10/22/2015

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Digest #3982

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Wed Oct 21, 2015 3:00 am (PDT) . Posted by:

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New iBook - Indie Game Development from Game Industry Veteran - Published on 10/21/15

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Magnin & Associates today introduces Indie Game Development - The Freedom to Create Your Game, available on the Apple iBooks Store. Relying heavily on veteran game developer, Ed Magnin's 35+ year career in the game industry, this eBook provides an overview of what it takes to make an indie game, covering a wide range of topics to help you through the many decisions you will have to make along the way. It should help new indie developers avoid some common pitfalls.

Farmers Branch, Texas - "Indie Game Development - The Freedom to Create Your Game" is now available on the Apple iBooks store. It covers many of the topics and questions any new studio should be asking themselves to avoid falling into some of the same pitfalls that others have. It relies heavily on veteran game developer, Ed Magnin's 35+ year career in the game industry. Ed worked for some of the top game developers of their day - MicroProse, Cinemaware, Virgin Games, and Park Place Productions, before starting his own studio in 1993 to focus on handheld games. After successful Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Nintendo DS, they continue to develop iOS, Android, and Windows Phone games.

Topics covered include:
* Before Indie (*)
* Third Party Development (*)
* Freedom (to make the game you want) (*)
* What does it take?
* What makes a good game?
* Game Concept
* Game Design Document
* Game Proposal
* Why games are late?
* Building a Team
* Technical Decisions
* Graphics Creation
* Importance of Audio
* How to manage a game project
* What do you do when you get behind
* Keep a progress file
* Some legal issues to consider
* Start play testing early
* Reaching the finish line
* It's time!
* Submission
* Approval
* PR and Marketing
* Giving Back

(*) included in Free sample version

Pricing and Availability:
To be affordable to indie game developers or those contemplating become one, it is priced around $15 USD (or equivalent local currency in the 50 iBooks stores around the world). To be easily accessible to indie game developers everywhere it is available for download on the iBooks store. The first three chapters are included in the Free sample version from iBooks. For a full review copy, send contact info and information about your publication to Ed Magnin.

Magnin Games: http://MagninGames.com
Indie Game Development - The Freedom to Create Your Game: https://itunes.apple.com/book/indie-game-development/id1039970569
Screenshot: http://www.edmagnin.com/images/IndieGameDev_Cover_800x1035.jpg

Ed Magnin has been actively involved in the game industry since 1979. Earlier in his career he worked for some of the top game developers of their day - MicroProse, Cinemaware, Virgin Games, and Park Place Productions. In 1993, he founded Magnin & Associates and has focused on handheld games ever since. For the last 6 years they have created over 20 for the iOS (with over a million App Store downloads), 7 for Android, and 6 for Windows Phone. All Material and Software (C) Copyright 2015 Magnin & Associates. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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Ed Magnin
Director of Development
972-378-4147
United States
Ed@EdMagnin.com

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Install Disk Creator 1.0 Simplifies Creating a Bootable OS X Installer - Published on 10/21/15

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Auckland based MacDaddy today announces Install Disk Creator 1.0, their new installer disk utility for Mac OS X. Install Disk Creator simplifies the process of creating a bootable OS X installer from Apple's Mac App Store installation files. Formerly only accomplished via the entry of arcane commands into the Terminal app, Install Disk Creator makes the process of creating a bootable Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan install disk simple enough for any experience level user to perform.

Auckland, New Zealand - MacDaddy today is proud to announce the release and immediate availability of Install Disk Creator 1.0, their Mac OS X utility application that simplifies the creation of a bootable OS X installation disk, which can then be used to install Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan on any compatible Mac computer. The application makes creating an OS X install disk a simple process for OS X users of any experience level.

"sudo /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app --nointeraction," That's the command that was required to create an OS X install disk up until the debut of Install Disk Creator. Creating an OS X El Capitan installation disk was formerly a complicated, arcane process. MacDaddy's Install Disk Creator simplifies the process, reducing the process to simply downloading the OS X installer from the Mac App Store, running the Install Disk Creator app, and selecting the drive to create the installation disk on.

