8.4 (8.4.0.0035) is Now Available
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Nicely done when I look at the amount of improvement in this version. But are there directions anywhere on how to convert resources that are currently downloaded into cloud resources? Thanks.
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MJ. Smith said:
Nicely done when I look at the amount of improvement in this version. But are there directions anywhere on how to convert resources that are currently downloaded into cloud resources? Thanks.
Select them in the library and either right click to remove them or open the info panel in the library and use the control there.
Andrew Batishko | Logos software developer
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Thanks for bringing back Excerpts and From Your Library to the Home Page. Lots of other great changes to this version, great work!
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Thank you for the continuous updates and upgrades. [Y]
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[Y] Added the ability to send the content of a note to a Sermon Document ... I'm so happy right now [:)]
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When I saw that one could use the word "study" to get suggestions from the Go Box, I thought I'd try that out. When I did, I was surprised by what happened: ALL other windows were closed and a new window came up with different items relating to the topic I had entered. (In the Go Box I entered "study glory".) Is this what is supposed to happen? I would prefer that an additional window be opened rather than my current windows all being closed. I would appreciate clarification about this process. Thank you.
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Karl Flentje said:
When I did, I was surprised by what happened: ALL other windows were closed and a new window came up with different items relating to the topic I had entered. (In the Go Box I entered "study glory".) Is this what is supposed to happen?
If you select one of the options in the Layout section then, yes, the associated layout will be opened and anything you currently have open will be removed.
It opens a layout and not just the associated Guide
Karl Flentje said:I would prefer that an additional window be opened rather than my current windows all being closed.
I agree with you but that's not how it is designed to work.
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MJ. Smith said:
Nicely done when I look at the amount of improvement in this version. But are there directions anywhere on how to convert resources that are currently downloaded into cloud resources? Thanks.
Select them in the library and either right click to remove them or open the info panel in the library and use the control there.
Thanks Andrew
Is it still necessary to "rebuild index" to reduce the index size after removing resources from the local device?
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Graham Owen said:
Is it still necessary to "rebuild index" to reduce the index size after removing resources from the local device?
Yes.
Andrew Batishko | Logos software developer
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Amen to that PJ! Great work Logos Team!
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MJ. Smith said:
Nicely done when I look at the amount of improvement in this version. But are there directions anywhere on how to convert resources that are currently downloaded into cloud resources? Thanks.
Select them in the library and either right click to remove them or open the info panel in the library and use the control there.
There's a fairly comprehensive overview of Cloud Resources in the Logos Help Center: https://support.logos.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025106492-Select-Which-Library-Resources-to-Download-to-Your-Computer
Please let me know if you still have questions.
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T. L. Brown said:
Amen to that PJ! Great work Logos Team!
Thanks! It's easier to see the amount of work that went in once you put together the complied release notes for the entire beta. The team worked really hard.
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Graham Owen said:
Is it still necessary to "rebuild index" to reduce the index size after removing resources from the local device?
Yes.
Thanks Andrew
BTW - I don't think this needs to be automated because most people would not want the drain of a full index just because a book has been removed its good to know though for when multiple books have been removed.
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Excellent release. Great job, Team Logos! Thank you. [:)]
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Too bad nothing has been improved on the sermon editor and the request for the ability to add pictures that zoom in and out within the document never materialized 😟
DAL
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Thanks for the update. My only comment would be that the default in settings should be to download all resources set to yes, not no. The reason? We have always expected resources to automatically download. Today for the first time, a new resource did not download and I did not know why until I read the release notes. Not many will read the release notes. And so the problem begins when one is expecting a large update or purchases a large number of resources at one time. How does one remember what is purchased in a library of thousands of resources? I suppose everyone has their system. I am simply saying that I could not understand why the resource I purchased today would not download. So having the setting set to automatically download with the option of changing the setting to no....I would think that would resolve some frustrations some may have.
