New Series: Quick Tips
Today we are starting something new on the blog: a series of short articles focusing only on a single topic, typically a tip on how to make your life with Kaleidoscope more productive, or, as in today’s case, more enjoyable.
Keyboard Shortcut Updates in Kaleidoscope 5.2
We received feedback about keyboard shortcuts no longer working in the text merge since the recent Kaleidoscope 5.2 release. While it’s true that we changed some shortcuts, all functionality remains intact, and we believe more consistent and usable than before. In this post, we’ll provide background on navigation and merge actions, explain the rationale behind the changes, and offer tips on how to revert to the old behavior if you still prefer that after reading.
Kaleidoscope 5.2 eases the process of resolving merge conflicts by offering Base to A / B Comparisons, and more
Kaleidoscope 5.2 adds news tricks to support you even better when dealing with merge conflicts, in particular Git merge conflicts.
The kaleidoscope: URL scheme
Kaleidoscope 5.1 comes with a URL scheme, yet another new way to integrate with other apps on your Mac. Why would someone need that? Glad you asked!
Kaleidoscope 5 Wallpaper
For every major release, we continue to evolve the Kaleidoscope design. Like last year, we came up with a new wallpaper. Some of us dig it so much that we are using ever since, so we want to also share it with you. Each wallpaper comes in light and dark variants to match your preferred appearance.
How to open a Changeset from any app on macOS
Kaleidoscope 5 introduces a groundbreaking feature that allows users to effortlessly open the changeset for any Git commit. This feature comes in two distinct forms tailored to accommodate all macOS applications: one leveraging a system service and the other integrated with Kaleidoscope Prism. Both options can be further optimized by adding a keyboard shortcut for swift execution.
Welcome Kaleidoscope 5
Today we are proudly introducing Kaleidoscope 5! This update represents another big milestone. While we had started to integrate Git over the last few releases, Kaleidoscope 5 is reaching a new level, enabling you to dig into the history of your coding projects like never before.
Kaleidoscope 4 — A Year in Review
It’s been one year since Kaleidoscope 4 was released. Time to look back at our achievements and also glimpse ahead.
Why to (not) use –dir-diff with git difftool?
The topic of today sounds pretty technical, but it is one that has a great impact on your work, if you are a developer using Git. This post outlines two fundamentally different methods for examining Git changes with Kaleidoscope. An appendix illustrates how to combine your Git app of choice with either method.
Folder Comparison Reinvented
Recently, we have spent a lot of time on many aspects of the folder comparison feature for Kaleidoscope 4.4 and 4.5. We have overhauled some of the underpinnings and worked hard to improve reliability and speed. But we also added some major new features. It’s time to tell you a bit what they are and how you can benefit from those changes.