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.
- New event format:
- Version 3.7 | Release Date: 2007-10-30 | Download
- No changes specified



