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November Home & iLife

This week looks at OS enhancements, finder aids, information organizers, note taking, RSS feeds, and even a virtual keyboard. Lots of useful and productive items for this week's download fun!

Easily manage RSS channels

DesktopRSS 1.1 lets you manage easily all your RSS channels so that you have a quick access to all the latest news. It can automatically check whether recent news are available. A complete listing of MacNN RSS feeds includes both long and short titles in several different categories. (free) [928KB]

Formation Organizes Personal Information

Formation 1.1 ($30) is the latest release of the software for organizing personal information, ideas, lists, notes, and projects. New in this version are options for password protecting document as well as true 448 bit Blowfish encryption for data stored in password columns. Auto save and save on close preferences have been added. [Screens / 2.2MB]

A Better Finder Gets Better

A Better Finder Attributes 3.6 is a contextual menu plug-in for the Macintosh Finder that allows users to change the file date and other attributes of Mac OS X files. The new release introduces a file details drawer designed to make it easier to interactively judge file changes. [PIC / Download - 3.4MB]

Pixadex OS X Icon Machine

Pixadex is to icons, what Apple's iPhoto is to images -- it lets you import, organize and search huge numbers of icons quickly and easily. Pixadex lets you store all of your icons in a single place, organized into collections that you create. Pixadex 1.5.3 is an update to the popular icon organizational tool for Mac OS X. The new version delivers compatibly with CandyBar 2.0 and support for iContainers that contain application icons. The update, which is free to registered users, also offers minor bug fixes and re-enables the "Send to CandyBar" functions. ($19) [Download - 1.25 MB]

Default Folder Free Update

Default Folder X 1.9.6 is a free update of the Eddy Award-winning utility for enhancing Open and Save dialogs in Mac OS X. The new version now allows users to access its Get Info feature by dragging files and folders onto its icon in the Dock. The release also addresses numerous performance and compatibility issues. ($35) [Download - 5.1MB]

Mac Os X Contextual Menu Plugin

A Better Finder Rename 6.6.5 is a Mac OS X contextual menu plugin for the Macintosh Finder which allows users to quickly rename multiple files. The software is ideally suited for Macintosh webmasters, users who need to transfer files from or to Windows or Unix, as well as for all other Macintosh users who deal with large numbers of files. The new version now handles Apple iTunes AAC-encoded audio files as well as MP3 files ($40). [Download -3.4MB]

VirtualKeyboard Point-And-Click Typing

VirtualKeyboard X 2.3.5 is an on-screen keyboard that offers point-and-click typing using pointing devices such as a head mouse, mouse, trackball, etc. This program is designed primarily for disabled people but it can also be used to teach the children. The software runs on Mac OS X 10.0 or later. ($12) [Screen / Download -1.1MB]

Yasu Performs Maintenance Easily

Yasu 0.7 is a Mac OS X maintenance utility that enables system administrators to perform a specific group of maintenance tasks quickly within a few clicks. The latest version of Yasu is a maintenance release that optimizes internal performance and addresses an issue related to how a workstation reboots once finished. (dontationware) [Download - 341KB]

DEVONnote Notes on Steroids

DEVONnote 1.5 is a notetaking application for Mac OS X that comes with a completely revamped user interface and more than 100 new functions, commands, file formats and other improvements. The most notably new features are: automatic linking of words to other documents with the same name, user-definable labels, a new "Go" menu for easier navigation, and more. ($20) [Download - 2.9MB]

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Fred Showker
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