"Creating an OS X Installation disk on a portable drive, such as a USB stick, has always required jumping through hoops," shared MacDaddy CEO Ben Slaney. "Most Mac users don't have the knowledge or patience to enter the complicated commands that are required to create an OS X installation disk. That's where Install Disk Creator 1.0 comes in. It reduces the process to simply downloading our app from the MacDaddy website, and the OS X installation files from the Mac App Store. plugging-in an 8GB or larger USB Stick, and running our app. In a short time, they'll have an installation disk they can use to install OS X 10.11 El Capitan on any compatible Mac."

Install Disk Creator is an easy to use application, that presents a clean and simply designed interface that can guide any user through the process of creating a Mac OS X installation disk. Novice users will appreciate the application's ease of use, while power users will appreciate the ability to create installation disks without the need to remember the entire series of commands that were once required to create an installation disk. All users will appreciate the convenience of having created a USB installation disk that they can use any time to install OS X on any compatible Mac.

Using Install Disk Creator to create an OS X installation disk is the only way to do a truly clean installation of OS X. While users can boot from the recovery partition to erase the main partition, it isn't a truly clean erase and install. And, in some cases the recovery partition may be damaged or missing. Install Disk Creator helps users avoid those issues.

"Many users like to install the new version of OS X as a fresh install," continues Slaney. "However, the way Apple now distributes new versions of OS X via the Mac App Store makes it difficult to do a fresh install without requiring the user to jump through a number of hoops. Install Disk Creator simplifies the process, making it easy for any user to create an installation USB stick, and use it to install OS X El Capitan on their Mac."

System Requirements:
* OS X 10.7 or Higher
* 64-bit Processor
* 1.4 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Install Disk Creator 1.0 is free, and is available worldwide exclusively through the MacDaddy website. Review copies are available upon request. Complete information about the application can be found on the MacDaddy website.

MacDaddy: http://macdaddy.io
Install Disk Creator 1.0: http://macdaddy.io/install-disk-creator/
Download Install Disk Creator: http://macdaddy.io/InstallDiskCreator.zip
Screenshot: http://macdaddy.io/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/InstallDiskCreatorScreenshot.png
Application Icon: http://macdaddy.io/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/icon_512x512@2x-700x700.png

MacDaddy, a subsidiary of Mac OSX File Recovery, aims to bring the most powerful but easy to use disk utilities for OS X to the public. MacDaddy is dedicated to making extremely powerful low-level software that is ridiculously easy to use. All Material and Software (C) Copyright 2015 MacDaddy. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh and Mac OS X are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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Ben Slaney
CEO
United States
press@macosxfilerecovery.com

Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mac-Data-Recovery-Guru/196958687048507
LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ben-slaney/44/714/1bb
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Packing Pro Creator QuinnScape Celebrates 7th year on the App Store - Published on 10/21/15

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QuinnScape is celebrating its 7th anniversary on Apple's App Store. Its flagship product, Packing Pro is a mobile packing app that features unlimited, 100% customizable packing lists, an extensive, yet flexible, catalog and handy sample lists that can be used as templates. Packing Pro, is based on the original, basic Packing (+TO DO!) travel app that was released in October 2008. These apps were two of the first few thousand apps on the App Store.

Taipei, Taiwan - QuinnScape is celebrating its 7th anniversary on Apple's App Store. QuinnScape's flagship product, Packing Pro, is based on the original, basic Packing (+TO DO!) travel app that was released in October 2008. These apps were two of the first few thousand apps on the App Store, compared to the over one million that are currently there today. During this time, both apps have kept pace with and added support for all of Apple's new iOS updates and devices, starting with iOS 2 and iPhone 3G, and progressing all the way up to the current iOS 9, iPhone 6s/6s Plus, iPod touch 6G, iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 4. Packing Pro has also remained in the top 10 or 20 for travel apps for much of this time.

Since its launch over 6 1/2 years ago, Packing Pro has been highlighted several times, including the current "Travel Survival Kit" and "Overseas Travel" promotions. It has also ranked at #1 for iPads and #2 for iPhones in the U.S. App Store's Travel section. Besides Apple, Packing Pro has also been recognized by CNN, WSJ, BBC, The New York Times, Expedia and Budget Travel, and has earned glowing reviews on major tech and app blogs (Gizmodo, Mashable, Macworld, CNET and iPhone Life, among others).

