Yate v6.0.2 Released

We’re always appreciative when we’re granted permission to use an API to access additional metadata.  This time around our thanks go out to Last.fm. v6.0.2 has the ability, via actions, to download Last.fm tags. We’ve also added the ability to...

Yate v6.0 Released

In Yate time it’s been a while since a new version has been released.  We’re happy to say that v6.0 is out. In this release we got around to doing a lot of things which have been on our todo list for quite a while.  Sit back, relax and read the changes...

Yate v5.1.3.1 Released

We released v5.1.3.1 today.  This is mostly a patch release as there were a few bug fixes that we wanted to get out there.  As a few of the fixes had to be back ported, there are a few enhancements as well. The next release is going to be big. Stay...

Yate v5.1.3 Released

Today we released a small update to Yate.  Not much changed other than working around a few Catalina issues.  We also added new functionality to the UI to be able to identify, filter and re-encode progressive jpeg files. We’ve also released the first update in...

10.15.4 Catalina Release

Unfortunately the release build of 10.15.4 does not fix any of the Music and system issues that have been reported.  You can always view a list of the issues via the Yate Help menu’s Known Issues item.

My Experiences with the Music Application … so far

When 10.15.2 was released I finally upgraded to Catalina as rebooting constantly for testing and support was becoming too much of a pain,  Prior testing had revealed a number of bugs in the new Music and TV applications that were annoying but I took the plunge...

Yate v5.0 Released

Yate v5.0 was released today with support for Mac OS 10.15 (Catalina) and the new Music and TV applications.  At this time beta 8 of 10.15 is out and except for one issue everything seems to be working.  The issue with require a fix from Apple and is related to...

Mark Knopfler in Concert

I saw Mark Knopfler in concert last night.  What an amazing show.  He had ten world class musicians with him, each of who seemed to play an extraordinary amount of instruments.   Of the sixteen songs played only two were from his latest album ‘Down the Road...

Latest on Mac OS 10.15

Well we’re up to beta 6 at this point.  The OS seems far more stable.  The Music and TV applications are still moving targets with breaking changes being made with each successive beta.  All in all things look pretty good as far as Yate v5.0 goes.  There is only...

First look at Mac OS 10.15 and Yate

Mac OS 10.15 beta 1 was released today and I decided to jump in for a quick look.  Surprise … there are issues. A relatively simple bug to fix is the fact that Yate preferences can’t be imported.  This is easy to get around and will be in the next release...