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OS X Enhancement Utilities and more...
Fred Showker
This week it's all about making your system better!
shadowClipboard is a multi-clipboard manager for Mac OS X. Version 2.0.1 fixes memory leaks in both Simple and Advanced mode which were introduced with version 2, and also adds a 'None' option to disable selected hotkey combinations.
MenuStrip 3.0.3 allows users to create their own menus and shortcuts in the Mac OS X menu bar. Version 3.0.3 introduces an innovative way to quickly clear window and desktop clutter, adds new 'icon-fade' screen effect, and improves font rendering for certain LCD font smoothing settings.
Witch lets users access all open windows by pressing a shortcut and choosing from a clearly arranged list of window titles. "While you can use Exposé to switch windows, doing so can be very clumsy if you're the keyboard-only type of user. And don't all of these windows look just the same when they are scaled down?"
A Better Finder Attributes 3 is a contextual menu plug- in that allows users to change the file date and other attributes of Mac OS X files. The new release introduces a new swizzle triangle user interface and makes significant internal changes.
iSpeak It 1.7 allows user to listen to their Word, PDF, RTF, AppleWorks, text and HTML documents on an iPod. This release adds full article downloading for News and RSS, batch processing capabilities, transfer all open documents to iTunes, improved PDF processing, and a number of bug fixes and usability enhancements.
Gooshie Demo provides an easy way to perform daily maintenance. It puts a new menubar icon in the menu that allows instant permissions repair, running of UNIX fix-it tasks, cache deletion, and deletion of problematic "FNT" files on the system. Built-in log suggests when to run these tasks.
Meridian 2 is a super clock for Mac OS X, offering an improved Menu Bar Clock and new Alarms, Time Zones, Timers, Stopwatches, and Chimes. Meridian's timepieces are easily customizable and can be displayed in a window, the Clock Menu, or the Dock. The application can alert users to scheduled events and timed events as well as wake a sleeping Mac.
Spark is a powerful, and easy Shortcuts manager. With Spark you can create Hot Keys to launch applications and documents, execute AppleScript, control iTunes, and more... You can also export and import your Hot Keys library, or save it in HTML format to print it. Spark is free, so use it without moderation!
Yasu is a Mac OS X system optimization utility developed with System Administrators who service large groups of workstations in mind, enabling them to perform a specific group of maintenance tasks quickly within a few clicks. The latest version fixes a bug with the authentication field not and introduces an Italian localization.
iSnip 1.4 is a "snippet manager" that allows users to hold many text clippings at once. Version 1.4 features many new enhancements, including the ability to autofill forms and also a brilliant new icon by Wolfgang Bartelme.
Super Get Info 1.2.2 is an update to the easy-to-use utility offering a powerful alternative to the Mac OS X Finder's Get Info command. Version 1.2.2 is a maintenance release that fixes several reported issues from previous versions.
Sync Buddy is a backup and install management tool for Mac OS X users with Palm OS handhelds. It provides worry-free backups, installs, and picture management. It complements the standard synchronization by giving you direct access to your handheld's contents. (Works with Pictures!)
e2Sync PE v1.3 allows users to sync Microsoft Entourage data to .Mac, AddressBook, iCal, and other iSync-compatible devices/services, including popular cell phones, Palm-powered PDAs, iPods, etc. Version 1.3 fixes problems with duplicates and with large Entourage databases as well as brings compatibility with the Microsoft Office 11.1.1 update.
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Fred Showker, Editor/Publisher UG Net News
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