Checkout Blog - Point of Sale for Mac

Checkout Updates 4.0.4 & 4.0.5 Released

Tue, 19 Aug 2024 16:46:56 -0400

These updates fix issues in Checkout 4 and we’ve added a few features that will help with web store syncing and filtering options in the Product Manager. Complete details can be found in the notes.

Checkout 4.0.3 Release

Mon, 04 Aug 2024 13:31:28 -0400

Several bug fixes and a label printing enhancement. The details are in the release notes.

Checkout Updates 4.0.1 & 4.0.2

Thu, 24 Jul 2024 10:43:28 -0400

In the past week we released two Checkout 4 updates that included bug fixes and and feature enhancements. Including the ability to export product images and product variation information. Read the details in the release notes.

Checkout 4 Release Notes

Thu, 10 Jul 2024 11:35:38 -0400

If this sort of thing interests you, here are the details of the features and fixes in Checkout 4. Included are notes for anyone upgrading from Checkout 3.

Checkout 4 Release

Wed, 09 Jul 2024 16:13:00 -0400

We’re excited to announce the release of Checkout 4. Our Development Team has been working tirelessly to give you a faster, easier and friendlier Checkout experience.

There are too many enhancements, features and upgrades to list. You can read an overview here.

Just a few of the highlights include:

Sync with Shopify using the Shopify connector. Checkout 4 customers can sync products, images, and variations between Shopify and Checkout. To get started all you need is a Shopify store and the $10/month Checkout Shopify Connector.

Faster performance. Checkout’s underlying software components have been updated and upgraded, making for faster performance, better database stability, and more robust data protection.

Templates have been completely modernized, including printing of orders, sales, invoices and purchase orders.

Advanced stock control gives you full control over managing stock between your retail and web stores.

Hardware support improvements.

Label printing enhancements.

Checkout and Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 11:20:18 -0400

Checkout v3.6 is now available. This update provides Mavericks compatibility and is required in order to run Checkout on Mac OS X 10.9.

IMPORTANT: In order to support the new operating system, Mac OS X 10.5 support has been removed. If you are using Mac OS X 10.5, do not install this update.

Besides Mac OS X 10.9 compatibility, the following was also changed:

• Feature: Added support for AccountEdge Basic v2 for Ledger exports.
• Fixed: Serial Number box on orders disappears on Retina displays

Please choose Check for Updates from the Checkout menu to install this update.

Enstore Manager v2.0 Public Beta

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:07:00 -0400

Enstore Manager v2.0 Public Beta

We’ve just rewritten the Enstore Manager which is now available as a public beta. You can visit and bookmark the new manager here:

http://manager-beta.enstore.com

You’ll notice a new interface and responsive design to support a variety of browsers and devices. You should find it faster and easier to navigate. If you find any bugs, please let us know.

Here’s all the techie details for your enjoyment.

Release Notes

Support for more Browsers:

IE 9 and up
Chrome 17 and up
Safari 5.0 and up (is broken in current version of Enstore Manager)
Firefox 11 and up
Opera 12 and up
Basic support for iOS devices(iPad, iPhone, iPod touch) that support iOS 6 and up
Basic support for Andorid 4 and up

Responsive design

Application now fits for all screen sizes, there is no need in horizontal scrolling anymore. Depending on the screen size, the application layout adapts itself.

The User Interface has been simplified

General

User needs less steps to accomplish many tasks.
Less popup dialogs and quicker access to all options.
The User Interface is much simpler compared to previous version.

No wizard forms to create records in table, everything is editable

Same User Interface for creating new items and editing existing items, simplifies the user experience.
You can change menu type for records in Menu Table
You can change payment method type for records in Payment Methods Table
You can change shipping method type and internationality for records in Shipping Methods Table

User Interface supports Touchable devices and UI

Popups were replaced with interactive control in table records
Theme page has been redesigned to support touchable devices.
Theme Preview open inside application window, is using iFrame

We moved away from Cappuccino (Objective-J)

General

We switched to the latest modern javascript framework Ember.js
This technology is based on pure javascript technology instead of own fabricated language objective-j
Technology is used by thousands of developers, instead of a dozen for Cappuccino
Easier to use technology, development time was 3x less then Cappucino version
Ember.js comes with a lot more build-in functionality: Our own source code went to 3000 lines compared to 25000 lines with Cappuccino

Performance

Loading of the website is extremely fast. Download size is now 200KBytes before 4 MBytes.
The Enstore Manager uses a lot less memory, which helps the performance on mobile devices.
Refreshing of the screen is faster, for example resizing the web browser window is very fast compared to previous version.

Checkout and Ecommerce

Mon, 15 Jul 2024 13:11:24 -0400

We want to share our latest thinking regarding Checkout’s approach to ecommerce, including Enstore and our plans for integration with Shopify.

