Utilities Updates: AppleShare Client; PowerPrint; QuickStart; more

AppleShare Client 3.8.6 is out. It fixes a crash with the DHX Authentication when attempting to connect to a Mac OS X server for the second time due to an incorrect password or user name.

Infowave PowerPrint 5.0 is expected to ship in November. It will add scanning support for the Hewlett-Packard R-series and the Canon MultiPass series. The web page did not state if it addressed previously reported problems with Mac OS 9.

QuickStart 1.3 is a system extension that lets you open applications, documents or folders invarious ways. This latest version adds support for items on network volumes and removable media such as floppy disks and CDs. The layout of the QuickStart control strip menu is now fully configurable, and a bug where settings sometime got lost is fixed.

Keychain Unlocker 1.0.1 unlocks the Keychain in OS 9 when your Mac starts up (or anytime you wish). The update fixes a problem where the Keychain Unlocker Script could cause the Mac to hang upon startup if too many other items were in the startup folder. The script would never quit as it should and if you selected it from the Finder menu, the Mac would hang.

Blue Label Power Emulator 1.5.1 is the latest update to this PC emulator. It fixes bugs generally occurring in Mac OS 9 and on the newest Macintosh models.

C3 Offline Reference Nov has been released.

Injection Pro 2.2.1 is out. Its newest feature, the Equalizer, "takes your pages and alters them so that they appear the same on every browser, on Windows or Macintosh."

Adaptec's 39160 card 1.0.1 firmware update and PowerDomain Control 5.1software are out.

TEAC CD-R firmware 1.0M is now available.

And still in beta...

REALbasic 2.1a23 is out. These alpha releases are for testing purposes only and are not considered the current release of REALbasic.

Microsoft Media Player 6.3b "allows you to play audio and video content &endash; both streaming and downloaded&endash; in the industry-leading Windows Media formats."