GarageSale 9.0 Beta 14 Released

[ilja]

Dear GarageSale Users,

The fourteenth beta version of GarageSale 9 is available for you to download from the link below:
https://downloads.iwascoding.com/downloads/GarageSale_9.0b14.dmg

What’s new in Beta 14

• fixed quirks with determining the correct type of barcode (needs manual category update first)
• Order section: titles of listings can be searched for again (needs manual removal of GarageSale-FTSIndex.leveldb directory to work for existing orders)
• fixed UI glitches in Accounts window
• improvements to image download for missing orders
• updated German localization

What’s new in GarageSale 9

• run custom JavaScript to process listings in your library
• Launch control can show errors returned from custom JavaScript validation function
• main window toolbar is customizable
• supports eBay’s new API to download attribute and category data, as some of the attribute APIs currently used by GarageSale will be shutdown by eBay
• you can attach videos to your listings
• you can send discount offers to watchers of your listings in bulk
• you can assign colored tags to your listings and orders and filter for tags using smart groups
• added an SKU generator function for listings and inventory objects
• right-hand inspector’s width can be changed
• reports: shipping costs are no longer added to profits if you didn’t fill in ‘actual shipping costs’
• reports: added ‘Total fee’
• part fitment information is imported from eBay via the “Import from My eBay” command
• messages received eBay’s messages system can be flagged
• the ‘read’ state of eBay messages is now transmitted to eBay
• you can now import items from GarageSale Scout, GarageSale’s iOS companion app, as inventory items
• a listing’s variations can be manipulated via AppleScript
• downloads and displays fee for usage of eBay’s payment service
• the Font size of Outline View can be adjusted (through System Preferences)
• new preference settings brings up panel for inserting specific attributes into new listings
  Orders section: replaced “Feedback Left” checkbox with “Leave Feedback” button, when no feedback was left yet
• GarageSale will show a warning when you are trying to open 10 or more listing links in your browser
• Listing section: shipping options strings shows dimensions and weight when calculated shipping is used
• Orders section: added context menu item to change sort order for subsequent sort commands
• Listing preview: return policy label updates correctly when return policy changed
• image upload operations show the name of associated listing in the ‘Activity’ window
• the new ‘tag’ property on listings is now accessible via AppleScript
• GarageSale’s Preferences window remembers it’s position
• added count badge when dragging items in outline view
• the “Move Selection To” command now moves groups selected in the outline view, instead of the group’s content
• GarageSale downloads images for orders if the listing for the order, and thus an image for the order, is not in GarageSale’s library
• Orders section: the listing table row height now depends on the setting of the ‘Sidebar icon size’ settings in the macOS General preferences

Running GS 9 and switching back to GS 8

Since GarageSale 9 uses a different application identifier, you’ll need to grant it access to each eBay token in your Mac’s keychain. When the system displays such a permission panel, please click the ‘Always Allow’ button if available.

GarageSale 9 will copy all your data from GarageSale 7 or 8 into its own library folder. In case you are encountering problems you can always switch back to GS 7/8 and continue were you left off before switching to GS9.
You’d need to use the GarageSale’s import/export functions to bring back listings changed or created with GS9 into your earlier version of GarageSale.

Synching

GarageSale 9 uses a different data schema compared to previous versions. When GarageSale 9 connects to the sync server for the first time, your account is upgraded to this new schema version.
Afterwards, earlier version of GarageSale can longer connect to the sync server.

Licensing during Beta phase

For now, GarageSale 9 Beta will accept existing GarageSale 8 licenses.

Cost

The costs for upgrading from an earlier version of GarageSale to version 9 are USD/EUR 19.99 for the single user license. If you purchased your license for GarageSale 8 after August 1st, 2021, your upgrade will be free.

GarageSale Pro subscribers don’t need to pay any upgrade fees to use GS 9.

System Requirements

• macOS 10.12 or later

[rlmartin]

When relisting a sold listing, if I use the setting “Use Quantity Left as new quantity” the new listing is listed on GS with a “0” quantity. The original had 25 and had 2 sales so there were 23 available and GS made the new listing showing 0 but ebay shows the proper 23 on the new listing. Variations also has the same problem with all new listings showing a quantity of 0. Changing GS to “Relist with All Changes” starts with the proper quantity.

[rlmartin]

Here you show the ebay Scheduler. I am wondering why you don’t show the GS scheduler in this side bar? I scheduled 111 listings for one event and none of the listings show that the listing has an event scheduled without going to the scheduler pane and looking for it.

[Neal]

@ilja

fixed quirks with determining the correct type of barcode

Excellent!! Barcodes are now working much better!!

@ilja

(needs manual category update first)

(Although, it seems like the current category version number used to show in the popup menu, and it no longer does…)

Thanx!!!
Neal

[Neal]

Sometimes (most?) when I Duplicate an item (with the shift-key down), another different item immediately gets the editing focus. And sometimes that focus is several (like 10) items away.

I don’t think there should an editing focus after a Duplicate, unless it is the item just duplicated.

Neal

Before command-shift-D:

After command-shift-D:

[iRodknocker]

Hello Ilja,

thanks for the beta. I didn’t test it yet, but is the column glitch also fixed? I can’t find it in your release notes above.

GS forgets at every launch the "title" column width

If i launch GS, GS forgets every time the column width of the “title” column. I have to resize it again and again and again at every launch. Here is a screencast of it: How to fix this? Thanks. Greets David

Greets
David

[ilja]

I believe this bug is fixed in Beta 14.

[iRodknocker]

Okay, thanks I’ll check it.

[rlmartin]

By the way, I am LOVING the “Customize toolbar” feature! It is my most missed items for many years. Thanks for bringing it back.

@ilja

• main window toolbar is customizable

[Neal]

@rlmartin

I am LOVING the “Customize toolbar” feature!

YES!! I agree!!

Neal

[Neal]

Can you save and restore the Script Editor Window size, position, and both (2) slider/separator bar locations??

Thanx,
Neal

[rlmartin]

I don’t know if this is exactly what you are asking but this problem has been reported but still continues. I constantly loose 2 of 3 items and have to adjust the sidebar to get them to show again.

[ilja]

@rlmartin

I don’t know if this is exactly what you are asking but this problem has been reported but still continues.

Is the a new problem with GarageSale 9 Beta? If so, what macOS version are you running?

[rlmartin]

[rlmartin]

GS9.0b14 Its been from at least 9.0 I cant remember if its older. I have to periodically revise the sidebar to get all 3 items to show. I am not sure what triggers the issue.

[ilja]

Thanks. We’ll keep trying to replicate this bug.

[rlmartin]

It might be a waking from sleep issue because it seems to be there when I start work in the morning. It doesn’t happen all the time and I cant replicate it with any kind of regularity. I’m pretty sure it happens when i’m resizing something and the next time i go to work on GS I notice only 1 word in the header. I will also try and watch for it’s reoccurrence.

[kristian]

Do you have any options enabled in the System Preferences > Accessibility ?

Regards, Kristian

[rlmartin]

I don’t know if this helps…

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[Enigmaticca]

FYI,

I just moved from 8.4.1 to 9.0b14 and I now have seen the missing sidebar items too. Has happened twice so far & I don’t know the trigger. Did not happen in earlier 7 & 8 versions so it’s new, to me at least. All sidebar opens return after restarting GS.

Cheers