MacNN | maintenance News http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us maintenance, Latest News, Headlines, Stories; http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ Cocktail 4.6 adds Snow Leopard support, interface tweaks http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/qiucktime.interface.adjustments.added.to.46/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/cocktail4.6-story-09.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Maintain has launched a new update to its maintenance utility, releasing Cocktail 4.6. The software runs maintenance scripts, such as Unix, with a user-friendly interface. It can run daily, weekly and monthly scripts, repair permissions, set journaling for disks and force empty the trash, among other features. Users can also clean cache files and clear Trojan horses.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/qiucktime.interface.adjustments.added.to.46/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:15:00 GMT Shortcuts, Flash/system monitoring for Snow Leopard http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/01/bashflash.app.released/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0908/atmtemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />atPurpose Technologies and Abracode have both announced the latest version of their applications are now compatible with the new Max OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. atPurposeís atMonitor 2.1 application allows users to keep track of important system activity in real-time. It displays information such as disk reading and writing performance, network activity, memory specifications, and allows users to log ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/01/bashflash.app.released/ Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:55:00 GMT MainMenu 2.0 adds new system and network tasks http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/18/mainmenu.20.update/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0907/mmtemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Dare to be Creative has launched an update to its system maintenance application for the Mac, MainMenu 2.0. The software provides tools for cleaning caches and log files, removing corrupted preference files, and can help improve the computers performance. The latest version comes complete with new system and network tasks, added ìgrowlî notifications which inform users that a task has been complet... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/18/mainmenu.20.update/ Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:20:00 GMT Apps: Typinator, TinkerTool System, TabExpose http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/30/clipstart.speed.download/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/appupdate.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Typinator 3.5 ($28) is a tool that will type out repeating texts and pictures. Users can set up a list of commonly used words and images, and then set up fragments that can be used trigger each phrase or image. Version 3.4 uses a new expansion technique which allows the software to operate faster than previous releases. The update also includes improved compatibility with XCode, BBEdit and TextWra... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/30/clipstart.speed.download/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:20:00 GMT Apps: PDFClerk Pro, Apimac Slideshow, Label Wizard http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/24/ibank.istat.pro/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/appupdate.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />PDFClerk Pro 3.8 ($45) provides tools for performing a larger number of manipulations to existing PDF documents, as well as allowing the creating of PDF documents from non PDF files. In version 3.8 the annotation reordering feature now works for all supported annotation types and positioning, sizing and rotating objects now works on all selected objects. The update also features a new fullscreen o... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/24/ibank.istat.pro/ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:50:00 GMT Apps: EasyWMA, Screenium, Pod To Mac http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/15/dmg.wiz.cleanmymac/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/appupdate.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />EasyWMA 3.0 ($10) is a tool for converting wma, asf, flv/wmv audio, real media, and ogg vorbis files to aiff, mp3, m4a, or wav so that they can be used in iTunes. The application has a simple interface that feature drag-and-drop support and is also capable of performing batch conversions. The update has added support for the flac audio file format. [Download - 4MB]... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/15/dmg.wiz.cleanmymac/ Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:50:00 GMT Briefly: Mac maintenance e-books, CourseForum 2-for-1 http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/26/circuit.strikeone/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0905/may26briefly.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />In brief: TidBITS publishing has released two new e-books, authored by Joe Kissell, which provide tips on maintaining and fixing Mac computers. The e-books can help Mac users achieve peak performance from their computers and are available for $10 each of $16 as a bundle. CourseForum Technologies has announced a new two-for-one promotion on all of its license sales. Any customer who purchases licen... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/26/circuit.strikeone/ Tue, 26 May 2009 23:25:00 GMT Apps: TrailRunner, SharewarePublisher, dupeGuru http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/26/mac.restart.x.eddy.timer/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/appupdate.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />TrailRunner 2.0 (free) is an outdoor oriented route-planning and journaling application. The software offers automatic route calculation for a given distance, a workout diary, workout histograms and analysis tools for measured data like speed, ascent, heart-rate, and personal aerobic zone. The new release includes a new routing feature that is based on openStreetMap. This allows users to create ro... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/26/mac.restart.x.eddy.timer/ Tue, 26 May 2009 17:20:00 GMT Apps: Dream Capture, DaisyDisk, Timer Utility http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/25/houdahspot.quickcal/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/appupdate.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Dream Capture 3.0 ($10) is a video recording utility that includes simple recording features and sharing options. The software can capture video from almost any camera connected to a Mac. The software also includes the ability to capture audio and video from different devices simultaneously. The 3.0 update now includes the ability to record 1080i and 1080p high definition video. The update also in... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/25/houdahspot.quickcal/ Mon, 25 May 2009 14:35:00 GMT Apps: Now Boarding, ReelNQ, TinkerTool System http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/13/dupscan.smart.scroll/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/appupdate.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Now Boarding 1.2 ($15) is an airport management game that places gamers in charge of a major airport. The players challenge is to reorganize a poorly managed airport and get passengers to their desired locations. Players can enhance their airports by purchasing larger and exotic aircraft, renovating the terminal, adding shops and restaurants, and changing their employees. If they are successful wi... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/13/dupscan.smart.scroll/ Wed, 13 May 2009 16:25:00 GMT