Sunday, July 25, 2010

Mactracker 5.2.1

Sunday, July 25, 2010 7:38 PM
Download for Mac OS X

Release Notes:

- Adds iPhone 4
- Adds Mac mini (Mid 2010)
- Adds Mac mini Server (Mid 2010)
- Adds performance scores for iPhone from Primate Labs Geekbench 2
- Other minor changes and additions

Friday, May 28, 2010

Mactracker 5.2

Friday, May 28, 2010 2:20 PM
Download for Mac OS X

Release Notes:

- Adds MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2010)
- Adds MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010)
- Adds MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
- Adds MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010)
- iPad split into iPad (Wi-Fi) and iPad (Wi-Fi + 3G)
- Numerous changes to "My Models"
- Adds initial price, where available, in New Zealand dollars
- Updates Support Status for Apple's latest Vintage and Obsolete products
- Fixes an issue where damaged preferences would prevent saving user settings
- Fixes an issue where initial price, in certain currencies, could not be used in a Smart Category
- Fixes an issue where model comparisons could not be printed
- Other minor changes and additions

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Mactracker 5.1

Tuesday, March 02, 2010 1:18 PM
Download for Mac OS X

Release Notes:

- Adds iMac (20-inch, Mid 2009)
- Adds iPad
- Adds Compare function to highlight differences between models
- New search engine searches all specification entries from the main window
- Adds introduction price, where available, in Australian dollars, Japanese yen, Swedish kronor, and Swiss francs
- Updates Support Status for Apple's latest Vintage and Obsolete products
- Fixes an issue that would cause Mactracker to crash when adding a new contact to "My Models" under Mac OS X 10.6.
- Fixes an issue where certain characters would cause incorrect search results
- Other minor changes and additions

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Mactracker 1.0.3 for iPhone and iPod touch

Wednesday, December 02, 2009 10:34 PM
Download from the App Store

Release Notes:

- Adds icons for each model
- Adds iMac (21-inch Late 2009) and iMac (27-inch Late 2009)
- Adds iMac (20-inch, Mid 2009)
- Adds Mac mini (Late 2009) and Mac mini (Mac OS X Server, Late 2009)
- Adds MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009)
- Adds iPod touch (Late 2009)
- Adds iPod classic 160GB (Late 2009)
- Adds iPod nano (5th generation)
- Adds iPod shuffle (3rd generation Late 2009)
- Updates Support Status for Apple's latest Vintage and Obsolete products
- Other minor changes and additions

Friday, November 13, 2009

Mactracker 5.0.11

Friday, November 13, 2009 9:28 AM
Download for Mac OS X

Release Notes:

- Adds iMac (21-inch Late 2009) and iMac (27-inch Late 2009)
- Adds Mac mini (Late 2009) and Mac mini (Mac OS X Server, Late 2009)
- Adds MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009)
- Adds Magic Mouse
- Updates Support Status for Apple's latest Vintage and Obsolete products
- Fixes issue where Mactracker would fail to launch on some PowerPC-based Macs
- Other minor changes and additions

Friday, October 16, 2009

Mactracker 5.0.10

Friday, October 16, 2009 11:27 AM
Download for Mac OS X

Release Notes:

- Adds iPod touch (Late 2009)
- Adds iPod classic 160GB (Late 2009)
- Adds iPod nano (5th generation)
- Adds iPod shuffle (3rd generation Late 2009)
- Search fields for adding Smart Categories and My Models now return "live" results
- Fixes issue where Mactracker would report a "attempt to pop an unknown autorelease pool" error to Console on Mac OS X 10.6
- Fixes issues with "Full Keyboard Access"
- Other minor changes and additions

Note that this release requires Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" or later.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Mactracker 1.0.2 for iPhone and iPod touch

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 8:48 AM
Download from the App Store

Release Notes:

- Adds Mac OS X 10.6 and Mac OS X Server 10.6
- Updates "Maximum Mac OS" entry based on the system requirements of Mac OS X v10.6
- Adds entry to indicate if an Intel-based Mac has a 32-bit or 64-bit processor
- Updates Support Status for Apple's latest Vintage and Obsolete products
- Other minor changes and additions

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Mactracker 5.0.9

Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:34 PM
Download for Mac OS X

Release Notes:

