I have had to do a quick emergency bug fix release of Differencia.

There has been a long outstanding issue with licenses not being recognised when Internet Sharing is enabled. It was brought to my notice today that the new release was sometimes not recognising licenses on Intel based Macs as well.

This release fixes both these issues.

The official press release for Differencia 1.1 can be found here:

DayTime Software announces Differencia 1.1 for Mac OS X

DayTime Software is happy to announce that Differencia 1.1 was released today, including support for IIF and Fixed Width files, a new Collated Results view and extensive printing support. Performance in this release is also significantly improved.

It is a free upgrade for all existing users.

We have now discontinued our introductory price of $29.95. New users can purchase from the DayTime online store for just $39.95.

I’ve made some update to the website, hopefully making it more useful for existing and potential customers.

• The Differencia application help is now also available online
• The screen shot gallery has been revised to take you through the work flow for using Differencia to diff / compare files
• There is a new Use Cases page giving examples of what Differencia can be used for
• Also added a Release Notes page. There is also a new blog category, specifically for release notes.
• There are also some cosmetic changes. For example, the gallery’s lightbox is now easier to navigate and better matches the overall website design.

Please feel free to explore the updated website and let me have any feedback for making the site more useful.

I believe that Differencia is a truly unique diff tool for the Mac, and want to make its home on the web equally useful for its users.

A key feature of Differencia, is its ability to use comparison and file layout templates that remove the need for any configuration. You can simply select your files and run your reconciliations and comparisons without having to set-up the comparison parameters first. We have an online template database, from which they can be downloaded for free.

A kind user let us know, earlier this week, that templates were not available for download from the database. Although items were listed on the database, there were errors if you tried to download the actual template files. We added the first templates to the online database at the beginning of February. Unfortunately, it appears that the templates have probably not been available for most of the intervening time.

We restored the templates, only to find they were being removed again. We tracked down the source of the problem to an automated clean up process in our shopping cart software. The problem should now have been resolved.

Our apologies to all our customers, who have not been able access these templates.

Also, the database has only a limited number of templates available for the moment. We are working to expand the catalog, in conjunction with our forthcoming 1.1 release.

DayTime is taking part in its first promotion, the Easter mEgg Hunt. Find the hidden eggs on participating website and get 20% off great Mac software. As you’re hunting around for the code for the software you want, you will hopefully find some hidden software gems as well.

There’s an egg somewhere on this site and to start looking for more, click on the image below: