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Software Watchlist – Mac App Updates

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DEVONthink Personal, Pro, and Pro Office 2.3.3

Update to all three editions of information assistant adds support for Adium chatlogs and Google Chrome bookmarks, and improves indexing of Safari Web archives. The Pro and Pro Office editions improve display of news feed unread items and add a contextual menu item for deleting databases. ($49.95/$79.95/$149.95 new, free updates, 17.7 to 28.6 MB)

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Firmware Update for MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008 Models)

Resolves a graphics issue that may cause the internal display to flicker. (Free, 1.8 MB)

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HandBrake 0.9.6

Adds new video and audio encoders and improves support for Mac OS X Lion, plus provides a link to download the correct VLC library for DVD decrypting. (Free, 7.1 MB)

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Fetch 5.7.1

Maintenance release for venerable file transfer software that’s full of fixes and corrections. ($29 new, free update, 11.3 MB)

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TextExpander 3.4.1

Update adds official Smile developer ID used by OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion's Gatekeeper plus a variety of small fixes. ($34.95 new, free update, 5.9 MB)

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iMac Wi-Fi Update 1.0

Resolves an issue for iMacs running Mac OS X 10.7.3 that can prevent automatic connection to a Wi-Fi network after waking from sleep. (Free, 25.81 MB)

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Firmware Updates for iMac, Mac mini, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro

Quartet of firmware updates for 2011 Macs improves stability for three instances of system booting. (Free, each approximately 4 MB)

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ScreenFlow 3.0.5

Maintenance update to the screencast recording app with a plethora of fixes, including problems with publishing to Vimeo and recording PowerPoint. ($99 new, free update, 14.1 MB)

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Camino 2.1.1

Open source Web browser gets updated to the latest Mozilla Gecko rendering engine and limits the use of older versions of Adobe Flash Player 10 and 11. (Free, 18.5 MB)

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PDFpen and PDFpenPro 5.7.2

Updates add official Smile developer ID used by OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion’s Gatekeeper plus provide small fixes. ($59.95/$99.95 new, free update, 47 MB)

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Default Folder X 4.4.9

Adds the capability to select folder favorites via the Finder’s contextual menus and supports Automator workflows in Lion. ($34.95 new, free update, 10.6 MB)

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VLC 2.0

Major update to of free, open-source multimedia player includes overhauled user interface, faster multi-processor decoding, and “experimental” Blu-ray compatibility. (Free, 24 MB)

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Bookle 1.0.4

Fixes small glitch in initial selection of some ebooks, expands font size range, adds toolbar tips for better VoiceOver support, and more. ($9.99 new, free update, 2.6 MB)

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Airfoil 4.6.5

Restores compatibility with pulling video from Netflix in full-screen mode and can now capture audio from sandboxed applications sold through the Mac App Store. ($25 new, free update, 9.8 MB)

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Bookle 1.0.3

Fixes addition of “-Temporary” to some EPUB display names plus disappearance of table of contents when resizing window in Mac OS X 10.6. ($9.99 new, free update, 2.6 MB)