Aperture 3 64-bit Support

BurnToDisc 2 and ImageArchiver have both been updated to support Aperture 3 running on 64-bit Intel Macs. You can get them either by checking for updates or visiting the Downloads page.

While ImageArchiver remains functionally unchanged, BurnToDisc has been given some additional name formatting tokens to use.

Aperture 3

Apple introduced Aperture 3 today, and it has a plethora of great improvements.

I am happy to report that BurnToDisc 2 and ImageArchiver continue to work with this new release.

One caveat (and one that all plugin developers will encounter) is that 64-bit Intel-based Macs will have to use Aperture in 32-bit mode if a 64-bit plugin is not available. While Aperture will inform you of this fact and happily relaunch itself in 32-bit mode when necessary, this is not a long-term solution. We are currently working on 64-bit builds of both BurnToDisc and ImageArchiver and hope to have them released shortly.

BurnToDisc 2 Released

After a number of months of after-hours development (fortunately or unfortunately, I still have a day job), I am very proud to announce the release of BurnToDisc 2.

We will continue to support and offer for sale BurnToDisc 1.0.6 until the end of March 2009. After that all bugs and features will be addressed by BurnToDisc 2.x updates.

For our existing customers, BurnToDisc 2 is a paid upgrade — but for much less than the cost of a new license. Just like all of our other products, a 15 day free trial is available. You can install it on top of BurnToDisc 1.x without losing your settings or your license information and check things out. If you don’t like it, simply re-install BurnToDisc 1.0.6 and go back to business as usual. If you are interested in the new features, then an upgrade is available from the Blue Room Software Store (make sure you use the coupon code B2D2UPGRADE when ordering to take advantage of the 60% savings!).

And speaking of features... When I first wrote BurnToDisc, it was for my own needs — but that takes the product only so far. While I strive to stay clear of feature creep, I am interested in hearing what ideas and needs you have for future releases of BurnToDisc. In fact, some new features in this release were based on customer requests and ideas that we have received since BurnToDisc 1.0 Beta 1! And for those of you who don’t see your requested feature in this release, never fear — you will probably see them in an update sometime in the future.

Think about your ideas, and let us know.