Animated Introduction to Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.5 - Help-book for users of Adobe Photoshop Elements. (Demo)

Animated Introduction to Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.5 - Help-book for users of Adobe Photoshop Elements. (Demo): "

Animated Introduction to Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.5

Animated Introduction to Adobe Photoshop Elements is a help-book for users of Adobe Photoshop Elements. Tutorials are illustrated with movie clips showing around the program.

Are you looking for a video course? The 76 embedded clips may be played as a single full-length and full-size movie. The elaborated controls allow you to instantly find any fragment.

In the meantime, the book interface features most functions available in popular readers and browsers - table of contents, bookmarks, text search, etc.

The course introduces you to the essential techniques of the program - color and tonal adjustments, layers, transformations, selecting, and masking.

The full version of this book comes to you with 'Hidden Tools' - a patch uncovering undocumented masking and selecting functions of Elements.

Also the book suggests a collection of practical solutions. Real photos are enhanced, retouched, manipulated for you in real time, showing the most efficient combinations of the explained techniques.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 5.5: Minor interface revision.
Installer and uninstaller for 'Hidden Tools'

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.0 or later, Screen resolution 1024x768 or better.

DEVELOPER

Andrei Doubrovski

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Weiterer Hersteller von Schutzhüllen erwähnt das iPhone nano

Weiterer Hersteller von Schutzhüllen erwähnt das iPhone nano: "Vor den letzten Keynotes hat es sich zu einem festen Ablauf entwickelt, kurz vor dem Event bereits eindeutige Hinweise samt CAD-Zeichnungen noch nicht veröffentlichter Produkte zu sehen. Alleine in diesem Jahr stellte sich bereits zweimal die Richtigkeit dieser Berichte heraus; sowohl beim iPhone 3G stimmten die vorveröffentlichten Abmessungen eines Drittherstellers exakt, kurze Zeit später wurde auch der iPod nano auf genau diese Weise ...

(Via MacTechNews.de :: News.)

Gerüchte über einen Home Media Server von Apple

Gerüchte über einen Home Media Server von Apple: "Vor wenigen Tagen aktualisierte HP 'SmartHome', einen zentralen Medienserver zur Ablage von Musik oder anderen Inhalten und brachte auch Mac-Nutzern zahlreiche gewünschte Funktionen mit. Gerüchten zufolge arbeitet angeblich Apple ebenfalls an einem Konzept dieser Art. Während Cupertino mit dem Apple TV weiterhin eher unbeachtet bleibt und glücklos ist, wäre ein Konzept ähnlich des Medienservers von HP durchaus eine interessante Angelegen...

(Via MacTechNews.de :: News.)

Gerüchte: Apple TV als Mac-Software, Time Capsule Media Server

Gerüchte: Apple TV als Mac-Software, Time Capsule Media Server: "MacDailyNews hat ein neues Gerücht aufgeschnappt, demzufolge Apple über eine Zusatzsoftware jedem Mac die Funktionalität des Apple TV geben möchte. Von ihren verschiedenen Quellen hören die Autoren der Website etwas von Preisen von null bis 99 US-Dollar. Die Frage, wie sich diese Software von Front Row unterscheiden soll, bleibt derweil offen....

(Via macnews.de Newsticker.)

RTL-Serien ab sofort im deutschen iTunes Store erhältlich

RTL-Serien ab sofort im deutschen iTunes Store erhältlich: "Köln - Die Nutzer des deutschen iTunes Store können ab sofort erstmals RTL-Serien herunterladen. Unter der Marke 'RTL Now' stehen ausgewählte Formate im Internet zum Kauf bereit. ..."

(Via DIGITAL FERNSEHEN.)

TomTom HOME 2.5.2.58 - TomTom update utility. (Free)

TomTom HOME 2.5.2.58 - TomTom update utility. (Free): "

TomTom HOME 2.5.2.58

TomTom HOME allows you to have the latest TomTom software and enjoy our latest services, Make backups of your TomTom, easily install maps and services, get free Traffic alerts on your computer, and download free services or shop for more.

WHAT'S NEW

release notes not available at developer site nor in download at the time of this posting

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.

DEVELOPER

TomTom

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23755

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Transmission 1.42 - BitTorrent client. (Free)

Transmission 1.42 - BitTorrent client. (Free): "

Transmission 1.42

Transmission has been built from the ground up to be a lightweight yet powerful BitTorrent client. Its simple, intuitive interface is designed to integrate tightly with whatever computing environment you choose to use. Transmission strikes a balance between providing useful functionality without feature bloat. Furthermore, it is free for anyone to use or modify. Transmission is open source (MIT license).

These days, bandwidth is a precious commodity. Transmission allows you to ration this commodity efficiently. You might want to queue your torrents for maximum performance. Or throttle their speed during peak periods. Transmission easily lets you do both, and thus only works its hardest when you want it to.

Support for Growl notifications and dock badging keep you updated with what's going on so you can get back to doing more important things.

If you are interested in helping out the Transmission project in any way, we encourage you to head over to our development page. The current developers welcome anybody who is interested in implementing new features, documentation, or translations.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.42: Fixes a lockup issue in 1.41

Version 1.41:

• Better peer management
  
• Support BitTorrent Enhancement Proposal (BEP) #21 'Extension for Partial Seeds'
• Reduce disk fragmentation by preallocating files
  
• Partial support for BEP #6 'Fast Extension' (reject, have all/none)
  
• Honor the peer's BEP #10 reqq key, when available
  
• Fix 1.40 'Got HTTP Status Code: 0' error message
  
• Fix 1.40 'lazy bitfield' error
  
• Fix 1.40 'jumpy upload speed' bug
  
• More accurate bandwidth measurement and allocation
  
• Fix handshake peer_id error
  
• Corrrectly handle Windows-style newlines in Bluetack blocklists
  
• File selection & priority was reset when editing a torrent's tracker list
  

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4.11 with Security Update 2008-002, 10.5 or later strongly recommended.

DEVELOPER

Transmission Project

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533922

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

iPhone nano - Wer glaubt es?

Neues iPhone nano zur Macworld San Francisco?

BBC Radio Widget 3.4 - Widget for all of the BBC radio feeds. (Free)

BBC Radio Widget 3.4 - Widget for all of the BBC radio feeds. (Free): "

BBC Radio Widget 3.4

The Unofficial BBC Radio Widget plays all of the BBC radio feeds from your Dashboard, and puts schedule information at your fingertips.

WHAT'S NEW

release notes not available at developer site nor in download at the time of this posting

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4.3 or later, PPC users will need RealPlayer 10 or later; Intel users need 10.1 or later.

RealPlayer available here; follow the 'Previous versions' link to get v10, which avoids the audio dropouts associated with v11.

DEVELOPER

Phantom Gorilla

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Riveal 9.0 - Extracts sounds, movies & pictures from Myst-series games.

