Tuesday, December 1, 2009

SmartBackup 2.5.2



SmartBackup is the ideal application to perform all kinds of daily backups to harddrives, network sharepoints, webDAV, usb sticks, iPods etc. From a smart efficient document backup to a full bootable backup of MacOSX - SmartBackup is very easy to set up and straightforward.

* very fast and easy to use
* supports bootable backups
* backup/exclude spotlight "saved searches"
* backup presets
* archiving of changed files
* archiving of deleted files
* preserves labels, custom icons and other important metadata
* handles multiple backup sets
* built in restore
* automate with iCal
* included Automator action
* headless (commandline) mode


WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.5.2:

* Improved Snow Leopard support
* Improved 64-Bit support
* Several bugfixes

REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
SIZE: 1.07 MB

Graphic Inspector 1.7




Graphic Inspector provides extensive info on both images and vector graphic files and helps locate potential problems according to user-defined settings.

The program goes through folders of files and display info about the following attributes:

* kind
* size
* color mode
* resolution
* color profile
* dimensions
* spot colors
* fonts in vector files
* spot colors in bitmap and vector files
* EXIF data
* file type and creator

The customizable Checkup Presets will let you quickly spot files with unwanted attributes saving you hours of checking your documents manually and dealing with consequences of costly mistakes. For example, you can make Graphic Inspector warn you about all files whose color mode is RGB, format - JPEG, resolution is below 200 dpi, ICC profile doesn't contain "USWebCoated" etc.

WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.7:

* Image metadata extraction engine is rewritten from ground up. Graphic Inspector now shows the complete EXIF, IPTC and GPS image metadata in a more consistent and organized way. Metadata extraction is now fast and reliable.
* New preferences for the text size in the Files and Metadata tables. The default size is now bigger.
* Compatibility with Snow Leopard.
* Several minor bugs fixed.
* Some interface improvements.

REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4.2 or later.
SIZE: 2.22 MB

EarthDesk 5.1.1



EarthDesk replaces your static desktop picture with a rendered image of Earth showing correct sun, moon and city illumination.

With an internet connection, EarthDesk displays real-time global cloud cover, allowing users to track hurricanes and typhoons, or simply admire our beautiful planet. User options allow you to adjust the overall transparency of the cloud layer.

* Eleven different projections.
* Political, enhanced satellite and natural maps.
* Zoom from 50% to 400%.
* City lights appear at night.
* Atlas contains 10,000 cities.

EarthDesk gives you numerous options for configuring the map images placed on your desktop.

EarthDesk fully supports multiple displays and uses very little processor resources, running silently in the background. Universal Binary too!

WHAT'S NEW

Version 5.1.1:

* Fixed a bug that displayed a corrupt cloud image, instead of re-downloading a fresh copy of the image.

REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
SIZE: 20.38 MB