TOKYO (MacHouse) – We’ve already released five software titles this month. We are happy to announce that a sixth software title of the month is ready for release. Probably, it’s the last release for this month. A new software title is called NameRanger

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NameRanger is just a simple application that will let you batch-rename files in a particular folder. After opening a folder, configure name settings. What you see in the 2nd list (whose header is shown as New file names) is exactly what you will get upon clicking on Execute. So you can work on name settings to your satisfaction in a totally non-destructive way.






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NameRanger is a product of MacHouse.

TOKYO (MacHouse) – More than a week ago, we released an update for CopyReady. CopyReady is one of several software titles that we use daily. It’ll give the user quick access to information that they need. It’s an indispensable tool for our software development. Sadly, a Mac App Store reviewer rejected the latest update. The following is what the reviewer says.






2.30

Export/Backup writes to Desktop without user consent.
(Preference>Export/Backup location set to Desktop by default)






CopyReady does not force the user to back up application data. It’ll only give the user the ability to do so if they want to back up data. In addition, CopyReady allows the user to set their default export folder. (See the screenshot below) By default, it points to Desktop. Furthermore, CopyReady will proceed to back up application data only when the user chooses Backup > Backup Data. So they want us to point the default export folder to Users > User > Library > Application Support > CopyReady, huh!? There is no practical point of doing so. And we certainly won’t make such a change.

Source: MacHouse

Dealing with Mac App Store is quite stressful. They reject software submissions for many silly reasons. There have been numerous instances where we lost our interest in developing Mac applications. Their silliness often shocks us. And this case is one of the worst ones. Do you know that Mac App Store will reject any software submission if they mention in the application description that there’s a trial version available?

TOKYO (MacHouse) – If you listen to the classical music, you probably know that FLAC and Monkey’s Audio are common audio formats. But iTunes and QuickTimeX don’t support either of them by default.

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xLosslessAudio is our new software title. xLosslessAudio allows the user to quickly convert an entire folder containing audio files with either lossless format (.flac or .ape) into one with iTunes-friendly format such as AIF, AAC, Apple Lossless, MP3.






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xLosslessAudio is a product of MacHouse.

TOKYO (MacHouse) – It has been just a couple of days since we released the third software title of the month. And we are ready to introduce another. This new software title is called PNG4iDevices.

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PNG4iDevices is a simple application that will allow software developers to generate various sizes of PNG files for iPhone & iPad applications.  With a single square-ratio PNG/PSD/TIFF image, you can generate different PNG images (29 x 29 px, 50 x 50 px, 57 x 57 px, 114 x 114 px, …, 512 x 512 px).  If you have a source image each for multiple applications, you can just drag and drop them all onto the listbox, which serves as a drop box, to generate icon images at a time.

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Of course, you could just use Preview to convert a source image into one different size after another. Or try PNG4iDevices to save your valuable time.






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PNG4iDevices is a product of MacHouse.
iPhone and iPad are products of Apple, Inc.

TOKYO (MacHouse) – There is no question that Adobe Illustrator is a great product.  We use it every time we design an application icon before a new software release.  It’s just that I hate it to enable the ruler and the grids every time I open a new document.

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AIStart is a simple application that will let you create a new Illustrator document with some startup settings.  Choose File > Save to save your startup settings so that you can create a new Illustrator document right away when you launch ALStart again. AIStart is currently available as a freeware title.

Note that AIStart has been tested with Adobe Illustrator CS3 only.  There is no guarantee it will run properly with other versions.






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AIStart is a product of MacHouse.
Illustrator is a product of Adobe Systems, Incorporated.