Conjure

Can't get it run on a retina iMac with Yosemite 10.10.5, latest version of Conjure. Can't find any support on their website. Moving on.

Has Conjure been updated for Retina displays?

To the developer: A thousand thanks for providing a great screen shot of your app. It is not only large and readable, it gives a great overview of what Conjure does. I'm seriously considering a purchase.

I'm in love! For me as a designer and artist one of the most innovative, creative and easy-going notebooks, sketchbook, ideas catcher and folder. Meanwhile I start every new project with Conjure. The bigger the screen the better... Thank you for the quick and good support in the beginning.

Does anyone know the license restrictions? I can't seem to find anything about it on the website. I just want to know if I can use it on my laptop and my desktop with one license. Tried to email the developer via a link on the website, but it was returned undeliverable.

Discerning app shoppers will surely want to have a look at the upcoming Conjure Pro, about which information is available on the developer's website. Apparently it does everything for the cost of everything.

I have new videos of using it with a ModBook and a Tablet on the way, which will show off some of the new features (most work with mice as well, obviously). Conjure's Ninja Bunny beta team is now hovering around 20 people, and this version should be free of any major issues. If you run into anything, please don't hesitate to let me know! -Chilton

This software looks a nice program, but I have a problem and several questions about functionality. First, I cannot change the project neither with the Bunny Menu nor Desktop Menu. I don't know the reason of this strange behaviour. The Desktop Overview only shows the current Desktop, but not the others in the same or in other "Space". In fact, the Navigation between Desktops doesn't work at all. Any help?. Another thing a little confusing is the use of Term "Project" and "Desktop". After playing a little, they seem to be the same Right?. The features of other terms are not well explain like the "focus" option or the "sink" option in the Conjure Menu. I've seen several screencasts but they don't seem to explain these options, and the Help in the program is not searchable at all. A missing feature is the "action items" like checkbox or date, aroww , etc in the text. I think that's my first view of this software, nice, but needs a lot of work & improvement (like most of them, of course!)

I download it today and happy with it. Here is my suggestion about Conjure 4.1.1. • Problem with xGestures After loading Conjure, I cannot see my xGestures's mouse path in the front window while I invoke gesture feature. But xGestures still works fine in the background. Is there any way to fix it? • Please let Cmd-i OPEN and CLOSE the inspector window instead of Cmd-w to close it.

I purchased a license when it was still version 3, and even the developer admitted it was not where it was intended to be, but I knew it had great promise. Version 4, and the advent of Snow Leopard has allowed Conjure to catapult its development and I could not be more pleased. It is easy to see even Apple adopting what Conjure is now doing as the desktop (yes, I know Conjure is not the desktop, but emulates it) has never demonstrated as much potential as it does with Conjure. Please keep up the good work!I

Hi! This version brings a lot of new features to the table, and fixes a ton of things our users had run into, from actual bugs, to extremely specific tweaks. But the highlights in this one are the support for customizing multiple Spaces (which to my knowledge has never been done to this extent), support for MobileMe and thumb drives, and the Organizer and Knife tools. Conjure's features are largely community driven. If you send in a feature request, there's a good chance it will at least be seriously considered. So don't hesitate to ask! For example, the Organizer came out of a discussion on the ConjureBunny forums. As far as I know, this is the first time this type of tool has been created. And now that I'm using it, I can't imagine how I prototyped anything without it! -Chilton

Hi! I realize my prior message about pricing might be confusing, so here's how it works... 1) If you want to use the full version (which has unlimited desktops), but you only want the current version that is shipping, that's called a one-shot license. That's $5. No updates, no upgrades. 2) If you want to buy the full version, and you want updates to all of the 4.x series at no additional charge, that's the normal price, $25. 3) If you're a teacher, email me. I have a special rate for teachers. If you have any questions or suggestions, don't hesitate to get in touch. Thanks! -Chilton

