Trickster 3.9.4 Release Notes

This release mostly fixes and improves behavior related to changes in macOS Sequoia (macOS 15)

  • Filter Trickster itself out of the list (see why below).
  • Add preference to not show apps in All Files (see why below).
  • Add anonymous analytics and a preference to opt out.

We've integrated a system called Plausible Analytics that lets us understand how folks use the app. This tracks things like settings and some UI choices, but they're tracked in aggregate and anonymously — no user data or PII (personally identifiable information) gets sent anywhere. If you don't want to send this information, just untick the Allow collecting Anonymous analytics checkbox in Preferences.

Why these changes?

macOS Sequoia (macOS 15) started to set an application’s last used date to when it was last activated instead of when it was last opened, as had been the previous macOS behavior at least since Trickster’s been around.

Thus, in prior versions of Trickster running on macOS Sequoia, when you were just switching between applications, those apps would jump to the top of the All Files list, which is not that useful. Even Trickster itself was showing on the top of the list since you'd just activated it.

Beginning with this version, we always filter Trickster out but also give you the option (in Preferences) to not show apps in the All Files list at all. You can still see apps in the "Apps" filter, even if you choose to not display them in All Files. This is identical to the setting that was already there for folders.