Reverse Chronological Account of Changes Made to WinMac

Date	Version	Build	Features Added
05-03-03	4.9.1	340	05-04-03 - 4.9.1 Service Pack 3 Build 347 Released (Extract to your 4.91 installation folder. Includes the updates in Service Pack 1 and 2.) Fixed bug that caused Mac OS X Aqua and Mac OS Brushed Metal menus to be placed too far to the right when switching from Mac OS 9 view Fixed bug with the new sorting code that caused the Window menu to occasionally operate incorrectly Fixed bug that caused an error when selecting "Finder" in the Mac OS X Aqua and Mac OS Brushed Metal views 05-04-03 - 4.9.1 Service Pack 2 Build 346 Released Further optimized menu system performance by utilizing a quicksort algorithm Removed Aqua pinstripes from Mac OS Brushed Metal menu selections 05-03-03 - 4.9.1 Service Pack 1a Build 343 Released Better optimized the menu system code Includes WinMac System Profiler 1.1 Kernel version now reports 5.2 and 5.1 for Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP, respectively. Fixes a bug in Service Pack 1 that prevented the Window menu from properly updating Added Windows Server 2003 recognition (Windows Server 2003 support has not yet been verified) Force Quit... menu in Mac OS X Aqua and Mac OS Brushed Metal view now opens the appropriate Task Manager. Mac OS Brushed Metal view bar has an improved 3D appearance Creates a Go folder to correct the error that occurs by selecting "Go to Favorites" when the Go folder does not exist. Contains updates from 4.9.1 Beta 2 Build 336 Added space between menu options in OS X Aqua and Mac OS Brushed Metal view. Fixed some issues introduced in Beta 1 Contains updates from 4.9.1 Beta 1 Build 335 Includes new Mac OS Brushed Metal view bar. Contains updates from 4.9.0 Service Pack 2a Build 333 OS X view Go menu is now operational OS X view will now move the menu items based on the length of the name of the application in the forefront Fixes Service Pack 2 bug that would extend the OS X view menu options too far to the right when switching between views. Contains updates from 4.9.0 Service Pack 1 Build 326 Enabled "Open Date & Time" on OS X view time menu OS X view window menu should now be operational
04-27-03	4.9.0	325	04-30-03 - 4.9.1 Beta 2 Build 336 Released (Extract to your 4.90 installation folder. Includes the updates in Service Pack 1, 2, and 4.9.1 Beta 1.) Added space between menu options in OS X Aqua and Mac OS Brushed Metal view. Fixed some issues introduced in Beta 1 04-30-03 - 4.9.1 Beta 1 Build 335 Released Includes new Mac OS Brushed Metal view bar. 04-28-03 - Service Pack 2a Build 333 Released (Extract to your 4.90 installation folder. Includes the updates in Service Pack 1.) OS X view Go menu is now operational OS X view will now move the menu items based on the length of the name of the application in the forefront Fixes Service Pack 2 bug that would extend the OS X view menu options too far to the right when switching between views. 04-28-03 - Service Pack 1 Build 326 Released. Enabled "Open Date & Time" on OS X view time menu OS X view window menu should now be operational Updated Mac OS X Aqua View Updated menu items to better match Mac OS X 10.2. Dialog boxes now have 10.2 appearance and buttons. Clock displays 3 letter day. Time menu added. Displays the full date. Added Pentium M (Centrino) recognition General speed increase for 6th generation and up processors Includes WinMac System Profiler 1.0 Displays information about the system with an appearance similar to Apple System Profiler for Mac OS X. Bus speed and cache size selected based on defaults. Later releases will calculate the actual values.
03-30-03	4.8.2a	300	WinMac is now packaged in a self-extracting EXE.
06-18-02	4.8.2	300	Updated Mac OS X view drawing engine 655KB executable file size decrease. 21% decrease. Memory footprint decreased. Overall speed increase Fixed Mac OS 8 and 9 view About box font bugs Added manifest to support Windows XP controls in About WinMac and other dialog boxes
05-28-02	4.8.1	285	Updated Mac OS 8 and OS 9 drawing code Windows 95 and 98 support New more accurate progress bar Clock font fixed in System 7, Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9, and Mac OS X Server 1 views Application Menu font fixed in Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X Server 1 views Pentium II Mobile support Includes Software Update 4.51 Build 35 Updated drawing code for Windows 95 and Windows 98 support New more accurate progress bar
05-23-02	4.8.0	280	Partially implemented WinMac 5 drawing engine 481KB file size reduction. Approximately 13.6% size decrease. RAM usage reduction. Performance increase. Mac OS X Aqua view can now stretch beyond 2048 vertical pixels. Added newly converted Charcoal and Geneva fonts for improved accuracy. Includes Software Update 4.50 Build 30.
