• is a $25 image management tool for Mac OS X that can download images, convert raw files, organize into multiple albums/libraries, backup or transfer to CD with offline viewing, create and display slideshows, design a Website as well as provides Adobe Photoshop integration. The $25 utility requires Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar.


• Realmac Software's Voice Box 1.3 will save text files as AIFF sound files, offering the ability to view/display news using XML/RSS technology. Voice Box will read out each word as you type it in 1 of 22 voices, and allows users to change the pitch and rate of the Mac's in-built voices and then save it out to an AIFF sound file. Version 1.1 adds new AppleScript support, more examples, and and updated manual. [300KB]


• Malia Software's MP3 Sushi 1.1 includes a server application for sharing and streaming music) as well as MP3 Buddies, which locates Jukebox and Radio servers on a local network using Rendezvous. Version 1.1 adds a startup script, file searching, and other fixes. It is "donation-ware" and runs on Mac OS X. [1.0MB]


• Mail Siphon 2.8.2 adds compatibility with Mac OS X 10.2.4 to the e e-mail agent that will receive and send messages. It supports supports multipe email accounts. helps manage email, and has other advanced features. The $20 shareware runs on Mac OS 8/9/X. [780KB]


• Laurent Muller's $20 shareware system utility, Xupport 1.2.6, now displays both the IP address and the hardware address, displays more hardware and system info, includes a revised "Sharing" drawer, and fixes problems with its "Network Optimizer". A 20-use demo of the Mac OS X utility is available. [3.8MB]


• Netinfo Database Loader 1.1 is free FileMaker Pro-based solution to easily import informations in NetInfo databases: "It is a particularly useful tool if you want to create a shared LDAP-based directory for your contacts, using Joel Rennich's excellent method to use LDAP with NetInfo in Mac OS X Server 10.2." Version 1.1. adds a new Aqua-based interface and the ability to automatically create the toload.txt file to import in NetInfo. [220KB]


• Sync-Hole attempts to sync your QuickTime movies by changing the framerate of sections of the video track(s), or changing the offset of the audio track. The source-code to the freeware utility for Mac OS X is available as well. [42KB]


• Kualo Software's web design application KuebSite 1.5 ($20 shareware) uses a template-driven GUI and a simple database to automatically create websites. It now supports styled text, QuickTime and Flash videos and a label generator with the ability to create navigation bars. It is available in English, Spanish and French for Mac OS 9/X. [2.4MB]


• CourseForum today introduced ProjectForum 1.3, its web-based software for flexible workgroup collaboration and coordination of projects and team: "[It] lets you build an intranet or project site where everyone can actively and directly contribute, without complex software or a full-time administrator getting in the way. It can be used for project planning, task assignments, meeting notes, team discussions, research, brainstorming and more." Pricing starts at $200. [1.0MB]

by MacNN Staff