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Ekero, Sweden – Maintain is proud to announce the release of Cocktail 4.2 (Tiger Edition). Cocktail 4.2 (Tiger Edition) is the latest version of Cocktail for users running Mac OS X 10.4. It adds new features, fixes, optimizations and other improvements:

* Added ability to search and delete corrupted preference files
* Added a searchable database of Mac OS system error codes
* Added a list of commonly used network ports
* Added support for Flock web browser
* New “Use expanded Save dialogs by default” setting (Interface – General)
* New “Always show tab bar” setting (Interface – Safari)
* New “Disable form modification warning on close” setting (Interface – Safari)
* New “Open new windows in new tabs” setting (Interface – Safari)
* New “Disable Genre column in iTunes browser” setting (Interface – Misc)
* New “Disable iTunes Store arrow links in iTunes” setting (Interface – Misc)
* Many under-the-hood optimizations for faster and more reliable performance
* Resolves an issue in which the uninstaller may fail to reset UDP settings to their default values
* Addresses compatibility issues with FAT32 volumes
* Addresses an issue in which improper permissions were applied to the Secure log (/var/log/secure.log) by the Weekly script
* Major improvements in Adobe font cache clearance
* Address an issue in which font server may not be restarted during clearing of the font caches
* Safari history files in ~/Library/Caches/Metadata/Safari/History directory are now properly cleared
* Addresses miscellaneous compatibility issues with Firefox 3
* Improvements on the clear log files procedure
* Other minor bug fixes
* Interface improvements
* Updated Automator actions
* Updated Help files

The update is strongly recommended for all users of Cocktail (Tiger Edition).

Cocktail 4.2 (Tiger Edition) is distributed as a Universal Binary and runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. Cocktail 4.2 (Tiger Edition) requires Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server 10.4 – 10.4.11 and is tested for compatibility with Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server 10.4.11.

Cocktail 4.2 (Leopard Edition) for Mac OS X 10.5.x and Cocktail 3.7 (Panther Edition) for Mac OS X 10.3.x are available for download from our website.

Cocktail is an award winning general purpose utility for Mac OS X. It is a smooth and powerful digital toolset with a variety of practical features that simplifies the use of advanced UNIX functions and helps hundreds of thousands of Mac users around the world to get the most out of their computers.

The application serves up a scrumptious mix of maintenance tools and interface tweaks, all accessible via a comprehensive graphical interface. Most of Cocktail’s major features are arranged in five basic categories. In addition, a Pilot lets you clean, repair and optimize your system with the click of a button.

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Maintain develops tailored applications for Mac users. We work towards creating technical solutions which maintain your computer and make it as efficient and easy to use as possible. In addition, we offer comprehensive consultancy and support services which cover everything from operation of existing systems to purchase and implementation of new technical solutions. Copyright 2008 Maintain. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Los Angeles, USA – Macvide has announced VideoFlash Converter 1.9, their video to Flash conversion utility for Mac OS X. Developed specifically for Mac users, VideoFlash Converter allows conversion of QuickTime compatible video to Adobe (Macromedia) Flash SWF and FLV files. The most popular formats are supported, including AVI, WMV, MOV, MPG, ASF, DivX and more.

VideoFlash Converter offers an easy-to-use interface that guides the user through the conversion process. The application automatically provides ideal default settings, as well as offers the flexibility to crop video, set duration, adjust quality, and control many other audio/video preferences.

New in version 1.9:
* Bitrate Calculator Included, now user able to set aproximated output file size.

Feature highlights include:
* Convert all popular video formats, including AVI, WMV, MOV, MPG, ASF, and DivX
* Choose between FLV or SWF output formats
* Modify resolution, frame rate, video and audio bit rates, width, and height for particular needs
* Crop videos to remove black sides
* Preview your video from the first to final frame using Rangebar
* Compatible with PowerPC G4 or G5 and Intel Core 2 processors
* Easy to use

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.4 Tiger or 10.5 Leopard
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* 12.6 MB Hard Drive space

Pricing and Availability:
VideoFlash Converter 1.8 is available for only $39.95 (USD) for a Single License, and may be downloaded directly from the Macvide website.

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Located in historic St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Intelus, Ltd. is a privately funded company founded in 2002. Leveraging their longtime experience in the video industry, Intelus’ goal is to develop best-of-breed tools for the Mac platform, and lead to the creation of Macvide. Copyright 2002-2008 Intelus, Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries. Flash, the Flash Logo and Macromedia are registered trademarks of Adobe Inc.

Los Angeles, CA – app4mac today released CheckUp 1.2.1, a new update to the innovative tool that allows you to check the health and monitor the behavior of a Mac computer (even from a remote computer). Built from the ground up with Mac OS X technologies, CheckUp features an amazing user interface. CheckUp works with any Mac with a PowerPC G4, G5 or Intel Processor.

CheckUp is first designed to monitor the usage of CPU, Memory, Disk Drives and Network Adapters. You can display detailed information about all running processes and pause or terminate these at any time. By adding rules that will be triggered when certain conditions are met for a specified resource on the computer, you can receive visual notifications.

