 'ANY' clause on DEVONthink databases (Thanks, Allen!)
• Crash when removing empty tag group from tag bar via ⎋ key

Fixed

• Crash when processing DTP databases referencing external files (Thanks, Rolf!)
• For DTP records the path field should show the location in the database, not the path of the actual file

This version requires macOS 10.7 or newer!

New

• Added command File>Open DEVONthink URL (⌘⇧U) to open URL associated with DEVONthink Pro document (Thanks, Stephan!)
• Ammonite can now query for items containing exactly one tag in a group; The corresponding group type is 'ONE'.
• Right-clicking on a tag in the tag bar now switches its meaning from 'include' to 'exclude' and vice versa
• Preferences option to show the search panel on startup
• Fullscreen support (requires macOS 10.8+)

Fixed

• Code signing issue
• Database selector would sometimes not show the selected database after start
• Info view would sometimes not adjust to current selection if result set was changed
• Data in size column is now right-aligned
• Improved performance and responsiveness when browsing large result sets (Thanks, Narayanan!)
• Improved performance when scanning DEVONthink Pro databases
• Crash when switching from "All DEVONthink Databases" to a single database (Thanks, Rolf!)

Improved

• Dropped support for macOS 10.6
• The search panel is now displayed when the application is started. This behaviour can be changed in the Ammonite Preferences.
• The search panel is not automatically closed after an action has been performed. This behaviour can be changed in the Ammonite Preferences.
• Opening the Ammonite Preferences does not close the Search Panel anymore

New

• Configurable minimum/maximum font size for tags in tag cloud (Thanks, Jorigis!)

Fixed

• Stability improvements
• Show Info… does work again (Thanks, Jose!)

Fixed

• Random spinlock when scanning DEVONthink databases (Thanks, Larry)
• Make sure that there is always a valid option selected in the database selector

Fixed

• Restore input focus to previously active control when re-opening search panel
• Crash when working with files with corrupt meta data (Thanks, Fred!)

New

• Updated for OSX 10.11 El Capitan
• Result list can now be filtered by name (⌘⇧F)
• Database selector is now accessible via keyboard shortcut (⌘D)

Fixed

• Improved stability
• Graphic glitch when unfolding the tag info section
• Enforce configuration of at least one access method (Menu icon, Dock icon, Hotkey)

Improved

• Removed dark theme
• New Logo
• HiRes Retina-friendly MenuItem

New

• Added "All DEVONthink Databases" to dropdown of searchable items as a shortcut to Opt-Select all databases separately. This might be combined with Filesystem searches by Opt-Clicking 'Filesystem'.
• Submenus in the tag hierarchy may now be selected to display all tags of this specific branch

Fixed

• Restore focus to the previously active application when closing the search panel

New

• Added support for tag hierarchies
• Clicking on a folder in the path control now opens that folder in Finder or DTPro
• Left-clicking on preview opens file in default application/DTPro
• Right-click on preview opens file menu as popup
• Added menu "Show Info…" (Cmd-I) to file menus. This opens the info dialog of Finder/DTPro.
• Font sizes in tag clouds now scale logarithmic.
• Tags in cloud are colored (configurable)

Improved

• Updated documentation
• Rearranged order of menu items in the Menu Extra menu

New

• Added a light color scheme (configurable)

Fixed

• Fixes a crash that occurs on application start when updating from version 1.8.2 (Thanks Keith!)
• Improved rendering of tags in tag bar

Fixed

• Removed CoreAnimation warning
• Stability improvements for OSX Mavericks
• Details panel visibility would not be restored across program restarts

Improved

• Ammonite now uses Control-Click (in addition to Command-Click) for adding negative tags (Thanks Mathieu!)

Fixed

• Crash when starting with auto-indexing enabled (introduced in version 1.9). Thanks Fred!

