Just in time for the Apple Design Awards deadline, I nearly finished version 3.3 of Aurora. One of the more important improvements is (limited) iPod support, so you can now leave your iPod connected over night and play music from it in the morning, in case you’re traveling with your notebook and left your full library at home. It’s limited because this will only work when iTunes itself can play the music on your iPod, which is the case when disk usage is enabled (all models) and “Manually manage music and videos” is enabled (for non-shuffle iPods). So far, I’ve only been able to test the feature with a 5th generation iPod and a 2nd generation iPod shuffle (how many more do you need, anyway), but I’d love to see more reports on this before I release a final version. So, if you’re interested, check it out and report on your findings below. Thanks!

→ Aurora 3.3 beta (1.3 MB, Mac OS X 10.4 only)

All improvements:

• Added iPod support (requires: disk usage enabled, manual mode)
• Added notes window with wake from sleep hints
• Added swedish localization (courtesy of Robert Ilijason)
• Improved “Tomorrow” button, it’s “Today” between midnight and 4am
• Improved Applescript support (not complete yet)
• Improved fallback player reliability
• Improved toolbar icon (the sheep’s now officially cuter than Knut, thanks to Louis)
• Fixed time zone problems (alarms are always in local time now)
• Fixed fallback player volume bug
• Fixed iTunes library file name bug

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