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“It’s alive! ALIVE!”

October 11, 2011

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Few things around here get the old bones rattling and the blood pumping like Halloween does. Our favorite holiday is fast approaching and so the hordes of mindless thralls (sorry, we mean workers) have dug up the undead to help ‘redecorate’ the factory one more time.

Keep your eyes peeled (and we do mean peeled) in October for all new icon sets, scary new desktop pictures, and some tasty surprise tricks and treats. Be sure to keep visiting for the latest Halloween happenings in our News Links and don’t forget to visit our haunted staff page. Our employees have undergone their annual horrific transformations, so be sure to bring your silver bullets and holy water, you don’t want to miss a moment of the creepy, crawly fun.

Our month long tribute to all things All Hallow’s Eve begins today with the release of Invasion!, a new Futurama inspired desktop picture from Ged. This scene from last season’s classic episode The Late Philip J. Fry is reminiscent of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds and paints an all too familiar picture of a gigantic robotic invasion of New New York in the year 252525. Invasion! comes in two styles and is available for your computer desktop or as a fun iPhone wallpaper today. Head on over to the freeware page to fend off these mechanized harbingers of doom… and by “fend off” we mean, download the freebie wallpapers today.

We hope you’ll stay tuned for everything emerging from the lab in the weeks ahead. Fun stuff is in store so enjoy the creepy new Iconfactory, and Happy Halloween everyone!

Twitterrific 4.4.1 for iOS & Mac

September 27, 2011

By Webmaster

Announcing the immediate release of Twitterrific 4.4.1 for iOS and Macintosh. This latest update includes several important fixes that should improve the overall experience when using Twitterrific. Most notably, the number of tweets fetched on refresh has been raised significantly. This should help reduce the occurrence of large tweet gaps as well as make timeline synching more reliable when enabling Tweet Marker. Version 4.4.1 also restores full screen mode under Mac OS X Lion, improves the reliability of the ‘Replies to this Author’ action and removes the window re-size limit on the Mac desktop.

Twitterrific 4.4.1 is available as both a universal app for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, as well as for the Mac desktop via the iOS and Mac App Stores. The software is free of charge for use with a single Twitter account.

We invite you to visit the Twitterrific website to view the complete list of what’s new for both iOS and Mac OS X, get answers to frequently asked questions and purchase Twitterrific related goodies and gear. Enjoy.

Macworld Gives Take Five for Mac 4 out of 5 Mice

September 23, 2011

By Webmaster

If you’ve ever sat in silence for hours after having paused your music and forgotten to resume it, then you’re in good company. We used to forget to un-pause our music all the time which is why we created Take Five, a small utility which automatically un-pauses your music for you after a set interval.

Macworld’s own Dan Frakes has been using Take Five for a while and has posted a review for the app awarding Take Five for Mac 4 out of 5 mice. Dan’s review covers the basics and says of the software “Take Five does exactly what it aims to do, and, in typical Iconfactory fashion, it does so with a beautiful and easy-to-use interface.”

Head on over to the Take Five homepage to learn more about this nifty little utility that audiophiles will love. Take Five is available from the Mac App Store for just $3.99.

Twitterrific 4.4 for iOS & Mac

September 15, 2011

By Webmaster

Announcing the immediate release of Twitterrific 4.4 for iOS and Macintosh. This latest update to our popular Twitter app includes support for displaying unwrapped t.co URLs, a change to the ‘Load More’ button that allows timeline gaps to be filled in, improvements to the new Tweet Marker feature we recently added and much more.

The Twitterrific 4.4 update is free for all users. Some of the notable highlights include:

Unwrapped t.co links are displayed in the timeline whenever possible
Load More button now loads missing tweets that occur in timeline gaps
Tweet Marker support for lists to sync properly with Tweetbot
Tweet Marker saved when Mac is put to sleep, wakes up or links clicked
Shift-spacebar for previous tweet (opposite of spacebar)
Fixed a bug in landscape mode preventing profile actions from working
Plus lots more – iOS / Mac

Twitterrific 4.4 is available as both a universal app for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, as well as for the Mac desktop via the iOS and Mac App Stores. The software is free of charge for use with a single Twitter account.

We’re currently offering a special 50% discount off the desktop version of Twitterrific in the Mac App Store making it just $4.99 for a limited time.

Important xScope Updates for Leopard & Lion

August 18, 2011

By Webmaster

Announcing two important updates for xScope, our popular screen design tool for designers and developers. Version 2.5.1, available via the Mac App Store and the xScope home page today, fixes crashing issues associated with the Dimensions tool and is compatible with Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) and Mac OS X Lion (10.7).

