Changelog

WRITING TOOLS
Essayist now supports Apple’s Writing Tools, which include a built-in proofreading feature that corrects grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
*Requires compatible device and OS version.

BIBTEX IMPORT ENHANCEMENTS
BibTeX import has been significantly improved and now highlights entries with formatting issues.

REFERENCE TYPE MODIFICATION
You can now modify the reference type of a reference.

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LATEST iOS & iPadOS VERSION COMPATIBILITY
This update ensures compatibility with the latest version of iOS & iPadOS and adopts some great new features.

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This update fixes an issue when creating an essay in the Recents tab and improves support for offer codes.

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BACK TO SCHOOL WITH ESSAYIST!
Our Back to School update is here! Introducing themes, PDF Storage and a Widget.

THEMES
Introducing four themes. Combine these with one of Essayist’s 14 backgrounds to create your own uniquely personalized writing space.

PDF STORAGE

Keep your research organized and store the PDF of a reference in Essayist's Reference Manager. Open and annotate PDFs in your favorite PDF Reader.

WIDGET

Introducing a convenient Widget that enables quick access to the Reference Manager - with or without an existing Essay.

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IMPROVEMENTS
- Improves performance of very large bibliographies
- Fixes an issue with dates in APA

COMING SOON
We are putting the final touches on our Back to School update. Stay tuned!

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This updates addresses a reference formatting issue in APA.

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IMPROVEMENTS
- Improves how ambiguous citations are disambiguated.
- Makes it more obvious how to unlock Essayist when one already has a subscription.

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IMPROVEMENTS
- Improved some aspects of Table of Contents generation
- Fixed some citation formatting inaccuracies like a missing year suffix, an extra period, and some more minor issues.

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This update addresses some minor issues.

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EQUATIONS
Essayist now supports equations backed by LaTeX!

HOVER EFFECT
Essayist now highlights certain text elements (citations, footnotes, equations & figures) when hovering over them using a mouse or trackpad on macOS and iPadOS.

WORD COUNT
We refined the word count to show your current selection.

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This update contains various improvements, among them:
- Fixes a formatting issue with legal case and online video reference types
- Addresses a crash in the reference manager on macOS

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REFERENCE LIBRARY SEARCH

Search within your library to quickly find previously added references.

CITATIONS
The citation popover now includes 15 new location types, such as chapter, verse, paragraph, ... (requires iOS/iPadOS 17 or macOS 14).

MORE
This update also contains various bug fixes and stability improvements. We are working hard on many major new features. Stay tuned!

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This update improves the citation editor and addresses some bugs.

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LATEST iOS & iPadOS COMPATIBILITY
This update ensures Essayist runs smoothly on the latest versions of iOS & iPadOS.

INLINE PREDICTION
Essayist now supports the new inline text prediction feature on the latest versions of iOS & iPadOS.

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This update fixes a PDF Export issue when using Harvard Style.

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This update fixes an issue with the citation style chooser on iOS/iPadOS 15.

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This update includes a several minor improvements.

From our Back-to-School Update:

MORE REFERENCE TYPES
We added over 25 new reference types.

NEW BACKGROUNDS
We added 6 new backgrounds so you can personalize your writing environment.

REDESIGNED SETTINGS
We refined the look of Settings across all platforms.

CHICAGO/TURABIAN: TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chicago/Turabian now supports a Table of Contents.

CHICAGO/TURABIAN: CHAPTER SUPPORT
It is now possible to add chapters as well as other sections in Chicago/Turabian.

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BACK TO SCHOOL UPDATE 2023!
This update adds some major new features. We hope you'll love it and wish everyone a successful school year!

MORE REFERENCE TYPES
We added over 25 new reference types.

NEW BACKGROUNDS
We added 6 new backgrounds so you can personalize your writing environment.

REDESIGNED SETTINGS
We refined the look of Settings across all platforms.

