Slack for Mac - Release Notes

Slack 4.0.3

28 August 2019

What’s new

  • We’ve updated all the background things to ensure that whenever a new OS update may arrive, Slack will continue to work perfectly. Or, at least, work as expected.

Bug fixes

  • Now, when we check for network connectivity, it’s more reliable than it was before. Making for a quicker connection, and less frustration

Slack 4.0.2

7 August 2019

Bug fixes

  • When opening your computer, Slack is now far more likely to launch reliably. Which is, let’s face it, the very least it should do.
  • Now when we update the app, we’ll send you a polite little notification alerting you to the fact.
  • An annoying leak involving in-channel videos has been plugged.

Slack 4.0.1

25 July 2019

Bug fixes

  • We’ve tinkered with the internal workings and polished some rough edges. The app is now better than it was.

Slack 4.0.0

15 July 2019

What’s new

  • Slack is now a little faster, thanks to a few small but important changes.
  • Admins now have a little more control when configuring the ability to auto-update with a “plist”. We’ve checked and that’s definitely the word. Admins: you apparently know what that means.

Bug fixes

  • Dragging and dropping files into Slack is much more stable now. That’s a relief.
  • If you do need to reset the app data for any reason, this is now a smoother process than before.
  • People in lots of workspaces will find that their icons are now more pleasingly aligned in the sidebar, which is very pleasing. It’s the little things, eh?
  • When do not disturb is enabled, the icon no longer bounces in the dock. Because do not disturb means do not disturb.
  • The process of updating Slack is now more stable and we now explain why we’re asking for permissions to do that update, which should be more helpful.
  • Notifications were not making sounds that might notify you 100% of the time. Honestly, they only had the one job. Now they do it.
  • Customised Slack shortcuts on macOS that sometimes weren’t working now do the thing you intended them to do (and sorry that that wasn’t the case for some).
  • Hardware acceleration can now be turned off without foregrounding Slack. If you know what that means, then you know it’s a good thing. And if you don’t – it still is! Thanks for reading anyway.

Slack 3.4.2

23 May 2019

What’s new

  • Just as day follows night and winter gives way to spring, so have we updated Electron to 4.2.1.

Bug fixes

  • Things are now cleverer about the way push notifications on mobile get information from the desktop app. Hopefully this is better for everyone (and faster).
  • Minor stability improvements in general. As always, the best sort of fix is the one you don’t notice at all because nothing’s going wrong.

Slack 3.4.0

18 April 2019

Bug fixes

  • Launch (and hide) on login now works better than it once did. By “once”, we mean “five minutes ago, before you updated your version of Slack”.
  • Our Slack app icon was missing smaller icon sizes, which was both problematic and not great aesthetically. It now renders as it should.
  • Slack would occasionally crash while you were restarting your computer. We looked at the bug causing this, turned it off and on again, and now it works. Technology!
  • Some people were seeing sidebar icons from other teams they were signed in to instead of the icons they were expecting. These will now show correctly.
  • Any keyboard and cursor actions you might’ve experienced behaving badly have been shown the error of their ways.

Slack 3.3.8

8 March 2019

What’s new

  • In a slight change to the way you sign in on your desktop, you’ll now sign in via your browser rather than directly in the app.

Bug fixes

  • The new app icon was looking a little fuzzy on some docks, which simply wouldn’t do. It should be much crisper now.
  • Equally, the new loading animation was looking a little stretched, or a little squished, depending on how you looked it. It’s practically perfect in every way now.
  • If you have had problems logging in using SSO (single sign-on), you should no longer encounter these problems.
  • We fixed a problem where the “Open the Slack app” button in the browser did not, in fact, open the app. Honestly, it had *one* job. It now does that job.