Consolidate: Study Planner

Consolidate 3.1 is a major update, bringing a new navigation design, new study and search screens, and numerous improvements. # New Navigation App features have been split across three sections: Library, Study, and Search. • New: When viewing a lesson, selecting a category will navigate to that category. • Improved: The selected section and current view will restored when reopening the app. # Search The search tab helps you find lessons in a course. • New: Search tokens help you build advanced search queries, filtering titles, learning outcomes, and notes. • New: Recent searches are saved to help you quickly view a previous search. # Study The study tab displays current and previous study sessions. • New: View all study sessions in reverse chronological order. • New: Select a study session to navigate to the lesson. # Actions and Commands • New: Navigate between the new tabs/sidebar items from the View menu or using keyboard shortcuts. • New: Lessons can be copied to another course. • New: Toggle ‘Ready to Study’, start a ‘Live Study’, or log a previous study session using keyboard shortcuts. • New: The ‘Add Existing Lessons to Category’ command can be found in the File menu or using a keyboard shortcut. • New: When viewing a lesson, categories can be edited from the toolbar. • New: Categories can be opened in a new window. • New: Add links, learning outcomes, and notes using keyboard shortcuts. • New: Launch the developer website from Settings. # Visual Design • Improved: The colour of buttons and headings have been changed to increase contrast. • Improved: The Progress widget matches the design of the new category tiles in the library screen. • Improved: When adding existing lessons to a category, the search bar stays visible when scrolling. • Improved: The design of category header has increased contrast with toolbar buttons. • Improved: The ‘Add Tag’ view is larger when viewed as a popover. • Improved: The ‘Leave a Tip’ view has minor design tweaks. # Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements • Fixed: When the total study duration of a category was greater than 9 hours, the widget would crash. • Improved: Reduced the likelihood of hangs when navigating a course with many categories and lessons.

Consolidate 3.0.6 contains the following fixes: • Fixed: The ‘Copy Notes’ and ‘Copy Next Steps’ buttons would have no effect. • Fixed: The ‘Find Lessons/Courses/Categories’ actions in Shortcuts would not correctly pluralize their titles.

Consolidate 3.0.5 contains the following improvements: • Confirmation is required before deleting study sessions and links. • Navigating around the app is much faster. • Link previews are now cached to reduce duplicate network requests.

Consolidate 3.0.4 contains the following improvements and fixes: • New: Add existing lessons to a category from the ‘Add Lesson’ toolbar menu. • New: Hide the ‘Uncategorized’ filter in Settings. • New: Sort lessons by study duration. • New: Lessons in Shortcuts have a URL property to open them in the app. • Improved: Categories will automatically be selected once they are created. • Improved: The subtitle style of the Live Study widget. • Fixed: Selecting a different course had no effect on Apple Watch. • Fixed: It was sometimes possible to create a lesson with no title. • Fixed: When using a filter, using the ‘All Lessons’ search option would not work. • Fixed: Widgets would not update when new data is synced over iCloud. • Fixed: The average difficulty statistic would include lessons marked as not ready to study. • Fixed: Learning outcomes shown within a Live Study would not update to changes.

Consolidate 3.0.3 is a minor update containing the following improvements: • Selected lessons can be opened using the ⌘O keyboard shortcut. • The Copy Link command can be accessed using the ⌘⌥C keyboard shortcut. • The iCloud Status box in the courses list shows more descriptive information. • When no default course has been selected, the next opened course will be automatically set as default. • Removed the background of live activities when viewing in Stand By. • When logging a study duration, the onscreen keyboard is numerical rather than alphabetical. • Improved the contrast of the Add Course button. • Simplified the onboarding tutorial. • Added descriptors to the Add Lesson and Add Category screens to help new users understand their function. • Added new options for study type. • Lessons will open once they have been created.

Consolidate 3.0.2 is a minor update containing the following improvements and bug fixes: Improvements: • Added a menu in the lesson details view for performing common actions: Edit Categories, Copy Link, Share, Duplicate, and Delete. • Added the ability to customize the lessons list toolbar. • Updated the design of the tip store. Fixes: • Fixed: Attempting to open a lesson in a new window would cause a crash. • Fixed: When using multiple windows, minimising and reopening the windows would reset the view. • Fixed: When editing lesson notes, minimising and reopening the window would sometimes result in unsaved changes being lost. • Fixed: After editing data within the app, such as adding a study session, the Progress widget would not update. • Fixed: Running the ‘Add Lesson’ shortcut within Shortcuts or Spotlight would display an error.

