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QuickTime to Flash Have you ever wanted to convert your video files to Flash without expensive, difficult to use software programs? Macvide has come up with a tidy solution, and you'll get great results minutes after launching a video project
aMaze! turns iPhone into game aMaze!, the game that turns iPhone and iPod Touch into a classic wooden balance game Labyrinth, where players move a steel ball through a maze avoiding holes. aMaze! is unique for playing exactly like its real world prototype, by tilting device to control the labyrinth behavior and, thus, moving the ball.
MailSteward and MailSteward Pro MailSteward archives email in a relational database for easy access and safe backup of all your email. Whether you manage a business, are an independent professional, or just a person with a lot of email, for legal reasons, business reasons, and personal reasons, it is essential to be able to safely archive and easily search your email.
Free iMedia Browser Here's a wonderful, free, utility that adds the familiar "media browser" experience to just about any Mac application. A stand-alone utility, the Karelia iMedia Browser lets users easily browse and drag content from their entire collection of photos, music, movies, and bookmarks.
Canvastic for Kid Publishing Canvastic is an integrated writing, graphics and publishing tool for students in grades K-8 to version 3.5 to publish pages, books, presentations and more. This is a pretty cool resource
Batch image and photo editor Once before we mentioned a very cool program for anyone who needs to resize digital photos. Now there's a new version of ResizeMe 1.2, the batch image and photo editor for Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard., designed to help users save time and be more productive.
Democracy Game Have you got what it takes to lead a country? Probably more than the two clowns we have to choose from this November... but here's your chance to find out
Hide from prying eyes Hide Folders 2008 is a freeware program for Mac OS X dedicated to protect documents and folders. With a click, you can conceal files and folders with all their contents.
Clipboard Evolved Mach Software Design has launched a new version of its flagship product, Clipboard Evolved -- making it fun and easy to manage all your important data.
Batch Resize Photos with ResizeMe Dare to be Creative has released ResizeMe, a batch image and photo editor for Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard. ResizeMe can resize, scale, rotate and flip many images and photos at once.
Burn again and again Now you can re-mount the disk like a hard drive volume and add or remove files, or even edit and change files several times. BurnAgain FS 1.0.2, a free update to the CD/DVD multisession burning utility for Mac OS X.
Tiled image of images Thousands of Mac users have been waiting on this. Over in DTG magazine and Photoshop 911 we have received literally hundreds of inquiries of where a Mac user can find such software. It's been available on Windows for some time -- but now, Limit Point Software makes it for Mac.
Image Editor for Mac OS X Nolobe Introduces Iris - The Ultimate Image Editor for Mac OS X powerful, intuitive, and easy to use solution for all your photo editing needs -- with a unique and elegant one-window interface, that can render confusing multiple palettes obsolete.
Print It! This great program has been around for quite a while, and it just keeps getting better and better. It's simple, but powerful -- you can select and print (or save) just the data you need -- from anywhere -- screen, web, documents... anywhere.
HTML snippets for Typinator Typinator will insert the correct corresponding HTML code for you! With more than100 abbreviations for elements of the HTML 4.01 standard, Typinator may just be a saving grace for Mac web coders who don't use BBEdit's glossery functions!
Batch conversion comes to Mac How many times have you wanted to convert a folder of files from one format to another? Well, with Dragoman, you can convert just about any format, including medial files, in batch mode.
Apimac Slideshow adds new features Apimac Slideshow is some pretty cool shareware for multimedia presentations, and portfolios -- giving Mac OS users the ability to create multi-platform slideshows or export to DVD.
Slideshow Magic 5 Slideshow Magic 5: Turn photos into a movie -- this presentation tool offers rotate frames, a completely revamped interface, and more advanced slide titling options.
DrawIt on the Mac DrawIt is unique in that it presents the user with a simple and clean interface, yet packs an impressive assortment of useful, professional grade features. You'll find it's an easy-to-use, vector-drawing and image editing application for Mac OS X
It's a Comic Life Put yourself in the comics, and syndicate your own life for friends and relatives ... you got Comic when you got your Mac. But that one is skimpy compared to the new shareware upgrade ... Comic Life Magiq
Clean up that text If you saw the text messes I see on a daily basis -- in texts sent in by contributors, readers, and syndicators -- you would easily understand why I strongly advocate using this program for all kinds of test processing ... Clean Texte
WYSIWYG HTML Editor If I've heard it once, I've heard it a thousand times: "Give me a WYSIWYG html editor!" HyperEdit solves that problem and adds a lot of coding power as well ...