Packing Pro is a mobile packing app that features unlimited, 100% customizable packing lists, an extensive, yet flexible, catalog and handy sample lists that can be used as templates. A host of special functions include:

* Multi-item selection from catalog for speedy list building
* Multi-item & category editing for easy list & catalog management
* Collapsable categories with floating headers & running item tallies
* List sorting & filtering by packing status, priority, need to buy, bag and/or person
* Item, weight and value totals & subtotals
* Item images to eliminate any confusion - never again pack the wrong item
* Item & list alerts for user-set reminders
* Email export for list sharing
* Wireless printing
* Fully customized device support for all sizes of iPhone, iPod touch & iPad
* Full multi-lingual support for English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, Japanese & Chinese

Besides the core features listed above (which are also present in the basic Packing (+TO DO!) app), Packing Pro also gives its users the following Pro-level features:

* iCloud auto-syncing support
* Expert packing list wizard that can "automagically" create a list
* Email, iTunes, AirDrop, Dropbox & Box file sharing, backup & out-of-app editing support
* Customized design (themes, layout, fonts, colors, textures)
* Double-sized Master Catalog with over 800 items and to-do tasks
* Twice as many sample lists
* Smart Search

Seven years on Apple's App Store have given QuinnScape valuable experience, and Packing Pro, its star product, has stood the test of time and truly become an essential app for your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Check it out today!

Pricing and Availability:
Packing Pro is a universal app that is available for purchase worldwide on the iPhone & iPad App Store for $2.99 (USD), or the equivalent in local currency. The basic Packing (+TO DO!) app sells for $0.99.

QuinnScape: http://www.quinnscape.com/
Packing Pro 11.1: http://www.quinnscape.com/PackingPro.asp
Purchase and Download: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/packing-pro/id312266675?mt=8&uo=4&at=1l3v8Yv&ct=prmac
Video Demos: http://www.quinnscape.com/PackingPro-videodemo.asp
Screenshot: http://www.quinnscape.com/media/images/PackingPro-iPad-v11.1.png
App Icon: http://www.quinnscape.com/media/images/PackingPro-Icon-250x250.png

Since its founding in October 2008, QuinnScape has been managed by Quinn Genzel. Quinn is best known for his popular, top-ranking travel packing apps: Packing (+TO DO!) and Packing Pro. Packing Pro has been recognized by Apple, CNN, WSJ, BBC, National Geographic, Budget Travel, Fodor's, CNET, Macworld and a host of others as one of their top apps for traveling. Other app created by Quinn include a grocery shopping list app (Shopping Pro), nature appreciation apps (iLove Nature and iLove Birds), 3D VR action games (R.I.P and Ghost Buddy) and high-quality puzzles (the aQ's Pro Slider Puzzle series). Copyright (C) 2008-2015 QuinnScape. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Founder & Developer
Taiwan
support@quinnscape.com

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Apple Magic Keyboard and TrackPad Get Custom-fit Cases from WaterField - Published on 10/21/15

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WaterField Designs unveils new Keyboard and TrackPad cases to protect and carry Apple's Upgraded, Rechargeable Magic Keyboard and Magic TrackPad 2. These Made-in-America tan waxed canvas and black ballistic nylon cases provide varied levels of protection and can easily be stowed under an arm or in a messenger bag, backpack or briefcase. The Keyboard Travel Express has no-scratch, padded pockets for the new Magic Keyboard, a Magic TrackPad 2 or Magic Mouse 2 and other essential accessories.

San Francisco, California - WaterField Designs, a San Francisco manufacturer of custom laptop sleeves, bags and cases for digital gear, unveils the custom-fit Magic Keyboard Slip, Keyboard Socket and Keyboard Travel Express to hold the new smaller and thinner Apple Magic Keyboard. Ready for the new Magic TrackPad 2 as well, WaterField announces a new custom fit TrackPad Slip and Socket case. The Magic Keyboard sleeve s and Magic TrackPad 2 case s protect these redesigned, rechargeable Apple devices from bag contents, dings and spills, and the Travel Express organizes the Magic Keyboard, Magic TrackPad 2 or Magic Mouse 2 and a few other necessities all in one, protective case.

"Many laptop and tablet owners use a separate keyboard with their mobile devices to avoid potential Repetitive Strain Injuries (like carpel tunnel syndrome) and other ergonomic problems," explained founder Gary Waterfield, "But - as too many of us know from experience - one small spill can instantly ruin a Keyboard or TrackPad. We designed the Magic Keyboard and TrackPad 2 cases to protect these devices so that users can take them from workstation to workstation or from work to home with peace of mind."

