Consolidate 3.1.1 brings minor fixes. • Fixed a crash when viewing the lesson table. • Updated the help links within Settings.
Consolidate 3.1 is a major update, bringing a new navigation design, new study and search screens, and numerous improvements. # New Navigation App features have been split across three sections: Library, Study, and Search. • New: When viewing a lesson, selecting a category will navigate to that category. • Improved: The selected section and current view will restored when reopening the app. # Search The search tab helps you find lessons in a course. • New: Search tokens help you build advanced search queries, filtering titles, learning outcomes, and notes. • New: Recent searches are saved to help you quickly view a previous search. # Study The study tab displays current and previous study sessions. • New: View all study sessions in reverse chronological order. • New: Select a study session to navigate to the lesson. # Actions and Commands • New: Navigate between the new tabs/sidebar items from the View menu or using keyboard shortcuts. • New: Lessons can be copied to another course. • New: Toggle ‘Ready to Study’, start a ‘Live Study’, or log a previous study session using keyboard shortcuts. • New: The ‘Add Existing Lessons to Category’ command can be found in the File menu or using a keyboard shortcut. • New: When viewing a lesson, categories can be edited from the toolbar. • New: Categories can be opened in a new window. • New: Add links, learning outcomes, and notes using keyboard shortcuts. • New: Launch the developer website from Settings. # Visual Design • Improved: The colour of buttons and headings have been changed to increase contrast. • Improved: The Progress widget matches the design of the new category tiles in the library screen. • Improved: When adding existing lessons to a category, the search bar stays visible when scrolling. • Improved: The design of category header has increased contrast with toolbar buttons. • Improved: The ‘Add Tag’ view is larger when viewed as a popover. • Improved: The ‘Leave a Tip’ view has minor design tweaks. # Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements • Fixed: When the total study duration of a category was greater than 9 hours, the widget would crash. • Improved: Reduced the likelihood of hangs when navigating a course with many categories and lessons.
Consolidate 3.0.6 contains the following fixes: • Fixed: The ‘Copy Notes’ and ‘Copy Next Steps’ buttons would have no effect. • Fixed: The ‘Find Lessons/Courses/Categories’ actions in Shortcuts would not correctly pluralize their titles.
Consolidate 3.0.5 contains the following improvements: • Confirmation is required before deleting study sessions and links. • Navigating around the app is much faster. • Link previews are now cached to reduce duplicate network requests.
Consolidate 3.0.4 contains the following improvements and fixes: • New: Add existing lessons to a category from the ‘Add Lesson’ toolbar menu. • New: Hide the ‘Uncategorized’ filter in Settings. • New: Sort lessons by study duration. • New: Lessons in Shortcuts have a URL property to open them in the app. • Improved: Categories will automatically be selected once they are created. • Improved: The subtitle style of the Live Study widget. • Fixed: Selecting a different course had no effect on Apple Watch. • Fixed: It was sometimes possible to create a lesson with no title. • Fixed: When using a filter, using the ‘All Lessons’ search option would not work. • Fixed: Widgets would not update when new data is synced over iCloud. • Fixed: The average difficulty statistic would include lessons marked as not ready to study. • Fixed: Learning outcomes shown within a Live Study would not update to changes.
Consolidate 3.0.3 is a minor update containing the following improvements: • Selected lessons can be opened using the ⌘O keyboard shortcut. • The Copy Link command can be accessed using the ⌘⌥C keyboard shortcut. • The iCloud Status box in the courses list shows more descriptive information. • When no default course has been selected, the next opened course will be automatically set as default. • Removed the background of live activities when viewing in Stand By. • When logging a study duration, the onscreen keyboard is numerical rather than alphabetical. • Improved the contrast of the Add Course button. • Simplified the onboarding tutorial. • Added descriptors to the Add Lesson and Add Category screens to help new users understand their function. • Added new options for study type. • Lessons will open once they have been created.
