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Apple II DeskTop

Home Page: https://a2desktop.com

Project Page: https://github.com/a2stuff/a2d

1.6 Alpha

General

  • Eliminate cursor flickering when mouse is moved.
  • Improve visibility of button flashing using VBL.
  • Adjust movement scaling in MouseKeys mode.
  • Change MouseKeys mode to make dragging easier and support modifiers:
    • Space clicks the mouse button
    • Comma (,) presses and holds the mouse button
    • Period (.) releases the mouse button
    • Solid Apple is now just a modifier as normal
  • Improve appearance of watch cursor.
  • Ensure text caret is visible after key/click.
  • Reduce cursor flickering while menus are drawn.
  • Reduce cursor flickering while list view rows are drawn.
  • Improve appearance of menu items with check marks.
  • Fix file picker behavior with more than 127 files.

Launcher

  • Fix crash after 40 restarts.

DeskTop

  • Show correct icon state after failed operation that closes window.
  • Fix display of window header when partially offscreen.
  • Fix spatial navigation when all icons are selected.
  • Horizontally center file icons.
  • Show disk name when prompting for source/destination disks.
  • Allow keyboard navigation after clicking on volume icon, even with window open.
  • Improve performance changing views with large numbers of icons selected.
  • Remove support for keyboard scrolling via Apple+S.
  • On window close, repaint overlapping windows before the animation.
  • Reduce cursor flickering while icons are drawn.
  • Eliminate cursor flickering when clicking on the desktop or windows.
  • Time window open/close animations using VBL.
  • Add Apple+Escape as shortcut to clear selection and focus window.
  • Add OA+SA+Escape as shortcut to clear selection and focus desktop.
  • Prevent volume icon flicker on startup with empty Disk II drives.
  • Don't show About dialog when Ctrl+Shift+2 is pressed.
  • Fix hang after 60 restarts.
  • Fix error shown after non-empty directory fails to delete.
  • Fix hang after non-menu shortcut if window fails to open.
  • Fix behavior after File > Duplicate failed due to space or storage type.
  • Set empty window maprect so that when restored with new file scrollbars are inactive.
  • Fix volume icon flicker after Check All Drives for removable disks.
  • Select volume icon after Format/Erase.
  • Fix display of long device names in Format/Erase volume picker.
  • Animate Apple > About Apple II DeskTop window open/closed.
  • Animate Apple > About This Apple II window open/closed.
  • Animate Date & Time DA window open/closed when menu clock is clicked.
  • Reduce cursor flickering when copying / deleting files.
  • Don't repaint scrollbars before window when resizing.
  • Eliminate scrollbar repaint after window opens.
  • Fix "Unexpected error" seen when copying certain directories.
  • Allow Shift+Arrow keys to extend icon selection (IIgs/Platinum IIe)
  • Don't case-adjust SmartPort device names that are already mixed-case.
  • Eliminate unnecessary window refreshes after canceled move/delete.
  • Add option to skip checking 5.25" drives on startup.
  • Adjust order of startup operations to make icons appear faster.
  • Fix crash after canceling prompt when moving files on ejected disk.
  • Make retries on "volume not found" errors more consistent.
  • Fix buttons shown in alerts for errors after actions like New Folder, Duplicate, and Make Alias.
  • Reduce disk activity needed after showing file dialog.
  • Handle write protected disk when modifying shortcuts.
  • Fix label/border overlaps in Get Info and Format/Erase dialogs in some locales.
  • Reduce cursor flickering when animating windows open/closed.
  • File > Get Info: Reduce cursor flickering when computing volume/folder size.
  • Automatically select newly inserted disks.
  • Select disk (if present) after Special > Check Drive.

Selector

  • Fix potential hang after 30 restarts.
  • Reduce cursor flickering when copying programs to RAMCard.
  • Center title of copy progress dialog.

Disk Copy

  • Don't erroneously show "DOS 3.3 disk copy" when source format is unknown.
  • Flash OK button when a disk is selected via double-click.
  • Fix copying all blocks on 32MB volumes.
  • Erase tip once copy is complete.
  • Reduce cursor flickering during copy.
  • Fix copying all blocks on volumes with unusual sizes.
  • Fix overlapping labels during copy in some locales.
  • Fix crash on Apple IIc/IIc+ on mouse activity after some copies. (https://github.com/a2stuff/a2d/issues/900)

Desk Accessories

  • About This Apple II
    • Add accessories to IIgs bitmap.
    • Show Aux slot separately from Slot 3; include aux-specific memory count
    • Don't case-adjust SmartPort device names that are already mixed-case.
    • Identify Nuova Elettronica DELTA.
  • DOS 3.3 Import: Fix keyboard shortcut handling.
  • Sounds: Time "Silent" menu bar flash using VBL.
  • Screen Savers: improve animation for Flying Toasters, Hexix, Message and Melt.
  • Calculator & Sci.Calc
    • Fix clicking button edges and button spacing.
    • Support repeating last operation.
    • Fix button labels in BG builds.
  • Sci.Calc: Fix ASIN/ACOS for 1/-1.
  • New Screen Saver: Maze
  • Text Preview: Show first 64K of larger files correctly.
  • Control Panels: Handle write protected disk when modifying settings.
  • Control Panel: Fix overlapping button labels in some locales.
  • Map: Fix overlapping labels in some locales.
  • Image Preview: Improve single hires file preview quality.
  • Lights Out: Add keyboard support: A..Y toggle lights.
  • Eyes: Reduce cursor flickering.

Misc

1.5

An unofficial release with bug fixes and enhancements. November 13, 2025.

See the release notes at: https://github.com/a2stuff/a2d/blob/release-1.5/RELEASE-NOTES.md

1.4

An unofficial release with bug fixes and enhancements. July 28, 2024.

See the release notes at: https://github.com/a2stuff/a2d/blob/release-1.4/RELEASE-NOTES.md

1.3

An unofficial release with bug fixes and enhancements. July 1, 2023.

See the release notes at: https://github.com/a2stuff/a2d/blob/release-1.3/RELEASE-NOTES.md

1.2

An unofficial release with bug fixes and enhancements. December 28, 2022.

See the release notes at: https://github.com/a2stuff/a2d/blob/release-1.2/RELEASE-NOTES.md

1.1

Final release by Version Soft/Apple Computer dated November 26, 1986.

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