Version 3.4.511 March 2024Well that didn't last long! No updates for 7 months, then two in the same week?!? Crazy! This update fixes a critical bug which under certain circumstances prevented people from entering their Master Password and unlocking Minimalist! Thanks to everyone who sent in reports. It's much appreciated!.
Version 3.4.316 July 2023Thanks to everyone who sent in feedback over the last few days! Today's update introduces our new Family purchase option, fixes a few annoying bugs, and adds some highly requested keyboard shortcuts. Let's discuss!
• Introducing our new Family purchase option! This option enables Unlimited Editing for up to 6 family members via Apple Family Sharing. Each family member gets their own private Minimalist data, securely synced via their own iCloud account. Learn more about Apple Family Sharing at https://support.apple.com/HT201060 .
• We've fixed an issue which prevented newly added items from being selected in the list, as well as another issue where the incorrect item would be selected in the list after archiving or moving and item to the trash. What can we say, software is hard! Special thanks to Robert B. for pointing these out.
• We've added a few keyboard shortcuts to make navigating Minimalist a little easier. You can now Favorite or Unfavorite selected items with shift-command-F. You can also cancel or "use" a generated password from the password generator popover by typing Esc or Return. We've also prevented command-delete from deleting the selected item while editing, which was admittedly a bug. Special thanks to Robert B. for bringing these to our attention.
That's it for now, but stay tuned because there is more to come!.
Version 3.4.125 February 2023Thanks to everyone who sent in feedback over the last few months! Today's update address another round of relatively minor issues which were annoying us to no end. Let's discuss!
• We've reverted the quick-action behavior on touch devices so that a single tap shows the menu rather than triggering the quick-action. Long pressing still shows the menu and allows for drag-and-drop to copy, we've just disabled the quick-action. We apologize for going back and forth on this, we just couldn't stand the quick-action behavior on touch devices.
• We've fixed yet another Tag filtering issue where partial matches where being included, this time partial matches at the end of the Tag. Hopefully we've got this sorted out for good this time around!
• We've added the ability to clear locally cached data and re-sync from iCloud in the event of a syncing glitch. This doesn't come up very often, but when it does it's really nice to have a built-in one-click solution to resolve it.
• We've updated the pricing screen to more accurately display the amount saved by going with the annual pricing over monthly pricing regardless of the region or currency. Special thanks to Tom R. for pointing out the flaw in our previous approach.
• We've added the ability to import items from Remembear and Keeper. Special thanks to Tom F. and Herbert S. for helping us get these added.
• We've updated the format for 8-digit one-time passwords to use a 4 - 4 spacing such as "1234 5678". It' much easier to read now. Special thanks to Matt K. for the suggestion.
• Lastly we've fixed a bug we inadvertently introduced a few versions ago where editing was not being limited to the first 10 items in free mode as the bottom banner would suggest. This was very confusing for many people and not terribly good for our business, so we've corrected it. For everyone who has been enjoying this "feature", please consider it to have been a kind of "extended free trial" which has now come to an end. Thanks for understanding!
That's it for now, but stay tuned because there is more to come!
*** However there is just one more thing ***
We've decided it's time to get "featured" in the App Store and we need your help! We need as many reviews as possible to let the App Store feature team know how much people are enjoying Minimalist. If you haven't done so already, please leave a review now. Do you know someone else using Minimalist? Please ask them to leave a review. Every review counts!
Thank you very much in advance and we'll talk soon!.
Version 3.413 December 2022Thanks to everyone who sent in feedback over the last few weeks! Today's update addresses a number of smaller issues and annoyances which we're happy to be rid of! Let's discuss!
• We've fixed an issue where filtering by Tag would include partial matches. For example, filtering by "App" would include "Apple" tags. Special thanks to Dario F. for reporting.
• We've fixed an issue where spaces included in website and url fields would cause the Open-in-browser action to fail. Special thanks to Feek for reporting this.
• Notes fields are now included in search by default, but can of course be changed in settings if you'd like. Special thanks to AS for pushing us over the edge on this one.
• Minimalist will now keep a history of custom password and PIN fields, in addition to the standard password field. Special thanks to Jadon B. and Scott F. for the push.
• We've added two new categories under the Software group, API Credential and SSH Key. Special thanks to Jean-François G. for the request.
• We've added a new Never option to the timer-based-auto-lock setting. Special thanks to Ronald Y. for the request.
That's it for now, but stay tuned because there is more to come!
*** However there is just one more thing ***
We've decided it's time to get "featured" in the App Store and we need your help! We need as many reviews as possible to let the App Store feature team know how much people are enjoying Minimalist. If you haven't done so already, please leave a review now. Do you know someone else using Minimalist? Please ask them to leave a review. Every review counts!
