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OS X Utilities Updates: CopyPaste-X; SharePoints; Watson; MemoryStick; more

OS X Utilities Updates: CopyPaste-X; SharePoints; Watson; MemoryStick; more

CNET staff
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CopyPaste-X 1.0 is out. This is a Mac OS X version of the popular multiple clipboard utility. It includes a Clipboard Extender (lets you see/use 10 clipboards), Clipboard Recorder (acts a stack and keeps a record of your last 10 copies) and Clipboard Editor (allows editing any clipboard with styled text).

SharePoints 1.5.3 is an application or a preference pane that makes it easy to add and delete share points like in the old Finder. In Mac OS X, by default, you are limited to sharing only what is in your public folder in your home directory. This program makes it easy to share any folder.

Watson 1.03 is an extendable application for Mac OS X that gives an "Aqua" user interface to a number of Internet-based services such as stock quotes, telephone lookup, and movie schedules. The update fixes a problem that would prevent some users from receiving auto-updated tools, and cause a crash in rare instances.

MemoryStick 0.1 provides a graphical display of your RAM usage under Mac OS X.

Mr 9 Menu 1.0 places an icon in the Dock. Clicking the icon bring up the Classic Menu bar for instant access to the old Apple menu. This could be useful for those times when you have Classic running and want to access the Classic Apple menu but have no Classic applications open.

FontVista X 2.1 "is a professional level font catalog and inspection utility. Users can print an entire font spec catalog of their library, even if the fonts are not loaded in the System. FontVista can scan your font folders, load and print them out."

SweetDock 0.7 allows you to access hidden features of the Dock in Mac OS X, including more effects for the Minimize Effect, more options for orientation, and pinning, and also allows you to see what applications are hidden. SweetDock also allows you to Restart (Quit) the Dock without using ProcessViewer or the Terminal.

Proteus 1.3 is a new multi-service instant message application for Mac OS X 10.1. It supports ICQ, AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and Jabber.