For example, CheckUp can alert you when a certain resource exceeds a certain value or when a hard drive seems to have hardware failures, even when the application is not opened (thanks to an innovative background process and the use of S.M.A.R.T technology). CheckUp can also help you to determine if your computer is able to run Mac OS X Leopard or determine if your computer have enough memory to run all your Applications at the same time.

The graphical user interface is designed with a top priority on high usability in mind. Unlike other competing products it takes a very short time to setup your environment. CheckUp is lightning-fast on the latest Intel-based Macs. One of the most innovative feature of CheckUp is the ability to monitor a Mac on a network or via internet. It’s a powerful feature for IT administrators interested to check a remote computer or a remote server.

New with version 1.2.1 :
* full support of the New MacBook
* full support of the New MacBook pro
* problem fixed for customers using a firewall

Planned for version 2.0 :
* full test of the memory installed on your Mac
* full detection of duplicates files on your Mac
* updated wifi-detector
* updated user interface
* more than 100 new features

Version 2.0 is planned before the end of this year and will be a free upgrade for current customers. Actual customers can receive a beta version of the version 2.0.

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app4mac is a company created in 2001 with the goal of providing innovative applications for Mac OS X. We take great pleasure building Mac products. We are committed to creating quality software that will make the Mac even more user-friendly. Copyright 2001-2008 app4mac. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg – publicspace.net is proud to announce version A Better Finder Attributes 4.8. Version 4.8 adds to its plethora of file and digital camera date and time manipulation features, by adding the ability to remove file creation and modification dates. The new version also features improved preview and error handling.

A Better Finder Attributes has long been known to post-production and digital media producers for its ability to change Finder attributes, such as file creation and modification dates.

A Better Finder Attributes can be used as a stand-alone application, dragging & dropping files onto the application icon or directly into the file list window. Alternatively you can use it straight from the Finder using either the contextual menu or the command-control-A hot key combination.

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatible
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel

Recent releases have brought it to a larger audience of digital photography amateurs and professionals by adding the ability to batch adjust the Exchangeable Image File (EXIF) time and date that JPEG pictures were shot to compensate for time zone errors or incorrectly set camera clocks.

Pricing and Availability:
A Better Finder Attributes remains priced at $14.95 (USD). Family, Business and Enterprise Licensing is available.

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publicspace.net was founded by Frank Reiff in 1996 with the aim of producing affordable best-of-breed software for the Macintosh. In the past decade, our A Better Finder series of file utilities and our MacBreakZ personal ergonomic assistant have become familiar fixtures of the Macintosh community. publicspace.net is also active in the Windows software market.

Queen Creek, Arizona – Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Infusions of Grandeur is proud to announce Giftory 3.0, an update to their gift buying and tracking utility for Mac OS X. Perfect for the Christmas season, Giftory helps keep track of gift giving and receiving for multiple people, on multiple occasions, over a period of years.

Giftory lets users set up a group of people, easily categorize them, and create lists of gifts exchanged between them, as well as sort and prioritize the gifts in a variety of ways. Easily manage all sorts of gift exchanges, as well as plan and budget for gifts that have yet to be purchased.

Users may easily set budgets for different occasions as well as set spending limits for individual people. Giftory will faithfully maintain each gift’s associations and information, such as where it was purchased, how much it cost and where it is hidden. This feature makes Giftory particularly suited for early shoppers.

Version 3.0 offers a number of new and/or enhanced features, including:
* Budgeting
* Online shopping integration with Amazon, eBay and Yahoo Shopping
* Support for creating wish lists
* Integration with .Mac/MobileMe
* A free iPhone app that lets anyone read published wish lists from .Mac/MobileMe accounts
* Ability to sort people into different groups
* Improved purchased and unpurchased gift price totaling
* Drag-n-Drop customization of gift lists
* Full Undo/Redo support
* Improved customizable multiple person view for side-by-side comparisons

Giftory is integrated with Yahoo Shopping, eBay and Amazon, so users may search for gifts, as well as initiate purchases, directly from within the application. Giftory also helps users create wish lists for gifts they wish to receive. Easily publish gift lists for friends and family members to see, either to the local computer or to a MobileMe (.Mac) account. A free iPhone app is available, pending release on the iTunes App Store, that lets any iPhone user view the wish list of any Giftory user who has published their wish list to their MobileMe (.Mac) account.

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.4 or later
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* 7.4 MB Hard Drive space
* MobileMe (.Mac) account (required for online publication of wish lists, iPhone integration)
* Internet connection (required for online shopping, online publication of wish lists, iPhone integration)

Pricing and Availability:
Giftory 3.0 is immediately available for only $19.95 (USD). Except for saving files, Giftory works as an unrestricted demo until such time as it is unlocked with a purchased registration code.

