Apps: Sibelius, Hot Plan, AnalyzeText

Sibelius 4.1 ($600) is a free update for Sibelius 4 offering enhanced playback support for Garritan Personal Orchestra Sibelius Edition and Sibelius Rock and Pop Collection. Sibelius is software designed for writing, playing, printing and publishing music notation. The update provides bar number ranges on multirests, the ability to advance through attached video files frame by frame with new shortcuts, and allows users to create any MIDI controller change message. [Download - 34MB]

Hot Plan 1.0 ($16) is a multi-purpose personal planning tool designed to help users collect and manage thoughts, ideas, projects, bookmarks, links, and text clips. The application offers a simple method to associate target dates with actions, as well as receive notifications. The software allows unlimited plans, as well as an unlimited number of actions associated with each plan. Actions offer various attributes such as title, completion status and percentage, creation date, completion date, target date, and more. [Download - 900KB]

AnalyzeText 1.0 ($50) comments electronic text by setting virtual page-breaks, dividing text into sections, and precisely orienting the cursor. Text markers in specific colors highlight important passages, and specific words or phrases can be annotated for clarity. Users can add multiple comments on the same passage, and search functions operate on secondary text to find related comments. [Download - 1.7MB]

TopXNotes iPod 1.1 ($25) manages notes with the capability to export selected notes to an iPod. Version 1.1 features note-level encryption, read-only notes, a "find" function in notes/notepad, and additional backup options. TopXNotes iPod provides an iPod preferences tab, an option to automatically export notes on window close, and the ability to sync the entire TopXNotes file on an iPod. [Download - 3.06MB]

MacGizmo 1.0.0 ($20) allows users to see the content and other useful information of selected items in the Finder, as well as other participating software programs. Users simply select an item to view its content. MacGizmo 1.0.0 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later. [Download - 1.1MB]

AudioExpress 1.0 ($20) records sound from a Mac's built-in microphone, or from an external source such as Apple's iSight. Key features include recording capability (pause and snip), playback, live search, and the ability to categorize recordings. Users can sync with iTunes and create rich text notes, and AudioExpress can automatically convert files to MP3, AAC, AIFF, WAV and Apple Lossless when syncing. The application offers AppleScript support, and implements universal binary for future compatibility with Intel Macs. [Download - 1.4MB]