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Software and app updates released in 2016


Version 4.4 of your CLZ Music app is now live in the App Store. In this version, it is now finally possible to add and edit track lists!

  • Now edit track lists to modify Title, Artist or Length.
  • Manually enter track lists for manually added albums.
  • Drag and drop tracks to change their order.
  • Sync your customized track lists to the CLZ Cloud!


CLZ Alwin here, with the final 2016 edition of the Collectorz.com newsletter. I have 3 news topics for you today:

  • New Collectorz.com Help Center at Help.CLZ.com.
  • New “Unrecognized Barcode” tools are a huge success!
  • New iOS Add screens now live for CLZ Music and CLZ Games.

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Book Collector (macOS)

v16.1.5: New: Find Cover tool in “Unrecognized ISBN” screen

December 22nd, 2016

Improved “Unrecognized ISBN” screen

  • NEW: integrated Find Cover tool.
    Easily pick a cover images from internet search results for the ISBN.

  • Two extra fields: Publisher and Year.
  • Author box now has drop-down with your Author list for easy entry of existing author names.

Fixed:

  • Main Screen: after resizing the first column too much, the text was no longer readable
  • Edit Book: Closing the edit screen could cause a crash on El Capitan

Comic Collector (macOS)

v16.1.5: Fixed a size problem for columns

December 22nd, 2016


Fixed:

  • Main Screen: after resizing the first column too much, the text was no longer readable
  • Edit Comic: Closing the edit screen could cause a crash on El Capitan


Easily add movies that come up as “Unrecognized Barcode”

  • In Add Movies Automatically, when a barcode is not recognized, a new “Unrecognized Barcode” screen will appear.
  • In this screen:
    1. Just find your movie by title (Search-As-You-Type is also active here!)
    2. Select the format (DVD, Blu-Ray, etc..)
    3. Use the integrated Find Cover tool to select the cover image.
    4. Then click Add Movie.
  • This will:
    1. Instantly add the barcode to OUR Core online movie database, connected to the movie you selected.
    2. Add the movie to YOUR database with full movie details, your barcode, format and image AND linked to the new Core entry.

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Music Collector (macOS)

v16.1.6: Fixed a size problem for columns

December 22nd, 2016


Fixed:

  • Main Screen: after resizing the first column too much, the text was no longer readable
  • Edit Album: Closing the edit screen could cause a crash on El Capitan
CLZ Music (iOS)

v4.3.2: Fixed wrongly popping up iTunes message

December 21st, 2016

Fixed:

  • Fixed iTunes Store credentials pop up on startup of app
CLZ Movies (iOS)

v4.3.2: Maintenance build

December 20th, 2016

Fixed:

  • Fixed database limit message appearing in the old desktop sync when the limit was between 100 and unlimited
  • Fixed iTunes Store credentials pop up on startup of app
CLZ Games (iOS)

v4.3.1: Redesigned Add Automatically screen!

December 17th, 2016

A huge v4.3 update for your CLZ Games mobile app is now available.

In this update, we complete re-designed the Add Games screen, to make it clearer, easier-to-user and to help you add games more efficiently.

What’s new in the Add Games screen?

  • Switch between By Title and By Barcode using tabs at the top
    (Add Manually and Add Hardware are now under Tools menu)
  • All panels are now resizable (list, details, camera)
  • Add button is now at bottom right (blue circle with “+” icon)
  • Adding By Title:
    • Suggestions appear in a drop-down while you type a title
    • Expand game edition list using “V” icons on the right
  • Adding By Barcode:
    • Camera scanner is now integrated in Add screen, not a separate screen
    • Tap the keyboard icon in the camera panel to enter a barcode manually
    • Delete barcodes from queue by swiping from right to left
    • Barcode queue is now remembered between sessions

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Book Connect

New Collectorz.com Help Center

December 14th, 2016

As most of you know, at Collectorz.com we take Customer Support very seriously. We’re always here to answer your questions or to help with any problems you may have encountered with our cataloging tools.

To further streamline CLZ Support, Sven, one of our web-developers, has created a new Collectorz.com Help Center, at Help.CLZ.com

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Game Collector (Windows)

v16.5.1: Easily add games that come up as “Unrecognized Barcode”

December 14th, 2016


Easily add games that come up as “Unrecognized Barcode”

  • In Add Games Automatically, when a barcode is not recognized, a new “Unrecognized Barcode” screen will appear.
  • In this screen:
    1. Just find your game by platform and title (Search-As-You-Type is also active here!)
    2. Use the integrated Find Cover tool to select the cover image.
    3. Then click Add Game.
  • This will:
    1. Instantly add the barcode to OUR Core online game database, connected to the game you selected.
    2. Add the game to YOUR database with full game details, your barcode and image AND linked to the new Core entry.