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Located in sunny Queen Creek, Arizona, Infusions of Grandeur is a privately held company founded in 2007 by Eric Crichlow, a ten year vet in Mac development. Copyright 2003-2008 Infusions of Grandeur. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

San Marcos, Texas – App Cubby is proud to introduce Gas Cubby 1.0, their gas mileage and vehicle maintenance app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Whether a hyper-miler or just need a reminder to change the oil, Gas Cubby will save money and help keep any vehicle operating at its peak. Featuring easy-to-use service reminders and beautiful, full-screen charts, it’s the ultimate tool for tracking gas mileage and vehicle maintenance. Keeping tabs on your vehicle has never been so easy.

With a focus on ease-of-use, Gas Cubby supports multiple vehicles, and offers excellent charts for miles-per-gallon (MPG), gas price, gas expenses, as well as service expenses. Advanced searching and filtering allow for in depth analysis and will automatically generate new charts based on the filtered data. Users may store vehicle data, such as VIN, license plate, and insurance policy. Among Gas Cubby’s most helpful features are its customizable service reminders.

Data fields can be turned on an off, allowing the user to enter as much or as little information as necessary. Customizable tags allow grouping or categorization of records. If further visualization or analysis is needed, a few quick taps will create an Excel-compatible (CSV) report. Once a report has been generated, it can be emailed to anyone as an attachment using App Cubby’s secure, custom mail service.

Feature highlights include:
* Tracks gas mileage and vehicle maintenance
* Charts: MPG, gas price, gas expenses, service expenses
* Charts update as data is filtered
* Customizable service reminders
* Supports multiple vehicles
* Store vehicle data: VIN, License Plate, and Insurance Policy
* Turn data fields on and off
* Excel compatible email reports (CSV attachment)
* Easily search, sort, and filter records
* Customizable tags
* Number Pad or Odometer style entry
* If data entry is interrupted by a phone call, the data will be stored and retrieved on next launch

Minimum Requirements:
iPhone or iPod Touch 2.1 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Gas Cubby 1.0 for iPhone is only $4.99 (USD) and available exclusively through Apple’s App Store.

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Headquartered in beautiful San Marcos, Texas, The Application Cubby LLC is a privately funded company founded in 2008 by David Barnard. By assembling an exceptional team with a strong blend of design and development skills, App Cubby’s passion is to craft elegant, easy-to-use applications for the iPhone. Copyright 2008 The Application Cubby LLC. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Orlando, FL – Elixir is proud to present its latest theme, Candy. Candy is a highly flexible, super stylish RapidWeaver theme, with a gooey, tasty center. OK, maybe it doesn’t have a gooey center, but it is perfect for creating a website for a small business, portfolio, blog, photo album and more.

Candy features the following theme variation options:

* 38 theme header options: Those 38 choices include the ability to use the RapidWeaver color picker, professionally designed stock headers and 10 blank header slots for use with RWmultitool or for using your own headers.

* Ability to place sidebar on left- or right-hand side of site. Also features alternate display styles for these two choices as well as the ability to place the sidebar in the footer of the site.

* The content area for the Candy theme is 850px with the sidebar hidden and is 600 px with the sidebar placed on either the right- or left-hand side.

* The menu for the Candy theme is a horizontal navigation setup, located just below the header area.

* We offer various different headers that you can use with Candy’s blank expansion slots. Instructions are included on their use in their download.

Minimum Requirements:
* Candy can be used in RapidWeaver 3.6 and above. This includes the latest version of RapidWeaver: 4.2.

In addition to the new theme launch we have also completed a large overhaul of our site, not only updating the look and feel, but also improving and adding to its content. We’ve added new sections to the site, including an improved Help Desk as well as a new Extras section. The Extras include new Collage 2 and Carousel styles, as well as wallpapers for the Mac and iPhone.

In addition to the Extras we’ve also introduced a portfolio page, showcasing a few of our custom projects. As a plus we’ve also made one of our original, classic themes a free download for all users, and have also made our Accordion extras free of charge. We’ve simply added too much to the site to mention it all here, whether it is just a case of refining a page, giving more description, or just adding new icons to a page. Enjoy the new site. Share it with all of your friends, whether they’re RapidWeaver users or not.

Pricing and Availability:
The Candy theme is only $12.95 (USD), and newsletter subscribers receive a discount. Accompanying the new theme release is also a major update to the Elixir site as well as the addition of many new extras.

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Elixir is a graphics company located in sunny Orlando, Fl. Elixir consists of a staff of, well, just one. Adam Shiver. Adam is a self-taught designer with over 10 years of professional experience. He has created a variety of award-winning media during his career including website design, newspaper graphics and layout, icons, online graphics and other print projects. Adam loves coffee and episodes of The Office. If you really want to bribe him, you can get him Amazing Spider-Man comics or something Apple. We offer affordable RapidWeaver themes for a site that’s easy to maintain and graphics extras like icon sets and header images to snazzy them up. If you’re in need of custom design, including Websites, Identity, Branding and special graphics, well, we do that too. We welcome you to click around and see what catches your eye. Also, check out our blog for product updates and much more.