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At the beginning of July we started turning import into a workflow rather than a file picker. Choosing an export from another application should not immediately fill a vault with…
Read the story : Giving imports a pause buttonThe next stretch of work was about making the foundations comfortable to use. A growing application can quickly turn Settings into a long list of unrelated switches. We reorganised the…
Read the story : Making the licence manager feel like a proper Mac appIn mid-June, the project was still License Vault. The immediate job was a fresh SwiftUI foundation, replacing the older mixture of Swift, SwiftUI and Objective-C. This was the start of…
Read the story : Starting again, with a vault at the centreThe 3 September checkpoint shifted attention towards daily use. The sidebar gained a clearer Vaults group, with the current vault highlighted and other vaults available directly. Creating, switching and organising…
Read the story : Making everyday vault work more forgivingThe late-August checkpoint gathered a substantial expansion of import support. QueVault could recognise more password-manager and browser exports, including native 1Password .1pux data and formats from Bitwarden, Proton Pass, Dashlane,…
Read the story : Bringing an existing digital life into the vaultThe 14 August checkpoint completed the QueVault identity migration. Renaming an application reaches beyond its title bar: its project identity, document handling and cloud identity also need to agree about…
Read the story : Making the new identity more than a nameAfter the big expansion in scope, the following week was less about announcing another idea and more about supporting the one already chosen. The recorded work included improvements to record-type…
Read the story : Giving the broader vault room to growThis is the clearest turning point in the recorded history. Around 1–2 August, the application stopped treating every saved item as a software licence. Software License, Secure Note and Login…
Read the story : When License Vault became QueVaultThe 25 July checkpoint returned to importing, this time with more attention to particular source applications. Early mSecure 6 CSV detection began recognising its structure and preserving flexible fields for…
Read the story : Learning from the files people actually exportThis week’s recorded work concentrated on the transition between a locked vault and the main application. The unlock screen became a clean, full-screen experience, rather than leaving the sidebar visible…
Read the story : A locked vault should feel locked