Riveal 9.0 - Extracts sounds, movies & pictures from Myst-series games.: " Riveal is a free Java application that extracts sounds, movies, and pictures from the data files of most games in the Myst series:

• Myst [Original Mac version] (sounds, movies, and pictures),
  
• Myst [Original Windows version] (sounds, movies, and pictures),
  
• Myst Masterpiece Edition (sounds, movies, and pictures),
  
• realMYST, the real-time 3D remake of the original Myst (sounds and movies only),
  
• Riven (sounds, movies, and pictures),
  
• Myst III: Exile (sounds, movies, and pictures),
  
• Myst V: End of Ages (sounds, movies, and journals),
  
• Uru: Ages Beyond Myst and Uru: Complete Chronicles (sounds, movies, journals, and KI images), and
  
• Myst Online: Uru Live (sounds, movies, and KI images).

(If you want the sounds, movies, and pictures from Myst IV: Revelation, try Revelator, my other free extractor.)


As a bonus, Riveal also extracts sounds, movies, and pictures from a few other games, including the Mac version of The Manhole CD-ROM Masterpiece Edition, an enhanced remake of one of Cyan's pre-Myst games, and some of the games in Presto's pre-Exile series, the Journeyman Project trilogy. Riveal supports the Mac version of The Journeyman Project Turbo!, an improved rerelease of the first game in the trilogy, the Mac version of The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time, and the Mac and Windows versions of The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time."

(Via VersionTracker: Mac OS X.)

Canon PowerShot ImageBrowser 6.2.1a - PowerShot camera software. (Updater)

Canon PowerShot ImageBrowser 6.2.1a - PowerShot camera software. (Updater): "

Canon PowerShot ImageBrowser 6.2.1a

Canon PowerShot ImageBrowser supports the PowerShot line of cameras.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 6.2.1a:

• Supports EOS 5D Mark II./ul>

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.3 or later.

DEVELOPER

Canon

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33556

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Kenwood intros iPhone-friendly car head unit

Kenwood intros iPhone-friendly car head unit: "Kenwood on Friday introduced its I-K50 in-car head unit with support for Apple's iPod players and the iPhone 3G via its front-mounted USB port. The I-K50's CD drive will play back MP3, WMA and AAC-encoded files, while the USB port will allow users to plug in USB flash memory keys loaded with the same supported types of audio formats. Plugging in iPods, including the classic, nano or touch, will al...

(Via MacNN.)

BBC iPlayer Now Available for Mac

BBC iPlayer Now Available for Mac: "BBC announced that a version of the iPlayer that works on the Mac and Linux computers is now available.

The iPlayer is the BBC's online media player that lets viewers stream programmes for up to seven days after broadcast or download..."

(Via MacRumors.)

G-Map: iPhone als Navigationssystem

G-Map: iPhone als Navigationssystem: "Schon jetzt lässt sich das iPhone theoretisch als Navigationssystem nutzen, indem die Google-Applikation verwendet wird, um Ziele einzugeben und sich die Wegbeschreibung anzeigen zu lassen. Mit G-Map von Xroad werden die Möglichkeiten jedoch so erweitert, dass ein iPhone zu einem vollwertigerem Navigationssystem werden kann. Über GPS stellt die Software die Position fest und zeigt diese auf dem eigenen Kartenmaterial an.

(Via MacTechNews.de :: News.)

LogMeIn Ignition allows PC access by iPhone/iPod

LogMeIn Ignition allows PC access by iPhone/iPod: "LogMeIn has announced LogMeIn Ignition, an application for the iPhone/iPod touch that enables users to access and control computers remotely. By running the software on any Windows or Mac OS computers, users log into the application from an iPhone or iPod touch, choose which PC to connect to, and can work with any programs or files on that computer.

(Via MacNN.)

Minuteur 5.0.7 - Timer, stopwatch application. (Shareware)

Minuteur 5.0.7 - Timer, stopwatch application. (Shareware): "

Minuteur 5.0.7

Minuteur is an egg timer and a stopwatch. The intention was to have a timer which is simple and immediate in use. Minuteur is also very flexible and extremely configurable. Particular attention has been paid to the ergonomics of the programme. The basic functionality of Minuteur is intuitive enough to be used right from the start.

• To set the timer quickly, type the required delay on the numeric keypad. To set a period of 30 minutes, type 3000 (for 30 minutes, 0 seconds). Type 300000 for 3 hours, or just 30 for 30 seconds. The countdown starts immediately.
  
• To set the alarm to go off at a specific time, hold Option/Alt and type the time in the format hhmm.
  
• To start the stopwatch, hold Option/Alt and press Enter.
  
• To stop any timing, press Return, Enter or Escape.
  
• To pause Minuteur, press Spacebar.
  

To make the most of the deeper features however, you should spend a few minutes reading the help. Particular attention has been paid to the ergonomics of the programme. The basic functionality of Minuteur is intuitive enough to be used right from the start.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 5.0.7:

• Bug fixes.
  

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

DEVELOPER

Philippe Galmel

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

FontExplorer X Pro und ein neuer Font-Server

FontExplorer X Pro und ein neuer Font-Server: "Linotype wird auf der Macworld Expo neue Produkte für die Schriftenverwaltung vorstellen: Erstmals wird der Hersteller neben einer neuen Client-Software namens FontExplorer X Pro auch einen Font-Server auf den Markt bringen, teilt er in einer Pressemitteilung mit. Details nennt er noch keine, beide Produkte aber seien von Grund auf neu...

(Via macnews.de Newsticker.)

MakeiPhoneRingtone 1.3.2 - Convert AAC audio files into iPhone ringtones. (Free)

MakeiPhoneRingtone 1.3.2 - Convert AAC audio files into iPhone ringtones. (Free): "

MakeiPhoneRingtone 1.3.2

MakeiPhoneRingtone is a free drag & drop application that allows you to drag AAC ringtones (made with any editor, although Rogue Amoeba hope you use Fission), which then adds it to the iPhone Ringtones tab in iTunes. Then, the next time you sync your iPhone, the ringtones will be ready.

Note: Apple may release a version 7.4.2 patch that makes this program obsolete, like they did with 7.4.1.

WHAT'S NEW

release notes not available at developer site nor in download at the time of this posting

REQUIREMENTS

Apple iTunes 7.4.1.

DEVELOPER

Rogue Amoeba

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16025

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Stop useless log entries from newer Adobe programs

Stop useless log entries from newer Adobe programs: "After installing and using some newer Adobe programs, like Photoshop CS4 or newer versions of Acrobat, you may notice a flood of messages in /var/log/system.log reading kernel: unknown SIGSEGV code 0. These are caused by a broken FLEXnet licensing server; Adobe knows about the problem and says it is 'normal.' There is a relatively simple way to fix it.