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Mark said:
Thanks for the update. My only comment would be that the default in settings should be to download all resources set to yes, not no. The reason? We have always expected resources to automatically download. Today for the first time, a new resource did not download and I did not know why until I read the release notes. Not many will read the release notes. And so the problem begins when one is expecting a large update or purchases a large number of resources at one time. How does one remember what is purchased in a library of thousands of resources? I suppose everyone has their system. I am simply saying that I could not understand why the resource I purchased today would not download. So having the setting set to automatically download with the option of changing the setting to no....I would think that would resolve some frustrations some may have.
For users who upgraded their installation from 8.3 to 8.4, the setting for that installation is supposed to default to automatically download all new resources.
For new installations, you are given the option the first time you run the application, and the default is to download all new resources unless you choose the minimal installation option.
Are you saying that this is not the behavior you are experiencing?
Andrew Batishko | Logos software developer
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This was not the behavior in my case. This morning the update downloaded. I read this thread on the forum. I checked what was updated and saw there was nothing new. I then purchased a book. The book did not download. I searched the library for the book and found it and clicked on it and it opened a preview with the message that I can download it if I want (and of course I did download it because I wanted to).
I then wondered what was happening and checked this thread again and read the release notes which said that added to the settings was the option to download all or not. I checked my settings and saw that it was set to NO. I changed the setting to yes to correct it for the future.
I then wrote on this thread my concern. Obviously for me, the setting was set to NO when it should be default be set to yes. That is what I am suggesting.
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Mark said:
Thanks for the update. My only comment would be that the default in settings should be to download all resources set to yes, not no. The reason? We have always expected resources to automatically download. Today for the first time, a new resource did not download and I did not know why until I read the release notes. Not many will read the release notes. And so the problem begins when one is expecting a large update or purchases a large number of resources at one time. How does one remember what is purchased in a library of thousands of resources? I suppose everyone has their system. I am simply saying that I could not understand why the resource I purchased today would not download. So having the setting set to automatically download with the option of changing the setting to no....I would think that would resolve some frustrations some may have.
Mark,
Did you run 8.3 during the beta cycle at all? What OS are you using? Can you screenshot the settings for updates in the Program Settings?
Thanks,
Philana
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Andrew Batishko | Logos software developer
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In the past, in Beta, it was defaulting to YES even when the older automatic download option was NO. That was 'fixed'. Perhaps the fix led to this problem.
“The trouble is that everyone talks about reforming others and no one thinks about reforming himself.” St. Peter of Alcántara
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I am not on the Beta cycle. I am always current with the updates. So if we are now on 8.4, that means I must have been on 8.3 before the update. But again, I have never been a beta tester.
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Philana R. Crouch said:
Did you run 8.3 during the beta cycle at all? What OS are you using? Can you screenshot the settings for updates in the Program Settings?
Thanks,
Philana
I did not run any beta cycles. I am using windows 10. I will send a screenshot in a moment. But please note: i changed the program setting to reflect a YES for automatic download new updates. Originally it was set to NO
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Philana R. Crouch said:
Can you screenshot the settings for updates in the Program Settings?
Thanks,
Philana
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Philana R. Crouch said:
Can you screenshot the settings for updates in the Program Settings?
Thanks,
Philana
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Philana R. Crouch said:
Can you screenshot the settings for updates in the Program Settings?
Thanks,
Philana
I have twice attempted to post a screenshot and keep getting an error
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Thank you Faithlife for making home page atractive again and adding so many features. This is the best release since Logos 8
"No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying." Leonard Ravenhill
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I heard 8.4 was going to do something with the recent journals that were released, but I didn’t see that in the notes. Did I miss something?
Dr. Nathan Parker
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When I click on verse of the day usually open more windows - one with the verse as a picture to save this picture in different resolutions - since the update to 8.4 NO picture appears? Error message in logfile folder is:
[0418/013807.649:INFO:CONSOLE(18591)] "TypeError: Cannot read property 'facetControl' of undefined", source: assembly://faithlife.visualcopyhost/dist/main.js (18591)
[0418/013807.650:INFO:CONSOLE(15483)] "Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: Cannot read property 'facetControl' of undefined", source: assembly://faithlife.visualcopyhost/dist/main.js (15483)0 -
I LIKE Logos 8 [8-|]
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Nathan Parker said:
I heard 8.4 was going to do something with the recent journals that were released, but I didn’t see that in the notes. Did I miss something?
