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Maintenance Release for Merlin Server

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Today we have released a very important update for Merlin Server.

It is highly recommended for all Merlin Server users, because we experienced an issue with the developer certificate, introduced in Merlin Server 2.9.

Important: Please install it using these steps:

  1. Switch off the current version of Merlin Server
  2. Open the Keychain Access (in /Applications/Utilities)
  3. Search for “net.projectwizards”, it should result only in one line “net.projectwizards.MerlinProjectServer”
  4. Delete this line
  5. Download Merlin Server and double click the pref pane icon
  6. Install it over your former Merlin Server (click on replace)
  7. Quit and restart the System Preferences

Merlin Server: MacOS X Firewall

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With Merlin Server you can publish your saved Merlin project files for remote access by:

  • other Merlin for Mac OS X applications. This will allow you to collaborate with other Merlin users on the same project file.
  • a web browser. This allows you to collaborate on files on the go or even when using a Windows machine.
  • iPhone, iPad or iPod touch using Merlin’s own app for iOS devices.

When allowing external access to your machine you should consider setting up a Firewall. This is usually done in your router, but some users would like to use the built-in MacOS X Firewall. Here is a small description of how to set your Firewall for Merlin Server on a current MacOS X 10.7.4 (Lion) configuration.

Merlin Server

If you want to add exceptions for the Merlin Server services on this MacOS X, locate first the MerlinServer.prefPane on your machine. You will find it in one of the following paths:

/Library/PreferencePanes (recommended location)

~/Library/PreferencePanes

Right click it  to ‘Show Package contents’ and locate the ‘MerlinProjectServer ‘and ‘MerlinWebServer’ applications under Contents/Resources.

Now add them both by drag & drop onto the exceptions list in the ‘Advanced’ Firewall dialogue. Continue reading →

Merlin and Merlin Server: 2.8.4 Update

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Today we’ve released a new free update. The 2.8.4 update brings various improvements and more stability. It is recommended for all Merlin and Merlin Server users.

Resolved Issues in Merlin

  • Values for the field “default utilization” were not accepted under Mac OS X 10.7.
  • Logging into a project failed if the password was an email address.

    • Continue reading →

Free update to Merlin 2.8.2 is now available

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Today we published another maintenance update for Merlin and Merlin Server. Here are the changes.

Resolved Issues in Merlin

  • Under Mac OS 10.7, scrolling in the Gantt chart could result in a blurry time ruler.
  • In some configurations it could take a long time to save changes.
  • Under Mac OS 10.7, files extracted from file elements had a wrong creation date.
  • Sometimes approved budgets were not refreshed correctly when linked projects were loaded.
  • Approved budgets could not be deleted.
  • Under Mac OS 10.7, the print preview was not centered correctly.
  • Copying activities with attached events could lead to a crash. Continue reading →

Merlin – Retrieve lost license(s)

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One of the new features of the latest Merlin release (version 2.8.1) is the possibility to request a copy of your Merlin license(s) over the application.

You may call the ‘Lost License…’ menu item as listed under the ‘Help’ menu. Or call Merlin > Preferences…> Licenses and use the according button there.

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