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November 2014 Archived News

Be More Productive With Tomatoes - Pomodoro Technique Task Manager
Posted 11/25/2014 at 13:32 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Dollaropath today announces Tomatoes 2.0, a powerful productivity app for OS X. Tomatoes is inspired by the Pomodoro Technique and helps users be more efficient, organized, and productive in managing their tasks. Completely customizable with iCloud synchronization, Apple Reminders compatibility and a new user interface made for OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Tomatoes helps monitor the user's productivity by keeping track of activities and providing graphical and textual statistics reports.

PopChar X 7: Find characters by drawing their shapes
Posted 11/25/2014 at 13:31 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Ergonis Software today released PopChar X 7.0, a major new version of the company's award-winning tool for finding and inserting special characters as well as efficiently exploring fonts. PopChar 7 introduces a new "Shape Finder", which allows you to draw the shape of a character on the screen to tell PopChar what you are looking for. You just draw the approximate shape and click the Find button and PopChar comes up with all characters that resemble this shape.

Dropshare for iOS is out Now - Secure File Sharing Tool
Posted 11/25/2014 at 13:31 UTC in iOS by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Your very own secure file sharing tool for Mac OS X has now landed on iOS! Independent developer, Timo Josten today introduces Dropshare 1.0, a tool for uploading pictures, videos, screenshots and files of all kind from your iOS device to your own server, Amazon S3 or Rackspace Cloud Files. Dropshare natively supports Secure Copy a secure industry standard protocol for file transfers. Sharing files with friends, customers, colleagues or anyone else has never been so professional.

Deliver Express Now Supports Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite
Posted 11/25/2014 at 13:30 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Zevrix Solutions announces Deliver Express 2.4.5, a compatibility update to its automated solution to send and share files across the Internet and local networks. Deliver Express processes files automatically from watched hot folders and can serve multiple users on a network with a single copy of the program. The software offers email notifications, file compression, detailed history and more. The new version makes Deliver Express compatible with Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite.

SMS Export for iPhone - Backup SMS to Excel file using SMS Export Plus
Posted 11/25/2014 at 5:08 UTC in iPhone by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
mTouchLabs today announces SMS Export Plus 1.6, their productivity app exclusively for iPhone and iPod touch. SMS Export Plus allows you to backup iMessages and SMS from your device to a Mac in .xls format. Using SMS Export Plus, you can archive and maintain records of all your messages at a single location in Excel file. Browse all backup messages in the .xls file very easily. You can filter messages by sender or sort messages by time and date.

BBEdit 11.0.1 includes fixes for reported issues
Posted 11/25/2014 at 2:19 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
BBEdit 11.0.1 is a focused maintenance update to address reported issues.

Call Recorder for FaceTime also records Handoff relay calls
Posted 11/22/2014 at 13:20 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Call Recorder for FaceTime can now handle recording for phone relay calls. This way, if you get a call on your iPhone and answer it via your Mac thanks to the relay feature of iOS and OS X, you can still record the audio call.

AirParrot 2 brings Mac screen mirroring to Chromecast
Posted 11/21/2014 at 18:36 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
AirParrot 2 enables you to send your desktop display to an Apple TV-connected TV and version 2 enables support for Chromecast and number of other new features.

Acrosync LLC announces an rsync client that supports auto upload
Posted 11/21/2014 at 14:55 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Acrosync LLC releases Acrosync for Mac, a new rsync client with an easy-to-use GUI that also supports Dropbox-like automatic upload and Time Machine style incremental backups. Acrosync for Mac is a powerful folder synchronization tool based on the rsync protocol, so it can sync with any computer or device that has rsync installed, such as Mac and Linux computers, NAS boxes, and VPS or dedicated servers, or even rsync storage providers. Users may connect via SSH or Rsyncd and much more.

DEVONthink and DEVONnote 2.8.2: Indexing iCloud Drive and more
Posted 11/21/2014 at 5:32 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
DEVONtechnologies, LLC today updates all editions of its intelligent information and document manager DEVONthink as well as the smart notebook DEVONnote. Search the web like never before. DEVONagent queries all major and minor search engines, weeds out all the junk, and presents the really good stuff nicely ranked the way you want. Version 2.8.2 brings a few handy features, improvements, and bug fixes. The updates are free and recommended for all users.

