Utilities Updates: Watson; FileXaminer; File Buddy;
Utilities Updates: Watson; FileXaminer; File Buddy;
Watson 1.5 is a significant upgrade to this excellent desktop interface to the most popular web content and services. Today's release features four new tools: VersionTracker, Translation, Meerkat News, and Reference. Other enhancements include: A new status bar for consistent placement of user interface elements like progress bars; A new, elegant set of toolbar and application icons; Enhanced placement, naming, sizing, and grouping of myriad user interface elements.
FileXaminer 1.0b1(formerly Get Info) allows you to modify file and folder attributes that the Finder cannot. New features in 1.0b1 include custom icon editing, extensive contextual menu support, set/clear a files invisible bit, hot keys run in background and many bug fixes.
File Freak 3.6 allows you to instantly locate and open files by typing a few letters of its name. New in this version: Contextual menus, support for multiple boolean file name searches, a new folders filter, performance improvements, and bug fixes. [OS 9 & OS X]
File Buddy 7.0 is the release version of this desktop and file/folder editing tool [OS 9 & OS X]
App Switcher 0.9.5 is an Application Switcher-like task switcher. It is similar to the Dock's Command-Tab switcher, but it allows easier switching to recently-used programs.
Shortcut.Menu 1.0.b allows fast accesses to any file or file on your hard drive.
StarfishMonkey 1.0 protects a POP account from unsolicited commercial mail ("spam") while still letting legitimate senders contact you via e-mail.
Synchronize! Pro X 1.0.3 makes bootable OS X system backups and syncs files. This release fixes problems with synctemp files, can't find disk errors, a crash with the open recent menu, and more. [OS 9 & OS X]
TypeIt4Me X 0.99 is the latest update to this popular text macro shortcut tool. It features a number of bug fixes and interface improvements.
RBrowser 3.0.5.2 is a GUI FTP/SFTP/SSH client. This update adds text and auto FTP modes, FTP URLs are correctly parsed out in the Login Panels FTP URL/Hostname field, and interface enhancements.
Screen Dump X 1.1 takes desktop snapshots and uploads them to a web page. This release adds a preview and delete before posting option and offline image support. [OS 9 & OS X]
Dock Extender 1.0 adds menus to the Dock.
MacPaths GUI 1.0 is a small application that displays what paths FindFolder calls under Mac OS X will return. Since Mac OS X is pervasively multi-user and adds new FindFolder selectors, it's often useful to know where the heck the system is pointing you.
Launch Items X 1.0.5 is a utility to launch apps, folders or URLs from contextual menus. This release fixes a serious bug which corrupted the menu item preferences.
DeviceWatcher for InterMapper 1.0 is a set of tools which lets you use InterMapper to watch your Mac OS X or Linux servers disk usage. The kit contains a deamon to be run on the server written in Perl and an InterMapper Probe file so that you can query the deamon.
CharView 1.3.1 shows all printing characters in a selected font. This update adds improvements to performance, stability, and the interface. [OS 9 & OS X]
EntourAid 1.0 attempts to rebuild the headers in any corrupted Microsoft Entourage database that is reported to be irrecoverable by Entourage. This has been tested on both 'normal' corruption situations as well as on databases corrupted by the '2 gigabyte limit' in Entourage Office v.X, with up to 90% recovery rate (including attachments).
EntourageNotes 1.1 and EntourageEvents 1.1 transfer Entourage data to your iPod.
NowPod 1.0b2 is a tool to download from Now Contact items to your iPod. This release adds the home and work address fields to the transferred data. [OS 9 & OS X]
Wacom tablet 4.72-5 is a new update for this driver for Wacom USB tablets. In this version, moving the screen cursor with the Wacom mouse in “Mouse Mode” is again limited by the edge of the screen. Note: upgrading with 4.72-5 by installing over an older OS X driver version will resolve any root access privilege issues that may have been caused by upgrading with earlier OS X drivers (e.g. 4.72-3). Simply run the 4.72-5 installer while the earlier Wacom driver is running.
Unofficial Canon BJC-3000 driver 0.9 is a third-party "hack" S400 printer driver for BJC-3000.