CHICAGO/TURABIAN: TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chicago/Turabian now supports a Table of Contents.

CHICAGO/TURABIAN: CHAPTER SUPPORT
It is now possible to add chapters as well as other sections in Chicago/Turabian.

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This update addresses a few minor bugs.

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IMPROVEMENTS
We fixed a crash when pasting into the footnotes popover.

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This update includes a few minor bug fixes.

From version 1.7.0:

MAJOR UPDATE!

UNIVERSAL REFERENCE MANAGER
Add and store references in one place and use them across any number of essays. You can also organize your references into collections.

GENERAL FOOTNOTES
Insert general footnotes using the + button in the main menu.

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This update includes a few minor formatting fixes.

From version 1.7.0:

MAJOR UPDATE!

UNIVERSAL REFERENCE MANAGER
Add and store references in one place and use them across any number of essays. You can also organize your references into collections.

GENERAL FOOTNOTES
Insert general footnotes using the + button in the main menu.

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IMPROVEMENTS
* Fixed an issue with citations in Chicago/Turabian.
* Fixed a potential crash when generating a table of contents.
* Fixed a rare compatibility issue with figures or tables between iOS/iPadOS and macOS.
* Fixed a text color issue in figures and tables when syncing through iCloud.

COMING SOON
We are working on a very significant update which will add lots of new functionality. In the meantime, we are releasing minor updates addressing performance and stability.

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IMPROVEMENTS
We fixed a few issues: when trying to add a figure or table in an appendix, when dragging the upper end of a text selection, when opening a document that uses MLA + table of contents, and when inserting a citation via a keyboard shortcut.

COMING SOON
We are working on a very significant update which will add lots of new functionality. In the meantime, we are releasing minor updates addressing performance and stability.

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IMPROVEMENTS
We fixed an issue that could cause the wrong year to be displayed in a citation or reference.

COMING SOON
We are working on a very significant update which will add lots of new functionality. At the same time we are working on many performance and stability improvements.

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IMPROVEMENTS
* Fixed an issue that could lead to a crash when applying paragraph customizations.
* Fixed a crash when adding a reference in University of York - Harvard - Archaeology.
* Fixed a BibTeX import issue with author names.
* Fixed a VoiceOver issue.

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DESKTOP-CLASS IPAD APP
Stage Manager support, Find & Replace, File Actions (Rename, move, duplicate, share).

IMPROVEMENTS
We fixed an issue that could cause a crash when adding many custom references, an issue when copy/pasting a citation, and other minor issues.

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IMPROVEMENTS
Fixes a formatting issue in APA, an issue in PDF and Word export as well as other minor issues.

From our 1.5.0 update:

MAJOR UPDATE

BOOK BARCODE SCANNER (iOS, coming soon to iPadOS)
Essayist can now scan book barcodes to make it easier to generate references from physical books.

QUICK NOTE
Essayist now supports Quick Note on iPhone (in addition to iPad and Mac).

FIND & REPLACE (iOS, coming soon to iPadOS and macOS)
Essayist now supports Find & Replace on iOS.

CUSTOMIZATIONS (iOS, iPadOS & macOS)
Essayist now supports paragraph style customizations in all citation styles as well as customizations of figures and tables in citation styles which have looser rules regarding the formatting of figures and tables (i.e. Harvard Style).

REFERENCE MANAGER (iPadOS)
The reference manager is now a separate window on iPadOS. This enables you to keep the reference manager open while writing your essay.

DICTATION (iOS, coming soon to iPadOS and macOS)
Essayist supports the new dictation experience on iOS.

NEW & IMPROVED FILE FORMAT (iOS, iPadOS & macOS)
Essayist features a completely overhauled file format, which not only paves the way for many new features but also provides many stability benefits and ensures your work is always safe. Existing files convert automatically.

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IMPROVEMENTES
Fixes a few Word export issues, an issue with text in figures & tables not respecting a font change as well as a few other minor bugs.

