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Utilities Updates: DiskLock; IE Favorites Report; Mactella; Snak; Xtension

Utilities Updates: DiskLock; IE Favorites Report; Mactella; Snak; Xtension

CNET staff
DiskLock 4.6.5 (formerly Symantec Norton DiskLock) is out. No word yet on what has changed. Caution: do not use this software on any disk used by Mac OS X, and never install Mac OS X on a volume protected by DiskLock.

IE Favorites Report 1.1 is a utility to save a tab-delimited text file containing Internet Explorer's bookmarks. This update allows the user to select a file name and location for the report file. The categories are also recognized and written to the report.

Mactella 1.1 is the latest version of this client for the Gnutella file sharing system. This version contains changes to the user interface so the behavior of the program is more closely managed by the user. It also denotes remote files that may be unreachable except using a push protocol transfer.

Snak 4.6.1 is an IRC client. Changes to this release include support for OS X and OS 9.1 with carbonLib 1.2.5, script files can be aliases, the sound folder and sound files can be aliases, topics in channels no longer limited to 255 characters, and several important bug fixes, including one with registration numbers.

XTension 3.5.4 is the latest version of this software to control home automation and security devices. Changes include a Unit option, two new reserved< variables to test wireless commands, and a wireless property.