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The following service packs are available for download at present. Please select the pack you require for instructions how to download and install. Most service packs are available in at least 3 different languages.

If the service pack for your version of MindView is not listed here, visit the Legacy Service Packs page.

  MindView 8 Update 8 (8.0.28554) Release date: 12/09/2022

Download links for full products:

MindView 8    MindView 8 AT

MindView 8 Update 8 (8.0.28554)

Release date: 12/09/2022


New Features:

  • Import/Export from Microsoft Excel
  • MindView now uses the Office Open XML file format (.xlsx) so Microsoft Office Excel is not required for import/export.

Fixed Issues:

  • The MindView 8 Installer now installs MindView on ARMx64 Windows without failing on installing Visual C++ Redistributable. MindView will still run in Emulator mode running Intel x64.
  • A number of other enhancements and bug fixes have been made.

MindView 8 Windows Update 7 (8.0.28530)

Release date: 11/14/2022


Fixed Issues:

  • Packed MindView documents containing attachments using file names with national or Unicode characters will now work as expected. This issue was introduced in the last update.
  • The updater will now preserve the license as expected during the update.
  • A number of other enhancements and bug fixes have been made.

MindView 8 Windows Update 6 (8.0.28310)

Release date: 9/14/2022


New Features:

  • Introduction of MindView Assist, a mobile app used to gather research information. Once collected by the app, the information is automatically displayed in MindView’s new Research panel.
  • Capture Tool:
    • Captures can now be saved to the new Research panel
    • It is now possible to continue capturing multiple items
  • Word Export now includes the APA 6th Edition and APA 7th Edition format templates.
  • Dragging an external image into MindView now shows a shell overlay of the image within the map view while dragging.
  • Online documents saved on MindView Drive now keep the previous versions history. Any previous version of a document can be restored directly from the Manage Files page.
  • A Recycle Bin tab has been added to the Manage Files page. Deleted files are moved to the Recycle Bin and kept there for 30 days.

Fixed Issues:

  • The pen recognition initialization is now done silently and will not report any errors during startup of MindView if pen support is not available.
  • Custom icons are now shown as expected in the Icons panel when their size is not 16×16 pixels.
  • A number of other enhancements and bug fixes have been made.

MindView 8 Windows Update 5 (8.0.27539)

Release date: 6/9/2022


Fixed Issues:

  • Fixed script exception issue in Backstage view which was introduced in some cases in newer Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime browsers.
  • Cells selected in the Gantt Outline now stay selected when changes are made.
  • Branches filtered out are now being shown as expected when using Find/Replace.
  • Word Export: Bibliography sources containing quotes are now exported as expected when using Citation Style Language (CSL) templates.
  • Fixed crash which happened in rare cases when deleting an assigned task resource and undoing the deletion.
  • Gantt charts exported in the Picture PDF format will now open as expected in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Editing and saving custom styles now works as expected.
  • A number of other enhancements and bug fixes have been made.

MindView 8 Windows Update 4 (8.0.26530)

Release date: 12/21/2021


Fixed Issues:

  • The Google Login authorization now uses the default browser. This has been done because of new Google restrictions which prevent login in embedded browsers.
  • Relative paths to network drives are now evaluated correctly in all situations.
  • It is now possible to cancel the opening of an online document.
  • Users working on online documents are now informed when the connection is lost.
  • The Icons panel now supports very high screen resolutions without clipping the icons.
  • Opening a shared document from a share link now works as expected when MindView is not already running.
  • When exporting the Gantt view to a picture, Resource names and Task names fonts are now rendered correctly.
  • Branch Locking on online documents now works as expected for users without an email associated.
  • The critical path is now calculated correctly in the special scenarios where weekday exceptions for individual users overlap the main calendar exceptions.
  • The calculation of resource work assignment with 0% units is now done correctly.
  • The Picture Export in PDF format from the Outline View or the Gantt View now works as expected in Acrobat Reader.
  • Performance improvements have been made to the Picture Catalog search.
  • A number of other enhancements and bug fixes have been made.

