Improved
- Whitelist protection is now applied consistently to the Dock-app-with-no-windows cleanup path.
Fixed
- Fixed an issue where an app in Whitelist could still be auto-quit after its last standard window disappeared if the separate windowless Dock app cleanup option was enabled.
Improved
- Long-running window, Space, and display tracking now releases private SkyLight copy results promptly, keeping memory use steadier during extended sessions.
- Window rules and Dock-windowless auto-quit now coalesce overlapping refresh work and rely on lighter snapshots first, reducing repeated Accessibility and WindowServer churn.
- Installer cleanup now reacts sooner after drag-install flows and retries more reliably when the app is still running from the mounted image or the first eject attempt fails.
Fixed
- Fixed several slow memory-growth paths that could push Aion far above its normal idle footprint during long sessions with repeated HUD, Space, fullscreen, or window-rule checks.
- Fixed a regression where some generic download tools such as Gopeed could miss Pro download or upload protection when left on the global default threshold.
- Fixed dock-windowless auto-quit edge cases where apps could be misclassified because stale or incomplete window checks won over a more accurate signal.
- Fixed installer cleanup getting stuck after installation when the first detach failed or the app was still running from the mounted disk image.
New
- Activity History: Added a dedicated view in Settings so you can review what Aion changed, why an app stayed open, and whether each close flow ultimately succeeded or failed.
- AI App Protection (Pro): Local AI workflows can now temporarily keep an app out of automatic cleanup while it is still being used.
Improved
- Focus Filters: Aion now appears more reliably in macOS Focus settings with localized labels, and built-in modes such as Work keep more stable identities across updates.
- Menu Bar & Window HUD: Visible-state refresh work is lighter and smoother, reducing unnecessary CPU while menus, HUDs, or Settings stay open.
- Installer Cleanup: Mounted Aion DMGs are now detected and cleaned up more proactively during installation and startup.
- Auto-Quit: Windowless Dock app handling and busy-app detection are more accurate, reducing accidental closes while apps are still active.
Fixed
- Settings Recovery: If saved settings become unreadable after an update, Aion now restores the latest valid local backup before falling back to defaults.
- App Rules: Fixed Window Auto-Close strategy menus showing blank content when an older stored rule no longer matched the app's supported strategies.
- Focus Filters: Fixed a regression where selecting a built-in mode such as Work could fall back to Do Not Disturb after the system reloaded the filter selection.
- Auto-Quit UI: Restored short-lived auto-quit state propagation so the interface can still reflect quick quit flows correctly.
Improved
- Installer Cleanup: Optimized cleanup timing to reduce mounted installer volumes being ejected too early after installation.
Fixed
- Auto-Quit: Fixed regular apps being misdetected as windowless when window state was briefly missed.
- Installer Cleanup: Fixed leftover auto-eject tasks not being cancelled after a disk image was already unmounted.
Fixed
- Window List HUD: Fixed a remaining Microsoft Edge duplicate row caused by generic app-name titles being treated as real window titles.
New
- Auto-Quit: Added a dedicated rule to close Dock apps after their last standard window disappears, with its own exclusion list.
- Startup Cleanup: Aion now detects installed copies on launch and proactively cleans mounted Aion DMGs, including multiple matching mounted volumes.
Improved
- Window List HUD: Improved browser window deduplication to keep real titled windows while dropping generic fallback rows.
- Settings: Reused the native add-app menu for Dock auto-close exclusions and made Finder a default exclusion entry instead of a hardcoded special case.
- Installer Cleanup: DMG detach work continues in the background to reduce UI stalls during eject.
- Installer Cleanup: Improved disk image install detection by retrying cleanup checks after /Applications changes and directly validating freshly copied apps.
Fixed
- Helper Tool: Fixed version status regressions that could leave Helper shown as versionless or in an error-like state.
- Auto-Quit: Fixed Dock windowless auto-close not triggering because process monitoring was not fully started in the background service path.
- Terminal: Fixed false window detection caused by stale CGWindowList entries after closing all Terminal windows by preferring Accessibility window state when available.
- Smart Volume: Fixed a case where dragging a newly installed app out of a DMG into Applications would not trigger automatic eject reliably.
Improved
- Menu bar onboarding is clearer, helping you find Aion faster.
- First‑run guidance is smoother with more friendly prompts.
- Stability and polish improvements.
Improved
- Window Automation: Enhanced browser private/incognito window detection with multi-language support (Edge InPrivate, Safari Private).
- Window Automation: Optimized window closing stability for Edge browser with fallback mechanisms.
- Window Automation: Strengthened Finder window path validation to prevent accidental closures.
