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If you're an AppleWorks user please try Sidekick, a Mac OS X menu bar item for AppleWorks 6. And don't miss reading our AppleWorks Overview or trying a few of our AppleWorks scripts.
News
6 September 2007
Sidekick 1.4.1 is a free upgrade for registered users and includes the following enhancements:
- Start Numbers program (part of iWork '08) from Sidekick menu
- Update Web Sites menu to remove some defunct AppleWorks sites
15 August 2007
Macworld UK reported this week that Apple is no longer selling AppleWorks, and that the AppleWorks web page redirects to AppleWorks Support.
The successor to AppleWorks is iWork. With the release of iWork '08 last week we have a word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation package that can open the equivalent AppleWorks documents.
There are still many users of AppleWorks so I will be maintaining Sidekick for their use. At this stage, I'm unsure of Sidekick and AppleWorks compatability with Mac OS X 10.5 (aka Leopard). I'll provide an update in October when Leopard is released.
7 December 2006
Sidekick 1.4 is a free upgrade for registered users and includes the following enhancements:
- Access to the Dictionary and Thesaurus program built into Mac OS X (Registered users only. Requires Mac OS X 10.4.)
- Access to some Mac OS X Services (eg Spotlight, Speak Text, Summarize)
- Sort recent items alphabetically
Please also note that support for AppleWorks 5 and an alternative recent items folder has been removed.
Sidekick 1.4 requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later. Mac OS X 10.2.8 users can continue using Sidekick 1.2.
29 August 2006
I've added Sidekick to the osx.iusethis.com web site. If you do use Sidekick, do me a favour and drop by the site to add it to the applications you use. Thanks!
30 July 2006
Sidekick 1.3.1 fixes an issue with recent documents saved on a server.
25 July 2006
Sidekick 1.3 is a free upgrade for registered users and includes the following enhancements:
- Universal Binary
- Fixed issue with login items
- Updated Web Sites > Sidekick home page menu item
- Updated contact email address in Read Me
- Sidekick 1.3 requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later. Mac OS X 10.2.8 users can continue using Sidekick 1.2.
23 July 2006
Harold Chu has taken over development of iiUsage again. Check out Harold's new iiUsage web page. Harold is the original developer and is currently rewriting it. If you're using Mac OS 10.4, try out the iiUsage 2.0 beta.
I'm leaving iiNet for Internode as the speed and phone costs of my iiNet package no longer represent great value.
23 April 2006
An AppleScript to auto-save Pages 2.0 documents added to AppleScript web page.
9 April 2006
iiUsage 0.7.1 is now available. It fixes an issue with broadband1 budget accounts.
30 March 2006
iiUsage 0.7 is now available. It's an Universal Binary and supports Growl notifications.
11 March 2006
I've taken over development of iiUsage:mac from Harold Chu. iiUsage is a usage meter for customers of iiNet, an Australian ISP.
20 January 2006
dmg software opens a brand new web site with its own domain name.
