A new version of PDF Squeezer is now available for download. Here are the changes in detail:

• Complete GUI Redesign
• Added two new presets (50 dpi)
• You can now test different presets before saving the compressed PDF file.
• PDF Squeezer now tells you how much it could reduce the file size.
• You can now preview the compressed file in a window in order to check the quality of the new PDF file.

Download: Mac App Store

Tags: PDF Squeezer

PDF Squeezer has been out for about three weeks now. The application has gotten many positive reviews, but unfortunately there are also one star reviews such as:

All files I attempted to use with this application spat out files exactly the same size as the original no matter what preset was used.

(by T.M. Calgary, Canadian Store)
or

Tried several files. Without fail, each GREW — significantly— in size. Absolute/complete waste of money.

(by TreoRenegade, US Store)

These users haven’t read the application description, which clearly says:

PDF Squeezer reduces the file size of large PDF documents that contain pictures.Like all other PDF compression tools, PDF Squeezer does NOT reduces the size of PDF documents that contain no pictures or PDF documents that have already been compressed!

This is not a bug. This happens to all PDF compression tools that reduce the dpi a quality of images in order to reduce the file size. Also I don’t understand why some people don’t understand that you can’t reduce the size of a file that is already small. That’s usually the case if it has already been compressed by the application that created that file. In the german store someone gave PDF Squeezer a one star review because it didn’t reduce the size of a 365 kb (!) PDF document... Blow me down!

While these one star reviews significantly slump down the sales, there is nothing I can do about it. I hope Apple will implement the possibility of responding to user reviews soon.

Tags: App Store, PDF Squeezer

I have almost finished Network Radar 1.0. Over the past days I tested everything again and improved some code. (see history log) I’ll probably upload it to Apple next monday. I hope there will be nothing Apple can complain about :)

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Here comes the fifth and probably last beta version of Network Radar before it’ll be available for public. Please test everything one last time and report issues as always.

Note: All beta testers have to run the cleaner tool before using this version of Network Radar.

You can download this version of Network Radar here.

Here are all changes:

• Added German localization
• Added basic print support
• Renamed „Network Utilities“ to „Network Tools“
• Added SSH and Telnet to the device network tools
• Added the ability to save username and port for a device’s ssh or telnet access
• Clicking on a device’s name now shows up a popover with customizable properties, network tools and the device log in a tab view
• The icon matrix in the device properties pop-over now shows three rows of icons instead of one
• Added the following items to the device menu: SSH, Telnet, Network Tools and Properties
• Device menu items are now disabled if there is no device in the list
• Device menu item „Search At EveryMac.com“ is now disabled if the devices has nor Mac Identifier
• Improved the mechanism on when to save scan data to disk
• Improved Memory Management with Core Foundation objects
• Fixed a bug there the status menu item appeared multiple times in the menu
• Added more entries for the device log
• Optimized the port scanning feature
• Fixed a bug where you couldn’t scroll the device log it is too long.
• It’s now impossible to enter a new device name with no characters or with too many of them.
• Decreased the font size of the device log.
• Changing a device’s name now continuously updates the name label in the device info view.
• Network Radar now limits the maximum number of refreshing scans to three (excluding monitor scans).
• Fixed the bug with the animation when changing the scan type that first appeared in beta 4
• „Start Monitoring“ toolbar has now the same icon like the monitoring scan in the sidebar.
• The magnifier icon of the „New Scan“ toolbar is not thicker and better visible.
• Increased the size of all toolbar icons
• Fixed a bug where the toolbar item for the Monitoring List didn’t change its title to “Stop Monitoring” after pressing it.
• Added and changed some keyboard-shortcuts.
• Fixed a bug where the main window was sometimes in the background when Network Radar had finished launching.
• Monitored devices now appear directly in the status menu with device icons.
• Adjusted the background gradient of the device information view.
• It’s now possible to show/hide the device information view from the „View-menu“.
• Fixed a bug where you couldn’t export scans containing special characters and spaces in its name.
• Removed the feature to add Network Radar to the login items. This had to be done because of Apple’s sandboxing system. The feature will come back in a later version of Network Radar.

Tags: Network Radar, Beta

PDF Squeezer is now available for download at the Mac App Store. It’s available worldwide and features five different languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish and German. The price is, US $2.99, 2,39 €, £ 1.99, or JP ¥ 250 depending on where you buy it.

I already have ideas for new features for PDF Squeezer. So the app won’t stand still.

PDF Squeezer is a simple to use PDF compression tool. It comes with compression capabilities which reduce the size of your PDF documents. This will help you obtain important savings in bandwidth costs, digital storage costs and network transmission times.

Download PDF Squeezer on the App Store

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