Utilities Updates: Tidy Up! 1.0.7; EyeTV 1.8.4; iRed 1.6; iPod.iTunes 2.9.5; more

Tidy Up! 1.0.7: find duplicate files and more. The new release adds a contextual menu to the list's items contained in a single location that allows a user to add a selected folder as a location to search.

EyeTV 1.8.4: watch, record, timeshift, edit and archive TV on your Mac. The new release contains two export presets for the video-capable iPod. The 'for iPod (default)' preset encodes using Apple's default QuickTime H.264 320x240 settings. The 'for iPod (recommended)' preset uses MPEG-4 compression, which encodes up to five times faster than H.264.

iRed 1.6: full control by infrared with the USB device IRTrans. The new release has automatic recognition of repeater codes.

iPod.iTunes 2.9.5: iPod track and playlist sync/transfer. The latest release has a new synchronization setting: "Copy protected files (iTMS songs/videos and Audible audiobooks)" If you don't want to copy protected files you can exclude them by turning this setting off.

Chalaut 1.0: launch apps as root

Extensis Portfolio 8.0: client/server digital asset management. The new release automatically rotates thumbnails and previews from digital cameras that record the camera's orientation, streamlining photographers' post-shoot workflow.

PatchBurn 4.0a5: enable unsupported burners in iTunes, Finder. This is a maintenance release.

Intego VirusBarrier X Virus Defs December: (use NetUpdate)

Spotlaser 1.1: change the way you search for files.

iSafe 0.1.2: password storage and text encryption.

ffmpegX 0.0.9u: encoder: divx, xvid, h264, iPod, mpeg, s/vcd, dvd, tivo, psp, mp4. The new release has an "iPod h.264" preset video encoding for the video iPod. The preset uses 320 width H.264 video and AAC audio. It encodes a feature movie into about 200MB.

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