• Carracho Communications GbR has released the first preview release of the new Cocoa version of ]


• BuddyPop 1.0 offers quick and convenient access to Mac OS X's AddressBook via a customizeable shortcut. It provides a search and display-as-you-type interface offering a filter of all available contacts and instant access to their personal information. It is €5 shareware and runs on Mac OS X. [706KB]


• Mireth Technology has released NetShred 3.2, an update to its $20 privacy utility that automatically shreds web browser cache, browser history files, download cache, email trash and Apple junk mail. Version 3.2 adds support for Netscape, Mozilla and Opera 6.x and also adds options to shred to NSA standard or Gutmann standard. [1.2MB]


• Term's Little Helper 1.0 is a $10 shareware utility that offers access to many of the Terminals features without the typing, including information/access to about disks, network, processes, logs, system and translations of obscure BSD error messages. [152KB]


• The Ringtone Converter is an application that allows you to add new ringtones to your mobile phone without the need for cables or expensive premium rate SMS services. The $20 shareware supports most makes/models of mobile phone, includes over 100 tones, and offers a fully featured ringtone composer. [2.1MB]


• MaBaSoft's Euro Assistant Pro 2.6b1 is a $15 shareware currency converter that updates exchange rates over the Internet, logs all conversions, imports/converts and converts the result of algebraic expressions. It fixes a compatibility issue with Mac OS X 10.2 and now uses a different online source for updating Euro exchange rates. [Classic, OSX]


• DivX Tool 2.0b5 is a program for Macintosh (OSX) that allows you to check and repair common problems with AVI files, specifically DivX. It can now save headers for non-MP3 audio (no longer warns of exotic audio), offers audio extraction for most non-MP3 formats, and has other fixes and tweaks. [67KB]

by MacNN Staff