Personal Diary (Journal) App

- Fixed: Hyperlinks and Strikethroughs did not save until other unrelated modifications have been done to trigger autosave.
- Fixed: Importing photos taken directly from the Camera within the app did not do anything.
- Fixed: Some users may have had troubles installing the app on the Apple Watch.
- Fixed: Images may be stuck "loading" - they are caused by previously deleted images of which the app still thinks exists and is trying to load.
- Fixed: Dragging and dropping images to export images out of the app, or copy images to multiple entries, may cause the app to incorrectly use low resolution thumbnails of the image.
- Fixed: Images may flicker upon selection of an entry, upon autosave, or upon scrolling through lists or pages with images.
- Fixed: Smart Search did not correctly account for search terms consisting of the day of the week (so searching for "Saturday" did not work).
- Improved: Added more hints of Safe Mode and direct shortcuts to exit it.
- Improved: Disabling image previews will now show a placeholder image instead of a blank space.

- Fixed: Storage Location preference settings may not update correctly after a background iCloud login update. This may have caused unexpected confusion as to why storage locations randomly switched.
- Fixed: Journal Picker headers may not appear correctly on macOS.
- Improved: Information about storage location differences of a journal are now clearer. The app also now prompts to automatically change settings for you if you want to access journals in a different location without migrating.
- Improved: There are now double-confirmations for journal storage location migrations to prevent accidental migrations.

- Fixed: On recent versions of iOS, iPadOS and macOS and Personal Diary, there is a chance where you would frequently get scary iCloud access denied errors. This is because the system temporarily removed access to iCloud for whatever reason. It has now changed to a "waiting for iCloud access" indicator, which automatically dismisses once iCloud is ready.
- Fixed: Some miscellaneous crashes that do not appear to have any reason should be resolved.
- Fixed: Depending on luck, you may occasionally find a warning of an "unavailable" entry, which does not acutally exist.
- Improved: Entries which have data load issues are now ordered beyond the latest entries in the list.
- Improved: When you are in the Timeline and you have written data in iCloud in the past, but no data is downloaded (making the Timeline appear blank), and system configuration permits, the app will more aggressively poll for iCloud updates and refresh the Timeline in order to retrieve your data.

- Fixed: On recent versions of iOS 16, iPadOS 16 and macOS 13 (Ventura), the app may incorrectly assume all your diary data is downloaded from iCloud, and attempt to load them before the download is complete, causing extremely slow loading times in the Timeline.
- Fixed: Some links in the app (like FAQ) were moved, and are thus updated.
- Improved: The Data Availability section in Storage Location & Usage now shows an estimated percentage of data downloaded locally.
- Misc: Removed legacy code and updated dependencies.

- Fixed: Page Curl Animations added tap-to-flip-page tap targets that conflict with button taps on images and text, making it impossible to edit text or add a new image in some situations. This is now removed.
- Fixed: Strikethrough option was missing in recent versions of the app.
- Fixed: Strikethrough and Hyperlink keyboard shortcuts were missing in recent versions of the app.
- Fixed: PDF and Printing Export Cover Page might not be removed even if you turn it off.
- Improved: For PDF and Printing exports, they might crash when merging large numbers of pages due to running out of memory. This is mitigated through transferring partial exported contents onto storage and improved memory management.
- Improved: For PDF and Printing exports, you can now specify the starting page number, so you may merge PDF parts from the past outside of the app and do not need to reexport everything to get the page numbers right.

Known Issues:
- PDF Export may not work correctly if you have too many images. You will now be served a warning if you hit memory limits.

- Fixed: Mood and Weather cannot be removed if already set.
- Fixed: Biometrics Unlock may be displayed even when it is not supported or enabled on your device.
- Fixed: In some cases you might be able to "import" inline images into the text editor. Though it looks like it worked, the action isn't supported and it is not saved. The text editor will now correctly reflect this and not show inline images.
- Improved: Closing the Journal Picker (available when Multi-Journal Mode is on) will now lock the app as well (if a passcode is set).
- Improved: Entry data now internally tracks a version number, so future version incompatibilities can be marked with an appropriate warning.
- Attempted to Fix: Personal Diary might crash on older versions of macOS.

- Fixed: Notifications stop working after 2 weeks in the newer versions, claiming that you have never opened the app even if you did.
- Fixed: 'Something went wrong' alerts may appear on app launch even when nothing is wrong.

