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MiniTune 1.8.5 Released

A new free update to MiniTune has just been released to the App Store today. This is a minor release with a few small bug fixes but I’ve also added a neat feature that was requested in the comments in the Mac App Store. You can now set the string format that appears below the...

MiniTune 1.8 Released

MiniTune 1.8 has been released on the Mac App App Store. 1.8 includes a few small updates to fix Growl 1.3.x support and a new theme that looks like a photograph.

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Updating Xcode seemed to screw up my project (again). Firstly it set the deployment target for Max Astro to iOS 5.0 and I suspect it changed the linker settings for the project as well. At first I didn’t notice, after all who runs an iOS 3.1.3 device! When I did run it on my legacy...

Trailer for Max Astro

Charlie did a great job on the trailer for Max Astro.

Xcode Swig Build rule

I’ve been playing with Swig in Xcode to build interfaces in Lua for my game engine. Here is the build rule that I added to Xcode so it knows how to build the .i (interface) files Set source files with names matching to *.i Set Using Custom Script and fill in the script with: The...

MiniTune 1.7 Released

MiniTune 1.7 update has hit the Mac App Store today. This is another minor bug and feature release. Features You can now set the font as well as the colour for the track information text below the Album Artwork. I’ve also added a little drop shadow to the text to make it show up a...

Max Astro has a Facebook page

We’re getting close to the end of the Max Astro beta and we’ve opened up a Max Astro Facebook page Pop along and like it…. if you like

JBTech17 video review of MiniTune

JBTech17 has kindly reviewed MiniTune 1.6 in a video review on his youtube channel. The video goes over all the main features of MiniTune.

Mac Life review of MiniTune

Adam Berenstain has given a positive review of MiniTune on MacLife.com. The points about AirPlay and playlist support are fair points and are on my to do list.
MiniTune 1.6 Released

MiniTune 1.6 Released

MiniTune 1.6 should have reached the Mac App Store in your territory by now. Apple approved the build yesterday evening. Most of the ground work for 1.6 was actually done in 1.5. I added skinning in the 1.5 release but there was only one skin. For 1.6 I’ve added a Vinyl LP skin The other...

MiniTune 1.5 released

MiniTune 1.5 should be appearing on the App Store in the next 24 hours. If you’re using Lion then this should fix all issues…. if you’re still using Snow Leopard then nothing should be broken. So why the 1.5 version? Well behind the scenes I’ve refactored MiniTune to allow new skins in the future. This...

MiniTune on Lion issues

Despite testing MiniTune on Lion developer previews there are a few really annoying bugs that I’ve discovered since I’ve upgraded my main dev machine to Lion. If you have ‘Keep Behind Other Windows‘ checked then you can’t interact with MiniTune at all! Unchecking this options brings MiniTune to life. This problem is to do with...