Studiometry, Groupcal

• Sweetopia ($20) is a new game for Mac OS X: "Enter Sweetopia to experience a sugar rush ­ if you can avoid the sugar shock! Master ricochets, multiple launchers, and strange sweet treats as you go deeper into the mysterious factory floor. Something in the candy factory has gone dreadfully awry.... it's up to you and Kate to return the factory to the Sweetopia it once was." It requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later. [Download - 14MB]


• Studiometry 4.1 ($190) updates the organizational tool for studios and freelancers. The solution is designed for companies to organize, plan, invoice, track and create with Client and Project data. Version 4.1, a Universal Binary, adds the use of abbreviations to easily add commonly used words and phrases with just a few keystrokes. It now also has idle timer management features for one or multiple simultaneous timers. Additional user licenses are $90. [Download - 22MB]


• MegaSeg 4.01 ($250) is a free update to the DJ and radio automation software, adding over 30 improvements and fixes including support for the DAC-3 and Hercules MK2 USB DJ controllers, a MIDI Learn function, and improvements in performance, ID3 tag reading, the mixer, edit and preference dialogs, and the artist separation rules feature, among others. Version 4.0 brought Universal Binary support, tighter iTunes and Spotlight search integration, syncing library data across local networks, and more. [Download - 14MB]


• Groupcal 3.78 ($55) is an application that allows users to use Microsoft Exchange calendar data from iCal. Users can sync events and tasks, book people or resources for meetings, view free/busy times, and more. The latest version adds significant performance improvements for large calendars, missing/new timezone mapping, and more. [Download - buy]


• Pocket Cache v1.0 is a utility that helps users protect important information from prying eyes. The key and the information are saved in a protected format and "although encryption is not used, it is believed that the protected format is sufficient to protect information from the casual snoop," the developer said. The application requires Mac OS X 10.2 or later and is a Universal Binary. [Download - 2.4MB]


• FastCut 2.5.1RT (€20) offers video editing in realtime using uses the power of the GPU for accelerated graphical calculations. It brings 3D motion and effects animation, masking and keying, video transition and filter effects, an integrated ATSUI live title editor and so much more. Based on OpenGL, it offers hardware acceleration and uses the CoreImage technology for filter effects. It requires Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and is a Universal Binary application. [Download - 485KB]

by MacNN Staff