Release notes

1.19.0 - October 20, 2026

NewApple Music & Music.app: A faster, more resilient library import experience for large collections, with clearer progress through songs, playlists, source matching, and cover art; recovery of interrupted imports; useful retry details; and improved handling of cloud and streaming tracks on macOS and Windows.
Fixes & ImprovementsPlay Queue: Skipping ahead now keeps tracks available and playback moving, with improved Shuffle reliability when switching crates or changing Shuffle settings. Queue and current playback position are also preserved after an unexpected shutdown.
Bandcamp: Improved playback reliability for tracks outside your purchased collection.
Player: The waveform stays in sync when changing tracks, the visualizer remains sharp across mini and full player modes, and rapid seeking in long files is handled more reliably.
Imports: Improved song and album link handling, with clearer progress and feedback when nothing is imported. Artist and label details now update after imports finish.
Library: Improved cover art recovery through Get Info while preserving valid artwork.
Imports: Concurrent imports and crate updates now remain responsive, with more accurate task progress and safer handling while crates are changing.
Minor bug fixes and UI polish improvements.

1.18.3 - October 8, 2026

NewPlay Queue: New automatic Play Queue keeps the music going from your current crate, with a setting to adjust how it behaves.
Gems: Now available to Community users, with tag filtering, clearer guidance, improved discovery and sharing, and corrected quota messaging.
Settings: Refreshed settings include controls for Play Queue behavior and whether the slim player stays in the main panel or spans full width.
Search: Unified and redesigned search across your library and online sources, including artists and labels.
Fixes & ImprovementsPlayback: Cmd+Z undoes a manual track change and resumes where you were; audio sources are found ahead of time, and unavailable YouTube and Bandcamp tracks are skipped so playback can continue without waiting. When automatic source finding is enabled, unavailable YouTube sources are refreshed for a later play.
Play Queue: Shuffle now randomizes playlist playback correctly when Autoplay is enabled.
Performance: Faster navigation, Home, library tabs, Artist and Label lists, and Genres browsing; Home artwork preloads in the background.
Library: Renaming a release folder keeps tune file locations up to date, removing a playlist no longer affects tunes used elsewhere, missing artist and label details are repaired, and release details refresh after Get Info.
Artists & Labels: Faster lists, clearer icons, improved label results, and tune grids that match the crate grid.
Design: A slimmer sidebar, crate sorting, rounded artwork corners, and a refined mini-player toggle.
Mini player: Switch between the full and mini player from the player controls, keeping your window size and position.
New Discoveries: Undated tunes are included when there are too few dated tunes to fill the view.
Smart Crates: Results now reflect tune edits immediately.
Apple Music: Faster imports that can be stopped at any time and only pick up what changed since last time.
Audio conversion: Failed conversions are cleaned up without overwriting pre-existing output files.
Editing: Pressing Enter in genre and tag fields no longer accidentally saves the edit dialog.
Updates: Download progress now shows in the title bar, and updates can be started from there at any time.
Tunes: ‘View on…’ now shows clear site names and is available for local files with online links.
Account menu: Click your avatar to see your account and plan, open Settings, check for updates and get help.
Feedback: Paste or drag attachments directly into the feedback form.
Supporter: Upgrade buttons now open the in-app supporter explanation.
Release view: New context menus make it easier to play, queue and update releases from where you are.
macOS: Compatible with macOS 27, with the Developer Tools shortcut restored.
Minor bug fixes and UI polish improvements.

1.18.2 - October 5, 2026

NewRelease views: New context menus make it easier to play, queue and update releases from where you are.
Gems: Now available to Community users, with enhanced discovery and sharing features.
Gems: Filter the feed by tag, with clearer guidance and accessible controls.
Play Queue: New automatic Play Queue keeps the music going from your current crate. Queue Up tunes, drag to reorder, or drop tunes, files and links straight onto the queue. Choose how it behaves in Settings.
Fixes & ImprovementsSearch: One search bar for your library and online sources.
Mini player: Switch between the full and mini player from the player controls, keeping your window size and position.
Account menu: Click your avatar to see your account and plan, open Settings, check for updates and get help.
Apple Music: Faster imports that can be stopped at any time and only pick up what changed since last time.
Playback: Cmd+Z undoes a manual track change and resumes where you were.
Design: Refreshed Settings, a slimmer sidebar, crate sorting and a cleaner library search.
Updates: Download progress now shows in the title bar, and updates can be started from there at any time.
Tunes: ‘View on…’ now shows clear site names and is available for local files with online links.
Library: Renaming a release folder keeps tune file locations up to date, removing a playlist no longer affects tunes used elsewhere, and missing artist and label details are repaired.
macOS: Compatible with macOS 27.
Play Queue: More reliable shuffle, repeat, Play Next and automatic refill behavior, including Bandcamp imports and undo; duplicate alternate sources are avoided.
Search & Smart Crates: Results now reflect tune edits immediately.
Artists & Labels: Faster lists, clearer icons, improved label results and a more consistent layout.
Library: Crate hierarchy and missing cover references are repaired, and release details refresh after Get Info.
Audio conversion: Failed conversions are cleaned up without overwriting pre-existing output files.
Gems: Quota errors no longer show an incorrect supporter upgrade prompt.
macOS: Restored the Developer Tools shortcut.
Minor bug fixes and UI polish improvements.

