GarageSale 7.0 Beta 48 Released

Dear GarageSale Users,

Beta 48 of GarageSale 7 is available for you to download from this URL (or by using the built-in updater if you are already running an earlier beta version GS 7):

https://downloads.iwascoding.com/downloads/GarageSale_7.0b48.zip

In case you are planning to use this GarageSale Beta release in production, please make sure you have working have a backup system (e.g. Time Machine) in place.

What’s new since the last Beta release

  • fixed a bug the prevented listing designs from appearing in the Designs popover
  • when the ‘Move’ and ‘Duplicate’ options are selected in the Launch Control window, the duplicate (not started) listing is selected after a successful launch
  • before re-using the URL to an previously uploaded image in a new or revised listing, GarageSale checks if the image is still available at the location the image was uploaded to
  • tracking numbers in Orders section are now searchable
  • order and listings can be selected through AppleScript commands
  • fixed character count field in ‘Leave Feedback’ panel
  • improved user interface for selecting variation images
  • fixed a bug that could lead to a temporarily missing watch count in the ‘Live’ listing inspector
  • fixed problems with the auto-restart feature
  • a little performance tuning

What’s new in GarageSale 7

  • completely modernized interface with instant error reporting
  • can import listing drafts from the GarageSale Scout app on iPhone
  • a new custom database engine, which deals better with large amounts of data and allows us to adapt to eBay changes more quickly
  • GarageSale 7 does away with the template/auction differentiation - it only offers listings, which can either be running or not
  • a new Orders sections which shows information about purchased items and buyers
  • Reports can generate diagrams in addition to text tables
  • automatic update of eBay category information as needed
  • listing design are now optimized for mobile devices
  • local live validation of most eBay errors in new “Preflight” panel
  • listing images can be edit using image editing apps installed on your Mac and with image editing extensions
  • listing images can be copied and pasted between images
  • support for barcodes on the variation level
  • you can copy specific settings from one listing and paste them into other listings
  • added a preference setting ‘Load Flash’ to prevent Flash plugin crashes
  • inventory items can be exported and imported
  • you can now set the quantity of 'Good ‘til cancelled’ listings to zero to mark the item “out of stock” (you need to enable the ‘Out of Stock’ feature in your selling preferences on eBay’s website)
  • when selling cars on eBay Motors or eBay UK, there is no a dedicated field for the vehicle ID (VIM or VRM)
  • the ‘Import from My eBay’ command now downloads large images from existing eBay listings
  • can automatically generate SKU for your variations
  • added a “Reveal Original” command to the outline view context menu when a smart group item is selected. Using that command, you can easily jump to the original item of an item shown in the smart group, for instance to delete it or move it to a different folder
  • return policy, payment options, and tax settings can be specified in GarageSale’s XML import format
  • added support for specifying shipping insurance cost on eBay Italy and France
  • added 4 new designs
  • when in Listing Editor mode, there’s now basic syntax highlighting and auto-completion for tags when in HTML or Markdown mode
  • much more

System Requirements

  • GarageSale 7 requires OS X 10.10 or later

Upgrades and Pricing

GarageSale 7 is a paid upgrade from any previous version of GarageSale. The upgrade costs €/$ 19.99. During the public beta phase the GarageSale 7 upgrade is available for €/$ 16.99. Upgrade licenses are only available from within GarageSale 7.

If you purchased your GarageSale 6 license directly from iwascoding after August 1st 2015, you are eligible for a free upgrade to GarageSale 7. GarageSale 7 will offer you a free license once you start the purchase flow within the application. Unfortunately this free upgrade is not available for customers who bought GarageSale from the Mac App Store.

The full price for GarageSale 7 will be €/$ 39.99.

Migrating from GarageSale 6

  • GarageSale 7 has a new application identifier and uses its on database and 'Application Support folders, so you can run it along side GS 6 without side-effects
  • it should import your GS 6 library and your accounts (this process may take a while upon first launch)

How to import your GarageSale 6 library again

Sometimes there a bugs discovered and fixed in the component that migrates your GarageSale 6 library to GarageSale 7’s new format. If the bug effects you, here is how to run to import process again:

  1. Export any listing you created in GarageSale 7 and want to keep
  2. Quit GarageSale 7
  3. Rename the folder at ‘Library/Containers/com.iwascoding.garagesale7’ in your home directory to something like ‘com.iwascoding.garagesale7-old’
  4. Restart GarageSale 7
  5. Import any listings you exported in step #1

What’s still missing

  • fixes for yet undiscovered bugs

Thanks for using GarageSale,
Ilja on behalf of the iwascoding team

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fixed a bug that could lead to a temporarily missing watch count in the ‘Live’ listing inspector
tracking numbers in Orders section are now searchable

thanks!

I am unable to update to GarageSale 7.0 beta 48.

The error is: You do not have permission to write to the application’s directory. Are you running off a disk image?

I have not changed any app permissions. I have rebooted my Mac, and get the same error.

Mike

Hi Mike,

does it help to delete the current version of GarageSale on your Mac and re-download GarageSale 7 afterwards?

Regards, Kristian

What version of OS X, eh, macOS, are you on?

A post was split to a new topic: Search for Tracking Number Does Not Work

This unable to update bug seems to be Sierra beta related, had it with 47 and 48 since installing Sierra.

Do you have GarageSale installed in the /Application directory? Or are you running it from somewhere else?

In regular /Applications folder, nothing special. Both 47 and 48 updates failed in same way and had to be manually done, I assumed it was just some funnyness with Sierra anyway.

Oh, I forgot to include that, yes I am running macOS 10.12 public beta build 16A238m.

Downloading the full b48 GaragaSale app from the link above installed the app successfully.