Launch it!

The Mac App Store opens tomorrow. It’s gonna be pretty pretty cool, right? Who knows. Regardless of its coolness, we’re excited to pre-announce two new apps for Mac that will be in the store on day 1: Launch it! and a desktop version of Galleried.

Launch it! is a menubar app that let’s you create keyboard shortcuts to launch or activate your most used apps. This is something I wrote shortly after we formed rocket but never thought to productize. While brainstorming ideas for the new Mac App Store I explained and showed Dave what Launch it! was all about and he bought in. We cleaned it up and submitted for review. It will be available for $4.99 in the store tomorrow. If you’d like to test a trial version of Launch it!, send us an email to launchit-trial@madebyrocket.com. The trial restricts the number of shortcuts you can have.

Galleried for Mac

Galleried for Mac is just like Galleried for iOS, except on the Mac. But also lets you organize sites into collections. The idea is: you browse sites using Galleried for iOS while you’re out and about, then you come back to your desktop and review them in more detail and organize them for later. Galleried syncs your favorites between your devices and your Macs using Dropbox. Syncing requires iOS version 1.2, which is currently “In Review”. We’re hoping it’s available soon. Galleried for Mac will be $9.99 and will be available tomorrow. Galleried for iOS will remain free.

Regarding our other Mac apps, rooSwitch and Concentrate: rooSwitch will be in the store for $18.99 on day 1. As for Concentrate, it was rejected for asking for admin privileges (which was needed to block websites, a pretty key feature). We’ve worked around this in an update and it’s currently “In Review” again. We’re hoping it gets into the store within the first week. Both rooSwitch and Concentrate will continue to be sold through store.madebyrocket.com.

That’s all for now. You’re my best friend!