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Coherence X 4.7
April 1, 2024
  • Fixed an issue where incorrect click zones would occur in the creation tool, ensuring a more precise user experience.

  • Coherence will no longer fetch a new icon once the user has added a custom icon during creation, saving time and resources.

  • Fixed an issue where the color picker would appear when reactivating the Coherence window, improving user workflow.

  • Improvements to the Coherence Extension backend, enhancing overall performance and reliability.

  • Fixed an issue where a phantom window would appear alongside the Coherence creation tool, ensuring a cleaner user interface.

  • Moved the paste icon during app creation to the URL text input, improving usability.

  • Improvements to Coherence Setapp Checkin experience in the Setapp build, enhancing integration with Setapp.

  • Fixed an issue where Coherence apps would not be removed from the library after deletion, improving library management.

  • Fixed an issue where browser engines could break after deletion, ensuring a more stable experience.

  • Improvements to Coherence extension wording and UX, enhancing overall user experience.

  • Improvements to Bulk App Creation, making it easier to create multiple Coherence apps at once.

  • Improved Coherence app window behavior, ensuring a smoother user experience.

  • Improved Coherence extension compatibility with Microsoft Brave, enhancing compatibility with different browsers.

  • Fixed an issue where CoherenceMessagingHost would not quit after an app quits, improving resource management.

Coherence X 4.6
December 13, 2023
  • Coherence 4.6 introduces a completely rewritten Coherence Extension, dramatically enhancing performance, reliability, and laying the groundwork for future features.

  • Significant performance improvements are a key highlight of this update, thanks to the new Coherence Extension, offering a smoother and more efficient user experience.

  • Increased reliability with the rewritten extension, addressing various issues for enhanced stability and reduced crashes.

  • The update sets a foundation for exciting new features, preparing Coherence for further advancements and capabilities.

  • Comprehensive bug fixes are included, focusing on improving the overall user experience and eliminating reported issues.

Coherence X 4.5.3
December 4, 2023
  • Enhanced Link Forwarding: Resolves issues with links opening twice and better respects system default browser settings.

  • Improved Alfred and Spotlight Support: Offers a smoother, more intuitive search experience.

  • Expanded Character Limit in Coherence Extension: Increases URL redirection character limit, exceeding the previous 115-character constraint.

  • Upgraded Custom Icon Support: Allows for more personalized and visually appealing application icons.

  • Restored Choosy Support: Enhances browser selection options for different links.

  • Improved Special Character Handling: Ensures better customization for app names with special characters.

  • Additional Fixes and Improvements: Includes various other enhancements to improve the overall Coherence experience.

Coherence X 4.6
December 13, 2023
  • Coherence 4.6 introduces a completely rewritten Coherence Extension, dramatically enhancing performance, reliability, and laying the groundwork for future features.

  • Significant performance improvements are a key highlight of this update, thanks to the new Coherence Extension, offering a smoother and more efficient user experience.

  • Increased reliability with the rewritten extension, addressing various issues for enhanced stability and reduced crashes.

  • The update sets a foundation for exciting new features, preparing Coherence for further advancements and capabilities.

  • Comprehensive bug fixes are included, focusing on improving the overall user experience and eliminating reported issues.

Coherence X 4.5.2
November 11, 2023
  • This update includes further improvements to the new Coherence backend and Coherence Messaging Host, including restoring support for local devices and fixing a crash with Google login.

Coherence X 4.5.1
November 2, 2023
  • Fixed an issue where apps would not relaunch after closing due to the app process not quitting in the background.

Coherence X 4.5
October 31, 2023
  • Introduced a new, modern engine for Coherence apps enhancing overall reliability for future releases.

  • Fixed an issue where app names were not displayed correctly in macOS Sonoma.

  • Addressed various interface bugs to improve user experience.

  • Added the ability to drag and rearrange tabs within the app editor for more intuitive organization.

  • Creating a new app over a previously existing one no longer retains the old plist, ensuring accurate app configurations.

  • Enhanced support for special characters in app names, expanding naming options for users.

  • Added a feature to install an app from the recommended apps library multiple times, providing more flexibility in app management.