Sound Grinder Pro So far, Ambrosia's "WireTap" has been the best audio hack program on the Mac... well, until Sound Grinder came along! If you work with audio files, you should see this
Rename lots of files at once... Nothing is more frustrating than dozens of folders with digital camera files all named with stupid numbering schemes. Now you can rename with meaningful names, all at the same time!
FotoMagico Sharing Assistant The new Sharing Assistant makes it super easy to create the files you want for making a DVD, putting them on your iPod, iPhone or Apple TV, or playing in full quality on another Mac. PDEE (Personal Digital Export Expert)
Chopper is BACK... Fred sez:
This wonderful game is truly reminiscent of early Mac games -- which thrilled us back at the dawn of graphical games on the computer! Chopper Rocks!
VectorDesigner adds PDF and EPS import TweakerSoft has added PDF, EPS import and improved SVG import to their latest upgrade of VectorDesigner -- the perfect application for vector drawings, diagrams and illustrations, raster image handling, filtering and color correction
Record your screen While we are completely satisfied with Snapz Pro, ScreenRecord 2 offers a lot of benefit as an easy-to-use screen capturing tool that records actions on the screen as a Quicktime movie.
Burger Shop for the Macintosh After receiving a set of strange blueprints in the mail, you build an extraordinary food-making contraption and open a restaurant. It's a cool game requiring some pretty demainding thought ... but it also has lots of laughs!
Doozla Drawing for Kids! Here's a new full screen vector drawing application for kids that will knock you out! Doozla features simple free-hand drawing and color tools, webcam & tablet support, entertaining color-in templates and inspiring background images.
Kudos Rock Legend Unique, challenging, and highly entertaining, Kudos Rock Legend is part role-playing game, part life-sim game, and part Tycoon game, blended to create an experience that truly immerses the player in the game's high energy storyline
Zero-configuration CMS I've had bad experience with Joomla... it's geek CMS for geeks -- not normal people. If you want a high-power CMS without the geek, get MovableType... if you want really easy, quick CMS, then you need to check out SkyBlueCanvas
Download YouTube Videos Something people have wanted to do for some time -- now available for the Mac
Kenbushi Media Lava Software is now shipping Kenbushi Pro v7.3, free home server software containing a powerful media entertainment center (like AppleTV), file sharing and data backup functions.
Drag-and-drop Website creation If you're one of those who wants to spend time developing your life and not your website, you might want to take a look at Sandvox. It's really perfect for low-tech users without formal knowledge of web site production.
Codeless web sites If you would rather not dig under the hood and work directly with web html code, then Freeway 5 could be for you. With its traditional page layout approach, Freeway makes it easy to create dynamic websites without the need to write code.
Tagging email power If you're a mail hoarder like I am, you may want to check out Indev Software's new release of MailTags 2.2. If you've been sorely disappointed with Apple's Mail.app, like I have, then you definitely need to take a look.
Drawing with Scribbles Scribbles is a drawing tool with a revolutionary user interface and a slew of user-requested enhancements, including a visual eyedropper, the ability to translate, rotate and scale layers independently, automatic updating, and optional grid overlays.
Play Pool on the Mac MacPool 9.0 pool simulation game for Mac OS X realistic physics, user options and online gaming, MacPool engaging game play for all ages. Version 9.0 adds a new online game mode allows play remotely via email.
Security Strength Meter Are your passwords weak? Do you have any built-in protection at all? Are you inviting trouble? Password Strength Meter that allows you to quickly find weak passwords that need to be replaced with a stronger password, as well as a Generic Text Importer
Print that Window! Searchware Solutions Print Window 4.0 window printing utility for Mac OS X integrated with the Mac OS X Finder tool to print file/directory listings of the currently selected window or folder -- complete control over the way file listings work, what folders are listed and the final printed format.
iForm processes HTML forms iForm is a program that you use to serve and process HTML forms. Its basic functionality collects form data submitted by a web browser and then emails that data using formatting templates to select recipients, as well as saving it to a text log file which can be imported into a database.
Finance to go... Fastforward Software FinanceToGo 1.6.3 is an effective small business finance application for Mac OS X that solves many of the tedious operations -- while making accurate financial tracking easy to learn
New Wiki Editor ProjectForum, a wiki-based collaboration application for small and medium workgroups, has been updated to version 6.0, a major new release. Highlights include an innovative new wiki editor, and a new site-wide user accounts option, previously only available in the high-end Enterprise edition. Anyone can install this powerful but easy-to-use workgroup wiki on Mac OS X in minutes.
