Hey everyone,
a new version of Aspect has been released: 1.0.0-rc.15 (view blog post). You’ll find the download links in the next section of this post. Simply install over the existing installation to upgrade.
Download
Windows installer (x86_64)
macOS bundle (universal)
Linux AppImage (x86_64)
Windows server version (x86_64) (experimental)
macOS server version (universal) (experimental)
Linux server version (x86_64) (experimental)
Getting started with the server version
Please remember: Even though the software is reasonably stable at this point, always make a backup of your data, or work with a copy of it!
Mobile Apps
Getting Started on Android
Getting Stated on iOS
Enhancements
- Hidden directories detected within the library folder are not treated as new events anymore
- All activities with a progress indicator now display a textual progress, too
- Sped up the synchronization/clone process
Bug fixes
- Fixed the enabled state of “Move To” menu entries under certain circumstances
- Several menu entries in the edit menu are now available for files on the recent imports page
- Fixed a possible failure to write XMP sidecar files when the enclosing event gets renamed/moved at the same time
- Fixed a rare crash happening with a particular timing of switching to/from the metadata pane
- Fixed a possible crash occurring under unknown circumstances
- Fixed a crash occurring when the JIT file cache fails to initialize properly
- Fixed the behavior of the server version for missing files - now keeps files in the catalog and attempts to restore them
- Fixed the “Manage Scanned Folders” context menu entry to only show up for the photo stream item
- Fixed some bogus error messages that appeared in the log output for inaccessible remote files
- Fixed a case where extraneous exported files were left behind when using export collections with multiple synchronized library instances
- Fixed another possible case of a bogus “Files Deleted from File System” message
- Disabled processing export collections for the server version
- Fixed a possible occurring after standby in cases where one of multiple libraries fails to resume or load
- Fixed some of the library background functionality not working as intended after resuming from system standby
- Fixed a possible crash when switching between events/photo stream in the same moment in which a library lock failure occurs
- Fixed a possible crash when entering standby mode on Windows
- Fixed a possible crash when loading synchronized libraries with unavailable events for which some metadata is missing
- iOS: Fixed determining which photos are available locally on the phone
- iOS: Fixed a crash occurring at startup on iOS 18.4
Feel free to leave any feedback here or in the bug reports sub forum. Thanks for helping to shape a new way of organizing photos!