FastScripts 3.3.2 is now available on the FastScripts home page, or by selecting “Check for Update” from the FastScripts menu.

This update includes a variety of fixes to improve the reliability and functionality of the app. Notably, you can now “select” running tasks from the script menu. It won’t run the script again, but if you hold any of the usual keyboard modifiers (shift, option, or command) while selecting, it will invoke the expected function (reveal, edit, or set keyboard shortcut).

Complete list of changes for this release:

FastScripts 3.3.2

• Running tasks now reflect menu focus and can be selected with keyboard modifiers to reveal/edit/etc.
• Fixes to update the menu correctly when changes are made to aliased or symlinked folders
• The script menu is now updated accordingly when a file’s Finder visibility changes
• Work around an issue where FastScripts’s menu dismisses after clicking when secure input is disabled
• Fix the “Open Web Page” scripting addition so it continues working on macOS 14.4+

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Black Ink 2.3.2 is now available on the Black Ink site and has been submitted to the Mac App Store. Black Ink 2.1.2 for iOS has been submitted to the iOS App Store.

This update fixes a bug, introduced in the previous updates to both apps, that caused an alert to appear after every entry if “Automatic Correction” is enabled and the puzzle has no answers included. Worse, on iOS the attempt to display the alert resulted in a crash.

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Black Ink 2.3.2 for Mac is now available on the Black Ink site and on the Mac App Store. Black Ink 2.1.2 for iOS is now available on the iOS App Store.

These updates include a number of usability fixes and add two new puzzle sources: Lex’s Puzzles, and Lex’s Minis. These are the puzzles of Lex Friedman, who publishes crossword puzzles as well as a number of other games at Lex.games. Lex’s Minis are free for anybody to download and solve, while Lex’s Puzzles (full-sized 15×15) require a Lex.games subscription.

Here are the changes that apply to both iOS and Mac updates:

• New puzzle sources: Lex’s Minis and Lex’s Crosswords
• Improved the accuracy of overlay image drawing over puzzle grid
• Attempting to check or reveal answers on puzzles with no answers now displays an explanatory alert

• Now supports entering a hyphen or a period as a special entry answer

These changes are specific to the Mac update:

• Fixed the drawing of overlay image drawing in printed puzzles
• Improve performance when opening the puzzle chooser when it has to search many years for an unsolved puzzle
• Now adapts the window size more precisely when screen resolution changes
• Fix a glitch that caused the Puzzle Notes text to no longer fit in the popover when detached from window
• Puzzle chooser now ensures the selected source name is visible

• Fix an issue that caused excessive memory when opening and closing many puzzles

And these are specific to the iOS and Vision Pro update:

• Fix a crash that could occur when using a mouse on iPad and selecting the “Enter Special Answer” button
• Fix a bug that caused Restore Purchases to erroneously show “Lifetime Unlock” as purchased
• When a very long clue is displayed, make sure the corresponding space in the puzzle is scrolled into view
• Added a close button to NYT authentication panel

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MarsEdit 5.1.4 is now available on the MarsEdit site and has been submitted to the Mac App Store.

This update addresses a few issues introduced in the 5.1.3 release, and adds a couple more enhancements:

• Restore functionality of Safari App Extension toolbar button
• Restore pretty-printing of XMLRPC Network Log events
• Large binary upload data such as images are now abbreviated in the Network Log
• Several fixes to the appearance and behavior of the “+” and gear buttons in the main window
• Hyphens, dashes and underscores are now considered as word separators when inferring alt text from filenames

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