SuperDuper, MacFamilyTree

• SuperDuper! 2.1.4 ($30) adds support for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard to the system recovery software. SuperDuper! 2.1.4 enables users to schedule backups, offers additional imaging options, provides more control over shutdowns, and immproves AppleScript support. The update also includes Growl support, as well as a readable complete task-based user's guide. [Download - 2.7MB]


• MacFamilyTree 4.4.0 ($50) is a modern genealogy application for Mac OS X that features a new major topic with report functionality. A kinship report lists all related persons to the currently selected family, and a kinship report shows all relatives and names them up to the sixth generation. The update also improves HTML export, and includes minor fixes as well as full support for Unicode. [Download - 11MB]


• Groupcal 3.80 ($55) brings Microsoft's Exchange calendars to iCal. The update adds the ability to capture Exchange-based file attachments, improves invitation panel behavior, and adds a warning to turn off iCal syncing in Entourage if that application is installed. The latest release also adds detection and instructions, and fixes a bug where the organizer of an event could be lost. [Download - [form]]


• Awaken 3.1 ($9) is a digital alarm clock for Mac OS X designed to wake up users by playing music or podcasts from an iTunes library, or via any of its built-in alarm sounds. Awaken 3.1 adds the ability to create alarms using more than a dozen built-in alarm sounds, and offers an entirely redesigned user interface with the ability to rate songs playing at alarm time. [Download - 3.8MB]


• SteamTRAIN 2.1.1 ($20) updates the Mac-only steam locomotive and train simulator, making the act of driving a train more challenging and perilous. A new railroad clock keeps track of schedules, and the simulation software supports day as well as night driving taking into account such concepts as fuuel consumption and changing grades. [Download - 2.9MB]


• Calcline 1.1.2 ($20) evaluates mathematical expressions with parentheses, nesteds function and variables. The latest release offers better management of calculation, ensuring that pressing return always recalculates the content of the input string. The update also improves management of new variable creation, and includes several bug fixes related to variable calculation. [Download - 344KB]

by MacNN Staff