Consolidate 3.0.2 is a minor update containing the following improvements and bug fixes: Improvements: • Added a menu in the lesson details view for performing common actions: Edit Categories, Copy Link, Share, Duplicate, and Delete. • Added the ability to customize the lessons list toolbar. • Updated the design of the tip store. Fixes: • Fixed: Attempting to open a lesson in a new window would cause a crash. • Fixed: When using multiple windows, minimising and reopening the windows would reset the view. • Fixed: When editing lesson notes, minimising and reopening the window would sometimes result in unsaved changes being lost. • Fixed: After editing data within the app, such as adding a study session, the Progress widget would not update. • Fixed: Running the ‘Add Lesson’ shortcut within Shortcuts or Spotlight would display an error.
Consolidate 3.0.1 contains minor improvements and bug fixes. # Improvements • When categories have been marked as favorite, the section headings in the category list have been changed to ‘Favorite Categories’ and ‘Other Categories’ to improve clarity. • The popover form for adding lessons no longer cuts off text. • Lessons can be added using a keyboard shortcut when the option ‘Add Multiple’ is selected. # Fixes • Fixed: The tutorial included the previous app icon. Thank you for using Consolidate! If you have enjoyed using the app, a rating or review would be greatly appreciated.
Consolidate 3.0 is a major update, bringing a new way to track study progress, new features such as Live Study and Shortcuts support, and a brand new design! # Updated Progress Tracking Lessons are self-evaluated using a numerical scale of 0 to 4, instead of using a color/traffic-light system. • View progress more easily, without needing to differentiate colors. • View average progress in monochrome widgets (e.g., StandBy, Lock Screen, Complications). • Previously created study sessions will be automatically mapped to the new system. # Live Study Use Consolidate as a study assistant whilst you revise a lesson. • View study duration and a single learning outcome in a new full screen view to minimise distractions. • Set a goal to motivate you to stay focussed. • Live Activities display the current duration and goal on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, and let you quickly pause/resume the session. • The Live Study widget displays the current duration, goal and learning outcome on the Home Screen, Lock Screen, Smart Stack, and in StandBy. Interactive buttons let you quickly pause/resume the session and change the current learning outcome. # Shortcuts Use the Shortcuts app to automate parts of your study journey. • Create custom workflows using actions for finding, adding, and editing lessons, courses, and study sessions. • Integrate Consolidate with other apps on your device. • Discover quick Shortcuts for opening favourite categories, and altering the current live study from the Shortcuts app or Spotlight. • Get helpful predictions to perform regularly used actions. # New Watch App The Apple Watch app has been redesigned, making specific use of watchOS 10 features. • Create live study sessions from your wrist, helping you to study whilst on the go. • New colorful backgrounds add vibrancy and visual associations to the current view. • Navigate between sections of the app more easily using the Digital Crown. • New complications and widgets let you view progress and Live Study sessions from the clock face and Smart Stack. # Other Changes • The course selector has been redesigned to help users view and edit courses more easily. • Lesson types have been deprecated in favour of categories, which offer more features and make the app easier for new users. Learn how to upgrade in the app. • A new, simpler lesson list design focusses on titles and fits more details on the screen. • A new header gradient shows the selected category color. • New widget designs incorporate the Consolidate logo and gradients, bringing a more cohesive visual design. • The Progress widget shows total study time and average progress for a selected category. • The Progress widget is now available on the Lock Screen and in StandBy. • View iCloud sync status within Settings.
Consolidate 2.6.5 is a minor update which contains improvements to exporting and importing lessons. • Fixed a bug where exporting lessons from a context menu would not work. • The system will show more information about .classes files within the Files app and will correctly categorise them as ‘Document’ files. • Updated the design of the Import Lessons view.
Consolidate 2.6.4 is a minor update with bug fixes, behind-the-scenes improvements, and the ability to leave a tip. # Tip Jar Consolidate has been free to use for the past three years. If you have enjoyed using the app, there is now an option to leave a tip in settings. This does not unlock any functionality, but will help to cover development costs. Thank you! # Navigation Bugs • Fixed: Attempting to perform a full-edge swipe back to the ‘Consolidate’ screen would sometimes cause the screen to be stuck in the lessons list, requiring the app to be Force Quit. • Fixed: The title of the ‘Consolidate’ screen would not show as the label of the back button of the lesson list. • Fixed: Toolbar items in the lesson list would only appear once the view had fully loaded, rather than fading in as expected. • Fixed: The lessons list title would initially show the large style when the view is appearing, before abruptly changing to inline. # Editing Bugs • Fixed: Reordering learning outcomes using the picker would sometimes order them incorrectly. • Fixed: Editing study sessions would sometimes not work if the lesson had many learning outcomes. • Fixed: It was not possible to edit the categories for a lesson which had already been created. • Fixed: Attempting to delete a tag by swiping the row would not show the confirmation buttons. # Other Changes • The iCloud sync status view is only displayed when no courses are available, to make the screen less cluttered. The next version of Consolidate is almost ready, with exciting new features! It will require iOS 17, iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, or later.