Thank you very much in advance and we'll talk soon!.
Version 3.331 October 2022Thanks to everyone who sent in feedback over the last few weeks, and the last few years! Today's update addresses some long-standing weaknesses of Minimalist which we have been dying to resolve! We’re happy to announce the wait is over! Let's discuss!
• Multiple Selection! You can now select multiple items in the items list, bring up a context menu, and perform an action on all selected items! Favorite, archive, move to trash, restore, they're all included! All standard keyboard combinations and shortcuts work as expected. Shift-up/down, command-tap/click, command-a, and so on. It's glorious! Special thanks to Feek, Édouard P., Greg R., and the countless others who have requested this over the years.
• A brand new Filter Menu! We've completely rebuild the filter menu using Apple’s standard menu system. This allowed us to include far more options than before because we can now use sub-menus! You can now filter by favorites, category group, individual category, tags, safe-for-inspection items, archived items, and trashed items. Now wouldn't this be a great place to put sorting options...
• Introducing Sorting Options!!! You can now sort items by title, date last edited, and date added, ascending or descending! You can find the sorting options in the new filter menu under "Sort By". Special thanks to Utpal I., Ales, Kevin Y., and the many others who reached out to us about this.
• Finally, we've made a number of smaller improvements such as the ability to delete an item's password history, correcting the steps to enable Minimalist AutoFill on newer platforms, and fixing a bug which prevented menu commands from working under some conditions. Special thanks to GJ, Ethan K., and Ashlean S. for the suggestions and bug reports.
That's it for now, but stay tuned because there is more to come!
*** However there is just one more thing ***
We've decided it's time to get "featured" in the App Store and we need your help! We need as many reviews as possible to let the App Store feature team know how much people are enjoying Minimalist. If you haven't done so already, please leave a review now. Do you know someone else using Minimalist? Please ask them to leave a review. Every review counts!
Thank you very much in advance and we'll talk soon!.
Version 3.1.224 July 2022Thanks to everyone who sent in feedback over the last few weeks! Today's update is a relatively minor one, but hey, every bit counts! Let's discuss.
• Minimalist has always had the ability to re-order custom fields within custom sections, however there was no way to re-order the sections themselves. That is until now! You can now re-order entire sections by selecting "Re-order Sections" from the context menu next to a custom section's title. Special thanks to Édouard P. and Jadon B. for encouraging us to work on this.
• We've updated the one-time password generator to support the arbitrary values for the period parameter when using the OTP url scheme as a secret. We had mistakenly thought that only values of 15, 30, and 60 were valid, however it turns out there are services which use arbitrary values such as 7 or 10. Oops! Our bad! In any event, Minimalist will now generate the correct one-time passwords in even more situations! Special thanks again to James C. for bringing this to our attention.
• Importing data into Minimalist has been improved as well. You can now import data from Secrets, Avira, and the latest version of mSecure. We've also improved the 1Password 1PIF importer to correctly put items in the archive as indicated. Special thanks to Tom E., Giovanni V., and Yariv N. for making these suggestions.
• We've fixed an issue where the "Show as Subtitle" command would not work under some circumstances. Special thanks to Jadon B. for pointing this out.
• Finally, we've attempted to fix a really annoying layout issue which caused the action buttons at the bottom of an item's details to be the wrong height. Sometimes they were way too tall, and sometimes they were so squished the labels were no longer readable. We can't be 100% sure it's corrected, but we haven't seen it even once during testing so it’s looking promising! Special thanks to Jadon B. for encouraging us to look at this again.
That's it for now, but stay tuned because there is more to come!
*** But there is... just one more thing ***
We've decided it's time to get "featured" in the App Store and we need your help! We need as many reviews as possible to let the App Store feature team know how much people enjoy using Minimalist. If you haven't done so already, please leave a review now. Do you know someone else using Minimalist? Please ask them to leave a review. Every review counts! Together we can do it!
Thank you very much in advance and we'll talk soon!.
Version 3.1.118 June 2022Thanks to everyone who sent in feedback over the last few weeks! Today's update is all about the little things that make a big difference! Let's discuss.
• A few versions ago we inadvertently introduced a performance issue which made virtually EVERYTHING slower. Amazingly not single person complained! Still, it's been driving us crazy!!! Well, we've found the culprit and have corrected it. Minimalist is now blazingly fast once again!