02-16-02	4.7.0	260	Improved OS X 10.1 Aqua View Redesigned Mac OS X Aqua menu system such that it matches the OS X 10.1 menu system when the Finder is foregrounded. Various dialog boxes added for OS X menu choices. Items in the \Go folder are now placed in the Go menu's favorites list. Hide/Show icons and taskbar moved into the Finder Preferences dialog. About box updated to display current Windows version and Build number when clicked. Corrected bug that truncated the OS X Aqua menu bar when maximized afer being minimized in Always on Top mode. Corrected bug that caused WinMac to add empty space to the top of the screen when minimized then maximized while in Always on Top mode. Code updated to support Windows XP. Pentium 4/AMD x86-64 recgonition bug corrected. Includes readme, history, and FAQ files. Annoucement of the WinMac Localization System Allows WinMac's menu system to display in other languages based on selected language files. To offer a translation, create a file with all of WinMac's English text and the new translation and mail that to WinMacTeam@hotmail.com. Extra Gil and precedence given to those that get the translated text from a real localized Mac OS installation.
12-02-01	4.5.2	230	Additional processor recognition Intel Pentium 4 'Northwood' AMD 'Hammer' x86-64 AMD Athlon XP Connectix Virtual PC CPU Fully supports and recognizes Windows XP Mac OS X Aqua view changed to reflect Mac OS X 10.1 Blue apple updated to light glossy appearance Fixed alignment bug Fixed incorrect color when clicked bug Aboux box updated Displays current OS where Mac OS X displays version number Now reports the number of processors in SMP machines Menu bar now says 'Finder' when no windows are in the forefront
01-13-01	4.5.0	220	Corrected bug that reported 1MB too few of memory when run under Windows 9x Added support for the Pentium 4 Will now differentiate between Pentium II and Celeron (Covington) processors Clicking the upper left corner of all views will open the start menu. Added free disk space progress bar to Mac OS 7, 8, and 9 view. Changes to OS X Aqua view to reflect Apple's latest update Clock added. Window menu added. Acts as the running programs list. Special menu removed. Functions previously under the special menu are now controlled by the blue apple menu. Blue apple moved to left side. Current program's name length increased.
08-27-00	4.4.0	195	Includes Software Update 4.40 Build 25 Button on the initial window will now properly depress. The windows can now be moved. Proper icon now used for the executable. Massive optimization in the WinMac executable. Size dropped from 2.55MB to 1.74MB. WinMac About now displays the current processor ISA WinMac is using. This is in preperation for the addition of other processor architectures. Fixed bug that caused WinMac to report 64K more memory that the system actually has. Screenshot code optimized and updated. No longer has the 150 image limit. Mac OS 9 view will now say "Finder" rather than "Desktop" when nothing is open. Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X Server views will now load after choosing "Hide Finder." API rather than a Visual Basic control now used to show/hide the Windows taskbar.
08-12-00	4.3.5	185	Changes to all about boxes: Will now display the version of Mac OS that the view bar represents rather than display WinMac's version. Will now report the current amount of Virtual Memory, rather than the set maximum. Copyright information at the bottom of Mac OS X Aqua's About box now reflects the real one. Changes to System 7 about box: Got rid of the purple tint Fixed the incorrect font on the title bar. Decreased the size of the fonts. Current processor is now reported where the Mac OS would report the machine type. Got rid of the extra brightness on the Mac OS 8 about box. "Recent Documents" will now work under Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0. Added support for Athlon K75, and Athlon Thunderbird Socket-A. Screenshot code improved. Double-clicking on any view (the view itself, not menu choices) will save the screenshot in WinMac's folder. Fixed a bug that wouldn't allow CDs to mount when WinMac was open. Fixed a bug that caused the Mac OS X Aqua view bar to be too big when loaded with Always on Top enabled.
07-23-00	4.3.0	160	About WinMac will now open a Windows 2000-style about box. WinMac will now play a startup sound. Sound must be named "wm-startup.wav" and must be placed in the same folder as the WinMac executable. Added Mac OS X Server view and about box.
07-20-00	4.2.2	145	Added Software Update 4.2.2 Build 19 Added Close button to final update window. Added AMD Thunderbird support. About WinMac will now open the WinMac site using the default browser, rather than force Internet Explorer.
