Apps: Front Row, B4 II, Platypus, SpotMeta
updated 12:15 pm EST, Fri November 18, 2005
Front Row, B4 II, Platypus
- (free with new iMacs) updates the software that controls iTunes, iMovie, DVD playback, iPhoto, and QuickTime movie trailers. The update delivers overall improved reliability and compatibility for browsing music, photos, and videos. [Download - 4MB]
- B4 II 2.0.1.003 ($230), from Native Instruments, reproduces the sound of the B3 Organ and its rotary speaker cabinet. Features include a tube amplifier modeled after the original rotary speaker amp, a selection of classic speaker cabinets, an expanded user interface, and more. A demo is now available. [Download - 53MB]
- Platypus 3.2 (free) creates application wrappers around scripts that can be run from the graphical window environment. Version 3.2 allows editing environmental variables via an interface pane, Python syntax checking, bug fixes, and more. [Download - 1.3MB]
- SpotMeta 53 beta extends Apple's Spotlight search facility by adding Spotlight-searchable meta tags to any file or folder. SpotMeta does not modify the contents of any files, and the extra metadata added to files is network-accessible. [Download - 285KB]
- EdGCM 2.5 (free) incorporates a major new visualization package (EVA 1.1beta), which provides line plotting, 2D array mapping, and access to climate variable data from within one application. EVA is a user-friendly interface, built on top of the widely used scientific visualization software, that allows EdGCM users to create images of all EdGCM climate model output. [Download - 44.9MB]
