Facet release notes and version history.

• Equivalent license refreshes no longer rebuild a compact launcher that is already visible.
• Genuine entitlement transitions remain guarded and can still change the effective launcher mode when required.
• Developer ID signed, Apple-notarized, and available as a DMG or signed Sparkle update.

Sparkle automatic updates use the 1.0.24 ZIP archive. Manual installs should use the 1.0.24 DMG.

• Adds an Appearance editor to every editable Facet Mode, alongside its app collection.
• Lets Pro users give each mode its own background, glass intensity, icon size, automatic or fixed grid layout, columns, and rows.
• Supports independent “Use Global” inheritance for every appearance field, so a mode can override only the settings that matter.
• Adds “Reset to Global” without changing the mode’s apps, folders, order, name, icon, or color.
• Updates the live preview to reflect resolved icon size and fixed grids from 4 × 3 through 12 × 8 without clipping.
• Developer ID signed, Apple-notarized, and available as a DMG or signed Sparkle update.

Sparkle automatic updates use the 1.0.23 ZIP archive. Manual installs should use the 1.0.23 DMG.

• Adds Facet Modes for separate entertainment, development, design, office, and custom app collections, while the protected All Apps mode always remains available.
• Switches modes from Settings, the menu bar, or the launcher itself without rescanning or rebuilding the app catalog.
• Lets Pro users create, duplicate, rename, recolor, and remove modes, choose from a broad set of SF Symbols, and manage each mode’s apps and folders independently.
• Supports per-mode appearance and layout preferences, including fullscreen or compact presentation, icon size, grid layout, wallpaper behavior, and scrolling.
• Improves large-library responsiveness, settings resizing, foreground window behavior, macOS menu bar and Dock restoration, localization, migration, and accessibility coverage.
• Developer ID signed, Apple-notarized, and available as a DMG or signed Sparkle update.

Sparkle automatic updates use the 1.0.22 ZIP archive. Manual installs should use the 1.0.22 DMG.

• Fixes the fullscreen launcher appearing behind application windows that use an elevated window level.
• Restores a dedicated fullscreen level above ordinary app windows and below macOS system-modal surfaces.
• Preserves immediate handoff to Spotlight, Mission Control, app switching, and other system-owned UI.
• Adds a regression test that locks the fullscreen window-level boundary in place.
• Developer ID signed, Apple-notarized, and available as a DMG or signed Sparkle update.

Sparkle automatic updates use the 1.0.21 ZIP archive. Manual installs should use the 1.0.21 DMG.

• Adds complete neutral Spanish localization across the fullscreen and compact launchers, search, folders, settings, menus, updates, and Free or Pro access.
• Localizes the full five-step onboarding flow, including layout import, launch method, display mode, Free, Pro trial, purchase, and license activation choices.
• Includes all 329 Spanish interface and onboarding strings with validated placeholders and compiled Spanish resources.
• Pairs the app release with a Spanish product page and six Spanish Launchpad guides on facetlauncher.com.
• Developer ID signed, Apple-notarized, and available as a DMG or signed Sparkle update.

Sparkle automatic updates use the 1.0.20 ZIP archive. Manual installs should use the 1.0.20 DMG.

• Adds complete French localization across the fullscreen and compact launchers, search, folders, settings, menus, updates, and Free or Pro access.
• Localizes the full five-step onboarding flow, including layout import, launch method, display mode, Free, Pro trial, purchase, and license activation choices.
• Includes all 329 French interface and onboarding strings with validated placeholders and compiled French resources.
• Pairs the app release with a French product page and six French Launchpad guides on facetlauncher.com.
• Developer ID signed, Apple-notarized, and available as a DMG or signed Sparkle update.

Sparkle automatic updates use the 1.0.19 ZIP archive. Manual installs should use the 1.0.19 DMG.

• Adds complete German localization across the fullscreen and compact launchers, search, folders, settings, menus, updates, and Free or Pro access.
• Localizes the full five-step onboarding flow, including layout import, launch method, display mode, Free, Pro trial, purchase, and license activation choices.
• Includes all 329 German interface and onboarding strings with validated placeholders and compiled German resources.
• Pairs the app release with a German product page and six German Launchpad guides on facetlauncher.com.
• Developer ID signed, Apple-notarized, and available as a DMG or signed Sparkle update.

Sparkle automatic updates use the 1.0.18 ZIP archive. Manual installs should use the 1.0.18 DMG.

