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Updates rolling in for the new Tiger OS...
Fred Showker
This week we list more programs updated for Tiger.
DEVONtechnologies LLC releases more Tiger updates for its freeware file find application EasyFind, the Mac OS X service WordService and the menu bar launcher XMenu.
EasyFind 3.5 bypasses annoying bugs in Mac OS X with its own wildcard interpreter that also supports UNIX wildcards specifying or excluding a range or choice of characters ("[...]") and displays full path names for found items in tool tips.
XMenu 1.6 is again able to insert its menus to the right of menu extras on Mac OS X Tiger, and
WordService 2.6.1 circumvents a bug that keeps most services from working correctly in Mail 2.0.
EasyFind 3.5, WordService 2.6.1 and XMenu 1.6 run on Mac OS X 10.3 or later, are immediately available for downloading and are free for non-commercial use.
FontAgent Pro is a Tiger-compatible version of the native Mac OS X application that provides integrated font management, diagnostics, optimization and repair. It also now eliminates the need for auto-activation plug-ins for Adobe InDesign CS2 and Adobe Illustrator CS2. It runs on Mac OS X 10.2 or later.
ChimeX is a MacOS X utility that brings back the hourly chimes missing in the new OS.
Choose between speaking the time, playing an alert sound, playing a sound file (Quicktime compatible), or having ChimeX randomly choose a file from a folder. Alerts may be set for the hour, quarter past, half past and quarter of. In addition v1.5 restores the dock icon and removes the menu bar icon. This new version also brings Tiger and Panther compatibility, as well as an updated user interface including online help and the ability to check for new versions within the application. ChimeX is shareware and only costs $12.00 to register. A 7-day trial period is included. Screen Shot ChimeX is made with REALbasic.
Cheetah3D adds animation tools, and F-Curve editor, a 40% faster OpenGL preview, polygontools with autohighlighting for easier editing of polygon meshes, blured reflections, and more to the fast, elegant 3D modelling, renderering and animation tool.
Entourage Email Archive X brings Tiger-compatibility to the utility for archiving emails and attachments you have received or sent using Microsoft Entourage X. It can archive your email by (1) creating a Finder-structured archive by date (archive, emails, and/or attachments in either text or native formats); (2) export/append to a text file; or (3) create a tab-delimited file for import into another database.
ControlePus is a Mac OS X utility that allows you view running processes as well as check processor load and usage for process, quit/kill any process, change it's priority, and more. Version 2.0 can now choose a time to kill/stop any process, improves the interface, offers a new drawer with additional info, and more.
Concierge updaates the integrated Safari bookmark assistant that can store bookmarks, email links, Address Book cards and groups, and Finder file/folder links in a drawer attached to either side of Safari's browser window. Users can manage/search the bookmarks without switching windows as well as anotate links with additional comments.
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Fred Showker, Editor/Publisher UG Net News
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