Utilities Updates: Secret Folder; Default Folder; more

Secret Folder 1.0 (beta) "lets you conceal a folder and its contents. It provides you with an easy and fast way to protect documents and avoid them being seen, modified, or erased by other users (either on a network or uninvited!). The program is really simple to use and can be protected with a password for extra security."

Default Folder 3.0.2b3 is available. This version improves support for Appearance and Kaleidoscope, fixes a number of cosmetic bugs, and improves performance over the previous public beta.

Receipt font is a new font that "turns your $5000 computer system into a $500 receipt printer for only $5."

CronoTask 1.1 is out. It is "like the Unix cron utility, but natively written on Mac and with a true Mac interface. This program allows to specify an unlimited number of programs to launch when your Mac server is unattended, with a very easy and fast to use interface."

NetChronometer 1.3.1 is available. It's a utility to synchronize the Mac's clock.

PopChar Pro 1.13b2 is out.

The MRJ Plugin for Netscape browsers is up to 1.0d7.

Keyspan USB serial adapter driver 1.71b3 is now available.

XLR8's MACh Speed G3 Control 1.3.1 (beta) has been posted. "This new version features XLR8's Safe Cache Settings and improved user feedback through informative instructing dialogs and progress bar, during cache testing. It also includes key commands for boot-up cache testing, and the testing disable. Our control software also has full OS X server compatibility!"

Orange Micro's Grappler SCSI 930U Beta2 Firmware (930U only) is out. It includes support for scanners that are not Apple SCSI Manager 4.3 compliant and "Blue G3" boot capability. [Do not attempt to install this beta firmware on the Grappler SCSI 940UW or the Grappler SCSI 906F.]