Utilities Updates: ColorSync; SmartWrap; SmoothType; MacSSH; VCD Player; PasswordWallet; more

ColorSync 3.0.3 is available through the Software Update control panel and from this link. No word yet on what has changed.

SmartWrap 1.8 is a text cleaning tool for AppleScript, the Clipboard and most email clients. This update now runs natively under Mac OS X, and it adds compatibility with Eudora, BBEdit, and the Clipboard under Mac OS X. It also offers better detection and wrapping of text and e-mails containing awkwardly formatted lists.

SmoothType 2.2.3 anti-aliases screen text. This version improves kerning, fixes text drawing glitches when scrolling in DreamWeaver, Internet Explorer, and some other applications, and fixes a crash in BBEdit 6.1 when drawing long lines of text with soft wrapping turned off. Also it no longer incorrectly displays its shareware reminder before the two week trial period has expired.

MacSSH 2.1b4 is a Telnet client with SSH2 support, based on BetterTelnet. This release fixes several modeless dialogs problems, a crash in passphrase/password request dialog, a damaged background color, and related random crashes when there is a missing or no Appearance Manager. It also fixes undocumented ANSI sequences and changes the default terminal settings.

VCD Player 1.4.8 is a video CD player. This update fixes a bug that prevents some registered users from unlocking the application.

PasswordWallet 2.3 is a 448-bit encrypted password storage utility for Mac OS, X & Palm. This update allows the user to specify how long before bullets are turned on and it adds several new keyboard shortcuts. The conduit and Palm versions remain unchanged, and all users should be using version 1.0.4 of the conduit.

PasswordMaster 1.0b4 is a utility to store, create and organize passwords and registration numbers. This release changes the list windows to movable modal dialogs, it separates the Web site and Notes fields and adds a Notes field to the Generate Passwords panel.

NotifyMail 4.0.2 is an automatic mail notifier. This update uses less memory, restores the extension removed in a previous update, improves TCP/IP configuration changes, and includes other bug fixes.

Magellan 1.8.1 is a multilingual email client to send and receive email in any language. This version can perform an index search with Sherlock's Find by Contents feature, and it adds RTL language handling and a keep paragraph feature.

FTPit 1.0b4 is a tool that adds File Transfer Protocol capabilities to FileMaker Pro 4.x/5.x.

txt2pdf 4.6 is a PERL5 tool that converts text to PDF. This version fixes a potential bug with Acrobat Reader 5.

Extensis QX-Effects 3.0.3 is a QuarklXTension for shadows and other effects. This update fixes a problem under Mac OS 9.1 where the upper left border of picture and text boxes would be included in the effect, regardless of the settings.

MP3 Streamer 1.2 streams MP3 files to broadcast on LANs or the net. This update fixes all known issues with Mac OS X.

ASCII Table 1.0.1 fixes a bug where the selected character could be lost when the screen is redrawn.

StuffIt Engine SDK 6.0.1 is a developer tool for supporting StuffIt. This version improves Mac OS X compatibility and adds a number of bug fixes.