1.17.1 - September 8, 2026

NewBandcamp: New direct integration via Subsonic — connect your account to import your library and stream your purchased collection.
Player: New compact player strip.
Visualizers: Redesigned Classic visualizer with new artwork-based variants.
Fixes & ImprovementsImports: Large libraries import much faster and keep a steady pace as your collection grows, with clearer progress while they run.
Imports: Tracks that were previously skipped are now imported, more of them keep their metadata/ID3 tags, and artwork handling is improved.
Playlists: Fixed bugs that could prevent playlist renames from being saved.
Library: Improvements to Move to Collection and watched folders.
Smart crates: Fixed rating rules.
Views: Faster crate tree at startup, more responsive grids under heavy background activity, and right-click menus in the empty space under the crate tree.
Export audio files: improved progress, remaining time and error handling.
Minor bug fixes and UI polish improvements.

1.6.1 - July 8, 2026

Fixes & Improvements

Various performance & UX improvements.

1.6.0 - July 3, 2026

This release includes important technical enhancements, making server startup and restarts faster and improving memory management.
Fixes & ImprovementsPublic playlists are now grouped under new folders: Curated Playlists and Community Playlists.
Imports: Importing or refreshing large folders now runs as a background task, so you can pause or stop when needed.
Imports: Duplicate releases, artists, and labels are handled more reliably during overlapping imports.
Imports: Metadata enrichment/grooming is now enabled by default for new releases, running slowly in the background.
Playlists: Improved community playlist importing and publishing, with improved comments handling.
Checks: Improved fail-safes for low disk space cases.
Upgrades: Upgrades are now displayed as background tasks, revealing why the server is sometimes working.
Views & Sorting: Fixed several grid, scrolling, and sorting issues.
Discogs: Import your collection/wantlist actions are now available directly from the crate menu.
Last.fm: Improved handling of scrobble rejections.
Dozens of under-the-hood and UI/UX improvements.

1.15.1 - June 2, 2026

Fixes & Improvements

Rekordbox: export is now more reliable and handles nested playlists better.
Bandcamp: fixed Online Search and Find Audio source functionality.
YouTube: imports are more reliable when refreshing playlists, restoring deleted playlists, bringing in liked tracks, and more.
Tile view loads faster with thousands of tunes and live refreshes are more stable.
Improved Rail and Sidebar navigation.
Smoother Import updates.
Added a reset option for very old installations.

Plus, performance improvements overall and other minor bug fixes.

1.15.0 - May 14, 2026

NewTile View & Sidebar: a new browsing experience for crates, releases and playlists, with better navigation & sorting.
Onboarding: a new getting-started flow with clearer setup steps.
Fixes & ImprovementsSync & pairing: improved reliability when retrying exports and downloads, with safer handling of existing approvals and local changes.
Metadata and artwork handling: improved reliability when refreshing tags, exporting sync data, and working with tune and release images.
Tune management: you can now reload tags from file for multiple tunes at once and choose what double-click does in the main grid.
macOS: support for Dark and Tinted app icons.
Plus, many bug fixes and UI polish improvements.

1.14.5 - April 9, 2026

Fixes & Improvements

Fixed “Remove crates & tunes from app” menu item for multiple selected crates.

1.14.3 - April 8, 2026

Fixes & ImprovementsLibrary Browser: performance improvements, browse Artists, Labels and Tags faster.
Improved the “Add to Collection” combo action.
Improved removable volumes handling.
Fixed an issue with waveforms on Windows.
Paste now supports multiple URL’s.
Updated Windows icon.
Other minor bug fixes and UI improvements.