WaterField designs and manufactures all its gear in San Francisco allowing for quick turnaround time on custom cases for new devices from Apple and its competitors. Three options for the new Apple Magic Keyboard offer mid to light protection for these sensitive keyboards. The Keyboard Slip, in black ballistic nylon or tan waxed canvas is lightly padded, and the Keyboard Socket, a soft pouch, keeps dust and grit from getting into the device. Each includes a rear mesh pocket to hold the Lightening to USB Cable. The Keyboard Travel Express has no-scratch, padded pockets for the new Magic Keyboard, a Magic TrackPad 2 or Magic Mouse 2 and other essential accessories. WaterField's TrackPad Slip case and TrackPad Socket offer similar levels of protection for this refreshed Apple device.

The new Keyboard Travel Express, Keyboard Slip, Keyboard Socket, TrackPad Case and TrackPad Socket can be stylishly stowed in any of WaterField Design's messenger bag s, briefcase s or tablet bags.

Pricing and Availability:
* Keyboard Travel Express - Price: $59. Colors: Black ballistic nylon or tan waxed canvas.
* Keyboard Slip - Price: $29. Colors: Black ballistic nylon with black piping or tan waxed canvas with copper piping. Rear mesh pocket.
* Keyboard Socket - Price: $15. Color: Black.
* TrackPad Slip - Price: $25. Colors: Black ballistic nylon with black piping or tan waxed canvas with copper piping. Rear mesh pocket.
* TrackPad Socket - Price: $12. Color: Black.

WaterField Designs: http://www.sfbags.com/
Magic Keyboard Case Collection: https://www.sfbags.com/collections/magic-keyboard-cases
Magic TrackPad 2 Case Collection: https://www.sfbags.com/collections/magic-trackpad-cases
Screenshot: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0281/2796/products/Keyboard_Slip_detail_grande.jpg?v=1445276794

WaterField Designs is an innovative San Francisco designer and manufacturer of bags and cases for tech-savvy consumers who want to stylishly and responsibly transport their technology. WaterField manufactures custom-fitted, high-quality cases and bags for a full-range of laptop computers, smartphones, tablets, gaming devices and other digital gear. All products are manufactured to exacting standards entirely in San Francisco. More information at "Our Story." Copyright (C) 2015 WaterField Designs. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Magic Keyboard and Magic TrackPad 2 are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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Heidi Marzke
Director of PR and Marketing
415-552-8572
United States
heidi@sfbags.com

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Bel Math Apps releases Math BK5 2.1 - Popular Educational iPhone App - Published on 10/21/15

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Bel Math Apps today announces Math BK5 2.1, an important update to their popular educational iPhone app. Math BK5 provides quizzes for Whole Numbers and Decimals and covers addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Content is aligned with CCSS Mathematics Standards for grades 1 through 6 and covers 3 domains: Operations & Algebraic Thinking, Number & Operations in Base Ten, The Number System. All quizzes have multiple levels of complexity. Version 2.1 sports a new user interface.

San Jose, California - The educational independent company, Bel Math Apps today is proud to announce the release of Math BK5 2.1, an important update to their popular educational iPhone app. Math BK5 offers an advanced approach to practicing elementary/middle school mathematics and provides a wide spectrum of mathematical exercises with whole numbers & decimals. It covers addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Math BK5 content is aligned with CCSS Mathematics Standards requirements and covers the following domains of CCSS for grades 1 through 6: Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Number and Operations in Base Ten, The Number System.

A direct connections between Math BK5 content and CCSS standards for Mathematical Practice:
* Provides opportunities and tools for teachers and school administrators to effectively implement the Common Core State Standards for Mathematical Practice
* Helps students, parents and teachers to be on the same page
* Help parents to understand the abilities and skills their kids should develop at different grade levels

Math BK5 offers four executive pages for whole numbers and four executive pages for decimals to practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Quizzes for each arithmetic operation are divided into five levels of complexity. The Bel Math Apps website offers the special table defining what complexity level must be chosen for the student to practice CCSS Math Standard skills at the specific grade.

