Cynical Peak Software

One of the big improvements in Cyndicate 1.0.2 was the beefing up of AppleScript. This was done mainly to allow for better integration with 3rd party apps. Fortunately we saw a return on the effort almost right away. The day after 1.0.2 was released, EagleFiler 1.2.5 was released. It added Cyndicate to its list of supported capture apps. If you’re not familiar with it, EagleFiler is a very cool app for archiving email, PDFs, web pages, and now articles from Cyndicate.

On a similar note, I had an inquiry today if it was possible to import Cyndicate’s articles into DEVONthink Pro like they were used to doing with other apps. A solution didn’t exist already, so I wrote an AppleScript to do it. The script will take the articles selected in Cyndicate and create a separate entry in DEVONthink Pro for each one. You can download it here.

Update: The DEVONthink script has been updated. It will now create a link item in DEVONthink if the article’s subscription is set to show linked content.

If there are any other apps like EagleFiler or DEVONthink Pro that you would like to be able to import articles into, please file a support request and we’ll try to provide scripts for them.

Note: Due to a bug in the selected article AppleScript key, only articles that are in a top level folder can be added at this time. Articles that are in subfolders will cause an error message to be given. This issue will be fixed in the forthcoming 1.0.3 release. Sorry for the inconvenience. Cyndicate 1.0.3 is out and fixes this issue.

Cyndicate 1.0.2 is now available for download from either Cyncial Peak’s website or running Cyndicate’s updater. As with all our point releases, this is a free update for all Cyndicate users.

• Added an option to set the default toolbar action for the Share This item to any of the options.
• Added a dock menu item to fetch new articles.
• Added a menu item to the article preview pane’s contextual menu to show linked content.
• Added [[articleColorName]] and [[feedColorName]] keys to the StyleSheet template.
• Fixed an issue where new articles would not always appear right away in the feed view.
• Fixed an issue with filtering on fetch when an filter contained a folder that no longer exists.
• Fixed an issue that resulted from re-subscribing to a feed that is returning a 304.
• Fixed an issue that lead to negative new article counts in the feed view.
• Fixed a number of issues with the AppleScript support.
• Changed the column sorting to be based on the user location ordering rules.
• Changed the sorting order of the article state column to Unread, Changed, Read instead of Changed, Unread, Read.

Cyndicate 1.0.1 is now available for download from either Cyncial Peak’s website or running Cyndicate’s updater. As with all our point releases, this is a free update for all Cyndicate users.

Version 1.0.1:

• Fixed filters that use the article’s author as a match criteria.
• Fixed the font display on the Inbox and Trash.
• Fixed imported Vienna OPML files.

We are proud to announce the release of Cyndicate 1.0. Cyndicate is an RSS/Atom aggregator and content management application. In other words, Cyndicate will help you manage, view, read, and rate the syndicated content or feeds you’ll find on personal blogs, news sites, forums, and around the Web.

Cyndicate 1.0 requires Mac OS X 10.4.3 or later. The program can be registered for $29.95 USD and comes with a fully featured 21-day demonstration period.