1.14.2 - April 2, 2026

NewSupport for more file formats and codecs: Expanded the list of supported audio formats (WMA, Opus, webm, flv, ogg/oga, m4b), with broader playback and metadata compatibility.
Left-side panel: You can now multi-select crates, labels, artists etc. Also improved drag-and-drop behavior.
Search: Added a scope dropdown to help you narrow down the part of your library you want to search.
Mini Player: Added an ‘Always on Top’ option.
Library: new setting to define when to import an Artist or Label in the Library Browser.
Fixes & ImprovementsUpgrades: Improved upgrade reliability for very old libraries that could block initialization.
Bandcamp: Improved importing so that large collections can resume progress from the last successful import.
YouTube: fixed bug on update, and added resumable progress when updating.
Export iTunes XML: Improved export reliability and performance; turned into background task
Metadata: Fixed compilation releases being assigned to the wrong artist
Apple Music: resolved issue with duplicate albums
Apple Music: resolved some playback errors
Dozens of bug fixes and UI polish improvements.

1.14.1 - March 11, 2026

☝️ Crates now requires macOS Monterey (v12) or later.

Fixes & Improvements

Apple Music playback is now working properly.
Fixed some cases where upgrading from an older version would prevent Crates Server from starting normally.

1.14.0 - March 6, 2026

NewBrand new Audio Engine! We created a custom audio playback engine which offers improved experience, including:
Better compatibility with high-res files.
Gapless playback.
Real-time visualizers.
Audio output selection for audio files playback.
Player UI/UX improvements: volume control & more
Option for Pitch Control: you can now change the BPM of the playing track.

Fixes & ImprovementsTune Edit modal: fields like mood, grouping, composer, and remixer now provide autocomplete suggestions.
Audio Sources: added option to remove audio files and move to trash.
Advanced search / smart crates: added mood.
SoundCloud: albums are now imported as releases instead of playlists.
Mini Player: Improved UI/UX
Release View: better table controls and horizontally scrollable for better navigation
Comments: fixed race condition where sometimes failed to appear.
Actions: Fixed issue where eligible actions were not presented when right-clicking multiple selected tunes.
Shareable Playlists: Improved handling of publishing.
Settings: Previous list view and clipboard values are now saved and can be reused.
Plus, lots of minor bug fixes and UI polish improvements.
Known issues:Apple Music playback appears to be broken at the moment, but we are actively working on a fix!

1.13.3 - February 20, 2026

NewCloud Backup: you can now schedule automatic backups of your database to your connected cloud drive for disaster recovery.
Timestamped Comments: users can now add comments with the option to publish them to shared playlists, making it easier to share context and feedback.
Online Search: added filters and public playlist discovery, plus SoundCloud is now included in search sources.
Fixes & ImprovementsImport from Spotify and other services (CSV): improved flow and reliability, including special-character support, duplicate handling, and better handling of albums.
Cover handling: improved artwork refresh/removal behavior; reworked handling of embedded artwork to be more robust.
Added tooltips on crates, added an option to remove crate and its tunes from the app, and improved ‘new crate’ flow.
Improved reliability of the update process on Windows.
Stability updates: addressed several edge cases around metadata editing and import flows
Minor bug fixes and UI polish improvements.

1.13.1 - January 29, 2026

Fixes & ImprovementsImport by CSV: fixed issue with special characters causing import failures.
Spotify: added notification to inform users that they can import using ‘Import by CSV’ via TuneMyMusic + improvement in instructions.
Fixed issue in recent crates, causing importing by browser extension to sometimes fail
Minor UI polishing and technical improvements.

1.13.0 - January 28, 2026

NewPublic Playlists: non-collaborative playlists import as read-only to prevent accidental edits; various display tweaks included.
Curated Playlists: timestamped comments now support HTML citations.
Bandcamp: tracks imported from user’s collection, no longer prompt modal to purchase.
Actions: menus hide options that do not apply to the selected tune.
Fixes & ImprovementsMajor Server memory-management improvements.
Folder moves validate destinations to avoid self-moves or unsafe paths.
Windows: external links open reliably in the browser.
Artwork handling is sturdier: wider WebP support on Windows, safer YouTube thumbnail retrieval.
Activation: fixed authorization links that would not work for some setups.
Improved Server shutdown speed.
Dozens of small bug fixes and UI polishing improvements.

1.12.2 - January 12, 2026

New
Lock crates: lock or unlock a crate to prevent accidental edits.

Fixes & Improvements
More accurate waveform calculation & drawing.
Export audio dialogs now show space needed and space available on the destination.
Ratings: switch between a 10-point scale or a 5-star display.
Fixed cases which produced duplicate imports
Shareable playlists include catalog numbers.
Fix cases where Crates Server process would not quit gracefully.
Sorting for the Artist & Title column in crate views is now case-insensitive.