07-15-00	4.2.0	140	Added Software Update 4.2.0 Build 16 Now opens WinMac site in the default browser rather than always opening in Explorer. Can now be closed from the initial update window. Can now be closed from final update window. More intuitive message box at the end of a successful update. Corrected an incorrect font issue on the Downloading window. Added Mac OS 9 view. Changed all about boxes to be as accurate as possible. Added Athlon recognition (Only the original version. I still need Thunderbird information.) Mac OS X Aqua view about box will now display an X when the upper left red button is clicked. Control Panel menu has been renamed Control Panels. The file extension ".exe" will not be displayed on the Control Panels menu. "About This Macintosh..." has been changed to "About This Computer..." when under Mac OS 8.0/8.1 and Mac OS 8.5/9.0 view.
07-04-00	4.0.0	100	Added WinMac Software Update. Accessible through the Control Panel. Be sure you are connected to the Internet before attempting to use this feature. Apple Menu and Control Panel folders are now automatically made. Simply place items in either folder if you want them to appear on the menus. Made the following aesthetic changes to Mac OS X Aqua view: Menu selection is now accurate. Menu lowered a bit to keep it from overlapping the menu bar. Blue apple is now centered properly. Added K6-3 recognition Mac OS X Aqua view will now display the topmost application's name (will display the entire name if it is under 8 letters, otherwise will display the first 5 followed by '...') Fixed the small lag in Memory and Disk Space reporting in the About boxes. Added the Chicago and Charcoal fonts. This will fix the incorrect font on the clocks under both System 7.x view and Mac OS 8.0/8.1 view. Mac OS X Aqua font is also included. Fixed a bug which allowed Mac OS 8.0/8.1 view and Mac OS X Aqua view to be chosen at 256 colors or less. Included Mac OS cursors and older icons.
06-18-00	3.9.5	82	Fixed Pentium III (Coppermine) reporting bug. Integrated Hide and Show Windows Taskbar into the View menu. No longer needs the extra applications. Fixed a few Windows 2000 issues: Fixed a bug which caused Show Clipboard to not function. Empty Trash now functions when only directories are in the Recycle Bin. Restart and Shutdown now functional.
06-16-00	3.9.0	71	Log Out now works under Windows 2000. View changing is now instantaneous. Open command under File menu re-enabled. Changed 'WinMac' to 'Desktop' on the left side of Mac OS X Aqua view. Final build of v3.90!
06-11-00	3.9.0c	62	Added Go menu capabilities for Mac OS X Aqua view. Just create a directory named Go in the WinMac program folder, and place in that directory anything you'd like to have appear on the Go menu. Also, the Apple Menu is still enabled for all views. To use that, just make a directory named Apple Menu in the WinMac program folder, and place what you want in there. Fixed a bug which caused System 7.x and Mac OS X view to both be checked after switching views or loading WinMac. Fixed a few Always On Top bugs: Always On Top will now register when WinMac is loaded after having it set in a previous session. Always On Top can now be disabled under Mac OS X view after being set under System 7.x or Mac OS 8.0/8.1 view.
06-10-00	3.9.0b	57	Fixed a bug which caused "About This Mac" to change back to "About This Macintosh..." Fixed a bug which caused Free and Total Disk Space to be reported as 0 MB under Windows 95 original (4.00.950).
05-28-00	3.9.0a	55	Removed right side's smiling face from Mac OS X view. Until I can supply WinMac with a Dock, the program list is temporarily being taken care of the black "curve" on the upper left side of the menu bar. Replaced the left side's smiling icon with the words "WinMac." In a later release, this will be made to dynamically change as the application with the focus changes. "About This Macintosh..." is now "About This Mac" when under Mac OS X Aqua view. Made the following aesthetic changes to Mac OS X Aqua view: Increased the font size.
05-27-00	3.8.0	52	Mac OS X Aqua view no longer has a screen resolution limit. Made the following aesthetic changes to Mac OS X Aqua view: Blue Apple is now always centered. Clock removed to be more accurate. Volume icon removed to be more accurate. Final build of v3.80!
05-24-00	3.8.0d	49	Fixed memory reporting bug. This caused memory to be reported as 1MB more than what is actually present. Tested WinMac under Windows Me. Found to be completely compatible. AMD K6-2 recognition officially works. (I still need to add support for all those other non-Intel processors, so if you can help, please do!) Made the following aesthetic changed to Mac OS X Aqua view: Aligned menu choices and the clock with the images.
05-17-00	3.8.0c	47	The only change in this release is a test of K6-2 recognition. For anyone with a K6-2, please download this and send me an e-mail about whether it works for you.
