Version history

Inbox 1.3.1

February 15, 2008
  • Fixed possible hang on launch when running 10.4.11 Tiger.

  • Inbox 1.3.0

    February 14, 2008
  • Fixed an issue with restoring from Inbox created backup files.
  • Fixed the archiving of projects and actions being left in contexts.
  • Fixed Quick Action to work without an active context.
  • Fixed the auto-activation of contexts.
  • Fixed Quick Collection of Mail messages from POP accounts.
  • Fixed crashing bug when emptying the Trash.
  • Significant stability improvements with outline views.

  • Inbox 1.2.8

    November 24, 2007
  • Significant issue fixed with event and todo collection under Leopard.
  • Fixed quick collect of messages from Mail.
  • Two significant bug fixes which could cause crashing.

  • Inbox 1.2.7

    November 9, 2007
  • Significant issue fixed while changing the selected source under Leopard.
  • Significant issue fixed with email message collection under Leopard.
  • Adds display of email author along with email subject (Tiger & Leopard).

  • Inbox 1.2.6

    October 17, 2007
  • Fixes a significant bug introduced in 1.2.5 which only affected Tiger users.

  • Inbox 1.2.5

    October 16, 2007

    Please note that versions 1.2.3 and 1.2.4 were not released.

  • Significant overhaul for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility.
  • Window appearance updated for Tiger/Leopard consistency.
  • Various minor bug fixes.

  • Inbox 1.2.2

    June 9, 2007
  • Corrects 1.2.1 debug state.

  • Inbox 1.2.1

    June 8, 2007
  • Fixed new bugs with drag and drop within projects and contexts

  • Inbox 1.2

    June 7, 2007 - current release
  • Significant overhaul of processing sheet
  • New "assist me" command to reveal item in Finder
  • New "assist me" command to reply to email message
  • New "assist me" command to send an item via email
  • New source icons that display folders for grouped items
  • Added option for display of original pre-release Inbox icon
  • Added archiving of completed one-off actions
  • Fixed archiving of completed projects
  • Fixed progress display of backup activity
  • Fixed inappropriate setting of context in work section
  • Fixed quick note and quick action button tooltips
  • Various typos and textual corrections

  • Inbox 1.1.5

    April 18, 2007
  • Significant fixes to printing including rendering and multiple page problems
  • Added display of attached items to actions within Work contexts
  • Fixed sync issue when a calendar of the same name already exists
  • Fixed project effort calculation and display errors
  • Fixed 'Create new project' sheet first responder bug
  • Various updates to the help documentation
  • Various typos and textual corrections

  • Inbox 1.1.4

    April 11, 2007

    Significant sync feature changes, and a data duplication fix.

  • Removed automatic iCal syncing due to various unexpected side effects
  • New sync button to manually initiate the iCal sync process
  • Fixed a problem which could cause duplication of all items in Inbox caused by a bug in the backup methods

  • Inbox 1.1.3

    April 8, 2007
  • Fixed an intermittent crashing bug when dragging a project onto another project while having project items selected
  • Fixed a problem that could lead to data loss when using an alternate datastore location, and then resetting

  • Inbox 1.1.2

    April 8, 2007
  • Fixed new collections sometimes being disabled by default

  • Inbox 1.1.1

    April 6, 2007
  • Fixed the choose location button when creating a new collection
  • Fixed spurious error messages when resetting your data

  • Inbox 1.1

    April 5, 2007

    This major update adds an SQL format datastore for greatly increased speed, universal shortcuts to create notes and actions from anywhere, iCal syncing for external devices, documentation in the Mac OS X help system, action timers and context scheduling, a new archive section for completed projects, backup and restore commands, and hundreds of bug fixes.