  • All tabs will now be included when using the app export feature, ensuring a complete transfer of app configurations.

  • Added the ability to edit entries in the whitelisting, offering more control over app permissions.

  • Various other optimizations and bug fixes to improve the overall functionality and performance of Coherence X.

Coherence X 4.4
April 18, 2023
  • This update introduces a significantly improved app backend, switching from a script to an internal helper app. In addition to approving stability, all aspects of apps are now fully native to Apple Silicon.

  • Coherence will now ask to Reveal an app in Finder as opposed to “Launch now”.

  • A number of interface fixes and improvements

  • Added support for file:// links

  • Fixed editing apps crashing Coherence

  • Tabbed apps now automatically enable opening additional tabs by default

  • Various other fixes

Coherence X 4.3
January 24, 2023
  • Cleaned up build files and reduced app binary size

  • You can now use any URL when creating a Coherence app

  • Improved editing tabs in existing apps

  • Fixed an issue where the Coherence tool would not correctly show which settings were currently enabled when viewing a menu.

  • Coherence now automatically blocks all new windows in apps with the extension installed. You can disable this on a per-session or per-app basis in the Coherence extension.

  • Fixed an issue where settings would not remain checked within the Coherence tool

  • Updated user agent in the Coherence extension

  • Fixed an issue where editing the icon of a created app would shrink it

  • Various other fixes

Coherence X 4.2.2
November 15, 2022
  • The creation path when creating an app will now default to the selected location in preferences, and changing it on the create step will only change it for that session.

  • Coherence will now skip the import extension/profile step if none are found.

  • Significantly improved icon creation code that should avoid errors.

  • Significantly improved URL input code that should avoid errors.

  • Various other bug fixes.

Coherence X 4.2.1
November 4, 2022
  • Fixed a bug where updating Coherence apps would break their signature.

  • Fixed a bug where tabs would be lost when updating a Coherence app.

Coherence X 4.2
October 24, 2022
  • Coherence X 4.2 focuses primarily on performance enhancements including but not limited to the additions mentioned below.

  • Coherence apps should now remember both their position and size between closes.

  • The Coherence creation tool window can now be relaunched after closing without needing to restart the app.

  • Added import extension/profile support for all supported browsers, and removed errors that would occur when Chrome is not installed.

  • Fixed trial apps.

Coherence X 4.1.1

September 27, 2022
  • Improved behavior when opening new tabs in an app.

  • Restored ability for apps to remember window position.

4.1
4.0.4.1

Coherence X 4.1

June 21, 2022
  • This update includes a complete rewrite of the Coherence extension in Swift, which should improve Coherence performance and reliability, as well as allow us to add new functionality with greater flexibility in the future.

  • This update adds back support for functions that previously broke in macOS 12.3 and later, including whitelisting and other extension behavior.

4.0.4

Coherence X 4.0.4.1

January 10, 2022
  • Fixed a bug where Google would return a "not supported" error.

Coherence X 4.0.4

November 7, 2021
  • Fixed an issue where Brave tabbed apps couldn't be updated.

  • Fixed trial apps breaking.

4.0.3

Coherence X 4.0.3

November 7, 2021
  • Fixed an issue where Brave tabbed apps couldn't be updated.

  • Fixed trial apps breaking.

  • Fixed a bug where apps would not create with certain icon types.

  • App library suggested apps are no longer tied to apps created outside of the suggested apps interface.

  • Tabbed apps will no longer show Tabs= and get stuck. A known bug is occurring where Brave apps will not update when edited, we are planning a fix.

Coherence X 4.0.2

October 20, 2021
  • This update fixes a bug where re-activating a non-in-focus Coherence app
    window would cause a generic Chrome window to appear. Apps must use the
    pre-included Coherence extension for this fix to work.

  • Various other fixes

  • To update your existing Coherence apps, go to Coherence-> Coherence in the menu bar-> App Updater and select any apps. It is *strongly* recommended you backup your apps by zipping and test on one app before updating all apps.