Save the following file in /Library/LaunchAgents as com.18james.killFNPL.plist:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC '-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN' 'http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd'><plist version='1.0'><dict>    <key>Label</key>    <string>com.18james.killFNPL</string...



  
  
  
  
  



"


(Via MacOSXHints.com.)

Perian 1.1.3 - QT plugin for many media types. (Free)

Perian 1.1.3 - QT plugin for many media types. (Free): "

Perian 1.1.3

With Perian, the Swiss Army Knife for QuickTime, any OS X application that uses QuickTime can now use these additional media types:

• 
  AVI, FLV, and MKV file formats
  


• 
  MS-MPEG4 v1 & v2, DivX, 3ivX, H.264, FLV1, FSV1, VP6, H263I, VP3, HuffYUV, FFVHuff, MPEG1 & MPEG2 Video, Fraps, Windows Media Audio v1 & v2, Flash ADPCM, Xiph Vorbis (in Matroska), MPEG Layer II Audio
  


• 
  AVI support for: AAC, AC3 Audio, H.264, MPEG4, and VBR MP3
  


• 
  Subtitle support for SSA and SRT
  

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.1.3:

• Enabled Indeo 2/3 decodecs
  
• Added external idx/sub (VobSub) support
  
• Added support for H.264 and H.263 in FLV containers
  
• Apple's decoder now handles Baseline/Main Profile H.264
  
• Fix inconsistent importing for multi-channel audio
  
• Reduced memory usage for packed streams
  
• Added sanity checks on all preferences
  
• Enabled hack to show subtitles in Front Row
  
• Fixed negative values in SSA \frz tag
  
• Fixed VSFilter bug-compatibility for \an
  

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4.7 or later.

DEVELOPER

The Perian Team

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274333

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

USB-Treiber in Mac OS X 10.5.6 verhindern iPhone-Jailbreak

USB-Treiber in Mac OS X 10.5.6 verhindern iPhone-Jailbreak: "Wer sein iPhone mit einem Jailbreak knacken möchte, sollte vorher von einem Update auf Mac OS X 10.5.6 absehen . Apple führt das Katz-und-Maus-Spiel mit iPhone-Hackern weiter und versieht nicht nur die iPhone-Firmware selbst, sondern auch Macs mit neuen Schutzmaßnahmen. Ein Mac mit Mac OS X 10.5.6 weigert sich, ein iPhone im...

(Via macnews.de Newsticker.)

Entwurf einer Schutzhülle deutet auf baldiges Erscheinen eines iPhone nano hin

Entwurf einer Schutzhülle deutet auf baldiges Erscheinen eines iPhone nano hin: "Auf der Seite iDealsChina sind Hinweise auf ein iPhone nano veröffentlicht wurden. Die CAD-Grafiken einer iPhone-Schutzhülle deuten auf ein noch unbekanntes Apple-Gerät hin. Dieses iPhone nano ist den Bildern nach zu urteilen ca. 33 Prozent kleiner als das iPhone 3G, besitzt aber wie das große iPhone 3G anscheinend eine integrierte Kamera, und natürlich den Multi-Touch-Screen mit Home-Button, wobei dies alles etwas kleiner ausfällt.

(Via MacTechNews.de :: News.)

Studie: iTunes Store weiterhin deutlich vor Amazons MP3-Angebot

Studie: iTunes Store weiterhin deutlich vor Amazons MP3-Angebot: "Als Apples iTunes Music Store im Jahr 2003 die Pforten eröffnete, schossen die Mitbewerber wie die Pilze aus dem Boden, da zahlreiche weitere Unternehmen ebenfalls ihren Anteil am Kuchen des Download-Marktes haben wollten. Doch niemandem gelang es, den Siegeszug des iTunes Stores aufzuhalten, stattdessen dominierte Apple weiterhin den Markt.

(Via MacTechNews.de :: News.)

µTorrent 0.9.0.3b - BitTorrent client with a small footprint. (Free)

µTorrent 0.9.0.3b - BitTorrent client with a small footprint. (Free): "

µTorrent 0.9.0.3b

µTorrent... Beta of the Mac client for the very popular and small footprint µTorrent client.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 0.9.0.3 beta:

• fix: double-clicking on .torrent file wouldn't open it if uTorrent wasn't already running


• fix: the icon now properly shows in About box


• fix: speculative fixes for some crashes from crashdumps

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

DEVELOPER

µTorrent

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6392

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Dropbox 0.6.425 - Finder folder automatically syncs online and between your computers. (Free)

Dropbox 0.6.425 - Finder folder automatically syncs online and between your computers. (Free): "

Dropbox 0.6.425

Dropbox is an application that creates a special Finder folder that automatically syncs online and between your computers. It allows you to both backup files and keep them up-to-date between systems.

The Dropbox application is available for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. A video on the site explains more.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 0.6.425:

• Bulk operations (finally)! Moving/deleting folders is now possible!
  
• Navigation is now on the top rather than the left.
  
• Information/actions are now displayed in small sideboxes on the right
  
• Font changes! (lucida grande on mac, lucida sans unicode for windows)
  
• Expanded footer
  
• The FAQ is gone and has been replaced by a comprehensive help center
  
• RSS feed for recent events!
  
• While ‘Files’ is still accessible, the default view is the home page. To those of you worrying that the feed takes up too much space, we’ll be addressing this in the near future.
  
• ‘Upload’ has also been integrated into the filebrowser
  
• More information for file revisions
  
• Much more!
  

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

DEVELOPER

Evenflow Inc.

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9913

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Mac OS X 10.5.6 offenbar noch vor Weihnachten

Mac OS X 10.5.6 offenbar noch vor Weihnachten: "Die Anzeichen verdichten sich , dass Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 noch vor Weihnachten veröffentlichen will. Am Mittwoch verteilte der Mac-Hersteller einen Vorab-Build 9G55 an registrierte Entwickler, an dem sich im Vergleich zum letzten Build 9G52 nichts mehr verändert zu haben schien. Apple gibt keine bekannten Fehler mehr an.

(Via macnews.de Newsticker.)

µTorrent 0.9.0.2b - BitTorrent client with a small footprint. (Free)

µTorrent 0.9.0.2b - BitTorrent client with a small footprint. (Free): "

µTorrent 0.9.0.2b

µTorrent... Beta of the Mac client for the very popular and small footprint µTorrent client.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 0.9.0.2 beta fixes a 100% CPU usage when Peer Guardian is installed. It should make 'too many open files' error less frequent. It should also fix some (but probably not all) issues related to selective downloading of files (setting a file to 'don't download').

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

DEVELOPER

µTorrent

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4734

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Sweet Home 3D 1.5 - Home interior design app. (Free)

Sweet Home 3D 1.5 - Home interior design app. (Free): "

Sweet Home 3D 1.5

Sweet Home 3D is a free interior design application that helps you placing your furniture on a house 2D plan, with a 3D preview.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.5:

• Added the Create rooms tool, with the ability to display the name and the area of the rooms in the
  plan, and to change the color or the texture of their floor and their ceiling in the 3D view.


