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Utilities Updates: Impasse; Who Owns What; NetSplatX;

Utilities Updates: Impasse; Who Owns What; NetSplatX;

CNET staff
2 min read
iMate; Drop Drawers; Mozilla; more

Impasse 1.2.3 is a 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. The update fixes a sleep bug.

Who Owns What 1.4 creates directory and file listings that are sorted by Owner and Group.

NetSplatX 1.0b1 NetSplatX is a Web server performance tuning utility. NetSplatX simulates browser activity by sending HTTP requests to the server being tested and accepts the responses.

Griffin iMate X 1.5 is the OS X driver for the adapter that allows ADB devices to connect to USB ports. Sleep should now work with this new version.

Linksys wireless cable/DSL 4 port router 1.42.7 is the latest firmware update for the BEFW11S4 router. It has numerous bug fixes. [OS 9 & X]

Drop Drawers X 1.5.9b is a user-interface enhancement which provides floating pull-out, snap-shut drawers on the sides of your screen to store text, URLs, aliases, pictures, sounds, movies and anything else. The OS X update solves the long-standing issue of restoring keyboard focus after expanding or clicking in floating drawers. [OS 9 & X]

Mactracker X 1.7.1 provides detailed technical information on every Apple Macintosh model along with information on Apple displays, printers, scanners, digital cameras, the iPod, AirPort Base Stations, Newtons, and Mac OS versions. [OS 9 & X]

PageSentry 4.0.3 detects network server problems. When an error is detected, PageSentry can alert the network administrator and/or take action to automatically restart the server. [OS 9 & X]

Tape 2.0b2 is a utility for software developers that can covert folders into application packages. The OS X version has a totally redesigned interface for the main window. [OS 9 & X]

Mozilla X 1.0rc3 is an open-source web browser, the basis of Netscape. New in this version: 139 bug fixes since RC2, including fixes for plugins, usability, crashes, and internationalization issues. [OS 9 & X]