Harmony fundamentals
During a recent support call, it occurred to me that I had spent so long working on Harmony, and was so familiar with it's premise, that I had failed to properly communicate it fundamentals. So, included in the Harmony 2.4 help manual is this description explaining Harmony's most basic ideas.
…IT advice from the trenches
When Mac OS X Lion shipped I suggested on that churches hold off on upgrading. Afterwards I realized that my many years of experience in IT, with a lot of it in schools and churches, could be distilled into a series of recommendations for people implementing projection systems. …
End of the line for NIV 1984 and TNIV
OakTree software announced today that the NIV 1984 and the TNIV translations will no longer be available for Accordance Bible after January 16, 2012 at the request of the publisher. As you may know, Harmony uses Accordance for it's scripture features. If you need to pick up either retiring translation, OakTree are running a sale until the 16th.
Harmony's origins
In the spring of 2005, I was asked by a friend to lead worship every week for a class she was teaching at Colorado Christian University. The classroom we met in had a projector and all I had to do was bring along a laptop for lyric projection. Although I had led worship for many years in my professional life and also installed several projection systems, I had never purchased any worship presentation software for myself.
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Welcome Worship House Media
We are delighted to welcome Worship House Media as an authorized reseller of Harmony. WHM is a fantastic source of content and software for the church and together we have been working on this partnership for the last few months.
My thanks go to their staff who worked diligently on this in the midst of more important matters. …
A most major minor release
Harmony 2.2 is now available. It has a heavy focus on improvement and refinement. Use the built-in software update, the Mac App Store or download a fresh install to get it. Enjoy!
- [Feature] Custom order of song sections
- [Feature] Playback Drive detection (Not in App Store)
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Pricing changes
Announcing our new pricing structure...
| Old Price | New Price | Effective | Channels | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony | $149.99 | $79.99 | immediately | No changes |
| Concord (iOS) | $0 | $1.99 | Aug 8, 2011 | No changes |
| Concord (Mac) | $0 | $1.99 | Aug 8, 2011 | Only distributed via Mac App Store |
A momentous amelioration
If you've been around the Mac community for a few years you may remember the moment at WWDC 2008 when then Apple SVP of Software Engineering, Bertrand Serlet announced that Mac OS X Snow Leopard would have 0 new features. While that zero was a touch hyperbolic, he successfully made the point that Snow Leopard was about refinement and tuning.
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OS X Lion & Harmony Q&A
What is OS X Lion?
A few weeks ago, Apple announced that OS X Lion 10.7 would be available in July 2011. It replaces OS X 10.6, also known as Snow Leopard.
Does Harmony run on OS X Lion?
We are pleased to announce that Harmony 2.1.1 is fully supported on Macs running OS X Lion.
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Harmony 2.1 available today
Version 2.1 of Harmony is available today. The 2.1 release focuses on expanding the Theme options introduced in 2.0, improvements to the Preview Window, updating the look and correcting a whole list of minor issues.
It is available for update from the Mac App Store or directly within Harmony's software update. …