Correction.  There will be no BookMacster 1.16.5.  We're calling it 1.17 instead.

We've fixed a bug which I'm about 90% certain was causing the issue, which is that BookMacster would not quit if it was being run in Background mode and a document was open (in the background).

It is fixed in BookMacster 1.16.5, but you will still see the issue when updating to 1.16.5, because earlier versions still have the issue, and it is the earlier version which needs to be quit.  To work around it, before clicking Install and Relaunch, go up in the menu bar to BookMacster's Status Menulet and Show BookMacster.  For good measure, activate another app and then return to BookMacster, so that you see BookMacster's entire menu in the menu bar.  Then, click Install and Relaunch.

Thanks again for all your work on this, Spaceman.

Jerry,

You said "So far there has not been a peep about BookMacster 1.16.4 being available". I assume you are referring to my comment about the window popping up after a couple of hours?!? If so, I did not say that the 'new update available' window popped up again. It was the 'update in progress' window that you would expect to see after telling the program to install an update.

So, if you see a notice that an update is available, choose to install it. Then, select the "Install and Relaunch" button. When you think that is done, go and check the version of BookMacster that is now installed and see if the update really installed.

If it did not, then quit BookMacster and see if a new small installation progress window shows up for a short time. It is almost as if the "Install and Relaunch" button is not actually quitting the application so that the new version can be installed. However, once you manually quit, you see the progress bar indicating that the installation is in progress.

Then, relaunch and see if the version has NOW been updated.

Hello again, Spaceman.

I'd not yet spent much time trying to figure out what was happening.  But since you have, I'm going to have to take your information and at least match your efforts.  The key factor is probably that you're running BookMacster with the preference Launch In Background.  I was not able to reproduce the problem with that factor last week, but I'll try harder.

Thanks for all the data!

OK even more weird behavior at home, so a little info first.

At work (where I first posted and described this issue) I am running 10.7 Lion.

At home (where I am while writing this post) I am on 10.8 Mountain Lion.

With respect to Launch in the Background, yes it is enabled (at both work and home)

While here at home (10.8) Stop Workers and Agents both say "(0)" and are greyed out. I can check work tomorrow but would expect the same. I have never intentionally used 'agents' and don't really know what they are. I use the program in what you used to call the URL Manger Pro method.

I receive the Update available notice either when I boot my machine and Bookmacster launches or when I select "Show Bookmacster". So, I guess answer would be that it occurs either while it is running or as it is launching.

With respect to getting the additional "installing" message, I know it has occurred for at least two of the updates. Not sure about the others.

When I got home and got on my computer (already booted, just asleep) and picked "Show Bookmacster" in order to answer your questions, I got the update notification for 1.16.3. I chose to not install it right now as I noticed that I had two menu items already and wanted to investigate. One of them indicates it is 1.16.1 and the other is 1.16.2.

Now, here is the strange behavior and is different from what is occurring on my work computer:

On my work computer (10.7) when I chose "Show Bookmacster" from either of the menu items, it appears to open the same window. I can tell no difference. I can go back and forth between the menu items selecting "Show Bookmacster" and it keeps the same window in front.

However, here at home (10.8), when I chose to "Show Bookmacster", each one opened a different occurrence of what appears to be the same window bookmark file (appears to be the same content). What is really strange is that, as I sit here typing this, these two window keep repeatedly, one after the other, coming forward, one at a time, and saying "no duplicates found". If the bookmark files are in the front, it occurs about every 24 seconds but if they are pushed behind another widow (like Safari as I am typing this), it seems to occur every 12 seconds (these times are not exact, just me counting

I have attached a movie. You will notice I move some of the windows. This is because, after a couple of iterations, the two windows will be on top of each other and I wanted you to see both.

Oh, one last thing. I do not know for sure if I have check for duplicates turned on at work. I will check tomorrow.

Regards,

For the last 3 or 4 updates, I have seen the following odd behavior when installing the update. The issue goes like this:

Receive a pop up saying that there is an update available.
Click to install.
Click the Install and Restart (or what ever it is called) button.
Everything appears normal (although I did not verify version)

Then, a couple of hours later, out of the blue, a progress bar pops ups saying that it is installing Bookmacster.
Once it is finished, the end result is that I have two BookMacster icons in the menu bar. See attached screen shot.

I did notice that after the update that added the "(App is in Background)" notice at the bottom, that the other instance of the menu item did not contain that message. So, it is installing the new version but leaving the old and they were both running.

Just installed 1.16.3 (as evidenced by choosing "show Bookmacster" under the first occurrence of the Bookmacster menu item and then "About Bookmacster" under the first menu to the right of the apple menu (front most app menu ? Can't remember the name).

I then checked using the second icon in my menu bar and it shows to be 1.16.1.

So, there are two versions running.

If I shut down and restart, I will only have one of them running and I am back to normal.

Not a big deal but odd.

Regards,