http://www.macnn.com/articles/04/07/21/mac.explorer.automata/
Apps: Mac Explorer, Automata, IP Suite, SimpleChord
updated 12:50 pm EDT, Wed July 21, 2004
Mac Explorer, Automata
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- Automata 1.0 ($130) is a file-generation software for use with Adobe Illustrato 10.0.3 and Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. It can merge an Illustrator file (containing place holders) with a text source (containing content information) to generate custom output files in any or all of six file formats (Illustrator, PDF, EPS, JPEG, GIF and Flash) at up to 1500 files per hour. [16.3MB]
- IP Suite 1.0 includes two utilities to help network administrators: IP Scanner uses Rendezvous technology to collect realtime IP data from all the IP Broadcaster-enabled machines on a local area network, displaying the IP as well as the currently logged-in user on the machine. IP Broadcaster is freeware; IP Scanner is free for up to 4 machines and $20 for larger networks. [305KB]
- A Better Finder Attributes 3.5 ($10) adds the ability to set the creation date of digital camera picture files to the EXIF date the picture was taken, rather than the date that the picture was transferred first transferred to your Mac. The software can also be used for bulk changing of file dates and times, locking and unlocking of files, and showing/hiding file extensions. [2.3MB]
- NRG Address Validation 1.0 ($300 per year) provides integrated address management inside of FileMaker Pro, allowing for real-time data comparisons against United States Postal Service data. The software is compatible with FIleMaker Pro 5.5 and later. [form]
- SimpleChord 2.1 ($7) is a quick, handy reference to chords for musicians that help learn new chords, build progressions, transcription, and other tasks. It displays the notes in a chord, their positions on the keyboard, and can even play the chord aloud in any General MIDI instrument. [1.5MB]
- Cheetah3D 1.7 ($60) for Mac OS X 10.3 adds a new quad 3D view, improved camera control functions, new fill hole and brigde tools, a rewritten scalpel tool, raytracing improvements, and more. The 3D modeller and renderer offers many tools from simple polygon editing over advanced subdivision modelling to boolean operations and Bezier splines. [8.8MB]