Consolidate 2.6.3 contains enhancements to adding lessons and bug fixes. # Adding Lessons • Controls for adding a lesson now appear as a popover on iPadOS and a resizeable sheet on iOS, allowing you to view and interact with the list behind. • Choose to keep the popover/sheet open when adding lessons, allowing you to easily add multiple lessons at once. # Bug Fixes • Fixed: The app would crash when trying to view the list of lessons on iOS 17.
Consolidate 2.6.2 contains enhancements to existing features, bug fixes, and behind-the-scenes improvements. # Enhancements • Drag a lesson onto a category to add the lesson to that category on iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. • Drag a category onto a lesson to add the lesson to that category on iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. • When using Stage Manager, drag a category or lesson to an empty space to open it in a new window on iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. • Drag a category or lesson to the side of your screen to open it in Split View on iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. • The filter lessons menu now shows as a popover on iPadOS. • The Add/Edit tag screen now shows as a popover on iPadOS. • The Add/Edit tag screen has been re-organised to group color controls together. # Bug Fixes • Fixed: Importing events from your calendar would not work on iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. • Fixed: When using Handoff to switch devices, the category, course, or lesson you were working on would not load. • Fixed: When minimising a window or returning to the Home Screen, re-opening the window would sometimes fail to restore the previous state. • Fixed: The Progress and Countdown widgets would always show the ‘Progress’ heading, even when there were no lessons in the category/course.
Version 2.6.1 adds support for iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and watchOS 10, and fixes bugs introduced in version 2.6. # New Operating Systems • Consolidate is fully compatible with the latest Apple operating systems. # Improvements • The ‘Study’ section has been renamed to ‘Progress’. # Bug Fixes • Fixed: The progress chart would sometimes appear too small and clip text. • Fixed: Deleting a learning outcome would not reorder subsequent outcomes.
Consolidate 2.6 (formerly Classes) brings a new name, improved support for iOS/iPadOS 16 and watchOS 9, and several improvements to the user experience. # Support for iOS/iPadOS 16 The latest operating system powers features such as charts, title menus, and customizable toolbars. # Lesson Browsing • Browse lessons in a multi-column table on iPadOS. Quickly sort lessons by title, date, study date, study count, and evaluation. • Customise the toolbar to show the controls you use most frequently. • Context menus now work on all selected lessons. • Search the current view or all lessons in the course # Updated Lesson Details View • New layout design shows more of your content at once and adapts better to larger screens. • View how your self-evaluation has changed over time using the new chart. • Edit all lesson details from one place. • Removed the suggestions section. # Visual Design Updates * New colour scheme throughout the app • New app icon • Reorganised the Settings page • Bold, colourful headings are consistently used. • A new information view. # Other Improvements • Better support for entering link URLs. • Learn how Consolidate keeps your data safe and how to export/delete your data from the settings screen. • View iCloud sync progress • Fixed: The lessons toolbar would not dismiss when returning to the category list.