Enstore - A Free Hosted Webstore for Basic Needs

We view Enstore, in many ways, as a feature of Checkout. As such, we do not have plans to charge for Enstore. It has been and will continue to be free with no strings attached.

While many of you are happily using Enstore to sell your wares online, we also know some of you have been patiently waiting for additional functionality that is key to your business. We will be releasing an update in the coming weeks that addresses performance, enhanced syncing (with Checkout) and some additional minor fixes. But, to be clear, we view Enstore as a turnkey webstore for etailers with straightforward, simple needs. While we will continue to support and tweak Enstore, as needed, we don’t anticipate adding significant functionality.

Shopify – An Integrated Solution For Those Who Need More Robust Functionality

We recognize that while Enstore may be more than adequate for many businesses, it may not be the perfect fit for yours. As a result, we have been developing integration with Shopify, a best in class, full-featured webstore. You can read more about Shopify here. We expect to release this integration in early Fall.

We will be in touch again soon with an Enstore update, and news on our Shopify integration. Stay tuned. If you have questions, please email or call us at 800-322-6962.

Checkout 3.5.7 - January 2013 Update (2)

Wed, 30 Jan 2025 12:39:00 -0500

Checkout 3.5.7 addresses issues that were discovered in 3.5.6 and previous releases. This update will prompt for a database upgrade but, for those who are already running Checkout 3.5.6, it will be very quick.

Upgrading
- Fixed: A rare issue related to upgrading FIFO stores has been addressed.
Order/Sale/Quote
- Fixed: A rare, mistaken error message involving invoicing orders has been removed.
Reports
- Fixed: The “Sales” report no longer fails for stores linked to Enstore and using web order taxes.
- Fixed: The “Products Sold” report can be exported again. This was broken in 3.5.6 release.
- Fixed: The “Stock” and “Count Sheet” reports no longer show primary products next to the products’ variations.
- Fixed: The “Stock” report now accurately shows costs when returns are involved.
- Fixed: The “Employee” report no longer fails to display customer names with non-English letters.

Checkout 3.5.6 - January 2013 Update

Mon, 14 Jan 2025 15:39:52 -0500

Checkout 3.5.6 addresses performance issues and accuracy regarding product costs and margins.

Important: This update requires a database upgrade that could take some time, so please plan accordingly. For example one of our largest test stores with more then 100,000 orders took about 2 hours on the latest iMac. The upgrade process is about 5x faster than the 3.5 upgrade, but your experience can differ depending on the performance of your computer.

This upgrade includes a brand new implementation of product cost and margin. This implementation is roughly 50x faster than previous versions and also significantly reduces memory usage. Your store’s cost and margin data will be recalculated automatically.

Upgrading
- Fixed: Faster upgrade for those few stores that experienced a very slow upgrade to 3.5. All stores should now be able to upgrade to 3.5.
Product Manager
- Feature: The stock correction user interface has been changed to allow positive stock corrections to carry an user-provided cost.
Orders and Sales
- Fixed: A performance problem at payment time involving a sale with a product which has been sold thousands of times has been resolved.
Employee
- Fixed: A rare crash involving changing a user’s password has been resolved.
Quote
- Feature: Quotes no longer allocate stock.
Reports
- Feature: The “Stock” report now shows the default cost and the cost based on your store setting (FIFO or average cost).
- Feature: The “Stock” report now allows you to specify a date range and see product stock/cost at a previous point-in-time.
- Fixed: The “Tax” report now properly calculates VAT tax purchase amounts.
- Fixed: The “Employees” report no longer shows deleted employees and properly displays employees with blank names.
- Fixed: Reports which display margins (“Customers”, “Employees”, “Orders”, “Performance”, “Products Sold”, “Sales”, and “Stock Correction”) now show accurate margin/cost results.
- Fixed: The “Performance by Tag” and “Products by Tag” reports are faster in the case where your store has no Tags defined.

Checkout 3.5.5 - October 2012 Update

Tue, 23 Oct 2024 12:09:23 -0400

Read on at The Checkout Blog

Checkout 3.5.5 addresses an urgent issue with editing product variations.

Products

Fixed: Editing product variations where the master product has erroneous stock attached is possible again. Any master product with such stock will have an automatic stock correction applied.

Registration

Fixed: Checkout now activates and deactivates licensing with a new server.

Checkout 3.5.4 - September 2012 Update

Wed, 19 Sep 2024 13:24:00 -0400

Read on at The Checkout Blog

This release addresses various issues and is recommended for all Checkout users.

Mountain Lion

Fixed: Checkout can now be registered even if access to contacts is denied.

