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Jumsoft Team releases Money 3.3 – Personal and Small-Business Accounting

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Vilnius, Lithuania – Jumsoft today released Money 3.3, an update to their personal and small-business accounting application for Mac OS X. With emphasis placed on ease-of-use, Money includes features such as an excellent budget planner, personalized invoices and reports, detailed graphs, inventory list control, stock portfolio, and much more.

Money 3.3 includes new and user friendly options previously unseen. Version 3.3 adds Italian and Dutch localizations, improved German and French localizations, fixed approximately 30 bugs, and an existing invoice creation tool – Invoice Templates Editor – was directly integrated.

“We are proud that so many Money users gave us such wonderful suggestions for desired for new options and more; some users are ready to help us implement these new innovations,”- says Algirdas Unguvaitis, the General Manager of Jumsoft. “And here is the result – Invoice Templates Editor imported in Money 3.3. Thank you to everyone who did not hesitate to give us their feedback.”

Now users can create as many invoice templates as they need and use them again and again. They are able to input only the desired records, change default fonts, colors, paper sizes, table styles, and more to satisfy their individual needs. Invoice Templates Editor allows everyone to feel totally free while preparing invoices, and adapting them to their own style to use as a template for future invoices.

“It is the best option to save users’ time and to reveal their creativity. That is why I would say that Money 3.3 is not just a user friendly accounting application, now it replaces two programs – accounting application and invoice template creation,”- says Algirdas Unguvaitis.

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.5 Leopard or later
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* 38.6 MB Hard Drive space
* Internet connection

Pricing and Availability:
Money 3.3 is already available for download for only $39 (USD) and a free update for current Money 3 users. A fully functional 15 day demo is available.

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Based in scenic Vilnius, Lithuania, Jumsoft is a privately funded company founded in 2002. Committed to providing the highest quality software, Jumsoft is a dedicated group of Apple Macintosh experts whose goal is creating and marketing exciting, easy-to-use and powerful applications for the Mac Platform. Jumsoft most recently focused its attention on maximizing the potential of Apple’s iWork, quickly becoming the leading provider of Keynote themes and objects. Copyright 2002-2009 Jumsoft. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Tags: Apple, Apple Computer, Mac OS X, Mac OS X v10.5, PowerPC, Universal Binary, US, USD

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 iPhone Hacks, Tips and Tricks Comments Off

MacMation Releases TimeBoxed 1.1.1 – The First Timer To Get Things Done

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Paris, France – MacMation, a new company based in Paris, France, releases TimeBoxed. TimeBoxed is a timer for Mac OS X. It’s the first timer that helps you get things done, by not disturbing you by updating the text of remaining text each passing second. It’s the first timer that does not display the elapsed time as text, and let the user focus on its real work.

TimeBoxed supports hours, minutes and seconds. It has a very light user interface. TimeBoxed progress bar is usually green, turns orange when your time is almost up and red when the time is up. The alerts to notify that time is up are highly configurable.

Configurable Alerts:
* Progress bar color changes
* Window animates resizing up and down
* Bouce dock icon
* Screen flash
* Growl message
* Sound alerts
* Speech messages
* Window staying on top of every applications

The timer can be controled via the main window, the menu bar (with keyboard shortcuts for every main commands) or the dock icon menu. TimeBoxed is AppleScriptable: it can be completely automated, by writing scripts or downloading scripts shared by other users. A lot of features have been developed and then discarded, favoring simplicity. Details have been polished.

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

Pricing and Availability:
TimeBoxed is priced at 14.99 euros ($19.99 USD). It is availabile as a free 21 day trial period. Only days where the application is launched are counted from the trial period.

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Located in Paris, France, MacMation was founded in 2009 by Guillaume Cerquant. MacMation is a company dedicated to developing excellent software for Mac OS X. MacMation strives to make state-of-the-art applications that help users get more done, in a more pleasant way. Automation of tasks can allow them to focus on what really matters to you, whatever that is: be more productive, more creative, or simply enjoying your free time. “MacMation – Automate your Mac. Focus on what matters.” All Material and Software (C) 2009 MacMation / All Rights Reserved. Apple, and the Apple logo are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Tags: Apple, Apple Computer, Mac OS X, Mac OS X v10.5, Paris, PowerPC, Universal Binary, User interface

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 iPhone Hacks, Tips and Tricks Comments Off

unmarked software Celebrates 11 Years With a New Release and a Promotion

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Vancouver, Washington – unmarked software celebrates its 11th anniversary with the release of TextSoap 6.2, an update to their award winning text processing utility for Mac OS X. The help celebrate, company is offering a promotion for new purchases and upgrades. The promotion runs through April 25, 2009.

TextSoap 6.2 adds a new cleaner: “Smarten Quotes in HTML Text”. Moving beyond standard smarten quotes, the new cleaner only converts quotes in the text portion of HTML files, leaving quotes within HTML tags unchanged. TextSoap 6.2 includes a new Entourage 2008 Script for better integration with Entourage 2008. Users install the script via the Plugin preferences. It uses a new fully keyboard-driven popup window to help select cleaners.

The new release also addresses a number of customer related issues and requests, including BBEdit palette improvements, an additional scripting command, and more.

The release of TextSoap 6.2 helps mark 11 years of TextSoap text cleaning. “I am pleased that TextSoap 6 maintains the one-click text cleaning approach found in version 1.0, even as it gains powerful new functionality,” said Mark Munz, President of unmarked software. Customers can use the coupon code: “HAPPY11″ to receive an $11 discount on full product orders, bringing the starting price point for TextSoap 6 to $28.95 for a single license.

And existing customers looking to upgrade can use the coupon code: “HAPPY11U” to receive an 11% discount to upgrade orders, with the upgrade price starting at $22.21. The birthday promotion runs through April 25, 2009.

