Apps: MimMac, EEAX, poisoned, Flash AV Players...

• ZappTek's iPod It 2.3 ($15) adds full support for Panther Mail (including transferring messages from multiple mailboxes), enhances the management of files on your iPod, and fixes a number of bugs. iPod It supports transferring information from Entourage, Stickies, Mail, Address Book and iCal and can download weather forecasts and news headlines directly to your iPod. [411KB]


• SCUBA-Training.net has released SCUBA Simulator v1.0.1, a free program that simulates some of the effects of diving with SCUBA. The developer says that some of the effects are exaggerated for instructional purposes, includes wetsuit compression, weight of air in cylinder, weight belt, air comsumption (based on depth and swimming direction), and excessive negative buoyancy. [4.0MB]


• cosmicsoft has updated its starTime 1.6.3 reminder utility that can create events that launch applications, run shell scripts, and more. The new version fixes a bug that caused some repeating events to change times if they were delayed. [3.1MB]


• Ascendant Softworks has released MimMac 1.0.6 ($10), which fixes an incorrect value problem in preferences, disallows cloning of volumes to themselves, and adds some log management options. MimMac is an easy-to-use backup utility that can be used for data migration, system merging, simple and incremental backups, and bootable system clones. [262KB]


• Entourage Email Archive X (EEA X) 1.8 is an utility for archiving emails and attachments you have received or sent using Microsoft Entourage X in Mac OS X. Users can now archive emails as native .eml files. The preferences have also been update, adding a new feature for saving text files with the Creator of the text editor "SubEthaEdit" and offering compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.2 and Office X 10.1.5. [778KB]


• Andrew's (Vector) plugins Vol 12 - shape FX 1 is a plugin set for Illustrator 10 and CS. It contains a shape creator plugin (creates paths based on 8 pts or less) and a warp/envelope plugin as well as bonus symbols / brushes / pattern swatches. A demo of the $12 plugin set is available online. [78KB]


• poisoned 0.5 improves iTunes import and update support for giftd, openft, and gnutella networks. The "donationware" application offers a front-end to several peer-to-peer sharing networks. [2.5MB]


• Flash AV Players 2.8 is a plug and play Flash streaming solution for broadcasting MP3, SWF (Audio and Video), JPEG, and MIDI files by loading custom or dynamic playlists in XML format. Version 2.8 can parse your media subfolder tree to XML, fixes a few memory leaks on some browsers, and optimizes CPU load on each browser. Registration is €30 per site. [470KB]


• iCalibrate 1.3 provides an easy way to customize Apple's iCal. Version 1.3 can now change any color, anywhere in any of your calendars, including month view event text, to do items, week view event backgrounds, and more. [581KB]

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