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Friday, August 12, 2016

MacGourmet Deluxe is the toptenreviews Gold Award winner

The top performers in our review are MacGourmet Deluxe, the Gold Award winner; Cook'n Recipe Organizer, the Silver Award winner; and Computer Cuisine Deluxe, the Bronze Award winner. Here’s more on choosing a program to meet your needs, along with details on how we arrived at our ranking of 10 products.

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 If you're like most cooks, you probably already have a system worked out for storing recipes on your computer. Since you can find most recipes you want online, investing in recipe software may seem unnecessary. However, Mac cookbook software has a wealth of tools that go beyond what even the most organized cooks could do on their own.

Some of these recipe organizers come with hundreds or even thousands of preinstalled recipes or give you exclusive access to a vast library of recipes online. Most Mac recipe software also lets you import and export recipes that you find online or have in your personal recipe files. The ability to import and store them all in one place is an enormous convenience. You can plan out meals by the day, week or month and get nutritional information about each recipe with the click of a button.
While this lineup focuses exclusively on the best Mac recipe software we found, if you use a PC or want to access recipes through your Android device, our cookbook and recipe software reviews may be more helpful. For more information, check out our articles on cookbook and recipe software.

Mac Recipe Software: What to Look For

 

A recipe software package should have all the essentials, such as tools that let you import, organize and manage your recipes. It should also have extras to accommodate your family's specific needs. If you're cooking for several people, you'll want a program that automatically adjusts the ingredients based on the number of people. You'll also want software that helps you with shopping lists so you don't have to make multiple trips to the store. We selected recipe management software that lets you easily import recipes into your database and effectively organize and file them.
Although many people cite cooking as a favorite pastime, it can be a hassle to attend to all of the small details in the kitchen, both prior to and during cooking. You want software that acts as an electronic organizer, putting your favorite recipes at your fingertips and allowing you to focus on preparing food, not finding recipes. As we used and evaluated the software featured in our reviews, we found some vital criteria for choosing the best Mac recipe software.

Recipe Manager
The best recipe programs offer a plethora of options for documenting and editing items in the recipe database. First, programs should include preinstalled recipes to get you started. Each Mac recipe manager should have numerous fields for various information, such as the recipe source, cooking notes or variations, food and beverage pairings, substitutions, serving size adjustments, and preference and difficulty ratings.
Finding the right recipe for the right occasion can be a daunting task if you have hundreds or even thousands of dishes saved on your Mac. Make sure the program you purchase has great search options that let you find recipes quickly. These include the ability to search by title, keyword or ingredient, but also more specific searches such as cooking method, preparation time and rating.
Convenience Tools
You want to be equipped with all the tools you need to make the cooking experience as seamless as possible. Searching through a box of 8 x 5 index cards for the right recipe is as obsolete as card catalogs at the local library. But this software goes beyond mere electronic convenience. The best Mac recipe software lets you sync your PC recipe files with an iPhone app, so when you import recipes you find online, they automatically transfer to your iPhone. You can adjust serving sizes in real time on your mobile device as you prepare food if you're using a new recipe with a big group. Mac recipe software should also make it easy to share recipes online, print them off individually or collect them in book form.
Recipe software requires a specific type of user interface to be useful in the kitchen. You don't want to get flour or sauce on your Mac while you prepare your favorite meals, so look for programs that have a cooking view, or hands-free options. For when you're not cooking, make sure the program has an easy-to-use interface that makes recipe creation, meal planning and any other task simple and intuitive.
Menu Planner
The best recipe software for Mac allows you to create menu plans weeks or even months in advance so you can stay organized and maintain a healthy diet. Many programs also allow you to create shopping lists, which is convenient because it lets you keep track of your inventory. It also streamlines the shopping process, reducing the time spent figuring out what you need from the store. It all but eliminates extra trips to the store because you forgot important ingredients. Also look for programs that can tell you the nutritional value of recipes and individual ingredients. If you're short on time, many programs give you suggestions of dishes you can make with what you have on hand.
Help & Support
Resources to answer your questions are a vital part of any software package. Most programs provide access to resources such as communication with other users via online forums, which is very useful. Also look for programs that offer email support, online manuals, how-to sections and video tutorials.