4.0.2

Coherence X 4.0.1

November 7, 2021
  • Fixed a bug where tabbed apps were uneditable

  • There should be notable improvements to pinned apps, launchpad apps, and launching apps via macro, but we are still working to improve this

  • Single-tabbed status bar apps are now working

  • Various bug fixes

Coherence X 4.0

June 1, 2021
  • Added support for Opera. Opera apps are currently only available in tabbed form.

  • Added support for Microsoft Edge

  • Added Quick Resume app windows will now be restored after close without a need to restart your Coherence app.

  • Added Incognito apps. Incognito apps are only available in tabbed form.

  • Added Icon Customization tools easily create custom Big Sur and Catalina style icons

  • Updated App Library, now with support for Recommended Apps Quickly install some of the most popular Coherence apps in one click.

  • Added ability to change browser engine after creation

  • Added Quick Resume app windows will now be restored after close without a need to restart your Coherence app.

  • Improved app backend

  • Many bug fixes

Coherence X 3.3

May 11, 2021
  • Native support for M1. Coherence is now a universal binary

  • Backend improvements that should, amongst other things, reenable support for
    Choosy and other link-forwarding apps

  • You can now deactivate and reactivate your license in app

  • Various other bug fixes

Coherence X 3.2.2

January 17, 2021
  • Fixed bug where tabbed apps were duplicating tabs between sessions

  • Fixed an alert that would occur when importing Brave extensions and profiles

  • Fixed an issue where you couldn't use custom icons in bulk app creations

  • Various other bug fixes

Coherence X 3.2.1

January 4, 2021
  • Fixed bug that would cause extensions not to load and not import

  • Fixed bug where edit mode would crash or not work

  • Various other bug fixes

Coherence X 3.2

November 30, 2020
  • Support for macOS 11 Big Sur

  • Coherence now automatically changes to Firefox agent when logging into Google, and switches back after, removing the need for the 'Google login' checkmark. It all just works now.

  • Various other small changes

  • You should now be able to pin apps to dock after they've been open from finder/applications

  • As always, please backup any apps before running them in the Coherence updater, as there may be errors we missed that will break the app

Coherence X 3.1.5

October 26, 2020
  • Significant stability improvements over the previous build

  • Fixed a bug that would cause apps to be damaged and not open

  • Fixed a bug that broke extension importing

  • You should now be able to pin apps to dock after they've been open from finder/applications

Coherence X 3.1.4

October 21, 2020
  • This update includes bug fixes to the previous update. Make sure to back up apps before updating.

  • We are aware of a bug that breaks extensions from improting at creation. Working on a fix.

Coherence X 3.1.3

October 18, 2020
  • This update includes a dramatic amount of bug fixes and major changes to the Coherence backend. You can update your existing apps after updating by going to the Coherence upgrade tool in the Coherence menu bar. Make sure to back up apps before updating.

  • Fixed 'Chrome' replacing app name bug.

  • This update includes compatibility improvements for Big Sur, however, there are still bugs and it is not recommended to run on Big Sur at this time.

Coherence X 3.1.2

August 9, 2020
  • Fixed issues with autoupdating apps breaking and pinning to dock. Make sure to
    run broken apps through updater after backing up.

  • Other bug fixes and small changes.

Coherence X 3.1.1

July 13, 2020
  • This update includes a complete rewrite of the Coherence extension in Swift, which should improve Coherence performance and reliability, as well as allow us to add new functionality with greater flexibility in the future.

  • This update adds back support for functions that previously broke in macOS 12.3 and later, including whitelisting and other extension behavior.

Coherence X 3.1

July 6, 2020
  • A brand new app backend that should be remarkably more reliable

  • Microphone and camera support on websites

  • Choosy support as well as support for similar apps

  • Several bug fixes

Coherence X 3.0.2

June 8, 2020
  • New app updater tool that should not break nearly as easily in the future
    (hopefully never)

  • Fixed an issue were Brave apps would break after a few days

  • Added the ability to toggle Firefox user agent within the Coherence extension

  • Added preference to completely disable the Coherence extension from being included in apps

  • Fixed a bug where the Coherence creation tool would not reopen if window is
    closed

Coherence X 3.0.1

May 12, 2020
  • Fixed app updater

  • Fixed Resources error when not having Chrome installed

Coherence X 3.0

May 12, 2020

​Coherence X introduces a new era for both Coherence and SSB tools as a
whole. Using a new backend, dramatically improved launcher, and a series of
addition and fixes, Coherence X is the most powerful SSB tool ever created.


