Base Turns 5 Years Old

Five years ago today, Base 1.0 was released blinking into the internet. Since that day there have been 29 updates varying from minor patches to major upgrades.

There’s still a long way to go with this app. Development is still ongoing and I am looking forward to the next five years. I hope you will all join me.

Base 2.4.8 Released

Base 2.4.8 is now available to download for those purchasing licenses via the web store. An update for Mac App Store users has been submitted and will hopefully be approved for sale quickly. While normally both versions will have updates released together, the bugs that are fixed in this version were annoying enough to warrant separate releases.

Base 2.4.7 Released

Base 2.4.7 is now available to download for both web and App Store users. This improves compatibility with Mac OS 10.9 Mavericks and files generated by iOS 7.

Base 2.4.7 can be downloaded from the product page or from the Mac App Store.

As always, the full list of changes can be found in the release notes and if you’ve found a bug or have a question, please do get in touch.

Base 2.4.6 Released

Base 2.4.6 is now available to download for both web and App Store users. This update fixes several display and export bugs.

Base 2.4.6 can be downloaded from the product page or from the Mac App Store.

As always, the full list of changes can be found in the release notes and if you’ve found a bug or have a question, please do get in touch.

Base 2.4.5 Released

Base 2.4.5 is now available to download for both web and App Store users. This update fixes a number of fiddly little bugs across most parts of the app. Notable changes include:

• Tabbing between fields in the data browser now wraps from line to line
• Failed CSV imports now report where and why failure occurred
• Table list filtering no longer loses focus after each keystroke

Base 2.4.5 can be downloaded from the product page or from the Mac App Store.

Base 2.4.4 Released

Base 2.4.4 is now available to download for both web and App Store users. The changes in this version are small, but significant:

• Sandboxing is now re-enabled for App Store customers. See this blog post for more details
• A crash-on-launch bug has been fixed
• An interface glitch where the SQL error notice could not be dismissed has been fixed.
• Base now requires Mac OS 10.8 or newer to run

Base 2.4.4 can be downloaded from the product page or from the Mac App Store.

Filler 1.2 Released

Filler 1.2 is now available to download from the Mac App Store.

This update adds a Lorem Ipsum text generator and fixes some minor bugs, in particular improving the speed of generating random dates.

To view more information about Filler, visit the product page or buy from the Mac App Store.

As always, if you’ve found a bug or have a question, please do get in touch.

Base 2.4.3 Released

Base 2.4.3 is now available to download. This is a very important update if you are running Mac OS 10.7 and purchased Base from the Mac App Store.

This version will only be available for a short time (at the latest, 19^th May 2013) and will be the last version to support Mac OS 10.7.

Parsing With Lemon

Lemon is a parser generator - a tool which takes a context-free grammar and converts it into code which can parse a file using that grammar. It’s a very useful tool, but can be a bit fiddly to get set up when building an app with Xcode. It’s fiddly because it’s not the grammar file which gets compiled into your app, but the code generated from it.

Charge 1.0 Released

I am very pleased to announce the release of a new app, [Charge](/charge/).

Charge is a handy little app for displaying your Mac notebook battery level in a clear, colourful and unobtrusive way. Once you set it running, the adjustable icon will float wherever you leave it and always show an up-to-date level of your battery. If you want specific details, double-click on the icon to show a notification with the exact percentage charge and time remaining.