macOS version development

[petrjahoda]

Hello to all users, I started working on proper macos version in last weeks and as it is in some kind of working beta, I am posting an information in here.

Also I will be posting updates as they go.

Macos version is now technically working, syncing with iOS and ipadOS version working, ale the things in library are working, bulk-editing of metadata is working.

Please treat UI and UX as a beta on screenshots.

My aim is to create a lightweight, Apple native, small in size, extremely fast and performant version of (Calibre/BookOrbit/Grimmory combination) that can do everything that iOS and ipadOS version can do.
But of course, things are done differently on macOS.

It will have the same pricing, meaning... everyone who bought iOS and ipadOS version will automatically have this for macOS and vice versa.

I will be posting I hope regularly, with screenshots, so if you find something strange, ugly, confusing, etc. please let me know during the development.

[petrjahoda]

Library is 99% done and it can do all this:

- Syncing with other Apple devices running justread
- Table, list and grid views, switched from the toolbar or keyboard shortcut
- Native column header menu in the table for showing and hiding columns
- List and grid grouped under section headers that follow the sort
- Grid cover size slider at the bottom edge, like Finder
- All 11 sort modes from iOS
- Sidebar with Collections, Filters, Formats, Stars, Reading status (four states plus Up Next), Reading progress, Language and Tags
- Search with Command-F
- Mac selection: click, Command-click, Shift-click, double-click opens, right-click for the context menu, arrow keys across sections
- Inspector on the right with a single-book editor and a bulk editor that shows "Multiple Values"
- Edits autosave and sync to the iPhone
- Undo and Redo for every field, status change and collection change, one step for a bulk edit
- Undo only writes back while the book still holds what the Mac wrote, so it won't overwrite a change made on the phone
- Change Cover from a file, a drop or a paste, with a crop and rotate editor, and Use Original Cover
- Add Tag and Remove Tag for a whole selection
- Save Metadata to EPUB Files writes edits into the originals
- Export Edited Copy writes a new EPUB with the library's details and cover, never touching the source file
- Import with Command-O or a drop from Finder, folders included, with progress, Cancel and a duplicate check
- Import report listing what was added, skipped or failed, with Try Failed Again
- Move to Recently Deleted with Command-Delete, undoable, and the iPhone and Mac restore each other's books
- Remove Download and Remove from Library as separate actions
- An unplugged or renamed library folder keeps its books, with Try Again and Choose Library
- Sources section in the sidebar: library folder, Imported Files, Calibre, Recently Deleted
- Library Health section: missing files, not downloaded, unreadable files, no cover, incomplete details, unsaved edits, exact duplicates, each with a count
- Exact duplicate review showing each copy's location, size, progress and reading time, nothing merged automatically
- Window comes back after relaunch with the same selection, filters and inspector state
- Tested with synthetic libraries from 1,000 to 10,000 books; at 10,000 a metadata save takes about 2 ms and a full refresh 0.3 s
- Almost every action has a keyboard shortcut