New Version: Aperture2Gmail v0.8

This is a bug-fix release that addresses a UI problem Aperture 2 users experienced under Tiger (10.4.x) with v0.7. Aperture2Gmail should no longer display a series of incorrect error messages when successfully sending an email.

My apologies for letting this slip by in the recent 0.7 release, and many thanks to Chris for helping me test several betas since I do not have access to Tiger or Aperture 2.1!

Notes on Current Aperture2Gmail Development

I am quite excited about the recent release of Aperture 2 and the subsequent 2.01 and 2.1 updates. I think it is a great product. Fortunately, Apple has made full versions available once again via 30 day trials. I have been working with these versions in order to fix the problems that Aperture2Gmail had as the 2.01 and 2.1 updates were rolled out. However, at the moment, I do not have the budget to upgrade my version of Aperture, and therefore will have to pause further development of the plugin since I will have nothing to test against.

Also, because my wife and I are on an extended backpacking trip, I no longer have a 10.4 workstation that I can test against, and this has allowed another bug to slip by in the 0.7 release. I still have 10 days or so left on my 2.01 trial, and am working hard on fixing the last known bug in 0.7 as reported by a couple of users. The bug seems specific to OS X 10.4.x and Aperture 2.x. Luckily it is harmless: several spurious error dialogs appear after the email has been sent. Once this is fixed I will put out version 0.8. I apologize to anyone still experiencing problems and I hope to return Aperture2Gmail to active development in the near future.
Thanks for understanding!

FAQ: Using Hosted Gmail Accounts

A couple of folks have written in wondering how to log in to iPhoto2Gmail or Aperture2Gmail using their Google-hosted domain. The feature is not obvious, and unless you are really poking around for it, you will likely not realize that if you hover on the "@gmail.com" text you'll see the tooltip pictured above! Thanks to a kind anonymous user who offered a succinct how-to in the comments:

Just click on the '@gmail.com' portion of the login window, and you can replace it with any GAFYD domain!

I'll add this to the FAQ soon, for now this should help Googlers looking for an answer.

New Version: Aperture2Gmail v0.7

I've decided to release another version of Aperture2Gmail today. Normally I don't like to release updates so close together, however, there were a couple of issues I felt were too pressing . So here it is!

Aperture2Gmail version 0.7 is now available. This update improves stability when retrieving contacts and is recommended for all users. More information about the specific fixes can be found in the changelog. Please feel free to post to the notoptimal.net group with any problems or questions.