Many (most?) versions of Logos add additional support (usually of new datatypes) to allow them to work with certain newly released resources. For some reason this is never mentioned in the release notes.
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I upgraded from 8.3 to 8.4 and the preference setting "Automatically Download New Resources" was set to "No". I changed it to "Yes".Mark said:Thanks for the update. My only comment would be that the default in settings should be to download all resources set to yes, not no. The reason? We have always expected resources to automatically download. Today for the first time, a new resource did not download and I did not know why until I read the release notes. Not many will read the release notes. And so the problem begins when one is expecting a large update or purchases a large number of resources at one time. How does one remember what is purchased in a library of thousands of resources? I suppose everyone has their system. I am simply saying that I could not understand why the resource I purchased today would not download. So having the setting set to automatically download with the option of changing the setting to no....I would think that would resolve some frustrations some may have.
For users who upgraded their installation from 8.3 to 8.4, the setting for that installation is supposed to default to automatically download all new resources.
For new installations, you are given the option the first time you run the application, and the default is to download all new resources unless you choose the minimal installation option.
Are you saying that this is not the behavior you are experiencing?
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For users who upgraded their installation from 8.3 to 8.4, the setting for that installation is supposed to default to automatically download all new resources.
I have read several comments in this thread that the expected behavior is not happening.
I want to report that Andrew's description is exactly what happened for my installation. Today I purchased some resources (The NICOT/NICNT SALE IS GREAT!!) and they downloaded and indexed as previous.
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Mark said:Philana R. Crouch said:
Did you run 8.3 during the beta cycle at all? What OS are you using? Can you screenshot the settings for updates in the Program Settings?
Thanks,
Philana
I did not run any beta cycles. I am using windows 10. I will send a screenshot in a moment. But please note: i changed the program setting to reflect a YES for automatic download new updates. Originally it was set to NO
Mark,
I was not able to reproduce this on either Windows or MacOS. I've writen up a bug report to ask the team to investigate.
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Mark said:
My only comment would be that the default in settings should be to download all resources set to yes, not no.
I'm sorry for the confusion on this. For the moment, this is working as intended. If you had "Automatically Download Updates" turned off, then "Automatically Download New Resources" would default to off. This is because currently the automatic downloading of new resources will ignore your setting for "Automatically Download Updates", which could result in new resources potentially downloading at a time when you are not prepared for a download.
We expect to fix up the auto-download behavior in an upcoming beta release, and at that time we'll change the default value (although this won't affect any users who have already run with 8.4).
Andrew Batishko | Logos software developer
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Mark said:
My only comment would be that the default in settings should be to download all resources set to yes, not no.
I'm sorry for the confusion on this. For the moment, this is working as intended. If you had "Automatically Download Updates" turned off, then "Automatically Download New Resources" would default to off. This is because currently the automatic downloading of new resources will ignore your setting for "Automatically Download Updates", which could result in new resources potentially downloading at a time when you are not prepared for a download.
We expect to fix up the auto-download behavior in an upcoming beta release, and at that time we'll change the default value (although this won't affect any users who have already run with 8.4).
Thanks for the explanation. I do have automatically download updates set to off. It works best for me to be notified of the update and then to manually download it. But when it comes to new resources that I purchase, this I want set to automatically download new resources. Thanks again for your explanation.
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Philana R. Crouch said:
Mark,
I was not able to reproduce this on either Windows or MacOS. I've writen up a bug report to ask the team to investigate.
Thanks. It looks like Andrew explained it well. And it looks like Rick had the same issue I had.
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- Added the “Excerpts” option to the Explore section to the Home Page.
- Added the “From Your Library” option to the Explore section to the Home Page.
Thanks for bringing these back!
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Mark Barnes said:Nathan Parker said:
I heard 8.4 was going to do something with the recent journals that were released, but I didn’t see that in the notes. Did I miss something?
