Open Source: SlidePilot is now fully open source. Go to GitHub and take a look and the source code and feel free to contribute!
Remote Control Pointer: You can now control the pointer using SlidePilot Remote. Therefore install the latest version of SlidePilot Remote.
Fixes
Fixed a bug where the app would crash after auto-reloading, if the document had one or more new pages.
1.6.2
Release March 05, 2021
Improvements
Automatically select notes mode split if the special LaTeX keyword for using Beamer notes is set. More information about setting the LaTeX keyword for SlidePilot here.
Automatic document reload is now done asynchronously.
Fixes
Fixed a bug where broadcasted pointer would not be visible in the presentation window, when displaying the draw canvas.
Fixed position of the pointers with styles cursor and hand.
Fixed a bug, that would allow user to open the pointer editor multiple times.
Fixed a bug, that would reset the display mode in the presenter window after automatic document reload.
Fixed a bug which would lead to the notes document not being updated when changing the PDF document.
1.6.1
Release October 29, 2020
Improvements
Improved performance, when sending slide images to SlidePilot Remote.
1.6.0
Released October 26, 2020
What's new
Remote Control: With this version SlidePilot Remote is introduces, a new app for iOS with which you can control SlidePilot presentations on your Mac. To find out more about SlidePilot Remote, click here.
Individual Pointer: New pointer appearances are available. Using the new pointer editor, you can create your own individual pointer, that that fits best for your presentation.
1.5.1
Released September 9, 2020
What's new
Embedded Videos: You can now play videos embedded in your PDF directly in SlidePilot. See how to embed a video in your presentation using LaTeX Beamer in the documentation.
Drag and Drop: SlidePilot now supports dragging and dropping a PDF on the app icon to open it. You can now also open a document by right clicking on a document and selecting "Open With" SlidePilot. Opening a document in SlidePilot using the Terminal is now also supported.
Improvements
If a PDF document is modified from another application (for example while working on a LaTeX presentation and re-compiling), SlidePilot will now automatically reload the document.
1.5.0
Released June 29, 2020
What's new
Drawing: You can now draw on the current slide! Using the new drawing toolbar you can use multiple colors to either draw on the current slide or on a blank canvas. For more information click here.
Layout configurations are now automatically saved for each document (this includes showing notes, notes mode, notes position, etc). For more information click here.
Improvements
Bigger slide views. Again the slide previews in presenter view got a bit bigger.
When hovering of the current slide in the presenter view, the selected pointer will be displayed there too
When hovering over the presentation view with your cursor, the pointer is now also displayed correctly (perfect for video calls)
In the preferences, you can now choose if you want to prevent your Mac from falling asleep while presenting.
SlidePilot can now detect the notes position of PDFs created with Beamer, if you include a special meta tag. For more information click here.
Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug that would break the undo mechanism.
1.4.1
Released June 6, 2020
Improvements
Improved slide sizing. Slides in the presenter view are now much bigger and fill out the available space
Changed behavior of navigator to not slide over the view, so that the navigator doesn't cover the presenter view
When a notes file is detected with a PDF document, SlidePilot now also automatically show the notes view
1.4.0
Released May 29, 2020
What's new
PDF Notes: You can now add notes to any PDF. Use the built-in notes editor to create rich text notes for you presentation. For more information on how notes work and best practices visit the Docs.
PDF Links: You can now click on PDF links in SlidePilot to jump directly to a page, a website or open a document
Improvements
Improved rendering performance
Bug Fixes
Fixed displaying rotated PDF pages
1.3.0
Released May 6, 2020
What's new
Touch-Bar: SlidePilot now supports the MacBooks Touch Bar"
Pointers: Added more appearance options for the cursor/pointer. Besides the normal Mac arrow cursor, you can now have a dot, circle, target and target color.
Next Slide Layout: Added the ability to show/hide the next slide, so it is now possible to only display the current slide
Improvements
Added French language support
Added support for macOS 10.11+
Typing numbers in the navigator is now faster and more intuitive
Added support for Logitech and Kensington presenters
Improved behavior, where canceling the initial open file prompt would cause the app to show no windows, app now quits on that action
A warning is now displayed in the presenter view, when the presentation screen is hidden.
Selecting notes position none is available, even when notes are displayed. Selecting it will disable showing notes automatically.
On the first slide change, after opening a document, the timer will be started
Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug, where the navigator menu item was indicated as displayed in the menu bar, but was actually not
Fixed missing slide info on startup
Fixed a bug, where typing numbers would unexpectedly select slides, when the navigator was open
Fixed a bug, where opening a file wouldn't show windows on startup
1.2.0
Released April 25, 2020
What's new
Pre-Rendering and Caching: Added a pre-rendering and caching mechanism, which allows for super fast slide presentations, without having to wait for the page to load. Check out the Docs for more information on how the mechanism works.
Improvements
Added white background for transparent PDFs
When the page changes, the navigator now automatically scrolls to the currently selected page
General page rendering improvements
Improved general stability
Bug Fixes
Fixed bug, where notes position wouldn't reset when opening a new document
Fixed bug, where notes position display mode wouldn't reset when opening a new document
Fixed bug, where presentation view would not update when selecting a page in the navigator
1.1.1
Released April 14, 2020
Bug Fixes
Fixed critical bug, which wouldn't update the slides on the presentation screen.
1.1.0
Released April 9, 2020
What's new
Slide Navigator: Browse through your slides with the new Slide Navigator. Search for pages using the search field