• Added the Add texts tool to add free texts to plan.


• Added a check box in the furniture pane to display its name in the plan.


• Managed the text style (text size,
  bold, italic) of the selected items in the plan with the items of the sub menu Plan > Modify
  text style and
  their matching buttons added to the tools bar.


• Added a button in the 3D view pane to choose the texture of the sky, with 3 new sky images.


• Managed page header and footer in page setup pane with the ability to enter 7 predefined variables (page number, page
  count, date...).


• Added the ability to choose the print scale of the plan in page setup pane.


• Displayed tips at first uses of a creation tool.


• Automatic selection of text fields in dialog boxes when they get focus with a tab key.


• Added a service hatch and a fixed window in default furniture library.


• Changed how selected objects are displayed in such a way that their bounding box is always visible even if some objects
  are hidden by other ones.


• Added the angle between a wall and its preceding wall in the tool tip displayed during the wall creation or modification.


• Changed zoom shortcut keys under Linux (Ctrl + Ctrl -).


• Enabled the menu items Delete, Undo, Redo, Copy,
  Cut, Paste, Modify... between the creation of two series of walls or the creation of two dimensions.


• Corrected a bug that prevented a correct computation of the holes of windows in a wall in some cases, when this wall
  contains more than one window.


• Corrected a bug that caused the system language to be used in the labels in Ok/Cancel buttons
  and Undo/Redo menu items, even if the user chose an other language.


• Corrected a bug that prevented the importation of a piece of furniture after that a previous attempt to import an incorrect
  file was interrupted.


• Corrected a bug that deleted the imported textures after a language change in preferences pane.


• Corrected a bug under Windows that caused the creation of too many clones during duplication with Ctrl key.


• Corrected a bug under Mac OS X 10.5 that prevented to display correctly the plan with Java Update 1.


• Developed an experimental on-line version of Sweet Home 3D with parameters that
  specifies the services able to save and open homes stored on a server.


• Developed a plug-in architecture that allows Java developers to add features to Sweet Home 3D based on the com.eteks.sweethome3d.plugin.Plugin and com.eteks.sweethome3d.plugin.PluginAction classes.


• Refactored many classes to present a better API to plug-in developers.


• Replaced JRE 6u6 by JRE 6u11 in Sweet Home 3D installers bundled with Java.


• Improvements in the Russian localization of the help files by Kazimirov Valentin.


• Other minor bugs fixes and enhancements.


• Moved the Sweet Home 3D web server to sweethome3d.eu.

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

DEVELOPER

eTeks

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15071

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Deutsche Videoclips aufs iPhone: iFun.de/tv

Deutsche Videoclips aufs iPhone: iFun.de/tv: "Online-Videos aus dem aktuellen Fernsehprogramm listet iFun.de in einer Web-Applikation für das iPhone und den iPod touch auf, die Kollegen haben sie soeben überarbeitet. Das Verzeichnis ist nun nach Fernsehsendern gegliedert, für jede verfügbare Sendung zeigt es die 20 aktuellsten Episoden an. 'Für das Klo, die Uni und die Arbeit'

(Via macnews.de Newsticker.)

Greenpeace unfairly rating Apple?

Greenpeace unfairly rating Apple?: "Greenpeace may be unfairly singling out Apple in its latest technology rankings, research by BusinessWeek shows. The magazine notes that Apple's score on the eco-friendly chart has barely moved despite its green initiative that eliminated toxins and many non-recyclable materials from most of notebooks, which itself followed similar moves to purge many of the materials from iPhones and iPods...."

(Via MacNN.)

RipIt 1.1.5 - Gets your movies off DVD and onto your Mac. (Shareware)

RipIt 1.1.5 - Gets your movies off DVD and onto your Mac. (Shareware): "

RipIt 1.1.5

RipIt... Movies are great, but discs are a pain. RipIt gets your movies off the disc and onto your Mac, where it's easier to find, organize and play them.

Why Rip Your DVDs?

• Use your laptop longer!
  
  Laptops use a lot more juice when they're spinning a DVD and a hard drive.



• Easily organize your movies!
  
  Moving files around on your computer is a lot easier than alphabetizing shelves full of DVDs.



• Find movies faster!
  
  Use your Mac's built in search tool, Spotlight, to find a movie in your collection... instantly.



• Peace of mind!
  
  Movies stored safely in your computer can't get lost, scratched or broken.



• Simplify entertainment on the go!
  
  Why carry around bulky DVD cases or disc wallets when you don't have to?

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.1.5:

• Corrected a problem that caused 'BUP' files not to be generated under certain circumstances.


• Improved compatibility with DVD2OneX.


• Improved handling of non-english language DVD-menus. (Thanks Hans!)


• Fixed problems ripping:
  
  
  
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Am Ende der Welt (#8717418116538/Region-2)
  
  
  • Kung-Fu Panda (#4047552500264/Region-2)
  
  
  
  

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.5 or later, DVD drive.

DEVELOPER

RipItApp

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16331

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Carbon Copy Cloner 3.1.3 - Easy-to-use backup/cloning utility. (Free)

Carbon Copy Cloner 3.1.3 - Easy-to-use backup/cloning utility. (Free): "

Carbon Copy Cloner 3.1.3

Carbon Copy Cloner... Clone, synchronize, backup. Schedule and forget it. Try it 'til you trust it.

In its simplest form, CCC will clone one hard drive to another, copying every single block or file to create an exact replica of your source hard drive. This is very useful if, for example, your laptop is damaged and you must send it in for repair.

CCC can also be used to perform regular backups of your data. When you select a source disk in CCC, you are presented with the contents of that disk (hidden items too). Simply uncheck the items that you do not want to backup, and CCC will provide ample indication what will and will not be copied. Select a target disk to which you would like to backup, then press the clone button.

The key to a successful backup plan is to actually do the backups regularly. When left to a human, the task often gets tacked on to the end of a very long list of other things to do. When you eventually have a catastrophe, the data is simply gone. You know that feeling -- you just lost six years of family photos. Your kids being born, their first birthdays, their first everything. The answer to this is consistent and regular backups, placed on a schedule and handled automatically by your computer. CCC includes that functionality, and takes it even further.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 3.1.3:

• Fixed an issue in which the target volume would not be bootable in some cases.


• Fixed an issue in which a block-level clone would be attempted inappropriately.


• Included updated localizations including a complete French localization.


• CCC should no longer check for updates if a backup task is running.


• CCC now ignores Time Machine backup databases. Time Machine backups will not be backed up (CCC does not support backing up Time Machine backups).


• Messages indicating that a scheduled task's target disk has reappeared are now automatically dismissed after 60 seconds allowing the task to run.


• Fixed an issue that would prevent the saving of scheduled tasks upon the very first launch of CCC.