Many (most?) versions of Logos add additional support (usually of new datatypes) to allow them to work with certain newly released resources. For some reason this is never mentioned in the release notes.
Great to know. Since journals have been somewhat of a big deal/complaint, I'm shocked Faithlife didn't break with norm and mention it in this update.
Dr. Nathan Parker
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Mark said:
My only comment would be that the default in settings should be to download all resources set to yes, not no.
I'm sorry for the confusion on this. For the moment, this is working as intended. If you had "Automatically Download Updates" turned off, then "Automatically Download New Resources" would default to off. This is because currently the automatic downloading of new resources will ignore your setting for "Automatically Download Updates", which could result in new resources potentially downloading at a time when you are not prepared for a download.
We expect to fix up the auto-download behavior in an upcoming beta release, and at that time we'll change the default value (although this won't affect any users who have already run with 8.4).
If Automatically Download New Resources is set to off, will we still be prompted to download them through the notification bar?
Dr. Nathan Parker
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Nathan Parker said:
If Automatically Download New Resources is set to off, will we still be prompted to download them through the notification bar?
No. If the option is off, then all new resources will be treated as "cloud resources". They will show up in your library, and you can select and download them from your library.
Andrew Batishko | Logos software developer
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Nathan Parker said:
If Automatically Download New Resources is set to off, will we still be prompted to download them through the notification bar?
No. If the option is off, then all new resources will be treated as "cloud resources". They will show up in your library, and you can select and download them from your library.
Sounds good. Mine was set to No as well. I've set it to Yes. Two additional questions:
1. With Automatically Install Updates set to No and Automatically Download New Resources set to Yes, will I be prompted to install resources through the notification bar, or will resources download automatically? I do want all new resources to be installed, but I want to be prompted to install them through the notification bar like I had it set before 8.4 (I kept automatic updates set to No since sometimes resources would install during class or during a research project and messup my work).
2. Is there a way to search in the library to see what resources are considered "cloud only"?
Thanks!
Dr. Nathan Parker
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Nathan Parker said:
With Automatically Install Updates set to No and Automatically Download New Resources set to Yes, will I be prompted to install resources through the notification bar, or will resources download automatically?
For now, new resources will automatically download without prompting, but updates to your already downloaded resources will cause a prompt. For the behavior you want, you'll have to wait for a future release (as per my comment above).
Nathan Parker said:Is there a way to search in the library to see what resources are considered "cloud only"?
Use "Not on This Device" option in the "Devices" facet in the Library sidebar.
Andrew Batishko | Logos software developer
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Nathan Parker said:
With Automatically Install Updates set to No and Automatically Download New Resources set to Yes, will I be prompted to install resources through the notification bar, or will resources download automatically?
For now, new resources will automatically download without prompting, but updates to your already downloaded resources will cause a prompt. For the behavior you want, you'll have to wait for a future release (as per my comment above).
Nathan Parker said:Is there a way to search in the library to see what resources are considered "cloud only"?
Use "Not on This Device" option in the "Devices" facet in the Library sidebar.
Great to know. Looking forward to the update!
Dr. Nathan Parker
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Mark said:
Thanks for the update. My only comment would be that the default in settings should be to download all resources set to yes, not no. The reason? We have always expected resources to automatically download. Today for the first time, a new resource did not download and I did not know why until I read the release notes. Not many will read the release notes. And so the problem begins when one is expecting a large update or purchases a large number of resources at one time. How does one remember what is purchased in a library of thousands of resources? I suppose everyone has their system. I am simply saying that I could not understand why the resource I purchased today would not download. So having the setting set to automatically download with the option of changing the setting to no....I would think that would resolve some frustrations some may have.
For users who upgraded their installation from 8.3 to 8.4, the setting for that installation is supposed to default to automatically download all new resources.
For new installations, you are given the option the first time you run the application, and the default is to download all new resources unless you choose the minimal installation option.
Are you saying that this is not the behavior you are experiencing?
I experience this also very recently. Made a purchase and no download - notta. Even opened a support ticket for my purchase. Mac version. I haven't used Logos on a Windows computer in a few weeks.