Read more


Book Collector (macOS)

v16.1.4: Maintenance build

December 10th, 2016

Fixed:

  • Main screen: switching from details to statistics would crash the program
Book Collector (Windows)

v16.4.4: Improvements to “Unrecognized ISBN” screen

December 8th, 2016


Improved “Unrecognized ISBN” screen

  • NEW: integrated Find Cover tool.
    Easily pick a cover images from internet search results for the ISBN.

  • Two extra fields: Publisher and Year.
  • Author box now has drop-down with your Author list for easy entry of existing author names.

Fixed:

  • Dragging and dropping cover images did not work for HTTPS URLs.
  • Person grids: problems adding authors when multiple authors exists with the same display name.

CLZ Music (iOS)

v4.3.1: Redesigned Add Automatically screen!

December 6th, 2016

A huge v4.3 update for your CLZ Music mobile app is now available.

In this update, we complete re-designed the Add Albums screen, to make it clearer, easier-to-user and to help you add albums more efficiently.

What’s new in the Add Albums screen?

  • Switch between By Artist/Title and By Barcode using tabs at the top
    (Add Manually is now a separate screen, under Tools menu)
  • All panels are now resizable (list, details, camera)
  • Add button is now at bottom right (blue circle with “+” icon)
  • Adding By Barcode:
    • Camera scanner is now integrated in Add screen, not a separate screen
    • Tap the keyboard icon in the camera panel to enter a barcode manually
    • Delete barcode from queue by swiping from right to left
    • Barcode queue is now remembered between sessions
  • New: Add by Catalog Number
    • Find and add albums by their catalog number
    • Great for adding vinyl as it searches Discogs by Cat No

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Comic Collector (macOS)

v16.1.4: Fixed a crash when switching to statistics

December 1st, 2016


Fixed:

  • Main screen: switching from details to statistics would crash the program

Movie Collector (macOS)

v16.1.8: Maintenance build

December 1st, 2016


Fixed:

  • Main screen: switching from details to statistics would crash the program
  • Edit Screen: Manage Pick List Screen opened: Crash when removing an item from the list, and closing Edit Screen.

Music Collector (macOS)

v16.1.5: Fixed a crash in the statistics panel

December 1st, 2016


Fixed:

  • Main screen: switching from details to statistics would crash the program


This is CLZ Alwin. After a crazy Black Friday Sale, everything’s quieting down here again 🙂 Thank you all for renewing or extending your Update Plans!
(tip: watch your inbox for news on further holiday season deals)

These are this month’s releases:

  • New Collectorz.com shop at Shop.CLZ.com
  • New MyCLZ site at My.CLZ.com
  • Book Collector and CLZ Books: Dealing with “Unrecognized ISBNs”
  • New Add screens for iOS editions of the CLZ mobile apps
  • Entering/editing track lists in CLZ Music

Read more


CLZ Music (Android)

v4.4.4: Added track searching

November 24th, 2016

Fixed:

  • Track title/artist/composer search
  • Fixed the merge dialog in the manage pick list screen on Android 6.0+ devices

Book Collector (macOS)

v16.1.3: Fixed a crash on startup

November 23rd, 2016

Fixed:

  • Program would crash on startup or load incorrectly for OS older than Sierra
Comic Collector (macOS)

v16.1.3: Fixed a startup problem for some macOS versions

November 23rd, 2016


Fixed:

  • Program would crash on startup or load incorrectly for OS older than Sierra
Movie Collector (macOS)

v16.1.7: Fixed a crash on startup

November 23rd, 2016


Fixed:

  • Program would crash on startup or load incorrectly for OS older than Sierra
Music Collector (macOS)

v16.1.4: Fixed a crash on startup

November 23rd, 2016


Fixed:

  • Program would crash on startup or load incorrectly for OS older than Sierra
Book Collector (macOS)

v16.1.2: Improved the Trial Edition flow

November 22nd, 2016


New:

  • Free Trial now has an information panel to show the user how to get started.
  • Trial Popup has been simplified to make it easier to pick one of the options.
  • The Trial Popup sometimes showed when it shouldn’t for existing users.

Comic Collector (macOS)

v16.1.2: Improved the Trial Edition flow

November 22nd, 2016


New:

  • Free Trial now has an information panel to show the user how to get started.
  • Trial Popup has been simplified to make it easier to pick one of the options.
  • The Trial Popup sometimes showed when it shouldn’t for existing users.

Fixed:

  • Fixed Fullscreen Popups on macOS Sierra