Classes 2.5 adds many refinements and polishes to existing app features. Many improvements have been made to accessibility, usability, visual design, and app customization. Classes 2.5 now requires iOS/iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, or later. # Accessibility Improvements: • When ‘Differentiate Without Color’ is turned on within your device’s accessibility settings, Classes will show a number beside lessons to show its evaluation, rather than relying on color alone • The icons within the lesson list are larger and more easily readable • Improved the wording of VoiceOver accessibility hints for several controls • Added help hints for more controls and elements displaying information • Added a label for the show statistics button to improve discoverability # New Features • Swipe lessons to delete or mark them as completed • Added swipe actions to delete and edit categories • Added a course countdown complication for the Apple Watch Modular, Modular Compact, and Infograph Modular faces • Click on the deadline date to change the date style # Usability Improvements: • Deleting courses, categories, and lessons will show a confirmation dialog, to prevent accidental deletion • The menus for changing a course and editing the options for the current course have been merged, to reduce confusion with course settings and the main app settings • When deleting a category, added the option to also delete the lessons belonging to this category • When completing multi-step tasks, such as importing lessons from your calendar or creating a category, swiping down will no longer dismiss the screen, to prevent accidental cancellation • The default course shown when adding Widgets and Siri Shortcuts actions will respect the default course selected within the main app • Creating a course will cause the new course to be selected within the app automatically • On iPadOS, the ‘All Lessons’ list will show before selecting a category, instead of a blank screen # Visual Design Improvements: • Marking a category as favorite is now smoothly animated within the category list • Updated the course & categories help screen • Updated the background of the statistics screen to fit in better with the visual design of other parts of the app • Added a splash of color to the Add Category and Add Course screens • Updated the button styles for course and category suggestions • Updated the symbol to represent lesson evaluations • Improved font weight of several symbols and text labels # Customization Options: • Added the option to remove badges in the category list • Added the option to remove the lesson evaluation summary in the category list # Bug Fixes • When running the 'Create Lesson' shortcut, it was not possible to assign zero categories to the lesson when prompted by Siri • The color of study sessions in Apple Watch were always green, regardless of its true evaluation # Behind the Scenes • Streamlined unused code to reduce app size • Removed code for older, unsupported operating systems to reduce app size and prepare for newer operating systems • Restructured duplicate code to reduce app size and increase reliability
Classes 2.4.1 is a minor update with crucial bug fixes and improvements. • Fixed a bug causing an immediate crash when opened on older versions of iOS/iPadOS • Added search support for lessons on Apple Watch • Added support for Quick Look, enabling rich previews of categories and lessons when using Spotlight • Fixed a bug where selecting a category from Spotlight would not load it within the app ***** Classes 2.4 is a major update with many new features, including support for the Apple Watch, a redesigned lesson details view, and a new app name & icon. # New App Name and Icon The app name and icon have been changed to reflect the many changes to Classes over the past year. The basic paper and coffee idea has remained, however the improved notebook makes the appʼs function clearer, and the colors match those used throughout the app. # Apple Watch App A streamlined, independent version of Classes has been designed for the watch to help you study on the go! • Browse lessons and categories from all courses to see what topics you have to learn • View learning outcomes and other lesson details • Mark lessons as 'attended' • Add study sessions to quickly document your studying • Run Siri Shortcuts locally from your watch, including when your iPhone is not nearby • Pick up on iPhone or iPad, using Handoff # Updated Detail View The new lesson details view provides a number of improvements, including: • Bolder headings • Collapsible sections • Clearer, bordered buttons • A more optimized layout for iPad. # Spotlight Search All lessons and categories are now indexed in Spotlight. Quickly find your lessons alongside results from other sources, and open them within the app. # Improved Learning Outcomes • When adding outcomes, automatically remove bullet points/numbers which may have been copied over. • Reorder outcomes after they have been created. # Defaults… Speed up your workflow by setting the default lesson and study type for new items. # Lesson Suggestions A new study suggestions section provides: • Study hints for each of your lessons help you learn • A guide for new users, to help them get started with the app's features # VoiceOver Improvements to VoiceOver, ensuring that all controls have accessibility labels and hints # Other Improvements and Fixes • New ‘Seminar’ lesson type • Streamlined Add Lesson workflow • Streamlined Add Course workflow • Fixed course settings menu on iOS/iPadOS 14 • Better handling for numbered lessons within the list when sorting alphabetically • Better performance when scrolling the lesson list