Known Issues (go to in-app section to read details):
- Page Curl Animations may conflict with the image attachment buttons and Focused Editing Mode.
- PDF Export may not work correctly if you have too many images.

- Fixed: Searching with multiple words may not work in certain languages.
- Fixed: Search terms with only the month and year now correctly shows results (again).
- Fixed: Delete button was missing in the image attachment panel.
- Fixed: Image thumbnails may appear in the wrong orientation in previews on iOS 14 and below.
- Fixed: A transition animation may unexpectedly occur which "transitions" to the same entry.
- Improved: Added a section to perform basic customizations for VoiceOver prompts.
- Improved: Date Format options for the Timeline view has been rephrased for clarity.

- Fixed: Search terms with only the month and year now correctly shows results.
- Fixed: Searching contents were incorrectly case sensitive. That is fixed and are now no longer case sensitive.
- Fixed: Tags now show up correctly in PDF exports.
- Fixed: Editing an entry while entries are refreshing may cause edits to be undone and reverted.
- Fixed: A rare crash that may occur when the number of entries loaded changes while the UI is being updated.
- Fixed: When mood and weather are turned off for new entries, auto mood detection should not have kicked in automatically.
- Fixed: Raw Data Archive now outputs folder names with the corresponding timezone the entry is written in.
- Improved: The timezone indicators for entries with timezones different than your current one can now either be hidden or ignored.
- Improved: Clarified in-app explanation for legacy iOS version warnings.

- Fixed: Toggling the Multi-Journal Mode switch may crash the app.
- Fixed: The app may crash when creating a new entry.
- Fixed: Some other miscellaneous crashes that may occur.
- Improved: Images in PDFs should be less likely to fail to export.

Personal Diary has been massively revamped behind the scenes and is now on version 3! Enjoy vastly improved app launch times, lots of new features and compatibility with all new operating systems and devices released so far.

Background Entry Data Loading
- You can now use the app, browse, edit and create diary entries, even while the app is still in the middle of loading your existing data in the background. No more long loading times at the launch screen!
- Note: Some actions, like searching through all your data, are unavailable until all entries are loaded.

Multi-Journal mode
- You can now create multiple journals to organise your info, such as separate ones for Personal and Work entries.
- You can choose a preferred journal for your own reference, for which the app may auto-open if no other journals are open.

Large Screen and App Window Optimizations
- On larger landscape displays and window sizes, the timeline and entry can now be shown in split view, making better use of available screen space.
- A maximum width may now be set for the entry page, so it doesn't span the entire width of a display.
- Full compatibility with Stage Manager on iPadOS and macOS.

UI Revamps
- An updated Timeline design now allows for dynamically sized table rows and entry image previews.
- Timeline and Entry contents can now be displayed in split view.
- Settings page organisation and VoiceOver accessibility has been improved.
- Image attachment panel design has been updated with a simpler floating design, new context menus and improved VoiceOver accessibility.
- Apple Watch app UI conventions have been updated with some design cues used in watchOS 7+.

Miscellaneous
- New sorting order options now has the ability to sort in chronological or reverse chronological order, jump to current entry, and more!
- Apple Watch app now uses the watchOS system keyboard on Series 7+ instead of FlickType. Older devices still default to FlickType. (If you still want to use FlickType on Series 7+, tap-and-hold the entry edit fields)
- Entry tags are now supported, which allows for faster and more precise search results.
- Timezone information are now tracked in entries and displayed if there's a mismatch with your current timezone.
- You can now import multiple images by once on iOS 14, iPadOS 14 and macOS 11 and later through the photo and file pickers.
- Image attachment viewer now supports Live Text and Copy Subject provided by the system when on a compatible device running iOS 16 and iPadOS 16.
- Themes have been revamped to allow for more customization. No longer are you forced to pick vibrant colors in the app, you can also choose pastel and minimal ones!
- An updated machine learning model for Auto Mood Detection is now included and used on iOS 14, iPadOS 14, macOS 11 and above, which should yield improved precision and accuracy.
- The search engine has an updated algorithm that now works better with most languages, even if the app isn't translated to them.
- New option for page curl animations to emulate a physical book.
- New shortcuts are now available directly in the Timeline.
- Improved syncing with other devices reduces the chance of conflicts and data overwrites from multiple devices at once.
- Data migration to and from iCloud Drive will no longer automatically happen and must be manually initiated. This prevents unintended automatic data migrations.
- Resolved lag issues when displaying large amounts of data in the Timeline.

