We have released the first beta of You Control 1.8. This is primarily targeted at addressing a known Snow Leopard compatibility issue.

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:

Calendar

• Fixed an issue displaying calendars for months that spanned six calendar weeks.

Recent Items

• Fixed Recent Items lists to work on Snow Leopard

General

• Assorted minor bug fixes

We are pleased to announce the release of You Control 1.7.2, the award-winning utility for creating custom menus on the Mac, and You Control: Tunes 1.7.2. This update includes a number of fixes and feature enhancements across several modules.

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: Tunes Release Notes

We have released the third beta of You Control 1.7.2. This is a maintenance release to address several issues with the 1.7.1 release. This will probably be the last beta before the final release.

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:

Network Monitor

• Network Monitor now shows bandwidth percentages relative to observed maximum throughput, instead of theoretical throughput of the network interface.
• General cleanup of menu layout

General

• Fixed a bug on 10.5.6 that could lock up the system when using menu hot keys.
• Fixed a bug that could cause menu hot keys to only work every other time.
• Assorted minor bug fixes

We have released the second beta of You Control and You Control: Tunes 1.7.2. This is a maintenance release to address several issues with the 1.7.1 release. Note that the first beta for You Control: Tunes 1.7.2 was not released to the public.

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:

Tunes

• [New] Holding down the Option key in while clicking on the controls in the menu bar will toggle the Ratings stars on and off.
• [New] Added new tag for larger images in the Overlay (XLARGE_IMAGE)
• [New] Show Overlay menu command now toggles to Hide Overlay, so the same hot key can be used to both show and dismiss the overlay.
• Fixed a bug that could cause iTunes to not hide properly when it is launched by the controller to play a track.
• Fixed a bug that would cause changes made to the current track in iTunes to not be reflected in the overlay.
• Updated black and white overlay

Fonts

• Minor fixes for better compatibility when running Fonts module within You Control

General

• Assorted minor bug fixes

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We have released the first beta of You Control 1.7.2. This is a maintenance release to address several issues with the 1.7.1 release.

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:

Calendar

• Fixed time display for events created with the UTC time zone
• Fixed configuration application to show the Undated To-Dos option

Clock

• [New] Added option for setting the start of week for the calendars
• General cleanup of the layout of the calendars

File System

• Top-level File system entries in the menu now display the custom name set in the module

Tunes

• Fixed bad spacing on micro controller set

General

• Configuration window can now be resized horizontally
• [New] Hot keys can now use the Option key on its own as the modifier
• Assorted minor bug fixes

The first beta release of You Control: Desktops 1.3.1 is now available. This is a maintenance release to address several issues with the 1.3 release.

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 problems with locked files when using the Individual Desktop Items option
• Improved support for Firefox 3
• Changed the desktop label overlay to match system bezels
• Hot keys can now use the Option key on its own as the modifier
• Other minor bug fixes

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Today we have released You Control 1.7.1, the award-winning utility for creating custom menus on the Mac, and You Control: Tunes 1.7.1. This update includes several fixes and enhancements, including improved support for the latest version of Apple iTunes.

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: Tunes Release Notes

Today we have released You Control: Desktops 1.3, our powerful virtual desktops utility. This update brings support for Leopard, as well as new features adding additional configuration options.

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: Desktops Release Notes