The Soulmen have released Ulysses III version 1.1 with a ton of welcome features and enhancements. I previously reviewed Ulysses 3 when it was first released. I’ve been testing v1.1 for a couple of weeks and I’m pleased to report that many of my initial concerns have been addressed. It was a great editor to begin with, but now it’s a powerhouse.
editor, markdown, text, ulysses
It was fun to connect with old friend and former co-worker Dan Peterson on this week’s Systematic. Dan’s the lead designer for AgileBits, makers of 1Password. We talked about the new release of 1Password 4 for Mac, iOS design, tattoos and procrastination of all kinds.
podcast, systematic
The TextExpander Tools have been updated to fix many of the snippets in the Tools group, including the URL shortening and creation snippets. You can download them from the TE-Snippets page, and if you’ve added the group as a URL it should automatically update.
macos, textexpander, tools
I’ve added a new Service to the Markdown Service Tools for stripping out Markdown formatting, leaving just plain text. It’s not something I do often, but I’ve received a couple of requests for it and it does have its uses.
markdown, markdownservices, service
Marked 2.1 (build 771) was released this morning. The trial verison on the website has been updated, and current users can use Marked->Check for Updates if you don’t automatically receive the update notification. The update is free to all Marked 2 customers.
marked, news
Agile Tortoise, developer of the renowned productivity app Drafts, has released Terminology 3, a new and completely rewritten version of the excellent dictionary and thesaurus app.
appreview, ios, ipad, iphone
I had Tim Stevens, former Editor in Chief of Engadget and currently an Editor at Large for CNET, as this week’s guest on Systematic. Tim and I have known each other for a while and worked together while he was at Engadget. He’s a great journalist and an even better human being.
podcast, systematic
Silvia Gatta and Federico Viticci comprise Icons & Coffee, which previously brought us the Perspective Icons set for OmniFocus. Now, they’ve launched Essence, an icon set for iOS 7 designers. It contains 300 icons created with the iOS 7 design sensibility, and comes with a generous license that makes it an ideal fit for app designers (and anyone looking to leverage the new look).
design, icons
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bookmarks, macos, security, tagging
Thanks to notes from Jeremy Mack and die_krabbe, SearchLink is restored to its former glory, complete with a working iTunes API search for the Mac App Store. It’s also now Mavericks-compatible and should handle UTF-8 characters appropriately.
itunes, macappstore, macos, searchlink, service
If you use SearchLink at all, you’ve probably noticed that the Mac App Store searches have stopped working. This happened the day iOS 7 came out, and it still hasn’t resolved. iTunes App Store links are functioning better, but the MAS returns no results. In order to be able to continue using the utter convenience that is SearchLink, I’ve switched (!mas) searches to use a Google site search instead. This is a temporary stopgap, and I’ll switch back to using the iTunes…
macappstore, searchlink
I’m releasing Sidecar13 for Simplify today. It’s a smaller version of the original Sidecar jacket, which was designed for my 27” display. I failed to make the original scale on its own, so I had to release this as a separate jacket. It has all of the features and skins of the original, just scaled to fit on my 13” MacBook Air.
jacket, sideshow, simplify