Template Manager

Fixed: Template Manager now handles very large margins properly.
Fixed: Changing Page Setup now refreshes the template.
Fixed: The Template Document Margin is now shown in the correct localized number format.

Product Manager

Fixed: A rare crash related to the creation of a new product is fixed.

Order Edit

Fixed: When the price of a product is changed, the price will not change in pending orders/quotes/sales that include that product.

Reports

Fixed: The Sales report now always shows the time in the correct time zone.
Fixed: The Customer report now sorts correctly after loading.

Ledger

Fixed: We also added support for .connect AccountEdge setting files during setup.

Checkout: Love What You Do

Tue, 21 Aug 2024 13:55:00 -0400

I want to get right to the point. We’re super excited about the launch of our new video Checkout: Love What You Do.

There’s a reccurring theme we hear whenever we speak with or visit customers. The common thread is the passion that you all have for your small business…you love what you do. And of course you’re using Checkout to help manage your business (and hopefully love it too).

So we started to discuss how we could speak to potential customers about Checkout in way that put a voice to this passion and also communicated that Checkout would be the right Mac point of sale solution for their business.

We contacted some of our customers, enlisted the assistance of a top video team and hit the streets of NYC. We shot over 20 hours of video between three Checkout customers over two days. Back in the studio the raw footage was edited, edited again….and then again.

We think the final product accomplishes our goals. A special thanks to Andrew @Self Edge NYC, Mark @ifixbyx and Christy & Jacki @Stick & Pop for making this possible.

Mountain Lion compatible version of Checkout now available

Wed, 25 Jul 2024 15:59:00 -0400

Read on at The Checkout Blog

This release addresses issues upgrading to the latest 3.5 build of Checkout.

Important: This update provides Mountain Lion compatibility and is required in order to run Checkout on Mac OS X 10.8.

Ledger:

Fixed: Prevented a crash during the configuration of QuickBooks Ledger Export.

Upgrade:

Fixed: Upgrading a store with no invoices no longer fails.
Fixed: Upgrading a store with double quotes in the name no longer fails.
Fixed: Restoring a backup with foreign characters in the name no longer fails.

Printing:

Fixed: Configurations with older Star Printer drivers now automatically open the cash drawer during automatic printing.
Fixed: Deleting a product from the Product Label Printing sheet no longer crashes.

Template Manager:

Fixed: The Week of Year token can now be dragged on to the Invoice number template.
Fixed: The Emerald template can now handle orders that don’t have a customer attached.

Till Count:

Fixed: The Remaining in Till and the Deposit in Till value wasn’t saved when you didn’t tab out first before hitting Submit button.

Pay:

Fixed: The ACH Direct Credit Card Payment form showing black or clear in the input fields has been updated.

General:

Fixed: We fixed a few random crash cases during startup and making the app active.
Fixed: The crash dialog “Open Log” and “Reveal Log” buttons function as expected.
Feature: The crash dialog displays the version and build number of the Checkout running.

If you have already upgraded to 10.8, please download the current version.

Checkout 3.5 has been released

Thu, 28 Jun 2024 13:22:00 -0400

Read on at The Checkout Blog

Important:

This will require a database upgrade step that could take a while, so please plan accordingly.
Last major version that will support Mac OS X 10.5.X

Customer Displays:

Feature: Customer Displays now supported. The following models are now supported: Logic Controls TD3000 U, LT900 UP and PD3000 UP.

Printing:

Feature: Using the Automatic Printing After Payment option in Store Settings will print receipts/invoices without displaying a dialog to your selected printer.
Feature: During automatic printing, we detect the first Receipt Printer attached to your computer and use that, no need to make it the default printer.
Feature: We automatically open all the cash drawers attached to your Receipt Printer, no need to setup anything.
Feature: Sales paid via Credit Card will now automatically print 2 copies of a receipt.
Feature: New option to always print out 2 copies of a receipt.
Feature: A Store Logo can now be printed on a receipt. This can be controlled in the Document and Footer Settings in the Template Manager
Fixed: Addressed an issue where automatic printing of receipts was not working for a Sale.

Products:

Fixed: Addressed an issue with Edit Variations. Variations can now be edited by selecting your product and clicking Show Variations and then Edit Variations.
Fixed: Removed a duplicate entry in the Genre Template Variation.

Order Window:

Performance: Performance has been improved in the magnitude of 5x - 10x faster especially for those stores with thousands of products and invoices especially when Checkout is left running for multiple days without a restart.
Fixed: The User Interface state like location of the main window and split view location wasn’t saved anymore for some of our users.

