Friday, July 22, 2011

NewControls app v1.1

NewControls version 1.1 will be released soon! ;-)

update: there are a lot of promo codes! ask here or email us.

HFS+ compression

Someone might find this useful. Once, I urgently needed free disk space and found a way to get it. I wrote this article after reading posts in MacRumors and MacWorld (both posts were written by brkirch, who used Ars Technica's Snow Leopard review as the basis).

Those who use (or used) Windows with NTFS filesystem, know that one can set "compressed" attribute for a folder (file), so that all the files moved to this folder are compressed by Windows. The files are decompressed automatically when you use them. The fact is that compression and decompression are done in the background unnoticed for the user. Something similar can be done in Mac OS X, though, with some differences: new files in the compressed folder won’t be archived automatically (there are a number of commercial programs that will do it for you, for example Clusters from LateNiteSoft (its former name is Squeeze) or HDCleanUp) and some files larger than 20MB could not be archived. I did my best to sound as simple and comprehensible as possible.

Monday, July 18, 2011

NewControls app v1.0


It's a new way to control audio playback!
  • Too shy to use voice control on public or it's too noisy around? Double click the volume button to use talking clock! The easiest and fastest way to know the time without taking out your phone!
  • Headphones without remote? Want to control device while it is in a pocket? Want to control device with your gloves on wearing? Double click the volume buttons to control playback: repeat, next track, previous track, fast-forward, rewind, play, pause! Do you want another action? - email us!
  • Broken volume button? Control volume with the functioning one!
  • Use NewControls to listen to podcasts. Repeat last 15 seconds or 40 or 70 or any time interval you want in one double-click.
  • Bonus for you - Lullaby and Gentle Alarm. Lullaby - go to sleep with your favorite tale. Gentle Alarm - wake up with your favorite music. Wake up easy with Gentle Alarm!
  • Use your iPad as an alarm clock!
  • iOS 3.1. You can use talking clock without iOS Voice Control feature on original iPhone or iPod Touch first generation!

Full information. View in App Store.