Thank you everyone for using and supporting Personal Diary to this day!



App Support and Compatibility Notice

This release drops compatibility for iOS 9 and iOS 10 (Apple dropped support for them - it is no longer possible to support them while including support for iOS 16 features).

Furthermore, while this app can still be downloaded and used on devices iOS 11 and up, it will now officially only be designed for iOS 13, iPadOS 13, macOS 10.15 and up, and work best for iOS 14, iPadOS 14, macOS 11 and up.

This is likely to be the last bug fix update before version 3.0, which will involve a rewrite of the full codebase to make it easier to include new functionality as many of you have requested.

Right now, this build provides the following changes:
- Updated to work with the latest iPhone, iPad and MacBooks.
- Minor UI behaviour patches in an entry.
- Improved diary reminder notification handling.

- Fixed a bug where long footer text is truncated in the settings window and submenus, causing one to be unable to read the text in its entirely.
- Improved password recovery identity verification process, with many bug fixes and accuracy improvements.
- Stopped unnecessary background updates for dark mode, so the app should now not waste as much power doing nothing.
- Fixes an issue where content auto-scrolls back to the cursor while editing in an entry on macOS (again).
- Resolves an issue where if Dark Theme is set to Auto, it may not work correctly on macOS, where it randomly switches to Dark Mode even in undesired situations.
- Updated minimum window size on macOS.
- Fixed settings window size being unnecessarily tiny on macOS.

Here're some bug fixes and improvements for the new year!
- Resolves an issue where the passcode screen may be prompted twice.
- Passcode input when using VoiceOver now follows VoiceOver settings and input methods set up.
- Entry configuration page has improved VoiceOver navigation.
- The app now blurs the screen in addition to locking itself when navigating away from the app (if a passcode is set) on iOS/iPadOS.
- Multi-journal support (experimental) improvements - now in a fully usable state with hierarchal navigation, plus proper VoiceOver compatibility.

Please let me know if you encounter any issues, I'd be happy to help!

- Added support for iOS 14.2, iPadOS 14.2, and macOS Big Sur.
- Personal Diary is now a Universal Mac app, supporting Macs with Apple Silicon natively.
- Resolved an issue where passcode screen may not block the entire app.
- Patches a bug where the search bar is invisible in dark mode on macOS.
- Re-added the button to export images which went missing in the last update.
- Fixes a bug where exporting might miss out on the latest entry.
- Fixes an issue where printing cannot be done on the Mac app.
- Fixes an issue where the search bar does not take in spaces when typing with a physical keyboard.
- Significantly improved responsiveness and performance of the Timeline for large diaries with more than half a thousand entries.
- Fixes an issue where resizing the window while in the Timeline pane on macOS may cause the app to freeze for a few seconds.
- Reduced some AI functionality temporarily as it was discovered to be causing too much of a hit in performance.
- Improved app performance on macOS Big Sur.
- Reduced data export size limits.

This is a quick hot fix update that resolves some important usability issues.
- Fixed an issue where scrolling may not work while editing an Entry. Sorry for any inconveniences caused.
- Patched a bug where pasting content might cause erroneous auto-scrolling.
- Added an edit button in the Entry page that provides hints on how you can edit all aspects of an entry.
- Added an indicator on macOS to press the escape key to finish typing when Focused Editing Mode is enabled in Personal Diary settings.

