Thursday, May 26, 2011

May 23, 2011, Macintosh product updates

Section: Mac Software, Miscellaneous / Other

Macintosh software and hardware updatesMacintosh product updates and announcements for May 23, 2011:

Software

  • Plum Amazing has announced new versions of the productivity software iKey, yType and CopyPaste are now available as shareware and in the Apple Mac App Store. Like the Plum Amazing Facebook Page to win one of 10 items, either yType, CopyPaste, iClock, iWatermark Software or a Super-Juice Power Case for iPhone 4 Hardware.  Hit the Like button on the Plum Amazing Facebook Page anytime between now and the contest end on June 1st, 2011 to enter. All fans on facebook.com/plumamazing on June 1st will be entered in a random drawing and awarded 1 of the 10 prizes.
  • Stellar has announced the release of Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery v4.0 to recover back lost photo, audio and video files from camera cards, mobile phone memory cards & hard drives. Stellar Phoenix is “the best” solution to bring back lost memories in case of accidental deletion, formatting, corruption, read-write error, and pulled out memory card while the camera is still on. The software is available in English, German, Spanish, French, and Italian language editions and works on Mac and Windows computers.
  • JixiPix has announced that VintageScene 2.0, an update to their professional level retro photography app for Mac OS X. Offering powerful features, great workflow, and gorgeous results, VintageScene is the premier app for converting new photographs into retro, aged, and vintage style effects. Version 2.0 adds new user interface as well as a new effect called “Faded Time”. This effect recreates a photograph that has been faded and severely weathered.
  • TeachTech Inc. today introduces File It Away 1.0 for Mac OS X. Providing a simple drag-and-drop interface, File It Away is a simple but useful utility for keeping Macintosh files and folders filed away. Drag files or folders to the File It Away icon. Choose to move or duplicate them. No more opening multiple windows, arranging them, closing them, dropping files in the wrong place, getting lost while your clicker finger goes numb. Just drag, choose and you are done.
  • Applications for Life Company has announced Box Shot 3D 3.4, an update to their powerful utility that makes “shots” of 3D shapes. Using ray-tracing rendering technology, Box Shot 3D allows anyone to render software boxes, book covers, magazines, CD, DVD and Blu-Ray boxes, cans, bottles, mugs, bags and much more. No 3D-knowledge is required and the results look very professional. Version 3.4 brings the support of Collada format and fixes some issues.
  • The Mercury Application Store has announced there are only 7 days left to get their exclusive Mac OS X Bundle containing 9 premium Mac Apps at a 75% discount. The Mercury App Bundle includes popular 5-Star productivity, encryption and security apps for Mac OS X. The exclusive bundle discount is available until May 31st 2011. The Mercury Application Store is an online marketplace for users to discover, download and manage desktop Software for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.
  • Zevrix Solutions has announced that LinkOptimizer, its popular workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign, is available at 50% off on the discount website BitsDuJour on May 24 only. Awarded 4 out of 5 starts by Computer Arts magazine, LinkOptimizer allows to reduce InDesign job size, speed up processing and reduce production costs by eliminating excess image data of InDesign links, performing essential image adjustments and converting file formats.
  • Reggie Ashworth has announced VidConvert 1.0.4, an update to his new video converter for Mac OS X. VidConvert is a video converter designed to make converting your videos simple and easy. VidConvert will convert just about any type of video into one of the many popular formats of today. Creating videos for your iPhone or iPad, for your Mac or TV, or formats such as DivX and MPEG are just a click away with VidConvert.
  • Digiarty is offering a DVD Video Converter Pack for Mac as an Exclusive Giveaway. Both DVD Ripper for Mac and HD Video Converter for Mac are available unconditionally during current giveaway before May 25, 2011. This DVD Video Converter Pack features a comprehensive solution for DVD backup and HD video conversion. WinX DVD Ripper for Mac excels at backing up DVD on Mac and ripping protected DVD, while WinX HD Video Converter can convert a multitude of video formats.
  • Kwiksher has announced Kwik 1.1, their updated plugin for Adobe Photoshop CS5 that simplifies the creation of interactive, animated content for both iOS and Android devices. Perfect for designers and illustrators who want to create comics, magazines, and interactive books, Kwik allows users to easily add buttons, animations, and with the new version, videos to static Photoshop compositions. Version 1.1 allows users to add video and brings new animation and button action types and more.

Hardware

  • Newer Technology, Inc. has announced the NewerTech AdaptaDrive converter bracket for installing any capacity size 2.5” SATA hard drive or Solid State Drive in a 3.5” SATA drive bay equipped desktop Mac�, PC or external enclosure. The NewerTech AdaptaDrive is available immediately starting at $24.99 MSRP from NewerTech?s exclusive distributor, Other World Computing (OWC), as well as through the retail channel.

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