• Apple recently made a small change to how AutoFill extensions work which unfortunately caused a number of issues for Minimalist AutoFill. We thought we had caught them all, but apparently a few snuck by. This release fixes an issue where the "keep unlocked for a period of time" setting was not being respected when using Minimalist AutoFill. We've also fixed an issue where using the enter/return key to select a login item in Minimalist AutoFill sometimes triggered an infinite loop as if the enter/return key was being repeated pressed, over and over again, forever. Special thanks to Feek for helping us identify and fix these issues.
• We've updated the one-time password generator to support the digits=7 parameter when using the otp url scheme as a secret. Use of this configuration is pretty rare, so please don't worry if you're not familiar with these terms or concepts, you can safely ignore them. The bottom line is Minimalist will now generate the correct one-time passwords in even more situations! Special thanks to James C. for requesting this.
• Importing data into Minimalist has been improved as well. You can now import data from DataVault (by Ascendo). We've also improved the Passwords Plus importer to attempt to import username and password data into the standard login fields where possible. Special thanks to Kay W., Dwight K., and John K. for making these suggestions.
• Finally, we've made a number of small usability improvements such as preventing the password generator popover from dismissing when the background is touched by accident, adding an Open in Browser option to the context menu for items in the list, adding instructions for disabling Minimalist AutoFill in the associated settings screen, and updating email handling to support non-Apple email apps such as HEY. Special thanks to Rishabh D., Wayne R., and Andrew C. for these suggestions.
That's it for now, but stay tuned because there is more to come!
*** But there is... just one more thing ***
We've decided it's time to get "featured" in the App Store and we need your help! We need as many reviews as possible to let the App Store feature team know how much people enjoy using Minimalist. If you haven't done so already, please leave a review now. Do you know someone else using Minimalist? Please ask them to leave a review. Every review counts! Together we can do it!
Thank you very much in advance and we'll talk soon!.
Version 3.0.205 May 2022Thanks to everyone who sent in feedback over the last few weeks! Today's update addresses a few relatively minor issues and adds a few relatively minor features. But hey, it's the little things that count!
• We've fixed an issue which, in extremely rare cases, caused Minimalist to crash on launch due to corrupt data having made its way into a person's account. Minimalist will now happily ignore the corrupted data so you can continue accessing your account and perform backups and exports. Special thanks to Jonas K. for working with us to identify this issue.
• We've fixed an issue with the 1Password 1PIF importer which prevented specific attachment data from being imported when the same filename was attached to multiple items. This was a silly oversight on our part which has been remedied. Special thanks to Lazar J. and Alexander B. for helping us identify this issue.
• We've fixed another issue with the 1Password 1PIF importer which improperly handled additional websites by putting them into a custom section rather than adding them to the "additional websites" field. Special thanks to Feek for helping us sort this out.
• We've added support for importing from 1Password's 1PUX format! Perfect for everyone looking to migrate from 1Password 8 for Mac. Special thanks to Chase M., David M., and Michael S. for pushing us to get on this!
• We've fixed an issue with the Enpass importer where items created with custom templates would cause the import to fail. This was a simple oversight on our part which has been resolved. Special thanks to Aaron P. for helping us determine the issue.
• We've added a new setting under Item Details which lets you select a default username to use for new login items. This is of course optional, but is very convenient if you generally use the same email address for all your online accounts. Special thanks to Daryl J. for helping us see the need for this.
• We've fixed an issue where drag-and-dropping credit card numbers and one time passwords would not remove the formatting spaces between the numbers. This often resulted in form fields rejecting or truncating the copied numbers. Minimalist now correctly removes the formatting spaces. Special thanks to Dario F. and G. Saez for bringing this to our attention.
That's it for now, but stay tuned because there is more to come!
*** Although there is... just one more thing ***
We've decided it's time to get "featured" in the App Store and we need your help! We need as many reviews as possible to let the App Store feature team know how much people enjoy using Minimalist. If you haven't done so already, please leave a review now. Do you know someone else using Minimalist? Please ask them to leave a review. Every review counts! Together we can do it!
Thank you very much in advance and we'll talk soon!.
Version 2.9.903 February 2022Thanks to everyone who sent in feedback on last week's update! We're thrilled to hear how much you're enjoying it! Today's update continues the trend of "quality-of-life" improvements and adds two hotly requested new features! Let's dive in!
• We're glad people are enjoying the newly rebuilt Large Viewer, but we've been told the layout is sometimes off and the character position numbers can be distracting. Well good news folks, we've fix the layout issues and you can now choose how the character position numbers are displayed under Settings -> Appearance -> "When using the Large Viewer...". Special thanks to Scott F. for pointing out the layout issues.
