Changelog

• Version 1.8.5 — 6 September 2009

  • Fixes issue with non English translations where UI is not correctly bound to currently monitored battery.

• Version 1.8.4 — 1 September 2009

  • Fixes crash on startup on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

• Version 1.8.3 — 12 June 2008

  • Added remote battery connection window with list of favorites.
  • Remote batteries can be connected by their hostname or IP address.
  • Favorite remote batteries can be automatically attached at startup.
  • Added session preview window as tooltip for the list in sessions browser.
  • Improved mbl-battd remote monitoring protocol.
  • Bindings are now used to track current battery: less code, less potential errors.
  • Added a lot of tooltips for buttons, labels and ratings.
  • Fixed synchronization bug that caused a wrong attribution of sessions loaded from disk when changing monitored battery.
  • Fixed bug that prevented insertion of comments for sessions under certain circumstances.
  • Fixed fatal error in battd daemon under Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
  • Fixed reported crashes on computers with no battery.

• Version 1.8.2 — 21 March 2008

  • Added support for MacBook Air.
  • Added support for MacBook (Early 2008).
  • Added support for MacBook Pro (Early 2008).
  • Added new battery dock icon which continuously changes color according to amount of charge.
  • Added Desktop battery window.
  • Refactored status menu item.
  • Sessions drawer is opened after freeing enough space on the screen for it.
  • New information for battery: manufacturer, manufacture date, device name and serial number.
  • Logs are automatically rotated when exceeding 2MB in size.
  • MigrationAgent now removes old logs, sessions and snapshots forever.
  • MiniBatteryLogger uses the mbl:// URL scheme for registration and more.
  • Added version information for column view in Finder.
  • Currently available in English only.

• Version 1.8.1 — 12 November 2007

  • Added support for MacBook (Late 2007) models.
  • Delete snapshot button now correctly disabled when no snapshot is selected.
  • Updated URLs to Emeraldion Lodge used by the application.

• Version 1.8 — 27 August 2007

  • The app now prompts for immediate restart when changing the Hide Dock Icon preference.
  • The app honors the Hide Dock Icon after an upgrade and automatically restarts if needed.
  • Added Help submenu with useful actions to the status item menu.
  • Updated German, Danish, French, Polish and Norwegian localizations.
  • Notifications can use speech synthesis as an alternative to Growl.
  • Upgraded to Sparkle 1.1.
  • Status item can now show the time elapsed on battery.
  • Added store URLs for Poland and Portugal (unofficial sites).
  • Added Recall Assistant Help page.
  • Bugfixes.

• Version 1.7.7 — 9 June 2007

  • The app now remembers the last local battery monitored after relaunch.
  • Added new MacBook Pro (Mid 2007) models.
  • Updated Help book.

• Version 1.7.6 — 31 May 2007

  • Sessions are now deleted in place instead of after unloading to prevent accidental loss of sessions.
  • Added Battery Recall Assistant to track recalled batteries.
  • Fixed garbled split view resizing in Statistics view.
  • Battery Status view now correctly changes after the monitored battery is changed.
  • Fixed occasional crashes when attempting to load corrutped saved sessions from disk.

• Version 1.7.5 — 11 May 2007

  • Updated Polish localization.
  • Fixed English localization error for estimated battery death date format string.

• Version 1.7.4 — 6 May 2007

  • Added a nifty color-coded Battery Status view to the sidebar.
  • Battery sharing service now runs on TCP port 4153 as assigned by IANA.
  • Restored Polish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Swedish and Russian localizations.
  • Updated Help Book.
  • Several bugfixes.

• Version 1.7.3 — 30 April 2007

  • Restored Danish, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish localizations; more to come.
  • Remote batteries can now be manually disconnected.
  • Battery sharing controls (Share own data, look for shared data, do not advertise service) are now effective in real time.
  • Password protected sharing still not yet implemented.
  • Bugfixes.

• Version 1.7.2 — 22 April 2007

  • Critical: fixed crashes when changing power source.

• Version 1.7.1 — 20 April 2007

  • Critical: fixed crashing Migration Agent.

• Version 1.7 — 20 April 2007

  • MiniBatteryLogger can monitor several local batteries.
  • Implemented iTunes-like battery data sharing.
  • Added battery sharing service.
  • Provided standalone battd server for remote monitoring.
  • Added several new notifications: remote battery found, remote battery removed, battery changed.
  • Currently available only in US English; other localizations will be updated soon.

