Update: It’s official: .Mac will be MobileMe soon.

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I’m not in Apple rumors business, but… hell… why not?

Apple will rename their .Mac service soon. Hints are everywhere in Mac OS X 10.5.3 update.

iCal’s Localizable.strings file contains the following string:

/* Label of .Mac button in iCal’s General preferences. %@ is the new name of Apple’s online service (was .Mac) (remove -XX02)

Safari has the following lines in its Localizable.strings:

/* Title of .Mac alert sheet, with .Mac brand name subsituted */ “You need a %@ account that has syncing enabled” = “You need a %@ account that has syncing enabled”;

Same with Mail’s Prefs.strings:

/* Title of button used to open the .Mac system preference pane. */ “AOS_SYNC_BUTTON_FORMAT” = “%@…”; /* Descriptive text for .Mac Sync. */ “AOS_SYNC_FORMAT” = “Use %@ to synchronize Accounts, Rules, Notes, Signatures, and Smart Mailboxes.”;

Almost everywhere “.Mac” has been replaced with %@, which means that the name of Apple’s online service will be inserted programmatically by applications.

I looked into binaries to find out what the new name is, but it seems like apps take this value from /System/Library/PreferencePanes/Mac.prefPane /System/Library/CoreServices/AOS.bundle (thanks, Mike!), which still has the old name. It seems like it will be updated via Software Update once Apple renames .Mac and — boom! — all your apps will have the new name.

Kudos to DeepApple [ru] for finding strings in iCal.

Update: next post: “Mobile Me” name found!

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We have updated our support center — it is much better now (though contact form is not available yet. While we’re working on it, please use email to contact us.)

Also, we got rid of the old forum and moved discussions to Google Groups. There are two user groups now:

• BlogJet Users group

  This place is to discuss BlogJet usage, share your thoughts on blogging, ask for help and request features.

• Mémoires Users group

  This place is for Mémoires users to share their thoughts on journaling, ask for help, and discuss ideas for future versions.

We hope you will be satisfied with improved support!

We released a plugin for Acorn image editor that allows you to upload your pictures to Flickr.

Consider current version a beta release — it works okay, though it doesn’t report the uploading progress yet.

Get it here: http://www.codingrobots.com/acornflickr/

It’s free (and open source, MIT license). Enjoy!

This is a quick fix for embossing of days in calendar, as Mac OS X 10.5.2 update changed how shadows behaved in Cocoa.

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MacSanta is here.

Mémoires 1.1.39 codename “Fix’em all” released today.

Release notes

• Fixed critical issue: if writing to disk fails when saving a decrypted journal, Mémoires removed the journal.
• Fixed crash when opening the registration window.

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We are happy to announce the availability of Mémoires 1.1 final release. The most requested feature was encryption of journals, so we implemented it.

Release notes

1.1.35

• Encryption for journals (AES-128).
• Importer now reports the number of imported journals and entries.
• Updated Sparkle (updater) framework.
• Updated crash reporter UI.
• Fixed crash.

1.1.36

• Fixed double encryption of journals.
• Fixed not updating highlighted dates (since 1.1.35).

1.1.37

• Fixed not removing temporary files in some cases (since 1.1.35).
• Changed directory for temporary files.
• Fixed loading journal issue when saving encrypted journals for the first time.

1.1.38

• Updated localizations.
• Autofilling of registration values if purchase confirmation email is selected in Mail.

Download Mémoires 1.1.38

Keep journaling!