Mac Recipe Software: Our Verdict and Recommendations

 

We identified the best cookbook and recipe software for Macs on the market. The best options are MacGourmet Deluxe, Cook'n Recipe Organizer and Computer Cuisine Deluxe. Each has a lot to offer in terms of keeping your library of recipes organized and up to date. MacGourmet has stellar cooking tools that let you plan meals weeks in advance and generate advanced shopping lists. Cook'n Recipe Organizer provides excellent help with setting nutritional values and serving sizes for your family, and it goes beyond lists to offer shopping strategies. Computer Cuisine Deluxe has more than 1,000 preloaded recipes and an attractive, easy-to-navigate user interface.

When choosing cookbook and recipe software for your Mac, first decide what your needs are. If you are a gourmet cook, you may want features that allow you to edit recipes and change serving sizes. However, if you don't cook for many people, you may find that more basic Mac recipe software suits you best. One such basic software package is Paprika Recipe Manager, an inexpensive program that doesn't come with preloaded recipes but lets you add your own recipes quickly and easily.
Mac recipe software makes recipe collection a simple and painless task. The best recipe software for Mac combines extensive recipe management tools, effective meal-planning capabilities, a simple user interface and great support options. Our Mac recipe software reviews help you narrow down your choices and find the program that works best for you.

PROS / MacGourmet Deluxe has an excellent menu planner that allows you to plan your meals weeks in advance.

CONS / The number of preloaded recipes is somewhat limited.

VERDICT / MacGourmet is the best Mac recipe software we reviewed because of its exceptional features and easy-to-use interface.

MacGourmet Deluxe is among the best-known recipe programs on the market. It offers an impressive combination of tools such as smart lists and detailed search options. MacGourmet's advanced features and ease of use make it our top choice among the Mac recipe software we reviewed and winner of our Top Ten Reviews Gold Award.

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Total War WARHAMMER coming to Mac and Linux in the autumn

Total War: Warhammer Releasezeitraum für Mac und Linux Portierungen

Mac und Linux Spieler können das Fantasy-Strategiespiel Total War: Warhammer noch »diesen Herbst« auf ihren Nicht-Windows PCs installieren. Das hat der für die Portierung zuständige Entwickler angekündigt.

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Feral Interactive und Creative Assembly haben bekanntgegeben, dass das Fantasy-Strategiespiel Total War: Warhammer noch »diesen Herbst« für Mac- und Linux-Spieler erscheinen wird.
Die Umsetzung für Nicht-Windows-PCs war zwar bereits bei der Vorstellung des Spiels angekündigt worden, aber hat bis heute kein Releasedatum erhalten. Weitere Informationen zum Preis der Portierung und den Systemanforderungen oder ob auch direkt die DLC zum Spiel erhältlich sein werden, sollen kurz vor dem Release bekanntgegeben werden.

 Conquer this world with Total War™: WARHAMMER®, coming to Mac and Linux in the autumn.

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Saturday, August 6, 2016

The WineHQ Wine development release 1.9.16 is now available for Linux and Mac

The #WineHQ Wine development release 1.9.16 is now available for #Linux and #Mac

What's new in this release:
  • Better 64-bit binary compatibility on macOS.
  • Performance improvements in JavaScript.
  • More progress towards the Direct3D command stream.
  • More shader instructions in Direct3D.
  • Performance improvements in GDI.
  • Various bug fixes.
The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.


Bugs fixed in 1.9.16 (total 43):

