ChronoSync, ClickPix

• ChronoSync 3.3.2 ($30) automatically synchronizes files and folders between notebook and desktop volumes, and can schedule automatic simple backups of important files. Version 3.3.2 enables users to designate the archive location, and supports backups to one volume as well as archiving older files to another volume. The update includes several bug fixes related to copying files to specific volumes like WebdaV, SMB, and Apple systems running Mac OS X 10.4.x. [Download - 4.9MB]


• ClickPix 1.0 ($10) enables users to easily create desktop pictures based on selected photos from the Web. Clix Pix automatically arranges selected pictures into a mosaic, and can apply special effects using Mac OS X CoreImage. The software also offers picture frames in various styles such as postage stamp, star, and cross effects. [Download - 1MB]


• Sound Byte 3.1.0 ($24) is designed as a computerized cart machine for computers, functioning similarly to the cart machines used at radio stations in the past. Users can select up to 75 recordings per rack (screen), and assign each to a button. The software also supports playlists to play multiple recordings in a particular order. [Download - 1.5MB]


• Art Files 1.1 ($50) collects Adobe Illustrator documents, linked images, and fonts for graphics files via point-and-click. The update runs natively on Intel-based Macs as a Universal Binary, fixes a bug that caused documents dragged onto the collection list from being collected, and more. [Download - 1.24MB]


• CoverScout 2.1 ($20) updates the album cover art discovery software with a new advanced search function, an integrated size slider, and new contextual menu items. The search function is extended, allowing users to to locate entire albums in addition to individual artists. The size slider shrinks and expands the preview size of discovered artwork. [Download - [form]]


• Name This Tune 1.0 (free) is a simple game designed to test users' knowledge of songs in their iTunes library. The game plays 10 seconds of a song chosen at random from the selected playlist, offering a popup menu that contains five song names, one of which is the correct answer. [Download - 1.9MB]

by MacNN Staff