Fixed
- Settings: Fixed an issue where application rules settings might be lost after upgrading versions.
- Settings: Resolved a bug where restoring from a local backup would silently fail and revert.
- Build: Fixed Xcode project configuration after code refactoring.
- Window Automation: Fixed Edge browser window closing reliability issues.
Improved
- Window List HUD: Optimized height calculation to dynamically fit content, eliminating empty space at the bottom.
- Window List HUD: Relocated the action menu to prevent long window titles from being prematurely truncated.
- Window List HUD: Relaxed window deduplication logic to allow multiple browser windows with identical geometry to coexist in the list.
- Window List HUD: Improved window activation accuracy for overlapping windows by incorporating title-based matching in the Accessibility fallback path.
- Window Recognition: Upgraded to layer-based discovery for system prompts, removing the need for hardcoded whitelists.
Fixed
- Window List HUD: Fixed an issue where Chromium-based browsers (like Microsoft Edge) with multiple windows of identical geometry would incorrectly merge into a single row in the HUD.
Improved
- Window Management: Enhanced accessibility window detection with a dynamic AX-based fallback system.
Fixed
- Core: Restored missing window and space management structures to resolve build stability issues.
Improved
- HUD Panel & Menu Bar: Completely rebuilt the ellipsis hover menu using native macOS components, eliminating the visual gap and enabling seamless auto-dismissal when the mouse leaves.
New
- Settings: Added a robust, content-aware local configuration backup system with a dedicated management UI in Advanced settings.
Improved
- HUD Panel: Removed visual delay when invoking the panel for an instant, native response.
Improved
- Process Exit: Removed visual effect delay when auto-quitting, resulting in instant process termination.
Fixed
- HUD Panel: Fixed an issue where clicking the ellipsis menu might cause the HUD to unexpectedly disappear.
- Window List: Fixed duplicate window entries for Chromium-based browsers (Edge, Chrome) when switching spaces.
- Settings Window: Resolved an issue where opening Settings or About from the menu bar could cause them to be hidden behind other windows.
New
- Brand New Window List HUD: Complete redesign with 'Liquid Glass' aesthetics, natively blending with macOS.
- Advanced Multi-Monitor & Spaces Support: Top-aligned space tabs featuring dynamic and auto-adaptive naming for seamless cross-screen window switching.
- Follow Mouse Option: Added a new setting to instantly focus target windows across complex layouts.
Improved
- Privacy & Stealth: Smart detection of Incognito/Private windows in Safari, Chrome, and Edge effectively safeguarding your sessions.
- Onboarding & Permissions: Refined system permission requests and instructions supporting 11 languages.
- Settings Restructure: Advanced options consolidated into 'App Rules' for a much cleaner preferences interface.
- Performance Leap: Heavy background window queries asynchronous processing virtually eliminating UI freezes.
- Clutter-Free: Enhanced filtering completely strips away zombie processes and useless system windows.
New
- Window Auto-Close: Automatically close specific windows (e.g. Incognito Tabs) when idle.
Improved
- Localization: Added full support for Window Auto-Close and Strategy Settings across all 11 languages.
- UI Refinement: Simplified Strategy Picker visibility and removed redundant toggles.
New
- Notification Settings: You can now toggle specific notifications for Smart Volume, Process Guard, and System Events.
Improved
- Auto-Quit Optimizations: Aion now intelligently stops retrying if an app repeatedly fails to quit (Lazy Mode), preventing notification spam.
New
- Smart Volume: Automatically detect and eject installer disk images (DMGs) after you drag the app to Applications.
Fixed
- Fixed a critical issue where the quit button and exit animations would become unresponsive after several auto-quit actions.
New
- Device Management: The device list now automatically refreshes when opened to ensure accurate sync with the server.
Improved
- Notifications: Failed auto-quit actions now always display a high-priority banner notification.
- Localization: Updated Helper Tool descriptions and fixed missing translations across multiple languages.
New
- Device Management: View and manage all activated devices directly in the license settings. Remove devices to free up slots.
Improved
- License UI: Cleaner, flatter design with direct device list display (no more expand/collapse).
Fixed
- Fixed a critical issue where license activation would hang if the Helper Tool was damaged or had signature issues.
- Fixed an outdated API endpoint in the license deactivation flow.
Improved
- Unified terms for 'Network Guard' and 'Media Guard' across all languages.
- Renamed 'Automation' to 'Instant Task Mode' for better clarity.
- Finder Experience: Introduced dedicated permission flow with auto-preset paths (~/Downloads, ~/Desktop).