1.12.1 - December 19, 2025

Fixes & Improvements
Shareable Playlists
Shareable playlists: improved sync behavior and fixed playback issues
Collaborative playlists: fixed issue where tunes were not removed
Added a button to adjust size for release and playlist headers
When a collaborator adds a tune in the middle of the tracklist, it’s appended at the end

Integrations
Apple Music: improved adding tunes to specific crates or the Play Queue
Spotify: improved album update behavior
Discogs: Fixed character encoding issue in Windows when importing

UI
Fixed duplicate crate placement when not on the first tab
Fixed up/down navigation when not viewing the ‘All’ crates tab
Fixed ‘Clear Tags’ button unintentionally submitting the Edit Tune form
‘Rename Crate & Folder’ button no longer appears outside folder crates
Main window now opens on any crates:// protocol request
Added right-click menu item to regenerate playlist images
Added a menu tip modal explaining the Windows menu
Improved user messaging for unsupported URLs

Other
Improved server connection with mobile apps (setsockopt error handling)
Fixed case with multiple artists, that the setting “Get info for new artists” was not respected.

1.12.0 - December 12, 2025

New Feature: Shareable PlaylistsShare your playlists and collaborate with your friends!
Fixes & ImprovementsRemoved setting which would add cover images from Discogs even when tunes already had a cover
Improvements to bandcamp import and audio source handling
Various UI improvements and bug fixes

1.11.8 - November 28, 2025

Fixes

Fixed connection to Spotify

1.11.7 - November 19, 2025

NewAdded a File name column in the grid to show tune filenames
Added a button to clear tags
Added a menu item to reload tags from file
ImprovementsImproved zoom behavior for the title bar
Automatically tag imported items with their format (vinyl, CD, tape)
Support importing Discogs marketplace links
Improved SoundCloud imports and mobile link handling
FixedFixed tune duration for pre-release Apple Music tracks
Fixed Bandcamp import mixing tracks from different releases
Fixed import of remixer information from Discogs
Fixed display for star ratings in the tune Edit modal
Fixed incorrect crate assignment when updating tunes in collection folders
Fixed layout issues in the Edit modal with many pinned tune actions
Plus a few other bug fixes and improvements.

1.11.6 - October 27, 2025

Fixes & Improvements

Fixed YouTube playback
Improved importing tunes from Bandcamp

1.11.5 - October 22, 2025

Fixes & ImprovementsFixed a bug when removing a tune’s genres
When removing an Artist from the Artists tab, do not remove it from related tunes.
Improved ‘Update Tune’: if matcher is on, matching tunes will be merged.
When adding a Bandcamp release to the playqueue, also add it to ‘Bandcamp Saves’.
Improved removing a release crate: release, tunes, artist and label are removed as well, if no other associations exist.
Improved detection of releases from folder files.
Fixed: if a tune was imported into the playqueue or a playlist where it already existed, it was not added.
Improved UX of connecting to online services
Plus other minor UX fixes

1.11.4 - October 7, 2025

NewBandcamp: Import your Bandcamp collection using the Crates browser extension.
Onboarding: New users can add sample tunes (secretly curated by the team!) by selecting their preferred genres
Fixes & ImprovementsFixed a rare crash on exporting audio
YouTube: visual refinements and a new grid view with larger item tiles
Other minor UX fixes

1.11.3 - September 23, 2025

Fixes & ImprovementsSoundcloud: Fixed importing by URL for tracks and sets, resolved playback issues, and more.
YouTube: fixed “Error Code: 15” that would prevent playback.
Increased limit of allowed searches on YouTube (Supporters only)
Other minor UX fixes and improvements.

1.11.2 - September 17, 2025

NewIntroducing Home View, a place to view Recently Played, New Discoveries, Freshly Added in your Collection, Forgotten Favorites and more.
Plus a few bug fixes and improvements.

1.10.3 - September 12, 2025

Fixes & ImprovementsImprovements in YouTube Integration
Fixed bug on exporting m3u files
Improved connecting to Discogs and Spotify, as it could fail in some environments
and some other minor fixes

1.10.2 - September 2, 2025

New Features
Tell a friend: You can now invite your friends to try Crates — they’ll get a discount, and you’ll earn rewards.
Background tasks: You can now see, pause and stop heavy background tasks like importing from external services

Fixes & Improvements
YouTube Improvements: fixes in importing, allow to import videos from wider music-related categories
Discogs Importer: fixed several issues
Apple Music access fixed

1.9.3 - August 15, 2025

Fixes & Improvements

Resolved Blocker Issue “Server not found” occurring occasionally when re-starting the app.
Solved data integrity issues, occurring especially after restarting the app during importing operations.

