You’ve come such a long way, µTorrent. I remember when I used to launch you on Windows, back in my other life when I was a PC user. Then I moved to a Mac, and started using the much-acclaimed Transmission, a fantastic client which has recently been updated to 2.0, with tons of new features and optimizations.
But like I said, you’ve come such a long way, kid.
One of the greatest things about the App Store is that you don’t have software licenses to keep. You have an account, you purchase apps, those apps are tied to your account. No paid upgrades to keep track of across mailboxes, no registration emails, in-app purchases at best. That’s why people buy applications in the App Store: because it’s simple and you only have to setup a Paypal account or enter your credit card details.
The same cannot be said about the Mac: there’s no unified store, and if you want an app you have to visit the developer’s website and download it. You have a license for each app, and storing all of them in a single location can be a huge time waster. That’s why softwares like AppChest come in handy and, guess what, we’ve got 5 (ahem) licenses to give away.
Writing about Tweetie for Mac updates has become some sort of a joke to me. “Tweetie for Mac has been updated? Yeah, sure.” That’s why many people last night didn’t initially believe Twitter actually pushed an update with OAuth support, and once they realized it was real, they just didn’t update. Why? Because they’re not trusting Loren Brichter anymore. And considering what happened to Tweetie for Mac last night, go prove them wrong.
Dropbox, the most popular online / desktop backup tool for Mac, just got a brand new feature: all your files in your Dropbox can be shared, not just those saved in the Public folder.
You just have to right click on a file or folder int he desktop or web view and select “Get shareable link”; this will redirect you to a web page with a short link for that file or folder. This is a long-awaited feature, which has made sharing file with Dropbox a lot easier. Good job.
I almost can’t believe I’m writing this: Tweetie for Mac has been updated. Sadly, it’s not the long awaited Tweetie 2, but at least it’s got OAuth support, meaning that the app won’t die when Twitter will officially kill the old authentication system.
Since Twitter acquired Loren Brichter’s Tweetie for iPhone and Mac, we all feared that the new team would only focus on the iPhone app, leaving Mac users behind with a version based on a deprecated authentication system. Knowing that they didn’t even have plans to make it an official client didn’t help either. Then, two weeks ago we reported that an update for the Mac version was on its way this month, and here it is: a rather minor update that brings OAuth, better Magic Mouse support and removes Fusion Ads according to Twitter’s new Terms of Service.
It’s kind of surprising though that there’s still no official word about the 2 version (we don’t want that much, a tweet would be enough) especially considering that thousands of users entered the latest MacHeist sale just to get their hands on an early beta version of Tweetie 2 for Mac. But, we heard some rumors last week from a source close to Loren, who claims that he’s up to “some amazing stuff for Tweetie”. I bet he is. Working at Twitter must be awesome.
Anyway, that’s not the point. There’s a new version, go check for updates, Tweetie for Mac won’t die. At this point, I’m afraid to say it’s enough.
You can find the changelog of the new 1.2.7 version after the break.
[UPDATE] They’ve pushed another build that fixes the authentication problems, 1.2.8. It’s available here. Still, you know my position about this.
Two weeks ago we reported that Adobe might be working on a Mac version of its popular audio editing tool Audition, as seen in a leaked Youtube video. Last night Adobe confirmed that a Mac version is indeed in the works, and that a beta version will launch later this year.
Transmission, the popular cross-platform torrent client, has been updated over the weekend to the final 2.0 version. Beta versions of 2.0 have been released in the past months for testing.
Transmission 2.0 brings very important changes such as a new compact view on Mac OS X, faster startup times and verification of data, a local peers discovery feature and optimization of downloads according to bandwidth available. Check out the full changes here, and check for updates if you’re running an old version of Transmission.
There’s two problems I ultimately have with iOS and the devices that support it. The first is push notifications, and the second is the stupid cable. Focusing on the cable, why hasn’t Apple implemented a wireless solution yet? While they dilly-dally with a much wanted feature, Macworld reports that Nova Media has announced their own solution for wireless syncing called iHub.
