A little over a year ago, iObserve saw its last update. The developer (Cedric Follmi) had put the Mac iObserve application on hold to devote time to an online only web version over at arcsecond.io. But after a year or so of developing efforts on the website, he put up a poll online asking users what development path they would like to see going forward. Continue the website? Update the Mac app to be compatible with Mojave? Make an even better Mac app longer term? Given those choices, people voted, and now there’s a new Mac application.
What’s new in iObserve 1.7.0?
Added full support for macOS 10.14 Mojave with a complete update of the app internals (especially about network requests and dates).
Dropped support for all macOS versions before High Sierra (10.13).
Mojave Dark Mode
Suppressed the large title bar to adopt a more modern and compact look .
Suppressed the ability to submit new observatories by email, and explain that Arcsecond.io is the new home for observatories.
Fixed the failing downloads of the sky preview image (available when clicking the icon to the right of the object name in the right-hand pane).
Fixed an issue that prevented the app to complete the import of a Small Body.
Fixed an issue that prevented the user to select a Small Body in the list when multiple ones are found for a given name.
Fixed the failing downloads of 2MASS finding charts.
Fixed various stability issues.
Get the latest version directly from the Mac App Store.