1.9.2 - August 13, 2025

NewImport your likes and playlists from SoundCloud
Import from other services using CSV files / TuneMyMusic
New sources for ‘Get Info’ for tunes: MusicBrainz, Apple Music and Spotify (if connected)
[Beta Testers only] Tell a friend: You can now invite your friends to try Crates — they’ll get a discount, and you’ll earn rewards.
Fixes & ImprovementsResolved issue where volume control wouldn’t appear on startup
Fixed “Get Info” failures if the title contained apostrophe
Gems: sometimes the first gem was not playing
Improved reliability of writing ID3v1 tags
Many other small fixes and improvements.

1.9.0 - July 4, 2025

NewNew: Audio file relocation support — rebind missing files when folders are moved
New: Beta Tester features support (user feedback improvements and more)
Fixes & ImprovementsImproved: Gems and Online Search moved to the top bar for quicker access
Fixed: Issues with “Move to Collection” logic and edge cases, supporting move crate
Fixed: Issues related to watched folders and incorrect path detection
Fixed: Unable to save edits in certain Crate editing scenarios
Fixed: Pressing ENTER didn’t play selected tune in some cases
Fixed: ID3 tag edits were not persisting in some scenarios
Fixed: Release artist name not updating when all album artists changed
Fixed: Back button on Artist Page didn’t refresh the tunes view
Fixed: Placeholder formatting inconsistencies
Fixed: Multi-edit panel missing disc number field
Fixed: Syncing Gems could result in duplicate entries
Fixed: Action Params display and default values improved
Fixed: Duplicate tunes or sources appearing during Crate updates
Plus various minor bug fixes and improvements.

1.8.5 - June 18, 2025

Fixes & ImprovementsNew: Friendly UI for smart crates / advanced search
New: Undo/Redo support when getting info for a tune
Fixed: Sometimes wrong tags where displayed in Player
Fixed: Scrolling and special character issues with the Release View column menu (thanks @mykalow)
Fixed: Improved search results for various cases
Improved importing & handling YouTube playlists
Plus various minor bug fixes and improvements.

1.8.4 - June 6, 2025

Fixes & ImprovementsFixed blocking errors related to crate menus and the “Quick Tour”
Get Info & Find Audiosource: improved overall matching
Gems: fixed various errors, improved UI/UX, and now importing revealed gems by default
Fixed issues related to playlist creation and duplication
Added new sorting for Artists and Labels by number of releases descending
Improvements when searching genres, tags, and crates
Fixed calculation of large mix waveforms
Plus various UI/UX tweaks and minor bug fixes.

1.8.2 - May 20, 2025

Fixes & ImprovementsStartup: Fixed an issue that would not allow the app to restart after syncing with the mobile
Improved: Sometimes Reveal Gems would fail with error 500
Addressed: Be able to see the user that posted a revealed gem [@psontis]
Fixed FaceTime play/pause bug when receiving a call
Gems: prioritize gems matching user’s interests.
Plus a few stability fixes and UI improvements

1.8.1 - May 16, 2025

New FeaturesCollection Views Revamp: Save how your tune collections are displayed and reuse on other crates.
Hide Crates: You can now hide crates you don’t use.
Fixes & ImprovementsStartup: Fixed an issue where Crates would sometimes fail to launch.
Tree View: Improved visibility of sub-crates
Added a new setting to optimize battery usage.
Discogs: Fixed errors when updating your Discogs collection.
Plus many minor fixes and UI/UX improvements

1.8.0 - April 29, 2025

New FeaturesSpotify Integration Enhancements – Fixed cases where tracks or playlists were missing during import due to Spotify rate limiting.
Added macOS Share menu for tunes with online audio sources. [Supporter request]
Support for BuyMusicClub playlist import. [Supporter request 🙏🏻 bagaski]
Fixes & ImprovementsPlayback: Better handling when audio files are missing (e.g., when an external drive is not connected), and a new setting to auto-detect when becoming available. [🙏🏻 yefthymiou]
Sync: Fixed a critical bug that caused mobile sync to misbehave.
Sync: Added PlayQueue under Playlists to be available on mobile. [🙏🏻 ericka]
Fixed an issue with mixed tune order on parent crates when importing multiple folders at once.
Gems: Enable/disable Gems, sync revealed Gems, and UI/UX fixes.
Fixed macOS Media Center integration for audio files and controls.
Improved playback handling when online content is unavailable due to no internet connection.
Plus: various UI/UX tweaks and performance improvements.

