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Utilities Updates: Impasse; iMsafe; AudioX; Constrictor;

Utilities Updates: Impasse; iMsafe; AudioX; Constrictor;

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Impasse 1.1.1 is a new Firewall for Mac OS X.1 written with two design goals: ease of use and intelligence. To that end, Impasse runs in your System Preferences and tries to automatically detect the optimal settings for the services you are running. Impasse has an easy mode for the novice user, who doesn't care to learn about firewall rules, and an advanced mode for the user who wants to configure the firewall to his/her liking.

iMsafe 1.6 is an update to the Cocoa backup application designed for Mac OS X. It adds synchronization. Users can now easily switch between backup and synchronization for the same task.

AudioX 1.0 allows you to record sound under Mac OS X from any input source. AudioX will output your recorded file into the QuickTime format.

iPod Free File SynX 2.3.1 allows synchronizing music from different iPods or any other source to your computer. The update is compatible with iTunes 2.0.4.

Constrictor 2.0 is a screenshot utility for OS X. It lets you position a frame and then snap the area inside, applying border effects and saving in a variety of formats. It's even scriptable.

Screen Dump X 1.1 is a utility to take snapshots of your desktop and upload the picture to display on a webpage. It now has an option to notify at user defined time that screen dump will be made. [OS 9 & OS X]

MuchoFileInfo 1.3 lets you modify your files' creator and type, rename them or change file's finder flags. [OS 9 & OS X]

Linksys 1-4 port cable/DSL router 1.42.6 is a firmware upgrade for the BEFSR41, BEFSR11, and BEFSRU31 routers. The update fixes several bugs, including: "Fixed DHCP not sending a request when lease time expires." [OS 9 & OS X]

Belkin routers (wired) 1.2 is a firmware update for all the non-wireless models. It fixes issues with speed as well as disconnection issues. [OS 9 & OS X]

VST FireWire Disk Encryption 1.0.1 enables you to use VST and SmartDisk FireWire drives under Mac OS X that have been password protected or encrypted using VST Format or SmartDisk Tools under previous versions of the Mac OS. It does not permit you to password protect or encrypt a drive within OS X.

Acgi dispatcher 1.0 beta allows you to write cgi programs for the web in AppleScript while using Mac OS X's built-in Apache webserver. Beta 3 improves the Apache configuration options allowing you to associate any number of suffixes with the program instead of just '.acgi'.