- Optimized Window Rules to be Finder-exclusive for guaranteed stability.
- Browser Support: Extended support to all Chromium-based browsers (Edge, Brave, Arc, etc.) for Network Guard capabilities.
- Full localization support for all permission dialogs.
Fixed
- Critical Permission: Added Hardened Runtime entitlements to fix automation failures on macOS 15+.
- UI Layout: Fixed empty space issue in Settings after granting permissions.
- Resolved various translation inconsistencies.
New
- Smart Window Rules: Automatically close specific windows (e.g., Incognito Tabs, Downloads folder) while keeping the app running.
- Strategy Presets: Quickly configure apps with "Browser Mode", "Media Mode", or "Productivity Mode".
Improved
- UI Redesign: "Capability Blocks" allow you to modularly add or remove features for each app, keeping settings clean.
New
- Hardware Resource Guards: Real-time detection for Microphone and Camera usage using system-level CoreAudio/CoreMediaIO.
- Privacy & Security: Deep entitlement fixes and enhanced sandbox compliance.
- Developer Experience: Standardized logging system for better diagnostics.
- Deep Clean 2.0: Completely redesigned process management with User-Centric Grouping, Tree/List View, and Advanced Filters.
- Smart Application Toggle: Clicking an active application in the menu bar now minimizes it, improving workflow efficiency.
- Scrolling App Names: Added marquee effect for long application names in the menu bar.
- Localization: Added full support for 9 languages including Chinese (Simplified/Traditional), German, French, etc.
Improved
- Enhanced system scanning logic to accurately identify process relationships and user identities.
- Enhanced App Row visual style and strengthened release build verification.
Fixed
- UI Layout: Fixed an issue where menu bar buttons would shift when usage tips were hidden.
- Fixed critical build errors and API misuse in monitoring modules.
Improved
- Enhanced system scanning logic to accurately identify process relationships and user identities.
- Enhanced App Row visual style and strengthened release build verification.
Fixed
- UI Layout: Fixed an issue where menu bar buttons would shift when usage tips were hidden.
New
- Multi-language Tips: Expanded Tips Hot-Update to support 11 languages.
Improved
- UI Layout: Optimized menu bar footer layout and improved scrolling behavior.
Fixed
- Fixed an issue where the About button incorrectly opened the General settings tab.
New
- iCloud Synchronization: Keep your preferences, rules, and focus modes in sync across all your Macs.
- Official 11-Language Support: Full localization for English, Chinese (Simplified/Traditional), Japanese, German, French, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, and Italian.
Improved
- Resource Loading: Optimized asset bundle structure for faster and more reliable loading of icons and translated strings.
Fixed
- Fixed an issue where some tips and focus icons were missing in certain build environments.
New
- Advanced Process Detection: Distinguish between different Browser Profiles (Chrome/Edge/Firefox).
- Project-Aware Automation: Recognizes identical apps handling different projects (VS Code, Xcode, Unity, Godot).
- Smart Resource Aggregation: Automatically sums CPU and Memory usage for de-duplicated app instances when advanced mode is off.
Improved
- App Activation: Clicking merged app entries now activates all related instances and restores minimized windows.
- Immediate Feedback: UI now instantly reflects toggle changes by clearing variant caches.
Fixed
- Resolved type conflicts with CoreMedia when handling process lists.
New
- The Reborn Update: Completely redesigned for macOS 15 release.
- Instant Task Mode: "Use & Go" automation for utility apps.
- Global Localization: Now supports 11 languages including Chinese, Japanese, and German.
Improved
- Visuals: All-new macOS native aesthetic with dark mode support.
- Performance: Memory usage reduced by 60%, startup time 2x faster.
- Smart Guard: Enhanced precision for audio and download detection.
New
- Advanced Media Detection: Implemented multi-signal detection (MediaRemote + Audio Hardware) for precise playback status.
- Pro Features: Added License Management and exclusive Pro capabilities.
- Focus Mode Integration: Added AppIntents for system-level Focus Mode synchronization.
Improved
- Icon Library: Expanded to 120+ top SF Symbols for scene customization.
- Onboarding: Polished welcome experience with refined copy and transitions.
Fixed
- Resolved robust ProcessMonitor refresh and fallback logic.
- Fixed empty menu bar app list issues.
New
- Scrolling App Names: Added marquee effect for long application names in the menu bar.
- Checklist Manager: Introduced internal tool for tracking launch readiness.
Improved
- Architecture: Moved SystemObserver to AionCore for better modularity.
New
- Scene Strategy: Introduced configurable scenes (Whitelist/Blacklist logic) for different workflows.
