Recent Announcements
10 May 2013 — Helix RADE 6.2 Preliminary Release #23 is available today. Read all about it in today’s edition of The Latest Word and in the Preliminary Release #23 Release Notes.
17 Apr 2013 — Preliminary Release #22, build 5905 is now officially available. See today’s edition of The Latest Word for a description of the critical fixes in this release.
12 Apr 2013 — We have identified an issue in Preliminary Release #22 that causes abaci to fail to calculate correctly until you close and reopen the collection. Users who are dismayed by this are encouraged to revert to PR21 until we have tested the new build thoroughly. (Check your EPP member email for the current Access Password.)
11 Apr 2013 — Helix RADE 6.2 Preliminary Release #22 is available today. Read all about it in today’s edition of The Latest Word and in the Preliminary Release #22 Release Notes.
12 Mar 2013 — Helix RADE 6.2 Preliminary Release #21 is available today. Read all about it in today’s edition of The Latest Word and in the Preliminary Release #21 Release Notes.
13 Feb 2013 — Helix RADE 6.2 Preliminary Release #20 is available today. Read all about it in today’s edition of The Latest Word and in the Preliminary Release #20 Release Notes.
17 Jan 2013 — Helix RADE 6.2 Preliminary Release #19 is available today. Read all about it in today’s edition of The Latest Word and in the Preliminary Release #19 Release Notes.
31 Dec 2012 — Helix RADE 6.2 Preliminary Release #18 is available today. Read all about it in today’s edition of The Latest Word and in the Preliminary Release #18 Release Notes.
31 Dec 2012 — Helix Client/Server 6.1.11 is available today. Read all about it in the Helix 6.1.11 Release Notes
10 Dec 2012 — The December release of Helix RADE 6.2 is delayed, but this is a good thing. Read today’s edition of The Latest Word to find out why.
14 Nov 2012 — Helix RADE 6.2 Preliminary Release #17 is available today. Read all about it in today’s edition of The Latest Word.
10 Oct 2012 — Helix RADE 6.2 Preliminary Release #16 is available today. Read all about it in today’s edition of The Latest Word.
25 Sep 2012 — It is with great sadness that we note the recent passing of Christian Skeem, an ardent supporter who gave generously to the cause of keeping Helix alive. Were it not for his help, we would not be as far along as we are in our quest to finish our OS X work and we are eternally grateful for that support. You can read about Christian’s life here.
14 Sep 2012 — Helix RADE 6.2 Preliminary Release #15 and the newer and more improved Helix Utility are available today. Read all about them in today’s edition of The Latest Word.
In other news: the sky is still falling, so make frequent backups for a while.
OS X Compatibility
OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) compatibility of all Helix products is covered in this technote.
OS X 10.7 (Lion) compatibility of all Helix products is covered in this technote.
Helix Server, Client, and Engine version 6.1.6 and later are compatible with OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). See this technote for Helix Maintenance Manager compatibility information.
Helix Server, Client, and Engine version 6.1 and later — as well as Helix Maintenance Manager 1.0.5 — are compatible with OS X 10.5 (Leopard).
The “for PowerPC” version of Helix Server, Client, and Engine version 6.1 and later — as well as Helix Maintenance Manager 1.0.5 — are compatible with OS X 10.4 (Tiger). Helix RADE 6.1 is compatible with Classic mode with OS X 10.4.
Compatibility for older products can be found on our system requirements page.
Older Announcements & More…
Older announcements and other information that has appeared on this home page in the past can now be found on the news archive page.