NeoFinder for iOS is available today
Posted 11/20/2014 at 2:40 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Norbert M. Doerner announces the immediate availability of NeoFinder for iPhone and iPad. This new version of the amazing digital asset manager NeoFinder for Mac is the very first tool of this kind to offer your digital media catalogs "to go" on your iPhone or iPad. The app allows users to download catalogs from a Dropbox account plus geosearch for photos and movies on a map. NeoFinder for iOS is available today at the App Store.

Time Lapse 1.2 - World\'s First iOS App Recording Time Lapse with HDR
Posted 11/20/2014 at 2:39 UTC in iOS by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Lucky Clan today announces Time Lapse 1.2, an update to their popular video app developed for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Time Lapse was developed specifically for creating time lapse videos. Just select the interval and tap the \\\'Record\\\' button to start capturing frames. After recording is finished, the app saves the video to Camera Roll. Version 1.2 introduces HDR mode to time lapse videos, supports all devices with iOS 7, with improved iPhone 6/6+ support.

iOS 8.1.1 Update Released
Posted 11/17/2014 at 20:04 UTC in iOS by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
iOS 8.1.1 includes bug fixes and increased stability and performance improvements for both the iPad 2 and the iPhone 4s, two of the older devices that support the operating system.

OS X Updated 10.10.1
Posted 11/17/2014 at 20:02 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
OS X Updated 10.10.1 is now available and improves the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac. This update Improves Wi-Fi reliability; Improves reliability when connecting to a Microsoft Exchange server; Resolves an issue that may prevent Mail from sending messages through certain email service providers; Addresses an issue prevents connecting to remote computers using Back to My Mac; Resolves an issue where sharing services, Notification Center widgets and Actions may not be available; Addresses an issue that could cause Notiication Center settings to not be retained after a restart; Addresses an issue that might prevent the Mac App Store from displaying certain updates
Addresses an issue that could prevent some Mac mini computers from waking from sleep; Resolves an issue that might prevent Time Machine from displaying older backups; and Addresses an issue that might prevent entering text in Japanese.


BatchOutput for Microsoft PowerPoint Is Now Available on Mac App Store
Posted 11/17/2014 at 14:28 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Toronto based Zevrix Solutions announces that BatchOutput PPT, its output automation solution for Microsoft PowerPoint, is now available on Mac App Store. BatchOutput automates printing of multiple documents and allows to carry out professional PDF production directly from PowerPoint, eliminating the need for time consuming post-processing. In addition to batch printing users can optimize PDF files for various target devices, apply variable file names and protect PDF against unauthorized use.

Awaken 6 for Mac updated for Yosemite and iTunes 12
Posted 11/17/2014 at 14:28 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Embraceware Software today announces Awaken 6.0 for Mac. This major new version was visually redesigned and updated for Yosemite and iTunes 12. Awaken turns your Mac in the ultimate music alarm clock and sleep timer. The application supports multiple timers with sorting and labeling and can even launch applications or files. Users can select from over a dozen built-in sounds. Fall asleep to your music as well as gradually fade out the music volume and screen brightness.

Arq Backup 4.7.3 fixes memory leak
Posted 11/15/2014 at 4:29 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Arq Backup 4.7.3 fixes a bug with memory leaks where a workaround for memory leaks in Apple's Xcode 6 could not be found, so reverted to Xcode 5 and previous, working code.

Little Snitch 3.5
Posted 11/15/2014 at 4:22 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Little Snitch 3.5 includes Greatly improved support for iOS Simulator apps in Connection Alerts, Network Monitor and Configuration; Added support for showing iOS App Extension icons; Improved handling of via connection; OS X Yosemite changed how incoming ssh connections are handled. Incoming connections are no longer handled by sshd directly but instead by launchd. On OS X Yosemite, this version of Little Snitch automatically converts existing rules to ensure incoming SSH connections work as expected; Little Snitch menubar item no longer occupies space when disabled; and Software update checks are now using HTTPS. We will gradually enable HTTPS for all other connections to our servers in the near future.

