Eter 2.0: New Look, New Features!

Eter 2.0: New Look, New Features!

Eter: Streaming Internet Radio is not just a radio app—it’s your portal to over 40,000 global radio stations and it’s filled with great features!

Before we tell you more, let’s first step back in time… the story of how Eter came to Apparent Software is an interesting one. It starts at Macworld 2011. Apparent founder and senior dev Jacob had a booth there at Macworld and, of course, met a lot of press back in those days when there were loads of people writing articles on slim slices of dead trees. One of them was Krystian Kozerawski, a Polish tech blogger (see the photo from back then below). Jacob and Krystian became fast friends, in part because of their common love for similar music and both being guitarists, having played in bands. They kept in touch and a few years later Krystian decided to become a Swift developer and then he joined Apparent Software as a Junior Developer, more than 5 years ago. He developed Eter as a side-project and it became quite popular in Poland. He then suggested to bring it into Apparent Software’s fold because, as he says, he treats us like a rock band and the app is like a song that he brings to the band. Which is a really nice notion, if you ask us. And now, back to the app!

Apple device lineup for Eter radio streaming app

Whether you’re on the hunt for fresh music or seeking solace in familiar tunes, Eter is your musical companion. If you haven’t experienced the magic of Eter yet, now is the perfect time to dive in, as Eter 2.0 has arrived with a plethora of new features to elevate your listening experience. Here is what’s waiting for you:

  • Fresh Design: Embark on a visual journey with a fresh design overhaul led by our Winnipeg-based designer, Brady Froese, alongside a new app icon that encapsulates the essence of Eter’s evolution.

  • Expanded Search Functionality: Explore the vast world of radio stations with ease through an expanded search feature. Discover stations by genre, location, or tags, unlocking a world of musical exploration at your fingertips.

  • Enhanced Playback Experience for Premium Users: Dive into your listening history with a feature that allows Premium users to view recently played tracks and seamlessly open them in Apple Music, bridging the gap between discovery and engagement.

  • Mac Exclusive Features: Mac users can now indulge in a new mini-player for the menu bar, providing quick access to controls. With the option to hide the Dock icon and support for media keys, the Mac experience is tailored to enrich your journey through music, extending compatibility to iPads with attached keyboards.

Ready to explore the world of Eter? Available on all Apple devices including CarPlay, immerse yourself in seamless radio streaming with Eter 2.0. For more information and to discover all that Eter has to offer, visit our website.

Stream internet radio anywhere with Eter.

Krystian Kozerawski and Jacob Gorban at Macworld 2011

Trickster 3.9.2 Release Notes

DEVONthink integration improvements

Half of improvements in Trickster 3.9.2 are related to a better integration with DEVONthink. For items originating from DEVONthink:

  • Copying URLs will copy a callback URL that opens the item in DEVONthink. This helps with copying DEVONthink items, for example
  • Option-Double-Click or Option-Return will open the file using a default app for the type instead of inside DEVONthink.

Improvements for the new Dropbox and iCloud Desktop/Documents

Now, for the new Dropbox macOS integration (when the Dropbox folder is inside “Locations”), the path inside Dropbox will be correctly shown, like it was showing for older Dropbox versions

Similarly, when customers use iCloud Desktop/Documents option on the macOS, Trickster will now correctly display the path in these folders instead of an empty path.

Trickster 3.9.2 showing paths in Dropbox and Desktop in iCloud

Integration with Hookmark in Setapp

Lastly, Trickster fixes its integration with the Setapp version of Hookmark.

Black Friday Cyber Monday Deals 2023

Black Friday Cyber Monday Deals 2023

We’ve put pretty much everything on sale for Black Friday-Cyber Monday this year, so if there are any Apparent Software titles you’re missing, now is a great time to complete your collection.

Sale prices start Wednesday, November 22 and run through Tuesday, November 28. Here are all the details, with prices shown in USD:

Cashculator — Personal Finance for Mac. Save 50% off the first year of an annual subscription. That means you get a year of access to easy-to-use cash flow forecasting and budgeting for just $24.99. You might save more than that the very first month you start taking a closer look at your finances with Cashculator! Note: Cashculator is always free to use with up to five income or expense categories, perfect for simple budgets, teaching financial concepts, or just to try before you buy. You can also choose to subscribe monthly, in which case you can use it with unlimited categories for the first week for free and then pay $5.99 a month thereafter. Learn more about Cashculator here.

Trickster: Recently Used Files. Save 50% off Trickster’s regular pay-up-front price. Pay just $14.99 for this time-saving productivity powerhouse! At its simplest, Trickster answers “Where is that file I was just working on?” But it’s also packed with power user settings and integrations with Hookmark and DEVONthink so you can work faster and more easily with all your files.

ImageFramer. Your Art. Showcased. All tiers of ImageFramer digital photo and art framing on the Mac as well as all its add-on frame & overlay packs, are 50% off. This includes the Card Creator Pack, which contains elements to craft beautiful greeting cards right within ImageFramer. Learn more about ImageFramer here.

