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Saturday, February 12th, 2005

TiVo Desktop Mac Goes to 1.9

Grab the update from TiVo or Versiontracker.

Here’s the blurb direct from TiVo:

This update contains: a revised preferences mechanism, support for photo album heirarchies, a new plug-in API, and minor bug fixes.

I installed the TiVo Desktop 1.9 update on my Mac and I was happy to notice that the background process that runs when TiVo Desktop is on is much more efficient. With 1.8, cpu usage was 3-7% all of the time, even when I wasn’t playing music or looking at photos on TiVo. With 1.9, the cpu usage is 0.0% with occasional spikes to 0.9% — much improved.

Also of interest was some of the information displayed by the installer. Here’s a snippet:

Changes since version 1.8 * TiVoDesktop can now work with applications other than iPhoto to share photos. * Enhances performance and stability.

I wonder what applications other than iPhoto they have in mind?

Unfortunately, this update does not support TiVo To Go or the playback of AAC files in Music & Photos. For Mac users, waiting is.

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