1.7.6 - March 24, 2025

New Features– Last.fm integration – Connect your account and scrobble what you listen on Crates (as requested by several users! 🙏🏻@autumnsounds)

– Lookup Artist/Label Info – You can now preview metadata and select before updating. Also tip: update by dropping a Discogs URL.

– “Go to Crate” Option – Added to the tune menu for easier navigation to crates or playlists containing the tune.

– New Action: “Add to Collection” – Quickly add tunes to your Collection for better organization.
Fixed & Improved– Revealed Gems Sync – Gems are now synchronized on init, even if revealed on mobile device. (Supporters only)

– Search Enhancements – Search now supports accented characters for better results across all languages.

– Fixed BPM calculation in Bandcamp streams (🙏 @stathis)

– Fixed Hi-res ALAC glitch when seeking

– Improved playback with Hi-res ALAC files on Windows 

– Allowing tags that are one character short

1.7.4 - January 18, 2025

Fixed or Improved:

– Search: Resolved an issue where searching for tunes or artists with special characters or numbers in their name would not return results.
– Discogs: Better importing and many bug fixes
– Rekordbox: Addressed an issue where the exported XML file could not be imported in some cases.
– Streaming: Tunes can now be streamed successfully from iOS/iPadOS devices.
– Genres: Custom User Genres and various improvements
– Settings: The IP address of the Crates Server now appears correctly.
– Playback: Fixed an issue where seeking while playing a tune would cause flashing.
– Safari Extension: updated to match the latest version.

1.7.3 - January 10, 2025

New:
– Now available for Apple Silicon
– Export to Rekordbox: You can now export tunes and playlists, complete with full Crates metadata.
– Onboarding Wizard: Easily get started with basic features of Crates using simple, step-by-step instructions.
– Calculate bpm/key and waveform for bandcamp: very handy when digging for tunes, before purchasing them.

Fixed:

– Tags Browser: Resolved an issue where some tags did not return results.
– YouTube: Fixed several issues related to importing from YouTube Music.
– Discogs: Improved the importing of collections and the display of releases in the release view.
– Fixed an issue where the real name of an artist displayed as an alias instead of their legal name.
– Windows: Disabled fullscreen mode and fixed zooming issues when Bandcamp was loaded.
– Watched folders: Fixed cases where a folder wasn’t marked as a release.

User Reported Issues🙏🏻:

– User Feedback: improved security (thanks to @tsukasa)

1.7.2 - December 6, 2024

– New: Navigate to Artist, Label, genre or tag directly from the player or tune menu, for a smoother collection-browsing experience!
– New: Added sorting for Artists and Labels; by name, date created or number of tunes.
– Improved results of “Get Info” action and added in the edit tune modal, to improve the workflow of grooming tunes.
– Improved Smart Crates: Added more fields, improved syntax and added how-to documentation

User Reported Issues 🙏🏻 :

– Fixed: Apple Music connection would not work for some users
– Fixed: When playing hi-res files, playback would not continue to the next tune (Windows)
– Fixed: Sometimes search field would not be clickable.
– Fixed: Release View was not available to some users.
– Fixed: Action “Move to Collection” using `DateDiscovered` parameter would create incorrectly named folders or crates.
– Fixed: Some artist names would be erroneously split into two artists.
– Fixed: A Label could be inserted multiple times in some cases.
– Fixed: Duplicate or invalid links could be added for Artists/Labels.
– Fixed: When setting the Collection destination folder, it would import all included files without asking.
– Added tooltips in action fields to explain what subfolders or sub-crates are.

Plus:
– Improved Server discovery, even when changing networks
– Improved Server shutdown time
– Geeky: View streaming server logs in the terminal to help debug issues.
– Geeky: Added function to deactivate installation
– Several other minor bug fixes and user experience improvements.

1.7.0 - November 13, 2024

New Feature: Browse by Artist, Label, and TagEffortlessly explore and organize your music collection like never before. Start curating your library today!
New Feature: Release ViewA fresh way to showcase each release, highlighting all the key details.
Also in this update:
Enhanced mobile device connectivity for a smoother experience
Improved handling of metadata when reading and writing audio files
Compatibility fixes for AIF files
New: now supporting Apple and MusicBrainz as new sources for metadata
Enhanced automatic backup functionality to make sure you never lose your Crates library
Fixed Discogs connectivity issues
Fixed Apple Music playback issues
Faster performance and a refined user experience
Numerous bug fixes & improvements

1.6.7 - September 26, 2024

This version includes a few fixes:

Fixed an issue where tracks were not added correctly to side lists in certain cases.
Resolved a bug preventing Crates from being renamed through the edit modal.
Addressed a problem where the DJ Library root folder could not be set.
Improved the progress bar behavior to update correctly when seeking while paused.
Fixed a bug in renaming files and crates when moving to Collection.
Move to Collection: new parameter to allow choosing the rename pattern for Tunes when belonging to Releases that are moved to Collection.

