Seattle, Washington — July 24, 2020 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) is proud to announce the availability of a beautiful new 127 page manual for “Twilight II: The Ultimate Screensaver for Your Apple IIGS.” Twilight II was programmed by Jim R. Maricondo in 1993 and went through several revisions, eventually reaching a 2.0 […]
Calibre has announced an update to their E-Book manager application. Calibre version 4.17 includes a lot of changes and updates to the app including: New features Add a workaround for Amazon destroying cover thumbnails on e-ink Kindles.For books sent with this release of calibre, reconnecting the Kindle to calibre after the cover has been destroyed […]
MacTracker, the Ian Page produced Apple product information tracking app has been updated. The latest release, version 7.7.2, includes the following changes: HomePod added to the database The latest OS updates have been added Support status and obsolete status of Apple products added Other minor changes, fixes and additions. MacTracker is a Free app and […]
Chris Vavruska has announced the immediate availability of his Apple II gs tool, Clip Copy Plus. He made the program available this morning with an announcement on the Apple II gs group. After many years away from the GS I am proud to announce the release of Clip Copy Plus V1.0. Clip Copy Plus is […]
If you haven’t seen it yet, check out Ricardo Macri’s Drum8 project. The program which runs on an Apple II computer, is an 8 bit drum machine which allows real time graphics based editing using either single or quad channel DAC configurations. To use Drum8, you will need an Apple II S.A.M card or any […]
SoftRAID, the venerable RAID software solution, has been updated to 5.6.4 and is now fully compatible with macOS 10.13 High Sierra and also back to OS X 10.6.8. While fully compatible with High Sierra, it does not support APFS volumes – that level of support is slated for the upcoming SoftRAID 6.0. Besides supporting RAID […]
Ken Winograd, a long time Apple programmer has announced the immediate release of his latest version of TinyBooks Pro. The program which gives small businesses a full blown accounting package has been under development for many years and is available as a one time purchase complete with upgrade. According to the press release: Merrimack, New […]
The Fetch FTP client for Mac OS X has been updated. Fetch is a popular FTP client which runs on most newer macs and requires Mac OS X version 10.5 or newer. It supports both standard FTP as well as SFTP protocols. The package is available from Fetch Softworks for $29.95 for the full package. […]
The Nox Archaist RPG Team has added two new members to their programming team. According to the note from their lead programmer, Mark Lemmert: The team at 6502 Workshop had a blast with the Nox Archaist Kickstarter! While it fell short of our goals, hundreds of people pledged a substantial amount, which proved to us […]
A new version of the Beagle Bros game, I.O. Silver for the iPhone and iPad has been released. The iOS game, developed by Evergreen Computer Services, LLC has been updated to version 1.3, includes updates to the package for iOS 11 as well as fixing a host of items including: – Fixed a problem when […]
Nintendo Super Mario Run released just days ago for iOS has been updated. Super Mario Run is the first Ninendo produced game to run under the iOS platform. It had been promised earlier this year and was released this month. A version 1.0.1 has been released to address an issue with Friend List linking within […]
A new version of 1Password has been released which allows syncing of iOS devices including the Apple Watch. From 1Password Whats New in version 6.5.1 Happy holidays, everyone! Before the final rush of the season we wanted to provide you with one more update that drops a few extra marshmallows into your hot cocoa. As […]
We here at A.P.P.L.E. have had a busy year and as many of you know, we produced our first iOS app here this year. Structris was a coordinated effort between Martin Haye, Brian Wiser, Olivier Goguel and Bill Martens to bring the game to the iOS platform. Now just in time for Christmas, we are […]
Structris for iOS, released in 2016, is temporarily offline and will be available again for the iPhone and iPad for $1.99. Produced and designed by Brian Wiser and Bill Martens of A.P.P.L.E., collaborating with original Apple II programmer Martin Haye and iOS programmer Olivier Goguel, the game features easy-to-use touch controls, Game Center support, and background […]
Dear A.P.P.L.E. Here is the final version of the Program Launcher “SQUIRT”. This version has some additions, corrections and added a launcher when you type “BYE”. The previous version was called just “FileSelector.po”. SQUIRT directions Squirt can navigate directories with ease and minimum keystrokes. Squirt can launch system, binary and Applesoft programs. Squirt can view […]
Titanium Software has releases the latest update to the OnyX maintenance software for Mac OS X. OnyX is a software package for the Mac which allows the user to perform system maintenance tasks, clean up their system, and clear unused data from their Machines. The program can also be used to repair file permissions on […]
Ian Page has released a new version of his Mactracker App for Mac OS X. Version 7.5 of the Mactracker App includes a host of improvements and fixes including: – iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2015), iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Late 2015), and iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015) – Adds iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus […]
The ClamXav Anti-Virus software has been updated. The latest update to the software includes a number of improvements to the software related to backups and recovery as well as being updated for Apple’s latest operating system, Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitain. Version 2.8.7 includes the following changes: Improved recognition of Time Capsule data volume […]
Ciderpress version 4.0.1 has been released. The update to the disk utility was posted on the Ciderpress website, however change notes were not available at press time. Ciderpress is a Windows based utility for manipulation of Apple II disks and runs on all Windows system from XP to the latest version. Updates in Version 4.0.1 […]
First impressions of Apple’s up and coming Photos app for OS-X Yosemite were just announced by a number of publications with Apple lifting it’s embargo for media outlets to publish first impressions and hands-on reviews. the final Photos product will be delivered to Mac users as part of a free software update this spring with the 10.10.3 release […]