All quizzes are organized in sessions. When a session is completed, the session results are copied to the Clipboard. A user can paste Clipboard content into iPhone applications like Mail or Notes for later analysis. The session results could be sent by email through Mail application or/and could be saved using application Notes.

Most important features of Math BK5:
* The learning process is based on the same concepts, terminology and rules as the standard paper process taught in school
* Multiple levels of complexity
* Easy to learn, easy to operate
* No distractions
* The flexible nature of the apps allows to fit the needs of any student
* The apps help parents and educators to locate their students weak spots
* The app quickly improves the students skills and performance
* Math BK5 allows sending the results of the practice session to the parent or teacher immediately after a session is finished
* Math BK5 allows to save the session results in files

Math BK5 could be used by students to hone math skills, by parents to examine kids math knowledge, and by teachers to create tests/individual quizzes. Bel Math Apps is committed to protecting the privacy of kids and parents. Based on Bel Math Apps privacy policy, Math BK5:

* Does not collect of any personal identity information
* Does not disclose any personal information to third parties
* Has no links to the promotion sites, to referral type-sites and to educational applications of other companies
* Does not include any in-app purchases, any adds, any links to third party services

Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPhone
* Requires iOS 6.1 or later
* 1.2 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Math BK5 (v2.1) is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Education category.

Bel Math Apps: http://www.belmathapps.com/
Math BK5 (v2.1): http://www.belmathapps.com/QuizIphone/startIphone.html
Purchase and Download: https://itunes.apple.com/app/math-bk5/id578101335
Screenshot: http://www.belmathapps.com/QuizPictures/PlusMultiBK5.png
App Icon: http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple3/v4/e5/85/32/e5853268-d120-5ae5-56f2-f2a118565a4e/icon175x175.png

Bel Math Apps is a small company that was created 3 years ago by a husband and wife (both with a Ph.D. in Mathematics and with teaching experience). Bel Math Apps specializes in mobile apps for the iOS and Android that help to analyze and enhance kids math skills by offering a new approach to practicing elementary and middle school mathematics. Quizzes offered by Bel Math cover all arithmetic operations with whole numbers, fractions, decimals and integers; Statistics (mean, median, mode, range). Currently 6 applications and one bundle are available on the AppStore and 2 applications are available on Google Play. Applications have a few levels of complexity, which allow the alignment of the application with any grade-level standards. Another important feature of Bel Math Apps applications is the ability for parents/teachers to get or send a real time email notification about practice results. All Material and Software (C) Copyright 2015 Bel Math Apps. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the
Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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Tatyana Belyavskaya
Managing Director
4085178852
United States
ytbel@pacbell.net

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Twocanoes Releases Boot Runner 2.3 with OS X El Capitan Compatibility - Published on 10/21/15

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Twocanoes Software today announced the release of Boot Runner 2.3 with support for OS X 10.11 El Capitan. Boot Runner is the go-to startup solution for dual-boot Macs in classrooms, labs and enterprise workspace. Boot Runner makes it easy to manage startup of dual-boot Macs to assist users in selecting an operating system and for automating startup to ensure critical Windows security patches get installed at a specified time. Boot Runner 2.3 is a free update for Boot Runner 2 customers.

Naperville, Illinois - Twocanoes Software today announced the release of Boot Runner 2.3 with support for OS X 10.11 El Capitan. Boot Runner is the go-to startup solution for dual-boot Macs in classrooms, labs and enterprise workspaces. Boot Runner 2.3 makes it easy to automate startup control to ensure that Mac-based Windows systems are ready when critical security patches arrive. Boot Runner 2.3 includes detection of and notification for OS X 10.11 El Capitan's System Integrity Protection.

Boot Runner includes a user-friendly startup selection screen to assist users in choosing the Mac, Windows or virtual environment they need to get work done. Boot Runner 2.3 is a free update for Boot Runner 2 customers with active maintenance contract. Boot Runner is the ideal solution for managing startup control of one or thousands of Macs running multiple operating systems, including virtual machines.

A deep set of controls are available to administrators for remote startup of groups of machines for specific uses or to perform maintenance. Boot Runner scheduling enables administrators to ensure the availability of Windows or other operating systems during scheduled maintenance windows. Mass deployment of Boot Runner managed preferences or configuration profiles takes effect immediately, giving full remote and automated control of Mac boot behavior and state for all of the Macs under management.

