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Utilities Updates: Toast with Jam; Suitcase;

Utilities Updates: Toast with Jam; Suitcase;

CNET staff
2 min read
PTHClock; DockFun!; ChronoSync; CronMaster; more

Toast with Jam 5.0 includes the previously released Toast Titanium 5, but adds two additional applications: Jam 5 and Peak LE VST. Jam 5 lets you arrange your tracks and build your 100% Red Book-compliant audio CD. Create dynamic crossfades between tracks, edit PQ subcodes, set the gain for each channel of each track, cleanly trim your tracks, and more. Peak lets you add special effects to your music. If you already own Toast 5, you can upgrade to Jam for the reduced price of $79.95. [OS9 & OS X]

Suitcase 10.1.2 is an update to this font management utility. New features include: Bug fix for auto-activating fonts in Mac OS X Classic Mode for users with International English operating systems; Added Auto-Activation support for Adobe Illustrator 10 in both Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X.

PTHClock 2.0.0 is a menu bar clock and calendar. The update added the ability to have PTHClock left of MenuItems.

DockFun! 2.5b2 allows you to switch between up to ten different Dock configurations. Featured in this update is a Dock inspector window. Now you can change dock settings.

ChronoSync 1.0.2 is an update to this automated synchronization tool for Mac OS X. New features include: the ability to create a folder while selecting targets; naming rules can now be applied to folders or both files and folders, previously they only applied to files.

CronMaster 1.0 is an AppleScript that runs the three cron tasks (daily, weekly, monthly) immediately.

NortonAntiVirus Definitions for April are out. [OS9 & OS X]

Portraits & Prints 1.1.0 is a personal photo studio for Mac OS X. New features include: manual photo placement, a customizable user interface, full ColorSync workflow support, better integration with other programs (such as iPhoto), and the ability to export photos.

Open Pod 0.31e is a virtual can opener for your iPod. OPEN POD copies all entries of your iPod library into a new playlist which is called "OPEN name_of_your_iPod". With this playlist you have full access to all mp3s for drag an drop, further scripting, reveal in finder and anything else you're used to do with songs in iTunes.

FileMaker to iPod 1.0 lets you export to your iPod from any data source: just import your contacts into this nifty little database first. Use FileMaker's powerful search tools to export only the contacts you want.

TimeCache X 4.1.8 is time and expense project tracking software. The update addresses a bug that could corrupt data in rare cases, as well as problems with creating date views, and with reloading stored data into its daily entry screen. [OS9 & OS X]