05-16-00	3.8.0b	46	Fixed a bug which caused the blue apple in Mac OS X Aqua view to be slightly cut off when setting the Always on Top property. Made the following aesthetic changes to Mac OS X Aqua view: Decreased the font size of the menu choices. Now they look more realistic. Changed the font and font size of the clock to match the menu choices. Lined the clock up with the menu choices.
05-14-00	3.8.0a	45	First release of WinMac to use a more modular approach. Just download and unzip this file into your previous release's install folder (normally C:\Program Files\WinMac\). When prompted, overwrite the previous version's executable. Fixed Hide and Show Desktop Icons bug. Removed the Desktop Icon choice from the Aqua view's Macintosh smiling menu. This will be enabled again when the Mac OS X Aqua icon box is completed. Added a second line for the Mac OS X Aqua processor listing. This is to allow for listing of both processors when a shared core has been detected (i.e. Pentium II and Celeron, Pentium III Coppermine and Celeron II). This will be corrected in a later release. Made the following aesthetic changes to Mac OS X Aqua view: Changed the clicked-menu font color to white. Added the Go menu choice. Decreased the spacing of the menu choices. Added the menu bar "curve" to the upper right of the Aqua view.
05-13-00	3.7.0	41	New revision of the previous v3.70 Final release. Fixed Build 40's Always on Top bug. Finalized the addition of the Mac OS X Aqua Menu Bar! Check it out! (There are a few aesthetic changes which still need to be made.) To view Aqua About box, just switch to OS X Aqua view, and pick About This Macintosh. Final build of v3.70!
05-12-00	3.7.0a	37	Added new About box with Mac OS X's Aqua look. Accessible by clicking "About This Macintosh (Aqua)..." on the Apple menu. (Many thanks to Mathias Matschke for providing the images. Many thanks to Ivan Radic for providing the Mac OS X font. Font is placed in the same folder as the WinMac application. If you do not have the font or if you're not sure whether or not you do, just move the file into the Windows\Font folder.) Included are two applications: EnableTaskBar.exe and DisableTaskBar.exe. Just make your Task Bar auto-hide, and then run DisableTaskBar.exe (or even place it in your Startup menu), and voila, no more Windows Task Bar. (The disable property for the Task Bar will reset with each reboot. These programs will be integrated into an upcoming release of WinMac.) Includes some of the code reprogramming. Definitely much cleaner than before.
02-15-00	3.6.0	30	Added recognition for Pentium III Coppermine CPU in the About boxes. Revised Windows NT 4.0 recognition. Should now have no trouble differentiating between Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 95 (both register as v4.0). Final build of v3.60!
01-15-00	3.6.0b	25	Added OS recognition for Windows Millennium in the About boxes. Finally (!) properly reports Pentium III Katmai in CPU section of About boxes. Globalized the CPU and OS detection code. Cleans up code a tad, and makes the program a wee bit smaller.
01-06-00	3.6.0a	21	Now properly reports Windows 2000 in About boxes. Also, testing shows complete compatibility between WinMac and Windows 2000. Changed Finder minimize icon for MacOS 8.0/8.1 to be a red Apple. Left Finder minimize icon for System 7.x as the System 7.x Finder icon. Fixed bug in displaying total colors and color depth in Colors section of About boxes. Desktop Icons box fixed. Icons can now be made to show using all possible colors.
12-31-99	3.5.0 SE	1999	Hide and Show code fully functional now. Updated MacOS 8.0/8.1 emulation to have Macintosh blue smiley face. Last 1999 version of WinMac! Dubbed WinMac SE (Special Edition).
12-31-99	3.5.0b	18	Properly reports "Colors" in About boxes now. Wrote some early Screen Capture code. Functions by double clicking the Apple on either menu bar. You still must paste the picture (becomes the clipboard contents after double clicking) into some sort of image program. (This little caveat will be fixed in a very near future release.) Differentiates between Windows 98 Second Edition (4.10.2222 A) and Windows 98 (4.10.1998). New method of getting system information used. Now uses a control rather than API calls.
12-28-99	3.5.0a	13	Code changes to make use of new APIs for function under Windows 98/NT. (examples: free and used space, CD eject/close, etc.) Now properly reports OS. Now reports accurate and more extensive info about the processor installed. (Albeit, non-Intel CPUs and even the Pentium III are reported as "other." Fix for this is already planned.) Compiler changed from VB4 to VB5. Native VB5 commands (examples: center on owner's screen, etc) used instead of lengthy code equivalent. General code optimizations, interface changes, etc.