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MacinAI Changelog
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Version 3.2.0 Beta (2025-12-24)
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NEW FEATURES:

- Created http://ai.oldapplestuff.com/ frontend that displays relay server status
- Added dev announcement system & remote settings reset
- Settings UI redesigned to account for growing size. Now uses a tab-based system
- Added option to install PlainTalk 1.5 to enable Speech Manager when not found (Thank you Nikos for the suggesstion !!)

CHANGES:
- Downloads now uses 2 beeps instead of 3
- Easter egg moved (to where??)

BUG FIXES:

- Fixed redundant text-to-speech on system actions
- Fixed text to speech preview not working until pressing OK in settings dialog
- Fixed downloads folder left behind on update. Moved default to volume root under MacinAI-Downloads


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Version 3.1.1 Beta (2025-12-23)
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BUG FIXES:

- System indexing fixed, would silently fail on catalog upload
- System indexing caused settings menu to display improperly


NEW FEATURES:

Text-to-Speech
- AI responses can now be read aloud using Mac OS Speech Manager
- Enable in Settings under the new "Speech" section
- Choose from all available system voices
- Adjustable speech rate (slower to faster)
- Auto-speak option: automatically read AI responses when they arrive
- Click the Speak button in the chat window to read the conversation
- Press stop to stop speech playback

Audio Feedback Sounds
- New "UI Feedback Sounds" option in Speech settings
- Provides spoken cues for actions when enabled:
  * "Welcome to MacinAI" on successful connection
  * "Offline" when connection fails
  * "Saved" when conversation is saved
  * "Launching" when opening an application
  * "Opening" when opening a control panel
  * "Download complete" when downloads finish
  * "Shutting your Macintosh down" / "Restarting your Macintosh"
- Falls back to beeps when speech feedback is disabled

NOTES:
- Speech Manager must be installed
- If speech is unavailable, speech settings and unavailable
- Speech settings are saved with your other preferences

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Version 3.0.0 Beta (2025-12-21)
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NEW FEATURES:

Download Manager
- Search and download classic Mac software directly through AI conversation
- Ask "download stuffit" or "find resedit" to search OldAppleStuff.com
- MacBinary (.bin) files extracted natively
- Download Manager window (Cmd+D) shows progress, queue, and history
- Continue chatting while downloads run in the background
- Queue up to 20 downloads at once
- Disk space checking prevents failed downloads on full volumes

StuffIt Expander Integration
- Automatic extraction of .sit, .hqx, .zip, and .sea archives
- Uses StuffIt Expander 5.0+ via AppleScript automation
- Configure StuffIt Expander location in Settings

Custom Downloads Folder
- Choose where downloads are saved in Settings
- Default: "Downloads" folder next to MacinAI app
- Open Downloads Folder button to quickly access your files

UI Improvements:
- Redesigned Settings dialog with improved Downloads section
- Proper Browse buttons for StuffIt Expander and Downloads folder
- Long filenames display with "..." truncation

Easter Egg:
- Click 3x on the MacinAI text in the about screen to see a photo of app development environment

NOTES:
- Downloaded disk images (.img, .dsk, .dmg) are saved to your
  Downloads folder - mount them manually with DiskCopy
- StuffIt Expander 5.0 or later required for archive extraction
  (ask MacinAI "download stuffit expander" to get it)

Thank you to all beta testers for your feedback!

- Alex Hoopes
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