• CCC no longers permits non-HFS+ volumes as a selectable source volume (in support of the defined system requirements).


• Fixed an issue in which files or folders with special characters (e.g. '[', ']', and '*') could not be excluded in an 'Incremental backup of selected items' backup task.


• Fixed an issue in which CCC would report a generic error rather then indicating that a backup task failed because there was not enough free space on the target to accommodate large files that had been modified since a previous backup.

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later.

DEVELOPER

Mike Bombich

DOWNLOADS

253168

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Weitere Informationen zu Mac OS X 10.5.6 und Snow Leopard

Weitere Informationen zu Mac OS X 10.5.6 und Snow Leopard: "Apple arbeitet momentan am nächsten Update für Leopard. Mac OS X 10.5.6, das inzwischen sechste größere Update seit der Veröffentlichung des System im Oktober des letzten Jahres wird mehr als 100 Fehlerbehebungen und Verbesserungen mit sich bringen. Die beiden letzten Builds mit den Buildnummern 9G44 und 9G52 weisen 103 Fehler auf, die mit der finalen Version behoben werden sollen. Es ist recht wahrscheinlich, dass Apple 10.5.6 noch vor ...

(Via MacTechNews.de :: News.)

iPhone als Wii-ähnlicher Controller

"Apples jüngst veröffentlichtes iPhone-SDK-Update auf Version 2.2 enthält eine undokumentierte Funktion zur Ausgabe von Bildschirminhalten über den Dock-Connector-Anschluss. Da Anwender seit Firmware 1.1.1 bereits Filme auf einem mittels speziellem Kabel angeschlossenen Fernseher abspielen können, kam dies nicht ganz überraschend. Ars-Technica-Autorin Erica Sadun nahm nun die Entdeckung zum Anlass, den Entwicklern des populären App-Store-Spieletitels Wingnuts Moto Chaser, Freeverse, eine Video-out-taugliche Demo des Spiels zu entlocken, die es auf einem iPod touch der zweiten Generation auf immerhin knapp 20 Frames-per-Second (fps) bringen soll. Moto Chaser wird dabei, wie auch in der Standardausführung, mit Hilfe der Bewegungssensoren des iPhone oder iPod touch gesteuert."

(Via heise

Wii SiimpleSynth 2.0 - Use your Wii Remote to make wacky synthesizer sounds. (Free)

Wii SiimpleSynth 2.0 - Use your Wii Remote to make wacky synthesizer sounds. (Free): "

Wii SiimpleSynth 2.0

With Wii SiimpleSynth you can use your Wii Remote to make wacky synthesizer sounds just by moving around.

It is Filter Modulation Synthesizer, which is controlled by the movement of the Wii Remote. It features two envelopes, preset storage, three trigger modes, and more! It is super versatile and loads of fun.

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4 or later, Bluetooth, Wii remote.

DEVELOPER

The Amazing Rolo

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5

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Wii LoopMachine 2.1.1 - Loop, mix, sample four channels of audio with a Wii remote controller. (Demo)

Wii LoopMachine 2.1.1 - Loop, mix, sample four channels of audio with a Wii remote controller. (Demo): "

Wii LoopMachine 2.1.1

Wii LoopMachine allows you to loop, mix, sample, and manipulate four channels of audio simultaneously using only a Wii remote controller. The effects and filters are controlled by your movements, making for a fun and exciting musical creation and performance interface. This demo version will work for 30 minutes.

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4 or later, Bluetooth, Wii remote.

DEVELOPER

The Amazing Rolo

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3

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Mit dem iPhone shoppen

"Wer unterwegs ein interessantes Produkt sieht, kann nun mit dem iPhone ein Foto davon machen und mit der neuen Amazon-Anwendung für Apples Mobiltelefon direkt zum Onlinehändler schicken. Findet das Verkaufsteam den gleichen oder einen ähnlichen Artikel im Sortiment, erhält der Kunde einen Hinweis."

(Via Golem.de.)

fritz.mac Suite 1.1 - Helper app for FRITZ!Box Fon and FRITZ!Fon products. (Demo)

fritz.mac Suite 1.1 - Helper app for FRITZ!Box Fon and FRITZ!Fon products. (Demo): "

fritz.mac Suite 1.1

fritz.mac Suite is a versatile helper for AVM FRITZ!Box Fon and FRITZ!Fon products:

• Manage messages on the router's built-in answering machine on appropriate hardware.


• Use FRITZ!Box as fax machine for outbound faxes. Additional hardware like a modem is not necessary.


• Use your Mac for dialling telephone numbers from Apple Address Book, Apple Mail (with Data Detectors), Safari or iChat (with context menu).


• Monitor outgoing and incoming calls.

Supported hardware:

• FRITZ!Box Fon


• FRITZ!Box Fon ata / 1020


• FRITZ!Box Fon 5010


• FRITZ!Box Fon 5012


• FRITZ!Box Fon 5050


• FRITZ!Box Fon 5124


• FRITZ!Box Fon 5140


• FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN


• FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7050


• FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7113


• FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7140 (incl. TAM)


• FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7141 (incl. TAM)


• FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7170 (incl. TAM)


• FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7170SL (incl. TAM)


• FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7240 (incl. TAM)


• FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7270 (incl. TAM)


• FRITZ!Fon 7150 (incl. TAM)

WHAT'S NEW

release notes not available at developer site nor in download at the time of this posting

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.5 or later, AVM FRITZ!Box Fon or FRITZ!Fon.

DEVELOPER

Meilenstein Software GmbH

DOWNLOADS

1017

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

µTorrent 0.9.0.1b - BitTorrent client with a small footprint. (Free)

µTorrent 0.9.0.1b - BitTorrent client with a small footprint. (Free): "

µTorrent 0.9.0.1b

µTorrent... Beta of the Mac client for the very popular and small footprint µTorrent client.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 0.9.0.1 beta works around a problem in Mac OS that causes crash in the Finder when double-clicking on '.torrent' file when uTorrent is the default application for .torrent files. This unfortunately required a change to the name of the file in which we store preferences, so you might lose some of your preferences.

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

DEVELOPER

µTorrent

DOWNLOADS

3300

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

fritz.mac Suite 1.1 - Fritzbox besser mit dem Mac nutzen

fritz.mac Suite 1.1 - Fritzbox besser mit dem Mac nutzen - Golem.de: "AVM bietet noch keine Software für die Mac-Nutzer seiner Fritzboxen an, doch Meilenstein hat nun die Version 1.1 seiner kostenpflichtigen fritz.mac Suite veröffentlicht. Diese MacOS-X-Software, die zum Telefonieren und Faxen gedacht ist, hat nun Zugriff auf die Anrufliste und das Telefonbuch der Fritzbox."

(Via Golem.de.)

