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MacYTDL Release Notes – Version 1.29.3 – Bug fixes etc.

This release was difficult. I haven't been able to rigorously test the changes.

  • MacYTDL was unusable in macOS 26 Tahoe. This has been fixed in v1.29.3 but, users of macOS 26 must update MacYTDL to v1.29.3.
  • The position of buttons and width of dialogs has been changed slightly. This was made necessary by macOS 26 Tahoe.
  • The MacYTDL icon has changed slightly. This was made necessary by macOS 26 Tahoe.
  • Users on macOS 10.10 to 10.14 can no longer update the yt-dlp script. The final version available for those users is 25.08.11.
  • Three fixes for the “Credentials for download” function:
    • Added error checking if OK button clicked while credentials are blank.
    • Will now return to main dialog if user clicks on “Return” instead of downloading.
    • Will now add credentials to download request – broken in v1.29.2.
  • The ABC iView Chooser now correctly returns to the Main dialog when user clicks on “Return”.
  • Download process should no longer start if cookies are specified but the cookies file is missing.
  • A significant amount of code has been reorganised in order to stay within AppleScript limits – hoping to avoid Internal Overflow errors. More work is needed on this.

New Known Issues

  • Startup can be extremely slow on the first occasion. This appears to be happening while yt-dlp is being installed. Work is continuing on a solution.
    Workaround: Be patient and wait for installation to complete.
  • The MacYTDL logo is usually missing from alerts. This is another result of macOS Tahoe.
    Workaround: Don’t worry. Details and functions in the alerts should still work.
  • The process of updating yt-dlp can take a long time. This is occurring when MacYTDL is unpacking the - yt-dlp “zip” archive. Reason for this delay is not yet known.
    Workaround: Sorry, but only option is to wait.
  • The SBS Chooser is no longer working. Much work has been done but SBS recently changed their web page structure yet again. Some pages might work but usually, MacYTDL will crash.
    Workaround: Please, be patient. This should be fixed in the next version of MacYTDL. In the meantime, only download individual episodes from SBS OnDemand.
  • Code for the batch functions has been moved between script libraries. This might have broken some functions. There has not been time to test all the functions.
  • MacYTDL will probably crash if the user refuses to install the DialogToolkitMacYTDL script library or cancelled the credentials dialog.
    Workaround: Try again but agree to install the script library. MacYTDL cannot work without that library.
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