Dear GarageSale Users,
Beta 12 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_7.0b12.zip
We’d appreciate your early feedback, so if you have a few minutes to spare, please give GarageSale 7 a try. Your GarageSale 6 installation will not be altered by trying out GarageSale 7.
What’s new since the last Beta release
- users can control-click overview tables to customize visible columns
- when importing your GarageSale 6 library, auctions are now put into a separate group in the hierarchy instead next to the listing they were started from (see below for instructions on how to re-import your library)
- fixed several bugs in the GarageSale 6 importer, that caused listing statuses, and thus smart group contents, to differ in GarageSale 7 (see below for instructions on how to re-import your library)
- resolved an performance issue when selecting groups or smart groups with a lot of items (as an unfortunate side effect, the image overview mode is only available on OS X 10.11 or later - see this post for a detailed explanation)
- new listings can be imported from XML files (format stays the same as in GarageSale 6)
- new inventory items can be imported from CSV files (format stays the same as in GarageSale 6 - except for an added ‘barcode’ column)
- no longer scrolls to the Trash when deleting an item via keyboard shortcut
- added SKU column to listing overview table
- fixed tooltips for the listing mode switch in the main window’s toolbar
- fixed several UI glitches in the attributes panel
What’s new in GarageSale 7
- completely modernized interface with instant error reporting
- a new custom database engine, which hopefully 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
- 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 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.
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 formt. If the bug effects you, here is how to run to import process again:
- Export any listing you created in GarageSale 7
- Quit GarageSale 7
- Rename the folder at ‘Library/Containers/com.iwascoding.garagesale7’ in your home directory to something like ‘com.iwascoding.garagesale7-old’
- Restart GarageSale (make sure you using beta 8)
- Import any listings you imported in step #1
What’s still missing
- localized user interface for languages other than English
- a user manual
- fixes for yet undiscovered bugs
Thanks for using GarageSale,
Ilja on behalf of the iwascoding team