The Boot Runner selection screen provides a user-friendly guide for users to choose among available startup volumes. This selection screen can be further customized to include class or curriculum information, graphics and branding. Boot Runner 2.3 includes the following features:

Disks:
* Support for Boot Camp partitions including Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7
* Support for OS X 10.9 or higher including OS X 10.11 El Capitan
* Support for virtual machine startup (Parallels, VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox)
* Support for Chrome OS and Linux-based operating systems

Administration:
* Schedule startup into specific OS for scheduled maintenance or group usage
* Remote management of boot selection
* Remote management of selection screen
* Display or hide restart button
* Display or hide shutdown button

Selection and Login:
* Menu bar boot selector
* Custom login options
* Auto-login to OS X account
* Auto-launch of virtual machine host
* Auto-logout and return to Boot Runner selection screen
* Control virtual machine shutdown and logout

Interface:
* Custom boot volume icons
* New screen customization options
* Customize selection screen popover text
* Customize marquee text formatting

Boot Runner 2.3 System Requirements:
* Mac OS X 10.9 or higher including El Capitan OS X 10.11

Optional:
A Boot Camp partition and/or virtual machine operating system with a supported installed OS such as Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Chrome OS and Linux.

Boot Runner 2.3 is available now at the Twocanoes online store. Volume & Educational pricing is available for any number of Macs. Boot Runner 2.3 Lab and Site Licenses now include the first year of premium support and maintenance for free.

Twocanoes Software: http://twocanoes.com/?utm_source=prmac&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=boot_runner_2.3
Boot Runner 2.3: https://www.twocanoes.com/products/mac/boot-runner/?utm_source=prmac&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=boot_runner_2.3
Screenshot: https://tc-static.s3.amazonaws.com/images/boot-runner2-screen-shot.png
App Icon: https://tc-static.s3.amazonaws.com/images/boot_runner_el_capitan_ready375X375.png

Based in Naperville, Illinois, Twocanoes Software was founded by Timothy Perfitt in 2012. Focusing on iOS and OS X exclusively, Twocanoes provides customers with software to perform complex IT tasks with minimum effort. Copyright (C) 2015 Twocanoes Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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Timothy Perfitt
Owner
United States
contact@twocanoes.com

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A Better Finder Rename 10 for Mac OS X launches with new features - Published on 10/21/15

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publicspace.net announces the immediate availability of the 10th generation of their batch file renaming solution for Mac OS X. A Better Finder Rename has long been the leading file, photo, video and music renaming utility on the Mac. The app is a sophisticated tool that caters for the full range of file renaming tasks encountered by the creative professional. Version 10 adds improved preview, change highlighting, a new look and a sophisticated multi-step renaming interface.

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg - publicspace.net announces the immediate availability of the tenth generation of its batch file renaming solution for the Macintosh. A Better Finder Rename has long been the most complete file renaming solution on the market and has transformed the tedious and time-consuming task of renaming multiple files into a simple matter of seconds for tens of thousands of creative professionals across the world. It is based on nearly twenty years of listening to our users and addressing their requirements to the best of our abilities.

A Better Finder Rename is a sophisticated tool that caters for the full range of file renaming tasks encountered by the modern creative professional. Its streamlined interface includes an instant preview feature that eliminates guess work and reduces error. The tool features capture time and date extraction (EXIF JPEG and most RAW formats) for digital photographers, ID3 tag extraction for music lovers, regular expression support, plain-text file import for renaming from databases and many other advanced features.

The renaming engine is capable of handling very large renaming jobs with ease and it meets file renaming challenges, such as file name conflicts, swaps and dependency cycles that other such tools leave unaddressed, head on. The renaming engine leverages all the latest Mac OS X technologies by using a 64-bit multi-threaded architecture based around the Core Data database system.

Version 10 introduces Change Highlighting within its Instant Preview table to make it easier than ever to dial in the correct settings. The Multi-Step Rename Interface, which enables even the most complex renaming tasks to be addressed, gets a major overhaul to make it much easier and more intuitive to use. The new Preview Pane provides extensive information about any selected file including a graphical preview of the file's contents and its meta-data. Finally, version 10 features a new graphical style that merges seamlessly with the Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan aesthetics.

"A Better Finder Rename" is ideally suited for creative professionals, digital photographers, web masters, music collectors, audio specialists, users who need to transfer files from Windows or UNIX, as well as for all other Macintosh users who routinely deal with large numbers of files.

