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Here at FadingRed we work hard to stay up to date with the latest changes to Apple hardware and software in order to maintain support for Senuti users on all versions of Mac OS X from 10.4 to Snow Leopard, as well as all for software updates to iPhone and iPod models.

However, as a third party developer for Mac we are not privy to major changes to Apple products until after they are released to the public. Therefore, any new technologies requiring changes to Senuti in order to stay compatible are not always instantly realized. Nor can our team guarantee that all future technologies will work with the latest version of our software.

We appreciate our users’ understanding as we may occasionally require time to work out new changes in order to stay compatible with the ever-changing technologies of the Mac community.

On July 1st, we released a new beta version (1.1b1) of Senuti which incorporates support for Apple’s recent iPhone OS 3.0 software update. We invite all users with iPhones or iPod Touch devices running the iPhone OS 3.0 to test out this version.

Significant changes have been made to improve the functionality of Senuti and to support this new software. Our team has worked very hard to ensure that users could continue using Senuti with their updated devices. Once again, thank you to our users, for your understanding and patience.

Yesterday we released a new beta version of Senuti (1.1b1). We decided to take this opportunity to standardize our version numbering system. The next stable release of Senuti will be called version 1.1. We’ve skipped ahead a little from our previous version numbers. To help explain why, below is a little history on Senuti.

Senuti was originally introduced in 2004. We chose to label the version of Senuti 0.10 since there were still some quirks to work out. By the time Senuti reached version 0.29, however, it was a stable, widely used product.

Shortly after this, the entire application was re-engineered. The extensive work put into the next release called for a jump in the version number to 0.50. This release introduced a new user interface and numerous enhancements. This may have been more accurately called our 1.0 release.

People tend to associate version numbers with product maturity, and at version 0.50 Senuti was a very mature product. One of our goals at FadingRed is to avoid confusing situations for our customers. A version number lower than 1.0 could be stable or in testing, and there’s no good way of knowing which is the case. We want people to know that Senuti is a stable product.

Why not call this new version 1.0? Version 1.0 is usually associated with an initial release of a product. Since this isn’t the initial release of Senuti, we’ve decided to call it 1.1. We hope you enjoy!

The latest software update for the iPhone 3.0 was released by Apple yesterday revealing significant changes to the proprietary architecture of the iPhone. This will require a temporary lapse in support for this update by Senuti as our team works out the changes to better handle music transfer for the iPhone 3.0 and beyond. Current Senuti users wishing to use their iPhone with Senuti in the interim must refrain from updating to 3.0. An announcement, along with a new release will be made when these changes have been successfully incorporated into Senuti. Thank you for your patience!