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Synergy news

Confused by the version numbers? See this blog post explaining the difference between the 3.4 (stable) and 4.0 (alpha/experimental) series.

1 September 2009

New Synergy product pages

The Synergy product pages have been completely redesigned and can now be found at https://wincent.dev/products/synergy. The page you are currently viewing will no longer be updated and is being kept online for historical interest only. For further news updates please see https://wincent.dev/blog.

Synergy 4.0.1a released

This is the new release in the alpha/experimental series, and is exclusively for Mac OS X Snow Leopard and later. The latest release in the stable series (3.4) runs on all versions of Mac OS X from 10.2.8 Jaguar onwards, and was made available in late June. Both series are available for immediate download from the download page.

24 August 2009

Synergy 3.5.5a released

This is the latest release in the alpha/experimental 3.5 series — the latest release in the stable series (3.4) was made available in late June — and both series are available for immediate download from the download page.

17 August 2009

Synergy 3.5.4a released

This is the latest release in the alpha/experimental 3.5 series — the latest release in the stable series (3.4) was made available in late June — and both series are available for immediate download from the download page.

7 July 2009

Synergy 3.5.2a released

This is the latest release in the alpha/experimental 3.5 series — the latest release in the stable series (3.4) was made available in late June — and both series are available for immediate download from the download page.

2 July 2009

Synergy 3.5.1a released

This is the latest release in the alpha/experimental 3.5 series — the latest release in the stable series (3.4) was made available last week — and both series are available for immediate download from the download page.

26 June 2009

Synergy 3.5a9 released

This is the latest release in the alpha/experimental 3.5 series — the latest release in the stable series (3.4) was made available yesterday — and both series are available for immediate download from the download page.

25 June 2009

Synergy 3.4 (stable series) released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

2 April 2009

Synergy 3.2.2 (stable series) released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

9 June 2008

Synergy 3.2.1 (stable series) released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

29 April 2008

Synergy 3.2.1b (stable series) and 3.5a7 (development series) released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

4 April 2008

Synergy 3.5a6 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

23 January 2008

Synergy 3.5a5 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

8 January 2008

Synergy 3.5a4 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

7 January 2008

Synergy 3.5a3 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

27 November 2007

Synergy 3.5a2 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

Synergy 3.5a released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

24 October 2007

Synergy 3.2 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

2 October 2007

Synergy 3.1.5 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

23 July 2007

Synergy 3.1.4 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

11 June 2007

Synergy 3.1.3 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

23 April 2007

Synergy 3.1.2 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

26 March 2007

Synergy 3.1.1 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

21 March 2007

In conjunction with MacUpdate, Synergy will be available for sale tomorrow for the steal price of only $4.50.

The sale is for one day only (22 March 2007), starting at midnight (US Eastern Time).

Once the sale starts you'll be able to make your purchase here.

15 March 2007

From now on nightly Synergy builds (development snapshots) will be made available (see the nightlies information page for more information).

4 December 2006

Synergy 3.1 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

1 December 2006

Synergy 3.0 receives "Very Nice" rating in ATPM review

See the review here. For other reviews see the testimonials page.

17 October 2006

When purchasing via Kagi prices are now set in Euros instead of US dollars, bringing them into line with the prices for licenses purchased via PayPal (although take note that single-user licenses purchased through PayPal are still cheaper than those purchased from Kagi, due to Kagi's higher fees). Prices are set in Euros but you can display them in any of over a dozen local currencies and pay in the currency of your choice at the checkout. Visit the new Kagi store here.

5 September 2006

Synergy 3.0 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

15 June 2006

Synergy 2.9 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

27 April 2006

Synergy 2.8 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

3 April 2006

Synergy 2.7 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

9 March 2006

Synergy 2.6 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

17 February 2006

Synergy 2.5 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

23 January 2006

Synergy 2.4 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

23 December 2005

Synergy 2.3 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

30 November 2005

Synergy 2.3rc2 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

29 November 2005

Synergy 2.3rc1 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

14 November 2005

Synergy 2.2 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

23 August 2005

Synergy gets 5-mice rating from Macworld

Synergy has been awarded a coveted, 5-mice rating in the August 2005 issue of Macworld. Synergy leads the article, titled "50 Mac Gems":

There are many iTunes controllers and information displays out there, but none works as well as Synergy. It provides systemwide hot keys for playback and volume control; a snazzy, translucent informational display (track, artist, album cover, and so on) that fades in and out at the start of each track (or at your command); and optional playback controls -- which you can customize with downloadable button sets -- in the menu bar. (The playback controls also provide a menu that lists playlists and recent tracks.) The latest version of Synergy features support for Growl (a global notification system for OS X), as well as the ability to launch AppleScripts or other items on track or status changes (€5, about $6 at press time).
4 August 2005

Synergy 2.1 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

30 June 2005

Synergy 2.0.1 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

27 June 2005

Synergy 2.0 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

13 May 2005

Synergy 1.9 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

18 April 2005

Synergy 1.8.1 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

13 April 2005

Synergy 1.8 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

7 March 2005

Synergy 1.7.1 released

Available for immediate download from the download page, version 1.7.1 restores compatibility with Mac OS X 10.2 (which was broken when Growl support was added to Synergy in version 1.7; see bug #123).

4 March 2005

Synergy 1.7 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

22 December 2004

Synergy 1.6.1 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

Synergy 1.6 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

8 December 2004

Synergy 1.5 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

30 November 2004

The German iTunes site, iTunesForum.de is giving away ten free Synergy licenses as part of its Christmas Calendar promotion.

23 November 2004

Synergy 1.5b released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

26 October 2004

Synergy 1.4 released

Available for immediate download from the download page.

8 September 2004

Online gallery of free Button Sets launched

More than 50 free button sets available for download.

July 2004

MacUser UK reviews Synergy (5 mice rating):

5 mice"If you use iTunes on a regular basis, you would be mad to not to pay this measly shareware fee in return for a much better way of controlling iTunes."

Read review...

31 March 2004

Synergy appears on TechTV

"Meld Apple's music software into your desktop... If you enjoy iTunes as much as I do, you're going to love this program."

TechTV page...

28 August 2003

O'Grady's PowerPage reviews Synergy:

"[Synergy] should be awarded the first place trophy of iTunes extras."

Read review...

May 2003

Macworld US reviews Synergy (4.5 mice rating):

4.5 mice"There are many iTunes controllers and information displays out there, but none do it all as well as Synergy ... You get full control of iTunes no matter what you're doing."

Read review...

1 April 2003

Serial numbers posted to all registered users

Use the registration retrieval system to have license codes remailed to you by an automated system.
February 2003

MacUser UK reviews Synergy (4.5 mice rating):

4.5 mice"Synergy 0.5 is cheap, responsive and comes highly recommended to anyone who uses iTunes on a regular basis."

Read review...