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- Price: Update $79.00 to buy
- Operating system: Mac OS X 10.5 Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 Intel, Mac OS X 10.5.6 Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 PPC, Mac OS X 10.6, Mac OS X 10.4 PPC, Mac OS X 10.6 Intel, Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Date added: September 24, 2009
- Total Downloads: 382
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Publisher's description
From Always Thinking :Thinking Home is the easiest-to-use, affordable home automation solution for Mac OS X and is now even better! v2.1 boasts a modern design that delivers performance without compromising ease of use. It is the only Mac app to store a schedule into an ActiveHome Pro (CM-15A)!
Thinking Home supports some of the most popular new hardware, including both PowerLinc V2 models, ActiveHome Pro (CM-15A) and more than 100 other models of gadgets and scores of USB serial adapters.
Version 2.1 is well-equipped to run 24-7 and make use of Mac-only things like speech, scripts, email, instant messaging and web access.
You're invited to try out Thinking Home 2.1 as a demo for free. Then compare to other leading Mac home automation software.
Here are some of the highlights:
- Stores your schedule into a controller so you can turn off your Mac.
- Setup Assistant to help you get started
- Gadget Guide with more than 100 models of hardware
- INSTEON and X-10 standards
- Events and Responders operate gadgets, open web pages, play audio, all kinds of actions
- Innovative Desktop Remote operates your gadgets directly from the Finder
- Sherlock plug-in for finding answers online
- Web access that fits seamlessly with Apple's built-in Personal Web Sharing
- Email and iChat/AOL Instant Messenger, even to cell phones
- Scripting with AppleScript and virtually any language you have installed (unix shell scripts, Python, Perl, Ruby, etc.)
- Built-in voice commands and spoken announcements. You say "Turn on the living room lamp." and it does!
- English, Dutch and French localizations
- Logging with smart filtering
What's new in this version:
- Universal application.
- Resolved issues with Snow Leopard
- Corrected several issues with schedules stored in CM-11A and CM-15A.
- Improved handling of CM-11/CM-15 reports
- Drag & Drop on Leopard ?
- Fixed 24/7 following Leopard restart.
- Added more models.
- Improved handling of X-10 aliases in some cases.
- Improved 24/7 behavior for multiple users.
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