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I'm having an update problem. My current level is : Logos Bible Software 8.4.0.0035
My Internet/Download settings before and after the update are all: Yes.
Resources are ready to be added to your library. Update will be added when the application is restarted. I'm not sure if it re-indexed the last time or not.
I continually get the above message no matter how many times I restart and/or reboot. When I enter command update, it seems to run, but I never get the usual message that update has completed. This problem started about 2 days ago, no problems before that. Running the desktop version on Windows 10.Anyone else having problems with update? I sent an email to CS.
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Dale E Heath said:
Resources are ready to be added to your library. Update will be added when the application is restarted. I'm not sure if it re-indexed the last time or not.
I continually get the above message no matter how many times I restart and/or reboot.Yes, I have noticed this too today - but only on my Surface Pro (Win 10) keeps saying restart needed to add resources regardless of how many times I reboot (I even waited for preparing library and indexing to complete!). My other identical Logos install on my laptop (also Win 10) installed new resources fine - without a need for a restart!. Both systems running latest version of Logos 8.4.
So, Dale at least you are not alone.
Hope we can sort this out.
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Dale E Heath said:
I'm having an update problem. My current level is : Logos Bible Software 8.4.0.0035
My Internet/Download settings before and after the update are all: Yes.
Resources are ready to be added to your library. Update will be added when the application is restarted. I'm not sure if it re-indexed the last time or not.
I continually get the above message no matter how many times I restart and/or reboot. When I enter command update, it seems to run, but I never get the usual message that update has completed. This problem started about 2 days ago, no problems before that. Running the desktop version on Windows 10.Anyone else having problems with update? I sent an email to CS.
CS was no help, they wanted me to reinstall.
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Dale E Heath said:
CS was no help, they wanted me to reinstall.
Reinstall - a confusing concept with Logos!
As I understand it just finding a download link on the web site and installing the program overwrites the engine and will give you a clean basis to work from. This process only takes a few minutes and should unblock any failed previous attempt to upgrade the engine.
If, on the other hand they want you to delete all your library and indexes then one might well ask why the incremental approach of 'Rebuild XXX' would not be less time consuming?
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Dale E Heath said:
I'm having an update problem. My current level is : Logos Bible Software 8.4.0.0035
My Internet/Download settings before and after the update are all: Yes.
Resources are ready to be added to your library. Update will be added when the application is restarted. I'm not sure if it re-indexed the last time or not.
I continually get the above message no matter how many times I restart and/or reboot. When I enter command update, it seems to run, but I never get the usual message that update has completed. This problem started about 2 days ago, no problems before that. Running the desktop version on Windows 10.Anyone else having problems with update? I sent an email to CS.
I believe I may have a similar problem.
I receive the message “Resources are ready to be added to your library. Update will be added when the application is restarted.” I’ve restarted the Logos program multiple times with the message returning each time. Additionally, I have shut the computer down then later started the program to find that the message has again returned.
The computer on which the problem arises is an ASUS EP121 tablet-computer with Windows 10 Pro version 1809. Essentially, it is used as a desktop machine and runs Logos version 8.4.0.0035.
My Logos Program settings are set to YES for both “automatically download new resources” and “automatically download updates”.
[By contrast, I have no problem with another desktop computer with the same operating system and same version of logos 8.4 running. On that computer all resources have downloaded and the program is working normally.]
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One indicator of where the problem may lie is in relation to one book which it is continually attempting to download, but is not finishing the download. These is shown when I highlight the resource in the library, then open its information pane and see the word “downloading” with a rotating circle. So it seems to be attempting to download, but is not completing despite the fact that my internet connection is fully functioning.
The problematic resource is:
Coppel, Glen M., “Getting to Know Jesus: Harmony of the Gospels”, New Hope Gospel Ministries, 2006.
Resource Support Information:
LLS:HARMONYGOSPELS
2016-06-15T20:50:32Z
HARMONYGOSPELS.logos4
Any suggestions as to how this might be fixed would be appreciated. Keep well Paul
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