Eter: Streaming Internet Radio is a free iOS, macOS, CarPlay, watchOS, and tvOS app that plays any internet radio station listed in the radio-browser.info database. If you want to save your own favorites (which then work across all the app’s platforms) or use the sleep timer to drift off to your favorite station, you would usually pay $4.99 for a one-time in-app purchase to unlock these premium features. That’s a ridiculously low price already, but hey, the holidays are on the way, so we also made Eter half off right now, bringing the price to just $2.49!

Calm My Dog: Anxiety Training is the newest addition to our app portfolio and came out of our designer’s real-life experiences with his dog. Squeaks, a pandemic pup, needed gradual desensitization training to learn to stay home alone. Anyone who’s using this method knows it’s hard work and part of that work is tracking and timing the training sessions, which this iPhone app does for you. During our Black Friday sale, purchase a lifetime subscription for half off, $49.99 for fur-ever access. Note: you can add as many dogs as you like, so this tool works for trainers as well as individual owners. Learn more about Calm My Dog and download free training resources here.

Better integrations and Favorites in Trickster 3.9.1

The new version of Trickster introduces the following changes:

  • Improved integration with Hookmark and DEVONthink
    • Change name from Hook to its rebrand name Hookmark.
    • Display Hookmark button for tracked DEVONthink documents that have hooks.
    • Invoking Hookmark on a DEVONthink item in Trickster will provide expected URL to DEVONthink.
  • What was called Preferences is now called Settings on macOS Ventura and Trickster is now following that convention
  • Added a setting to select what should be displayed in the Favorites sidebar: Icon, Title or Both (like previously).

The new favorites sidebar, with only icons visible
The new favorites sidebar, with only icons visible

Getting Started with Trickster

Getting up and running with Trickster: Recently Used Files is easy, and takes only a few minutes. Follow along to learn how to install the app on your Mac, choose which files and folders to track, and how to prevent specific file types from being tracked. Get ready to boost your productivity by always having the files you need right at hand! If you’d like to watch a video of this process, you can visit our YouTube channel.

Installing Trickster

Installing Trickster is easy. Just download Trickster from our website. You can download Trickster with your favorite web browser, but if you have any issues try using Safari. Web browsers save files to the Downloads folder by default, so that’s probably where it’s waiting.

The Trickster app icon looks like a top hat with a rabbit popping out. If you see an icon that looks like a sheet of paper with a zipper instead, just double-click it to expand the app. Now you can drag the Trickster top hat icon to your Applications folder. Once it’s there, double-click the Trickster icon to get started.

Understanding Trickster’s Interface

Trickster adds a top hat to your Mac’s menu bar so you have quick access to your files. Click it to open the Trickster window where you can see your recently added, opened, or modified documents and folders. The left edge of the window lets you quickly filter what you see. Click the file drawer, for example, to see all recently modified files and folders. Click the photo to see just images and other graphics files, and click the folder to see the folders where the contents have recently changed.

The window’s bottom bar includes several handy tools. Working from left to right, here’s what you’ll find:

  • Filters Menu: From here, you can add and remove tracked folders, and make filters for controlling what Trickster shows you.
  • Active App Filter: Click this to show files for just the currently active app. If you’re working on a report in Pages, for example, only Pages documents will appear.
  • Row Style Options: Compact Row shows file, folder, or app names along with small icons. Extended Row shows the item name and path with large icons.
  • Sort Options: These options let you sort items by most recently active, or alphabetically.
  • Search: The search field lets you look for items by name.
  • Main Menu: This is where to go to find Tricker’s preferences, check for app updates, and more.

Adding Watched Folders to Trickster

To get the most out of Trickster, you need to track the folders and documents that are most important to you. That could be your Downloads folder, client projects, the Documents folder, or a photos folder, for example.

While the idea of letting Trickster monitor your entire Home directory may sound appealing—after all, seeing every recently changed file or folder sounds pretty handy—you should be more deliberate and specific with your choices. macOS makes and modifies a lot of files behind the scenes that you probably don’t need filling up your Trickster views.

To add new tracked folders, start by clicking the Trickster menu bar item, then click the Filters Menu button in the app window’s lower left corner. Now click Configure File Tracking. Next, click Watched Folders and drag the folders you want to track into the right-side column. When you’re done adding folders, click Apply Changes.

Trickster automatically monitors everything inside the folders you add, so changes in subfolders show up, too. Here’s an example: Let’s say you add your Documents folder to the Watched Folders list. If you make a new folder called “My Favorite Recipes” inside Documents, new and edited documents in the “My Favorite Recipes” folder are also tracked by Trickster.

Excluding Items You Don’t Want to Track

Just because you want to see your recent files and folders in an easy to use interface doesn’t necessarily mean you want to see every file. Let’s say, for example, you don’t need to see .XML files.

Start by clicking the Filters Menu button, then click Configure File Tracking. Click Excluded Extensions, then click the plus button to add an extension. Now enter the extension without a period at the beginning. If you don’t want to see .XML files, for example, enter “XML” in the field. Now click Apply Changes.

