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This article will discuss the areas of MacPractice that have been changed in 11.1, and how to use the replaced features.
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Introducing the Inspector
The drawer icon, typically located in the lower left corner of the MacPractice window, has been replaced with an "I" icon for the Inspector. The Inspector behaves very similarly to the Drawer. It will display context-appropriate options depending on where you are in MacPractice.
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Regardless of the method used, the Inspector view will pop out from the right, and can be resized.
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Changes to Reference Reports
Reference Reports have mostly stayed the same thanks to the new Inspector. Whenever you would want to review any report information that was normally in the Drawer, you can simply open up the Inspector to get the same contextual information you used to!
Changes to Scheduling Repeating AppointmentsÂ
Prior to MacPractice 11, scheduling repeating appointments required the use of the drawer. We've moved that functionality into the Schedule Ability.
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The Repeated Appointments table at the bottom displays every appointment that will be generated with this configuration. If this is acceptable, click the "Save" button in the lower right of the Appointment sheet to save the generated appointments to the schedule.
Changes to Transparencies
Transparencies used to be split between the Schedule and the Drawer in terms of accessibility. When we evaluated Transparencies in terms of how it functioned in the old Drawer, we realized there were some opportunities to re-organize Transparencies to be a bit more intuitive.
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Let's walk through the new workflow of how to add a transparency type, and then to add a transparency block.
Transparency Workflow
First, you'll navigate to the Schedule. In the sidebar, scroll down until you see "Transparency Type". Expand this node to see your pre-existing Transparency Types. The main Schedule window will now display the configuration screen for Transparency Types. This will look very similar to the old Drawer and the Transparencies tab.
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