1.6.6 - September 9, 2024

This version includes:

New: Option to remove a crate and delete folder & files
User Reported Bugs 👾:
- Fixed: Sometimes import tunes from Bandcamp would fail
- Fixed: Some files with special characters in their path would not play
Improvements in watched folders
Minor other fixes and technical improvements

1.6.5 - September 6, 2024

Update 1.6.5 includes:

New: Music Genres browser! View genres in a new tab.
Genres editing: added autocomplete
Enable or disable the DJ profile to hide DJ-related features.
Automatically sort sub-crates by name, date modified or date created.
Fixed: import iTunes library issue
👾 User Reported Bug: Fixed sorting issues when importing albums
👾 User Reported Bug: Fixed issue and improved importing tags and artwork embedded in WAV files
👾 User Reported Bug: Fixed issue at “Move to Collection” action where ReleaseDate was not respected
Many performance & user experience improvements!

1.6.1 - July 5, 2024

Update 1.6.1 includes a few bug fixes.

New feature: Gems

Recommend and discover tunes from the community. Beta available to Crates Supporters for feedback.

Moreover, update 1.6 includes:

New macOS icon
Improved installer on Windows
New menu items to easily restart/quit Crates and Crates Server
More than a dozen fixes & user experience improvements

1.6.0 - July 4, 2024

New feature: Gems

Recommend and discover tunes from the community. Beta available to Crates Supporters for feedback.

Moreover, update 1.6.0 includes:

New macOS icon
Improved installer on Windows
New menu items to easily restart/quit Crates and Crates Server
More than a dozen fixes & user experience improvements

1.5.9 - June 21, 2024

Update 1.5.9 includes:

Importing large folders (e.g. Downloads) is now significantly faster
Fix: dragging and dropping tunes could cause unexpected results
Fix: Watched crates various fixes
Fix: exporting audio files to folders in Windows could fail
Fix: could not import folders via crate menu in Windows

1.5.8 - June 19, 2024

Update 1.5.8 includes:

Export audio files: improved, faster and files playable in all CDJs
Support the Artist Modal
Bandcamp import: tags are automatically added in genres
More than 30 bugs crushed, and tons of improvements for a better user experience.

1.5.5 - April 19, 2024

Update 1.5.5 includes a few bug fixes.

Along with it, some major updates for version 1.5:

Crates have been reorganized:
- Inbox includes all files from watched folders and tunes added from online sources, for you to review before adding to your library.
- Collection is now used to hold all your tunes in an organized manner, all groomed and neat.
Actions have been revamped:
- New, user configurable combo actions allow you to add tunes to your Collection, DJ Library or the Archive sort them in crates and folders, rename files, get missing info & tags and even calculate key & bpm; all with one click!
- You can now run actions on crates.
Improvement: edit Album Artist for tunes
Improvement: get info for tunes from Bandcamp and Discogs and choose which source to prefer
Improvement: export/import m3u playlists which include online tunes
Many bug fixes & performance improvements

1.5.4 - April 12, 2024

Update 1.5 includes a few major changes!

Crates have been reorganized:
- Inbox includes all files from watched folders and tunes added from online sources, for you to review before adding to your library.
- Collection is now used to hold all your tunes in an organized manner, all groomed and neat.
Actions have been revamped:
- New, user configurable combo actions allow you to add tunes to your Collection, DJ Library or the Archive sort them in crates and folders, rename files, get missing info & tags and even calculate key & bpm; all with one click!
- You can now run actions on crates.
Improvement: edit Album Artist for tunes
Improvement: get info for tunes from Bandcamp and Discogs and choose which source to prefer
Improvement: export/import m3u playlists which include online tunes
Many bug fixes & performance improvements

1.4.2 - February 23, 2024

Bug fixes

1.4.1 - February 21, 2024

Update 1.4.1 includes:

– Brand new Browser Extension: now, you can save tracks from your browser into specific crates & playlists!
– New: Google Drive support
– Upload tunes & crates to your Drive with one click
– Import files from Drive & play in Crates
– New: Usage Analytics
– Fixed: Error in YouTube playback
– Improved Bandcamp importing speed
– Fixed: Apple Music token error
– Many other visual improvements and fixes