Changes from the major v2.6 release:
- Personal Diary is now available on macOS Catalina and later! Look for it on the Mac App Store.
- The app is now optimised for iOS 14, iPadOS 14 and watchOS 7.
- Fixed an issue on iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 where your data on iCloud does not automatically download.
- Resolved a bug on iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 where images are stubborn and can never be downloaded, no matter what you do.
- Updated UI for mood, weather and date selector for an entry on iPad and macOS.
- Added image reordering support, so you can now reorder images within an entry with a simple drag.
- Image reordering doesn't work on iOS 10 and below at the moment.
- If you're using the add button to insert images, they are now correctly added in the order they were added in.
- Updated Settings UI on iOS 13, iPadOS 13, macOS 10.15 and later, so it now appears as a pop up window rather than a full screen page.
- Fixed an issue where the app may freeze for a second or two on large journals every single time you enter the Timeline, especially on older iOS, iPadOS and macOS devices.
- Added experimental multi-journal switching support, allowing you to switch between different books or profiles. To try it out, enable it in Experimental Features.
- Added drag and drop support - on iPadOS and macOS, you can now drag and drop images directly into the Images panel.
- Added the ability to choose export date range for bulk exports.
- PDF Exports (in bulk) can now be customized.
- Added an option to disable grouping by month for PDF exports and Printing, which may cause exports to halt completely for large diaries on older devices.
- Added the option to insert images and export via the Files app on iOS/iPadOS and Finder on macOS.
- Fixed an issue where importing data does not work on macOS.
- Resolves an issue where selecteing the "Export or Print Data" option in Personal Diary settings will crash the app when low on storage.
- Navigation bar colors are now more consistent throughout the app.
- Fixed a bug where the app continuously refreshes the view waiting for theme changes and wasting resources.
- Updated watchOS FlickType SDK. Now, you can type your entries on your watch more efficiently than ever - with swipe-typing, custom character input and more, all from your wrist!
- Personal Diary for watchOS now works with the FlickType watch app on watchOS 7, so FlickType can now update separately from Personal Diary app, and custom FlickType settings automatically work.
- Fixed some issues with prompts provided by Recovery Mode.
- Updated App Support & Information page.
- Updated some troubleshooting prompts.

Do write a review if you enjoyed using Personal Diary! If you have any questions, do send an email; I'd be happy to help!

Hello everyone! A major update to Personal Diary has arrived.
- Personal Diary is now available on macOS Catalina and later! Look for it on the Mac App Store.
- The app is now optimised for iOS 14, iPadOS 14 and watchOS 7.
- Fixed an issue on iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 where your data on iCloud does not automatically download.
- Resolved a bug on iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 where images are stubborn and can never be downloaded, no matter what you do.
- Updated UI for mood, weather and date selector for an entry on iPad and macOS.
- Added image reordering support, so you can now reorder images within an entry with a simple drag.
- Image reordering doesn't work on iOS 10 and below at the moment.
- If you're using the add button to insert images, they are now correctly added in the order they were added in.
- Updated Settings UI on iOS 13, iPadOS 13, macOS 10.15 and later, so it now appears as a pop up window rather than a full screen page.
- Fixed an issue where the app may freeze for a second or two on large journals every single time you enter the Timeline, especially on older iOS, iPadOS and macOS devices.
- Added experimental multi-journal switching support, allowing you to switch between different books or profiles. To try it out, enable it in Experimental Features.
- Added drag and drop support - on iPadOS and macOS, you can now drag and drop images directly into the Images panel.
- Added the ability to choose export date range for bulk exports.
- PDF Exports (in bulk) can now be customized.
- Added an option to disable grouping by month for PDF exports and Printing, which may cause exports to halt completely for large diaries on older devices.
- Added the option to insert images and export via the Files app on iOS/iPadOS and Finder on macOS.
- Fixed an issue where importing data does not work on macOS.
- Resolves an issue where selecteing the "Export or Print Data" option in Personal Diary settings will crash the app when low on storage.
- Navigation bar colors are now more consistent throughout the app.
- Fixed a bug where the app continuously refreshes the view waiting for theme changes and wasting resources.
- Updated watchOS FlickType SDK. Now, you can type your entries on your watch more efficiently than ever - with swipe-typing, custom character input and more, all from your wrist!
- Personal Diary for watchOS now works with the FlickType watch app on watchOS 7, so FlickType can now update separately from Personal Diary app, and custom FlickType settings automatically work.
- Fixed some issues with prompts provided by Recovery Mode.
- Updated App Support & Information page.
- Updated some troubleshooting prompts.

Do write a review if enjoyed using Personal Diary! If you have any questions, do send an email; I'd be happy to help!

Hi Personal Diary users! Hope all is well. Here's a long overdue update to the app, focusing on quite a bit of bug fixes and stability improvements. Details below.