From our 1.5.0 update:

MAJOR UPDATE

BOOK BARCODE SCANNER (iOS, coming soon to iPadOS)
Essayist can now scan book barcodes to make it easier to generate references from physical books.

QUICK NOTE
Essayist now supports Quick Note on iPhone (in addition to iPad and Mac).

FIND & REPLACE (iOS, coming soon to iPadOS and macOS)
Essayist now supports Find & Replace on iOS.

CUSTOMIZATIONS (iOS, iPadOS & macOS)
Essayist now supports paragraph style customizations in all citation styles as well as customizations of figures and tables in citation styles which have looser rules regarding the formatting of figures and tables (i.e. Harvard Style).

REFERENCE MANAGER (iPadOS)
The reference manager is now a separate window on iPadOS. This enables you to keep the reference manager open while writing your essay.

DICTATION (iOS, coming soon to iPadOS and macOS)
Essayist supports the new dictation experience on iOS.

NEW & IMPROVED FILE FORMAT (iOS, iPadOS & macOS)
Essayist features a completely overhauled file format, which not only paves the way for many new features but also provides many stability benefits and ensures your work is always safe. Existing files convert automatically.

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IMPROVEMENTS
Fixes an issue with "Accessed Date" not appearing when required in a reference in Chicago/Turabian.

COMING SOON
Working hard on our next major update. Stay tuned!

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IMPROVEMENTS
This update includes improvements to Essayist's Google Scholar integration, some minor fixes to the Paste URL feature and fixes an issue that caused illustrations to display a wrong count.

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Working hard on our next major update. Stay tuned!

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A minor update with some smaller improvements.

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FIX
This update fixes a compatibility issue with some essays created with older versions of Essayist.

From version 1.4.0:

MAJOR UPDATE!

HARVARD CITATION STYLE
Introducing our next citation style: Harvard. It includes 70+ variations of Harvard Style.

MULTIPLE REFERENCES IN CITATION
You can now add multiple references to a citation.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Essayist now supports a Table of Contents. You can add it via Settings > Extra Sections.

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IMPROVEMENTS
- Improves the VoiceOver user experience for editing citations with multiple references.
- Other minor improvements.

From version 1.4.0:

MAJOR UPDATE!

HARVARD CITATION STYLE
Introducing our next citation style: Harvard. It includes 70+ variations of Harvard Style.

MULTIPLE REFERENCES IN CITATION
You can now add multiple references to a citation.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Essayist now supports a Table of Contents. You can add it via Settings > Extra Sections.

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IMPROVEMENTS
We fixed an issue that prevented BibTeX file imports.

COMING SOON
Working hard on our next major update. Stay tuned!

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ACCESSIBILITY
Essayist now fully supports VoiceOver (with custom actions and custom rotor elements) and Switch Control.

RESIZE FIGURES & TABLES
Figures and tables can now be resized by specifying their size in pixels.

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IMPROVEMENTS
We worked on some stability improvements.

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IMPROVEMENTS
We fixed a bug in Word export.

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IMPROVEMENTS
We Increased the maximum height for a figure. Also, we are working on a redesign of the add figure/table feature, which will greatly improve it.

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This update fixes a few minor bugs.

From Version 1.2.0:

CHICAGO/TURABIAN
We are very excited to introduce our next citation style: Chicago/Turabian. It supports the Notes & Bibliography version and includes footnotes/endnotes support.

NEW INSERT CITATION BUTTON
We added an “Insert Citation” button to the menu to make it easier to add citations. Export and Settings can now be found under the “More” button.

COPY/PASTE CITATIONS
You can now copy/paste text that includes citations and the citation information will be preserved.

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IMPROVEMENTS
This update fixes a crash that affected a small amount of users.

COMING SOON
We are in the final stages of a major update which will add Chicago/Turabian Citation Style with footnotes/endnotes support. Stay Tuned!

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