Yate v4.7 Released

This is the first version of Yate to be passed though Apple’s Notarization Server.  Some restructuring was required and a few components are now installed after v4.7 is launched for the first time. New versions of Audio File Health Check and dff2dsf were also...

WebSite Refresh

If you’re here you’ve probably noticed the new look for the website.  It’s been a long time coming.  We hope you like like it. We apologize to those of you subscribed to forum topics who have received ‘test’ notifications.

Yate v4.6 Released

We’re back.  Looks like we completely missed posting about v4.5.   Well, in Yate land, v4.5 is now old news. This time around we’ve added support for Monkey’s Audio and WavPack files.  Both these audio containers use APE tags.   We’ve been...

Yate v4.4 Released

This time we thought we’d knock off two feature requests which have been hanging around for a long time:  The ability to download lyrics and support for Ogg files (Vorbis and Opus). Thanks again for all the feedback and the above and beyond help from those...

Yate V4.3 Released

Phew … Just in time for Apple’s macOS 10.14 release on the 24th.   As this is the compatibility release for 10.14 it was a long time coming.  11 betas of the OS …. hopefully not too much changes when it’s released. Special thanks go out to the...

Yate v4.0 Released

Yate v4.0 has been released. 224 builds and three different implementations of Custom Fields. It’s amazing how far reaching a single feature change can be in an application. Thanks again to all our testers on the Preview list who had to put up with ‘less...

Yate v3.17 has Been Released

Loves & Dislikes, changes to the Editing State and various other feature requests have been implemented. When I was first asked to implement iTunes Loves & Dislikes I quite frankly couldn’t see the need for them. However, at some point I realized that...

RIP Leonard Cohen

I first saw Leonard Cohen perform in the early ’70s in Montreal. The last time was in Toronto a few years ago. If you never saw him perform you cannot begin to comprehend the joy he brought to his shows. He cared about the show and his audience. As a true...

Yate v3.8 released!

v3.8 is officially released. Lot’s of exciting things in this release. Far too many items to discuss here. Check out the release notes. Sometimes it’s the simple things that catch you. Personally, we like the new full grid display mode. We’re also...

v3.8 Preview

v3.8 is now available for preview.  The release has support for video, the reintroduction of the auto-downloading of Discogs images, a new snapshot mode and the introduction of Beatport support.   If you’d like to take a look at it send an email to...