New

• Search across multiple DEVONthink databases
• Search Filesystem and DEVONthink databases at the same time
• Show number of matching files in tooltip of tag
• Added config option to hide tags matching fewer than n records
• Databases may now be re-indexed while building a query

Improved

• Improved speed when navigating result set

New

• Remember last selected database

Fixed

• Restored auto-update (broken in 1.8.1)

Fixed

• Improved stability
• Some file names would show up as empty strings
• Properly update details view when no item is selected
• Clicking on path control does not steal focus anymore

New

• Added support for multiple selection
• Added config option to switch between OpenMeta and Mavericks tags

Fixed

• Rare random crash
• Help>Support was broken

Fixed

• Auto-update works again
• Stability improvements

New

• Fullscreen QuickLook previews with <Option-Space>
• Updated for Mountain Lion / Gatekeeper

Fixed

• Fixed crash in case spotlight does not report certain file properties
• Improved handling of documents with file names containing special characters
• Fixed random crashes when closing the search panel (Lion)

New

• Added option to disable auto starting of DT (useful for OpenMeta-only operation)
• Added thumbnail preview to details view
• Added configuration option 'Auto rescan database'
• Added config option to limit OpenMeta search to certain devices

Fixed

• Tag bar could only display a limited amount of tags; Now its contents may be scrolled using a scroll wheel or the two finger swipe gesture.
• Date search for OpenMeta was sometimes not working properly
• Restored support for PPC

New

• A result set may now be replicated to a DEVONthink group
• Show number of results in window title
• Option to keep search string when adding/removing tags from query

Fixed

• Remember search settings

Thanks for pointing out these issues, Martin!

Fixed

• Menus for revealing/opening documents where disabled in OM mode
• Fixed all known issues

New

• Ammonite may be used now without a DEVONthink Pro installation (OpenMeta-only-mode)
• Updated help file

Fixed

• Crash when filtering tags beginning with "@" (#VH2LUUEZ2Y)
• Date search tag in tag bar did not respect locale settings (#HBQ6BGPTJQ)
• Fixed date picker display issues (#HBQ6BGPTJQ)
• Pressing return in tag filter field did not make the tag cloud cursor active
• Occasional crash when switching databases
• Queries in the form ( tag1 AND NOT tag2 ) would yield a wrong result
• Made panel less transparent for better readability

New

• Resizable user interface (#DQJ9NSV5UE)
• Support for complex queries ( grouping, AND, OR )
• Added search by file type
• Added search by date / date range
• Result list now optionally contains creation date, modification date, file type and size;
• Result may now be ordered by name, creation date, modification date, file type or size
• Configurable menu bar icon (b/w or color)

Fixed

• Allow switching between documents while QuickLook panel is open

Fixed

• Ammonite now honors DT's 'Exclude from Tagging' setting (#DQJ9NSV5UE)
• Infinite building of cache under OSX 10.5 (#LW6AQ4S9EX)
• Performance issues when working with many (10000+) different tags
• Improved stability
• Improved performance when building cache

New

• Added support for OpenMeta tags

Fixed

• Problem when starting Ammonite; the list of currently open databases would sometimes not be loaded

Fixed

• The 'Database' menu had no label

New

• Implemented caching; major performance boost
• Made auto shrinking/expanding of search panel configurable

Fixed

• Tags may be excluded via Cmd-Left click (BZY2LQJTT7)

New

• Added Quick Look support

Fixed

• Crash when switching databases

New

• Added "Support..." menu item to Help menu

Fixed

• Crash when filtering tags while reading of tags has not been finished (#Y7UD5T6SRE; thanks Steve!)

Fixed

• Fixed a crash which occured on some systems right after startup (#33HGXTGVW9; Thanks Steven!)

New

• added context menu for result list
• Added button to start new query
• the tag filter field now sports a popup menu for setting filter attributes (contains/begins with and case sensitive)
• Added auto update feature
• Added help file

Fixed

• crash when hitting enter key in search field when exactly one tag was visible in the cloud

Improved

• improved speed