We are pleased to announce the release of Max 8.1.3.

This update focuses improvements for building standalone applications on MacOs 10.15 Catalina, as well as fixing other bugs recently introduced. Take a look at the fixed bug list below for more information.

As always, you can download this update here: https://www.cycling74.com/downloads Enjoy! Ben & Cycling '74

Fixed Bugs: • Audio Status: fixed crash when audio is started via loadbang and input / output is set to none • dict.view: fixed crashing and redrawing issues when in a new view of a patcher • drunk: modernised seed implementation • File loading: fixed crash when opening a 'maxb' renamed to .maxpat • File Search Path: paths with " (double quote) character work • Inspector: shows correct colors after Theme change • jit.movie: works in standalones • jit.playlist: fixed crash on unsupported files • js: improvements to setting and getting global properties • jsliveapi: simplified means of acquiring the jsobject's classname • live.* UI objects: show annotations in Live info view • live.gain~: display cleared when device is deactivated • live.text: disabled roundness attribute • Max Console: preserves state of show only errors and show time stamps across launches • Max for Live Console: only show the Console window if it is already open (M4L) • MC wrapper: chans attribute can be changed when audio is off • mc.function: setvalue <channel> next message is sent to specified channel • mc.function: properly reports mouse position • object box: color attribute works as expected • Packages: improvements to CPU usage after changing xattrs (Mac 10.15) • popup menus: clicking outside the menu is consistent with platform behavior • radiogroup: parameter size properly initialized • record~: int and float behave as described in the documentation • scale: fixed usage of exponent less than 1.0 • scale~: parity with scale in classic mode • sfplay~: fixed crash when toggling timestretch attribute • Standalones: adjust frameworks and extern plist for Catalina compatibility (Mac) • Standalones: unsign Frameworks and runtimes during builds (Mac) • suckah: fixed usage on Windows 7 • svgcolor: works in multiple patcher views • Tabbed Patcher: fixed crash when changing showontab attribute • Tabbed patchers: setactivetab falls back to name attribute if title attribute is empty • thispatcher: fixed issues with triggering changes from the scheduler • zoom: changing zoom changes umenu, live.menu sizing of popup and object