Notable apps and updates, Aug. 10-15 — Apple World Today

The utility is designed to solve the problem of time consuming manual output production from InDesign through automation of printing, exporting, preflighting and other repetitive tasks. Version 2.4.28 addresses a bug in recent versions of InDesign in which invisible documents could remain open after processing. Output Factory utilizes invisible output to dramatically streamline and speed up exporting of large file batches. 

Version 2.4.28 also ensures that InDesign always exports the expected document in the batch regardless of the remaining invisible windows. In addition, the new version improves memory management and fixes some minor licensing issues.

Output Factory can be purchased from the Zevrix website for US$170; there’s a “lite” version for $120. A demo is available for download. The update is free for the users of Output Factory 2.x, and $85 to upgrade from Output Factory 1.x and BatchOutput. Output Factory requires macOS 10.8-10.15 and Adobe InDesign CS5-2020.

iOS

The world of zoos, animal care and conservation comes to life in Zoo Guardians, a new mobile game launched today by the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in partnership with JumpStart Games. It’s free and available to download in the App Store.