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Sparrow 1.6.1 – Minimalist e-mail for IMAP accounts.

AppKed — Sat, 19 May 2012 02:28:01 +0000

Sparrow is a minimal e-mail application designed to keep things simple and efficient.
No gimmicks here… just your mail and nothing else.

Sparrow supports IMAP and POP:
You can use the following mail providers with Sparrow:
- Gmail (classic and Google apps)
- MobileMe
- Yahoo!
- AOL
- Any custom IMAP server
- Hotmail, MSN, Live …

Features:

Conversations:
Quickly flick through threaded conversations on your Mac like never before.

Quick Reply:
Responding to your mail as never been so simple. Click, write, and send in the same window.

Facebook Integration:
See the profile picture of your friends and even ‘Add friends’ directly from Sparrow.

Unified Inbox:
All your mail in one place.

Labels and Folders:
Create and edit labels and folders right from Sparrow. Easily keep a clean and tidy inbox.

Formatting Bar:
Change fonts, add bulleted or numbered list. Sparrow makes it easy to customize your mail.

Quick Look:
Simply press space to preview all your attachments.

Inline Attachments:
Drag & drop images and documents straight into your mail.

Cloud Attachment:
With Dropbox & CloudApp, sending a mail with attachment has never been simpler. Drag, Drop and sync.

Notifications:
Stay up to date with your mail stream on selected accounts.

Alias:
Sending mails from different addresses has never been this easy.

Priority Inbox:
If you use Gmail, Sparrow supports Priority Inbox.

Minimal Mode:
Hide message previews and the sidebar. See more mail at a glance.

Extended Sidebar:
View all your folders, labels, and mail accounts straight in the main view.

What’s New in Version 1.6

New features:
- POP support
- Esc on Quick Reply saves as draft
- Empty spam
- Unified inbox shows starred, sent, drafts, etc.
- Inbox zero message
- Composer: tab toggle now works for selecting the sending account
- Pull to refresh updates list of starred messages / unread messages / priority messages
- Shift-cmd-option-M toggles Extended Sidebar
- App startup time improvement

Bug Fix:
- Fixed avatar behavior (thanks to Ellis Hamburger)
- Improved charset decoding
- Remove flickering when message list is empty
- Fixed scrollers behavior in sidebar
- Random scroll in the list when switching folder
- Parsing issue with Asana mail
- Periodical log clean up
- Improved contacts synchronization from Gmail
- Draft icon aligment in conversation view
- Refresh folders list periodically
- Avoid marking conversations as read automatically when it was previously selected and mailbox is empty
- Handle additional international subject reply and forward prefix

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ScreenFlow 3.0.6 – Create screen recordings.

AppKed — Sat, 19 May 2012 01:42:49 +0000

ScreenFlow is powerful, easy-to-use screencasting software for the Mac. With ScreenFlow you can record the contents of your entire monitor while also capturing your video camera, microphone and your computer audio. The easy-to-use editing interface lets you creatively edit your video, and add additional images, text, music and transitions for a truly professional-looking video. The finished result is a QuickTime or Windows Media movie, ready for publishing to your Web site or blog or directly to YouTube or Vimeo. Use ScreenFlow to create high-quality software demos, tutorials, app previews, training, presentations and more.
WHAT’S NEW

Version 3.0.6:

· When splitting a clip in the timeline, the clip to the right of the split line is now selected
· Improved French and German translations
· Fixed diagonal skew on exported video when exporting using certain Intel HD chips
· Fixed error causing the loss of a few pixels on the left side of image during export in certain workflows
· Fixed strange behavior on certain video scale actions
· Fixed anti-aliasing on rotated clips
· Fixed the maximum duration for a transition in the inspector so as not to create an invalid state
· Fixed frame drops during export
· Reduced memory usage that could cause the application to crash
· Fixed runtime error (SCUndoManger) for timeline clip movements caused by pressing “undo” while the mouse is still engaged in the action
· Fixed audio dropouts on screen recording content when previewing
· Removed ‘ShowMyDesktop’ device from the available capture devices to prevent it being selected
· Fixed an issue that caused video anomalies in exported files when two clips have callouts with same properties next to each other
· Fixed a bug that was triggered by certain annotations
· Fixed garbled audio from DV cameras when running at 48khz
· Fixed an issue that causes export error -108
· Fixed visual corruption in Freehand callouts
· Fixed display of non-SMPTE times in timeline when zoomed
· Fixed lockups caused by exporting text boxes
· Fixed issue that caused video to repeat when using Publish to YouTube
· Prevented a transition duration from being created that could overlap a second clip in an ‘invalid’ way
· Fixed an issue that caused the timeline to resize when changing the length of the final clip in the timeline
· Prevented the ability to undo actions in your project during export
· Improved the display of In / Out selection on timeline when there are multiple layers
· Fixed media controller in preview becoming partially obscured with certain source sizes
· Fixed deadlock related to text boxes being on-screen when exporting
· Fixed Highlight Foreground Window Callout in Mountain Lion OS
· Fixed issue causing selected range when uploading to YouTube creating overly long movies
· Fixed issue when exported video wouldn’t contain the exact same frames as shown in the preview
· Fixed display of audio volume percentage field when cleared
· Implemented ‘Developer ID’ code signing for Mountain Lion

Pixelmator 2.0.4 – Powerful layer-based image editor.