MindView 8 Windows Update 3 (8.0.25177)

Release date: 7/1/2021


Fixed Issues:

  • Coming out of sleep mode now forces online documents to be reloaded.
  • When the administrator de-activates MindView Online and MindView Drive, MindView now respects this setting and does not allow online documents to be opened.
  • Enhancements have been made to the login/activation process when working on very slow internet connections, thereby preventing the display of the “You are offline” error message.
  • Collaboration on online documents has been enhanced.
  • Hovering calculation cells containing formulas longer than 1024 characters now shows a tooltip as expected instead of an error message.
  • Publishing maps to the Public Library no longer causes MindView to stop responding or even freeze in some circumstances.
  • The Timeline Outline now updates the column headers automatically when the time type is changed.
  • PowerPoint export now handles filtered and focused maps as expected.
  • A crash was reported in the Text Editor module (ter.dll) due to memory corruption. The issue could not be reproduced but was confirmed as fixed by the client reporting the issue.
  • Accessibility enhancements have been made to the login dialogs.
  • A number of other enhancements and bug fixes have been made.

MindView 8 Windows Update 2 (8.0.24346)

Release date: 3/4/2021


New Features:

  • MindView 8 has achieved Digital Accessibility Centre accessibility accreditation:https://digitalaccessibilitycentre.org/index.php/matchware-mindview-8
  • MindView now has the ability to use the newly released Chromium-based Microsoft Edge WebView2 runtime browser as embedded browser.
  • The Microsoft Edge WebView2 runtime browser will be installed during normal installation. For administrative installations the administrator will need to install the runtime manually using this link: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2146428
  • Inserting hyperlinks now include the ability to browse for online documents on MindView Drive.

Fixed Issues:

  • MindView now works as expected when disabling “recent document history” via group policies.
  • Collaboration on online documents has been enhanced.
  • The Icons panel has been updated with keyboard-only access and voice feedback for screen readers.
  • An activation issue whereby MindView failed during activation in some rare cases when the computer name contained Unicode characters has been fixed.
  • Dragon® Naturally Speaking enhancements have been made.
  • Microsoft Word Export improvements
  • Microsoft PowerPoint Export improvements
  • Microsoft Excel Import improvements
  • Microsoft Project Import enhancements to manually scheduled tasks
  • A number of other enhancements and bug fixes have been made.

MindView 8 Windows Update 1 (8.0.23084)

Release date: 10/27/2020


New Features:

  • It is now possible to share online documents from within the Manage Files dialog of the Backstage view.
  • Administrators can now prevent access to MindView Drive and MindView Online for all users via the Accounts page.

Fixed Issues:

  • Login details are now saved as expected in all circumstances.
  • Sharing a local document from the Backstage view now follows the same procedure as sharing it from the Ribbon.
  • The progress dialog when saving to MindView Drive is now showing progress as expected.
  • Online access:
    • Saving an online document with a number as name now works as expected.
    • When a user is forced to logout all online documents are now automatically closed.
  • When logging out, MindView no longer displays the warning “MindView is set to Read Only mode” but instead shows the Login dialog.
  • Moving a group of branches now keeps the structure unchanged.
  • The moving branches overlay no longer shows the branch data.
  • Project Management: Projects that use scheduling from the end date now evaluate tasks correctly when resources have non-working days.
  • The Capture tool is now displayed in the correct language.
  • When publishing a map to the Public Library, national characters within the description are now handled as expected.
  • In some situations it was possible to start MindView several times. This has now been resolved.
  • Working with online documents no longer causes an “out of sync” dialog in some cases. The dialog only appears if users submit clashing changes simultaneously.
  • MindView now works as expected when changing the view type once the document has been saved.
  • The Microsoft Word import has been improved.
  • The Pictures panel is now refreshed as expected when dragging custom images to the User Area.
  • The “Tell me” help feature now works as expected.
  • Clicking the sort headers in the Manage Files dialog of the Backstage view no longer reloads the entire page.
  • Bookmarks:
    • Deleting a branch with a bookmark now also deletes the bookmark itself.
    • Going to a hidden bookmark now forces the view to show the bookmarked branch.
  • The Resources dialog in MindView Options has been updated.
  • A number of other enhancements and bug fixes have been made.

