Yasu Public Beta v2.5.3b2 Released
A new version (2.5.3b2) of Yasu was released today that adds extra Leopard specific cache cleaning paths, and is available for download on the Yasu page.
I’ve had no reports of trouble from the b1 version — so unless what I’ve added to this version somehow causes the magnetic poles of the planet to switch polarity, the final version should be ready to publicly release by late next week sometime.
The Official Cache Out X Announcement
I’m very pleased and excited to be able to finally announce publicly that development of Cache Out X has been taken over by Christopher Thompson of TriLateral Systems.
Christopher has already hit the ground running with a new public beta which fixes some outstanding Tiger and Leopard related issues in the software. In addition to that, he’s taken over full hosting of all released versions for OS X versions 10.2 through 10.4 and beyond. You can consider him the goto guy for all things Cache Out X now.
As part of the hand off, Christopher was kind enough to outline his road map for COX over the next few months. I can honestly say that both Tom Neveu of NoName Scriptware (Cache Out X’s original papa) and I are excited to see what he has in store for the application.
So with this official passing of the torch, I’d like to extend a huge thanks to Christopher for being the guy to step in and keep the dev fire burning, to Tom Neveau for allowing me to take over COX to begin with, and to all the users who’ve been so supportive along the way.
Join me in wishing Christopher all the best as he breathes new life into Cache Out X.
So Much For a Private Beta
Okay, so maybe I’m behind the times and private beta testing is just considered passé these days. I only received one response to my call for Yasu testers — and that was from someone I knew was going to respond. So…
We’re going to try a public beta release instead. No free license codes for testing this one though. If you like to live on the edge and want to give the latest beta a spin, you can download it from this link:
http://jimmitchell.org/files/Yasu_Beta.zip
Here’s what’s addressed:
- Some Apple specific user cache paths are substantially different between 10.4 & 10.5. This beta fixes that.
- Yasu no longer removes font caches for Adobe or MS products. It only clears Apple font caches now.
- Updates the “Reset launch services” task for better Leopard compatibility.
- Locks all Keychains before logout, restart & shutdown to hopefully address spurious reports of keychain corruption after running Yasu.
The testing period will run for roughly the next two weeks, maybe longer if reports are still rolling in by that time. Or, it could be shorter if no problems are reported. Please, be sure to leave some feedback on this post regarding positive or negative experiences with this beta.
Yasu Beta Testers Needed
I’m working toward releasing a new version of Yasu in the very near future which addresses some user specific cache path changes/additions in Leopard, and am in need of beta testers who have access to machines that run either Tiger (10.4), Leopard (10.5), or both.
In order to help me out, you should be somewhat of a power user with administrative access to a machine, and be willing to put Yasu through its paces several times. You will need to create one new admin user account, and one new regular user account on the machine you plan to test with. You’ll also need to agree that you’re testing beta software which could potentially have issues, and not hold me responsible for the world coming to an end. As such I would recommend that you not use a production critical machine for testing.
As a thank you for your troubles, I’ll issue you a free Yasu code based on the email address you use to contact me with. So, if you’re interested in helping out, click on over to my contact page and drop me a line. Be sure to let me know what OS version you’ll be testing on.
Bogart Wordpress Theme Gets a Bump
A quick note to let those interested know that I’ve added a new “wide” single column page option to my Bogart Wordpress theme, as well as tweaking some of the CSS. The wide page has no sidebar in it at all. Perfect for those single pages that you don’t want sidebar stuff cluttering up. You can download the latest archive (v0.8) from the Bogart page.