Hi! A few things of note here for the 4.0.9 release... 1) This version was not originally part of my plan. I released this one because 4.1 is taking slightly longer than I'd hoped, and Snow Leopard broke some things in 4.0.8. 2) All of the bug fixes slated for 4.1 are in 4.0.9. 3) This version is a free upgrade for all 3.x and 4.x users, even if you only bought the one-shot upgrade and were told you wouldn't get a free upgrade. 4.1 will go back to being a paid upgrade for the one-shot purchasers. 4) Most of the 'cool new things' that people are discussing in the ConjureBunny.com forums are in this version, but disabled. That's because they're just not ready yet, so they're safely tucked away. There's no way to 'just turn them on' either. But when 4.1 ships, with the exception of the cool new things, it will work exactly like this one. Exactly. 5) This includes one of the new Quartz Compositions, BunnyLand. Most likely, this version of BunnyLand will be fleshed out quite a bit prior to the 4.1 release. 6) I'll be banging on 4.1 over the weekend, so please don't hesitate to email me if you have any questions or concerns. 7) There is no seven. Thanks! -Chilton Webb

At the risk of being hated on, I feel the need to say something here. I really think people should be skeptical of this developer and his app. He releases software in October of 2008 that's sold on MU Promo. It's sketchy, unstable, and unusable. After this there is barely a peep out of the developer until August 2009, at which point he releases a new major version of this same software. What will happen now? Will he vanish again in a couple of weeks? Will this version really be any better than the previous one? I don't know, but I'm hesitant even to try it, given my experience with version 3. My point is that this developer has shown evidence in the past year of being both incompetent and negligent. Obviously I'll reserve judgement on Conjure 4 until I try it, but I strongly caution people to demo this software thoroughly before considering a purchase. (I got it on the MU Promo, so I only had one day to demo it, and I didn't see how much was wrong with it in that time period.)

Hi, just a note for my PPC Leopard users out there. All PPC problems should be entirely fixed in version 4.0.7. Please give it a whirl and let me know what you think! Thanks! -Chilton

I'm all for developers who pay attention to user feedback and quickly respond with bug fixes and updates, BUT having to publish seemingly critical bug fixes everyday for a week immediately after the software is released would leave one to believe that the so-called "final" product needed a little more beta testing and was not quite ready for prime time. Beta testing with paying customers never goes over well.

Genial software, one of the most creative that I know. It creates a particular Ambient and everything is very beautiful. A thanks to the creativeness of the developer. Finally something different for the desktop, One of mine preferred! Maurice.

I used to use Conjure quite a bit, but then after a couple of Leopard updates it went completely unstable. I got pretty excited with the version 4 release. Unfortunately so far out of v4.0.0 thru v4.0.5 only version 4.0.2 works. v4.0.2 will work only as long as I use it lightly, do not leave it active long, do not use the app 'You Control Desktops' and do not use Help. It could be because I am still using a PPC G5. Oh, I wrote to the developer, but I have not received a reply yet.

Hi, Here's the deal. Conjure 3 was based on some underlying technologies that frankly weren't designed to do the rather mundane things I thought it could. Core Animation is great at moving objects around a screen, but it kills editable text, and renders the OSX spell checker useless. It appears my bugs related to this are unlikely to be fixed in Leopard or Snow Leopard, so I have instead gone back to the 2.0 codebase, and added everything in 3.0 (and more!) to that. In the process, I redesigned the core engine to be more expandable and scalable going forward. As a result, we have a substantially better version now. Far more stable. I think you'll like it. But it's an almost complete rewrite, so we bumped the version number. However, I also feel like my existing users didn't get the experience I wanted in 3.0, so I'm again extending the free upgrade path for all 3.x users. So if you have 3.x, just re-enter your serial number, and it should work just fine. And the same goes for MUPromo users, even though I think earlier I said it would be a paid upgrade. No charge. That said, it creates a new database file for 4.0, so your existing 2.0 and 3.0 versions will continue to operate properly. Sometime in the future I'll add a feature to use existing databases, but that's not in this version. Thanks! -Chilton

This is a Fantastic piece of Software! Mau.