Merlin 2.7.9
Mac OS X | 46.5 MB

This version offers many features propelling Merlin to the top of Mac OS X professional project management software.

Here are some of the main highlights in Merlin 2:

Merlin has now a web module which is included in this version of Merlin. The following browsers are supported: Safari 3, Firefox 2.0+ and Internet Explorer 7.0
Merlin now supports a wide range of special Mac OS X 10.5 features like Quick Look, iChat Theatre and Mail.
Networkbased Collaborative Project Management
Collaborate with others on the same project file over the LAN or WAN with a single mouse click.
Access Control for Users and User Groups
Resources can be either single Users or grouped into Resource Groups both of which can be assigned to activities and/or given specific access rights.
Dynamic Planning Mode
Activities which havent started yet can be automatically moved to the current date. This is great news for devotees of Agile Project Management.
Bidirectional Synchronization with iCal
Changes in Merlin are reflected in iCal and vice versa. You can also sync specific resources in a separate calendar.
Enhanced Financial and Cost Models
You can now compare planned vs. actual costs with the ability to determine accruals per cost entry.

Whats New
Version 2.7.9:

Merlin now accepts XML snippets sent via email from Things.
The import of native MS Project 2010 files (.mpp) is now supported. However the usage of .xml files is still highly recommended.
The scripts folder can be now accessed over the menu item Open Scripts Folder listed under the Send To menu.
Compatibility to Mac OS 10.7 Lion work in progress, do not use it in a productive environment! Feedback is appreciated.
Now the Group Path property is available in the extended search.

Resolved Issues

Opening contact data in MS Entourage out of a related resource was broken.
Under some circumstances the HTML export of resources did fail.
User resources with slashes in their names could not log into a project.
Under some circumstances NovaMind 4.x files could not be imported.
The extended search in the utilization view did not work properly.
Updated German, French and English texts.
Percentage input fields in the inspector were too small for some values.
Under some circumstances, resource assignments could be deleted when syncing with iCal.
Elements could not be copied with the Copy To Library command.
Workspaces, style sets and column sets could not be renamed after having been copied to a project.
Wrong hyperlinks for file elements appeared in the PDF export of the classic report.
Importing certain .mpx files could lead to an exception.
Projects opened from a readonly device could not be saved using the Save As... menu item.
Changing the scaling of the Gantt chart by dragging within the time ruler could lead to wrong results.
The Report button did not work correctly if the inspector was shown in a separate window.
Projects containing approved budgets entered as percentages did not calculate all budget values immediately after opening.
The leveling orders of the Level Selection and Level All commands did not match.
Properties of linked projects were not updated in the containing project under all circumstances.
Base costs were not always copied when activities were dragged to the library.
The description of report templates could be edited.
If the option Warn before accepting changes was set in iCal Publishing, the sync could not complete in all cases.
When deleting dependencies between activities, Merlin could crash.
Improved export of resources of linked projects to MS Project.
Recurring events from iCal calendars were not imported properly.
Under some circumstances, copy & paste between projects could lead to an exception.
Completed activities were not always exported correctly to MS Project via XML.

Resolved Issues in Merlin Web

Under some circumstances Merlin Web did not allow structure changing actions.
The structural lock symbol was not working correctly under all circumstances.
Updated column sets (and other configurations) could not be accessed directly in Merlin Web.
The page could jump in the browser when selecting data to edit.
Clearing the contents of a duration field produced a duration of 0 seconds.
On client machines without the font Lucida Sans, the display of assignments did not fall back to using Verdana.
Gantt labels containing dates could be wrongly formatted.

Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later

Link for more information: http://www.projectwizards.net/en/merlin/