12. Notarization and Sonoma
All of Eric’s apps are now notarized with Apple. This allows them to verify the software is safe. You no longer need to approve installs. It’s been a long journey making that work. Also, he’s also updated the apps to be fully supported on macOS 14 Sonoma. Another roller coaster but a much shorter one.
11. Going Universal
While Apple already translates Intel apps into Arm (M1, M2,…) apps on the first launch, there is something to say about “going native”. At long last we’ve discovered the Apple Xcode bug that was slowing down apps when compiled as Universal (Intel+ARM) and are testing. These will be free updates to the current apps and…
10. Expansion and Restoration
Eric has completed remaking his core applications for Apple’s current computing platform and now it is time to build on them. We are creating new expansion packs and restoring long-forgotten content made with the apps. ArtMatic CTX Expansions ArtMatic CTX has four expansion packs currently available (Super, Metal Heart, Architecture, and Deep Space). Users also…
9. A Complete Set
A complete set of Eric Wenger’s core applications (MetaSynth, Xx, Designer, and Voyager) have been recreated for Apple’s AppKit application platform and released, and U&I Software 2.0 is fully implemented. This represents over 3 years of more than full-time work. Plus a couple of years of prep to create a new AppKit application framework in…
8. Catching Our Breath
After the unexpected struggles to recreate ArtMatic (Designer, Voyager, Explorer), MetaSynth and their demos; rebuilding the ArtMatic and MetaSynth communities; creating eLearning modules, interview videos, training videos, and translating updated manuals into 10 non-English languages; increasing the quality of product testing before release including a bug tracker, and public bug portal; rebooting the company branding,…
7. The Road Ahead II
We’ve made progress in our 5-year journey to bring U&I Software products to Apple’s Cocoa platform. Creative ToolboX (CTX) recreations of our most popular programs MetaSynth and ArtMatic (Designer+Voyager) have been released. All of them have had multiple free upgrades and are now humming along with each at version 1.1. ArtMatic CTX 1.2 is now…
6. Big Sur Update II
ArtMatic CTX 1.1 (Designer, Voyager, Explorer) has been released to CTX 1.0 customer accounts. This is a free upgrade. If you have not upgraded your software before, please read the Updates section of the Support page on this site. As you may know these were “unexpected” projects. In November, we were in the middle of…
5. Great CTX News!
UPDATE: ArtMatic CTX 1.1 (Designer, Voyager, Explorer) has been released to CTX 1.0 customer accounts. This is a free upgrade. If you have not upgraded your software before, please read the Updates section of the Support page on this site. ——————————————————————- ArtMatic CTX 1.1 (Designer, Voyager, Explorer) build 3, and MetaSynth CTX 1.0 build 6…
4. Big Sur Update
4 weeks later and no response from Apple regarding our paid Developer Support ticket. Two case managers at Apple have attempted to get a response. No Dice. Eric has found out how to get the installers to work on BS, and has come up with an alternate way to work around Apple’s user interface drawing…
3. CTX 1.0 Continues
Eric continues to work daily on his 4-year journey to recreate his discontinued Carbon products for Apple’s Cocoa environment. Make sure to read blogs 1. and 2. for a sense of this journey and what CTX 1.0 products are. Bottom line, Apple chose to break with the past and align the Mac brand with their…
2. CTX 1.0 Is Arriving
The Creative ToolboX (CTX) Product Line: All U&I products are being rebuilt for Apple’s “COCOA only” Macintosh operating systems 10.15 (Catalina) and beyond, plus Windows 10 to ensure years of future use. The new products will have CTX (Creative ToolboX) in their names and start again at version 1.0 Our experience Cocoa and AppKit on…
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