• Version 1.6.3 — 13 February 2007

  • Solves estimated battery death dates back in the past (around Jurassic).
  • Solves crashes at startup when computer name in System Preferences, Sharing is left blank.
  • Added preference to enable/disable monitoring at startup. Useful for folks who use MBL just as a replacement for the system battery menu item.
  • Edited German localization.
  • Added Growl notification for monitoring start/stop.
  • Fixed visual bug in the stars rating indicator.
  • Changed overall mark calculation: higher weight is now given to the max capacity rating.

• Version 1.6.2 — 2 February 2007

  • Critical bugfix: solved "Battery Dying" notifications incorrectly issued when charge, not maximum capacity, is decreasing.

• Version 1.6.1 — 2 February 2007

  • Awkwardly solved Diagnostics sheet failure when using an unrecognized battery model.
  • Added Powerbook G4 "Titanium" battery models.
  • Added Powerbook G3 battery models.
  • Updated Danish localization.
  • Updated French localization.

• Version 1.6 — 1 February 2007

  • Added Diagnostics sheet.
  • Added health and battery model statistics.
  • Added convenience button to purchase a new battery on the Apple Store.
  • Added sound effects when snapshots are grabbed and sessions dragged to the Trash.
  • Added new Growl notifications for automatic shapshots and battery exhausted.
  • Charts are now draggable and copiable as images.
  • Sessions can be dragged and copied as CSV data.
  • Fixed zero original capacity on Intel Macs.
  • Updated list of hardware models.
  • Several performance improvements.

• Version 1.5.8 — 20 January 2007

  • Fixed a critical bug that may cause loss of data.
  • Added indication of number of entries for own model in the shared archive.
  • Solved crash when computer name is empty in the Sharing system preferences pane.
  • Created Google Group for support, bug reports and feature requests: http://groups.google.com/group/MiniBatteryLogger
  • Removed harassing reminders at startup.

• Version 1.5.7 — 10 January 2007

  • Added Voltage graph to Chart view.
  • Added Swedish localization.
  • Fixed errors in Norwegian and Polish localizations.
  • Doesn't run on iPhone yet :P

• Version 1.5.6 — 7 January 2007

  • Forgot to actually bundle the Norwegian localization, LOL!

• Version 1.5.5 — 6 January 2007

  • Chart view now correctly updates when deleting a session.
  • User can now create new sessions manually.
  • Fixed sloppy selection in snapshots chart.
  • Fixed spiky edges in snapshots chart.
  • Spaces are now trimmed when entering registration codes.
  • Added Portuguese localization.
  • Added Russian localization.
  • Added Norwegian localization.
  • Added Polish localization.

• Version 1.5.4 — 22 December 2006

  • Bugfix: preferences window won’t show on Panther.
  • Fixed ugly looking HUD inspector title in Panther.
  • Added German localization.

• Version 1.5.3 — 9 December 2006

  • Bugfix: status item preference is now correctly enabled when checking "hide dock icon".
  • Other minor improvements.

• Version 1.5.2 — 7 December 2006

  • Addresses crashes at startup when launched unregistered as a hidden login item.
  • Added preference to launch as a background application (hide Dock icon).
  • Other minor improvements.

• Version 1.5.1 — 29 November 2006

  • Added HUD (Heads Up Display) session inspector.
  • Chart view now reacts to mouse events.
  • Select and inspect single battery events with a mouse click.
  • Added action menu button to the sessions browser.
  • Added menu items and shortcuts to change currently displayed session.
  • Use scrollwheel to zoom and scroll the chart view.
  • Updated comprehensive online help.
  • Added Japanese localization.

• Version 1.5 — 23 November 2006

  • Fixed heavy CPU load when launched with Probe Interval set to Never (ironic, ain’t it?).
  • Added “Zoom to fit” function to chart view.
  • Changed saved sessions file format on disk, solved high CPU load on saving.
  • Sessions can be exported as CSV files.
  • The status item now correctly shows the selected visualization mode.
  • Included Migration Agent utility to convert old saved sessions transparently.
  • Added Danish localization.

• Version 1.4.6 — 17 November 2006

  • Fixed wrong MacBook (Late 2006) hardware name due to typo in Apple’ MacBook Developer Note.