Apple In-Ear Headphones kurz vor Veröffentlichung

Apple In-Ear Headphones kurz vor Veröffentlichung: "Kurz vor der Veröffentlichung stehen jetzt Apples neue In-Ear-Kopfhörer mit eingebauter Kabelfernbedienung und Mikrofon: Apple nimmt Vorbestellungen im eigenen Online Store für die neuen Kopfhörer an, in sieben bis zehn Geschäftstagen sollen sie dann ihr Ziel erreichen. Der Preis liegt bei 79 Euro.

(Via macnews.de Newsticker.)

PEnGUIn Encoder MP4 0.97b6 - GUI for mencoder. (Free)

PEnGUIn Encoder MP4 0.97b6 - GUI for mencoder. (Free): "

PEnGUIn Encoder MP4 0.97b6

PEnGUIn Encoder MP4 which is a GUI for mencoder is designed for encode from most video file formats to MP4. Users may find that the GUI looks like the same PEnGUIn Encoder PMP except optimize muxer mode for ipod, iphone, Apple TV and PSP. But all preset profiles are only tested within itune without device. (All I only have is PSP).

In the tutorials folder, I also put some mp4 videos helping users easier to know how PEnGUIn Encoder works.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 0.97b6:

• Binaries code is latest build for i386 arch.
  

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

DEVELOPER

Lafear

DOWNLOADS

21965

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

GlimmerBlocker 1.1 - A more stable ad-blocker, allowing Safari upgrades without crashes. (Free)

GlimmerBlocker 1.1 - A more stable ad-blocker, allowing Safari upgrades without crashes. (Free): "

GlimmerBlocker 1.1

GlimmerBlocker... The problem with other ad-blockers for Safari is that they are implemented as awful hacks: as an InputManager and/or ApplicationEnhancer. This compromises the stability of Safari and very often create problems when Apple releases a new version of Safari. GlimmerBlocker is implemented as an http proxy, so the stability of Safari isn’t compromised because it doesn’t use any hacks. It is even compatible with all other browsers.

You’ll always be able to upgrade Safari without breaking GlimmerBlocker (or waiting for a new release); and you’ll be able to upgrade GlimmerBlocker without upgrading Safari. This makes it much easier to use the beta versions of Safari and especially the nightly builds of WebKit. Because GlimmerBlocker doesn’t hack Safari, there is a few things it isn’t able to do: adding a block by right-clicking an image, stopping pop-unders, and filtering cookies from 3rd party sites. But you win a lot in stability, and GlimmerBlocker provides much easier methods for adding your own modifications to pages by adding css rules, pieces of Javascript or by transforming the html before Safari receives it. So I’ll hope you’re happy with the tradeoff.

If you can program in Javascript you’ll be able to add your own modification to pages. See the included filters for examples, e.g. adding a download link to YouTube.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.1:

• Blocked images are now transparent instead of light gray checkerboard pattern. The latter can be enabled by filter developers for debugging.
  
• Support for site-wide http proxy. Some companies/ISPs require using an http proxy for external access.
  
• Reorganized filters: easier for users to select what kind of filtering they want; and easier to maintain.
  
• QuickTime streaming using RTSP-over-HTP now works. Simple download of movies (as Apple use on the trailers site) worked, but RTSP-over-HTTP didn't.
  
• Improved charset detection when modifying html (e.g. adding css.) and it uses the original charset when forwarding html to Safari to avoid charset problem with form submissions.
  
• and many more improvements and fixes. Se website for full release notes.
  

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

DEVELOPER

Vitality ApS

DOWNLOADS

1152

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

AirRadar 1.1.3 - Wireless network scanner. (Free)

AirRadar 1.1.3 - Wireless network scanner. (Free): "

AirRadar 1.1.3

AirRadar... Scanning for wireless networks is now easier and more personalized!

The best part - AirRadar is absolutely free!

AirRadar allows you to scan for open networks and tag them as favourites or filter them out. View detailed network information, graph network signal strength, and automatically join the best open network in range.

Whether you are driving around looking for wireless networks, stuck in traffic, sitting on the beach, or if you are curious how strong your wireless signal is at home, AirRadar provides a more linear approach to network hunting. Setup a scan frequency, and have new open or closed networks have their name spoken, play alerts, or display notifications.

Various other options allow you to customize your network list further, including assigning colors to best open networks and sound cues. Download it today, and take the hardship out of getting an internet connection at a critical time.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.1.3:

• New Feature: Gives the option to continue running if a programming malfunction is encountered (instead of quitting).


• New Feature: Now reports how many activations are remaining when you activate online.


• Modification: Now storing license data in the preferences in a new format — this should help avoid strange unlicensing issues. Previous license data should automatically carry over to the new version without any problems unless it was previously stored incorrectly.


• Bug Fix: Documentation access has been restored.


• Bug Fix: Documentation updated to reflect activations.


• Bug Fix: Fixed the background image in the DMG.


• Bug Fix: Sparkle now reports when no new versions are available.


• Bug Fix: Version information repaired.

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

DEVELOPER

Koingo Software

DOWNLOADS

32223

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

PithHelmet 2.8.4 - Add powerful filters to Safari. (Shareware)

PithHelmet 2.8.4 - Add powerful filters to Safari. (Shareware): "

PithHelmet 2.8.4

PithHelmet... Problem: I hate ads. Solution: Kill my television. Better Solution: Content-filter my web pages...

The PithHelmet adds some basic but powerful content filtering to Apple's Safari browser. The basic purpose is to filter advertisements, but there are other potential uses as well (blocking Flash, Shockwave or horrible midi loops).

This is just a quick hack on top of Apple's basic framework, but it seems to work rather effectively.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 2.8.4: fix the crash issues for Safari 3.2.

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.5 or later, Safari 3.2, SIMBL.

DEVELOPER

culater.net

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78689

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

RegenRadar Widget 1.0 - Radar images for Germany, Netherlands, parts of Austria, Switzerland. (Free)

RegenRadar Widget 1.0 - Radar images for Germany, Netherlands, parts of Austria, Switzerland. (Free): "

RegenRadar Widget 1.0

RegenRadar displays animated radar images for Germany, the Netherlands, and parts of Austria and Switzerland. Can show a small or larger map of Germany, or regional maps of the federal states. Configuration options include selecting the region and timespan to show. Rainfall images used with permission from www.wetteronline.de.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.0: Fix to work with restructured wetteronline.de website, add link below radar image per request of WetterOnline GmbH.

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

DEVELOPER

Dr. Bert Freudenberg

DOWNLOADS

3

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Gerüchte über einen Multitouch-iMac

Gerüchte über einen Multitouch-iMac: "Nur noch wenige Wochen vom nächsten Apple-Event entfernt läuft sich die Gerüchteküche langsam warm. Bei einem Rundgang durch die Hallen von LG, einem der Fertiger von Displays, die auch im iMac zum Einsatz kommen, ist angeblich ein 'full multitouch display for computers' aufgetaucht. Dies führte natürlich sofort zu Spekulationen, Apple könne der Kunde jener Displays sein.