  19051  Myst V installer will not run.
  19546  Grafit text labels not displayed properly
  21985  Devil May Cry 3: Black screen when playing game, but special effects are seen
  23041  Darkness Within 2 demo: crashes on startup without native d3dx9_40
  24645  PDF Factory 3.x/4.x installer fails to install printer drivers (winspool.SetPrinterW lacks support for level 8, global default printer settings)
  26360  Time Warner Cable Connection Manager 1.03.0012.0 does not install
  28932  Screamer Radio, language selection works incorrectly
  29598  eRacer demo: no text displayed
  32491  dbghelp doesn't support DW_FORM_flag_present
  33398  Word / Excel 2010: crash when clicked (2nd or 3rd times) on a link
  33457  An integer overflow @line 268 of dsa.c ?
  33594  Cool Record Edit: crash during startup
  33939  Ballistic game: no animation when ball is lost
  34243  YGOPro Percy exits after a single duel/replay
  36828  Multiple DirectX11 games need D3D11CreateDevice implementation with D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_x support (Sniper Elite 3)
  37338  Multiple games and applications using Boost.Interprocess need 'NtQuerySection' implementation (file-backed shared memory)(RobloxPlayer, Tera Online)
  37903  Winzip 6: Unable to install. Controls are missing.
  37919  Spellforce 2 needs d3dx9_36.dll.D3DXCreateTextureShader
  38310  Trackbar control (msctls_trackbar32) does not send WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC as it does in Windows
  39501  King Arthur II demo crashes with unimplemented function d3dx10_43.dll.D3DXCpuOptimizations
  39502  King Arthur II demo crashes with unimplemented function d3dx10_43.dll.D3DX10CreateTextureFromMemory
  39744  No sound with winepulse.drv in multiple applications when PulseAudio fails to allocate full buffer
  39919  Purple / Pink reflections in Mass Effect 3
  40520  Gauntlet and WoW (d3d11 renderer) need FrontCounterClockwise
  40734  Unreal Tournament 3 doesn't quit properly when Pulseaudio is used
  40735  Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy (Steam) needs a more fleshed out msscript.ocx to get past the initial 'OLE Error 80004002'
  40757  GOG Galaxy crashes with unimplemented function api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll.__stdio_common_vsnwprintf_s
  40758  GOG Galaxy crashes with unimplemented function api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll._get_wide_winmain_command_line
  40815  comctl32: Leftmost position of trackbar not selectable with mouse, slider initial position wrong
  40875  ITHVNR does not work in wine
  40882  Nvidia GT 740M is not correctly recognized
  40905  Multiple applications need api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll._get_narrow_winmain_command_line (PCSX2 1.4.0, Battle.Net Launcher)
  40920  Into The Stars (UE4 game) crashes while loading with SwapChain->GetFullscreenState error
  40987  Wine hangs indefinitely on start with "[__NSArrayM insertObject:atIndex:]: index 6 beyond bounds [0 .. 4]".
  40999  Epic Games Launcher needs ws2_32.InetNtopW
  41009  PCSX2 1.4.0 needs api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll.__stdio_common_vswprintf_p
  41010  TVS_TRACKSELECT uses wrong hittest region
  41015  comctl32/treeview: Alt-Up/Down keyboard shortcuts don't work
  41033  Unimplemented function api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll.set_terminate need by Battle.net
  41037  Unimplemented function vcruntime140.dll.__std_type_info_name is needed by Battle.net
  41040  VariantChangeTypeEx lead to error when casting IUnknown(nil) -> IDispatch
  41044  Age of Mythology: Extended Edition needs api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll.__stdio_common_vswprintf_s
  41051  GOG Galaxy crashes with unimplemented function vcruntime140.dll.__std_type_info_destroy_list

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Friday, August 5, 2016

Q4Wine 1.3.1 has been released for Linux and Mac OSX

Q4Wine is a Qt GUI for Wine. It will help you manage wine prefixes and installed applications. It currently supported on Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X platforms.

Q4Wine was initially written by Alexey S. Malakhov aka John Brezerk. General idea comes from WineTools scripts which were initially written by Frank Hendriksen.


General features are:

  • Can export Qt color theme into wine colors settings;
  • Can easy work with different wine versions at same time;
  • Easy creating, deleting and managing prefixes (WINEPREFIX);
  • Easy controlling for wine process;
  • Autostart icons support;
  • Easy cd-image use;
  • You can extract icons from PE files (.exe .dll);
  • Easy backup and restore for managed prefixes;
  • Winetriks support;
  • And more: Explore it!;
Version changes since v1.3.1
Added:
  • Allow to execute and create icons for .bat and .msi files BUG-69;
  • Added Chinese (China) translation (thx 2 Mingye Wang and Mingcong Bai);
  • Added Japanese translation (thx 2 Masanori Kakura);
Fixed:
  • Renamed 'New' menu option for icon and prefix view to 'New icon' and 'New folder' respectively to avoid confusion BUG-69;
  • Icon description is not exported into *.desktop file BUG-69;
  • Winetrick's item description label doesn't wrap properly BUG-71;
  • Qt5: detailed view item selection duplicate BUG-75;
  • q4wine-cli does not accept extra app arguments BUG-78;
  • Translation files moved from i18n to l10n;
  • Hide deprecated prefix options if values are not set;

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