• Adds a polished five-step welcome flow for choosing a starting layout, launch method, fullscreen or compact mode, and Free or Pro access.
• Connects every onboarding choice to the real app: Launchpad import, clean layout, global shortcut, Dock icon, Pro hot corner, display mode, Free, trial, purchase, and license activation.
• Introduces complete, independently localized onboarding in English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
• Uses a single close control and the real Facet app icon in a violet interface aligned with the Facet brand.
• Developer ID signed, Apple-notarized, and available as a DMG or signed Sparkle update.

Sparkle automatic updates use the 1.0.17 ZIP archive. Manual installs should use the 1.0.17 DMG.

• Opens the launcher from a warm app catalog immediately, moves expensive discovery and icon work off the presentation path, and reconciles newly installed apps promptly.
• Refines Free, trial, and licensed Pro flows across the launcher, Settings, and menu bar, with clear Pro markers that disappear as soon as trial or paid access is active.
• Adds a server-backed trial authority, signed local credentials, exact 14-day interval checks, clock-rollback defense, and one-way trial-use recovery after local Keychain deletion.
• Lets macOS system shortcuts reach System Settings while the fullscreen launcher is visible and fixes every Pro menu entry opening the existing Settings window directly on License.
• Developer ID signed, Apple-notarized, and available as a DMG or signed Sparkle update.

Sparkle automatic updates use the 1.0.16 ZIP archive. Manual installs should use the 1.0.16 DMG.

• Introduces Facet Free: the fullscreen grid, keyboard search and launch, folders and ordering, Launchpad import, and global shortcut remain available permanently without payment.
• Adds optional Facet Pro, normally $14.99 paid once and $7.50 through September 8, 2026, unlocking compact mode, advanced appearance and layout controls, hot corners, app hiding and aliases, and Dock or menu bar icon customization.
• Keeps the optional 14-day Pro trial with no credit card or automatic charge; Facet returns to Free when the trial ends while preserving Pro preferences.
• Developer ID signed, Apple-notarized, and available as a DMG or signed Sparkle update.

Sparkle automatic updates use the 1.0.15 ZIP archive. Manual installs should use the 1.0.15 DMG.

• Adds a 14-day free trial with no credit card and no automatic charge.
• Keeps trial state and license credentials in the macOS Keychain; legacy plaintext license preferences migrate automatically.
• Adds complete English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean trial messaging.
• Developer ID signed, Apple-notarized, and available as a DMG or signed Sparkle update.

Sparkle automatic updates use the 1.0.14 ZIP archive. Manual installs should use the 1.0.14 DMG.

• Fixes wallpaper mode on macOS Tahoe by capturing the currently rendered desktop wallpaper instead of relying on stale system wallpaper metadata.
• Improves fullscreen wallpaper matching for the active display.
• Developer ID signed, Apple-notarized, and published through Sparkle and DMG downloads.

Sparkle automatic updates use the 1.0.10 ZIP archive. Manual installs should use the 1.0.10 DMG.

• Fixes a possible high-CPU loop after sleep/wake by making search filtering pure and throttling app directory refreshes.
• Pauses hot-corner polling during sleep and debounces Sparkle update checks immediately after wake.
• Fixes fullscreen wallpaper selection on multi-display setups by resolving the wallpaper from the launcher target screen.
• Developer ID signed, Apple-notarized, and published through Sparkle and DMG downloads.

Sparkle automatic updates use the 1.0.5 ZIP archive. Manual installs should use the 1.0.5 DMG.

• Automatically refreshes Facet when apps are added to or removed from monitored macOS application folders.
• Removes deleted apps from persisted layouts and folders instead of leaving stale icons behind.
• Keeps newly installed apps appended to the launcher layout without requiring a manual refresh.
• Developer ID signed, Apple-notarized, and published through Sparkle and DMG downloads.

Sparkle automatic updates use the 1.0.1 ZIP archive. Manual installs should use the 1.0.1 DMG.

• Classic Launchpad-style app launcher for macOS with a familiar visual grid.
• Keyboard search, app launching, folder organization, and Launchpad layout import.
• Paid-once Dodo Payments license activation for up to three Macs.
• Developer ID signed and Apple-notarized distribution with Sparkle updates.
• Private by default: no ad tracking and no telemetry-based growth loops.

Sparkle uses the ZIP archive in the appcast for automatic updates. The public website download is the DMG installer for people installing Facet manually.