Manico Blog

2014-07-10

Manico 1.4.0 released: easy to add app to Silent Mode

After two months of 1.3.5, yet another release of Manico is coming, it is 1.4.0. With one new feature and two improvements:

Now support to add app to Silent Mode from status menu directly
When loading apps from Dock/Switcher, keep the shortcuts for old apps
Fix the issue when loading defaults shortcuts fails because of avaiable keys is bigger than apps

Let’s talk about the first one. Before Manico 1.4.0, if you want to add an app to Silent Mode, you have to open Preferences window, select the “Silent Mode”, and drag an app or click the “+” button to add an app.

From Manico 1.4.0, it is very easy to add an app to Silent Mode. E.G, if you want to add Photoshop to the list, just two easy steps:

Open Photoshop and make it active (the current one)
Click the menu of Manico, select the “Add "Photoshop” to Silent Mode"

Super easy, right?

That’s all for Manico 1.4.0, I’m going to develop Manico 1.5 && 2.0. For 1.5, I will introduce the overlay view adjustment feature, For 2.0, it will be a brand new version. Let’s looking forward to it!

Mac App Store link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/manico/id724472954?mt=12

Enjoy!

2014-05-17

Manico 1.3.5 released: introduce “Never” display feature

Less than one month ago, Manico 1.3.3/1.3.4 released with “double press” action support.

Now Manico 1.3.5 comes with the support to set display to “Never” and with two bugs fixed:

Here’s the release notes:

**background apps won’t display in Switcher mode now **

If you use the “Switcher” mode of Manico, you may see some background apps (such as “Android File Transfer”) displayed in Manico, this is a bug existed since the early version, now it’s fixed finally.

This means you can enjoy the “Switcher” more than before, it works just like the “CMD+Tab” App Switcher.

Fix the issue when switching from Appearance tab in Preference, the shortcuts will not be usable

Sometimes, when you open preferences and click the “Appearance”, after that, Manico can not be used anymore, you have to restart Manico. 1.3.5 fixed this bug.

Allow to set “Time Delay” to “Never”

When the “Silent Mode” first introduced in Manico, some user asked me about if it is possible to have a full “Silent Mode” no matter the app it is.

So in Manico 1.3.5, this features comes along with the Time Delay settings.

If you set the the time delay to never, this means Manico will enter full silent mode, it is still working, just never display the interface.

This are three improvements of Manico 1.3.5, I hope you like it.

Mac App Store link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/manico/id724472954?mt=12

Enjoy!

2014-04-26

Manico 1.3.4 released, now can disable the “double press” action

This is a quick release for bug fixing and feature improvement, it fixed the bug that recording shortcut does not work. And add the option to disable the “double press” action:

See more info about the “double press” action, you can see 1.3.3 release notes.

To celebrate the release, you can now buy Manico for only $0.99 (two days discount).

Mac App Store link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/manico/id724472954?mt=12

Enjoy!

2014-04-22

Manico 1.3.3 released: add temporary disable/enable support

Manico 1.3.3 comes with only one new feature, but I think you will like it.

With the “temporary disable/enable support”, you can now disable Manico temporarily for some reason (such as editing in Photoshop) and enable Manico again with very simple way: just double press the activate key!

See the preferences window:

The text below the Activate Key tells how to use this feature: Double press the hotkey to disable or enable Manico temporarily.

When you press the hotkey, Manico will send you notification to tell you the status.

Or you can see the status icon to check whether it is enabled, the left one is enabled and the right one is disabled.

The new version can now update from the Mac App Store, here is the link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/manico/id724472954?mt=12

Enjoy!

2014-02-16

Manico 1.3.2 released: Fix multi-display and new load default shortcuts feature

Yet another bug-fixed and feature-added release, in Manico 1.3.2, the UI has been polished and an issue for multi-display has been fixed.

Let’s see the overview of changes:

Update status icon
Adjust the padding of icon and the box
Add feature to “Load Default Shortcuts” in Custom mode
When reset icons in Custom mode, it will display an alert now
Fix the position issue when using multi-displays

Next in details:

Update status icon

In this version, the status icon has been redrawn. It is now have a better looking, also the alternative version is added, which you can see when the icon is highlighted.

The left is the old status icon, the right in the new one.

Adjust the padding of icon and the box

The interface of Manico is OK if the icon number is 10, but after putting 20 or more icons, the padding of icon and box will go wrong.

So in 1.3.2, this issue has been fixed:

Add feature to “Load Default Shortcuts” in Custom mode

A use told me that when he adjusted the order of icons in Custom mode and also wanted to have the same order of shortcuts, but in old version of Manico, he had to record one by one.