System Requirements:
* Mac OS X 10.7 Lion or later
* 15 MB Hard Drive space

Upgrades:
Version 10 is a free upgrade for customers who have purchased A Better Finder Rename after the 1st of January 2015 or who own a forever upgrade. Discounted upgrade prices are available from our web store and start at $12.95 (USD) for a single user license.

Pricing and Availability:
A Better Finder Rename may be purchased for $19.95 (USD). Family, Business and Enterprise licensing is also available. Customers may chose to include a "forever upgrade" with their purchase.

publicspace: http://www.publicspace.net/
A Better Finder Rename 10: http://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFinderRename/index.html
Download A Better Finder Rename 10: http://www.publicspace.net/download/ABFRX10.dmg
Online Store: http://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFinderRename/order.html
Screencast of version 9 (Tool Demonstration): http://www.publicspace.net/movies/abfr9/abfr9_screencast.mov

publicspace was founded by Frank Reiff in 1996 with the aim of producing affordable best-of-breed software for the Macintosh. In the past decade, our A Better Finder series of file utilities and our MacBreakZ personal ergonomic assistant have become familiar fixtures of the Macintosh community. publicspace also produces "The Big Mean Folder Machine" and Vitamin-R. Copyright (C) 2015 publicspace. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo and Mac are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Frank Reiff
Owner/Founder
Luxembourg
reiff@publicspace.net

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InPreflight for Adobe InDesign Now Supports Mac OS X El Capitan - Published on 10/21/15

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Toronto based Zevrix Solutions today announces InPreflight Pro 2.11.19, a compatibility update to its document preparation solution for Adobe InDesign. Described as "delightfully simple to use" by Macworld magazine, InPreflight is an all-in-one solution to check InDesign documents for errors, automatically collect multiple files for output and ship them to final destination. The new version makes InPreflight compatible with the recently released Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan.

Toronto (ON) Canada - Zevrix Solutions today announces the release of InPreflight 2.11.13, a compatibility update to its document preparation solution for Adobe InDesign. InPreflight is a powerful all-in-one solution to check InDesign documents, collect them for output and ship to final destination. InPreflight helps graphics and print professionals prevent costly mistakes by uncovering hidden problems, reduce production time and costs, as well as save disk space through smart batch-packaging.

The new version makes InPreflight Pro compatible with the recently released Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan and is offered as a free update to the licensed users. A number of user interface elements were updated to display properly across multiple OS X versions.

"InPreflight provides excellent display of document's elements with full control over preflighting and file collection," says Michael Anikst of Anikst Design in London, UK. "I am designing very big books on art, and In Preflight lets me keep all my documents in perfect order."

InPreflight Pro provides a complete document preparation solution for printers, prepress shops, ad agencies and publishing houses. The software can package multiple InDesign jobs automatically with the option to collect all files into one folder. It eliminates the need to collect the same links multiple times for each design saving users gigabytes of disk space and hours of production time. In addition, the collected jobs can be sent automatically over the Internet and locally.

As a quality control tool, InPreflight quickly checks InDesign documents for common problems, as well as for hidden issues such as TIFF and EPS compression, embedded fonts and illegal link locations.

Pricing and Availability:
InPreflight Pro can be purchased from Zevrix website for $99.95 USD (Studio version: $39.95), as well as from authorized resellers. Trial version is available for download. The update is free for licensed users of version 2, and $50 from earlier versions. InPreflight requires Mac OS X 10.6-10.11 and Adobe InDesign CS3-CC 2015.

Zevrix Solutions: http://zevrix.com
InPreflight 2.11.13: http://zevrix.com/InPreflight.php
Download InPreflight: http://zevrix.com/InPreflight.dmg
Purchase: http://zevrix.com/store.php
Screenshot: http://zevrix.com/screenshots/ipf2/ipf2-main-no-doc.png

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides automation and productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Cloud and Creative Suite software, PDF workflows, graphic file diagnostics and Microsoft Office output on Mac OS. Zevrix is dedicated to help professionals increase their profits through automating everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit their website. Copyright (C) 2015 Zevrix Solutions. All Rights Reserved. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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Leo Revzin
Owner
858-206-0607
Canada
leo.revzin@zevrix.com

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