Direct Mail management for Mac OS X e3 Software has rolled out Direct Mail 2.0, a major update to their incredibly popular mailing list management and mail delivery application for Mac OS X.
SmartBackup Backup Smart SmartBackup is the ideal application to perform all kinds of daily backups to hard drives, network sharepoints, webDAV, USB sticks, iPods etc -- it's very easy to set up and straightforward operating
DrawIt vector-drawing DrawIt is unique in that it presents the user with a simple and clean interface, yet packs an impressive assortment of useful, professional grade features. You'll find it's an easy-to-use, vector-drawing and image editing application for Mac OS X
Frames for your art? DropFrame is cross-platform application that allows you to easily add a picture frame to your images. DropFrame lets you give your digital work that extra touch and lets customers see your work just like it would look hanging on the wall
Image Processing for Leopard Jade uses state-of-the-art algorithms to enhance color, contrast and dynamic range -- it's an easy-to-use image enhancement and batch processing tool that will automatically improve digital images.
Sync music libraries between computers SuperSync lets music fans synchronize their personal music collections between their Mac and PC computers over any network -- two music libraries can be compared and merged, with new files automatically added to a user's iTunes library.
Azkend Game challenges your skills Azkend Game challenges your skills ... unlock 8 mighty talismans and unleash their powerful help as you make your way to the mysterious temple. Featuring loads of challenging levels, stunning scenery, and two game modes, Azkend is a magical adventure of puzzling fun.
Flip Words 2 for Mac Any Scrabble lovers in the audience? Now, Red Marble Games Flip Words 2 game for the Macintosh provides hours of addictive word searching and phrase building fun -- Players can even let others share in the fun with Party mode
Conversion Tools Bundle All those programs like Quark, InDesign or Microsoft just don't play well together. Now you can save both time and money by converting documents to other formats automatically. Q2ID is a plug-in for converting documents from QuarkXPress to InDesign format. Q2ID now includes Universal Binary support as well as CS3 compatibility.
Burn DVDs over and over Tired of trying to plan just enough data to fill a DVD before burning it? Don't you hate to burn a half-full DVD? Now you can burn multi-session DVDs -- and make meaningful backups over and over again
hierarchical menus in the Dock For years, Apple's spring-loaded folders let us put files where they belong simply by dragging and dropping into a series of folders. Then in OS X they took that feature away. What were they thinking? Well, now you can put hierarchical menus BACK in the Dock... and it's donationware!
Plan the route - journal the trip Berbie Software announces an update for TrailRunner 1.6, the outdoor oriented route planning and journaling software for Mac OS X
Norrkross Freeware Norrkross offers two cool applications that accomplish big tasks ... Norrkross Tint to adjust the color balance of images ... Norrkross Patterns to create palettes of pattern colors from images
Music Library Synchronization When you consider some of the bugs and design flaws in iTunes, SuperSync personal music library synchronization is a real treat. So, now you can synchronize music collections between computers over the Internet.
Santa's Super Friends Just in time for the holiday, Freeverse has added yet two new games to their Macfun.com game portal -- Santa's Super Friends lets you be Santa's helper... but watch out for Mr. Stink!
Audio Studio for Mac With WireTap Studio, you no longer have to wrangle music files or online recorded music through several applications to end up with your favorite MP3 files or high quality recordings.
20 Apps 40 bucks 20MacApps, a project from NameNetwork Ltd, have announced the immediate availability of their special pre-launch savings bundle for the new project. Prelaunch customers will get all 20 apps for the price of just two -- plus a free copy of Billy Frontier, the space cowboy game
Europe at War Commander - Europe at War is a high level turn-based strategy game that offers plenty of depth to satisfy seasoned wargamers while presenting an interface that's easily accessible to newcomers
Norrkross Movie Norrkross Software has announced version 1.1 of the video editing, compositing and effects application - edit video in multiple layered tracks, add your own movie titles or use the amazing green screen effect
CheckUp for Mac OS X CheckUp allows you to understand the behavior of your computer in real time. It also allows you to manage alerts to prevent problems in the future.
Journaling for Mac OS X Memoires is very simple journaling software with gorgeous user interface. Users can choose a day and write as many notes for that day as they like.
iPod PDA iPDA is the perfect companion to the iPod by serving as a replacement PDA. Word, PDF, Apple Pages, RTF or text documents may be easily transferred to iPod so data is available for quick access, any time.
