Power Manager

Licence: Commercial with demo
Version 4.1.2 | Release Date: 2011-07-29 | Download
  • Bug: Fixed timer drift after sleep (Mac OS X 10.7; rdar://9855350).
  • Bug: Fixed incorrectly configured local socket warning (Mac OS X 10.7).
  • Bug: Fixed minor memory leak in new editor.
Version 4.1.1 | Release Date: 2011-07-21 | Download
  • Bug: Fixed bug that could cause idle sleep to fail.
  • Refined: Improved network connection keep alive behaviour.
  • Refined: Scaled back calls to Mac OS X's authorisation service.
Version 4.1.0 | Release Date: 2011-06-29 | Download
  • New: Added new event editor.
  • New: Added new event templates triggered by switching to battery or mains power.
  • Bug: Fixed Quick Schedule's wake event.
  • Bug: Fixed bugs for Mac OS X 10.7 Developer Preview.
  • Bug: Fixed "Unavailable" bug caused by orphaned certificates.
  • Bug: Fixed event view icon inversion when not window is not key.
  • Bug: Fixed AppleScript properties for inherited structures, such as power sources.
  • Bug: Removed incorrect continue field from the launch application action.
  • Bug: Fixed potential pmd crash when changing time zones (Mac OS X 10.5).
  • Bug: Fixed pmuli login items set up bug (Mac OS X 10.4).
  • Bug: Fixed inline scripts failing when not executed as root.
  • API: Added build.revision to return developer version information.
  • Refined: Improved self-signed certificate creation and management.
  • Refined: Any executable file can now be added to conditional running processes list.
  • Refined: Added certtool example to the Administrator Guide.
  • Refined: Added version information to Power Manager helpbook.
  • Refined: Improved licence entry sheet (Pro).
  • Refined: Status menu differentiates a stopped scheduler and no pending events.
  • Refined: Removed extraneous menu item in status menu when only on-demand events are scheduled.
  • Refined: Removed pmrights tool. Added functionality to pmd.
  • Refined: Added ability to repair required authorization rights on pmd launch.
  • Refined: Added ability to install to non-booted System volumes.
  • Refined: Improved remaining non-essential installer scripts.
  • Refined: Added ability to opening multiple events from an event view.
Version 4.0.4 | Release Date: 2011-02-01 | Download
  • Bug: Fixed launch application action bug that could cause the pmd daemon to crash.
  • Refined: Improved localisation of recent triggers and conditions (Pro).
Version 4.0.3 | Release Date: 2011-01-18 | Download

Power Manager 4.0.3

Fixed bugs and added minor refinements:

  • Bug: Fixed inactivity trigger bug that could cause triggers to be delayed or not fire.
  • API: Added throughput methods for tallying bytes sent and received over a network connection.
  • API: Added Power object for observing and working with power sources.
  • API: Added trigger power state for triggering when a power source switches between mains and battery.
  • API: Added trigger power remaining for triggering when a power source capacity or remaining seconds changes.
  • API: Added trigger battery health for triggering when the health of a power source changes.
  • API: Added condition power state to test for a specific power state.
  • API: Added condition power remaining to test for power source current capacity or remaining seconds.
  • API: Added condition battery health to test for power source health.
  • Refined: Improved recovery behaviour if a self-signed certificate can not be created.
  • Refined: Improved inactivity trigger to better synchronise overlapping triggers.
Version 4.0.2 | Release Date: 2010-09-06 | Download

What's new in Power Manager 4

  • New event format:
    • Multiple triggers per event;
    • Multiple conditions per event;
    • Multiple actions per event.
  • Event domains;
  • Concurrent and serial event performance support;
  • On demand triggering of events;
  • Arbitrary trigger date and time adjustment;
  • Reset trigger support;
  • Automatic scattering of date and time triggers;
  • Variable notification period support;
  • Variable warning period support;
  • Networking support:
    • IPv4;
    • IPv6;
    • SSL;
    • Bonjour;
    • Authentication via Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM), including:
      • Open Directory/Directory Services;
      • Kerberos.
  • Configure on launch with flat file support;
  • Open and documented event format;
  • Software Development Kit (SDK):
    • C interface;
    • Objective-C interface;
    • Interface Builder plug-in;
    • Networked Key Value Observation (KVO) support;
    • Extensive documentation;
    • Numerous examples.
  • pmctl tool for easy local and remote command line management;
  • pmrights tool to manage and test authentication rights;
  • Logging:
    • Apple System Logger (ASL) support;
    • Full audit log of triggers, conditions, and actions;
    • Watch logs over remote connections.
  • Standardised installation into /Library/Application Support/.

System Preference: New Features and Improvements

  • New Schedule Assistant:
    • New tasks and workflows;
    • Edit existing events.
  • Event history and statistics view;
  • Single click remote management set up;
  • Automatic software update support;
  • Improved look and feel.

Status Menu: New Features and Improvements

  • Adjust pending triggers forwards and backwards;
  • Reset pending triggers;
  • New Quick Schedule options:
    • Easy one-off event creation;
    • Postpone all pending events;
    • Reset all pending events.
  • Improved look and feel.

Notifier: New Features and Improvements

  • Added Spaces support;
  • Added support for adjusting triggers forwards and backwards;
  • Added Growl support;
  • Improved look and feel.
Version 3.7 | Release Date: 2007-10-30 | Download
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