Release Notes

Lyn 2.0 is a major update to Lyn that includes a new interface with dark and clear appearance, a Metal backend, new filters, a new icon and much more.

Lyn 2.0 is a paid upgrade for Lyn 1.x registered users: to access the discount, click Buy from the License dialog of Lyn 2.x.

Lyn 2.0.8 - Mar 29, 2021

• Application Updates
  • Enabled thumbnail generation for Acorn and Pixelmator files.
  • Improved RAW image detection.
  • Fixed import button behaviour.
  • Fixed applying color labels using the numeric pad.

Lyn 2.0.7 - Mar 12, 2021

• Application Updates
  • Updated jpeg and webp support.
  • Enabled synchronization between browser and viewer.
  • Stability fixes and various optimizations for thumbnails drawing.
  • Fixed loading of tiled tiff.

Lyn 2.0.6 - Feb 21, 2021

• Application Updates
  • Speed up the selection of thumbnails.
  • Updated raw processor with support for new cameras and lossy Canon format.
  • Minor fixes.

Lyn 2.0.5 - Feb 16, 2021

macOS 10.12.6 or later required!

• Application Updates
  • Added sharing via iMessage.
  • Draw image metadata in fullscreen mode and single viewer.
  • Updated raw processor with support for new cameras and lossy Canon format.
  • Updated OpenEXR library.
  • Fixed browser layout initialization.

Lyn 2.0.3 - Jan 23, 2021

macOS 10.12.6 or later required!

macOS Big Sur ready!

• Application Updates
  • Improved decoding of Canon makernote tags.
  • Changed mouse swipe behaviour: you can enable the mouse swipe to display the next image by pressing the Cmd key.
  • Fixed copy/move tools when called from the viewer.
  • Fixed image saving from the browser window.
  • Fixed parsing of TIFF exif block.
  • Fixed an issue that prevent to rename or delete smart folder groups.
  • Fixed a smart folders search issue when the scope is set to Folder.

Lyn 2.0.2 - Dec 21, 2020

macOS 10.12.6 or later required!

macOS Big Sur ready!

• Application Updates
  • New! Hello Apple Silicon.
  • New! You can now select the 'None' transition method and transition duration time in the slideshow preferences.
  • Fixed the thumbnail rendering for cropped images.
  • Fixed the zoom behaviour of movie viewer.
  • Fixed the transition from image viewer to the browser when the browser is closed.
  • Stability fixes.

Lyn 2.0.1 - Nov 21, 2020

macOS 10.12.6 or later required!

macOS Big Sur ready!

• New! An Exif retractable panel visible in non-native fullscreen mode by moving the mouse to the right of the screen.
• French localization by Paolo Magni.
• In thumbnails view, changed backing layer that leads to better speed.
• In the inspector, a click in the Filename field selects only the name without the extension.
• Items of toolbar's overflow menu are now enabled.
• Fixed various memory problems.
• Fixed folder's auto-refresh.
• Fixed thumbnails rendering and filters on macOS Sierra/High Sierra.
• Fixed the rendering of images with a decreased contrast set with Lyn 1.x.
• Fixed rendering of BMP/24 and optimizations for 16-bit images and TIFF Lab.
• Fixed reported crashes in maps view.

Lyn 2.0 - Nov 10, 2020

macOS 10.12.6 or later required!

macOS Big Sur ready!

• New! A new polished interface with dark and clear appearances.
• New! A new raw parser updated to latest reflex, mirrorless and compact cameras.
• New! Metal backend in place of the old OpenGL.
• New! Rewritten and extended all the filters to have a better progression and color correctness.
• New! New Curves, Levels, Film Grain, Selective Colors, High-Dynamic range filters.
• New! A new Keywords Sets dialog to customize Add and Remove Keywords menu.
• Updated "Search For" area to support groups and nested smart folders.
• Updated all the internal graphics libraries.
• Preference to display GPS coordinates in decimal degrees and group near images.
• Many under the hood changes and fixes.