Consolidate 3.0.1 contains minor improvements and bug fixes. # Improvements • When categories have been marked as favorite, the section headings in the category list have been changed to ‘Favorite Categories’ and ‘Other Categories’ to improve clarity. • The popover form for adding lessons no longer cuts off text. • Lessons can be added using a keyboard shortcut when the option ‘Add Multiple’ is selected. # Fixes • Fixed: The tutorial included the previous app icon. Thank you for using Consolidate! If you have enjoyed using the app, a rating or review would be greatly appreciated.

Consolidate 3.0 is a major update, bringing a new way to track study progress, new features such as Live Study and Shortcuts support, and a brand new design! # Updated Progress Tracking Lessons are self-evaluated using a numerical scale of 0 to 4, instead of using a color/traffic-light system. • View progress more easily, without needing to differentiate colors. • View average progress in monochrome widgets (e.g., StandBy, Lock Screen, Complications). • Previously created study sessions will be automatically mapped to the new system. # Live Study Use Consolidate as a study assistant whilst you revise a lesson. • View study duration and a single learning outcome in a new full screen view to minimise distractions. • Set a goal to motivate you to stay focussed. • Live Activities display the current duration and goal on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, and let you quickly pause/resume the session. • The Live Study widget displays the current duration, goal and learning outcome on the Home Screen, Lock Screen, Smart Stack, and in StandBy. Interactive buttons let you quickly pause/resume the session and change the current learning outcome. # Shortcuts Use the Shortcuts app to automate parts of your study journey. • Create custom workflows using actions for finding, adding, and editing lessons, courses, and study sessions. • Integrate Consolidate with other apps on your device. • Discover quick Shortcuts for opening favourite categories, and altering the current live study from the Shortcuts app or Spotlight. • Get helpful predictions to perform regularly used actions. # New Watch App The Apple Watch app has been redesigned, making specific use of watchOS 10 features. • Create live study sessions from your wrist, helping you to study whilst on the go. • New colorful backgrounds add vibrancy and visual associations to the current view. • Navigate between sections of the app more easily using the Digital Crown. • New complications and widgets let you view progress and Live Study sessions from the clock face and Smart Stack. # Other Changes • The course selector has been redesigned to help users view and edit courses more easily. • Lesson types have been deprecated in favour of categories, which offer more features and make the app easier for new users. Learn how to upgrade in the app. • A new, simpler lesson list design focusses on titles and fits more details on the screen. • A new header gradient shows the selected category color. • New widget designs incorporate the Consolidate logo and gradients, bringing a more cohesive visual design. • The Progress widget shows total study time and average progress for a selected category. • The Progress widget is now available on the Lock Screen and in StandBy. • View iCloud sync status within Settings.

Consolidate 2.6.5 is a minor update which contains improvements to exporting and importing lessons. • Fixed a bug where exporting lessons from a context menu would not work. • The system will show more information about .classes files within the Files app and will correctly categorise them as ‘Document’ files. • Updated the design of the Import Lessons view.

Consolidate 2.6.4 is a minor update with bug fixes, behind-the-scenes improvements, and the ability to leave a tip. # Tip Jar Consolidate has been free to use for the past three years. If you have enjoyed using the app, there is now an option to leave a tip in settings. This does not unlock any functionality, but will help to cover development costs. Thank you! # Navigation Bugs • Fixed: Attempting to perform a full-edge swipe back to the ‘Consolidate’ screen would sometimes cause the screen to be stuck in the lessons list, requiring the app to be Force Quit. • Fixed: The title of the ‘Consolidate’ screen would not show as the label of the back button of the lesson list. • Fixed: Toolbar items in the lesson list would only appear once the view had fully loaded, rather than fading in as expected. • Fixed: The lessons list title would initially show the large style when the view is appearing, before abruptly changing to inline. # Editing Bugs • Fixed: Reordering learning outcomes using the picker would sometimes order them incorrectly. • Fixed: Editing study sessions would sometimes not work if the lesson had many learning outcomes. • Fixed: It was not possible to edit the categories for a lesson which had already been created. • Fixed: Attempting to delete a tag by swiping the row would not show the confirmation buttons. # Other Changes • The iCloud sync status view is only displayed when no courses are available, to make the screen less cluttered. The next version of Consolidate is almost ready, with exciting new features! It will require iOS 17, iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, or later.