Classes 2.4 is a major update with many new features, including support for the Apple Watch, a redesigned lesson details view, and a new app name & icon. # New App Name and Icon The app name and icon have been changed to reflect the many changes to Classes over the past year. The basic paper and coffee idea has remained, however the improved notebook makes the appʼs function clearer, and the colors match those used throughout the app. # Apple Watch App A streamlined, independent version of Classes has been designed for the watch to help you study on the go! • Browse lessons and categories from all courses to see what topics you have to learn • View learning outcomes and other lesson details • Mark lessons as 'attended' • Add study sessions to quickly document your studying • Run Siri Shortcuts locally from your watch, including when your iPhone is not nearby • Pick up on iPhone or iPad, using Handoff # Updated Detail View The new lesson details view provides a number of improvements, including: • Bolder headings • Collapsible sections • Clearer, bordered buttons • A more optimized layout for iPad. # Spotlight Search All lessons and categories are now indexed in Spotlight. Quickly find your lessons alongside results from other sources, and open them within the app. # Improved Learning Outcomes • When adding outcomes, automatically remove bullet points/numbers which may have been copied over. • Reorder outcomes after they have been created. # Defaults… Speed up your workflow by setting the default lesson and study type for new items. # Lesson Suggestions A new study suggestions section provides: • Study hints for each of your lessons help you learn • A guide for new users, to help them get started with the app's features # VoiceOver Improvements to VoiceOver, ensuring that all controls have accessibility labels and hints # Other Improvements and Fixes • New ‘Seminar’ lesson type • Streamlined Add Lesson workflow • Streamlined Add Course workflow • Fixed course settings menu on iOS/iPadOS 14 • Better handling for numbered lessons within the list when sorting alphabetically • Better performance when scrolling the lesson list
Classes 2.3.1 is a minor update with bug fixes. • Fixed a bug which prevented deleting a category on iOS/iPadOS 15. • Fixed a bug where the screen would move back to the lesson list unexpectedly when editing the title of a lesson.
Classes 2.3 is a major update which adds support for Siri Shortcuts, more capable lesson filtering, and many more features and improvements. NEW FEATURES: # Siri Shortcuts Interact with common actions through Siri and the Shortcuts app. Available actions: Create Lesson, Create Category, View Category. Siri can learn from your habits to suggest actions on your lock screen and within Spotlight search. Create multi-step shortcuts, interacting with other apps. E.g., Set-up a workflow to automatically import events from your calendar as lessons in a new category. # Filters Filter lessons by multiple criteria to find exactly the lessons you are looking for. Current filters: Category, Lesson Type, and Difficulty’. E.g., show only ‘Lectures’ with categories ‘Renal’ and ‘Important’ and difficulty ‘Not Studied’. # Say Hello to Categories! ‘Tags’ have been renamed to ‘categories’ based on user feedback. This will hopefully make it easier to understand how they are used. IMPROVEMENTS: # List Redesign The design of the list rows and header have been made bolder and clearer. # Widget Improvements The visual design of widgets has been improved to use colour more selectively. This improves legibility, especially in dark mode. Widgets will be automatically inserted and rotated to in configured Smart Stacks based on your app usage. # Sidebar Improvements The sidebar has been simplified to only show favourite and standard categories. Previous options (e.g., lesson types) can be accessed through the new filtering feature. The change course menu has been moved inline with the sidebar content. # Aesthetic Improvements The design of many views have been updated to adopt modern iOS/iPadOS best practices.
Classes: for Medical Students 2.2.4 contains bug fixes and performance improvements. # IMPROVEMENTS • Notes editing workflow — notes are edited in a separate view, to improve performance and allow you to discard changes. # FIXES • Adding a link would cause the app to crash. Classes: for Medical Students 2.2.4 contains bug fixes and performance improvements. # IMPROVEMENTS • Notes editing workflow — notes are edited in a separate full-screen view to improve performance, maximise the amount of text shown, and allow you to discard changes • Add link view — the help text has been rewritten so that it is more concise • Changed the list style to optimise for long lists and smaller screens, and match best practice # FIXES • Adding a link would cause the app to crash • The title "Edit Link" would be shown when adding a link Thank you to everyone who made me aware of these bugs and gave suggestions for improvements! Thank you to everyone who made me aware of these bugs and gave suggestions for improvements!