  MindView 8 Mac Update 8.5.4 (720) Release date: 5/10/2023

Download links for full products:

MindView 8    MindView 8 AT

MindView 8 Mac Update 8.5.4 (720)

Release date: 5/10/2023


Fixed Issues:

  • Fixed issue with inserting Research items from the Research panel under Ventura (macOS 13)

MindView 8 Mac Update 7 – 8.5.2 (716)

Release date: 11/16/2022


New Features:

  • The Filter function now supports import and export.

Fixed Issues:

  • Improved interaction with the Research panel.
  • Bibliography sources are now handled correctly when adding research items from the Research panel.
  • Improved compatibility with the PC version.
  • The Filter function is now active in the Outline and Gantt views.
  • Redesigned Filter inspector.
  • The Filter support of start/end dates now works correctly for all document timescales.
  • Improved Capturing to the Research panel.
  • Other UI/UX, stability, and performance improvements

MindView 8 Mac Update 6

Release date: 9/14/2022


New Features:

  • Introduction of MindView Assist, a mobile app used to gather research information. Once collected by the app, the information is automatically displayed in MindView’s new Research panel.
  • Capture Tool: Captures can now be saved to the new Research panel.
  • Word Export now includes the APA 6th Edition and APA 7th Edition format templates.

Fixed Issues:

  • Redesigned Capture panel
  • Improved Word Export
  • Improved compatibility with the Windows version
  • Fixed issue with Bibliography Import/Export of RIS format
  • Fixed issue with specific URL symbols when attached hyperlinks cannot be opened
  • Fixed issue with resizing of rotated pictures
  • Other UI/UX, stability, and performance improvements

MindView 8 Mac Update 5 – 8.0.6 (700)


New Features:

  • Style Editor
  • Import bibliography sources from RIS, MS Word XML
  • Export bibliography sources to RIS, CSL, MS Word XML
  • French Help

Fixed Issues:

  • Improved Toolbar
  • Improved Bibliography
  • Improved Export to Word
  • Improved French localization
  • Improved compatibility with the PC version
  • Fixed crash when changing the timescale in the Timeline view
  • Improved work with fonts
  • Other UI/UX, stability, and performance improvements

MindView 8 Mac Update 4 – 8.0.5 (690)


New Features:

  • Support for French language
  • Online Help

Fixed Issues:

  • Improved UI for macOS Big Sur
  • Improved Dark theme
  • Improved license managing and login to MatchWare Account
  • Improved compatibility with documents from previous versions
  • Improved UI of date/time pickers
  • Improved Danish translation
  • Improved Bibliography feature
  • Improved Image capturing
  • Improved Export to Word
  • Fixed issue with opening Project and Task dialog on macOS 10.12
  • Fixed issue with Preferences pane on macOS 10.11
  • Other UI/UX, stability, and performance improvements

MindView 8 Mac Update 3


New Features:

  • Added support for Zotero® reference manager
  • Added support for Mendeley® reference manager
  • Included import and export of bibliography sources in XML format

Fixed Issues:

  • Improved UI for macOS Big Sur
  • Improved Dark theme
  • Improved Presentation mode
  • Improved Accessibly features for editing branch titles
  • Improved Media Library UI
  • Improved Export to PowerPoint
  • Improved Export to Word
  • Improved license managing and login to MatchWare Account
  • Improved access to citations inserted in mind map elements
  • Improved Icons inspector
  • Improved Print View inspector
  • Improved compatibility with PC version
  • Fixed issue whereby text notes were lost when opening Mac document on PC version
  • Fixed issue whereby a default document created on Mac looked different on PC version
  • Fixed issue related to saving dates in MVDX format
  • Fixed issue related to saving column widths in Outline view
  • Redesigned Bibliography Manager
  • Redesigned Citation Manager
  • Redesigned Legend view and added function for applying a color or an icon to a selected branch
  • Redesigned Object List Inspector
  • Fixed issue whereby the last style used was not applied correctly when switching from Gantt or Outline view to Mind Map view
  • Fixed issue related to saving the state of the branch with focus
  • Fixed issue whereby captured branch pictures were not preserved after a system reboot
  • Fixed issue related to incorrect information areas in Outline view
  • Fixed issue related to pasting branch picture names
  • Fixed issue related to auto-sizing column widths in Outline view depending on contents
  • Fixed issue related to searching bibliography sources using WorldCat®
  • Fixed issue related to switching between Gantt view and Mind Map view in some circumstances
  • Fixed issue related to setting cost values
  • Modified the interface related to the duration scale of summary tasks for compatibility with the PC version
  • Fixed issue related to resetting the Media Library
  • Other UI/UX, stability, and performance improvements

