After downloading the latest file from My BeerTools. The best way to install updates for the PC version is simply to run the installer. It will replace the old application (1.5.x), leaving preferences and databases intact.
Same principle for the Mac. Just replace your entire BeerTools Pro 1.5 folder (likely in your Applications folder) with the new one.
It's always a good idea to backup valuable data before updating BeerTools Pro.
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BeerTools Pro Release Notes
Key:
[Opt] = Optimization
[Fix] = Bug Fix
[Imp] = Improvement on bug, but problems may still exist
[New] = New Feature
[Chg] = Changes Previous Functionality
[Kis] = Known Issue
[Wrk] = WorkAround
[Dep] = Deprecated
[Pat] = Describes a backwards compatibility issue.
[Ref] = Major refactoring, functionality should be identical to
previous.
v1.5.24 2012-11-02
[New] [All] New ingredients added and existing ingredients
modified in the permanent ingredient database.
[New] [All] Added Swedish Krona to list of currencies.
[New] [All] Main window has new lock buttons instead of
checkboxes to lock volume field values. Final volume
and efficiency fields get new scale buttons to
perform recipe scaling based on these values.
[Chg] [All] Improved undo functionality connected with the
recipe scaling window. Instead of logging each
change in the window as a separate undo, the entire
scaling operation is recorded as one undo.
[New] [All] Added option to change the working temperatures for
kettle, evaporation, water added and final volumes
using popup menus next to the label for each field.
[Fix] [All] Fixed inconsistencies related to the volume
configuration fields that caused incorrect values
to be applied while performing undo.
[New] [All] Added new H2O tab to calculators window where water
volume estimates based on temperature changes can be
calculated.
[New] [All] Popup menu and lock checkbox selections are
remembered when the calculators window is closed and
reopened.
[New] [All] The calculators window is reopened upon application
launch if it was open when the application quit.
v1.5.23 2012-04-26
[Fix] [Lnx] Fixed license key error that occurred on some
systems using regional settings other than US
English.
[New] [All] New ingredients added and existing ingredients
modified in the permanent ingredient database.
v1.5.22 2012-03-26
[New] [All] Added ingredient proportion next to fermentable and
hop quantities in text export.
[Imp] [All] Improved filtering of invisible and whitespace
characters inserted when copying and pasting license
information in the registration window.
[New] [All] Enabled duration field for hop and special
ingredient late additions, and fermentable pre-boil
and boil additions.
[Chg] [All] Changed 'Boil' column heading to 'Duration' to more
accurately fit the data in the column.
[Chg] [All] Changed 'Finish (Bottle)' stage label to 'Finish
(Storage)' to be less specific about the type of
container used to store the finished beer.
[New] [All] New ingredients added and existing ingredients
modified in the permanent ingredient database.
[Fix] [All] Fixed a calculation error that occurred in pellet
hop utilization when using Daniels, Garetz or custom
utilization formulas.
[Chg] [All] Short date now displayed in the date column when
listing recipes.
v1.5.21 2011-12-21
[Fix] [All] Fixed an intermittent NilObjectException issue that
occasionally occurred when updating the database
file during startup.
[Fix] [All] Repaired a problem that caused older files
containing no color model to be ignored during file
system scans initiated by rebuilding the library and
scanning for recipes.
[New] [All] New ingredients added and existing ingredients
modified in the permanent ingredient database.
v1.5.20 2011-10-31
[Fix] [All] An error that occurred on systems using a decimal
separator other than '.' when saving files has been
corrected.
v1.5.19 2011-10-28
[Fix] [All] Excessive delays during the license key validation
process are reduced.
[Chg] [All] Non-breaking space is used to separate the unit
portion from the numeric portion of measurement
values as well as separate the whole from the
fraction portion of fractional values.
[New] [All] Added message box to inform the user that BeerTools
Pro will update the library database so long pauses
won't be interpreted as a program crash.
[Fix] [All] Fixed an error that occurred when reading hop
utilization algorithms from a file causing parts of
the overwritten algorithm to remain.
[Fix] [All] The maximum of 7 decimal places has been increased
to 15 for all numeric values saved to files. The 7
digit limit caused issues with inventory and
shopping lists.
[New] [All] Added 'In Stock' amount to the information shown for
ingredients in the info window.
[New] [All] Added item 'ID' to the information shown for
applicable items in the info window.
[Fix] [All] Fixed a bug in the shopping list display that caused
inconsistencies in how ingredients are listed.