- Adds Mac OS X 10.6 and Mac OS X Server 10.6
- Updates "Maximum Mac OS" entry based on the system requirements of Mac OS X v10.6
- Adds entry to indicate if an Intel-based Mac has a 32-bit or 64-bit processor
- Updates Support Status for Apple's latest Vintage and Obsolete products
- Fixes an issue where Mactracker would crash if the user's Desktop folder was not in the default location
- Fixes an issue where Mactracker would not correctly detect the user's selected Appearance color
- Other minor changes and additions

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Mactracker 1.0.1 for iPhone and iPod touch

Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:05 PM
Download from the App Store

Release Notes:

- Adds MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2009)
- Adds MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009)
- Adds MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.53 GHz, Mid 2009)
- Adds MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)
- Adds MacBook Air (Mid 2009)
- Adds MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2009)
- Adds Xserve (Early 2009)
- Adds iPhone 3GS
- Updates Support Status for Apple's latest Vintage and Obsolete products
- Updates maximum memory for MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008)
- Other minor changes and additions

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Mactracker 5.0.8

Wednesday, August 05, 2009 11:21 AM
Download for Mac OS X

Release Notes:

- Adds MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2009)
- Adds MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009) and MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.53 GHz, Mid 2009)
- Adds MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)
- Adds MacBook Air (Mid 2009)
- Adds MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2009)
- Adds iPhone 3GS
- Control-clicking on specification entries will speak the text
- Updates Support Status for Apple's latest Vintage and Obsolete products
- Other minor changes and additions

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Mactracker for iPhone and iPod touch

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 9:43 AM
I'm excited to announce that Mactracker is now available on the App Store for both iPhone and iPod touch!

Developed in collaboration with Dave DeLong, Mactracker for iPhone contains specifications on every Apple Mac along with Apple displays, printers, iPod, Apple TV, iPhone, Newton, Wi-Fi Cards/Base Stations, and Mac OS versions.

Model icons are not included with this release as they contain Apple trademarked content.

Download from the App Store

Mactracker 5.0.7

8:25 AM
Download for Mac OS X

- Adds Mac Pro (Early 2009)
- Adds iMac (20-inch Early 2009), iMac (24-inch Early 2009)
- Adds MacBook (13-inch, Early 2009)
- Adds MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2009)
- Adds Mac mini (Early 2009)
- Adds Xserve (Early 2009)
- Adds AirPort Extreme (Early 2009), Time Capsule (Early 2009)
- Adds iPod shuffle (3rd generation)
- Adds Apple Keyboard (Aluminum) and renames previous model to Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
- Displays the country of manufacture for entries in "My Models"
- Adds details on Liquid Sensor for MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro models
- Adds the ability to set the number of recent years in Timeline
- Updates Support Status for Apple's latest Vintage and Obsolete products
- Mactracker for iPod classic is no longer included
- Other minor changes and additions

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Mactracker 5.0.6

Thursday, December 18, 2008 1:18 PM
Download for Mac OS X

Release Notes:

- Adds MacBook (13-inch, Late 2008)
- "My Models" expanded to include Printers and Newton models
- Fixed issue with update notifications where clicking "Remind Me Later" would display the notification again after only 30 minutes
- Updates Support Status for Apple's latest Vintage and Obsolete products
- Other minor changes and additions

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Mactracker 5.0.5

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:44 PM
Download for Mac OS X

Release Notes:

- Adds MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008)
- Adds MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2008)
- Adds MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008)
- Adds MacBook Air (Late 2008)
- Adds LED Cinema Display
- Adds iPod touch (2nd generation)
- Adds iPod classic (120 GB)
- Adds iPod nano (4th generation)
- Adds Portable StyleWriter
- "My Models" can be exported or printed in bulk from the main window
- Network details can be added to non-Mac "My Model" entries
- Adds details on Wireless Distribution System (WDS) support to WiFi Cards and Base Stations
- Updates Support Status for Apple's latest Vintage and Obsolete products
- Other minor changes and additions

Friday, August 22, 2008

Mactracker 5.0.4

Friday, August 22, 2008 10:15 AM
Download for Mac OS X

Release Notes:

- Adds iPhone 3G
- Adds "iTunes Version" and "Machine ID" to iPhone models
- Updates Support Status for Apple's latest Vintage and Obsolete products
- Other minor changes and additions

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Mactracker 5.0.3

Tuesday, June 03, 2008 8:30 AM
Download

Release Notes:

- Adds iMac (20-inch Early 2008)
- Adds iMac (24-inch Early 2008)
- Adds AirPort Card and AirPort Extreme Card
- Adds "Large Drive Support" info (where available) for iBook models
- Adds maximum supported resolution for an external display for iMac models
- Adds "Brightness" (where available) for the built-in display on iMac models
- Adds Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) rating where available for recent models
- Adds Fibre Channel card info to Mac Pro models
- Adds ENERGY STAR information where available for recent models
- Other minor changes and additions

Friday, April 18, 2008

Mactracker 5.0.2

Friday, April 18, 2008 8:26 AM
Download

Release Notes:

- Adds MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2008)
- Adds MacBook Pro (17-inch Early 2008)
- Adds MacBook (13-inch Early 2008)
- Adds AirPort Express (802.11n)
- Updates iPod shuffle (Second Generation)
- Additional information added to "Mice and Keyboards" models
- Macintosh Clone entries have been removed to focus on Apple's models
- "My Model" entries can be added or removed from the main window
- Adds the ability to set color labels for "My Models" entries
- Numerous improvements to "My Models" category in the main window
- Improved "Undo/Redo Typing" for the "Comments" field in the info windows
- Adds maximum supported resolution for an external display for Mac mini, MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and PowerBook G3/G4 models
- Adds "Brightness" and "DPI" information (where available) for the built-in display on MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro models
- Adds "AirTunes" information to Wi-Fi Base Stations
- Updates Support Status for Apple's latest Vintage and Obsolete products
- Fixes issue with creating new Smart Categories
- Other minor changes and additions

Friday, February 15, 2008

Mactracker 5.0.1

Friday, February 15, 2008 8:26 AM
Download

Release Notes:

- Adds Mac Pro (Early 2008)
- Adds MacBook Air
- Adds Xserve (Early 2008)
- Adds Time Capsule
- Updates iPhone and iPod touch
- "AirPort Base Stations" category renamed to ""Wi-Fi Base Stations"
- Power Macintosh 5260 separated from Power Macintosh 5200/5260 entry
- "My Models" expanded to include Apple TV, Displays, iPhone, iPod, and Wi-Fi Base Stations
- Adds "Initial Price" to Xserve models
- Adds "Lights-Out Management (LOM)" to Xserve models
- Adds "Coprocessor" information to Classic Macintosh models
- Adds "Floppy Drive" port information to Classic Macintosh and PowerBook models
- Adds "Go to Model" menu item similar to Finder's "Go to Folder" to quickly open an info window
- Fixes an issue with receiving Apple Events
- Updates Support Status for Apple's latest Vintage and Obsolete products
- Other minor changes and additions

Thursday, December 06, 2007

Mactracker 5

8:38 AM
Download

Release Notes:

- Adds MacBook (13-inch Late 2007)
- Adds iPod classic
- Adds iPod touch
- Adds iPod nano (3rd Generation)
- Adds Mac OS X 10.5
- Adds Mac OS X Server 10.5
- Adds Apple Keyboard (Aluminum) and Apple Wireless Keyboard (Aluminum)
- iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition entry merged with iPod nano (2nd Generation)
- ImageWriter, StyleWriter, and LaserWriter models have been merged into a single category
- Mac OS X entries have been moved into their own category
- Adds support for Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard"
- Numerous user interface improvements
- New update engine based on Sparkle
- Adds introduction price, where available, in Canadian dollars, euros, pounds sterling, and United States dollars
- Adds iCal integration for tracking warranty status for "My Mac model" entries (Mac OS X v10.4 and later)
- Model Name, Machine ID, Model Number, Order Number, and Processor type can be searched directly from the main window
- Smart Categories can be re-ordered through the View Options window
- Option-clicking on specification entries will copy the text to the clipboard
- Command-clicking on specification entries will display the text in very large type
- Adds additional information to Newton MessagePad models
- Adds "iTunes Version" compatibility information to iPod models
- Adds "Release Date" and link to Apple Support Downloads page for Mac OS X updates
- Updates "Maximum Mac OS" entry based on the system requirements of Mac OS X v10.5
- Adds history info for the latest models
- Fixes an issue where windows would not properly retain their position with multiple displays
- Fixes flicker when opening the "Find" window
- Fixes issue where "My Mac model" and "Links" entries cannot be re-ordered
- Other minor changes and additions