Classes: for Medical Students 2.2.3 contains improvements to the lesson list and bug fixes. # IMPROVEMENTS • Date Changes — within the lesson list, dates will use relative terms such as 'Today' and 'Yesterday'. Dates will show in red if the lesson is overdue. • Alphabetical Groupings — when sorting lessons alphabetically, lessons are now grouped into sections using their starting letter. # FIXES The following bugs have been fixed: • Editing a link would result in a new link being created • When editing a tag, the tag's title would not appear until the text field was selected • After editing a link, the link would not update until reloading the lesson details view Thank you to everyone who made me aware of these bugs and gave suggestions for improvements!
Classes: for Medical Students 2.2.2 contains many small, convenient features to make the app easier to use. # NEW • A redesigned duplicate function lets you easily make multiple copies of a lesson. You can choose which info to be copied over, e.g. links which are relevant to multiple lessons. • There are numerous new ways to instantly launch the app directly to a particular tag or filter. These include: dragging an item from the sidebar to the edge of the screen, using Handoff to resume your session from other devices, through Spotlight search, and using Siri Shortcuts. # IMPROVEMENTS • Navigation on iPhone and iPad is more intuitive. Lesson details no longer appear from the bottom, but from the right — similarly to most other apps. • The full summary and statistics for the current view is now accessed by tapping the colorful summary details section at the top of the list, allowing for a simplified toolbar. • The new full-screen lesson details view uses multiple columns. Information is easier to read, and more of it is shown on larger displays. • There is a redesigned picker when selecting the duration of a study session. The minute and hour pickers are combined, making it easier to choose durations most commonly used for studying. • Icons have been added to the sort menu. • New buttons are in the lesson details view which let you duplicate, share, and delete lessons more easily. • Widgets now open to their respective part of the app. • iPad pointer support within the lesson details view has been improved.
# NEW • Import from Calendar — an easy method of adding lessons from events in your device's calendar. This will automatically transfer dates, locations and notes! • Import from File — a new option within the add menu allows you to import lessons from a backup file much more easily. • Siri Shortcut Support — Siri will learn which lessons you view frequently, and make proactive suggestions. You can use the Shortcuts app to create custom workflows to view these lessons. # IMPROVEMENTS • Redesigned the lesson import workflow, to make the view less cluttered. • On iPad, 'All Lessons' is selected by default when you open the app, rather than showing a blank screen. # FIXES • Fixed a bug with the layout of lesson details on iOS/iPadOS 14. • Fixed a bug whereby the selected course would not update after changing it on iOS/iPadOS 14. • Fixed a bug causing incorrect toolbar layout when swiping a lesson to delete.
# NEW • Redesigned App Navigation — a simpler, more intuitive navigation system has been implemented, using native iOS elements to fit in with the system. • Search* — a highly requested search feature within the app allows you to rapidly find the lesson you are looking for. • Refined Lesson Details — after selecting a lesson, you can view all of the relevant information in a redesigned, clearer grid. All sections have been amalgamated into one screen, so you can see information together with fewer presses. • New Course Selection — switching between courses is now achieved in a smaller, transient interface. This allows the screen to be filled more efficiently with the content of a single course. Hold down the course name to quickly change course.* • Drag and Drop Lessons — drag and drop lessons onto the tags in the sidebar to organise your curriculum more naturally and quickly. # IMPROVEMENTS • Destructive buttons, such as for deleting items, now show in red within menus, to help you to determine their action more easily.* • Sort Lessons Menu More Prominent — on smaller screens, the sort lessons picker has been moved to the main toolbar, making it more discoverable and accessible. • New Filters — New options in the redesigned sidebar allow you to filter lessons by lesson type, percentage of learning outcomes written, and attendance. • Swipe Actions* — Swipe right on tags in the sidebar to quickly add and remove them from the favourites section. • Edit Study Sessions — Edit the notes, evaluation and date of study sessions by selecting or touching and holding one of the bars within the graph. • Redesigned List Header — the statistics view above the list of lessons is more compact, allowing you to see more lessons on smaller devices. # FIXES • Fixed a crash on iPadOS 14 when trying to add a study session from the button within the lessons list. • Fixed a bug whereby you were unable to add a new course after opening the app for the first time. * Requires iOS/iPadOS 15 or later