Just some of the dozens of changes include:

  • Support for the Brave browser: A privacy-centric fork of Chrome, now compatible with all Coherence apps

  • Intelligent Whitelisting: Easily create rules for what URLs to allow in your apps and which to bump to your default browser

  • Edit and mange created apps: Using the new creation tool, you can now view, change settings, and manage created apps easily

  • Share apps: You can now import and export Coherence app setups amongst licensed users

  • Improved backend with smaller, faster apps

  • Many bug fixes, and much, much more...

Coherence Pro 2.1.1

May 11, 2020
  • Fix for Google 'insecure' login

  • Fixed apps not behaving properly when executed while open

  • If your license begins with 'id', use the DevMate version by downloading here.

Coherence Pro 2.1

March 22, 2020
  • This update include some major backend changes we we're planning for a future major update but decided to push early for the sake of fixing some bugs. Be sure to use the updater tool in the menu bar to update your apps after installing 2.1.

  • Fixed apps breaking when pinned to dock

  • Tabbed apps will no longer duplicate tabs and will remember where you left off between sessions.

  • If your license begins with 'id', use the DevMate version by downloading here.

Coherence Pro 2.0.4

February 1, 2020
  • This update includes a fix for a bug that caused Coherence apps to create 'ghost' processes that would not go away without a forced restart. If any of your apps were effected by this issue, use the updater tool found in the menu bar at Coherence Pro-> Updater and update any broken apps.

  • Changed the behavior of currently opened Coherence apps to behave like other macOS apps.

  • Various bug fixes.

  • If your license begins with 'id', use the DevMate version by downloading here.

Coherence Pro 2.0.3

December 17, 2019
  • Switched from DevMate to Paddle and other frameworks for release build.

  • DevMate users can update in-app using 2.0.2

  • Bug fixes

  • If your license begins with 'id', use the DevMate version by downloading here.

Coherence Pro 2.0.2

October 17, 2019
  • Setapp Support

  • Various bug fixes

Coherence Pro 2.0.1

September 27, 2019
  • Support for macOS 10.15 Catalina

  • Various bug fixes

Coherence Pro 2.0

June 17, 2019
  • Redesigned Icon

  • Redesigned Creation tool

  • Improved Chrome backend

  • Improved quick create, bulk create, and tabbed app functions

  • Improvements to importation of Extensions and Profiles

  • Improved tabbed app mode

  • Added ability to designate apps as browser

  • Added multi-tabbed apps

  • Added ability to autolaunch apps after creation

  • Improved welcome menu

  • Bug fixes

Coherence Pro 1.1.3

June 14, 2019
  • Coherence Pro 1.1.3 fixes a bug with the Chrome 75 updater and creation tool that did not install a new framework correctly and resulted in it breaking once it had updated to a newer version of Chrome. This has been completely fixed in this version, and new versions of Chrome should not break. Apps built in Coherence 1.1.2 and broken apps should be rerun through the Chrome 75 Upgrader.

Coherence Pro 1.1.2

June 6, 2019
  • This update includes a critical fix for Chrome 75. All newly created apps on any version of Chrome should work with this update.

  • If you have a previously created app on Chrome 74, you will need to use a tool we've created to update them. To use this tool, first upgrade to Chrome 75. Then, in the menu bar, go to Coherence Pro-> Chrome 75, and select your app.

  • Various other small fixes and tweaks.

Coherence Pro 1.1.1

January 21, 2019
  • Fixed the unsupported command line flag error

  • Various other bug fixes

Coherence Pro 1.1

September 5, 2018
  • Fixed Chrome 69 bug

  • Interface tweaks

  • Rewrote Chrome backend

  • Bug fixes

Coherence Pro 1.0.1

August 6, 2018
  • Support for macOS Mojave

  • Notarized

  • Bug fixes

Coherence Pro 1.0

May 15, 2018
  • Initial release.

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