This note describes the new features, fixed bugs and known problems that are specific to versions of Password Safe for Mac and Linux. For the Windows version, and all common changes, please see ReleaseNotes.md.
For a short description of Password Safe, please see the accompanying README.md file. For more information on the product and the project, please visit https://pwsafe.org/. Details about changes to older releases may be found in the file ChangeLog.txt.
In the following, SFxxxx refers to Bug Reports, Feature Requests and Service Requests in PasswordSafe SourceForge Project tickets, and GHxxxx refers to issues in the PasswordSafe GitHub project.
- GH1307, GH1308 Regression: Clipboard works correctly under Wayland
- GH1230 The Change Master Password dialog now accepts a blank old password with a Yubikey
- GH1300 Add the password strength check with a Yubikey
- GH1282 Autotype now handles backslashes correctly in all field values, not only password.
- GH1272 "Remember last N databases" now works correctly with N set to zero.
- GH1158 Focus on Title field when opening Add/Edit entry.
- GH1147 Password history grid is no longer editable in Add/Edit Entry's Additional tab.
- GH1145 Fixed issue with editing a group's name.
- GH1140 The master password of an empty database can now be changed.
- GH1132 Handle Cancel button correctly in "Save Changes?" dialog box.
- GH1128 Correct confirmation text for empty group deletion.
- GH1115 More helpful handling of incorrect master password entry.
- GH1085 Unify phrasing across platforms.
- Added Slovenian language support thanks to grof.
- Default polling interval for Yubikey changed from 0.5 to 0.9 seconds to avoid deadlocks on slow systems.
- Texts cleaned up, now simpler and more direct
- SF1580 Fixed missing help definition.
- cli support for authentication tokens (TOTP).
- GH1009 macOS: Unlock Safe from systray menu fully restores the window.
- GH1056 macOS: Add Yubikey support.
- GH1063 macOS: Add language translations and re-work packaging.
- GH1010 No more spurious change warnings on entries with password history.
- SF1578 Import text report file now named correctly.
- GH996 The "Clear clipboard upon minimize" option only worked if "Lock password database on Minimize" was also set.
- GH998 Eliminate a spurious warning when the password policy has a custom character list.
- GH1005 Backslash in passwords are now passed as-is in autotype.
- GH1008 Tree view was not properly restored when a safe is locked and then unlocked.
- GH995 SF433 macOS only - The Password Safe program version number now appears in the Finder "Get Info" display.
- GH1007 macOS only - A hidden or minimized window can now be restored with a left-click on the dock icon.
- GH882 Yubikey polling can now be adjusted/disabled via new --yubi-polling-interval command line argument (0 disables, other value is polling interval in milliseconds, default is 500ms).
- SF909 Search (Find) bar visibility is now persistent.
- GH1009 macOS only: Unlock Safe from systray menu opens an empty window
- README.MAC.DEVELOPERS.md macOS only: On an initial install, the language may default to German.
- GH957 GH988 Fixed crash when checking for new version.
- GH952 Mac - Update to wxWidgets 3.2.2.1 due to font issues with earlier versions.
- GH949 Added Wx-specific release notes for non-Windows releases.
- GH945 Document missing flags in pwsafe-cli usage text.
- GH942 Mac - Now built as a Universal Binary targeting Intel and Apple Silicon Macs with macOS 10.14 and up.