This update is free and recommended for all users. Software updates improve the performance, reliability, and functionality of Direct Mail.
New: Search field added to “Open from Cloud” window
Improved: Message editor toolbar, preferences window, and other user interface elements updated with Liquid Glass treatment
Improved: List, Group, and Smart Group names and creation dates now appear in the inspector
Improved: List, Group, and Smart Group inspectors now show a timeline of sent campaigns
Improved: Contact inspector now shows which smart groups the selected contact belongs to
Improved: Exported message PDFs are now a single page instead of multi-page
Fixed: Crash when clicking “Edit Link” button
Fixed: HTML source code view obscured by toolbar on macOS Tahoe
Fixed: Crash when editing message
Fixed: App Store purchases do not process correctly
Fixed: Layout guides do not appear when editing message
Fixed: Autoresponder toolbar items do not display correctly
Fixed: Contact inspector does not use correct layout margins
Fixed: Incorrect language selection when generating subject lines and image descriptions
Fixed: Creating and installing templates does not permit selection of organization cloud
New: “Suggest Subjects” and “Suggest Preview Text” features help you craft subject lines that stand out in the inbox
New: “Suggest Content Improvements” feature proofreads your message using A.I. and suggests edits to make it better
New: “Check for Mistakes” feature highlights errors you can correct before sending your campaign
New: Generate image descriptions automatically using A.I.
New: Generate original images using Apple’s Image Playground technology
New: Added additional Christmas and holiday email templates
Improved: Added support for importing videos from Wistia
Improved: SMTP delivery is no longer paused when a recipient-specific error occurs
Fixed: Dates imported from Excel spreadsheets use the wrong time zone
Fixed: The “Powered by Direct Mail” footer is added multiple times to preview messages
Fixed: Crash when updating popular mobile device screen sizes
Fixed: Some icons do not display correctly on retina screens
Fixed: Crash when starting design test
Fixed: Crash when editing links
Fixed: Cannot select or open multiple design tests at a time
Fixed: Incorrect checkbox size
Fixed: "Footer" text style listed as "Header or Footer" text style
Improved: Canva, Instagram, and WooCommerce image libraries can now be refreshed
Improved: An error message is now shown when Canva cannot export a design as an image
Fixed: The “Welcome to Direct Mail” window appears empty
Fixed: Incorrect message editor layout
New: Direct Mail now adopts the Liquid Glass user interface when running on macOS Tahoe
New: Canva integration lets you easily browse and import designs
Improved: The message collection view now supports multiple selection, contextual menus, and drag and drop
Fixed: Campaign delivery gets stuck on “calculating size” step
Fixed: Clicking “Get Started” does not work on macOS Tahoe
Added: 21 new templates
New: Template browser now features categories, larger thumbnails, and Quick Look to make it easier to find the perfect template
New: Unsplash image search now supports filtering by dominant color and orientation
New: User is now prompted to select a template when creating a new message
New: “New Folder from Selection” menu item in the Messages tab
New: Template text styles can now be updated based on the current text selection
Fixed: Changing project tabs on macOS 26 results in a crash
Fixed: “Notes” field does not accept newlines
Fixed: Importing contacts from WooCommerce can fail
Fixed: Deleting header overrides adjacent header value
Fixed: Some tables and lists do not show or hide the scrollbar at the correct times
Fixed: “Use Default Color” button does not work when editing button colors
Fixed: Crash when submitting design test
Removed: “Duplicate Recent Campaign” menu item. Recent campaigns can be duplicated from the Reports tab.
