MAL Updater OS X

Open Source macOS Scrobbler for Kitsu and AniList

Dev Log

MAL Updater OS X 2.3.5.2 is Released and a Required Update

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Due to security changes with MyAnimeList I haven’t been notified of, I released a new version of MAL Updater OS X. This update is required for all users in order to continue to use the program. Failing to do so means that you can’t use any of the functionality on the program.

Login will be done on the client side using the official API instead the server side. This is meant to mitigate any possibility of the server becoming banned because someone had failed login attempts.

The change log is below. You can update to the lastest version by choosing “Check for Updates” option from the MAL Updater OS X menu. An update for MAL Library will come shortly.

Bug Fixes and Enhancements

  • Do account verification on the client side
  • Fix correction/detection of OVA or Special titles with no episode number.

Hachidori 2.0 Beta 10 is now released

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This release adds stream detection support for VRV.co (Crunchyroll) and Hidive.

You can download Hachidori at the official website. For existing users, you can update to this version by checking for updates.

The change log is below.

New Features

  • Hidive and VRV.co stream detection support

Bug Fixes and Enhancements

  • Various improvements

MAL Updater OS X 2.3.5 is now released

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MAL Updater OS X 2.3.5 is now out of beta and available for all users. This release improves detection, title recognition and fixes various bugs.

MAL Updater OS X 2.3.5 requires macOS Mavericks or later. Mavericks support will be phased out in Fall 2017.

You can download MAL Updater OS X at the official website. Below is the changelog.

Changelog:

New Features

  • NicePlayer detection and improved player detection.
  • Ability to now ignore mplayer based players on a player basis (MPlayer OSX Extended, SMPlayerX, MPlayerX, etc)
  • Support for mplayer2 detection

Bug Fixes and Enhancements

  • Improved recognition of titles (use offical MAL Search API instead)
  • Improved detection (ability to specify new players easily)
  • Fix crashes when there is no favorited count for a given title
  • MAL Updater OS X now resets it’s state when an account is removed (reset last scrobbled title and now playing)
  • Various improvements

MAL Updater OS X 2.3.5 Beta 4 is now available

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MAL Updater OS X 2.3.5 Beta 4 is now available for registered users. There is not that many noticeable changes except code improvements. If there is no problems with this build, I will release the final release to everyone next week.

You can download the beta here. You must have a donation license or app store version registered before you can use the beta. Use the most recent stable build to register your copy of MAL Updater OS X today.

MAL Library 2.1.1 is now released

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MAL Library 2.1.1 is now released on the App Store as a free update along with users who didn’t download it outside the App Store. This fixes a content-type accept bug that prevents the functionality of MAL Library from working, especially on High Sierra developer preview. Note that macOS High Sierra has not released to the public, meaning that any developer preview updates might break MAL Library.

You can download MAL Library at the official website. Below is the changelog.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed rare instance where lists, title information, search or messages will not load due to content type mismatch.

macOS High Sierra Compatibility

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The first developer build of macOS 10.13 High Sierra is now out for developers. I have the chance to install the developer build and tested basic functionality. Here is the current compatibility for our applications

  • MAL Updater OS X – 100% works (stream detection/player detection and scrobbling) – Tested 2.3.4 and 2.3.5 Beta 3
  • Hachidori – 100% works (stream detection/player detection and scrobbling) – Tested 2.0 Beta 9
  • MAL Library – Most functionality does not work due to unacceptable content type error with AFNetworking. This bug does not happen in macOS Sierra or earlier – Tested 2.1  – Fixed with 2.1.1

MAL Library will be fixed to add High Sierra support soon. Note that High Sierra is in prerelease and future releases may break compatibility, which is unlikely. Please report any bugs if you are running macOS High Sierra.