AppKed — Sat, 19 May 2012 01:28:25 +0000

Pixelmator is a beautifully designed, easy-to-use, fast and powerful image editor for Mac OS X has everything you need to create, edit and enhance your images.

Pixelmator is a layer-based image editor. You can quickly create layers from your photos, other pictures, from selections or even your iSight. Yes, Pixelmator can add a layer to your composition directly from your Mac’s little camera. Not only can you link and arrange added layers, but Pixelmator allows you to blend layers, change their opacity, create clipping masks or even add layer masks to hide some portions of layer.

It even has iSight compatibility so you can have it take a picture and add it as a layer for editing.

WHAT’S NEW

Version 2.0.4:

Improvements

OS X 10.7 Lion App Sandbox support adds a line of defense for user data
Improved workflow for opening documents (click here to view a short video)
Minor user interface improvements
Info Bar now shows size of the selected layer
Localization improvements

Other issues

Fixes an issue that caused a blank document when quitting Pixelmator after importing a PDF file
Fixes a problem that caused the user’s choice of Grid visibility options to be unsaved
Fixes an issue that caused incorrect document positioning when the application left Full Screen
Fixes a situation that caused an inability to tun off the Constrain Proportion option in the Transform feature
Fixes a situation where the Smudge Tool painted corrupt image output
Fixes an issue that disabled the arrange commands in the Slice Tool action pop-up menu
Fixes an issue that caused an inability to enter some numbers in the Export for Web Colors field
Fixes a situation where Shape layers were damaged after applying the Convert into Pixels command
Fixes an issue that caused an ability to import unsupported files into the program
Fixes a situation where an incorrect color was shown in the Gradient Tool toolbar thumbnail
Fixes a problem that caused selection content to disappear when documents were closed
Fixes a problem that caused layers to disappear after applying the Transform feature
Fixes an issue that caused the Welcome Screen to be shown with other palettes
Fixes a situation where brushes would become damaged
Fixes an issue that caused an inability to create presets with the same name
Fixes a problem that caused the angle stepper to function incorrectly when using Transform
Fixes a problem that caused an incorrect document size after leaving Full Screen
Fixes a problem that caused an incorrect document size when using the Duplicate command
Fixes a problem that caused an incorrect document size when Restore was clicked while using Browse All Versions
Fixes a problem that caused an inability to ungroup more than one group of layers at a time
Fixes a problem that caused two documents to appear on quitting the application while using Browse All Versions
Fixes a situation that sometimes caused an inability to use mouse scrolling in a document
Fixes a situation where the Gradients palette became unusable
Fixes a problem that would cause a document to become inactive
Fixes a problem that sometimes caused an inability to change the selected tool in the Tools palette
Fixes a problem that caused the program to stop responding when the Duplicate command was chosen during Export
Fixes a problem that caused the program to quit unexpectedly when certain PSD files were imported
Fixes a problem that caused the program to quit unexpectedly when Export for Web was chosen
Fixes a problem that caused the program to quit unexpectedly when certain PXM files were opened
Fixes a problem that caused the program to quit unexpectedly when certain Photoshop brushes were imported

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Fantastical 1.2.4 – Create calendar events using natural language.

AppKed — Fri, 18 May 2012 08:24:35 +0000

Fantastical is the Mac calendar you’ll actually enjoy using.

Creating an event with Fantastical is quick, easy, and fun:

Open Fantastical with a single click or keystroke
Type in your event details and press return

…and you’re back to what you were doing with a shiny new event in your calendar!

Fantastical’s natural language engine is expressive and intelligent so you can write in your own style. Fantastical also automatically recognizes the location of your event and can even invite people from your Address Book to the event.

Your events have never looked better

Plan your day in style with the most attractive calendar you’ve ever seen. Color-coding and beautiful design help you quickly make sense of your schedule. You can even change the number of events you want displayed, allowing you to focus on what’s important.

Need more info about an event? Just click on it and the event’s important details will be displayed instantly.

Edit and delete with ease

Presenting the easiest and quickest way to change your events: select the event you want to change and take control of your event with a single click or keystroke. For example, add event notes to existing events. Enter the information that’s important for you to remember and it will stay attached to your event.

BYOC (Bring Your Own Calendar)

Fantastical works with your favorite Mac calendar application: iCal, BusyCal, Entourage, or Outlook.

You can even use your iCloud, MobileMe, Google Calendar or Yahoo! Calendar accounts: simply add them to iCal and you’re all set.

WHAT’S NEW

Version 1.2.4:

Fixes a potential crash on French systems
Fixes past events not dimming correctly sometimes
Fixes a bug where some recurring events would not appear when using Outlook
Various minor fixes and parsing improvements

Sparrow 1.6 – a minimal e-mail application designed to keep things simple and efficient.

AppKed — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:00:59 +0000

Sparrow is a minimal e-mail application designed to keep things simple and efficient.
No gimmicks here… just your mail and nothing else.

Sparrow supports IMAP:
You can use the following mail providers with Sparrow:
- Gmail (classic and Google apps)
- MobileMe
- Yahoo!
- AOL
- Any custom IMAP server