Reports:

Performance: Various reports have been hand tuned for performances: Countsheet (30 times faster), Sales (5.5 times faster), Tax (11 times faster), Stock (3.3 times faster), Product Sold (2.5 times faster), Employees (4.7x faster), Processed Payments (8x faster), Customer (6x faster)
Performance: Reports which have been tuned now require far less memory in the order of 5 times less.
Feature: A series of new custom reports have been added: Discounts Given, Orders, Performance by Brand, Performance by Tag, Price Exception Product By Brand, Product By Tag, Stock Correction
Feature: Sales report added grand total
Feature: Tax report shows now extra column with tax exempt sales
Feature: Brand column now available on the Stock report.
Feature: New Performance Report replaces the Turnover report.
Feature: Processed Payments report now shows the total amount.
Feature: Employees report includes quantity sold instead of number of invoices. The report has also been tuned for performance.
Feature: Product Sold report includes more detailed information
Fixed: Sorting for the Count sheet and Product Sold report have been fixed.
Fixed: Tax and Sales report now work with Enstore sales.
Fixed: End Of Day report sort by Till # per day, and also have a Total for all Tills per day, also fixed a rounding issue.
Fixed: Supplier report sort now by company name.
Fixed: Sales and Pending report print blank for the Customer if the customer has a Company and no contact (first/last). They should print the formatted name which includes both
Fixed: Tax report now supports orders from Enstore and various other issues with older taxes are fixed.
Fixed: Sales report some Tax columns were missing and certain tax rates were not appearing.
Fixed: There about 100 fixes and enhancements done on Reports.

Client Inspector:

Fixed: The client inspector Floating Palette disappears when the Checkout.app goes to the background.

Settings:

Feature: The database will now continually optimize for performance and because of this the option in Store Preferences->General->This Mac: the “Optimize database performance when idle” has been removed. When upgrading to v3.5 Checkout will optimize the full database at this time which will take additional time to complete.
Fixed Made sure that the 1st invoice numbers is a valid number
Fixed: Made sure that only valid characters are used in the invoice number pattern.

Ledger:

Feature: When exporting a Ledger, the previous chosen format is taken.
Performance: Ledger export is about 20x faster

A third Checkout 3.5 hint

Mon, 18 Jun 2024 14:59:00 -0400

Read on at The Checkout Blog

How much faster is Checkout 3.5 than previous versions of Checkout 3?

(comparisons are based upon a store with 6,848 Products, 10,308 Invoices, and 84,222 Journal Entries)

Another Checkout 3.5 hint

Fri, 01 Jun 2024 09:19:00 -0400

Read on at The Checkout Blog

What’s different with this picture?

A hint about Checkout 3.5?

Thu, 17 May 2024 11:56:00 -0400

Read on at The Checkout Blog

Recent picture from the NYC office. A hint for what’s coming in 3.5?

Checkout 3.1.1 is now available

Mon, 26 Mar 2025 12:17:00 -0400

Read on at The Checkout Blog

Today, Checkout 3.1.1 was released.

This update resolves several issues, including:

The Store Manager window is now resizable. The default size is larger.
A rare login issue that caused anonymous (employee) transactions to be created. All unknown employee transactions will be assigned to the first employee.
Issue with product variations UI when viewed on Lion. When scrolling, lines would appear in the product list.
Several rounding issues that caused crashes when viewing/exporting the Ledger.
When exporting the Ledger to AccountEdge, illegal characters (tabs, carriage returns, etc) have been removed, and the memo field will have a 256 character maximum length.
Synced Enstore Orders were causing the Ledger to crash.
Enstore Orders with multiple tax rates didn’t print the taxes correctly.
When printing an unallocated Order, the Total including Tax would print as the Tax amount.

Checkout 3.1 is now available

Mon, 27 Feb 2025 17:24:00 -0500

Read on at The Checkout Blog

Today, Checkout 3.1 was released.

This update includes minor enhancements and resolves several issues, including:

Resolved an issue where a crash would occur in the Stock Room, when working with newly created Products
We now support rounded product prices amounting to 6.99 including tax (as an example). At the same time, we addressed rounding throughout Checkout to ensure that Bankers Rounding was being used consistently. It is possible, in some cases, that the tax inclusive prices of some products may have a difference of 0.01 when compared to the previously calculated price in Checkout.
The thermal receipt was modified to print the last 4 digits of the credit card, card type (if the card was swiped) and approval code. The receipt was also modified to better handle multiple credit card payments of a single Invoice.
The Online Payments report was renamed to be the Processed Payment report and now displays/prints the last 4 digits of the credit card, card type (if the card was swiped) and approval code.
The Ledger export now allows integration with AccountEdge Basic as well as AccountEdge (including Plus, Pro and Network Edition).
The Enstore sync has been optimized to handle larger stores.
Issues are now reported more consistently, if an error is encountered when a store is being backed up.
When an Invoice is created, the Pay window now comes up automatically, if the option is enabled in your store’s Preferences.