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Omaroo
03-04-2011, 05:24 PM
An email today from Tim Benedictus at Southern Stars... :) After CarinaSoft going pear-shaped, and Voyager for Mac/PC subsequently going south - we have a replacement in the works. YAY! :thumbsup:
Omaroo
26-05-2011, 08:59 AM
Looks like Sky Safari Mac is getting close to release. These are the first screenshots I've seen, and I like the cleaner look over that of the incumbent Voyager. I really hope that it hasn't lost functionality to its older sibling, and that it's just as capable. They speak of comparisons to their iDevice offerings, but don't seem to address their old customer base who still love Voyager for what it was.

It will certainly look more modern with new controls that don't look like they've come from System 9 days - these and the updated OpenGL smoothness that I really love on the iPad version.

I can't wait to get hold of it.
kustard
26-05-2011, 10:06 PM
*drooool*
btschumy
27-05-2011, 08:54 AM
Hi, this is Bill from Southern Stars. Glad you guys are interested in the Mac version of SkySafari. The initial release will have a functionality similar to the iOS products. So there will be some Voyager functionality missing, but in other ways it will far surpass Voyager. Hope that helps.
Omaroo
27-05-2011, 01:48 PM
Welcome to the forum Bill. Thanks for the update.
renormalised
02-06-2011, 09:51 AM
Looks really great. Will have to look into this when it's released.
vanwonky
04-10-2011, 10:46 PM
Has anybody tried downloading the update SkySafari Pro 1.0.4 (http://www.southernstars.com/products/skysafari_mac/files/SkySafariPro104.dmg). The server is incredibly slow! 15 hours for 600 or so MB!
xstream
05-10-2011, 04:30 AM
I had a couple of attempts and gave up.
kustard
05-10-2011, 05:37 PM
I downloaded it no problems when they first announced it on their yahoo groups a few days ago. Today though there have been a couple of posts about how the downloads are slow or timing out, so I'd say there is an issue with their server or hosting service.

Hopefully it'll get sorted out within the next day or so.
spacezebra
05-10-2011, 06:31 PM
Downloaded without a hitch - great app!

Cheers Petra d.
vanwonky
05-10-2011, 06:33 PM
Cheers Simon. Will give it another go in a few days.
vanwonky
05-10-2011, 08:12 PM
OK Just gave it another go based on Petra's post and surely enough OK this time. Not blisteringly fast but much better!