Wednesday's Mac Product Watch
Apple has put up a Final Cut Pro 2.0.2 updater (Warning:
cookie-based registration required). This improves compatibility with
Macintosh Manager, adds support for 32kHz audio files within 48kHz
sequences, bug fixes and more.
Abode Systems Inc. has posted the PageMaker 7.0 ColorSync Component Update, which
fixes a startup error in PageMaker 7.0.
MacinMind Software's Passenger 2.0 adds support for Mac OS X Server
and Macintosh Manager 2 as well as for account folder migration and
more to the $60 server account management and password generation
software.
NetDICT 2.5 from Steve Muncy gains Carbonization.
The client for querying DICT database servers is freeware.
Tuesday, Aug. 7
Ignoring legal issues involving jailed Russian coders, Adobe
Systems Inc. has released the Acrobat eBook Reader 2.2 for the Mac. This update
to the free software for displaying eBooks includes new scrolling and
panning, fitting and other features.
Brian Dunning's $39.95 ChartMaker Pro 5.0 is the latest version of the
software for creating various kinds of charts out of FileMaker Pro
data. No information available on what's new in Version 5.0.
Intelli Innovations has updated IntelliMerge 1.2.7, the company's e-mail merge
software that supports both Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. New features
include custom headers, message priority options, a Record ID merge
field and more.
Power On Software has shipped On Guard 3.3.5, an update to the $69.95 security
software. This improves compatibility with operating systems from
System 7 to Mac OS 9.1 and adds bug fixes.
Monday, Aug. 6
Calling all developers: Apple has posted CarbonLib SDK 1.4, the latest release of the
development kit for Mac OS 8.6 and later. It's free but you have to
be an Apple Developer Connection member to download it.
Procreate (a spun-off branch of Corel) has shipped Painter 7.0, a
new version of the venerable natural-media painting application. This
adds watercolor and liquid ink brushes; better zooming; improved text
handling; better compatibility with Adobe Photoshop; and more. It's
$479 new with a $199 update option.
Speaking of Adobe Systems Inc., the company has updated its $549.95
Premiere 6.01 video-editing application. New
features includes performance improvements, bug fixes and more.
DataViz has published Documents To Go Professional Edition 4.0, a new,
$69.95 version of the tool for creating and displaying Microsoft Word
and Excel files (as well as viewing PowerPoint presentations) on Palm
OS devices. Version 4.0 adds the ability for building Excel
spreadsheets on a Palm OS thingie and synchronization with multiple
Macs.
OmniWeb 4.0.3 from the Omni Group adds Swedish,
Japanese and Danish support as well as better French and German
support to the Mac OS X-only Web browser.
Ed Hamrick's VueScan 7.1.8 adds support for FireWire and
FireWire-to-SCSI converters within Mac OS X 10.1. It also has better
support for more scanner and bug fixes. The non-denominational
scanner driver is $40.
A better beta -- the Mozilla Organization has posted Mozilla
0.9.3, the latest build of the open-source Web browser. In
addition to a few theme tweaks, this version tosses in bug fixes and
improved stability.
ChiperSoft Systems' free SoundJam Tool 1.1 adds play/pause synchronization
to the floating control for Casady & Greene's SoundJam MP.
Amar Sagoo has released his free XML
Toolkit 2.0, an open-source XML source parser for various object
structure. This version gets a re-entrant toolkit.
SwitchRes
2.5.2 is the latest version of the resolution-switching utility.
It includes bug fixes.