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 http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/07/snowtape.earthdesk/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/appupdate.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />BurnAgain FS 1.3 ($22) is a multi-session CD/DVD burning utility. BurnAgain FS treats CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs like hard drives, mounting them as a volume on the desktop for adding files, changing disc titles and "erasing" files by making them inaccessible. The 1.3 update adds the option to erase RW media and improves the integration with Mac OS X by always displaying an opened disk in... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/07/snowtape.earthdesk/ Thu, 07 May 2009 15:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/31/disktools.pro.now.shipping/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0903/disktoolspro-launched-31.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Macware has launched DiskTools Pro, a collection of utilities for hard disk maintenance on the Mac platform. Developed by Intech for Macware, the main features of DiskTools Pro are bad sector detection and repair, file defragmentation, S.M.A.R.T. monitoring and analysis and bootable disk backup with automated scheduling. The utilities allow for scheduling defrags, back-ups and bad sector repairs. ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/31/disktools.pro.now.shipping/ Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/18/webbla.willow.jigsaw/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/appupdate.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Involer 1.2 ($20) is an invoice building application that features support for multiple companies and clients. The software allows users to manage past an present invoices, search through an archive of your invoices and track which clients are up to date with their payments. Version 1.2 has added support for company logos and also allows users to add a full client address. The application also can... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/18/webbla.willow.jigsaw/ Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/10/rulers.orbiter/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/appupdate.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />SnapMeasure 1.8 ($24) is a plugin for Adobe Illustrator that acts as an alternative measuring tool. Unlike the native measuring tool, SnapMeasure snaps with visual feedback to elements on the page and can put measurement data next to the cursor. The software also offers an alternate measure line color for better visibility and can optionally change the constrain angle and/or cursor key distance wi... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/10/rulers.orbiter/ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/18/unsanity.updates.3.utils/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0808/fruitmenu.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Unsanity says it has brought Mac OS X Leopard compatibility to three of its utilities: Smart Crash, FruitMenu and Application Enhancer. Designed to allow users to repurpose menus, FruitMenu 3.7 includes various bug fixes and drops QuickTIme in favor of ImageIO to process images. Support for Mac OS X 10.3 has been dropped, and the launch time has been "significantly reduced." FruitMenu allows users... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/18/unsanity.updates.3.utils/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/11/iphone.utilities.galore/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/utilitiessmall.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Among the dozens of new product announcements today are a wide variety of tiny utiity programs to enhance the new iPhone 3G. Whether it's copying a file from a Mac, writing a shopping list, searching for restaurants, sharing and organizing photos or securing the iPhone's Wi-Fi connection, there are utilities available at the iTunes AppStore.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/11/iphone.utilities.galore/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/18/busysync.20.released/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0801/13-busymac.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />BusySync on Friday released an update to its iCal sync utility. BusySync 2.0, a free upgrade for all existing customers, brings new Google Calendar syncing features and fixes many bugs. Users have the ability to sync iCal with Google Calendar, including the ability to map iCal Message alarms to Google pop-up, SMS or Email alarms as well as the option to filter out Alarms and To-Dos from subscribed... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/18/busysync.20.released/ Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/22/itoner.106.adds.formats/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0802/22-itoner-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Ambrosia Software today unveiled iToner 1.0.6, an update to its custom iPhone ringtone software, adding support for various sound formats, language localizations, and intelligent audio processing. iToner can now use MP3-, MP4-, WAV-, and AIFF-formatted files to create ringtones, and is localized for French, German, and Italian customers. Ambrosia is seling iToner 1.0.6 through its website for $15,... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/22/itoner.106.adds.formats/ Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/31/google.toolbox.source.code/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0801/30-google-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Google has unveiled the release of the Google Toolbox for Mac source code, joining the ranks of Google Data APIs Object-C Library of open source materials available from the internet services giant. The development team calls the collection eclectic, containing apps that are required for most every day tasks. Eventually, the Google Mac Team hopes to have additional utilities, with "more interestin... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/31/google.toolbox.source.code/ Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/23/jolt.delays.mac.dimming/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0801/jolt.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Independent coder Bryan Hansen has released Jolt, a system utility for Mac OS X. The tool defeats a common problem for Mac owners, in which a user wants to keep the default timing for the energy saver, but is continually interrupted by it when watching videos or reading long documents. By clicking on the Jolt icon located in the Menu bar, users can temporarily delay screen dimming by several min... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/23/jolt.delays.mac.dimming/ Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:00:00 GMT