Apps: Captain FTP, iList Data

Captain FTP 5.2 ($25) FTP and SFTP client for Mac OS X. A new feature, File compare, shows the differences line by line and even character by character. This is quite important to maintain version control with frequently updated files and ensure that the correct version of files are transferred or 'sync'd' to external sites. For examples users may use File Compare to ensure that the correct text file is used to update a website with new information. [Download - form]

iList Data 3.6 ($70) low cost database software for the Macintosh. Includes integrated graphing, ten find modes, a new speed browse feature, and batch editing. Also included is extensive support for cataloging images and other files. This release has a new speed browse feature that dramatically speeds up searches when browsing thousands of records at a time and updated support for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). [Download - 13MB]

SecuritySpy 1.5.3 ($58) Multi-camera video surveillance software for the Macintosh. Features include motion detection, real-time compression and network video streaming. The new release is fully compatible with Mac OS X 1.5 "Leopard"; standard system sounds are now available as audio alarms, and it fixes problem viewing MPEG-4 encoded video streams in web browsers using the Java applet [Download - 2.4MB]

Galder 1.1 ($20) puzzle board game for Mac OS X. In Galder, the player must remove gem stones from an interactive circular game board by matching identical stones to get the highest score. Version 1.1 increases performance, improves the graphics with a new graphics filter and resolves several bugs. A demo of Galder is available from the Fastforward website. It is compatible with Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later, 256MB RAM required and at least 32MB VRAM recommended. [Download - 16.1MB]

CheckUp Preview 1 ($30) tools to monitor the behavior and health of a Mac computer. It's a powerful and intelligent monitoring application for any Mac with PowerPC or Intel Processors. CheckUp is designed to monitor the usage of CPU, Memory, Disk Drives and Network Adapters and alert you when a certain resource exceeds a certain value. You can create usage reports and displays detailed information about all running processes. You can delete or terminate these. [Download - form]