Our latest update to Activity Audit is now available on the Mac App Store. This update brings the Mac App Store version back in line with the version available direct from DssW.
A week of activity created by DssW Activity Audit
Activity Audit v1.1.1 entered the “review” stage for the Mac App Store on 18th October 2011. After some back and forth, the update was accepted on 21st November 2011.
Activity Audit v1.1.1 requires Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later. A free 14 day demonstration is available.
DssW launched an update to Power Manager today. This update improves a couple of bits and pieces, but nothing too significant has changed.
DssW Power Manager 3 for Mac OS X
The biggest change is our dropping of Mac OS X 10.3.9 support. With the introduction of Mac OS X 10.6, the time is right. We have supported Mac OS X 10.3, aka Panther, for four years.
Panther was the first generation of Mac OS X that could support Power Manager. Earlier generations of Mac OS X did not include the underlying functionality we needed.
It feels sad to say good bye to Panther. Going forward the decision makes sense; our efforts can be better directed, and new critical path technologies are calling that Panther can not emulate.
Supporting multiple generations of Mac OS X is not always easy. Each generation of Mac OS X introduces new technologies, methodologies, and quirks that demand a deep understanding of Mac OS X’s implementation.
That effort to support multiple generations of Mac OS X with one binary often results in a much more stable product.
I was pleased to note that Snow Leopard required no specific changes to Power Manager. Instead, we used the allocated time to improve the Login Window notification mechanism and port our process management to launchd.