Ring Menu takes the Mac App Store by storm
Posted 11/12/2014 at 13:47 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
In the first 72 hours Ring Menu has been downloaded over 6,000 times making it a Top 5 app in numerous stores all over the world. Ring Menu for Mac adds a circular menu containing apps, files and folders around the mouse cursor which responds to trackpad gestures and keyboard shortcuts. It is a perfect alternative to the Dock especially on big screen iMacs. Ring Menu features a dynamic item zoom which magnifies the items under your mouse cursor and comes in 6 different colors.

Ghump for iOS - Now it\'s easier to show your pictures on a Bigger Screen
Posted 11/12/2014 at 13:46 UTC in iOS by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Independent developer, Pedro Correia today announces Ghump 1.1, an update to his revolutionary photo streaming app for iOS devices. Ghump allows you to wirelessly stream pictures from your iPhone or iPad to larger screens, such as a TV, computer or any other device with an internet connection. Just like magic, effortlessly and without any cables show your pictures on any screen just by pointing your camera there. Version 1.1 adds the option to remove ads with a very minor bug fix.

Flows 1.0 released for iOS - Chat Without Internet
Posted 11/12/2014 at 13:45 UTC in iOS by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
epcsht introduces Flows 1.0, its new social networking app developed exclusively for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. Whether you are at a concert, stuck in the subway or travelling in another country, Flows enables you to connect to the people around you without using your Internet connection. Every user has a username and a unique colour signature. You can create different #flows inside the app which are similar to the channels in IRC. Express yourself, find new friends!

Hyperbolic Software releases Tidy Up 4: A complete duplicate finder
Posted 11/12/2014 at 13:45 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Hyperbolic Software today announced Tidy Up 4.0.0, the latest version of the award-winning duplicate finder and disk tidying utility. Tidy Up has become a must-have utility to reclaim disk space being taken up by duplicate files and packages. Tidy Up locates duplicate items using a wide range of criteria including owner application, time created or modified, name, label, extension and content. Version 4.0.0 introduces many new features to this already comprehensive tool.

Recover Calls History from iPhone - Save Call history to Mac or iPhone
Posted 11/11/2014 at 13:29 UTC in iOS by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
mTouchLabs today introduces Backup Call Logs 1.0, their new utility app exclusively for iPhone and iPod touch. Backup Call Logs allows you to backup your call history from your device to a Mac in .xls format. Perfect for home, traveling or business, you can archive and maintain records of all your call history at a single location in an Excel file. You can filter call info by sender, incoming, outgoing or sort calls by time and date. A detailed help guide is available within the app.

Audio Switcher 2.0.3 - Menu Bar Applet for Managing Audio Devices
Posted 11/11/2014 at 13:28 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Spike Software Inc. today announces Audio Switcher 2.0.3, an important update for its popular menubar applet utility developed exclusively for Mac OS X. Audio Switcher resides in the Status Bar, making it conveniently accessible from any application. It allows you to quickly switch your audio input and output between different audio devices. Version 2.0.3 introduces a re-configured preferences management system, improved auto-launch support and a few bug fixes.

Money by Jumsoft Updated for OS X Yosemite
Posted 11/11/2014 at 13:28 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Jumsoft today releases Money 4.6, a new update of its popular finance and budgeting app for OS X. Money by Jumsoft offers a powerful, comprehensive & intuitive system designed to help you keep control of your financial life. Oversee your account balances, track your income and spending, keep budgets, and have your data synced among your Mac, iPhone, and iPad via Dropbox. Version 4.6 features a number of interface and functionality improvements designed for full compatibility with OS X Yosemite.

Arq Backup 4.7.2
Posted 11/10/2014 at 14:37 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Arq Backup 4.7.2 changed to NSURLSession networking library (for OS X 10.9 and above) to work around a memory leak that occurred at random times during backup.

World Clock 1.2 launches with support for OS X Yosemite and more
Posted 11/10/2014 at 14:10 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
World Clock 1.2.1 from Komarov Mobile is a blazingly fast app that lets users convert one or multiple time zones with a simple flick, or add events to their calendar with a single tap. The new V1.2 update features support for OS X Yosemite, and provides users with: at-a-glance time data; an interactive widget for "Today's View," an updated look/feel; a faster way to add cities and time zones, an arrow identifying current location, and more.

