Apps: TextSoap, FretPet X, Pyro

• TextSoap 5 R1 ($30 for standard, $40 for deluxe) is a maintenance update to the text processing utility, addressing issues related to contextual menus, the BBEdit plug-in, custom cleaner upgrades, and custom cleaner editing. The update also allows users to change the look of the clipboard workspace window. [Download - 10.6MB]


• FretPet X 1.0.4 ($30) is a guitar-oriented music sequencer, composition tool, and musical toy with a dynamic interface. The latest version offers improved French localization, fixes the "Instrument Picker" command in the instrument popup menu, repairs an issue where volumes with recent documents would auto-mount, and more. [Download - 3.2MB]


• Pyro 1.0 (free) enhances Campfire, a Web-based business group chat service. Pyro accelerates the Campfire website's performance on Macs by displaying the number of unread messages on the Dock as well as in growl, and adds AppleScript support coupled with drag-and-drop file transfers. [Download - 503KB]


• EasyTask Manager 1.6.0 ($20) enhances the to-do list application that supports a "Getting Things Done method." Version 1.6.0 offers drag-and-drop support, larger notes fields, and improved keyboard support. The application also includes various bug fixes and minor feature additions. [Download - 520KB]


• FoxTrot Personal Search 1.1 ($35) utilizes the FoxTrot search engine to locate data stored in files on Mac OS X systems. FoxTrot 1.1 offers faster previews of large documents, adds the ability to preview highlighted terms within the previews panes' "in-context" popup menu, and fixes a bug where the indexer could quit unexpectedly when the system went to sleep. [Download - 6.2MB]


• KnowledgeMiner X 5.2 ($40) is an artificial intelligence-based data mining tool. The update adds a new modeling algorithm to build dedicated classification models by self-organizing GMDH networks, offers extended AppleScript support, includes dedicated graphics support, and fixes inconsistency when copying/pasting between different applications. [Download - 6.3MB]

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