Peek-a-Boo, Alice, DasBoot

• Peek-a-Boo 2.6 ($20) is a utility designed to monitor and manage processes that focuses on clarity as well as flexibility. The update adds a new system information view as a small floating window that shows system-wide CPU usage, memory usage, and virtual memory status. Peek-a-Boo 2.6 also includes several minor updates and fixes. [Download - 1.2MB]


• Alice Patch 1.1.2 (from $12) updates the 3D game title challenging players to navigate a twisted version of Lewis Carroll's Wonderland. Alice 1.1.2 runs natively on Intel-based Macs as a Universal Binary, and fixes an issue with garbled or sped up sound when altering sound settings. The update also repairs some miscellaneous sound panning issues, as well as potential crashes when loading a level or switching resolutions while playing. [Download - 6.22MB]


• DasBoot 1.0.2 (free) enables users to create a bootable diagnostic device that contains custom utility from any third party boot CD. The update includes new documentation, as well as a frequently asked questions document. The latest release also incorporates filtration to prevent the usage of an unsuitable boot disk, and includes several minor bug fixes. [Download - 11.1MB]


• Default Folder X 3.0.4 ($15) is a free update to the utility enabling users to enhance Open and Save dialogs. Default Folder X 3.0.4 improves compatibility and corrects issues reported since version 3.0.3, supporting unmodified function keys as hotkeys and hiding the toolbar while users resize a file dialog. The update no longer tries to mount servers or disk images that are offline, and correctly remembers recent folders that contains items opened by Spotlight. [Download - 6.4MB]


• Xslimmer 1.2.2 ($12) is a disk saving application that removes the version of code contained in Mac applications that isn't needed on the Mac running the software. When run on Intel Macs, Xslimmer removes the PowerPC version of the application in question. PowerPC-based Macs conversely removes the Intel-based code. The update adds the ability to strip architecture code as well as unwanted language localizations, providing more disk space than previous iterations. [Download - 1.7MB]

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