Power APP released Disk Cleaner App with Data Analysis for Mac
Posted 11/10/2014 at 14:10 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Power APP today introduces Disk Cleaner! 1.0.0 for OS X, a Mac app to clean the hard disk from leftovers and unnecessary files. Among Disk Cleaner!'s most distinguished features is its ability to intelligently detect and remove browser cache files for all modern browsers. Disk Cleaner! can easily remove application, caches, old log files, browser preview images and much more. Users can easily & effectively free up tons of disk space by removing gigabytes of unneeded files from their hard drive.

Noizio - Your Subtle Companion - Free App on Mac App Store
Posted 11/10/2014 at 14:10 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Noizio LLC announces the release of their updated app, Noizio for Mac OSX. This is an app that will drown out the noise of the street and allow you to concentrate on the work at hand, increasing your productivity. On the other hand, it can also set the mood for a romantic evening or lull you to sleep, ensuring that you will dream soundly all night long. An ambient sound equalizer app for creating a mixture of ambient sounds. The new release fixes some minor bugs.

Output Factory Server for Adobe InDesign Now Supports Mac OS X Yosemite
Posted 11/10/2014 at 14:08 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Zevrix Solutions announces Output Factory Server 1.0.21, a compatibility update to its output workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign. Output Factory Server automates printing and exporting from InDesign by processing files from hot folders. The software offloads output tasks to a central system leaving operator workstations free from the output process. The new version makes Output Factory Server compatible with the recently released Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite.

Yummy Software Releases Yummy FTP 1.10.1 Update
Posted 11/10/2014 at 14:08 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Following its recent 10th Anniversary, Yummy Software today releases Yummy FTP 1.10.1, an update to their popular FTP + SFTP + FTPS file transfer client for OS X. Yummy FTP focuses on speed, reliability & productivity. Its highly tuned multi-connection file transfer engine is coupled with an intelligent recovery system to automatically handle most file transfer issues. This is complemented by an elegant dual pane user interface and impressive feature set, with many unique & useful capabilities.

QuartzCode 1.1 adds Swift support and more generated code options
Posted 11/07/2014 at 13:54 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Independent developer Wan Ahmad Lutfi today announces QuartzCode 1.1, an important update to his powerful code generation tool for OS X. QuartzCode is a lightweight and powerful animation tool that turns vector drawing and animation into Objective C and Swift code. This allows users to export code that can be entered directly into Xcode and allows the building of applications. In addition to Yosemite compatibility, version 1.1 now supports Swift code as well as more generated code options.

BatchOutput for Microsoft Excel Now Supports Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite
Posted 11/07/2014 at 13:53 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Zevrix Solutions announces BatchOutput XLS 2.2.2, a compatibility update to its popular output automation solution for Microsoft Excel on Mac OS X. In addition to batch printing and PDF exporting, the software lets users carry out automated professional PDF production directly from Excel eliminating the need for time consuming post-processing. The new version makes BatchOutput XLS compatible with the recently released Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite and addresses some stability and performance issues.

Max Secure updates its Mac Anti-Virus for WireLurker malware
Posted 11/07/2014 at 13:53 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Max Secure Software releases a live update for its Mac AntiVirus to detect and clean the new WireLurker malware. WireLurker infects iOS devices through trojanized Mac OS X apps and also infects non-jail broken iOS devices. Max Secure Malware research team has added multiple checks to detect the WireLurker malware. At Max Secure the AntiVirus apps for Mac and iOS are equipped to check and clean the WireLurker.

GhostReader 2.0: The most complete Text to Speech solution for Mac
Posted 11/07/2014 at 3:50 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Today ConvenienceWare introduces GhostReader 2.0, the easy to use Text to Speech solution to read texts aloud on your Mac. Offering full playback control, zoom, a pronunciation editor and word highlighting GhostReader can be used with a variety of text formats including PDF, Word, plain text and RTF documents and texts can be converted into audio files. GhostReader's new Plus version is a complete Text to Speech authoring solution that adds powerful speech tags and automatic language detection.

Precious Disk for OS X - Recover gigabytes of free space
Posted 11/07/2014 at 3:49 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
The Sovapps team introduces Precious Disk 1.0.0, its new hard drive utility for Mac OS X. Precious Disk is a powerful application that scans your disks or folders as fast as possible. The application allows you to get more space by tracking and reviewing all your file content. You can locate all your hidden files thanks to special filter and according to their size on your computer. Before moving them to the trash, it's possible to reveal in Finder or Quick Look for previewing file content.