- Updated with support for the latest iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS versions.
- The app can now run on macOS 10.15 or later. (beta version will be released soon!)
- Added mouse and trackpad support, suited for iPadOS and macOS.
- Increased default font sizes and switched displayed font to Arial.
- Fixed an issue where formatted text on PDF exports have a 62.5% chance of being missing or corrupted.
- Resolved a bug where an image in a PDF export may be split into two on two different pages.
- Resolves issues with PDF exports where pages are not split up properly.
- Patched a bug where images could be duplicated and injected in PDF exports if a certain string of characters are present in their entry text.
- Fixed a problem where PDF exports may fail for large diaries due to running out of memory, causing the app to crash, freeze, or have missing images. Caveat: PDF exports will now be slower as they are now done in chunks and rendered in storage instead.
- Fixed an issue where nothing happens when editing a hyperlink.
- Fixed some bugs and glitches that may occur when operating with keyboard shortcuts.
- Resolved crashes and UI glitches that occur when you perform actions too quickly while a search result is active.
- Fixed a crash when you press the 'x' button to clear search phrase, then immediately press the add entry button.
- Resolved UI formatting inconsistencies when searching in the Timeline.
- Full Screen Editing has been renamed to Focused Editing Mode.
- Fixed a bug where the Focused Editing Mode (Full Screen Editing) toggle resets after an app relaunch.
- Resolved some problems where detection of whether content is fully downloaded is not correct when migrating to/from iCloud Drive, and exporting/printing data.
- Resolved an issue where text formatting, specifically text formatted only in italics, may not preserve its style.
- Bulk data export options are revamped. Notably, they now show their progress, so you'll know whether something is happening or not when exporting to ZIP, PDF or printing data.
- Some minor UI updates to settings screens.
- More preparations for multi-journal support.

If you ever encounter problems with Personal Diary, feel free to send me an email; I'd be happy to help!

- Minor bug fixes.
- Added Acknowledgements.

- Fixed a critical bug where resetting a forgotten passcode, running diagnostics, and other parts of Recovery Mode that just doesn't seem to do anything as a subsequent alert does not pop up.
- Added ability to check purchased tips.

- Made significant changes behind the scenes to prepare the app for multiple journals and custom attachments (video, audio, files etc) support. Stay tuned!
- Updated App Store screenshots.

Do feel free to report any issues you may have encountered to me using the "Report a Problem" option within the app. I'd be happy to help!

- Fixes a bug where the Plain White theme renders text and buttons in white, making them look invisible on a white background.
- Resolves an inconvenience where overriding light or dark themes won't necessarily update throughout the app until the app is completely restarted.
- Improved the phrasing of the entry deletion alert to warn about the fact that deletion will sync across devices.
- Removed some animations as they have a small chance to glitch out and cause entries in the Timeline to "fly away".
- Some internal code changes to improve future compatibility.

- Fixed an issue where 'Title' labels interfere with the search bar on older iOS versions.
- Fixed a bug where iPad users using iOS 13.2 or later would have issues exporting data as the app would freeze a little and not show the share sheet.
- Performed minor updates to the 'Welcome Back' heading.
- Minor phrasing changes to the error prompt that appears after a crash.

- A prompt now confirms that diary data is ready for export, before showing the Share Sheet to select where to save your file.
- Hopefully the bug where some users aren't able to select a location to save their exported file is resolved.
- Fixes watchOS app UI glitch where the Show More or Load More button is visible and sometimes interactive while data is supposed to be loading.
- Slightly refreshed the Dark Theme in the Timeline view.
- Fixes a bug where the Images heading does not update its counter after adding a new image.

It appears that almost nobody checks the App Store for app updates before sending emails or writing negative reviews about how the app "doesn't work properly". (For example: version 2.5.2 already fixes a serious problem in version 2.5.1 *in less than a day* but a large number of people never realised a newer update existed.)

Thus, I've decided to include a handy "Check for updates & bug fixes" button within Recovery Mode in version 2.5.3, to allow you to easily check for fixes and update the app.

Another thing changed in this release is an improved error prompt that appears after a crash, as some people do not seem to fully understand what it meant in the past.

Oh and yes, as mentioned above, the bug in version 2.5.1 (where creating or viewing entries will crash the app) is already fixed some time ago. Please update to the latest version A.S.A.P. if you're still experiencing the issue. Thank you.

Do contact me from within the app if you have any questions. Thanks for using Personal Diary!