Rivet 1.0.1 Released!
Rivet 1.0.1 is out. You can get it here. This is a small update that fixes an issue where not all of the video files in a folder would show up due to a mime type issue.
Rivet 1.0 Released!
We are excited to announce the release of Rivet 1.0. Rivet connects your Mac to your Xbox 360 allowing you to stream music, video, and photo. Enjoy all of your media from the comfort of your living room from now on. Please visit Rivet’s website for downloads and additional info.
Rivet 1.0 requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later. The program can be registered for $18.95 USD and comes with a limited playback demo.
Cyndicate 1.2 released!
Cyndicate 1.2 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. This release is mainly bug fixes with a few nice new features added in like posting to twitter and better control over enclosures and feed scheduling.
- Added Twitter as a Share This option for articles.
- The database will now optimize itself on quit once every 7 days.
- Check at start-up will no longer check feeds set to check manually.
- The list of enclosures will is no longer shown when viewing permalink content.
- Added an new check interval, Explicit. These feeds will only be checked if the feed is explicitly told to refresh. It is not included with the the other manual check options.
- Video enclosures now have their own download option in preferences.
- Enclosures are now put into subfolders based on their feed.
- Stop fetching now cancels enclosure downloads as well as feed checking.
- Limited the levels of sorting to prevent some reordering issues while reading articles.
- The feed window will now commit any outstanding edits when the window is closed.
- Fixed a parser issue if an author or category started with a &.
- Fixed an issue with the Fetch Info option for feeds.
- Fixed an issue with deleting when searching with no folder selected.
- Fixed an issue with accented characters in feeds with a Latin1 encoding.
- Fixed a display issue that resulted from deleting a feed and then restarting.
- Fixed a display bug that could cause feeds to still appear in the feed list after being deleted.
Tourney Madness
We want to have some fun this year with the NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament. We’re announcing the first Cynical Peak Bracket Challenge. It’s time to see who has the best basketball IQ (really, it’s not luck, I knew the 16 would beat the 1). Prizes, in the form of software licenses, will be awarded to the top prognosticators. We haven’t finalized the prize structure yet, stayed tuned for it. The final structure will partially be determined by how many entries we receive. The more entries, the more we’re going to give away.
To sign up, go to Yahoo’s tournament site to create your entry. You need to join the group CynicalPeak (Group ID# 91032) with the password cyndicate. Finally fill out your bracket and have fun watching the tournament.
Yahoo’s tourney site: http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/
Group: CynicalPeak (Group ID# 91032)
Pass: cyndicate
All entries must be received before the start of the first game Thursday, March 20th. Yahoo will automatically lock them down at the start the game. Multiple entries are allowed, but prizes are limited to one per person. Your highest scoring bracket will be the only one considered when prizes are awarded. Employees of Cynical Peak Software are not eligible. I have a bracket in, but it’s only good for bragging rights and will not be considered when awarding prizes.
Santa is in town
All Cynical Peak Software is 20% off today (December 20th) and 10% for the rest of the month due to MacSanta visiting all the good mac users. Use the code MACSANTA07 for today’s deal and MACSANTA07TEN for last week of December. Be sure to check out the other MacSanta deals too. There’s a lot of great software in his bag.
“Black Friday” Sale
We’ve been infected with the shopping madness that happens the day after Thanksgiving, November 23rd, commonly known as “Black Friday”. For one day only we’re offering a 33% discount on both Cyndicate and Scorecard. Today only you can get both apps for $19.95 each. The sale price will be good until midnight PST. So take advantage of the savings now
Feedback Email
Over the last couple of days we’ve received a number of “how-to” or “does it support” questions without an email address. We’d love to answer your questions, but unfortunately we can’t. This pains us since we want to provide the best customer support possible. Support is a very important part of any small business, we don’t take you guys for granted like big companies do.
Please make sure to include your email address when using the in “Submit bugs and feedback” option if you are asking a question. I know its optional, but it makes it a lot easier for us to send you an answer. =)
Our general goal is to have all support email answered within 12 hours. Most of it is answered as soon as it’s received, but we have to give ourselves a little window of time since some of you guys like to email us while we’re asleep. As of this writing the support inbox is clear except for the few without a return email. So if you’ve asked a question and haven’t received a response, please re-submit it with a return email address.
Thanks.
Leopard Compatibility
With the release of Cyndicate 1.0.4 today, both of Cynical Peak’s applications, Scorecard and Cyndicate, are compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. The last release of both apps fixed all of the issues we’ve been able to find with the latest seeds. Apple has not released the release version of Leopard to 3rd party developers yet, so there is a slight chance of a last minute change breaking something. We do not anticipate this being an issue though. If you do run into an issue, please let us know and we’ll get it fixed as quick as we can.
Thanks for using Cynical Peak software.
Forum Registration
Earlier today and yesterday the registration page on the forums did not work. The issue has been resolved and you can once again register for them.
The problem was a side effect of moving servers on Sunday. A configuration difference between the old and the new server was to blame. I believe everything is working correctly now. Please file a support ticket if you run across anything that is working incorrectly or does not look right.
Thanks
2 Days Left
Only two days left to get the Mac News Junkie Bundle. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to get two great apps at over 20% off their normal price. Follow your favorite news feeds using Cyndicate from Cynical Peak Software and then archive your favorite articles using EagleFiler from C-Command Software.
Cyndicate and EagleFiler normally retail for $29.95 and $40, respectively, but October 1st you can buy both for just $55. Full-featured demos of both applications are available.