Return Labels: Create beautiful return address labels on your Mac for less than 5 bucks

May 29, 2014 • Keith Gugliotto

The first time you try to print your own return address labels on your Mac, where every printed label has the same name and address, might be the last time.  A typical Mac user would think, printing the same thing on every label should “just work”, right?  Open Contacts or Address Book, select a contact, go to the File menu to print, hum a little tune, look for an option to print a page of labels instead of a single label, and…  But wait.  That option isn’t there.  Instead, you’ll have to:

  1. Open Contacts or Address Book.
  2. Select a contact.
  3. Copy the contact.
  4. Paste the contact the exact number of labels that are on your label paper (usually 30 or 40 will do).
  5. Select the original contact and all of the 30 or 40 duplicates you just made.
  6. Go to the File menu and click the Print… menu item.
  7. Choose a label template.
  8. Choose a font.
  9. Choose an image (optional).
  10. Click the Print button.
  11. Decide to live with the duplicate contacts so you can skip some steps next time.
  12. Remove the duplicate contacts because they get in the way.

It’s not so bad, really, and, unlike many 12-step programs, at least you get consistent results.  To be honest, there are general-purpose label apps out there – but they’re a little pricey, and then you’re out $20 or more for something you’d kinda expect to be easier and cheaper.  That’s why we made Return Labels.  For less than $5, pre-tax, you get an app designed to make return address labels on your Mac, with any combination of font, style, color, or whathaveyou, a beautiful collection of built-in images to choose from (you can drag in your own, too), and an easy way to browse and print your creations later on.

Return Labels

Return Labels.  It’s easy.  It won’t break the bank.  And you get beautiful return address labels, to boot.

Learn more about Return Labels

See Return Labels on the Mac App Store

Return Labels is the first project for our new guy, William Gill, who joined our team last year.  William came with a wealth of programming experience, and took the lead coder position to learn as much as possible about developing Mac apps.  Allan Woodall, our lead user support specialist, dug up tons of bugs in the process.  Excellent job, William and Allan!

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CheckBook Pro Mac App Store Amnesty Days

August 13, 2013 • Keith Gugliotto

When the Mac App Store opened it came without one key ingredient:  an easy way for current users of an app to switch their license to the Mac App Store.  App developers like us can give away just 50 free copies for each new version of an app – but that’s nowhere near the number of people out there using CheckBook every day!  So what can you do if you originally purchased CheckBook or CheckBook Pro directly from our online store and now you want to move your license to the Mac App Store?  Wait for a sale that makes it pretty darn cheap!  We hereby proclaim the next three Wednesdays (August 14th, 21st and 28th) will be Mac App Store Amnesty Days.  We’ll lower the price of CheckBook Pro to just US $4.99 on these days so you’ll have a chance to move your license over for just 20% of the regular price.  And if you originally purchased CheckBook, you’re getting a swell upgrade to CheckBook Pro, to boot!  (CheckBook users, check out Moving on up to CheckBook Pro for help getting your CheckBook Accounts into CheckBook Pro).

What are you waiting for?  Head to the Mac App Store for your dose of CheckBook Pro amnesty!

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Moving on up to CheckBook Pro

August 13, 2013 • Keith Gugliotto

If you just got the bug to upgrade from CheckBook to CheckBook Pro, or you’ve moved your license to the Mac App Store (you should – we’re dropping the price on the Mac App Store waaaaay down to $4.99 every Wednesday for the rest of August) you’re in for a treat:  CheckBook Pro can read all of your CheckBook data without breaking a sweat.  All it needs is a little help to find your CheckBook Accounts document.

If you know where your document’s at, just open it by dragging it onto the CheckBook Pro icon in your Dock or by going to CheckBook’s File menu and clicking the Open… menu item.  We’d recommend not keeping the document in your old CheckBook 2 sandbox container (~/Library/Containers/com.splasm.checkbook2/Data/Library/Application Support/Splasm Software, Inc./CheckBook 2) because if you ever remove that container phwooooop! your data will go right along with.

If you’re not sure where your document is, or if it lives in iCloud, open CheckBook, go to the File menu, click the Backup… menu item and save a backup of your Accounts document in your Documents folder.  Quit CheckBook, open CheckBook Pro and drag the document backup onto the CheckBook Pro icon in your Dock or go to CheckBook Pro’s File menu and click the Open… menu item.  To move the document to iCloud, go to the File menu, click the Move To… menu item and move the document to iCloud from there.

That should do it, but drop us a line at support@splasm.com if you need a hand.  We’re happy to help!

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CheckBook 2.5.2 – Strongly Recommended

June 26, 2013 • terra

This update resolves a potential data corruption issue in CheckBook 2.5 and 2.5.1 so we strongly recommend you install it as soon as possible. With the help of a small handful of users we found that the issue is so rare that less than 1 out of 250 people would see it – but one user affected by it would be one too many! In addition, we’ve corrected an error that could appear when backing up an Accounts document, and we’ve also thrown in some minor user interface enhancements. To update, go to the CheckBook menu at the top left of your screen and click the Check For Updates… menu item.

CheckBook Pro isn’t affected by the same issue but it’s also been updated to version 2.5.2. To update, go to the CheckBook Pro menu at the top left of your screen and click the Check For Updates… menu item.

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Audiobook Builder Q&A

June 15, 2013 • terra

@splasmsoftware so a “file” would be all combined smaller tracks of 1 CD.? It would never split btwn files of one of the CD’s in the series?

@splasmsoftware . . .cont. if so, may have 2 change from by part 2 by chapter. Sounds like it would allow 1st “part” to B as big as possible

Thanks for the great question about Audiobook Builder’s Part Styles! The answer is below 🙂 Let us know if you have any others questions as we are happy to help!

Depends on If you import the CD as a single file or individual files. You can choose which in the import CD window. If you import as individual files, parts could split in the middle of a CD when using ‘break between files’ part style.

If you imported a CD as one file, even if you have ‘break between files’ selected, it will not be able to break in the middle of a CD, because the CD is now one file.

If you imported as individual files and you chose ‘break between chapters’, audiobook builder will not split parts in the middle of a CD if that CD remains a single chapter (which it imports as by default).

 

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CheckBook and CheckBook Pro 2.5

May 21, 2013 • Keith Gugliotto

2.5 is here at last, dear users, and this time around the love we’re bringing is all about syncing your Accounts with other Macs – and that, coincidentally, lays the foundation for syncing with “other devices” down the road a piece.  CheckBook now saves your changes as you make them, stores your Accounts in documents you can move around and copy at will, respects the Mac’s new sandboxing requirements, looks great on a Retina Display, feels snappier, and brings a few fixes, too.  The simply powerful personal finance manager you can’t live without just got a lot more power – and it’s still just as simple as ever.

This update’s on us for users who’ve already got a license for 2.x, and on sale for everyone else.  $19.95 for a CheckBook Pro 2.5 license (until June 15th) and $11.95 for a CheckBook 2.5 license (until May 28th).  Check ’em out at http://www.splasm.com/checkbookpro and http://www.splasm.com/checkbook, where you can get the update or a free trial (they’re the same download).

Thanks for hanging in there, everyone.  If you need anything, you know how to get in touch.  We’ll be hard at work on the “other devices” bit but always available to listen to feedback or give you a hand if you need help.

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