An important bugfix for the current version of AppFresh was just released. It fixes a memory leak which may cause system hangs on Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard. We really encourage all users of AppFresh to update to the new 0.5.5.1 release.

→ AppFresh Development Preview 5 Bugfix Release 5.1 (Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5)

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I’m extremely happy to announce the immediate release of Aurora 4, which builds on Aurora’s two years of success and is the first commercial product of metaquark.

Aurora 4 comes with all features you know and love from Aurora 3, and has greatly improved usability and reliability. The alarm properties are much more accessible. Alarms, playback/snooze and fall asleep modes have their dedicated panels. Aurora still builds on iTunes playlists, but doesn’t use iTunes itself for playback, greatly enhancing reliability. Aurora 4 takes full advantage of Mac OS X Leopard technologies, and does not run on Mac OS X Tiger or earlier. Check out the product page for more feature details.

The decision to make Aurora 4 payware (Aurora 4 retails at the price of 15.00 EUR per license) hasn’t been easy, but it has finally been taken in order to allow metaquark to spend more time on development of Aurora, AppFresh and Home Zone. We’re grateful to the time when Aurora survived on donations, and all donors receive up to 5 free licenses and Aurora 4 Beta testers receive a 50% discount when purchasing Aurora 4.

We’d love to hear about your thoughts and feedback. Leave a comment on this post, or contact our support team. You can follow further development on this blog or via Twitter. Also, show your support for Aurora on osx.iusethis.com, the awesome community-based Mac software site.

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