Installer VISE was an installer maker that supported

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, and

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by MindVision Software. Steve Kiene, the founder of MindVision, had done software work in the area of

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, producing the Application VISE executable compressor for the Mac platform and a

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software implementation; the latter was released as Stacker after having been acquired by

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. Installer VISE (which was first called Developer VISE) initially arose from some add-on software extensions that Kiene had developed for use with the Installer software from Apple. Originally created Mac-only, Installer VISE was one of the most popular installer makers for the platform around 2006 given its visual interface that made the software easy to use by nontechnical persons in addition to its extensive features. However, its popularity has waned on Mac OS X. VISE X, an installer maker designed to produce installers specifically for installing Mac OS X software, was released by MindVision Software in 2003. Quietly, without any press release, MindVision Software was acquired by

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in 2006. As of 2020, the software company seems to have closed down and the website is pointing to an e-commerce solution developed by Digital River
MyCommerce

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* Installation software Classic Mac OS software Utilities for macOS Utilities for Windows {{Install-software-stub

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