Spacious 1.0: fast switching between OS X Lion spaces, fullscreen apps with every mouse

November 15, 2011 - Filed in Press Release by Felix

IOSPIRIT is proud to announce the immediate availability of its latest creation: Spacious 1.0.

What is Spacious?

Spacious allows switching between OS X Lion spaces and fullscreen apps with every mouse. Via the Spacious Navigator that's shown when the mouse cursor is moved to the display borders. Or directly with many mice wheel.

Watch the demo video at the Spacious website to see it in action.

Why Spacious?

Imagine you're using an ordinary mouse with OS X Lion and you want to switch between spaces. You'll need to move your hand over to the keyboard, locate and press the right key combination - and move back to your mouse. If you need to switch often, chances are you'll soon find this highly annoying and a constant source of interruption in your workflow.

Spacious offers smart solutions to this and other space-related challenges.

Key Features

• Switch to neighbouring spaces
  The Spacious Navigator appears when you move your mouse to your display’s borders and keep moving. Click on the Navigator to switch to the next or previous space.

• Quick app switching and quitting
  Right-click on the Spacious Navigator to access recently used applications and Mission Control. Hover over an app's icon and a close button appears, allowing you to quit that app.

• Mouse wheel switching
  If your mouse wheel can scroll left and right (often possible by tilting it), you can turn on an option in Spacious and henceforth use it to switch to the next and previous space instead.

See Spacious in Action

See Spacious and its most important features in action in the "Introducing Spacious" video at the Spacious Website (http://www.iospirit.com/spacious/).

Pricing, Availability and System Requirements

Spacious 1.0 is available at the Mac App Store at an introductory price of 5.99 US$ *. Spacious requires a Mac running Mac OS X Lion 10.7 or later.

About IOSPIRIT

IOSPIRIT was founded by Felix Schwarz in 2004 and is based in Roth (Bavaria, Germany). It focuses on the development of innovative software for Mac OS X and iOS.

IOSPIRIT is best known for Remote Buddy, the most powerful remote control solution for the Mac. An Express version of Remote Buddy is also available at the Mac App Store.

Introducing the AJAX Remote App for iPhone™ and iPod® Touch

October 21, 2011 - Filed in Press Release by Felix

IOSPIRIT is proud to announce the immediate availability of the AJAX Remote App on the App Store.

The AJAX Remote App makes it easy to search and log in to available AJAX Remotes on the same Wi-Fi network. AJAX Remote is a web app served by the Remote Buddy and Remote Buddy Express Mac® applications (need to purchased separately).

Key Features

• simplified AJAX Remote setup
• browse and log in to AJAX Remotes
• automatic launch of modules after log-in
• automatic login to last used AJAX Remote at startup
• saves your AJAX Remote password as part of your keychain

Requirements

• A Mac® running Remote Buddy or Remote Buddy Express version 1.19 or later, with AJAX Remote enabled
• Mac® and iPhone™/iPod® Touch need to be connected to the same, reliable Wi-Fi network allowing direct connections between its clients
• iOS 4.2 or later

Updates to Remote Buddy and Remote Buddy Express

Also available today are updates to Remote Buddy 1.19 and Remote Buddy Express 1.19, adding support for the new app.

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Introducing Remote Buddy Express — now available on the Mac App Store

September 8, 2011 - Filed in Press Release by Felix

We're proud to announce the immediate availability of Remote Buddy Express on the Mac App Store.

Remote Buddy Express is the Express version of the most powerful remote control solution for the Mac®. It gives its users full control over their Mac® via their Apple® Remote, iPhone® or iPod™ Touch. With more than 100 directly supported applications and system functions, real virtual mouse and keyboard, built-in presentation tools and extensive configuration abilities, Remote Buddy Express is the perfect match for presenters, home theater PC (HTPC) power users and everybody else looking to control their applications and their Mac® via the aforementioned devices.

Remote Buddy Express Key Features

• control 100+ applications on your Mac®
• Virtual Mouse and Keyboard
• Mousespot: highlight important parts of your presentation
• one central menu (incl. for switching between apps)
• File Browser: browse your filesystem and recently used files, open documents
• integrated media library access (incl. EyeTV, iTunes®, VIDEO_TS folders, ..)
• easily configurable button mapping and on-screen menu structure
• sleep, shutdown, reboot your computer
• control many important system settings
• button mapping charts: integrated in the menu, so you don't have to memorize them
• best support for popular media players software

AJAX Remote Key Features

Remote Buddy Express includes AJAX Remote, a dynamic web 2.0 application for controlling your Mac® with your iPhone™, iPod® Touch. Its key features:

• gesture remote control
• presenter trackpad
• keyboard
• live webcam view
• iTunes® control and library streaming
• EyeTV control

For more information, please see the AJAX Remote section of the Remote Buddy Express product page.

Supported Applications

Out of the box, Remote Buddy Express can control the following applications:

Adobe® Acrobat, Adobe® Bridge, Adobe® Media Player, Adobe® Reader, Adobe® Lightroom™, AirFoil, Aperture™, AOL® Radio, Audio Hijack, Awaken, Boxee, Capture One®, DivX Player, DVD Player, Expression Media, EyeTV, Front Row, GarageBand™, Google™ Earth, Hulu Desktop, iPhoto™, iTunes®, Keynote®, MPlayer OSX Extended, NeoOffice® Impress, OpenOffice.org Impress, PhotoBooth, Plex, PowerPoint®, Preview, QuickTime® Player 7, QuickTime® Player X, Spotify, VLC media player, XBMC.

Support for additional applications can be added using the included Behaviour Construction Kit.

Please note: Above list is just an excerpt. Please see the Remote Buddy Express website for the full list and details (including version numbers).

Supported Hardware

Remote Buddy Express supports the use of the following hardware to remote control your Mac®:

• built-in Apple® IR Receiver with Apple® Remote control
• iPhone™ or iPod® Touch, connected via WiFi (on the same subnet, without packet drops, clients must be able to make connections to other clients)

System Requirements

A Mac® running Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later. Remote Buddy is compatible with OS X® Snow Leopard and OS X® Lion.

What's the difference between Remote Buddy and Remote Buddy Express?

In an nutshell, Remote Buddy Express is a version of Remote Buddy with stripped down hardware support, offered at a lower price point. While the Express version supports only the Apple® Remote (via built-in Apple® IR Receivers), iPhone® and iPod™ touch (please see "Supported Hardware" for technical requirements), the regular Remote Buddy version supports a much, much wider range of remote controls and receivers. For all differences between the two, please see the comparison table we've put together for you.

More information

For more information, please see the Remote Buddy Express product page.

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Summer Sale

August 3, 2011 - Filed in Status updates, Press Release by Felix

Due to the highly positive reception, we're extending the roaring 5 year 20% promo throughout August.

It'll now end on September 1st, 2011. If you or your friends haven't gotten a Remote Buddy yet, don't miss this crazy deal.

[Update 2011/09/02: The sale has ended.]