Life Balance 5.0.5 Release Notes
Version History
Life Balance 5.0.5 for Macintosh and Windows,
and Life Balance 5.0.4 for iPhone
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Note that Life Balance 5.0.5 for Mac OS X requires Mac OS X Tiger (10.4) or Leopard. Customers using older versions of Mac OS should upgrade the Mac OS or continue using an earlier version of Life Balance.
Version 5.0.5
Changes since 4.1 and 3.5:
| New Features | Mac | Win | iOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Added built-in server to support iPhone synchronization and backup. | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Enhanced Palm HotSync support so that it is no longer necessary to run Life Balance under Rosetta on Intel Macs in order for the HotSync menu to appear within Life Balance. This means that Palm users can now run Life Balance at full speed, and still have the convenience of changing HotSync settings from within Life Balance. | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.4: Now uses Sparkle to automatically download and install updates. | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.4: The to-do list will now update automatically (if unlocked) when you resize the Desired pie chart. | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.3: Eliminated the Edit/Done button in some detail views | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.3: Streamlined editing names of new tasks and places | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.3: Added “Verify Data” command under the Settings tab | ✔ |
| Bug fixes | Mac | Win | iOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0.1: Corrected coding error that made it difficult to change the place of a task | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.4: Added code to prevent Life Balance from crashing when iCal tells it to add a record that already exists. | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.4: Corrected a problem where the outline was not always displayed properly after an iPhone sync. | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.4: Removed “What's New” window, since Sparkle does a better job of handling this. | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.4: iCal sync should now run smoothly after “Save As...” | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.4: The name of the task should now reliably have the keyboard focus after creating a new task. | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.4: Fixed the handling of end dates in repeating events in iCal sync. There were cases where the old code was moving the end date back one day. | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.4: The main application now automatically offers to upgrade out-of-date Palm conduits again. | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.5: Corrected window activation, keyboard focus, and text commit problems with the iPhone Sync Settings window which made it difficult to change the port number. | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.2: Fixed a problem where credits were being truncated down to an integer as they were stored on the iPhone. This was most noticeable when credits on the desktop disappeared when synced to the iPhone | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 5.0.2: Added better error reporting to the iPhone sync server on Windows, and eliminated a crash if the iPhone sync server could not be started. | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.4: Fixed problem introduced in 5.0 where conflict icons would not going away after resolving the conflict. | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.4: Fixed problem introduced in 5.0 where calendar events were not displayed in chronological order. | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.4: Sped up iPhone sync dramatically by postponing the update of the user interface until the sync is complete. | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.5: Simplified communication between the Palm HotSync conduit and the main application to make it more reliable. | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.5: Eliminated temporary objects used in certain menu commands that could lead to null reference errors, mostly when quitting. | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.2: Fixed a bug where deleting the bottom place at the list of places would cause a crash | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.2: Fixed a problem where subtasks would remain in the to-do list after the parent project had been deleted. | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.2: Fixed a bug where performing a network backup using one of the cached buttons below the main “Backup...” button would sometimes display the wrong message or crash. | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.3: Fixed rearranging of outline near deleted tasks | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.3: Improved handling of long notes | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.3: The “Edit calendar events” button is displayed consistently | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.3: Increased timeout for network operations to accommodate large files | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.3: Deleting a place updates the to-do list filter | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.3: New top level tasks appear consistently in the Desired pie chart | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.4: Corrected several memory leaks that caused the application to exit after a period of use. | ✔ | ||
| 5.0.4: Optimized the user interface to update in-place after a sync rather than restarting completely. | ✔ |
Complete Prior Version Histories:
4.1 & 3.5 Palm, Macintosh and Windows August 18, 2008 4.0 – 4.0.5
3.4 – 3.4.1Palm, Macintosh and Windows December 21, 2007 3.3 Windows April 30, 2007 3.2.9 Palm, Macintosh and Windows November 9, 2006 3.2.8 Palm, Macintosh and Windows August 16, 2006 3.2.7 Palm, Macintosh and Windows July 7, 2006 3.2.6 Palm, Macintosh and Windows May 6, 2005 3.2.5 Palm, Macintosh and Windows August 5, 2004 3.2.4 Palm, Macintosh and Windows May 24, 2004 3.2.3 Palm, Macintosh and Windows January 15, 2004 3.2.2 Palm, Macintosh and Windows November 8, 2003 3.2.0 – 3.2.1 Palm, Macintosh and Windows July 8, 2003 3.1.1 Palm, Macintosh and Windows January 16, 2003 3.1 Windows October 2002 3.0 – 3.1 Macintosh April 2002 to October 2002 2.0 – 3.1 Palm December 1999 to October 2002 1.x Newton Released in 1995
Apple discontinued Newton in February 1998