New: Import and sync customers from your WooCommerce store
New: Browse and import product photos from your WooCommerce store
New: Drag and drop contacts and email addresses from Apple Mail to your mailing list
Fixed: Account list does not update correctly
Removed: Bing Image Search is not longer available
New: Brave Image Search now available in the Image Browser
Fixed: Crash when pasting or dropping contact lists
Fixed: Crash when importing contacts
Fixed: Contact reappears after deleting from list
Fixed: Project with non-ASCII name fails to open after syncing
Fixed: App becomes unresponsive after failed Daylite sync
Fixed: Crash when handling network responses
Fixed: Importing postal address from Contacts app does not work
Fixed: Cloud collaboration tab does not show up-to-date API keys
Fixed: Unable to edit multiple text styles at once
Fixed: Incorrect button labels in the Contacts > Export window
Fixed: Changing font size removes bold and italic styles
Fixed: Image Browser Quick Look does not work
New: Contacts > Export feature can now export selected contacts only
Fixed: Crash when using the Edit > Undo menu item
Fixed: Changing paragraph style of empty selection in form editor does not work
Fixed: Inserting a new block in the form editor fails to commit outstanding edits
Fixed: Memory leak related to messages and address groups
Fixed: Crash when pasting contacts into list
Fixed: Message header text fields not selectable
Fixed: Message attachment Quick Look not working
Fixed: Crash when printing or exporting campaign report
Fixed: Excessive CPU usage when syncing contact updates
Fixed: Memory leak when using Share Report feature
New: Poll results show Net Promoter Score when applicable
New: Validate Project feature for checking project integrity
Improved: Send Campaign window no longer automatically selects list to send to
Improved: Daylite group/list picker now indicates groups without a name
Improved: Better error message when SMTP authorization fails
Improved: Better Google Drive and Outlook integration information
Fixed: Syncing deleted objects can fail
Fixed: Crash when undoing changes
Fixed: Crash when editing form multiple-choice field
Fixed: Crash when editing contact list
Fixed: Mail-merge tags using multi-values are formatted incorrectly
Fixed: Crash when updating campaign reports
Fixed: Crash when using Edit > Cut to remove contact list or group
Fixed: Memory corruption related to design tests and file attachments
Fixed: Autoresponder settings do not show correct list/group
Fixed: Importing RTFD images and attachments does not work
Fixed: Memory leak when sending campaign
Fixed: Double-clicking rows in Links or Polls table does not navigate to Recipients section
Improved: Campaign report Recipients section now includes a Date Sent column
Improved: Now up to 100 campaign reports can be compared to each other
Improved: Onboarding process now includes a getting started video
Fixed: Date values in exported CSV files are not parsed correctly by Excel
Fixed: Unable to enter color panel text input when editing text styles
Fixed: Autoresponders allow smart groups to be selected for monitoring
Fixed: Crash when undoing changes
Fixed: Crash when updating campaign report
Fixed: Crash when sorting table by location
Fixed: Form shows as edited after saving changes
Fixed: Send window shows incorrect values next to total recipients figure
Fixed: Merging contacts from old projects results in incorrect “Bounced” status
Fixed: Editing form text block results in incorrect font sizes
Fixed: Tooltips do not appear over message editor toolbar buttons
Fixed: Converting paragraphs to bulleted or numbered lists does not work correctly
New: Summarize bounced recipients by Time on List
Improved: Compare up to 100 campaign reports side-by-side
Fixed: Crash when creating color scheme from image
Fixed: Crash when importing contacts from Daylite
Fixed: Crash when printing Preview window
Fixed: Crash when moving mouse over the contacts table
Fixed: Crash when importing from Apple Contacts on macOS 12
Fixed: Crash when updating sidebar
Fixed: Template created from message contains incorrect images
Fixed: Editing “Email” links and buttons does not work correctly
Fixed: Crash when syncing contacts from Daylite
Fixed: Crash when submitting a design test
Fixed: Crash when undoing editing operations
Fixed: Memory leaks when editing project content
Fixed: Crash when responding to changing network conditions
Fixed: Photos image browser does not show permission prompt
Fixed: Crash when showing contextual menu in campaign report
Fixed: Crash when viewing contact timeline
Fixed: Logic error when syncing deleted objects
Fixed: Logic error when creating or upgrading project
Fixed: Crash when searching contacts
Fixed: Slow performance showing app integrations
Fixed: Daylite Smart Lists do not appear when importing
Fixed: Error communicating with Daylite while linking sent campaigns
Fixed: Message disappears temporarily when syncing from cloud
New: Support for Bluesky in social follow blocks
Fixed: Crash when closing or saving project
Fixed: Incorrect (or no) email address imported from Daylite
Fixed: Elevated CPU usage after closing project
Fixed: Direct Mail hangs forever when trying to close project
Fixed: Campaign summary report shows incorrect information for comparison campaigns
Fixed: Crash when editing message
Fixed: Crash handling error condition when importing contacts
Fixed: Interface inconsistencies when editing message blocks
Fixed: Adding image from different project does not work
Fixed: Crash when updating campaign reports
Fixed: Crash when using the message preview window
Fixed: Crash when upgrading project
Fixed: Writing Tools > Compose does not work with empty selection
Fixed: Rich text allowed in campaign notes
Removed Google Photos integration. Google has discontinued third-party access to user photo libraries.
