Mark as read, and backups that wait for a connection

Mark a conversation, or the whole Unread list, as read without opening it. Back up now waits for a connection when offline, and Mac video keeps moving when the hardware stalls.

Also new

• Keep video moving when Mac hardware stalls. On Apple platforms, software can temporarily take over when the usual video hardware stops answering, then hand back once the hardware recovers. Limits on picture size and running time keep this fallback under control; eligible stuck video playback can also use software.
• Permission before a program reads your profile. Programs can identify themselves with a local key. A launch targeting a personal profile must already have the required permission before it reads settings, accesses the store or prints personal output; unapproved launches stop without producing that output.
• Confirm lasting permissions with Touch ID or password. On Mac, granting a keyed program permanent permission uses the system’s owner authentication. The prompt is cancelled if its request disappears; background windows cannot summon it. Other platforms do not have equivalent authentication yet.
• Tell AppleScript callers apart. Mac automation now identifies AppleScript callers through the system’s verified caller information. Permission is tied to the actual sender rather than trusting a program’s claim about who it is.
• Choose a status emoji from the picker. The emoji square in Set a Status opens the shared emoji picker, making it easier to choose a status symbol.
• Keep command forms focused on the task. Automatically generated forms put their equivalent command behind Show command. People can expand and copy it when useful, while ordinary use stays focused on the fields; sensitive values stay redacted.

Fixed

• Cancel linking and restore quietly. Cancel and Escape return from linking and recovery cards without a red error or an unnecessary stopped screen. The link card starts with Cancel selected, and focus returns to the place the action began.
• Make confirmations behave like familiar Mac alerts. Return takes the default action and Escape cancels. A confirmation waits until Tab before drawing a keyboard focus ring, and keyboard focus is restored correctly when the alert ends.
• Show which control opened a panel. Details, the Settings gear and the organisation rail’s add button keep their pressed appearance while what they opened remains open.
• Keep organisation, group and device names intact. Long organisation names and group titles now fit the buffers that carry them. Lost-device lists preserve full valid names, and exceptionally long computer host names are shortened only at whole-character boundaries.
• Protect recovery and other secret entry fields. Secret fields are protected consistently, including when the secret marking belongs to a containing panel. They do not use spelling correction, completion or retained dictation suggestions, and temporary copies made for display and layout are handled more tightly.
• Remove devices marked lost during protected recovery. With the current recovery kit, a protected restore now removes devices you identify as lost immediately through the kit-authorised path, instead of waiting behind the ordinary security-change delay. If the required current kit is unavailable, the app keeps the recovery barrier and explains the action still needed.
• Use the right explanation when removing a device. The confirmation avoids references to extra accounts or servers when you have only one account. With several accounts it names the relevant server correctly; what the removal itself does is unchanged.
• Keep elapsed call time visible. In a narrow call header with larger text, optional camera and sharing controls move into the menu before elapsed time is lost. Mute, Hang Up and the call’s messages remain available.
• Respect a dismissed iPhone keyboard. A character queued after Escape on the iPhone’s on-screen keyboard no longer pulls focus back into a composer you just dismissed. Physical-keyboard typing keeps its established behaviour.
• Restore the whole sidebar immediately. Turning off Mentions or Unread now redraws the complete conversation list at once. It no longer waits for another mouse movement or unrelated update to fill the blank space.
• Keep an unfinished status open. Clicking the status sheet’s background or changing its expiry no longer saves and closes it unexpectedly. The same focus repair helps other sheets keep the text you are still editing.
• Keep interface inspection usable with damaged text. Automation’s interface inspection can answer even when a label contains invalid text, instead of failing the whole response.
• Recover space when a connected program closes. A disconnected automation client now releases its place in the runtime’s client table, so finished connections do not keep taking room needed by later ones.
• Connect programs even with a long temporary-folder path. The local connection endpoint now chooses a private socket directory that fits the system’s path limit. A long temporary-directory setting no longer prevents setup while the existing ownership checks remain in place.