News and Updates
DssW's latest news and information. Announcements, insights, and guides all appear here first.
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. Leopard is supported Power Manager now fully supports Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). It has been a long weekend of testing. Unusually Apple did not pre-release the final build of Mac OS X 10.5 to developers. The decision means that Mac software developers are currently rushing to buy, install, and make sure their software works with the final release of Mac OS X 10.5. …
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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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Great Year
It has been a great year for DssW. With Apple's Mac OS X 10.5 release approaching, now is a good time to let you know what we have been up to and what it means for you.
It has been a great year for DssW. We have gained thousands of new users and are looking forward to what should be our best year yet. With Apple’s Mac OS X 10.5 release approaching, now is a good time to let you know what we have been up to and what it means for you. …
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A solution for company e-mail signatures
E-mail disclaimers and legal signatures disturb me. I feel strongly that any legal jargon appended to an e-mail should have little to no legal weight. The information contained in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you may not read, use, copy or disclose this email. If you are not the intended recipient, please let us know by reply email immediately and then delete this email from your system. We shall not be responsible for any changes to, or interception of, this email or any attachment after it leaves our information systems. We accept no responsibility for viruses or defects in this email or any attachments. …
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Fixes included in Power Manager 3.6.2
We recently launched Power Manager 3.6.2. This bug fix update improves the uninstaller/removal script. This build also includes a couple of tweaks to better support the pre-release Mac OS X 10.5 seeds. …
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Fix for Power Manager 3 removal problems
Thank you to Michael Henley and Jamie Shaw for getting in touch about problems when removing/uninstalling Power Manager. If you are experiencing problems after removing Power Manager, download and run this updated removal script. …
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Textual login bug on Mac OS X 10.3.9
Two users have reported a problem after removing Power Manager from a Mac OS X 10.3 machine. Thankfully the solution is easy and requires editing only a single file. After running the removal script and restarting, the login window does not appear. Instead a black screen with white text appears. …
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A VNC server is included in Mac OS X 10.4+
There are a number of VNC servers available for the Mac. These are no longer needed with Mac OS X 10.4 and later. The VNC server built into your Mac is free, easy to switch on, and supported by Apple.
Apple includes a VNC server in every edition of Mac OS X 10.4 and later. You can start the server through a discrete check box in the Sharing preferences. This article refers to Mac OS X 10.4, aka Tiger. More recent versions are available on our VNC on Mac OS X page. …
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MacUser Awards Power Manager Full Marks
Thanks to Giles Turnbull, MacUser UK, for his review of Power Manager 3. Giles awarded Power Manager full marks.
Thanks to Giles Turnbull, MacUser UK, for his review of Power Manager 3. Giles awarded Power Manager full marks.
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