BigBen 2.0 now in the iTunes App Store

It’s been a long time coming, but we’ve finally updated BigBen with some hi-res photos and professionally recorded chimes. It now plays every quarter and correctly starts the chime on the hour, to end in time for the first bong to play as the clock strikes the hour. Check it…
Big Ben, General, iOS Apps

TypeIt4Me 5.1(45) adds PPC support

A few users alerted me last week that 5.1 (44) no longer worked on their PPC (non-Intel) Macs. Turns out that in order to compile for PPC, Xcode 3.2.6 now requires manual intervention to change the default setting, which is now Intel only. Today, we replaced the TypeIt4Me binary included…
Mac Apps, TypeIt4Me

TypeIt4Me 5.1 (44) Released Today

Select Check for updates from the TypeIt4Me menu. If you purchased TypeIt4Me from the Mac App Store, the new version will show up in your updates list in a week or so, once Apple approves it. New or changed features: Added Show Duplicates. Added warning when pasting clippings (cmd-v) would…
Mac Apps, TypeIt4Me

Firefox bug affecting TypeIt4Me and all text expanders fixed

A bug in Firefox can prevent any text expander, including TypeIt4Me, from observing keyboard input because “Secure Event Input” is enabled when a user enters a password but not always disabled when leaving the password field. This bug was reported back in April 2010 and the Mozilla team have now…
TypeIt4Me

TypeIt4Me is an Apple Staff Favourite. Now only $19.99.

Good news, everyone: in the wake of an unprecedented surge in sales of TypeIt4Me, we’ve reviewed our pricing model and decided to permanently lower prices across the board – with the cost of a standard single user licence dropping from $27 to just $19.99. We feel this’ll prove to be…
Mac Apps, TypeIt4Me