You don’t have to do that in Manico 1.3.2 now, the “Load Defaults Shortcuts” is what you want:

When reset icons in Custom mode, it will display an alert now

Once a user complained me about the “Load default icons From Switcher”, he didn’t realise that the old settings will be reset. So a warning is necessary:

Fix the position issue when using multi-displays

The last is also an important fix. While Manico is a shortcut app, many users use it in multi-display mode, in some case it will have a wrong position. This version fixed the issue, so Manico works as expect.

So enjoy Manico on multi-display to maximize your efficiency!

The new version can now update from the Mac App Store, here is the link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/manico/id724472954?mt=12

Thank everyone who help during the development of Manico 1.3.2!

2014-01-20

Manico 1.3.1 Released: Fix Crash Issue

Since Manico landed in the Mac App Store last year in October, the new journey of Manico is started. At the same time, the re-writing of core-code made Manico unstable, it will crash in special case.

However, I finally fixed this issue! This is: Manico 1.3.1:

Fix the issue of crash after recording the non-alphabet characters in Custom mode.
Fix the logo in Mac App Store.

I suggest to update to this version as soon as possible so that you will not meet this crash.

After fixing this critical issue, the other improvement can be made soon. Let’s looking forward to the next version of Manico.

Enjoy!

Link to Manico on Mac App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/manico/id724472954?mt=12

2014-01-03

Manico 1.3.0 is released: Silent Mode introduced.

Another major version of Manico is coming. This time, Manico 1.3 with Appearance and Silent Mode make the experience much better than before!

Let’s see what is “Appearance” and “Silent Mode”.

Appearance

As you know, in the “Switcher mode”, the previous version of Manico will show at most 10 apps and mark them from 0 ~ 9. From Manico 1.3, the full characters on the keyboard will be used. It is said, A ~ Z will also be used, so at most 36 apps can be switched by Manico.

If you want to use keep the old way: 10 apps at most, you can also choose the “Uses numeric”, or “Uses alphabet”.

If you get used to using your left hand or right hand, the “Keyboard layout” feature is designed for you. I think you know what happens if you select the “Uses left hand area” or “Uses right hand area”

Silent Mode

Silent Mode is another missing feature for Manico. When you are coding in Xcode or designing in Photoshop, you may use the Option or other shortcuts. Then Manico will display to interrupt your current work.

Silent Mode is the place where you can put the apps into the list, so when you are using these apps, Manico will not display even the hotkey is pressed.

With these two major features, I also made other improvements and fixed some bugs in this version:

Delay time now can be set to 2 seconds
Fix the issue that multi-instances of QQ will have a blank icon
Fix the issue that after switching desktop, Manico will still display on the old desktop

I hope you like this version of Manico, any feedback is welcomed. I will continue to improve Manico and make it better.

Here’s the Mac App Store link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/manico/id724472954?ls=1&mt=12

Enjoy!

2014-01-02

Manico is 66% New Year Off, 0.99$ only

Happy new year!

To celebrate the new year’s coming, Manico is 66% off, now only 0.99$.

I hope in the 2014, Manico will help you to make your daily life much faster than before.

By the way, Manico 1.3 with new feature will come soon.

Mac App Store link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/manico/id724472954?mt=12

2013-11-24

Here’s some screenshots I used in the Mac App Store page of Manico.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/manico/id724472954?ls=1&mt=12

2013-10-17

Manico 1.2: fully customization support (and Mac App Store ready!)

This is a major release of Manico. From this version, Manico is available in Mac App Store!

Now let’s go and see what’s new in this version:

To see the old release, visit: Manico 1.0 is released and Manico 1.1: introduce new “Switcher” mode.

Introduction of Manico 1.2

Manico 1.2 comes with fully customizable feature, what means you can custom the apps, and also custom the shortcuts.

Let’s see the new preferences window of Manico:

As you see, there’s a new Custom mode, and the Activator Hotkey is also customizable.

In Activator Hotkey customization, you can use any combination of the modifier keys.

When you choose the Custom mode, you will enter the live custom mode, it’s very easy to use, just drag and drop your app icon onto the target:

After dropping some icons, it will look like this:

Now it’s time to set the shortcuts. Set shortcuts for apps it also very easy, in the shortcuts tab, you can just press and start to record shortcut.

From Manico 1.2, you can use any arbitrary shortcut, not just the default ⌥ + Number key.

Like this screenshot, after assigning ⌥ + Alphabet shortcuts, Manico will look like this:

That’s the new Manico! Although I use some pictures to demonstrate, but it is really simple and easy to use, I hope you like it :)

Update & Download

You can download the standalone version of Manico or Mac App Store version

Follow me at Twitter or Facebook, do not forget to give a review for Manico on Mac App Store!

Enjoy!