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Software Watchlist – Mac App Updates

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Freedom 0.5.1

Improves support for applications that require some modicum of network access, remote file systems, and overall stability. (Free, 771 KB)

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Default Folder X 4.3.3

Addresses a number of compatibility issues with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. ($34.95 new, $14.95 upgrade, free update for owners of version 4.x or 3.x owners who purchased their copy after 1 June 2007, 10.7 MB)

Glenn Fleishman 8 comments

Microsoft Office 2008 12.2.3 Update

Fixes a major security flaw while improving stability of Office applications and components. (Free update, 349.5 MB)

Doug McLean No comments

Firefox 3.5.5

Fixes a number of a stability issues. (Free, 17.6 MB)

ViewFinder 1.0 Doug McLean No comments

ViewFinder 1.0

The first release of Connected Flow's utility for finding and downloading images from Flickr features Keynote support and the capability to filter by image size and license type. (€15 introductory price, €19 regularly, 1.7 MB)

Doug McLean No comments

Captain FTP 6.2

Adds support for Growl, a new virtual folder, and a new XML parser library. ($29, $19 upgrade, 11.8 MB)

Doug McLean 4 comments

MacSpeech Dictate 1.5.6

Adds a Dictation Preferences pane that offers the capability to enable or disable the Auto Cache Document feature for TextEdit and Microsoft Word, and includes other minor changes made since version 1.5.2. ($199 new, free update for purchases since 1 April 2009, $54.95 upgrade for earlier versions)

Doug McLean No comments

BBEdit 9.3

Enhances the Projects feature, improves FTP/SFTP browsing, and introduces a new command-line utility called bbfind for performing multi-file searches. ($125 new, free update, 16.1 MB)

Doug McLean No comments

Sandvox 1.6.5

Improves support for certain SFTP and WebDAV servers and enhances Snow Leopard compatibility for the iMedia Browser component. ($57 Regular/$97 Pro, free update, 26.8 MB)

Doug McLean 2 comments

Kaspersky Anti-Virus For Mac 1.0

This first release of Kaspersky's Internet security utility aims to prevent Macs from harboring and passing on Windows viruses. ($59.95 new, 49.4 MB)

Doug McLean No comments

DiscLabel 6.1

Adds support for Flickr accounts, improves layers functionality, and adds new keyboard shortcuts. ($35.95 new, free update, 23.2 MB)

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BusyCal 1.0.3

Fixes a number of bugs, several of which cause crashes, and tweaks a handful of minor features. ($40 new, free update, $10 upgrade for BusySync users, 4.5 MB)

Joe Kissell 3 comments

Parallels Desktop 5

Significantly improves performance, especially for 3D graphics; supports Windows 7; offers better integration with Mac OS X; supports multi-touch trackpad gestures. ($79.99 new, $49.99 upgrade, 219 MB)

Doug McLean 2 comments

TweetDeck 0.31.3

Adds a new notification system, support for keyboard shortcuts, a new column for Followers, and a slew of bug fixes. (Free, 2 MB)

Adam Engst 2 comments

Electric Sheep 2.7b18b

Brings back multiple display support and fixes a variety of performance- and usability-related bugs. Free, 16.6 MB