This is the first release of Axure RP for Mac. Follow the link above to see the announcement and download the release version. We’ll continue to do updates and fix bugs as we find them.

Huge thanks to everyone who downloaded the beta and provided us all the great feedback and support!

Sorry, Folks.

The last build introduced a bug. It doesn’t crash the app but you will see error reports when closing a file. This build fixes that (and hopefully didn’t add any new ones).

Victor

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Hi Everyone,

Quick update to the last build. We received some reports of a bug that could happen freqently (though it doesn’t crash the app). Opening the Quick Link dialog and then adding pages to the Sitemap throws an error. This build fixes that.

Thank you for submitting the bug reports,
Victor

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Hi Everyone,

Here is the latest update to Axure RP for Mac.

This one will start a 30 day trial (which will be reset when the final release is out in the next couple weeks) and you can also enter your 5.6 license key to test the licensing.

A number of bugs have been fixed (like Remove All in the droplist dialog and opening configurations from More Configurations) and it’s better about cleaning up memory usage.

Please give it a try and let me know if you run into any issues. If things look good, this could be the last update before the release. And we’ve got a very good list of feature requests for V6!

-Victor

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Hi Everyone,

Just a quick update. We’ve been busy fixing bugs and getting the last few features in place. We’re also plugging memory leaks which should help with overall performance.

It doesn’t look like we’re going to make a March release, but early April is looking good. Hoping to have an updated build next week.

Victor

Hi Everyone,

Here is the latest update to Axure RP for Mac. We’ve been busy fixing bugs, testing the prototype in Safari, getting shared projects to work with https and mac shares, and general performance tuning. The main UI difference is the addition of location and size to the toolbar.

From here to release, we’ll be working on a few more usability issues and focusing on performance tuning.

Thanks again to everyone using the beta and submitting bugs and requests. I have to say that the quality of the reports has been exceptional and we really appreciate it.

Known issues:

• Generating specs to iWork Pages is not going to make this release
• Special characters in shared directory paths cause an error
• Excessive memory usage
• URI exception when saving and loading to paths with “:” or “/” in folder names
• New window is created on startup and not closed when loading a file (more of a usability issue than bug, but frequently reported)
• (UPDATED 3/18) Opening configuration from More Configuration dialog throws an error. Workaround for specs and prototypes is to set configuration as default and use Generate->Prototype or Specification.

-Victor

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Hi Everyone,

Here’s a small update fixing the priority bugs from the first beta 5.6.0.2576 including the Views menu, setting states on panels that have multiple states with the same name, and special characters in the destination folder for prototypes. We also fixed the Safari issue of linking to the current page.

Known issues:

• Safari compatibility has not been fully tested.
• iWork Pages crashes when opening the generated specification. Word is required to open the specification. But once saved in Word, they do open in Pages.
• Shared projects can be stored on a Windows (SMB) network drive or SVN server, but not a Mac share or through https.
• Performance tuning is in progress.

Thank you,
Victor

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Thanks for the early feedback and bug reports on the beta. Look for an update within the next couple days with some fixes.

Here is a list of priority bugs so far:

• Using the View menu to hide and show side panes causes a crash
• Defining set panel state actions has an error if a dynamic panel has multiple states with the same name
• Image caching error (still researching the cause, but it seems to happen infrequently)
• Special characters in the destination folder for prototypes causes an error

And other known issues:

• Safari compatibility has not been fully tested. Ex. Reloading or linking to the current page is not working.
• iWork Pages crashes when opening the generated specification. Word is required to open the specification. But once saved in Word, they do open in Pages.
• Shared projects can be stored on a Windows (SMB) network drive or SVN server, but not a Mac share or through https.
• Performance tuning is in progress.

That’s it for now. I’ll keep this list updated.

-Victor

Hi Everyone,

We just released the beta version of Axure RP for Mac. It is available for download here. And we are targeting the end of March for the final release.

The beta expires April 15, 2010. A valid beta will be available until the final release of 5.6 for Mac so your work will not be interrupted.

Axure for Mac requires the following:

• Mac computer with Intel processor
• Mac OS X 10.5+
• 1 GB Memory
• 200 MB disk space
• For specifications, Microsoft Office Word 2004 (with compatibility pack) or Word 2008
• For prototypes, Firefox

What to expect:
The beta has all* of the features from Axure RP 5.6 for Windows including shared projects. It also has a number of UI enhancements like a new properties pane and redesigned interactions dialog.

If you’ve been using the alpha (thank you!), you’ll notice a new formatting toolbar and the formatting pane has been moved to the annotations and interactions pane. Also, the default folders for widget libraries has been moved to ~/Documents/Axure/Libraries.

The .rp files are compatible with Axure RP 5.6 on Windows.

* Features not in the Mac version:
- Word 2000 generator (the newer Word 2007 or DOCX generator is available)
- CHM generation for prototypes
- Spell Checker (native Mac spell checking while editing text works)

Known Issues:
Safari compatibility has not been fully tested. If you notice anything in prototypes that do not work in Safari, please let us know.

iWork Pages crashes when opening the generated specification. Word is required to open the specification. But once saved in Word, they do open in Pages.

Shared projects can be stored on a Windows (SMB) network drive or SVN server, but not a Mac share or through https.

Performance tuning is in progress.

How can you help?
Please submit bug report dialogs that pop-up in the application. Any information that might help us repeat an error is really helpful. You can send those to support@axure.com along with any bugs and requests.

What’s next:
We’ll continue to release beta builds until the final release and post known issues here. You can keep track of updates here, on our blog or by following us on Twitter.

And if you have any requests for 6.0, now’s a good time to send them in.

Thank you!
Victor

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Hi Everyone,

We’re still trying to get to the bottom of the “TargetInvocationException” error. This build just adds a small change so the bug report sends some additional information about where that error is coming from.

If you’ve seen that error, we’d appreciate it if you installed this version and submitted the bug report the next time it happens.

We’re getting closer to a full featured beta and want to get these bugs out of the way too.

Thank you,
Victor