MindView 8 Mac Update 2


What’s new in this version: 8.0.3 (654)

  • Native support for Apple Silicon Macs
  • macOS Big Sur style app icon
  • macOS Big Sur toolbar icons
  • Updated Touch bar icons
  • Improved Dark theme
  • Improved Presentation mode
  • Improved Accessibly features: contrast mode, VoiceOver and full keyboard access
  • Improved Quick Start document
  • Improved navigation between branches and floating objects on a document canvas
  • Improved stability on macOS 10.11
  • Improved compatibility with Windows version
  • Improved license management and login to MatchWare Account
  • Fixed issue relative to applying the Preferences option “Last used style as default style”
  • Fixed issue with updating the calendar picker view
  • Fixed issue with the recording of an Audio Note
  • Fixed issue with saving of the Power filter
  • Fixed issue with saving an outdated document preview
  • Fixed issue with incorrect map preview when exporting to Word
  • Fixed issue with unsupported styles and templates fonts on macOS
  • Changed default document style
  • Other UI/UX, stability and performance improvements

MindView 8 Mac Update 1


What’s new in this version: 8.0.2 (640)

  • Improved Branch Connections
  • Optimized handling of floating comments and floating pictures
  • New tab in the Preferences pane for managing licenses and MatchWare Account
  • Fixed issues with Export to Word
  • Fixed issue with oversized text notes in the Outline view
  • Improved compatibility with MindView for Windows
  • Improved compatibility with MindView Online
  • Compatibility with macOS Big Sur
  • Improvements to the Template library
  • Improvements to license management and login to MatchWare Account
  • Fixed crash on importing document from Word
  • Fixed issue with activating the Auto-Layout mode
  • Fixed issue with wrong date format in Preferences pane
  • Fixed issue with saving customized Project Calendars
  • Fixed issue with saving the state of the Outline view’s columns
  • Improved and optimized the Outline view drawing
  • Updated Quick Start documents
  • Added User Manual
  • Updated Help
  • Improved support of Danish language
  • Improved Dark theme
  • Other UI/UX, stability and performance improvements

  MindView 7 Windows Update 3 (7.0.18668)

Download links for full products:

MindView 7    MindView 7 AT

MindView 7 Windows Update 3 (7.0.18668)


Fixed Issues:

  • MS Project Import: Milestone tasks are now imported from MS Project as expected.
  • Export to Project Report: Durations are now shown with decimals as expected instead of rounding to the nearest number.
  • Word Export:
    • Exported documents containing embedded/attached MindView documents now open in Word without any errors.
    • Exported “Task Management” documents now show Priority and Completion fields as expected.
  • Word Import: Word Bibliography sources now import Authors and Editors as expected.
  • Excel Import: Formulas are now imported as expected.
  • Closing a document while editing a branch label no longer causes MindView to crash in some circumstances.
  • Sharing a MindView document as Email now works as expected.
  • Working with multiple monitors with different DPI scaling now shows the grid controls correctly.
  • Pen Mode: Saving branch labels as ink data now works as expected.
  • Dragon® Naturally Speaking enhancements have been made.
  • Browsing MatchWare Shared Workspace now lets you edit, create and delete files/folders as expected.
  • A number of other enhancements and bug fixes have been made.

  MindView 7 Mac Update 7 [7.3.0 (521)]

Download links for full products:

MindView 7    MindView 7 AT

MindView 7 Mac Update 7 [7.3.0 (521)]


New Features:

  • Full support for Danish language.
  • Gantt view and Outline view now support Small, Medium and Big font sizes.
  • Tasks can now be dragged.
  • Import/Export in OPML format.
  • Import from Visual Mind Document format

Fixed Issues:

  • Compatibility with macOS Big Sur
  • Other UI/UX, stability and performance improvements

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