News and Updates
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Power Manager 3's Administrator Friendly Preferences
In Power Manager 3.5 we made a design mistake that made deploying Power Manager over a large network more work than it needed to be. In Power Manager 3.7 we fixed that design mistake. …
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5 Things To Do Before Carbon Offsetting
Try these five easy steps before you buy carbon offset credits. You will save money and reduce your carbon footprint.
If you are looking to reduce your carbon footprint, you have probably discovered carbon offsetting. You can pay to extra to offset everything from insurance to flights. Don’t, not yet. …
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Little launch celebrations
A couple of weeks ago we launched three product updates. These were updates to Power Manager, Sleep Monitor, and Energy Schedule. The updates make sure our software works seamlessly with Apple’s new Mac OS X 10.5, also known as Leopard. …
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Better documentation through wiki markup
Writing documentation for software is tough. As a developer, I view Power Manager through very different eyes than you, a user of Power Manager. I see obvious decisions backed by knowledge of internal details, unrevealed from your perspective. I see an expected workflow for you that may or may not gel with your real workflow.
Good documentation matters. What makes documentation good is partly a subjective decision. The remaining part is anything but subjective. For Power Manager 3.7 the release notes mention that the documentation was improved. What that improvement means is the topic of this blog post. …
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Supporting time zone changes
What surprised me in Mac OS X, is that Apple has not obviously left in a means for third party software to be informed of date and time changes. To find a solution that allowed immediate notification of time zone changes, Power Manager dives deep into the BSD layer.
Power Manager 3.7 includes immediate time zone support. Previously Power Manager only noticed time zone changes after a restart. …
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More savings for office Macs
Power managed office Macs can now be shut down earlier than their schedule expects and they will remain turned off until the next day. The additional energy saving is noticable, and the behaviour no longer jars with real world.
Power Manager 3.7 includes a new wake action. The wake action lets you schedule an event to wake your Mac from sleep. If your Mac is switched off, the wake event is quietly skipped and your Mac remains switched off. …
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Sleep Monitor 2.1.2 released
Today we launched Sleep Monitor 2.1.2. It is available to buy and download immediately. …
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Energy Schedule 1.0.1 released
Today we launched Energy Schedule 1.0.1. It is available to download immediately. Energy Schedule 1.0.1 is a free Dashboard Widget that reveals your Mac’s queued power events. Software applications use power events to aid automation and schedule changes in the computer’s power state, such as waking from sleep or switching off. …
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Power Manager 3.7 released
Today we launched Power Manager 3.7. It is available now to buy and download. This update is free for existing users of Power Manager 3 and highly recommended. …
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L'ISP est une Academy Microsoft PRO, Casablanca
I saw this sign while walking down boulevard Mohamed V, Casablanca, near the tourist office. It immediately raised a smile, and I though of the vocal software start up community Paul Graham is fostering. …
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