The Breakroom
Category: xScope
Developers, Developers, Develop!
January 12, 2024
Two of our most popular developer tools were updated this week. It’s not just our website that’s getting the love! xScope Our primary focus with xScope version 4.7 was to update the screen recording code. Alerts in the Sonoma beta gave us pause and we noticed an increase in crashes with the older APIs. There […]
Happy Anniversary, xScope!
November 14, 2023
Twenty years ago today, we released a new product. To say that product has been a success would be an understatement. It’s been an essential part of a workflow for tens of thousands of folks. It’s also an app that has evolved with our desktop environments over the years: it predates responsive web design, Retina […]
Beware: xScope & macOS Sonoma
November 1, 2023
We’ve been working on a compatibility update for xScope on macOS Sonoma for the past few weeks. The current version has been fine through the beta release, so we’ve been making minor tweaks and adding some performance improvements – certainly nothing urgent. With last week’s release of macOS Sonoma 14.1 (on October 25th) things changed […]
Tot & xScope Back to School Sale
August 17, 2022
Now through August 31st, we’re offering a 30% discount on two of our most popular productivity tools – Tot for note takers and xScope for designers and developers. Saving a bit of cash is always welcome, even if you’re not a student, so be sure to head to the App Store to pick up Tot […]
A Factory Record
December 16, 2019
Last week was a busy one, we released 10 product updates: a record number! Rather than bombard you with bunch of posts, here’s a quick recap of all that’s new: iPulse – Our system monitoring utility got a refresh for some small issues on Catalina, mainly with the new startup disk layout. xScope – Every […]
xScope, Catalina, and Screen Recording
August 16, 2019
We just released a new version of xScope that adds compatibility for the upcoming version of macOS Catalina. You can update using the Mac App Store or with “Check for Updates…” in the xScope menubar. If you’re new to xScope, you can download a FREE trial from the product website. The most visible change on […]
The Darkest Time of Year
October 16, 2018
For over 20 years, we’ve been celebrating our favorite holiday on the Iconfactory home page. Yes folks, it’s that time of year again: Halloween! It all started long ago with The Great Pumpkin and we haven’t looked back. If you love this holiday as much we do, there’s a page that will give you an […]
Updates Galore!
April 23, 2018
For the past couple of weeks, we’ve been giving all of our apps some attention. Rather than flood this blog with a bunch of posts about the updates, here’s a quick recap: xScope 4.3.1 — Added a couple of frequently requested features and made sure that everything works great on macOS High Sierra. iPulse 3.0.3 […]
xScope 4.3
November 29, 2016
We’re pleased to announce the availability of xScope 4.3 in the Mac App Store and as a direct download from the xScope website. The main focus of this release was compatibility with macOS Sierra. It took us awhile to figure out why Guides and Frames always appeared at launch, but thankfully they no longer do […]
xScope 4.2
March 17, 2016
An update for xScope is now available in the Mac App Store and through the in-app update. xScope 4.2 features a new setting in General preferences that allows tool windows to stay in the Space where they were activated. If you do design or development in one space and email or chat in another this […]
