MacGourmet News

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:



Then, look for the MacGourmet menu items, "Import Recipe From Web Page" and "Import Text Clipping" and check the boxes next to them:



Close Preferences, and that should be it, the MacGourmet Services have been enabled again.

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This week marks the 5th anniversary of the release of MacGourmet. It's hard to believe that over FIVE years ago, it was just an idea that I was toying around with. My thanks to everyone who has purchased MacGourmet over the years, and made developing Mac software such a fulfilling endeavor. Here's to many more years and cool things still to come!

As a way to celebrate the 5th anniversary, MacGourmet will be available for only $14.95 ($10 off), tomorrow (8/19) through Saturday (8/22) using the coupon code MG5YEAR at the online store.

If you're already a MacGourmet user, add the bundle of optional plug-ins tomorrow (8/19) through Saturday (8/22) for only $14.95 ($15 off) using the coupon code MGPLUG5YEAR at the online store.

Finally, you can get bundle that includes MacGourmet and all 3 optional plug-ins tomorrow (8/19) through Saturday (8/22) for only $29.95 ($25 off) using the coupon code MG5YEARBUNDLE at the online store.

If you have friends and family who might like MacGourmet, let them know about the sale!

To see just how far MacGourmet has come (these are pictures reposted from my year 3 blog post):

The About box says it's version 1, but really, this was just the first test version that I was "noodling" around with. At the time, MacGourmet was just an idea that I was toying around with because I was getting interested in cooking and recipe collecting and couldn't really find a good database-based product (or really any at all for that matter) when I looked for one. Hard to believe this became the application available today.



When the first beta was finally released, MacGourmet looked something like this:



Finally, while version 2.4, still offers the same "Mail" 3-pane setup, it also allows you the option to make the interface look like this with the widescreen option:



What does the future hold? Development for version 3 is well under way (there's nothing to announce yet, beyond that it's being worked on), as are updates for MacGourmet touch and all 3 plug-ins. There are also some other exciting things already underway, so stay tuned!

MacGourmet 2.4.1, another free, minor update is now available.

This update fixes a handful of issues. 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 adds support for French, German, Italian and Danish (with more to come). If you want the latest version of MacGourmet with international support, you can download MacGourmet "World" instead of the standard version.

Also released today are updates to all 3 plug-ins:

Mealplan 1.1.1 is now available. For a full list of the changes, please see the release notes.

MacGourmet:Mealplan can be downloaded from the Mealplan page.

Cookbook 1.1.1 is now available. For a full list of the changes, please see the release notes.

MacGourmet:Cookbook can be downloaded from the Cookbook page.

Finally, Nutrition 1.3.1 is now available. For a full list of the changes, please see the release notes.

MacGourmet:Nutrition can be downloaded from the Nutrition page.

MacGourmet Deluxe users: MacGourmet Deluxe 1.2.1 includes all of the above changes, and support for German, French, 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.

Just a quick note: the MyRecipes.com site importer has been updated to version 1.1.3. You can download the latest version from the web importer page.

This new version accommodates changes made to the site.