Release notes
Facet release notes and version history.
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- Introduces Facet Free: the fullscreen grid, keyboard search and launch, folders and ordering, Launchpad import, and global shortcut remain available permanently without payment.
- Adds optional Facet Pro for $14.99 paid once, unlocking compact mode, advanced appearance and layout controls, hot corners, app hiding and aliases, and Dock or menu bar icon customization.
- Keeps the optional 14-day Pro trial with no credit card or automatic charge; Facet returns to Free when the trial ends while preserving Pro preferences.
- Developer ID signed, Apple-notarized, and available as a DMG or signed Sparkle update.
Sparkle automatic updates use the 1.0.15 ZIP archive. Manual installs should use the 1.0.15 DMG.
- Adds a 14-day free trial with no credit card and no automatic charge.
- Keeps trial state and license credentials in the macOS Keychain; legacy plaintext license preferences migrate automatically.
- Adds complete English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean trial messaging.
- Developer ID signed, Apple-notarized, and available as a DMG or signed Sparkle update.
Sparkle automatic updates use the 1.0.14 ZIP archive. Manual installs should use the 1.0.14 DMG.
- Fixes wallpaper mode on macOS Tahoe by capturing the currently rendered desktop wallpaper instead of relying on stale system wallpaper metadata.
- Improves fullscreen wallpaper matching for the active display.
- Developer ID signed, Apple-notarized, and published through Sparkle and DMG downloads.
Sparkle automatic updates use the 1.0.10 ZIP archive. Manual installs should use the 1.0.10 DMG.
- Fixes a possible high-CPU loop after sleep/wake by making search filtering pure and throttling app directory refreshes.
- Pauses hot-corner polling during sleep and debounces Sparkle update checks immediately after wake.
- Fixes fullscreen wallpaper selection on multi-display setups by resolving the wallpaper from the launcher target screen.
- Developer ID signed, Apple-notarized, and published through Sparkle and DMG downloads.
Sparkle automatic updates use the 1.0.5 ZIP archive. Manual installs should use the 1.0.5 DMG.
- Automatically refreshes Facet when apps are added to or removed from monitored macOS application folders.
- Removes deleted apps from persisted layouts and folders instead of leaving stale icons behind.
- Keeps newly installed apps appended to the launcher layout without requiring a manual refresh.
- Developer ID signed, Apple-notarized, and published through Sparkle and DMG downloads.
Sparkle automatic updates use the 1.0.1 ZIP archive. Manual installs should use the 1.0.1 DMG.
- Classic Launchpad-style app launcher for macOS with a familiar visual grid.
- Keyboard search, app launching, folder organization, and Launchpad layout import.
- Paid-once Dodo Payments license activation for up to three Macs.
- Developer ID signed and Apple-notarized distribution with Sparkle updates.
- Private by default: no ad tracking and no telemetry-based growth loops.
Sparkle uses the ZIP archive in the appcast for automatic updates. The public website download is the DMG installer for people installing Facet manually.