Fixed: Crash when importing contacts
Fixed: Images with some CMYK profiles are encoded incorrectly
Fixed: Inputting campaign notes while report is being updated is unreliable
Fixed: Keyboard shortcuts in the contact import sheet are unreliable
Fixed: Incorrect icons in dark mode
Fixed: Campaign reports do not update unless project closed and reopened
Fixed: Recent message edits not reflected in campaign preflight checks
Fixed: Campaign delivery progress indicator does not update correctly
Fixed: Crash when importing contacts
Improved: Spam Report now alerts user to colors that may be incompatible with Outlook
Reduced memory usage
Introduce onboarding assistance for new users
Campaign reports now update faster
Fixed: Cells imported from Excel do not retain text-only formatting
Fixed: Contact Find-and-Replace does not allow replacing text with an empty string
Fixed: Crash or inconsistent behavior when working with multiple projects open at the same time
Fixed: Crash when importing some web pages or files as message content
Fixed: Updating a contact to “Subscribed” marks the contact as unsubscribed
Fixed: Project does not reset when access privileges changed
Fixed: Projects in App Sandbox container do not appear in Project Library
Fixed: Crash when viewing campaign poll report after editing contacts
Fixed: Automatically generated plain-text messages do not honor recipient-based section visibility rules
Fixed: Automatically generated plain-text messages include mobile-only sections
Fixed: Memory leak when closing project
Fixed: Preflight check does not flag images that are too large
Fixed: Crash when importing contacts
Fixed: Error syncing with FileMaker
Fixed: Error syncing with Daylite
Fixed: Crash when importing phone numbers from Contacts app
Improved performance when selecting or editing large numbers of contacts
Contact inspector now indicates if all or just some of the selected contacts are members of a group
Updated Google Sheets contact importer to use more limited set of permissions
Added contextual menu to open synced file or Google Sheet
Fixed: Crash when printing or viewing campaign report Summary section
Fixed: Color Scheme inspector does not update correctly
Fixed: Message folder collection view does not update correctly
Fixed: Crash when deleting contact lists or contact groups
Fixed: Crash when deleting autoresponder or autoresponder folders
Fixed: Error exporting campaign report with “?” in title
Fixed: Campaign report Summary section prints incorrectly in dark mode
Fixed: Crash when closing project
Fixed: Cropped images appear distorted in some email clients
Fixed: Crash when deleting message design elements
Fixed: Delete menu item does not validate correctly
Fixed: Unhelpful error message when running design test
Fixed: Hang when previewing or sending message
Fixed: Hang when printing or exporting campaign report
Fixed: Missing translations
Fixed: Changes made to project during app termination could fail to sync
Fixed: Duplicating a list does not work
Fixed: List of campaign reports can be resized down to not visible
Fixed: Attempting to sync with deleted Daylite Smart List syncs all Daylite contacts
Newly configured Daylite sync connectors no longer default to syncing unsubscribe information to Daylite
Added warning when sending to CC or BCC recipients
Fixed: Incorrect results when working with date-related smart group rules
Fixed: Slow performance when large number of rows selected in campaign report Recipients section
Fixed: Excessive CPU usage when viewing some campaign reports
Added Pixabay to the Image Library
Added support for Writing Tools
Added social follow block icons for Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, Telegram, and Twitch
Added ability to reorder social follow block icons
Added “Emails Sent” chart
Improved spam report reminders
Improved performance when loading and sorting large lists
Improved performance when loading large projects from the cloud
Renamed “Subscription Duration” column to “Time on List”
Message-related alerts are now displayed in the inspector instead of above the message header
Fixed: Syncing causes contacts outside of group to be marked excluded
Fixed: File attachments sent with incorrect file permissions
Fixed: Clicking collection view item label does not select item
Fixed: Crash when dragging file promise onto file drop view
Fixed: Crash when generating plain text version of message
