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System Requirements

  • Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) or later
  • Intel Processor
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 128 MB VRAM

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Changes in version 1.7

  • Completely new EFI feature (focus stacking), including automatic image alignment and color correction.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented some images from displaying in full-screen view.

Changes in version 1.6.2

  • Fixed an issue with database migration

Changes in version 1.6.1

  • Added support for the Leica Image File format (.lif)
  • Improved performance of ROI color calculations
  • Improved EFI performance
  • Fixed search bug

Changes in version 1.6

  • Fully tested on Snow Leopard
  • 64-bit support
  • Performance-critical operations now take advantage of GCD
  • Improved full-screen view for more accurate image analysis
  • Fixed issue that caused incorrect scale bars when using mm units
  • Numerous bug fixes and improvements throughout

Changes in version 1.5.3

  • Added Copy / Paste / Remove Calibrations commands to the Image menu
  • Fixed memory leak when importing OME files
  • Disabled debug output for OME files
  • Fixed an issue that caused a crash on 10.5.7 when using Channel Information in a smart folder rule

Changes in version 1.5.2

  • Improved DM3 file import
  • Improved support for 16-bit image files
  • Calibrations can now be edited in the Preferences
  • Added Angstrom unit for calibrations
  • Rectangle and circle ROIs can now be constrained (hold down the Shift key)
  • Images are now compressed (lossless) on import, reducing the library size
  • Fixed a crash when exporting hundreds of image files
  • Fixed a bug that prevented polygon points from showing up
  • Performance improvements across the board

Changes in version 1.5.1

  • Fixed source list selection issue that appeared on Mac OS X 10.5.6

Changes in version 1.5

  • Support for 16-bit images
  • Non-destructive Lookup Tables (LUTs)
  • Improved ROI auto-detection speed and functionality
  • Added channel support: RGB channels can be extracted or merged
  • DM3 files are now fully supported
  • Images can now be exported to a number of formats, including tiff, jpeg, ...
  • It's now possible to add batch comments to images
  • Added option to define custom metadata fields
  • Calibrations can now be copied and then pasted onto multiple images
  • Improved collage workflow
  • Keywords are now sorted automatically and can be rearranged

Why Leopard-only?

Macnification takes advantage of many Leopard-only or Leopard-enhanced technologies such as:

  • Core Animation
  • ImageKit
  • PDFKit
  • Quick Look
  • Objective-C 2.0
  • Time Machine
  • QTKit
  • Core Data
  • Spotlight
  • Core Image
  • Mail
  • Support for multiple processor cores