(Via MacTechNews.de :: News.)

HandBrake 0.9.3 - Versatile video encoder; convert any source to MPEG-4 and more. (Free)

HandBrake 0.9.3 - Versatile video encoder; convert any source to MPEG-4 and more. (Free): "

HandBrake 0.9.3

HandBrake is a GPL'd multiplatform, multithreaded video encoding tool.

• Supported sources:
  
  
  
  • Any DVD-like source: VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image or real DVD (even encrypted)
  
  
  • PAL or NTSC
  
  
  • AC-3, LPCM or MPEG audio tracks
  
  
  
  


• Outputs:
  
  
  
  • File format: MP4, AVI or OGM
  
  
  • Video: MPEG-4 or H.264 (1 or 2 passes or constant quantizer encoding)
  
  
  • Audio: AAC, MP3, Vorbis or AC-3 pass-through (supports encoding of several audio tracks)
  
  
  
  


• Misc. features:
  
  
  
  • Chapter selection
  
  
  • Basic subtitle support (burned into the picture)
  
  
  • Integrated bitrate calculator
  
  
  • Picture deinterlacing, cropping and scaling
  
  
  • Grayscale encoding
  
  
  
  

WHAT'S NEW

Version 0.9.3:

• Universal input HandBrake is no longer limited to DVDs: it will now accept practically any type of video as a source. This massive enhancement was achieved by tapping into the power of libavcodec and libavformat from the FFmpeg project.
  
• Video quality The x264 project has really come into its own this year, and HandBrake 0.9.3 integrates the latest improvements to the H.264 encoding library. Picture quality has enhanced dramatically through the use of psychovisual rate distortion and adaptive quantization, and there have been significant speed optimizations.
  
• Audio flexibility HandBrake now offers total control over multiple audio tracks.
  
• No more internal DVD decryption Yeah, we know, no one reading this is going 'Oh wow, no more DVD decryption--what a great new feature!' but...deal. HandBrake will dynamically load VLC's copy of libdvdcss if you have it in your Applications folder in Mac OS X. We're not about to stop you from choosing to decrypt DVDs. If you're on a Mac, and you have VLC 0.9.x installed, you won't even notice the internal capability's gone.
  
• Persistent queues When queueing up a bunch of videos to encode, you need no longer fear a crash in HandBrake's graphical interfaces. Queued jobs are cached to disk for safekeeping between sessions.
  
• New, better organized presets (Be sure to run 'Update Built-In Presets' from the Presets menu!) The presets are now 'nested' in folders and have evolved. Notably, there is a new Apple 'Universal' preset, designed to play and look good doing so on anything from an iPod Nano to an AppleTV. There have been many changes to most of them. Please be aware that most presets now use different settings. This means most of them are not suited for benchmarking 0.9.3 against 0.9.2. For example, the AppleTV preset is slower because it is now quality based, and produces much more efficient output. The Normal preset uses psychovisual rate distortion. The High Profile presets use psychovisual trellising. All of these setting changes can influence encoding time and output file size.
  For comparison purposes, there are several presets in the Apple->Legacy folder (the old iPod High-Rez, the old AppleTV, and the old iPhone presets) which remain unchanged since 0.9.2.
  
• Audio-video synchronization HandBrake should now keep lip-synch as well as a DVD player can.
  
• Decomb filter HandBrake now offers a decomb filter, in the style of AviSynth's. It is a deinterlacer that can be left on all the time without degrading picture quality, because it only deinterlaces video when it visibly needs to be.
  
• Multi-threaded deinterlacing The 'Slow' and 'Slower' filters, as well as the new decomb filter, will now take advantage of as many processors as you can throw at them.
  
• 'Same as source framerate' really is the same as the source framerate HandBrake now, by default, passes through the exact video framerate of the source instead of smoothing to a constant rate, which could lead to frames being duplicated or dropped.
  
• Theora video encoding HandBrake now can encode video using the Theora codec.
  
• Updated libraries Besides x264, updated libraries include libsamplerate, libogg, xvidcore, libmpeg2, lame, faac, and ffmpeg's libavcodec, libavformat, and libswscale.
  
• Massive improvements to all interfaces
  As hard as it might be to believe, the changes listed above are only the tip of the iceberg. A much longer list is available, but even that is only a brief summary. There have been well over 600 changes to HandBrake's code base since 0.9.2, including hundreds of bug fixes.

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

DEVELOPER

Eric Petit

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412327

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Frühe Benchmarks: So schnell könnte der nächste Mac Pro sein

Frühe Benchmarks: So schnell könnte der nächste Mac Pro sein: "Nachdem Intel bereits bekannt gab, die neue Nehalem-Plattform (Core i7) Anfang des nächsten Jahres auch in der Xeon-Variante für Server und Workstations auf den Markt zu bringen, steht dann mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit auch ein neuer Mac Pro an. TechRadar hatte die Möglichkeit, Benchmark-Tests eines Dual-Socket-System mit den neuen Nehalem-Prozessoren durchzuführen. Eingesetzt wurden zwei Prozessoren mit 2,8 GHz, die vermutlich im nächs...

(Via MacTechNews.de :: News.)

GlimmerBlocker 1.0 - A more stable ad-blocker, allowing Safari upgrades without crashes. (Free)

GlimmerBlocker 1.0 - A more stable ad-blocker, allowing Safari upgrades without crashes. (Free): "

GlimmerBlocker 1.0

GlimmerBlocker... The problem with other ad-blockers for Safari is that they are implemented as awful hacks: as an InputManager and/or ApplicationEnhancer. This compromises the stability of Safari and very often create problems when Apple releases a new version of Safari. GlimmerBlocker is implemented as an http proxy, so the stability of Safari isn’t compromised because it doesn’t use any hacks. It is even compatible with all other browsers.

You’ll always be able to upgrade Safari without breaking GlimmerBlocker (or waiting for a new release); and you’ll be able to upgrade GlimmerBlocker without upgrading Safari. This makes it much easier to use the beta versions of Safari and especially the nightly builds of WebKit. Because GlimmerBlocker doesn’t hack Safari, there is a few things it isn’t able to do: adding a block by right-clicking an image, stopping pop-unders, and filtering cookies from 3rd party sites. But you win a lot in stability, and GlimmerBlocker provides much easier methods for adding your own modifications to pages by adding css rules, pieces of Javascript or by transforming the html before Safari receives it. So I’ll hope you’re happy with the tradeoff.

If you can program in Javascript you’ll be able to add your own modification to pages. See the included filters for examples, e.g. adding a download link to YouTube.