Favoriting Folders and Files

You can quickly access the files and folders you use most by adding them to Trickster’s Favorites sidebar. If you don’t see the Favorites bar, click the star in the upper right corner of the Trickster window.

To add folders or documents to Favorites, just click and drag the item from any of Trickster’s recent files lists into the Favorites sidebar. Double-clicking an item in Favorites automatically opens it. You can also move or copy items by dragging them from the Finder onto folders in Trickster’s Favorites sidebar.

Getting Even More Out of Trickster

With Trickster set up to track just what you want, you can find the files you need without spending time manually searching through lots of folders. You can copy, move, rename, and delete files, just like you do in the Finder. Just select the item in the Trickster window, and drag it like you normally do, or click the gear icon to the right of the item’s name to do more, such as rename, show in Finder, and move to the Trash.

Read what Apple loves about Trickster in their App Store feature story, “Files at Your Fingertips.”

To learn even more about what makes Trickster great, check out the online user manual for more tips and tricks or watch the video below!

Cashculator 2.1 brings CSV export

Cashculator 2.1 is available on the Mac App Store. Here are the release notes:

  • NEW: Export to a CSV file.
    • Export any table (including reconciliation and reports)
    • Export list of transactions.
    • Find “Export” commands in the File menu.
  • NEW: Disabling of categories.
    • Disabled categories don’t affect totals and allow for quick simple “what-ifs”.
    • Find “Disable” commands in a category’s context menu (right-click on a category), or in the Categories submenu in Edit menu.
  • IMPROVED: Standalone “new document” window
  • UX improvements and Bug fixes

We have also started work on importing transactions from a CSV file

Half price apps for Black Friday – 2022

In this season of gratitude, we’re thankful for you, dear users! Whether you’ve been using Apparent Software for years or you just found us today (welcome!), this is the perfect time to grab one of our useful, friendly applications.

Until the end of November, ImageFramer, Trickster, Cashculator and Socialite are 50% off. Yes, even ImageFramer Pro—a $40 saving that gets you batch processing and the frame editor along with ImageFramer’s huge and growing frame library!

  • Beautifully frame your photos and digital art with ImageFramer
  • Get a handle on your finances with the new Cashculator
  • Keep files at your fingertips with Trickster

Socialite for iOS

Add cool frames, stickers and text to your photos with Socialite for iOS.
Socialite‘s yearly subscription is also 50% until the end of November. Get Socialite on the App Store.

Cashculator 2 beta 1 is out

We’re excited to announce the first beta of the next major version of Cashculator for the Mac

Cashculator icon

Cashculator is a personal finance app, focused on high-level planning and tracking of income and expenses. It’s a smart spreadsheet for personal finance.

Be among the first to try it out!

If you’re new to Cashculator, check out the new home page for highlights and read the new Quick Guide.

The highlights of the new version

  • Cashculator is now document-based. So instead of only having one internal database, you can create and save separate documents anywhere.
  • In addition to month-based columns, a weekly view for the spreadsheet tables is now available. You can switch tables between monthly and weekly views at any time.
  • Precise date-level planning, if desired, including weekly-based recurring transactions
  • Income/Expenses categories can now be organized into groups (subcategories support)
  • Improved Reconcile screen, which includes income and expenses data for easier reconciliation and a quick look at all the data
  • A new Reports screen with graph and table reports
  • Printing of Income/Expenses spreadsheets (printing of reports to come)
  • A new option to create Actual transactions from Plan automatically when the date arrives
  • Multiple starting templates to choose from for new documents or scenarios
  • Refreshed UI and icon

Read the full details and find the download link in our forum by clicking the button below

The new design of the Expenses table in Cashculator 2

We can’t wait for you to try it out!

The team at Apparent Software
Braden, Jacob, Krystian and Susannah.

Trickster price increase

The price of Trickster will increase to $29.99 USD on February 5, 2021, our first price increase ever since the introduction of Trickster seven years ago. In case you don’t know, Trickster is a Mac app that improves productivity by providing quick access to your recent files and folders.

Not yet a paying customer or have friends who aren’t? Now’s the time to buy.

This new one-time-purchase price point better reflects Trickster’s value as an essential productivity tool and brings it into line with other Mac productivity tools. Most importantly, it allows us to keep bringing you the best Trickster possible—your purchase funds Trickster’s continuous development.

Questions, comments, feature requests? Reach out on Twitter @tricksterapp or through Support.

Black Friday 2020

In this season of gratitude, we’re thankful for you, dear users! Whether you’ve been using Apparent Software for years or you just found us today (welcome!), this is the perfect time to grab one of our useful, friendly applications.

Until Wednesday, December 2, ImageFramer, Trickster, and Cashculator are 50% off. Yes, even ImageFramer Pro—a $40 saving that gets you batch processing and the frame editor along with ImageFramer’s huge and growing frame library!

This offer is valid only on purchases made directly through our websites. Good while supplies last! (We’re kidding; there’s plenty of software to go around.)

Socialite for iOS

Also, email our support and ask for a 50% coupon code for Socialite‘s yearly subscription.

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