Release History

All versions of DockMaster Pro.

v1.5.0 Latest
5月 3, 2026

🚀 New Features

  • Plugin System Launch: Introduced a full plugin architecture with Dock plugin type support and Launchpad plugin reclassification, laying the foundation for extensible functionality
  • Comprehensive Screenshot Upgrade: Added scroll screenshot with commercial-grade stitching algorithm, region selection, fullscreen/window capture, along with image format selection and quality adjustment
  • Rich Annotation Toolkit: Shipped 15+ annotation tools including rectangle, circle, arrow, step arrow, straight line, highlight, text, mosaic, blur, eraser, ruler measurement, magnifier, callout bubble, sticker, watermark, spotlight, and redact
  • OCR Recognition: Added a dedicated OCR result window for extracting text content directly from screenshots
  • Clipboard History Manager: New clipboard plugin with global hotkey, hover copy button, image deduplication, smart content-type detection, color preview, and excluded apps filter
  • Snippets & Collections: Introduced a Snippets management system and Collections (favorites) feature, both with configurable toggles
  • SQLite Storage Migration: Fully migrated all data persistence to SQLite, covering clipboard records, screenshots, and usage statistics, with import/export and automatic backup support
  • Full Internationalization: Achieved complete i18n coverage across all UI modules, including screenshot type names, hotkey settings, import/export dialogs, and toast notifications
  • Hotkey System Overhaul: Built a reusable hotkey recorder component with conflict detection and clear support, with dedicated hotkeys configured for all capture types and settings
  • Performance & Stability: Implemented virtual scrolling and lazy loading for the history window, switched to streaming stitch for scroll capture, and resolved multiple crashes including EXC_BAD_ACCESS, main-thread sleep blocking, and various UI rendering artifacts
v1.4.0
4月 26, 2026

🚀 New Features

  • Add dynamic letter index sidebar for quick app navigation
  • Add acronym search with pinyin initials support
  • Add custom Launchpad overlay with grid layout and self-drawn dock icon
  • Add configurable window preview size and optimize Command+Tab preview positioning
  • Add per-app custom right-click menu plugin
  • Implement window preview with SwiftUI overlay approach
  • Change usage alert threshold from minutes to seconds
  • Fix premature preview dismiss preventing card click
  • Use valid SF Symbol for charging battery icon in detail view
  • Use Spotlight MDItem for app display names
  • Close menu bar popover after opening Thermal detail
v1.3.0
April 16, 2026

🚀 New Features

  • Window preview panel on icon hover — live thumbnails of all open windows with click-to-focus, configurable padding, card spacing, and dismiss delay
  • Seven system detail plugins: CPU (per-core usage & hardware info), Memory (breakdown + swap), Disk (storage usage + read/write activity), GPU (per-GPU utilization & VRAM), Network (per-interface speed + built-in speed test), Thermal (SMC temperatures & fan speeds), and Battery Health
  • Process Monitor plugin — real-time process list with CPU and memory usage per process
  • Icon glow effect — breathing light glow for running and selected dock icons
  • Sparkle particle animation — particle burst effects for running and selected icons
  • Gradient theme support — Gradient Dusk and Gradient Ocean presets, plus new Neon Night and Frosted Glass built-in themes
  • Custom app icon management in the theme editor — replace per-app icons directly from settings
  • Drawer section drag-reorder — rearrange drawer sections by dragging within the dock
  • Replace / reset icon via context menu — right-click any dock icon to swap or restore its icon for the active theme
  • Menu bar mode redesign — per-item status rings with full plugin support in the menu bar
v1.2.0
April 8, 2026

🚀 New Features

  • Plugin/Extension system with Plugin Center for managing plugins
  • Weather widget plugin with real-time data (temperature, humidity, wind, feels like, UV)
  • Dock-level pinning for apps and sections with drag-and-drop reordering
  • File drop support: drop files onto dock icons to open them
  • Global search panel (Option+Space) with keyboard navigation and hover highlights
  • Animation preview grids for launch and quit animations in settings
  • Launch at login via SMAppService
  • 3-step onboarding flow with accessibility and login setup
  • Usage monitoring with bubble notifications
  • Per-section display mode with flat and drawer options
v1.1.0
April 4, 2026

🚀 New Features

  • Hover magnification effect with full-screen overlay rendering
  • Dock icon badge support with three-channel system monitor (CPU, Memory, Network)
  • Context menu: uninstall apps (move to trash) and quit running apps
  • Widget theme integration with active dock theme and label colors
  • Configurable drawer open animation with five styles and section management
  • Drag-and-drop sorting for dock sections and app lists
  • Per-row hover highlight in draggable lists
  • Disk read/write speed monitoring in widget
  • Per-section display mode with flat and drawer options
  • Localization for magnification hover style across all languages
v1.0.0
April 3, 2026

🚀 New Features

  • Multi-row / multi-column dock layout with 3 positions (bottom, left, right)
  • Smart sections with add, rename, reorder, and delete
  • Theme engine with 3 built-in themes (Dark, Light, Minimal)
  • Workspace management with macOS Spaces binding
  • Quick search panel (Option+Space) for apps, files, and recent items
  • System monitor widget (CPU, Memory, Network)
  • 20+ hover animations, 8 launch animations, 7 quit animations
  • 4 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese
  • Menu bar integration with workspace switcher
  • Native Dock replacement with auto-restore on quit

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