You Control 1.6.1 our award-winning utility for creating custom menus on the Mac, is now available. This update addresses a specific bug in the Stocks module that could cause stock information to stop updating. This was due to a change in how the source of the stock information (Yahoo! Finance) provides the information. This update is recommended for all You Control users.

To keep up with the changes included in You Control 1.6, we are releasing an update to You Control: Tunes, the free iTunes controller and library browsing utility. New in version 1.6.1 is the ability for users to create their own controller icon sets and includes a new controller set designed specifically for Leopard. In addition, You Control: Tunes 1.6.1 offers several bug fixes and enhancements for both Leopard and Tiger users.

For the specific list of what has changed, please check the release notes, either in the ReadMe or on our support web site:

You Control: Tunes Release Notes

Today we’re announcing the immediate availability of You Control 1.6, the award-winning utility for creating custom menus on the Mac. This update delivers fixes to provide compatibility with Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) and its new features. For example, the Calendar module in You Control can now read the new Leopard iCal file format for quick access to all of your calendars directly from the menubar. In addition, You Control 1.6 offers a number of bug fixes and enhancements for both Leopard and Tiger users.

For the specific list of what has changed, please check the release notes, either in the ReadMe or on our support web site:

You Control Release Notes

You Control: Fonts 1.3 and You Control: Tunes 1.6 are also both Leopard-compatible (they were released in December). The Leopard-compatible version of You Control: Desktops 1.3 is in public beta testing and should be available shortly.

We have posted the sixth beta of You Control 1.6 to wrap up some final issues.

This addresses issues that have been found with the You Control and Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5). We believe this release addresses all of the known issues with Leopard. While this release is primarily focused on updates to address Leopard compatibility issues, it also contains some updates for Tiger users as well. Please refer to the list of fixes for what has changed.

Please visit our beta website for additional information about the beta program and the link to the download.

Fixes in this build

Tunes:

• Improved reliability of playing a track when iTunes isn’t running
• Playlists now display their tracks in the order they appear in the playlist (they had been alphabetized)
• Fixed an issue that could cause the Finder to launch when playing a track

Clock:

• Fixed a bug on Leopard that would cause the world time zones list to appear unsorted

General:

• Assorted minor bug fixes

We have posted the fifth beta of You Control 1.6 to address an issue introduced in beta 4.

This addresses issues that have been found with the You Control and Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5). We believe this release addresses all of the known issues with Leopard. While this release is primarily focused on updates to address Leopard compatibility issues, it also contains some updates for Tiger users as well. Please refer to the list of fixes for what has changed.

Please visit our beta website for additional information about the beta program and the link to the download.

Fixes in this build

Weather:

• Fixed an issue introduced in b4 that could cause menus containing the Weather module to not be able to be opened

Tunes:

• New Feature: Users can now create their own controller sets; contact the support email address for more information
• New Feature: Added new default controller set (Leopard)
• Fixed an issue that could cause the Finder to launch when viewing album art

General:

• Assorted minor bug fixes

We have posted the fourth beta of You Control 1.6. This addresses issues that have been found with the You Control and Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5). We believe this release addresses all of the known issues with Leopard. While this release is primarily focused on updates to address Leopard compatibility issues, it also contains some updates for Tiger users as well. Please refer to the list of fixes for what has changed.

Please visit our beta website for additional information about the beta program and the link to the download.

Fixes in this build

Weather:

• Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when new weather data is updated

Disk Monitor:

• Fixed an intermittent bug that could crash You Control when displaying the Disk Monitor module in the menu bar

Memory Monitor:

• Now properly displays the amount of memory for systems with more than 3GB of memory

Tunes:

• Fixed an issue that could cause the Finder to launch when changing tracks

Address Book:

• Fixed a bug that could crash You Control for certain kinds of Address Book entries

General:

• Assorted minor bug fixes

We have a double release today; the final releases of both You Control: Fonts 1.3 and You Control: Tunes 1.6 are now available. Both of these updates bring several Leopard compatibility fixes. These updates are recommended for all Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard users.

In addition, Leopard-updated versions of You Control and You Control: Desktops are in the final stages of beta testing and are expected to be released this month.

For the specific list of what has changed, please check out the release notes page for each product:
You Control: Fonts Release Notes

You Control: Tunes Release Notes

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The fifth beta release of You Control: Desktops 1.3 is now available. This update includes a number of Leopard compatibility fixes in addition to ongoing fixes and enhancements for both Tiger and Leopard.

Please visit our beta website for additional information about the beta program and the link to the download.

Here’s what’s new in this release:

• Fixed bug that could cause individual desktop items to be hidden when switching between desktops.
• Fixed bug that could cause a crash when switching between desktops using Spaces while running You Control: Desktops with individual desktop items.
• Assorted minor bug fixes

We have posted the third beta of You Control 1.6. This addresses issues that have been found with the You Control and Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5). We believe this release addresses all of the known issues with Leopard. While this release is primarily focused on updates to address Leopard compatibility issues, it also contains some updates for Tiger users as well. Please refer to the list of fixes for what has changed.

Please visit our beta website for additional information about the beta program and the link to the download.

Fixes in this build

Weather:

• Improved stability when handling corrupted weather data

Calendar:

• Calendar module now displays event information on Leopard

Tunes:

• Overlay now displays properly on each desktop when using Spaces

General:

• Assorted minor bug fixes