New feature (and official announcement) of ArchDetect 2 by Thom McGrath
Today, I'm publishing a very nice screenshot of ArchDetect 2 in action. I expect you'll be able to figure out what's going on.
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No cats harmed during the creation of this app
We'll admit, curiosity got the better of us. So before making the switch to Intel, we created ArchDetect in a matter of a few hours. Thinking this tool was rather useless, we sat on it for a while. And then released it as is.
Not quite so useless
Regarding it's popularity, we were wrong. In a matter of 3 days, ArchDetect was downloaded more than any other project we've ever created. We received praise, bug reports, and feature requests. So we fixed some bugs, added some features, and said thank you.
Now... uh... what's it do?
ArchDetect will perform a quick Spotlight-powered search for applications on your computer, then will detect the architectures for each of them. It'll give you the results in a nice table, which you can search, sort & filter any way you like. Find something not yet Universal? You can easily select an application, and press "Update" to pull up search results from MacUpdate - or any download site of your choice.
Still work to be done
ArchDetect is stable, but we have some more work to do. With version 1.2, we added localization support - but no additional localizations yet. There is no help file yet, and we have not done any Universal Access testing. We'd also like to add saving the results to a text file, as well as some other features. These are all planned for upcoming releases. But until then, have fun, induldge your curiosity.
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Using only two small screenshots, today I'll show two very useful features and one "why the hell not" feature of ArchDetect 2.
ArchDetect 1.2.2 Released by Thom McGrath
I have released ArchDetect 1.2.2 to the public. This release fixes a couple minor bugs, as well as adds an End User License Agreement. Due to some preference changes, it will re-ask you to confirm update checking once launched.
Now accepting donations for ArchDetect by Thom McGrath
I've been working with Jordan Langille of OneToad Design on a new application icon and toolbar icons. Of course, this is going to cost money. On a freeware app, anything is too expensive. So if you would like to contribute some money to the ArchDetect project - either because you agree the icon is tacky, or just as a thank you, here is your venue. See the ArchDetect page at http://www.thezaz.com/products/archdetect/.
Also, anybody will to donate localization services, please get a hold of me. Use the address attached to the post above, or the one listed in the about box of ArchDetect.
ArchDetect 1.2.1 by Thom McGrath
ArchDetect 1.2.1 is a maintenance release fixing a couple important bugs, and refining the user experience. Some users have reported crashes while scanning certain folders, particularly folders with long or non-ascii names. This bug appears to have been fixed.
ArchDetect 1.2 by Thom McGrath
In honor of our most popular creation to date, ArchDetect gets some real features. Users can now filter and search results and find updates online from any download site. ArchDetect 1.2 is also now localizable, and there is also a couple bug fixes and optimizations.
ArchDetect 1.1 Released by Thom McGrath
I have released an updated version of ArchDetect which fixes a couple bugs preventing scans from ever being completed. This release also uses Sparkle for automatic updates, and Smart Crash Reports for helping me fix bugs.
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ArchDetect 1.0 Released by Thom McGrath
Introducing my very first released Cocoa project, ArchDetect - an excessively simple program which provides an overview of the architectures of every application on your computer.
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