1.3.4 - January 11, 2024

Update 1.3.4 includes:

– Fixed error when trying to open the main menu in Windows
– Spotify: fixed occasional error in importing library
– Spotify: now you can update a specific playlist or album
– Many bug fixes, visual & performance improvements

1.3.3 - December 21, 2023

🎄 Update 1.3.3 includes:

– Improve playback for high-res audio files
– Improve the experience of becoming a Supporter
– Improve Server start-up time
– Minor Bug fixes

1.3.2 - November 30, 2023

Update 1.3.2 includes:

– Fix Discogs integration
– Minor Bug fixes

1.3.1 - November 27, 2023

Update 1.3.1 includes:

– YouTube: allow adding tunes to YouTube playlists from Crates (Supporters only)
– Youtube integration Improvements
– Spotify integration Improvements
– Online Search: Support Bandcamp releases
– Various bug fixes and improvements

1.3.0 - November 8, 2023

– New: Bandcamp added in Online Search & Autofind source
– Improved performance on import tune, removal of tunes, adding playlists etc
– Fixed Bug with tunes appearing as duplicates and tunes not updating
– Optimisation and clean up of all Artwork/Covers
– Fixed Smart Crates bug where a different tune was loaded
– New: Groom Crate
– User Request: Add a tune to any open playlist tab [psontis]
– Massive update to support upcoming mobile app flows
– 30+ other improvements and bug fixes

1.2.6 - August 8, 2023

Various Bug Fixes & Improvements 👀

– export audio: if a tune exists in requested format, just copy, don’t convert (CRT-537)
– convert audio: confirm what’s going on when converting a playlist (CRT-540)
– when playback errors occurs in backend, switch playback to FE player (CRT-549)
– when tune title contains a dash, tags end up wrong (CRT-504)
– bandcamp import, sometimes imports user instead of artist (CRT-532)
– convert mp3 action: change default settings to 320k 44.1 (CRT-536)
– double click to play tunes not working if apple music initialization fails (CRT-544)
– on update: if the default audiosource is missing, make default one not missing (CRT-546)
– convert audio: metadata do not appear after conversion (CRT-548)
– error connecting to youtube due to “.credentials” (CRT-551)
– tune update: removing year fails (CRT-556)
– set tune rating fails (CRT-563)

1.2.3 - April 27, 2023

Update 1.2.3 includes:
– New: Listening History now groups tunes you listen into ‘Listening Sessions’
– Fixed: Bug in export audio files
– New Actions: ‘Copy & Convert Audio Files’ `Ctrl+Alt+C`, Find AudioSource `Ctrl+Alt+A`
– Many cosmetic improvements & small bug fixes

1.2.1 - March 30, 2023

Update 1.2.1 includes:
– New: Replace/relocate audio files for a tune when they are missing or moved
– Improved: You can now stop the collection importing process from Spotify, Discogs or YouTube
– Improved: Dropping audio files or links on the cover of the player now adds them and starts playback
– Fixed: When playing tunes from online sources playback would not continue to the next one
– Fixed: In some cases the new views on the main would not display correctly
– Fixed: Bit depth for some tunes would appear null
– Fixed: Sometimes, after a long pause, the time progress would not update
– Performance and bug fixes

1.2.0 - March 15, 2023

Update 1.2.0 includes:
– New: Introducing Comfort View – now you can see the artwork of your tunes in the grid – try changing Comfort / Grid View
– New: Apple Music support! Connect to your account & use 🌎 icon to search and add tunes
– New: AutoFindSource! Automatically find audio sources for tunes which have none available, using the connected services (YouTube, Apple Music)
– New: Spotify support – connect & import your saved tracks, albums & playlists or drag’n’drop (streaming coming soon)
– Fixed: playback queue bugs
– Improved: YouTube video loading
– Improved: Tune info panel
– Many performance and bug fixes!

1.1.8 - February 8, 2023

Update 1.1.8 includes:
– Fix: Server would crash on Windows startup
– Fix: Files in a folder are now imported in the correct order
– Fix: Releases are now renamed correctly
– Fix: On Windows you could not select files to import to a crate/playlist
– Improved: Edit tune modals
– Performance improvements and many other bug fixes!

1.1.7 - January 5, 2023

Update 1.1.7 includes:
– New: Import tunes from Soundcloud
– New: In-app search for tunes online
– New: Import iTunes/Music libraries on macOS versions where xml file is not supported anymore
– Improved: Faster and better import iTunes/Music libraries
– Performance improvements and many small bug fixes