Missing ingredients was a typical symptom of the
problem.
v1.5.18 2011-09-23
[New] [All] Moved the recipe scaling features to a separate
modal dialog accessed by choosing 'Scale…' from the
'Recipe' menu. Scaling can be performed using final
volume or mash efficiency as the basis.
[New] [All] New ingredients added and existing ingredients
modified in the permanent ingredient database.
[Imp] [All] Improved localization to French.
[Fix] [All] Adjustments made to the window sizes and layouts to
prevent clipping of text in some languages.
[Fix] [All] Fixed an issue that affected how some values are
displayed in the interface, specifically the
'Duration' value of the schedule tab.
[Ref] [All] Updated help engine implemented.
[Fix] [All] Repaired disabled multiline editing in notes and
descriptions fields on some editor windows.
[Fix] [All] Fixed broken language setting that prevented the
correct language from displaying in the 'My Recipes'
and 'Check For Updates' windows.
[Fix] [All] Fixed a problem with blank dates not being saved to
the recipes folder in the library. Dates are now
correctly saved as blank.
[Fix] [All] Eliminated the display of zero amounts in the
purchase column of the shopping list window that
occurred occasionally when units were converted
between those in inventory and those in the recipe.
[Fix] [All] Dragging ingredients from the recipe to the 'My
Ingredients' folder will set the status of the
recipe to modified if the ingredient received a link
to a new database record effectively changing the
recipe.
[New] [All] Parsing of quantities input by the user has been
refactored to improve efficiency and allow for
greater flexibility in entering units, including
localized unit abbreviations.
[Chg] [All] Number fields now allow thousands separators based
on the operating system's regional settings. This
requires more strict handling of decimal separators
so the decimal separator specified in the regional
settings must be used when entering numbers.
[Fix] [All] Color model settings are honored when saving a
recipe to the recipe library so the color shows
correctly in the list.
[Imp] [Lnx] Improvements made on listbox selected row colors.
Some themes may display selected rows better than
others.
[Chg] [All] Removed the point delete button from the curve
editor window in favor of deleting points with the
backspace or delete key.
[New] [All] Compatibility with universal multi-platform license
keys.
v1.5.17 2011-07-07
[New] [All] Added supplier information to ingredient rows in
recipe ingredients list and print outs.
[Fix] [All] Removed 'S.G.:' label from density reading displayed
next to kettle and final volumes.
[New] [All] Added database version number to about window.
[New] [All] New ingredients added and existing ingredients
modified in the permanent ingredient database.
v1.5.16 2011-04-26
[Fix] [All] Density unit preference now displays in the
fermentable ingredient gravity column.
[Fix] [All] The term "original gravity" has been changed to
"bitterness" in the quantity adjustment dialog
opened by the hop editor when the hop settings are
changed. Affects English only.
[Fix] [Win] Fixed modifier key settings for the recipe menu to
eliminate overlap with other keyboard shortcuts.
[Fix] [All] Contents list now honors search string when listing
ingredients after making changes to and adding new
ingredients in the list.
[Fix] [All] The catalog number is included in the search fields
when searching contents of the yeast category.
[New] [All] New ingredients added and existing ingredients
modified in the permanent ingredient database.
v1.5.15 2011-03-14
[Fix] [All] Color model now saves with default settings when
choosing 'Make Default' from the 'File' menu and
and selecting the 'Color Model' option in the
template configuration panel.
[New] [All] When edits are made to the parameters of an
ingredient in a recipe and the edits change the
original gravity or bitterness of the recipe, the
user is given the option to have BTP adjust the
quantity of the ingredient so the results remain the
same.
[New] [All] Added density setting in preferences panel for
choosing default density (specific gravity) unit.
[New] [All] Added density to the 'Convert Units' panel.
[New] [All] Added checkboxes next to all of the unit settings
popup menus for choosing which units are applied and
which are not.
v1.5.14 2011-03-10
[Fix] [All] Fixed an issue that occurred when overwriting an
existing license file during the registration
process that caused the application to crash.
v1.5.13 2011-03-10
[New] [All] Added color model choices accessible from the new
Color Model Window opened by choosing 'Color Model'
from the 'Recipe' menu.
[Opt] [All] Eliminated unnecessary user interface text
refreshes on text hidden in the tab section.
[Fix] [All] Fixed minor issues affecting spline function
evaluation and editing.
v1.5.12 2010-08-31
[Ref] [All] Updated help engine implemented.
[Fix] [Lnx] Fixed schedule graph overlap that occurred when tabs
other than the schedule graph were visible and the
graph was redrawn.