Pixelmator 3.3 Limestone Out Now
Posted 11/07/2014 at 3:49 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
The Pixelmator Team today has announced Pixelmator 3.3 Limestone, featuring an all-new design, full feature and technology support for OS X Yosemite, and more. Pixelmator provides everything needed to create, edit, and enhance still images. Offering more than 100 new features and improvements, Pixelmator 3.3 Limestone adds complete OS X Yosemite feature and technology support and embraces new Continuity features as well as iCloud Drive support.

BatchOutput for Microsoft Word Now Supports Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite
Posted 11/05/2014 at 5:00 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Zevrix Solutions today announces BatchOutput DOC 2.3.2, a compatibility update to its output automation solution for Microsoft Word on Mac OS X. BatchOutput automates printing and exporting of multiple documents to PDF, and allows to carry out powerful professional PDF production directly from Word, eliminating the need for time consuming post-processing. The new version makes BatchOutput DOC compatible with the recently released Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite.

CS Odessa Updates ConceptDraw Applications to Support OS X Yosemite
Posted 11/05/2014 at 4:59 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Following the major software update of Apple OS X Yosemite, CS Odessa has released updates for its ConceptDraw productivity programs for Mac. ConceptDraw PRO v10 includes the ability to import and export Visio 2013 native file format. ConceptDraw MINDMAP v7 also has undergone changes to make it a best in class mind mapping and productivity tool. The dynamic troika of ConceptDraw products are premier software tools in use around the world.

Maintain Releases Cocktail 7.6.2 (Mavericks Edition)
Posted 11/05/2014 at 4:59 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Maintain has released Cocktail 7.6.2 (Mavericks Edition), the latest maintenance update for users running OS X Mavericks. Cocktail is a general purpose utility for OS X that lets users clean, repair and optimize their Macs. This version contains improvements on the 'Clear Adobe Flash Player cookies' procedure and fixes compatibility issues with EtreCheck. Cocktail also comes with an automatic Pilot mode that allows you to simply press a button, knowing that the app will take care of the rest.

Pro Altimeter - Barometric Altimeter App for iPhone 6/6+ and iPad Air 2
Posted 11/04/2014 at 14:26 UTC in iOS by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Virginia based Hunter Research and Technology today introduces Pro Altimeter 1.0, a new barometric altimeter app for the iPhone 6/6+ and iPad Air 2. Pro Altimeter has a simple interface based on the design of pocket altimeters and wrist altimeters used by explorers and outdoor adventurers. The app offers multiple calibration modes including the import of METAR data from airports within 100 miles (160km) of the user's location anywhere in the world.

Cartographer - the first GeoJSON editor on the Mac App Store
Posted 11/04/2014 at 14:26 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
UK based False Victories announces Cartographer 1.0, their new maps app for OS X. Cartographer allows developers to quickly add annotations to maps without the need to enter coordinates by hand. The app has been designed to work with Apple's MapKit framework on both OS X and iOS. The Cartographer file format supports all the features of Cartographer and developers can use the freely available CocoaPod - CartographerKit - to integrate it into their own applications.

SoundSoap 4: New Version Adds Powerful New Cleaning Capabilities
Posted 11/04/2014 at 14:26 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Audio technology company, Soundness today announces SoundSoap 4, an update to their award-winning audio noise reduction software for Mac and Windows. SoundSoap solves audio noise problems like unwanted hiss and background noises, clicks, pops, crackles, electrical hum, rumble, clipping, and low volume. It works as a standalone app or as an audio software plug-in for use in popular applications. This new version of the venerable SoundSoap software adds several important new features.

Ohanaware releases App Wrapper 3 OS X: Big update to App Store Prep Tool
Posted 11/03/2014 at 14:02 UTC in Mac by Greg Nye | Permalink | Tweet
Ohanaware Co., Ltd. today announces App Wrapper 3, a brand new version of their popular App Store preparation tool. App Wrapper was designed to simplify the process of preparing applications for submission to the Mac App Store and deploying on web sites. App Wrapper features a GUI for adding the required App Store properties, creating high resolution icons, code signing an application, placing an app into a App Sandbox & packaging it in a signed installer or creating a zip file and so much more.

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