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Merlin 2.9.1 update available

on 16. April 2013

Today we’ve released a new free update for Merlin and Merlin Server for Mac. The 2.9.1 update brings various improvements and more stability. It is recommended for all Merlin and Merlin Server users.

Updating instructions for Merlin for Mac or Merlin Server…

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Limited time offer – Merlin 2 Network Bundle

on 30. March 2013

Merlin 2 Network Bundle combines Merlin for Mac OS X licences and the Merlin Server.

Purchase Merlin 2 Network Bundle to leverage the power of the leading professional project management software for Mac OS X, share your projects and maximize project management across a network.

Price: 999.- Euro / 1.299,00 USD / 899,00 GBP (plus VAT)
Period of sale/offer: 30th March – 31st May 2013
Offer: five Merlin 2 licenses and one Merlin server license
Buy now: http://projectwizards.net/bundle

Merlin is intuitive, easy to use and offers a variety of options to help you plan, take control, collaborate and complete your project successfully.

With adding the Merlin Server you’ll get the ultimate network landscape for enabling professional project management.
Thanks to Merlin Server you can now administer all your projects in one place. Simply start up Merlin Server and select your project folder.
Say goodbye to data chaos as all project files are now fully centralized. Let Merlin Server share the projects you create with a Merlin Mac OS X application.

Regardless of the number of projects, Merlin Server offers following three built-in network services that can be individually activated with a single mouse click.
Services:
- Publishing Merlin for Mac OS X
- Publishing Merlin to Web Browsers *
- Publish to Merlin iPhone/iPad

* This means Windows users not having Merlin can easily access and work on Merlin projects! 

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Merlin – Combine projects

on 21. March 2013

There are various ways to combine projects into one master project.

Combine local Merlin projects – no Merlin Server involved:
If combining local projects of your local hard disk, you can select them all and drag onto Merlin‘s icon or double click them and select ‘combine’ or choose File > Combine Projects:

Combine shared Merlin Server projects:
If combining projects which are shared by Merlin Server, please proceed as shown here:

That is… you choose File >  Combine Projects, add the projects and open them by “remote open”. If the new master is to be shared by the same Merlin Server, save the file first on your local disk and copy it in a second step into the ‘Projects’* folder of Merlin Server.

 

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*) Or any other folder your Merlin Server shares.

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Vicky Stamatopoulou works at ProjectWizards. She contributes to the MacPM.net blog, Merlin user forums, or other web spaces of ProjectWizards. The content provided is about Merlin or Mac usage, documentation, AppleScripting, or customization. Google+
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Merlin – Port forwarding

on 13. November 2012

When publishing a Merlin project and want to access it over the internet, port forwarding needs to take place. Users accessing the project over the internet call the external IP  address of the router, and the router forwards connections to the Mac sharing the Merlin projects. Read here to improve your undestanding to connection requests.

If your router supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) or NAT Port Mapping Protocol*, you should enable “port forwarding” for the appropriate sharing service you need yours projects to be shared for in Merlin > Preferences > Sharing … 

…priorly to enabling web sharing over File > Publish > Web > Start

Merlin will then calculate the @ symbol to contain the external IP address of the router and the @ icon will finally turn from red to blue.

In the screenshot sample above, port forwarding is enabled for web sharing (applying also for iPhone sharing) but not for project sharing. That’s fine, you don’t need to enable port forwarding for project sharing if you don’t want to allow Merlin users to remotely open your shared projects over the internet.

If however your router does not support UPNP, so you had to configure your router to do port forwarding, there is no reason to enable ’port fowarding‘ in Merlin preferences. Merlin won’t receive the external IP address of the router, as the router replies only if it speaks UPNP. And even if you enable “port forwarding” in Merlin, you still get a red @ icon when sharing. (more…)

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Merlin Server – get the direct URL to open a shared project

on 8. November 2012

Is there a way to have a URL that takes you directly to a project shared by Merlin Server?

