Mar 28 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta40 will be released in 7 days.
It did take a long time to have the work finished on this and it will have a major performance boost of 30-50% over 2.0.0-beta39 from calibration to integration. We extensively optimized many critical parts of APP. All has been tested to guarantee correct optimizations. Drizzle and image resampling is much faster for instance, those modules have been completely rewritten. Much less memory usage. LNC 2.0 will be released which works much better and faster than LNC in it's current state. And more, all will be added to the release notes in the coming weeks...
Update on the 2.0.0 release & the full manual
We are getting close to the 2.0.0 stable release and the full manual. The manual will soon become available on the website and also in PDF format. Both versions will be identical and once released, will start to follow the APP release cycle and thus will stay up-to-date to the latest APP version.
Once 2.0.0 is released, the price for APP will increase. Owner's license holders will not need to pay an upgrade fee to use 2.0.0, neither do Renter's license holders.
Long story short, I lost my computer to a thief while passing through Oakland, CA on a family holiday. It was a Macbook with my recent version of APP which I routinely use.Â
I now have a Macbook M1, have downloaded APP again and need a user code to activate. How do I get this? Below is a screenshot of my prompt.Â
Thanks all
Ian
(Canada)
@kanadalainen Hi Ian,
Sorry to hear that your laptop has been stolen!
When you registered for APP (when you still had your previous laptop) you should have received an email containing your user code. Please look that up. If you cannot find the email anymore then please contact support@astropixelprocessor.com so we can send you the email again.
HTH, Wouter
@wvreeven Hi Wouter,
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Thanks again for your help. I did find the correct email, after some extra searching. 😀  All is well and I have successfully activated APP in my new laptop.
Now I need to figure out how to get back 2 years of light subs (my terabyte drive with organized data was also in the computer bag). 😉 😪Â I will look through the iCloud functions.Â
Anyway, I VERY much appreciate your help. APP with new star reduction is super nice, use it a lot.
Ian
@kanadalainen Hi Ian,
I am glad that you managed to sort it all out. Good luck retrieving your data. My image drive broke down once and I haven't been able to retrieve my data. I hope you'll fare better than me!
Wouter
