Web Echo, Desk Lamp

• Keep It Together 1.2 ($25) helps users to manage documents, images, movies, plain text, sounds, web pages, and bookmarks in a scrapbook format. The update features the ability to save bookmarks and create web archives alongside an enhanced user interface, improved file previews, and improvements to the search feature. Keep It Together 1.2 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later. [Download - 1.5MB]


• iSpeak It 3.0 ($20) allows users to make use of Apple's text-to-speech capabilities to convert documents such as Word, AppleWorks, TXT, RTF, and Pages 2 into audio files which users can place on their iPods. Version 3.0 features support for Xgrid to make use of more than one computer to convert documents to audio files. Also added is improved support for Web Feeds including drag and drop support for URLs, enhanced Atom feeds support, and document processing enhancements such as better support for paragraphs and sentence breaks. Mac OS X 10.4 or later is required. [Download - 404KB]


• Web Echo 1.0 ($15) is a tool that removes the need for .Mac to automatically sync and manage an iWeb-created website. Without using drag and drop, Web Echo will search for files in a specified project folder and upload the necessary files to a FTP web server of the user's choice. iWeb is not needed as any folder can be specified to sync. Mac OS X 10.4 or later is required. [Download - 2.1MB]


• Desk Lamp 0.9 ($20) allows users to search their computer using Spotlight technology while offering more features such as searching Web history and a customizable view layout. Version 0.9 adds the ability to pause searches in progress, an enhanced outline view, and improved overall stability. This version requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later. When version 1.0 is released the price will be raised to $25. [Download - 400KB]


• Platypus 3.4 (free) is a developer tool for creating application wrappers around scripts such as a Mac OS X application that execute bundled scripts. This version features support for Intel-based Macs as a Universal binary while also packing bug corrections, updated documentation, performance upgrades, and new options for the command line tool. Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later is required to run Platypus or the applications created with it. [Download - 2.0MB]

by MacNN Staff