[Fix] [Mac] Fixed double-clicking and drag and drop of files to
open them on Mac OS.
[New] [All] Updated style database to use 2008 BJCP style
guidelines.
v1.5.11 2010-07-19
[Fix] [All] Fixed a small issue that affected Rankine and Kelvin
temperatures.
[Fix] [All] Heat capacity fields used the wrong set of units and
the correct set has been implemented. For backward
compatibility the old set of units is still stored
in saved files.
v1.5.10 2010-05-08
[Fix] [Lnx] Fixed problem with style graphs appearing on other
tabs when making selections with popup menus.
[Imp] [Lnx] Improved recipe file deletion for most Linux systems
implementing GNOME and KDE desktops.
[Fix] [All] Fixed problem connecting to library database file
immediately after changing the library folder
location using the preferences panel.
[Imp] [Lnx] Improved display of multiline field labels in most
ingredient and other editor windows.
v1.5.9 2010-04-27
[Fix] [All] Fixed an issue with erroneous inventory calculation
for recipes containing ingredients independent of
the ingredient database.
[Imp] [All] Improved visual formatting of water chemistry window
so column values line up with column totals.
v1.5.8 2010-04-18
[Fix] [All] Corrected the Recipe->Add->Transfer menu item label.
[Fix] [All] Repaired broken regular expression matching which
falsely identified unit abbreviations containing
parentheses as invalid.
[New] [All] Added Simplified Chinese language support.
[New] [All] Added Italian language support.
v1.5.7 2010-02-18
[Chg] [All] Adjuncts can be set to 'steep' in the recipe
ingredients list.
[Fix] [All] Restored style information display in the info panel
when clicking on styles in the list.
[New] [All] Enabled basic BeerXML export (ingredients only).
[Imp] [All] Improved removal of invisible control characters
embedded in text entries prior to saving data to
XML files.
v1.5.6 2010-01-17
[Fix] [All] Repaired disabled multiline editing in style editor
text areas.
[New] [All] Added contents list printing for printing out
ingredient, style, and other lists.
[New] [All] Improved printing of mash schedule steps by adding
elapsed time, mash thickness, final temperature and
available runoff columns as well as row separators.
[Chg] [All] Selecting items in the library style lists no longer
changes the style of the current recipe unless the
alt or option key is pressed.
[New] [All] Added context menu for style items.
v1.5.5 2009-12-15
[Fix] [All] Repaired miscellaneous interface irregularities
including text size issue in date field and disabled
multiline editing in notes field.
v1.5.4 2009-12-15
[Chg] [All] Updated the Fowler hop utilization algorithm to use
new gravity correction formula.
[New] [All] Added new ingredients to grains, adjuncts, hops,
yeast, and special.
[Fix] [All] Fixed the database update system which failed when
making minor version updates as a result of
prematurely closed database connections.
v1.5.3 2009-04-19
[Chg] [All] Online access security improved by favoring SSLv3
when supported on the server side.
[Chg] [All] Changes implemented to reduce the frequency of
license key renewals caused by changes to system
software and moving installations to new computers.
[New] [All] Added the 'Late Addition' stage for extracts and
adjuncts so these are omitted from hop utilization
calculations.
[Fix] [All] Schedule values no longer display erroneous data
when the apparent attenuation value is modified.
v1.5.2 2008-10-01
[Fix] [All] Swapped the HCO3 and SO4 column values for water
profiles displayed in the contents list.
[Fix] [All] Fixed a calculation error that caused erroneous
results when tabbing from one field to another in
the vessel editor.
[Fix] [Win] The help menu is no longer empty in the shopping
list window although the menu items are disabled.
[Fix] [Win] Fixed unhandled exception that occurred when closing
the online recipe window or quitting the application
without logging out.
v1.5.1 2008-09-13
[Fix] [Mac] Fixed unhandled exception that occurred when closing
the online recipe window without logging out.
[Fix] [All] Corrected a deactivated license error that occurred
when upgrading from a previous version that had at
least one license renewal.
[New] [All] Implemented a new help engine.
v1.5.0 2008-08-23
[Fix] [All] Fixed display menu update when adding ingredients to
the recipe using the context menu.
[Chg] [All] Minimize buttons removed from all movable modal
windows to prevent confusion resulting from
an unresponsive state while a modal is minimized.
[Chg] [All] Changed the vessel selector in the heat source
editor to a popup arrow instead of a popup menu.
[Fix] [Mac] Fixed disappearing text in the final temp field of
the batch sparge editor.