News and Updates

DssW's latest news and information. Announcements, insights, and guides all appear here first.

Purchasing for your organisation just got easier

Over the weekend we launched our DssW Authorised Reseller programme. This programme makes it easier for you, our business and academic users, to purchase DssW solutions. …

Published 23 May 2008

Macworld review awards Power Manager 3 high marks

Macworld awarded Power Manager 3 four stars. Macworld clearly gets what we are trying to do with Power Manager. They appreciate that it does not suit single users but instead is ideal for managed Mac environments, like schools and businesses.

Thanks again to the Macworld team; this time for the Macworld UK review of Power Manager 3. Macworld awarded Power Manager 3 four stars. …

Published 7 May 2008

Mac's Lazy Design - iMUG Talk

I will be arguing the benefits of laziness at Victoria’s Mac User Group ( iMUG) in a couple of weeks. I will discuss how laziness has affected the design of Mac OS X, and how laziness influences the design decisions behind DssW Power Manager. …

Published 7 May 2008

Macworld recommends Power Manager

Christopher recommended Power Manager 3 to Brian Silverman as a more capable replacement to Mac OS X's built-in Energy Saver scheduler.

Thanks to Christopher Breen for recommending Power Manager in Macworld’s Mac 911 column. Christopher recommended Power Manager 3 to Brian Silverman as a more capable replacement to Mac OS X’s built-in Energy Saver scheduler. …

Published 2 April 2008

Softpedia awards Power Manager 3 high marks

Thanks to Gabriela Ghinita, Softpedia, for reviewing Power Manager 3. Gabriela awarded Power Manager 3 high marks. “Power Manager is easy to configure, intuitive and does everything you expect it to do, and very well I might say. The best thing about Power Manager is that you only have to configure it once and then you can forget about it.” Gabriela Ghinita, Softpedia …

Published 31 March 2008

Power Manager 3.7.2 released

This morning we launched Power Manager 3.7.2. This update includes a serious bug fix and a few minor improvements. It is available immediately.

This morning we launched Power Manager 3.7.2. This update includes a serious bug fix and a few minor improvements. It is available immediately. …

Published 18 February 2008

How to log out a fast switched user

Power Manager includes a trick that allows you to nicely log out a fast switched user.

Power Manager includes a trick that allows you to nicely log out a fast switched user. With Power Manager installed, every user on your Mac has a pmassistant process running. To log out a specific user, send their pmassistant process a USR1 signal (SIGUSR1). …

Published 16 February 2008