OS X Utilities Updates: iDVD; Developer Tools; NetBarrier X; IPNetShareX; Snard; more

Apple iDVD X 2.0.5 is the latest version of this DVD authoring tool included with new G4 DVD-R Macs. The update includes enhancements to the burning process, more accurate progress reporting and error notifications, and corrects a situation where some files would mistakenly be identified as iDVD 2 documents. [iDVD home page.]

Apple Developer Tools 10.1(5H16) are available for ADC members to download.

Intego NetBarrier X 10.0 is an OS X version of this software-based firewall utility. Unlike a utility such as BrickHouse, it does not depend on OS X's built-in UNIX-based firewall software.

IPNetShareX 1.0b1 (formerly gNAT) gives users graphical access to the Mac OS X Network Address Translation (natd) services. Natd is an inherent Mac OS X service which can be set up to share a single Internet connection among multiple computers without requiring a dedicated hardware router. This is a bugfix update.

Snard 0.8.1 is a launcher that can be used as a system menu or a dockling. This is a maintenance update.

nQuick X 2.5 can be used to store text, notes, passwords, and serial numbers. Also works in OS 9.

PodMaster 1000 9.1 makes the moving of files from the iPod to a second computer easier by listing all the songs on the iPod and allowing the transfer of selected songs to a folder of choice.

Lexmark X83 1.1.0 is the OS X driver for the X83 multifunction printer. This driver does not support printing in Classic.

Alcatel ADSL Speed Touch USB driver 1.4.3 works with Mac OS X. It is only for those in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, and UK (thanks, Gabriel Whiting).