Tinn 0.2.5 ships today.
One real change. When you open a project file that was saved by a newer version of Tinn, the file now opens in read-only mode instead of refusing. You can browse the project, copy what you need, and update Tinn from inside the app while the file stays open in front of you. You don’t get locked out for being a version behind.
This matters whenever a collaborator updates before you do, when you hop between machines that run different versions, or when you’ve paused updates for a while and someone sends you a file.
What’s new
- Read-only fallback for newer files. Tinn now opens any .tinn file, even one made with a newer version of Tinn than you have installed. A banner across the top of the project tells you the file came from a newer version, and the editing tools are disabled while you’re in read-only mode so nothing in the file changes by accident. You can still read every tab, browse every product, and copy data out.
- One-click “Check for update” in the banner. Click the button and Tinn fetches the latest installer, restarts itself, and reopens the file fully editable. The whole thing takes under a minute on a normal connection. You stay in the project the entire time.
Behind the scenes
Your Tinn account and clipboard now live on European infrastructure. We moved the small amount of cloud data Tinn keeps to Stockholm so it stays in the EU. Your projects always lived on your own machine, and that hasn’t changed.
When you update to 0.2.5, Tinn will ask you to sign in once more. That’s the only visible effect. Sign in as usual and everything is where you left it.
How to update
If Tinn is already installed, the auto-updater will prompt you on next launch. New here? Download from the Download page.
Simon