Blog, page 16
News, updates and stories from the Realmac Software team.
Shared preferences between sandboxed applications
Since the introduction of sandboxing on OS X, there has been much discussion about whether an application is a good fit for the sandbox. The truth is, if your…
App Pricing and the Freemium Trend
Pricing is always an emotive subject, whether we’re buying a car, a coffee or an app. We all love a freebie and a great deal, however in our disposable world…
Skeuomorphism and the User Interface
Skeuomorphism is something that users have come to expect in apps for iPhone, iPad and even the Mac these days. It’s easily recognisable, and Apple has mainly…
Realmac is 10!
This week Realmac Software turns 10 years old! Since November 2002 we’ve grown to a team of 10, making apps we love to use. We couldn’t have done it without…
The wait is over, meet Clear for Mac
Today we’re incredibly excited to launch Clear for Mac alongside a big update to Clear for iPhone! The all new Clear for Mac is a revolutionary todo list app…
Introducing Clear for Mac’s Introductory Price
We’ve had a truly amazing response to Clear for Mac since we announced the preview last week, and one of the biggest questions we’ve had is “Will there be any…
Introducing something new for Clear
Over the last few months, we’ve been hard at work on the next big update to Clear. Along with an update to Clear for iPhone with iCloud, we’re also today…
Xcode 4's Less Obvious Shortcuts
At the time of writing, it has been nearly 20 months since Xcode 4 was released to us. The user interface underwent a massive change into a more integrated…
Café Realmacs Mural time-lapse
Early this year we moved into our new office in Brighton and spent many months refurbishing the upper floors of the building. One area we paid extra attention…
Team Realmac at Çingleton Symposium
Earlier this week Dan, Keith and myself returned back to Realmac HQ after an awesome weekend at the Çingleton Symposium in Montréal, Canada. Along with some…
Cocoa Error Handling and Recovery
For those engineers amongst us, we’re all too familiar with handling errors in the software we develop. Here at Realmac Software we take error handling very…
Analog workflow
We build products we want to use, and Analog is a prime example of this. I’m a keen photographer, and pretty much all of my personal (and company!) photos get…