Fixed: Incorrect inspector layout with very long custom field names
Fixed: Sections and/or blocks pasted or dropped in wrong order
Fixed: User interface glitch when entering send time duration
Fixed: Inspector does not update correctly when changing message template
Fixed: Crash when merging in changes from the cloud
Fixed: Email Clients chart missing “Private” category
Fixed: Crash when receiving file promise drags
Fixed: Crash when creating a new contact
Fixed: Changing project tabs while starting an autoresponder leaves user interface in an inconsistent state
Fixed: Message thumbnail images are generated even when they are no longer needed
Fixed: App asks for permission to access other app’s container data
Fixed: Mail Designer import does not work
Fixed: Contact count label layout is incorrect
Fixed: Contact activity inspector does not update correctly when new campaigns are sent
Fixed: Crash when creating new project
Fixed: Crash when syncing changes from the cloud
Fixed: Crash when pasting into message
Fixed: Crash when cancelling contact import operation
Fixed: Crash when resuming autoresponder
Fixed: Campaign delivery dates appear on subscriber count chart when they should not
Fixed: Form analytics not updating correctly
Fixed: Contacts should not sync when user permissions are insufficient
Fixed: Campaign report tables do not restore correct sort order
Fixed: Campaign report Polls table does not sort by name
Fixed: Manual plain text alternative text view height not correct
Added additional columns to the campaign report Recipients section
Added a “Find in Contacts” button to the campaign report Recipients section
Improved automatic retries when sending via a Microsoft account
Fixed: Crash when viewing contact Timeline
Fixed: Scrolling hitches when viewing contact Timeline
Fixed: Crash when configuring autoresponders
Fixed: Campaign report Recipients section table columns are too small
Fixed: Exported campaign reports are sorted incorrectly
Fixed: Invalid email addresses should be skipped when sending via SMTP, Gmail, or Microsoft accounts
Fixed: Cancelled draft campaigns still show recipients as waiting to send
Fixed: Hang when importing contacts
Fixed: Crash when importing contacts
Fixed: Some campaign web versions are missing images
Fixed: Crash when clicking Send Campaign
Fixed: Misleading error message when cloud project not available
Fixed: Incorrect date label layout in contact timeline
Fixed: Projects with Daylite linking enabled fail to open
Fixed: Campaign reports do not update when SMTP delivery is pending
Fixed: Campaign report shows incorrect status for autoresponder campaigns
Fixed: Toolbar is unresponsive after clicking “Show Report”
Fixed: Campaign report sharing popover does not remember user settings
Fixed: Top Links portion of the campaign report does not respect the “Group Links by URL” setting
Fixed: Hang when closing project under certain network conditions
Fixed: Error when importing from Contacts when no “me” card has been set
Fixed: Crash when syncing from Contacts when no “me” card has been set
Fixed: Hang when running a spam test on messages with certain legacy templates
Fixed: Error not handled when saving project identifier
Fixed: Crash when importing message content from a non-http(s) URL
Fixed: Crash when importing from some FileMaker databases
Fixed: Moving more than one group at a time causes groups to disappear
Fixed: Crash when selecting certain contacts
Fixed: Inspector does not show up-to-date name of contact sync data source
Added a “New Folder” button to the Save Files panel
Fixed: Inspector sidebar can collapse
Fixed: Bing Image Search ignores aspect ratio filter settings
Fixed: Crash when syncing deleted or moved messages
Fixed: Crash when viewing campaign reports
Searching for messages and reports is now faster
Fixed: “Custom Number” smart group rules do not work
Fixed: Text link underlines cannot be toggled reliably
Fixed: Settings window sometimes fails to update accounts correctly
Fixed: Upgrading very old projects can cause a crash
Fixed: “Link to Daylite” does not work
Fixed: Updating campaign reports from very old projects can fail
Fixed: Animated GIFs are re-encoded incorrectly
Fixed: Crash when sorting contacts by status
Fixed: Crash when closing project while background tasks in progress
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