• When displaying an item's details, Minimalist automatically conceals passwords, passcodes, and PINs so they can be copied without being visible to anyone else around you. We really like this feature, but we've been told it's not for everyone. Now you can disable the automatic concealing feature under Settings -> Authentication & Security -> "When displaying item details...". Big thanks to efthymisgr, Rick D'A., and Tim S. for requesting this.
• We've added the ability to copy usernames, in addition to passwords and one-time passwords, from various menus throughout the app. Thanks to Nguyet N. for the suggestion.
• As some of you have already discovered, each item in Minimalist has a limited number of custom fields which can be added to it, 26 in fact. Well that number just doubled to 52! Thanks to Artem T. for the suggestion.
*** Hotly Requested New Feature # 1 ***
• Minimalist now has a full-featured password generator! We were thoroughly surprised by how many people requested this feature over the last year. Please let us know what you think and we'll continue refining it over time. Huge thanks to Efthymis T., Hugh M., Steven J., Tarun A., Aman C., Andrew J., Christian K., efthymisgr, Scott F., Diego G., Bill L., Antonio S., James M., June K., and Ragnar V. for helping us understand the need for this feature.
*** Hotly Requested New Feature # 2 ***
• A proper item archive! You can now clean up your item list and AutoFill menu WITHOUT deleting old items. Simply move them to the archive where they will be kept safe and won't participate in AutoFill. Large thanks to Miguel Z., Scott F., efthymisgr, Klaas K., Joao, and Hugh M. for helping us see the benefit of this.
*** An Important Side Note ***
We've decided it's time to get "featured" in the App Store and we need your help! We need as many reviews as possible to let the App Store feature team know how many people love Minimalist. If you haven't done so already, please leave a review now. Do you know someone else using Minimalist? Please ask them to leave a review. Every review counts! Together we can do it!
Thank you very much in advance and we'll talk soon!.
Version 2.9.717 October 2021Apparently in our efforts to make passwords a little easier to read, we also made them a little harder to edit! We inadvertently introduced a bug in version 2.9.6 which causes the cursor to jump to the end of the password field every time an edit is made. Oops! Not to worry, today's update corrects this issue and restores password editing tranquility. Ah, that's much better.
Previous release notes:
Thank you very much to everyone who sent in feedback! Today's update is a relatively minor one while we work on larger things, but hey, every bit counts!
• We've added support for importing passwords from iCloud Keychain's new CSV format. You can now easily import your iCloud Keychain passwords using Safari 15.0 or higher.
• We've updated the 1Password importer to properly handle 1Password's new "File" field type. Unfortunately we're still unable import the actual attachment data, but at least it won't crash anymore!
• We've made it easier to choose which field is shown as the subtitle in the item list. Previously you needed to be editing an item in order to see this option in a field's menu. We've changed this so you can now select "Show as Subtitle" without needing to enter edit mode. This makes updating items much faster. Special thanks to Hugh M. for helping with this feature.
• We've made passwords a little easier to read by making numbers, punctuation, and symbols a slightly different color. It's now much easier to differentiate between similar looking characters. Special thanks to Rick M. and Eric I. for selling us on this idea.
• Did you know Minimalist automatically deletes trashed items after 30 days? Well neither did a bunch of other people. That's because we did a terrible job of indicating this in the UI. We've corrected this oversight and now display messages throughout the app to make this feature clear. Special thanks to Scott F. for helping us realize our mistake.
• A few weeks ago we received an anonymous request to add a random-username-generator. At first we didn't really understand the request. Why would we want random usernames? Our anonymous requestor then explained, it's to help create "masked email accounts" for situations where you don't want to use your personal email account with some other online account. We were convinced! You can now generate random usernames via the standard username field's menu button, then optionally append a domain to make it an email address. Special thanks to our anonymous requestor!
That's it for now, but stay tuned because there's more to come!.
Version 2.9.429 August 2021Wow! The last few weeks have been incredible! We've received an amazing amount of feedback from people all over the world looking to make Minimalist their next password manager. It has been a truly humbling experience. Thank you... seriously, thank you!
Accordingly we've been hard at work answering emails, updating the website, and coding like crazy! Today's update includes as many feature requests and bug fixes as we could possibly fit into this relatively short time. Fear not if your request didn't make it into this update, we'll try to get it into the next!
Here's what's new today:
• Choose which authentication methods are available when unlocking Minimalist. Special thanks to Share R. and Chris J.
• Minimalist now correctly displays one time passwords where the secret key is in the otpauth:// URL format. Special thanks to Eric I., Neil L., Feek, Kris N., Simon M., and Jerry Z.
• Minimalist can now share items in plain-text via email or messaging app. The plain-text also includes a specially formatted "minimalist://share" URL which can be used to quickly import the item into another Minimalist account. Be careful however as this kind of sharing is absolutely NOT secure. Anyone receiving the data can read it. Please be cautious. Special thanks to Emilie C., Bill P., Ben H., and Ryan F.