• Version 1.4.5 — 12 November 2006

  • Updated Hardware Database with the new Late 2006 MacBook and MacBook Pro.
  • Fixed CPU overhead when on battery with “auto saving sessions” set to yes.
  • Added Session Browser toolbar button.

• Version 1.4.4 — 19 October 2006

  • Added system menu status item.
  • Added preference to automatically save current session on power events.
  • Fixed crash on plugging cord when launched on battery.
  • Fixed Dock icon visualization bug.
  • Fixed battery timer that won’t start when launched on battery.

• Version 1.4.3 — 16 October 2006

  • Fixes application crash at quit when user has no saved sessions.

• Version 1.4.2 — 15 October 2006

  • Fixed graphs overflowing grid area in main chart.
  • Fixed meaningless empty snapshots chart.
  • Fixed bug in maximum capacity regression line drawing.

• Version 1.4.1 — 14 October 2006

  • Fixed bug that caused a crash of the application at launch on Panther (sorry for the delay!).
  • Improved statistics chart.
  • Added French localization.

• Version 1.4 — 10 October 2006

  • User can now save monitoring sessions for later analysis (unregistered version limited to 5 sessions).
  • Added sessions browser.
  • Added graph of cycle count and maximum capacity over time.
  • Implemented multiple battery monitoring.
  • Solved a bug that prevented MacBook battery stats to be saved to the Archive.
  • Some bugfixes.

• Version 1.3.1 — 4 October 2006

  • Addresses a potential security flaw in 1.3.
  • Added peak current to Inspector entries.
  • Added a resettable timer to measure the time spent on battery.
  • Added colors to evaluate own battery stats against mean values.
  • Added menu item to reveal main window when closed.
  • Added a preference to set up as a Login Item.
  • Updated Dutch localization.

• Version 1.3 — 27 September 2006

  • Added Comparison view and battery data sharing.
  • Shared battery data can also be browsed via a web interface.
  • Added Spanish, Italian and Dutch localizations.

• Version 1.2 — 24 September 2006

  • Updated UI.
  • Updated Comprehensive Help.
  • User can now manually add or remove battery snapshots.
  • Fixed bug: automatic snapshot visible only after restart.

• Version 1.1.8 — 16 September 2006

  • Added ability to shift the chart forward and backwards.
  • Fixed amperage graph overflowing chart bounds.
  • Added adaptive amperage scale.

• Version 1.1.7 — 13 September 2006

  • Added Statistics view.
  • Added preference for amperage graph color.
  • Added automatic recording of “battery snapshots” (cycle count and max capacity over time), with optional user comments.
  • Fixed bug in notification message when charging is over.
  • Fixed bug in chart overlapping event bubbles.
  • Ready for multiple-battery systems <em>(not yet implemented, though)</em>.

• Version 1.1.6 — 11 September 2006

  • Main and Inspector windows now remember size and screen position.
  • Minor bugfixes.

• Version 1.1.5 — 8 September 2006

  • Added ability to stop and resume monitoring.
  • Added menu item and toolbar button to stop/resume monitoring.
  • Added ability to clear log.
  • Added menu item and toolbar button to clear log.
  • Added ability to open the log in Console application.
  • Added menu item and toolbar button to open log in Console.
  • Added Dock menu.

• Version 1.1.4 — 7 September 2006

  • Added logging of Sleep and Wakeup events.
  • Added plotting of Sleep and Wakeup events to the chart.

• Version 1.1.3 — 6 September 2006

  • Added Amperage graph.
  • Added preference to show or hide Amperage graph.
  • Minor bugfixes.

• Version 1.1.2 — 4 September 2006

  • Added original (factory default) capacity to battery inspector.
  • Solved &ldquo;sawtooth&rdquo; chart appearance.
  • Updated graphics and solved color space issues.
  • Added preference to show or hide event bubbles.

• Version 1.1.1 — 3 September 2006

  • Added Software Update preference pane.

• Version 1.1 — 2 September 2006

  • Added Battery inspector.
  • Measures include now cycle count, capacity (mAh), amperage (mA), voltage (mV).
  • Added Notification customization preference pane.
  • Added battery status indicator in Dock icon.

• Version 1.0 — 31 August 2006

  • First release.