Tag: EarthDesk - Latest Releases


EarthDesk 5.3 Improves Screen Saver Option

Mar 16, 2010 - Xeric Design today announces EarthDesk 5.3, an update to its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map. EarthDesk replaces your static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as real-time global cloud coverage, allowing you to track hurricanes and other weather systems on your Macintosh or Windows desktop. Version 5.3 provides a work-around for a long standing screen saver hang in OS 10.6.


EarthDesk 5.2 Adds Shaded Relief Map - Improves Cloud Updates

Jan 29, 2010 - Xeric Design has announced EarthDesk 5.2, an update to its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map. EarthDesk replaces your static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as real-time global cloud coverage, allowing you to track hurricanes and other weather systems on your Macintosh or Windows desktop. Version 5.2 adds a fourth map style - a new high-resolution shaded relief map. The cloud updating mechanism has been greatly improved.


EarthDesk 5.2 Adds Shaded Relief Map - Improves Cloud Updates

Jan 21, 2010 - Xeric Design today announces EarthDesk 5.2, an update to its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map. EarthDesk replaces your static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as real-time global cloud coverage, allowing you to track hurricanes and other weather systems on your Macintosh or Windows desktop. Version 5.2 adds a fourth map style - a new high-resolution shaded relief map. The cloud updating mechanism has been greatly improved.


EarthDesk 5.1.1 Solves Cloud Corruption Issue

Nov 27, 2009 - Xeric Design has announced EarthDesk 5.1.1, an update to its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map for Mac OS X. EarthDesk 5 was entirely rewritten in Cocoa, adds many new features and is compatible with both Leopard and Snow Leopard. Version 5.1.1 fixes a stubborn bug that caused partially downloaded cloud images to be displayed, resulting in a milky white area across the bottom portion of the map.


EarthDesk 5.1.1 Solves Cloud Corruption Issue

Nov 19, 2009 - Xeric Design today announced EarthDesk 5.1.1, an update to its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map for Mac OS X. EarthDesk 5 was entirely rewritten in Cocoa, adds many new features and is compatible with both Leopard and Snow Leopard. Version 5.1.1 fixes a stubborn bug that caused partially downloaded cloud images to be displayed, resulting in a milky white area across the bottom portion of the map.


Xeric Design releases EarthDesk 5.1 - Adds Cloud Contrast Control

Nov 05, 2009 - Xeric Design has announced EarthDesk 5.1, an update to its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map for Mac OS X. EarthDesk 5 was entirely rewritten in Cocoa, adds many new features and is compatible with both Leopard and Snow Leopard. Version 5.1 adds a new cloud contrast control, fixes minor bugs and has several internal improvements. EarthDesk replaces your static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, and more.


Xeric Design releases EarthDesk 5.1 - Adds Cloud Contrast Control

Oct 28, 2009 - Xeric Design today announced EarthDesk 5.1, an update to its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map for Mac OS X. EarthDesk 5 was entirely rewritten in Cocoa, adds many new features and is compatible with both Leopard and Snow Leopard. Version 5.1 adds a new cloud contrast control, fixes minor bugs and has several internal improvements. EarthDesk replaces your static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, and more.


Xeric Design releases EarthDesk 5.0.1 - Improves Stability

Jul 14, 2009 - Xeric Design has announced EarthDesk 5.0.1, a major upgrade to its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map, for Macintosh OS X. EarthDesk 5.0 has been entirely rewritten in Cocoa, adds many new features and is fully compatible with both Leopard and the upcoming Snow Leopard. Version 5.0.1 is an update to fix three issues uncovered since the release of 5.0.


Xeric Design releases EarthDesk 5.0.1 - Improves Stability

Jul 06, 2009 - Xeric Design today is pleased to announce the release of EarthDesk 5.0.1, a major upgrade to its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map, for Macintosh OS X. EarthDesk 5.0 has been entirely rewritten in Cocoa, adds many new features and is fully compatible with both Leopard and the upcoming Snow Leopard. Version 5.0.1 is an update to fix three issues uncovered since the release of 5.0.


Xeric Design releases EarthDesk 5.0 - Adds Major New Features

Jun 29, 2009 - Xeric Design today is pleased to announce EarthDesk 5.0, a major upgrade to its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map for OS X. Version 5.0 has been entirely rewritten in Cocoa, adds many new features and is fully compatible with both Leopard and the upcoming Snow Leopard. EarthDesk replaces your static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as real-time global cloud coverage, allowing you to track hurricanes and other weather systems.


Xeric Design brings faster startup to EarthDesk 4.7

Mar 27, 2009 - Xeric Design, Ltd. has announced the release of EarthDesk 4.7. EarthDesk replaces the static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as real-time global cloud coverage, allowing users to track hurricanes and other weather systems on their Macintosh or Windows desktop. Version 4.7 gives the user control over the map cache process, resulting in faster startup times.


Xeric Design brings faster startup to EarthDesk 4.7

Mar 16, 2009 - Xeric Design, Ltd. today announced the release of EarthDesk 4.7. EarthDesk replaces the static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as real-time global cloud coverage, allowing users to track hurricanes and other weather systems on their Macintosh or Windows desktop. Version 4.7 gives the user control over the map cache process, resulting in faster startup times.


Xeric Design releases EarthDesk 4.6 - Increases Map Resolution

Feb 03, 2009 - Xeric Design, Ltd. has announced the release of EarthDesk 4.6. EarthDesk replaces the static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as real-time global cloud coverage, allowing users to track hurricanes and other weather systems on their Macintosh or Windows desktop. Version 4.6 increases the natural map detail by 25% making for crisper images at high zoom-levels.


Xeric Design releases EarthDesk 4.6 - Increases Map Resolution

Jan 23, 2009 - Xeric Design, Ltd. today announced the release of EarthDesk 4.6. EarthDesk replaces the static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as real-time global cloud coverage, allowing users to track hurricanes and other weather systems on their Macintosh or Windows desktop. Version 4.6 increases the natural map detail by 25% making for crisper images at high zoom-levels.


EarthDesk 4.4 Improves Cloud Handling

Sep 04, 2008 - Xeric Design, Ltd. today announced the release of EarthDesk 4.4. EarthDesk replaces the static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as real-time global cloud coverage, allowing users to track hurricanes and other weather systems on their Macintosh or Windows desktop. Version 4.4 improves the handling of satellite cloud images and is able to detect and ignore images with missing data sent from the satellite receiving station.