• Minimalist will now display how many items you have in a given category in the category selection popover. Special thanks to Hugh M., David N.
• Import from Bitwarden, SafeInCloud, or Generic CSV! Special thanks to David M., Pri K., Brian, Tarun A., Craig H., and Vincent B.
• Importing from 1Password now correctly handles multiple website URLs and missing section titles. Special thanks to Feek and Pri K.
• Deleting many custom fields in a row just got easier with the new "Remove & Don't Ask Again" confirmation option. Special thanks to Eric I.
• Minimalist AutoFill now supports filling username-only or password-only sign-in forms... which it really should have done from the beginning. Special thanks to Mike for pointing this out.
• Minimalist now automatically saves in-progress edits when the app quits. This is really a double-edged sword. Maybe you wanted to save but forgot... or maybe you abandoned the edit screen on purpose and didn't want to save... there's just no way to tell! We've opted to err on the side of saving data rather than losing it. Let us know if causes any issues. Special thanks to Emilie C., Bill P., and David N.
• Minimalist no longer crashes when transitioning between Split-View and non-Split-View layouts. Special thanks to Aleksander A.
• Minimalist is now much better at recovering from account resets and syncing errors which could sometimes lead to corrupt data. We'll continue to monitor this situation and make improvements as they become apparent. Special thanks to Henning V. and Shane R.
Thank you again to everyone who sent in feedback. We are truly honoured. Now let's make Minimalist the best password manager available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac!.
Version 2.828 April 2021Thank you very much to everyone who sent in feedback! Today's update is all about attachments!
• More than one person has asked "will Minimalist support file attachments?" The answer is yes! As of today Minimalist can attach any kind of file to any kind of item via the new Attachment field type. Attachments are protected via industry standard 256-bit encryption and end-to-end encrypted sync just like everything else in Minimalist. Importing and exporting has also been updated to support attachments where possible (currently limited to Minimalist JSON and CSV). Big thanks to Joseph B., Jordi L., and Sean F for encouraging us to get on this!
• Importing and exporting has received some love as well. The flow and messaging has been updated to make it easier to understand. Progress indicators have been added to indicate how long it's going to take. Attachments are now supported where possible. We've fixed a bug which prevented mSecure imports from importing items of type "Web Login". Big thanks to Celeste L. for reporting issues and being incredibly patient with us! You're a saint!
• Another question we get a lot is "can Minimalist generate longer passwords?" Again the answer is yes! Minimalist can now generate passwords with 14, 19, 24, 39, or 49 characters! Checkout the new Password Generation menu in the Settings screen to choose. Big thanks to Miguel Z., Eden, and Larry M for working with us to get this right.
• Finally we've added a Clipboard menu to the Settings screen so you can set how long to keep copied content on the clipboard before automatically clearing it. Big thanks to Larry M. for suggesting this.
That's it for now, but stay tuned because there's more to come! Hint: one... time... passwords....
Version 2.5.121 February 2021Thank you very much to everyone who sent in feedback! Today's update is all about usability improvements and bug fixes:
• We're very happy to hear you're all enjoying our new Tags feature, AND we're very sorry we neglected to support multi-word tags in the initial release. i.e. "# Apple Login" was interpreted as three separate tags, "#", "Apple", and "Login". Oops, our bad! We've rectified the issue and multi-word tags will now be correctly interpreted as a single tag. Phew!
• You may have noticed something strange with the keyboard while using Minimalist AutoFill as of late, it was often mysteriously absent... what!?! While we don't yet understand what's causing this issue, we've temporarily worked around it by disabling the auto-search feature. We'll keep our eye on this issue and re-enable the auto-search feature as soon as we can. Big thanks to Serge K., and Joseph B. for bringing this to our attention.
• Minimalist has found a new home at minimalistpassword.com! We've updated our in-app links and email addresses accordingly.
That's it for now, but stay tuned because there's more to come!.
Version 2.215 November 2020Thank you very much to everyone who sent in feedback! Today's update is all about security:
• We've added Break-In Prevention to prevent others from guessing your Master Password. This works by introducing delays between failed Master Password attempts.
• Forgot your Master Password? Everything you store in Minimalist is encrypted using your Master Password. Without it, there is no way to decrypt your data, not even by us. However if needed, you can now reset Minimalist to permanently delete all data, from all synced devices, and start over.
• As always there are a few additional bug fixes and improvements to keep everything running smoothly.
That's it for now, but stay tuned because there's more to come!.
