MacGourmet News

Merry Christmas from MacGourmet.com!

May your holidays be filled with lots of presents and many good meals and tasty treats!

Merry Chrismas!

FoodNetwork 12 Days of Cookies 2009

Every year, maybe because I have this thing about collecting cookie recipes, I look forward to FoodNetwork.com's 12 Days of Cookies leading up to Christmas.

Since I've already grabbed them, you can download all 13 already in MacGourmet format, below. You can also grab the cookies from last year.

Merry Christmas!

Food Network 12 Days of Cookies 2009

Food Network 12 Days of Cookies 2008

Food Network 12 Days of Cookies 2007

If you like these, consider signing up for their service. I've found that it's well worth handing over an email address.

(Note MacGourmet is not affiliated with Food Network in any way, I just really look forward to this every year and thought others here might like it as well.)

MacGourmet Updated to 2.4.4: Fixes Some Rare and Minor Issues

MacGourmet 2.4.4, another free, minor update is now available.

This update fixes a rare issue that can prevent printing, and resolves a couple of other minor problems. For a full list of changes, please see the release notes.

As always, MacGourmet can be downloaded from the MacGourmet download page. You can also get the update using the built-in updater.

MacGourmet Deluxe users: MacGourmet Deluxe 1.2.4 includes all of the above changes. It can be downloaded from Mariner's download page and by using the built-in updater, as soon as they make it available.

Future update news! For the near future, updates to the Mac and iPhone versions of MacGourmet are going to be infrequent and done only on an as-needed basis, because I'm hard at work on MacGourmet 3 and planning for MacGourmet touch 2. Keep your eyes peeled to this space or future updates as work on both progresses.

MacGourmet touch Version 1.1 submitted to App Store

I've submitted 1.1 to Apple for approval. Typical turnaround, if there are no issues, is around 2 weeks right now. The new release includes the following:

- A fix for a timeout issue some people have that prevents them from transferring data from their Mac to their iPhone/iPod touch because the transfer won't start.

- A new way of transferring data to your iPhone/iPod using files exported from MacGourmet. This allows people still using 10.4 to transfer their data, and it provides an alternative method of transfer to the networking based one.

You should get notified of the update when it's available.

UPDATE: Version 1.1 is now available. When you update your app, make sure that the version in Settings is listed as 1.1.0. I've had reports of iTunes updates failing, and leaving people with "corrupted" versions that don't work correctly. When this happens, the solution is to first delete the app from your iPhone/iPod. Then connect your iPhone to iTunes and let the sync finish. After it does, you can then check MacGourmet in your list of apps, and reinstall it by pressing the button to update your iPhone. Once you do that, you should be able to transfer your data from the desktop version of MacGourmet to your iPhone using the network or new file transfer methods.

Optional Web Site Importers Updated

All of the optional web site importers have received updates for recent web site changes. You can download the latest versions from the web site importer page.

The updated importers include: BettyCrocker.com, CooksIllustrated.com, FoodAndWine.com, Hersheys.com, MyRecipes.com, and VegetarianTimes.com. Phew that was a mouthful!

To update all of the importers in one step, download the Importer All-Pack, and double-click on the package file to install all of the new versions.

MacGourmet Updated to 2.4.3: Web Site Importer Updates

MacGourmet 2.4.3, another free, minor update is now available.

This update addresses issues with all of the web site importers, and includes updates for changes to the AllRecipes.com and Williams-Sonoma.com web site redesigns. For a full list of changes, please see the release notes.

As always, MacGourmet can be downloaded from the MacGourmet download page. You can also get the update using the built-in updater.

MacGourmet Deluxe users: MacGourmet Deluxe 1.2.3 includes all of the above changes. It can be downloaded from Mariner's download page and by using the built-in updater, as soon as they make it available.

MacGourmet Updated to 2.4.2: Includes Web Site Importer Fixes.

MacGourmet 2.4.2, another free, minor update is now available.

This update fixes a handful of issues including the importers for FoodNetwork.com and AllRecipes.com. For a full list of changes, please see the release notes.

As always, MacGourmet can be downloaded from the MacGourmet download page. You can also get the update using the built-in updater.

This update also improves support for German, Italian and Danish. If you want the latest version of MacGourmet with international support, you can download MacGourmet "World" instead of the standard version.

MacGourmet Deluxe users: MacGourmet Deluxe 1.2.2 includes all of the above changes, and updated support for German, Italian and Danish. It can be downloaded from Mariner's download page and using the built-in updater as soon as they make it available.

Come See Me at the Boylston Street Apple Store

I'll be doing a presentation at the Boylston Street Apple Store Wednesday September 16th from 5:00 to 6:00. I'll be going over the feautures of MacGourmet, and showing some useful tips and tricks. I'll also be giving away copies of MacGourmet Deluxe and some t-shirts as well so it should be a great time!

MacGourmet Ready for Snow Leopard

It appears that all systems are go for MacGourmet (and MacGourmet Deluxe of course) on Snow Leopard. I haven't found any issues so far.

There is one bit of information that users of the Services menu do need to know though: On Snow Leopard, support for Mac OS X Services changed and they are totally configurable now. You do have to explicitly add your MacGourmet Services menu items to your Services menu though, they are no longer there by default.

To do this:

Open the Services Preferences from the Services menu in any app, in this case, Safari: