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Packrat 2.0.8

Saturday, November 5th, 2011

Packrat 2.0.8 is now available at the Mac App Store. New in this update is:

- Fixed a bug where thumbnails were not being displayed. Thumbnails are now organized better in the Application Support folder. You will need to sync to see your thumbnails because of the new organization. Until you do sync, you will not see your thumbnails.

- Fixed a bug where descriptions on the thumbnails in galleries were being cut off on the last row

I hope these bug fixes relieve some annoyance in your life :) Please leave a review in the Mac App Store if you like Packrat and help spread the word about it.

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Packrat 2.0.7

Thursday, October 6th, 2011

Packrat 2.0.7 is now available in the Mac App Store. This version fixes a problem that occurs when you have a lot of file attachments and images. You would get a Connection Reset by Peer error.  This problem is now fixed.

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Packrat 2.0.6

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

Apple has approved Packrat 2.0.6, which is now available. This version fixes a bug that quite a few of you have run into where when you sync and its almost done, Packrat would crash. I also added a workaround for a problem with the Backpack API where you would get a connection lost error during a sync.

Also, this version, and going forward, is only available on the Mac App Store. That’s where all my sales are and I figured I might as well save some time and not worry about my own web store. I can bring it back if needed, but for now I’ll try this. If you bought Packrat 2.x from infinitenil.com and you would like to access to upgrades then shoot me an email, and I’ll will give you a promo code for free version of Packrat from the Mac App Store.

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Packrat 2.0.5 – Download fix

Friday, June 17th, 2011

For those of you who didn’t purchase Packrat from the Mac App Store, Packrat 2.0.5 is now available at infinitenil.com.

Packrat 2.0.5 contains a fix for downloading file attachments and images. 37signals changed their authentication on their site, which prevented Packrat from logging into your Backpack site and downloaded the files. With this update you can download those files again.

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Backpack Archiver and Backpack Page Saver

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

I looking into new products for infiniteNIL and I’m wondering if anybody would be interested. Here’s a couple of ideas.

  • Backpack Archiver. Much like Parachute (getparachute.com) on Windows, this would download your entire Backpack account, including files, and produce an HTML site and/or PDF.
  • Backpack Page Saver. This would allow you to archive your pages much like Basecamp allows you. You select pages to archive and the app would download the page and then delete the page from Backpack. If you need it later, you could restore the page. This let’s you stay within the limit of your account’s page limits.

Please comment below and let me know what you think of these ideas.

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15% of Mobile Apps Launched Offline

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

Here’s an interesting article that shows the need for apps to work when they are not connected to the internet: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/05/10/15-of-mobile-apps-launched-while-offline/.

This shows the need for apps like Packrat exists, although Packrat is on the Mac, so it solves the case for laptops. What about iPhone and iPad? Are there enough Backpack clients for the iPhone and iPad? Do they have an offline mode? Would you like to see Packrat for the iPhone or iPad?

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Introducing Packrat Lite

Monday, April 18th, 2011

Packrat Lite is now available in the Mac App Store. Packrat Lite is a free version of Packrat that let’s you view the data from your Backpack accounts while your offline. It works just like the full version of Packrat, except you cannot edit any of your data.

I decided to release Packrat Lite to get more people to try Packrat and see you useful it is and how nice it is to have a native Mac OS X UI for Backpack. If you like it and want to get the full benefit of Packrat and be able to edit your data offline, then please purchase the full version.

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Multiple Documents or One Window?

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

Packrat 2.0 supports multiple accounts. It does this by having a multiple document architecture where each document is an account.

I’m just wondering. What do you think about this? Do you like it, or would you rather have a single window user interface with multiple accounts in the same window?

This comes up because I am considering creating a Packrat Lite version for the Mac app store that would be free, but it would only support one account and only a certain number of pages. This means I either have a single window interface or prevent the user from opening another document, which is kind of clunky.

 

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A Little Help Please

Monday, February 28th, 2011

Packrat 2 sales have not been what I had hoped. I haven’t even seen the number of upgrades I had expected. Either the word is not getting out or people don’t need offline access anymore. If I can’t get sales going then I think I have to consider that Packrat has run its course and I need to move on to another product.

So, I am asking for your help. If you have purchased Packrat from the Mac App Store, please go there and write up a review. If you purchased from infinitenil.com, then please tweet, share on Facebook, or blog about it. If you haven’t upgraded yet, and you would like to see Packrat steadily improving then please buy a copy.

Even if you haven’t purchased Packrat or don’t like it, then please send me an email or tweet me and tell me what you didn’t like or why you didn’t buy or what would get you to buy. That will help me improve Packrat as well.

Your support keeps me motivated and helps me to be able to keep improving Packrat and developing new products that hopefully improve your life in some little way. Thanks.

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Packrat 2.0.3

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Packrat 2.0.3 is now available at infinitenil.com and has been submitted to the Mac App Store. Here’s the changes:

  • Fixed a rare bug that would cause a crash when you synced.
  • Fixed a bug where attachments with spaces in the name would not open.
  • If you had a embedded YouTube video in your page, the whole page would show up blank. Now you will see a link for the video.

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