  • New action timer with play/pause button in status area
  • New action complete button in status area
  • New non-modal quick note heads-up-display palette
  • New non-modal quick action heads-up-display palette
  • Updated info heads-up-display palette with visual calendar
  • New shortcut for hide/show Inbox
  • New shortcut for quick collect
  • New command to instantly collect selected Finder items
  • New command to instantly collect selected Mail messages
  • New shortcut for quick note
  • New shortcut for quick action
  • New command to add an action to a project while working outside Inbox
  • New shortcuts for yakking yes or no (that maintain the active app)
  • Inbox dock icon reflects fullness of inbox (items to be processed)
  • New creating of ical calendars for enabled contexts and todos for actions
  • New syncing of contexts to and from ical
  • New documentation in Mac OS help system
  • New Archive section for completed projects and actions
  • Reworked reviews are no longer dependent on reference assignments
  • Reworked reference section for no-actionable lists (someday maybe, etc.)
  • Significantly improved speed for large Inboxes (now using sql)
  • Significantly reduced datastore file size
  • New preference for putting your Inbox data wherever you want (ie. idisk)
  • New backup and restore commands for Inbox data (in xml format)
  • Also includes hundreds of additional bug fixes and tweaks

  • Inbox 1.0.5

    January 8, 2007

    Please note that version 1.0.4 was never publically released.

  • Fixed action text editing keyboard controls
  • Added the ability to tab to the context menu of an action while editing its description

  • Inbox 1.0.3

    December 15, 2006
  • Added a procedure for cleaning up partically corrupt data that could cause screen drawing problems and eventual crashing

  • Inbox 1.0.2

    December 13, 2006
  • Fixed a crashing bug when processing the last item in Inbox, if it was also selected
  • Fixed various issues with the registeration system

  • Inbox 1.0.1

    December 6, 2006
  • Fixed demo expiration for issues with users updating from public beta 4
  • Fixed crashing issue with processing certain types of items
  • Fixed processing quick notes
  • Fixed processing being allowed to create blank projects and actions
  • Fixed some processed items not being marked as having been processed
  • Fixed a crashing bug for intel-only when resizing a window

  • Inbox 1.0

    December 3, 2006

    The first complete release.



    Inbox 0.9.7

    October 31, 2006
  • Registration saved properly
  • Datastore won't reset is preferences deleted
  • All new introduction text (Inbox help)
  • massive overhaul of collecting, with a fraction of the previous overhead
  • Processing controller implemented (interface still incomplete)
  • Quick-note feature completely overhauled
  • Almost all faux-latin text removed

  • Inbox 0.9.6

    January 8, 2007
  • Window and sheet positioning fixes
  • Model and key fixes
  • Improved table responders
  • Additional font-id conflict fixes
  • Source and item table layout fixes
  • Some registration problems addressed
  • Context popup menu fix
  • Reset data command restored

  • Inbox 0.9.5

    September 30, 2006
  • Data store format finalized
  • Registration fully implemented
  • Beta expiration and functions removed
  • Some progress on processing implementation
  • Some additional Intel Mac issues addressed

  • Inbox beta 4

    September 28, 2006
  • Outline collapsing crashing fix
  • Deleting fully implemented
  • Collecting overhaul in-place
  • Now collects events, todos, bookmarks
  • Some Intel Mac drawing fixes

  • Inbox beta 3

    September 26, 2006
  • Windowing overhaul for increased stability and compatibility
  • Multiple selection in item lists
  • Details palette for editing multiple sections
  • Some improvement in collecting
  • New add-action and add-note buttons
  • Two-minute timer now in a faux-bezel window
  • Various table aesthetic changes
  • Improved typography in lists
  • Graphite interface support
  • Update notification improvement
  • Registration fully enabled

  • Inbox beta 2

    September 12, 2006
  • Deleting sources and items now functions
  • Preferences added for collecting and chimes
  • Wrong-font issues resolved
  • Window positing and size improvements
  • Overview is no-longer a sheet
  • Some window activation issues resolved
  • Add button behavior simplified
  • Singular-actions now supported

  • Inbox beta 1

    August 28, 2006

    The first very rough release.