The sixth test build of Beamer 1.5.0. It is not for everyone: if Beamer 1.4.4 works for you, stay on it. This one is for anyone with three machines, and anyone already on beta.5, who is happy to try something early and tell us what breaks.
Downloads
- macOS 13 or later, Apple silicon and Intel:
Beamer-1.5.0-beta.6.dmg, one app for both, signed with a Developer ID and notarised by Apple. - Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit:
Beamer-Setup-1.5.0-beta.6.exe.
The Windows installer is not code-signed, so Windows shows "Windows protected your PC" the first time. Choose More info, then Run anyway. Everything in it is built from this repository.
Before you install
beta.6 talks to beta.5, beta.4, beta.3 and beta.2, so you can update one machine at a time. Beamer 1.4.x and 1.5.0-beta.1 are still refused, and each side tells you so ("Update Beamer on …"). Pairings made on a 1.5.0 beta and your settings carry over. Three machines need beta.4 or later on all three: an earlier beta still links, but has a way across to one machine only. Match design needs beta.6 on both machines; a machine on an older beta appears greyed out.
A pairing carried over from 1.4.x no longer links. Beta.6 asks you to pair those two machines again, and Overview says which ones. Pair again with the same machine, still at the address it had, and it keeps the side and the ways across you had set for it.
What is new
- Make room for settings. The settings window can fill the screen while keeping its contents in a readable, centred column. Double-click its top to fill the screen.
- Choose when full-screen apps hold the edges. The hold is off by default and never applies to Beamer's own window. When it holds, Beamer says why; the switch names whose edges it holds.
- Set the crossing effect size. Choose Small, Medium or Large; each size scales with the screen. Length now ranges from half to double.
- Try three new effects. Aperture joins Glow and Beam in Light. Folio adds Crease, Pleat and Concertina; Selvedge adds Thread, Weave and Jacquard. There are six new colour packs.
- Match design with another machine. Each machine can follow the design of one paired machine.
- Use a Mac keyboard layout on a PC. Alt acts as Command, and the Windows key acts as Option.
- Type accent keys across machines. A key such as French ^ no longer gets stuck on a PC while it drives another machine.
Who it is for
Anyone with three machines, and everyone on beta.5. Three machines have been tested on a Mac and two Windows PCs together, so if you have three, more reports are what we want most. Pair all three with each other, set where each sits, and cross every way.
Known issues
Linux (X11 and Wayland) is in the source but not in these downloads.
Concertina and Jacquard can stutter on some Windows PCs.
The fix for Tailscale subnet routes is tested on one machine standing in for two networks, not yet on a machine with such a route. If pairing still says the other machine did not answer there, turn off Use Tailscale subnets on that machine for a moment, pair, and tell us.
How to report
Open an issue at https://github.com/kalkman-code/beamer/issues and say which machines you have, which versions are on them and what you saw. Beamer's log folder is under Open log folder in the menu.
Updates
A beta does not update itself to later betas. The update check only ever offers a public release, so you will be told when 1.5.0 is out and not before. To try a later beta, download it by hand.
SHA-256
32b78d231bb2993bfb371554b91dea230bbb90a056ead19fe3c6c3ceaf3ee183 Beamer-1.5.0-beta.6.dmg
24c3af7af44648584e8617928499bcaace6545b1910b3e7a6862d0d1fd10860a Beamer-Setup-1.5.0-beta.6.exe