Auto-correct typos on Leopard Auto-correct typos and auto-type text across all Mac OS X applications with Ergonis Software Typinator 2.1 - Leopard ready
Action Game: Chopper I downloaded this game and had a truly great time! Beware though, you think it's easy in the beginning -- but as you progress it gets really hard -- Complete your chopper mission, and return to base, while avoiding enemy fire from tanks, bazooka wielding mad men, and jets.
Crimson Sky BitClamp In the world of cybercrime -- and nearly 80% of the web sites on the web out to "get you" ... it's nice to know someone is looking out for your six... BitClamp empowers users to secure data quickly, easily and effectively in a one stage process.
Free seamless backgrounds The fourth installment of Spiral Graphics free seamless texture packs more than 150 textures freely downloadable seamless textures -- bringing the total of free textures to 600 -- including all new terrain textures for games and maps
New PopChar for Leopard Ergonis Software PopChar X 3.3 for Leopard, the popular tool for inserting umlauts and special characters into the text of any application -- the new magnifier tool that provides an enlarged view of characters to clearly show all subtle glyph details, is worth the ticket price alone!
Powerful Notebook for the Mac Notae is advanced notebook software -- including such features as template notes (notes you can insert into other notes), partial matching for tag searches, optional automatic saving of documents when they are closed, adding or removing tags via contextual menus as well as many smaller usability enhancements
Automate Illustrator and Photoshop Production Pack 5.0's plug-in interface integrates directly with the Workgroups 2007 suite, enabling users to quickly access information about the job or project they are working on.
iWatermark iWatermark is the popular watermarking package for Mac OS X and Windows - ease of use with efficiency for beginner and professional photographers to protect their work. Add digital signatures, url, email address or company logo to one, or a 1000 images at a time.
Custom shapes for Photoshop Graphicxtras.com's latest set of royalty-free releases feature flames and fiery imagery: custom shapes for Photoshop and Elements; symbols for Illustrator; and font set for DTP and 3D and others
Easy Content Syndication If you have a web site or blog with regularly updated content, take advantage of RSS content syndication. Feed Editor makes content syndication easy for everyone
Automate Illustrator and Photoshop Production Pack 5.0's plug-in interface integrates directly with the Workgroups 2007 suite, enabling users to quickly access information about the job or project they are working on.
PopChar for Windows Ergonis Software has rolled out PopChar Win 3.1.1, a maintenance release of its highly acclaimed tool for inserting umlauts and special characters into the text of any application.
Free AutoCorrect Dictionary massive free autocorrect dictionary helps Typinator correct thousands of typos -- endorsed by Adam C. Engst of TidBITS
Improve your Time Tracking Now you have the option to pause a running timer when a new one has started. Billings, the time tracking and invoicing software from Marketcircle Inc. has accommodated user requests for restricted timers in a new point release.
AlphaStar for Adobe After Effects AlphaStar for Adobe After Effects create different types of highlights, stars, rays, flashes, blinks, lens flares, rainbows and etc., and gives a lot of possibilities to decorate video and create both natural and unusual fantastical effects
Disk Cleaner regains More Disk Space To regain space and keep your computer running fast, it's essential for you to clean it up -- Windows users can now reclaimj more Disk Space from Disk Cleaner than ever before
DEFCON game for Mac DEFCON game for Mac, inspired by the 1983 cult-classic film, WarGames, superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion surrounding the Cold War era.
Toon Boom Digital Pro Toon Boom - easy-to-use interface - the complete animation software for professionals, offering advanced content creation, animation and compositing capabilities within a single application.
AlgoLab Photo Vector for Windows Vectorizer and image cleaner: a proven handy tool for designers and CAD/CAM professionals to cleanup, reduce number of colors and vectorize images.
TinyBooks accounting for the Mac TinyBooks is a simple, flexible, non-bloated, single-entry bookkeeping and accounting system for Sole Proprietors, home and other small businesses, and family finances.
Keyboard Maestro OS X Manager Stairways Software Pty Ltd has announced Keyboard Maestro 2.1, the new Universal Binary version of its powerful productivity enhancer for Mac OS X. This release adds native Intel Universal Binary support and resolves a number of minor issues.
PageSender SmileOnMyMac has released PageSender 4.0.3, an update to its top-rated fax software for Mac OS X. The update features improved support for printing faxes as well as other enhancements and bug fixes.
Savvy Clipboard Savvy Clipboard adds multiple Clipboard capability to Mac OS X. It facilitates copying and pasting repeated items, as well as storing frequently used data fragments of various types.
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