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desktop publishing, iPhoto helpers, home apps and more...
Fred Showker
Desktop publishing, image manipulation and editing, iPhoto helpers, along with several good home software programs, and several other good programs
Pariahware File Stitcher v1.2 is a MacOS X utility that gives users an easy way to merge files together. Simply drag and drop files onto the File Stitcher icon and click the button in the main window . File Stitcher is shareware and only costs $12.00 to register. A 7-day trial period is included. The new version is compatible with MacOS X "Tiger". With the MP3 Edition of File Stitcher, ID3 tags can now be set for the stitched file. File Stitcher is made with REALbasic from REAL Software, Inc.
iBiz is an intuitive time-billing and invoicing application with Address Book and iCal integration. Version 2.4 now offers Tiger support, in addition to a new iBiz Dashboard widget. See screen capture
On-Target is a powerful report generator that can create reports from most popular databases, including FrontBase, mySQL, OpenBase, Oracle, postgreSQL, PrimeBase, REALDatabase, and more. SQLite Server is now supported as a data source.
iTaskX is a project management application that offers custom views, multiple printing options, definable text styles, task splitting, linking of summary tasks, effort-driven scheduling, and import/export of several project formats, including MS Project XML, MPX, OPML, CVS, TXT, etc. It also supports assignable tasks, templates, and more.
update This is a maintenance release of the CodeWarrior Development Studio for Mac OS tools. The 9.5 update includes bug fixes to the IDE, C/C++ compiler and MSL. The 9.5 update improves compatibility with Mac OS X 10.4
(This is not shareware, but was included because of its uniqueness.) TouchCAD 3.5 is a combined 3D modeling and unfolding program focusing on the ability to generate complex 3D shapes and converting them into physically buildable models. New features include image unfolding, support for stretch unfold calculations, user interface improvements, and more.
Count PDF is an automator action for generating PDF page count reports. "This tool can quickly create a tab delimited list of all your PDF files with their page counts! You can then use a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel to format your catalog into a professional table of contents."
iMage 1.0b1 (beta image editor using Tiger's new imaging features), iMage is a simple image editor. Is is layer and CoreImage filters based. You have the layers is the left and the filters in the right all in the same window. To edit an image, just drop it into the central view of the window and it will be added as a new layer. Here is a video demo of the software (QuickTime 7 required)
A powerful dictionary... but simple to use, Automatic verb conjugation, Hundreds of thousands of entries, Translation of blocks of text, Mac, Windows, Palm, Pocket PC and Web, Stemming (recognition of inflected forms) Many modules: English Dictionary, French-English, Spanish-English, German-English.
Mellel is an advanced, multilingual word processor built for Mac OS X. Designed for scholars and writers, it offers innovative page, paragraph, and character styles, outline, tables, headers and footers, citations and bibliography, tabs, and much more.
Grammarian PRO X, the writer's toolkit, is an arsenal of professional writing tools to combat those embarrassing writing errors that everyone tends to make, a universal interactive grammar checking, smart spelling checking, dictionary, thesaurus, autocorrect, and styled-text autotype tool that works with virtually every program on your computer.
OnSync is the latest version of the mobile phone contacts synchronizer for Mac OS X. The update offers improved Tiger support, Palm Desktop compatibility, support for new Samsung and LG models, and many bug fixes.
Popcorn updates Roxio's utility that allows users to easily make high quality copies of (non-encrypted) DVD movies. It adds Tiger compatibility, DVD-R dual layer support, close Caption and DVD player fixes, AppleScript support, and Transcoder performance improvements. It features Toast burning technology, video compression, flexible extraction options, multi-channel audio, and a disc labeler.
iDive is a free update to the digital video management application; it brings a dedicated Spotlight plugin providing the ability to instantly search for specific clips using the entered annotations, a new clip preview icon associated with the new metadata files, and the ability to double click on a .clip file to launch iDive and select the clip for viewing.
FuzzMeasure is a tool that enables users to measure the impulse response and transfer function of rooms, loudspeakers, electrical components, and more. It allows users to evaluate speakers by analyzing their frequency response, or pinpoint a room's acoustical shortcomings for precise equalization.
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Fred Showker, Editor/Publisher UG Net News
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