Just select the project in Merlin Server‘s ‘Projects’ view
click onto the ‘Link’ button to get its direct URL.

Select the URL as shown on the dialogue

and copy.
If you now enter this direct URL in a web browser, you will access the project without viewing first the start page listing other projects.

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Merlin – I have lost my license, where can I find it?

on 7. September 2012

From time to time, we get in support the following request:

I have lost my Merlin license, where can I find it?

If you have installed your license key to your Merlin on your Mac, you will find it in your local Application Support directory (~/Library/Application Support/Merlin/Licenses/).

Installed Merlin Server licenses are usually in /Library/Application Support/Merlin Server/Licenses.

In case you don’t have access to the Licenses folder, or the file had been deleted by mistake, and need to request a new copy of your license key, please start Merlin and select Help > Lost License or use a web form we’ve specially created for this purpose .

That’s it.

PS: Should you require a new installation of Merlin or Merlin Server, just download a new copy for free as found in our downloads area.

 

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Maintenance Release for Merlin Server

on 15. August 2012

Today we have released a very important update for Merlin Server.

It is highly recommended for all Merlin Server users, because we experienced an issue with the developer certificate, introduced in Merlin Server 2.9.

Important: Please install it using these steps:

  1. Switch off the current version of Merlin Server
  2. Open the Keychain Access (in /Applications/Utilities)
  3. Search for “net.projectwizards”, it should result only in one line “net.projectwizards.MerlinProjectServer”
  4. Delete this line
  5. Download Merlin Server and double click the pref pane icon
  6. Install it over your former Merlin Server (click on replace)
  7. Quit and restart the System Preferences

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Merlin Server: MacOS X Firewall

on 11. July 2012

With Merlin Server you can publish your saved Merlin project files for remote access by:

  • other Merlin for Mac OS X applications. This will allow you to collaborate with other Merlin users on the same project file.
  • a web browser. This allows you to collaborate on files on the go or even when using a Windows machine.
  • iPhone, iPad or iPod touch using Merlin’s own app for iOS devices.

When allowing external access to your machine you should consider setting up a Firewall. This is usually done in your router, but some users would like to use the built-in MacOS X Firewall. Here is a small description of how to set your Firewall for Merlin Server on a current MacOS X 10.7.4 (Lion) configuration.

Merlin Server

If you want to add exceptions for the Merlin Server services on this MacOS X, locate first the MerlinServer.prefPane on your machine. You will find it in one of the following paths:

/Library/PreferencePanes (recommended location)

~/Library/PreferencePanes

Right click it  to ‘Show Package contents’ and locate the ‘MerlinProjectServer ‘and ‘MerlinWebServer’ applications under Contents/Resources.

Now add them both by drag & drop onto the exceptions list in the ‘Advanced’ Firewall dialogue. (more…)

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Merlin and Merlin Server: 2.8.4 Update

on 10. May 2012

Today we’ve released a new free update. The 2.8.4 update brings various improvements and more stability. It is recommended for all Merlin and Merlin Server users.

Resolved Issues in Merlin

  • Values for the field “default utilization” were not accepted under Mac OS X 10.7.
  • Logging into a project failed if the password was an email address.

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Free update to Merlin 2.8.2 is now available

on 15. December 2011

Today we published another maintenance update for Merlin and Merlin Server. Here are the changes.

Resolved Issues in Merlin

  • Under Mac OS 10.7, scrolling in the Gantt chart could result in a blurry time ruler.
  • In some configurations it could take a long time to save changes.
  • Under Mac OS 10.7, files extracted from file elements had a wrong creation date.
  • Sometimes approved budgets were not refreshed correctly when linked projects were loaded.
  • Approved budgets could not be deleted.
  • Under Mac OS 10.7, the print preview was not centered correctly.
  • Copying activities with attached events could lead to a crash. (more…)

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