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

DEVELOPER

Vitality ApS

DOWNLOADS

565

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Snow Leopard: Mögliche Veröffentlichung im ersten Quartal 2009

Snow Leopard: Mögliche Veröffentlichung im ersten Quartal 2009: "Apples neueste Raubkatze im Stall ist auf dem Sprung, so viel ist bekannt. Dass Snow Leopard bereits im ersten Quartal 2009 den Cupertino-Käfig verlassen könnte, ließ sich bisher jedoch noch nicht absehen. Auf einer Konferenz hat jetzt Jordan Hubbard von Apple mit einem kleinen Detail in seiner Präsentation allen Grund zur Hoffnung auf ein...

(Via macnews.de Newsticker.)

iPhone zuverlässiger als Blackberry

iPhone zuverlässiger als Blackberry: "Laut einer Studie des SquareTrade ist Apples iPhone deutlich zuverlässiger als sein Konkurrent Blackberry des Herstellers Research in Motion (RIM). So sollen prozentual gesehen etwa doppelt so viele Blackberrys als iPhones im ersten Jahr defekt gewesen sein.

(Via tecCHANNEL|News.)

Warum IBM Mark Papermaster nicht ziehen lassen will

"Papermaster könne eine neue Technologie mit der Bezeichnung 'Racetrack Memory' mit zu Apple nehmen, was gerade für den iPod-Bereich von großem Interesse wäre. Mit Racetrack Memory soll es möglich sein, weitaus mehr Daten auf einem Gerät wie dem iPod unterbringen zu können, zudem wird eine signifikante Steigerung der Akkulaufzeit angestrebt. Anstatt 40.000 Titel in der Hosentasche mitzuführen, sollen mit der neuen Technologie sogar bis zu 500.000 Titel auf einem iPod classic unterzubringen sein. Zwar benötigt niemand unterwegs so viel Musik, doch wäre der iPod dann in der Lage, noch die ganze Filmsammlung und weitere Daten aufzunehmen. Racetrack Memory verwendet den Eletronenspin, um Daten zu speichern. Dies ist der Beschreibung zufolge so effizient, dass ein tragbares Gerät nur alle paar Wochen aufgeladen werden müsste. "

(Via MacTechNews.de.)

TV Movie mit Programmguide auf dem iPhone

TV Movie mit Programmguide auf dem iPhone: "Hamburg - iPhone-Nutzer können ab sofort direkt auf das Fernsehprogramm von TV Movie zugreifen. ..."

(Via DIGITAL FERNSEHEN.)

Espionage 1.1.2 - Encryption app aims to replace FileVault. (Shareware)

Espionage 1.1.2 - Encryption app aims to replace FileVault. (Shareware): "

Espionage 1.1.2

Espionage is a revolutionary application that aims to replace FileVault.

Espionage is the only software that will let you encrypt individual folders and interact with them straight from the Finder! No longer is it necessary to encrypt your entire home folder just to protect your email, or chat histories.

Encrypting data unnecessarily slows your computer down, and for laptop users, can be a drain on battery life. Espionage solves this problem by letting you encrypt only what you want, and it does it while integrating directly with the Finder.

And Espionage takes particular care to integrate well with any backup application.

Just double-click on a folder and enter your password at the prompt to unlock. Right-click on it to re-lock. Folder encryption has never been this easy before.

And for users who just want to put a password on unimportant data without securely encrypting it, such as a folder full of hundreds of videos that they don't want their grandparents to see, Espionage has them covered. While securely encrypting folders is its chief purpose, Espionage can put a password on any folder in a flash without touching its contents.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.1.2:

• NEW: support for encrypting folders over a network mount


• NEW: ability to run Espionage on multiple user accounts


• NEW: you can now rename a folder using 'Locate Missing Folder...'


• FIXED: updated ispyd to remove unnecessary logging


• FIXED: 'Locate Missing Item' menu item in File menu grayed out properly


• FIXED: some issues with non-ASCII characters


• FIXED: moving folder could cause Espionage to lose track of its password


• FIXED: potential hang when locking a non-encrypted folder w/simultaneous access


• IMPROVED: more informative logging


• IMPROVED: restoring folders copies over extended attributes


• IMPROVED: upon restore volume is made visible to improve robustness in case of error


• IMPROVED: upon restore image is appended with date in case of existing image in parent


• IMPROVED: one-shot notification explaining how to securely delete original folder


• IMPROVED: uninstaller now deletes preferences too, resulting in a truly complete uninstall


• IMPROVED: added instructions on how to fix error -1712


• IMPROVED: error handling in installer


• IMPROVED: Espionage won't give annoying redundant error if helper fails during operation


• IMPROVED: more safety checks on what can be encrypted and what can't

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

DEVELOPER

Tao Effect

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473

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Telecom verliert iPhone-Monopol

Telecom verliert iPhone-Monopol: "München - Ab sofort ist das Apple iPhone 3G ohne Vertrag und SIM-Lock mit Gewährleistung für zwei Jahre und mit Kundenservice erhältlich. ..."

(Via DIGITAL FERNSEHEN.)

President-Elect Obama uncovered as Mac user

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(Via MacNN.)

Transmission 1.40 - BitTorrent client. (Free)

Transmission 1.40 - BitTorrent client. (Free): "

Transmission 1.40

Transmission has been built from the ground up to be a lightweight yet powerful BitTorrent client. Its simple, intuitive interface is designed to integrate tightly with whatever computing environment you choose to use. Transmission strikes a balance between providing useful functionality without feature bloat. Furthermore, it is free for anyone to use or modify. Transmission is open source (MIT license).

These days, bandwidth is a precious commodity. Transmission allows you to ration this commodity efficiently. You might want to queue your torrents for maximum performance. Or throttle their speed during peak periods. Transmission easily lets you do both, and thus only works its hardest when you want it to.

Support for Growl notifications and dock badging keep you updated with what's going on so you can get back to doing more important things.

If you are interested in helping out the Transmission project in any way, we encourage you to head over to our development page. The current developers welcome anybody who is interested in implementing new features, documentation, or translations.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.40:

• Tracker communication uses fewer resources
  
• More accurate bandwidth limits
  
• Reduce disk fragmentation by preallocating files
  
• Better stability, security, and performance in the Web UI and RPC server
  
• Support compression when serving Web UI and RPC responses
  
• Simplify the RPC whitelist
  
• Fix bug that prevented handshakes with encrypted BitComet peers
  
• Fix 1.3x bug that could re-download some data unnecessarily
  
• Lazy bitfields
  
• Option to automatically update the blocklist weekly
  
• In the file inspector tab, show progress and size for folders
  
• Scrollbars correctly appear when the main window auto-resizes
  
• Sparkle updated to 1.5b6
  
• The Web Client is now out of beta
  
• Minor display fixes
  
•  On iPhone/iPod touch, launching from the home screen hides the address bar

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4.11 with Security Update 2008-002, 10.5 or later strongly recommended.

DEVELOPER

Transmission Project

DOWNLOADS

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