Separately, we discovered problems with users running xScope 2.5 on Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) which prompted us to split this release into two parts. The second portion, version 2.2.3, is available only via the xScope home page and is specifically for Leopard users and incorporates the bug fixes and updates from Version 2.5.1. This allows us to move forward with improvements and new features in Version 2.5 but also means that 2.2.3 will be the final version compatible with Mac OS X Leopard.

If you are running Snow Leopard or Lion grab the new 2.5.1 update from the Mac App Store or from the Iconfactory. If you are running Leopard we highly recommend that you download version 2.2.3. Both of these updates are free to registered users of xScope.

Introducing Flare 1.2

August 16, 2011

By Webmaster

The latest update to Flare, our popular photo editing app for Mac OS X, is now available for download. Version 1.2 introduces external editing for seamless integration with iPhoto, Aperture, and Lightroom. Designate Flare as your external editor in one of those apps and you can jump into Flare to edit your photo, then return right to that app when you’re finished. Head on over to the Mac App Store to get Flare, then check out our guide to setting up Flare as an external editor. And don’t forget to post your photos to the ‘Made with Flare’ Flickr pool when you’re done editing!

Heroes & Villains Icons

August 16, 2011

By Webmaster

HULK SMASH BORING DESKTOPS! Iconfactory artist David Lanham brings some of pop culture’s most iconic heroes and villains to your desktop to duke it out. The Heroes and Villains collection features characters from both movies and comics drawn in David’s own unique style and is sure to liven up any Mac or Windows based PC. Jump into action and download Heroes and Villains today!

Twitterrific 4.3 for iOS & Mac Brings Timeline Syncing

August 9, 2011

By Webmaster

Announcing the release of Twitterrific 4.3 for iOS and Macintosh. This latest update to our popular Twitter app includes support for syncing reading position in the timeline across all platforms, improved scrolling in Lion, viewing Camera+ images inline and a host of additional improvements and bug fixes.

Version 4.3’s best feature is the ability to sync your reading position across all versions of Twitterrific by using the Tweet Marker API. Twitterrific keeps track of where you are in the timeline and displays that position as a bookmark on the tweet’s timestamp. Twitterrific can also automatically scroll to this position – no more searching for where you last left off. This makes reading your timeline a breeze when moving between Mac and iOS during the course of a day. Turn on timeline syncing via Twitterrific’s settings.

Some of the notable highlights in Twitterrific 4.3 include:

Syncing of timeline positions across all versions via Tweet Marker
Improved t.co and Twitter picture handling
Support for displaying Camera+ images inline
Support for normal tweet notifications with Growl (Mac)
Refinements to full screen mode & scrolling in Lion (Mac)
Improved handling of errors associated with incorrect time & time zones
Plus more – iOS / Mac

Twitterrific 4.3 is available as both a universal app for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, as well as for the Mac desktop via the iOS and Mac App Stores. The software is free of charge for use with a single Twitter account. Users can upgrade in-app to remove advertising and enable multiple Twitter accounts.

To help mark the release of version 4.3, we’re offering a special 50% discount for the Mac version of Twitterrific in the Mac App Store. If you’ve been on the wire about Twitterrific for Mac, now’s the time to take flight. Twitterrific is available from the Mac App Store for just $4.99 for a limited time.

xScope 2.5 for Mac OS X Lion

July 14, 2011

By Webmaster

ARTIS Software and the Iconfactory have released an important update to our popular utility for measuring and comparing on-screen elements, xScope. Version 2.5 includes compatibility for Mac OS X 10.7 and is required in order to run the software on Lion.

We are also pleased to announce xScope is now available for purchase from the Mac App Store for $29.99. Ordering from the Mac App Store is quick, easy and means there are no registration codes to keep track of. In addition, new users who purchase xScope 2.5 from the Mac App Store or here from the Iconfactory, will receive a free upgrade to xScope v3.0 in the months ahead. If you’re a new user, this is a great time to take advantage of this special offer.

Designers and developers everywhere have discovered the time saving power of xScope for Mac OS X. Version 2.5 is a free update to existing registered users of 2.x and is available today via the xScope home page.

Take Five 1.1 Now Available

July 5, 2011

By Webmaster

We’re pleased to announce that version 1.1 of our handy music pausing utility Take Five has arrived for the Mac. This latest version adds the ability to pause music from the most popular Mac audio desktop programs including Ecoute, Pulsar, Radium, Rdio, and Spotify. The same elegant and easy to use interface that controlled iTunes now works with your favorite audio apps as well.

Take Five v1.1 is available now via the Mac App Store so head on over today. Ordering from the Mac App Store is quick, easy and means there are no registration codes to keep track of.

We invite you to visit the Take Five homepage for more information including screen shots and answers to some of your more frequently asked questions. Never again let a call from your Mom, lolcat videos or visits from your boss put your music on permanent pause. Your music can only wait so long!

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