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Utilities Updates: Shockwave; Smart Scroll; Wapp pro; Drag'nBack; more

Shockwave 7.0.3 Player Beta is available. "The purpose of the Shockwave 7.0.3 Player release is to remove the remote, simplify things for end users, and fix bugs involving America Online and Internet Explorer Macintosh. (Thanks, MacFixIt editor Catherine Kunicki.)

Smart Scroll 3.6b2 is the Mac OS 9 compatible version of this popular scroll-bar enhancing utility. It also allows adjusting Scrolling Speed to user-selected rates, for comfortable scrolling on all Mac models.

MacArmyKnife 1.6 is out. It adds a Dashboard window, so you can get access to most all MAK options with one click.… Read more

Utilities Updates: Anarchie, YER, Nine 11; more

Anarchie 3.7 is the latest update to this popular "Internet engine" and ftp client. It includes a a new Watch menu that allows you to do low-level networking functions including getting a report on the current state of your Internet stack, and getting a list of the current connections your Macintosh has with the Internet. It also includes Ping, Trace Route, TCP test and Lookup Domain Name functions. [The new features makes Mac TCP Watcher redundant and it will be "recalled" soon.]

YER 1.1 is the latest version of this utility that provides explanations … Read more

Utilities Updates: DoubletScan; FoldersSynchronizer; Voodoo; more

Doublet Scan 2.5 finds all the duplicate files on your hard disks.

AutoDelete 1.3.1 is the latest update to this utility that "deletes unnecessary reoccurring files, mainly Internet browser's cache files."

AutoTextTyper 1.1 is an update to this just-released "contextual menu plugin that lets you quickly and easily add commonly used text, such as email addresses, web sites, addresses, company names, signatures, form letters, and more, to a list of items in a contextual menu." Preferences are now scrambled to protect sensitive information. A few other features have been added.

FoldersSynchronizer 1.7.5 … Read more

Utilities Updates: Norton Utilities; Rebound; ROAM; more

Symantec Norton Utilities 5.0.2 has been posted for direct download, bypassing the need to use LiveUpdate. [A 5.0.2 bootable CD is not yet available; expect it within a few weeks.]

The Tilery 4.1 is the latest update to this desktop launcher application. The update features improved tile placement: The Tilery now remembers your tile layouts at different screen sizes and monitor resolutions. It also has a new "Select New Original" command which allows tiles to be retargeted. There are also numerous bug fixes.

StyleScript 4.0.2 is the latest version of this … Read more

Utilities Updates: Align Icons; clipEdit; SCSIProbe; more

Align Icons 1.0 is new Mac OS 9 contextual menu plug-in that gives a needed boost to the Finder's Clean Up option. In some cases, I want to clean up only a subset of the icons in a folder - to avoid the Finder moving ones that I want to stay put. Unfortunately, with the Finder, it is all or none. Align Icons comes to the rescue. [We have added it to our Download Library.]

clipEdit 1.6 is the latest update to this utility that allows you to create and edit Text, Picture, and URL clippings files. … Read more

Utilities Updates: eMerge; Timbuktu; SoftRAID

eMerge 1.6.2b8 is a bugfix update to this email merge utility.

Timbuktu Pro 5.2.2 and Timbuktu HouseCall 5.2.2 are now available.

JChecker 2.0.2 is another utility for cleaning and compacting HTML.

As predicted yesterday, ListenDo! 1.1 has been released.

SoftRAID 2.2.1 is out. It now correctly renegotiates sync and wide transfer modes when a PowerMac G4 is brought out of sleep. It also limits the number of concurrent i/o requests to provide compatibility with the PowerMac G4 computers when used with the ATTO UL2D SCSI card. As with … Read more

Utilities Updates: Open Files Count; Power Windows; InstallerMaker; more

Open Files Count 2.0 is a Control Strip Module that tells you how many files you currently have open. This new version has been updated to work with Mac OS 9's increased maximum open file limit of 8169.

Power Windows 2.0.7 is a control panel that lets you drag entire windows instead of just dotted outlines. Version 2.0.7 fixes a problem using translucent dragging with Sherlock 2 windows under Mac OS 9.

FoldersSynchronizer 1.7 is the latest version of this utility that does what its name suggests.

Web Devil 4.8.1 is … Read more

Utilities Updates: NewsWatcher; MACh Speed Control; Street Atlas; more

MT-NewsWatcher 3.0 is the latest version of this newsreader utility.

XLR8 MACh Speed Control 1.4.2 is out.

Street Atlas USA 6.0 has been updated for the Mac. It gives you full access to the latest man-made and geographic detail for the entire United States on two CD-ROMs.

DVD Player patch 1.3 makes it possible to view DVD-Videos with Adaptec DirectCD or Adaptec's free UDF Volume Access. This updated version can now also patch Apple's new DVD Player v2.0, which comes with the new Macs, such as G4 and iMac DVD.

Y2K Software Audit 1.34 … Read more

Utilities Updates: Startup Doubler; Nine 11; A Better Finder Rename; more

Startup Doubler 2.5.2 has been released. It fixes a bug which caused versions 2.5 and 2.5.1 to sometimes crash at the end of startup. Minor other improvements are also included.

Nine 11 1.2 is now available. It's the latest update to this utility for bypassing 119 errors in Mac OS 9 (a potentially dangerous thing to do).

A Better Finder Rename 2.7 has been released. This new release adds a "strip vowels" feature which removes all vowels from a file name in the manner popular with Linux users. The "… Read more