Code by Kevin releases PortAuthority 2.7 - GUI for MacPorts

news · January 13, 2009

Code by Kevin releases PortAuthority 2.7 - GUI for MacPorts - Published on 01/13/09

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Code by Kevin has released version 2.7 of PortAuthority, an easy-to-use graphical user interface for the MacPorts Unix software system for Mac OS X. MacPorts is a powerful but complex command-line tool for installing and up[censored] a variety of Unix-based applications for the Mac. PortAuthority aims to bring the power of MacPorts to the traditional Mac user by providing a user-friendly graphical interface to MacPorts.

Cincinnati, Ohio - Code by Kevin has released PortAuthority 2.7, a GUI for the MacPorts package management system for Mac OS X. PortAuthority provides a graphical user interface for the MacPorts package management system for Mac OS X. MacPorts is a powerful command-line tool for installing and up[censored] a variety of Unix-based applications for the Mac. Its power, though, comes at the cost of some complexity; in the past the only way to utilize MacPorts was to type in various commands into the Mac's Terminal application, which can be intimi[censored] for those users without a Unix background.

PortAuthority aims to bring the power of MacPorts to the traditional Mac user by providing a user-friendly graphical interface to MacPorts. Using a familiar combination of windows, icons, and menus, PortAuthority users can search, install, update, and remove MacPorts programs and the MacPorts infrastructure itself.

Among the features and improvements in this release:

* Bug fix: Demo version no longer crashes on initial startup

* Can now print log output to default printer

* Now uses integrated help viewer

* Saves window position on application close

* New graphics engine for improved UI appearance

Pricing and Availability:

PortAuthority is shareware; a license costs $24.95 (USD) and a 30-day demo is available. Mac OS X 10.4 is the minimum supported OS. PortAuthority is a universal binary.

Code by Kevin: http://www.codebykevin.com

PortAuthority 2.7: http://www.codebykevin.com/portauthority.html

Download PortAuthority: http://www.codebykevin.com/portauthority.html

Purchase PortAuthority: http://www.codebykevin.com/portauthority.html

Screenshot: http://www.codebykevin.com/portauthority-running.png

Screenshot/App Icon: http://www.codebykevin.com/portauthority.png

Code by Kevin develops software that makes the Mac's Unix foundation easier to use. For more information about our products, visit us online.

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Kevin Walzer

Developer

513-474-3761

kw ( -at -) codebykevin.com