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Software Watchlist – Mac App Updates

Doug McLean No comments

BusyCal 1.1

Adds 64-bit Snow Leopard support, mini-month calenders to the source list, support for three-finger scrolling, and several bug fixes. ($40 new, free update, 6 MB)

Doug McLean 6 comments

MacBook/MacBook Pro Optical Drive Firmware Updates

Address the noise made by the optical disc drive during startup and wake from sleep. (Free, 18.35/3.14/3.36 MB)

Doug McLean 4 comments

BBEdit 9.3.1

Addresses a slew of minor bugs, restores several desirable program behaviors and workarounds, and tweaks the Lua programming language module. ($125 new, free update, 16.1 MB)

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Camino 2.0.1

Addresses several security and stability issues, improves ad-blocking, and enhances the crash reporter. (Free, 15.8 MB)

Glenn Fleishman 11 comments

AirPort Client Update 2009-002

Fixes bugs related to Leopard upgrades to Snow Leopard, Wake on Demand, and creating a shared AirPort network connection. (Free, 13 MB)

Doug McLean 1 comment

HandBrake 0.9.4

Improves the speed and quality of encodings, supports soft subtitles, and adds a new live preview window. (Free, 4.9 MB)

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Labels and Addresses 1.5

Adds Google Map integration, new Christmas design sets and templates, and Aperture support. ($49.95 new, free update, 34.5/14.8 MB application/update)

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Dialectic 1.5

Adds detection for incoming call on the iPhone, includes a Google Quick Search plug-in, improves call type detection, and enhances caller ID accuracy. ($25 new, free update, 7 MB)

Adam Engst No comments

Electric Sheep 2.7b21

Stops unwanted repeated downloads of the same sheep, adds metadata, and offers additional configuration. (Free, 16.5 MB)

Doug McLean 3 comments

Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 1

Brings improved reliability and security to Java SE 6 for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. (Free, 78 MB)

Doug McLean 3 comments

Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 6

Brings improved reliability and security to J2SE 5.0 and Java SE 6 for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. (Free, 122 MB)

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Rumpus 6.2

Adds support for Growl, name and content file searching, improved iPhone compatibility, and email encryption. ($269 new, free update for purchases after 1 January 2008, paid upgrade otherwise, 10.7 MB)

Doug McLean No comments

TweetDeck v0.32.0

Adds integration with LinkedIn accounts, support for Twitter lists, support for Twitter's new retweet approach, geolocation for tweets, and a refreshed interface. (Free, 2.4 MB)

Doug McLean No comments

MarsEdit 2.4

Includes Squarespace support, Tumblr compatibility, enhanced launch and search performance, and the capability to search drafts and entries. ($29.95 new, free update from 2.x or $9.95 from 1.0, 3.7 MB)

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Mailplane 2.1.1

Adds support for Flash 10.1 beta, improves offline capabilities, and fixes several bugs. ($24.95 new, free update, 6.5 MB)