Supported Languages:
* US English

System Requirements:
* Requires Mac OS X v10.5 or later
* Universal Binary: Works great on both Intel and PowerPC
* 14 MB hard Drive space

Take total control of text and its style. Whether it is Mail, AppleWorks, BBEdit, or TextEdit, TextSoap provides integration options such as Services Menu support, Shortcut Menu and Application plug-ins. With a single menu selection TextSoap 6 brings unique processing power to users from within their favorite application.

Pricing and Availability:
TextSoap 6 is available now directly from unmarked software. Pricing for new customers starts at $39.95 (USD). Upgrades for TextSoap 4 and 5 users are $24.95 (USD). TextSoap 6.2 is a free update for existing TextSoap 6 customers.

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Based in Vancouver, Washington, unmarked software is a privately-held company founded in 1998 by President and CEO, Mark Munz. As a commercial software developer since 1988, Mark’s experience lead him to evangelize the Mac platform with the release of the company’s flagship product, TextSoap. TextSoap has received numerous accolades from press and users around the world. Copyright 1998 – 2008 unmarked Software. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Tags: Apple, Apple Computer, AppleWorks, Mac OS X, Mac OS X v10.5, TextSoap 4, TextSoap 6, Universal Binary

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 iPhone Hacks, Tips and Tricks Comments Off

Vela Design Group releases VelaClock Deluxe 2.1.12 and VelaClock 2.1.12

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Berkeley, California – Vela Design Group announces VelaClock Deluxe 2.1.12 and VelaClock 2.1.12, Dashboard widgets. VelaClock Deluxe 2.1.12 is currently ranked 23 in Apple’s Top 50 Dashboard Widgets list out of over 4000 widgets. For current customers, both versions are a free update. Users of the standard version of VelaClock may upgrade to the Deluxe version for $6.00.

VelaClock is a world clock widget with a highly configurable user interface. Users can quickly display the time of sunrise, sunset, or twilight, duration of daylight, moonrise, moonset, phase of moon, time zone information and more. VelaClock users include people that communicate locally and internationally (phone, email, iChat), photographers (seeking twilight times), outdoor enthusiasts and people interested in the moon and astronomy.

What’s new for version 2.1.12:
* Updated Daylight Saving Time rules for Gaza, Syria, and Tunisia.

VelaClock Deluxe has all the features of VelaClock, plus:

1. Add user-defined places: defining and adding places allows cities that are not already built into VelaClock to be included. Any latitude and longitude will work; a GPS can be used to enter your current location. This feature provides accurate times for sunrise, sunset, twilight, moonrise and moonset for any location one enters.

2. Change the current date: changing the current date provides the ability to view information for any day in the past or future (from 1932 to 2030). Daylight Saving Time rules are up-to-date and historically accurate. This feature allows one to determine sunrise, sunset and twilight times for days in the past or future. Additionally, one can determine moonrise and moonset times as well as phase for any day. This is great for photography and outdoor activities.

Description for VelaClock Deluxe and VelaClock:

The interface of VelaClock can easily be configured to use a minimum amount of screen space or if the user wishes, more detailed information about the currently selected city can be displayed. The top pane of VelaClock displays a list of cities and corresponding local times. Multiple lower panes can be opened to display more information and take up more screen space (each pane has a full and a minimized version):

1. A light level bar that gives the user a picture of the 24 hours of natural light (bright daylight, three kinds of twilight and night) for the current day. A thin white bar indicates when the moon is visible. Daylight duration and the change in minutes of daylight from the previous day are also displayed.

2. Specific times for sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset. Begin/end times for civil twilight, nautical twilight, and astronomical twilight can also be displayed.

3. An image of the moon as seen in the sky above the currently selected city. This image accurately depicts the angle of the moon’s crescent. Because this angle can change dramatically within the span of an hour, it is updated once a minute, as is the moon’s phase. This view also contains the name of the current phase, as well as local times for the next and previous phase events (new, quarter, full).

4. An analog clock and detailed time zone information, including full time zone name and the number of hours the selected city is ahead or behind the user’s current time zone (as set in System Preferences). The current season name (winter, etc.) is also displayed.

5. Deluxe version only: A Change Date pane that provides the ability to view information (sunrise time, etc.) for any day in the past or future (from 1932 to 2030).

VelaClock has been an Apple Staff Favorite many times in the past, and frequently appears in Apple’s Top 50 widgets list. In the February 2006 issue of Macworld, VelaClock 1.4 was reviewed in Dan Frakes’ Mac Gems column and received a four-mice rating. In issue 123 of DG magazine, VelaClock 1.4 received a favorable review in John Feld’s Graphics Report column. VelaClock 1.0 was released on the same day that Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger” was released, April 29, 2005. Since that day, VelaClock has progressively improved with more than ten updates.

No Internet connection is required. VelaClock is a unique widget in that it is completely self-contained. Many widgets are lightweight front-ends to web services; such widgets require an Internet connection. By contrast, VelaClock is designed to function without an Internet connection, and so is particularly useful for laptop users away from their home or office. Astronomical calculations are performed by an internal code module. VelaClock was designed specifically for Mac OS X users and was built using the Apple Xcode toolset. VelaClock requires Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger or newer. It is fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

Pricing and Availability:
VelaClock Deluxe is priced at $15.95 (USD). VelaClock Deluxe Household, for up to 5 computers within a single household, is priced at $23.95. VelaClock (standard version) is priced at $9.95. Existing VelaClock users may upgrade to the Deluxe version for $6.00.

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Vela Design Group’s first world clock with a compact and highly user configurable interface was the VelaClock Dashboard widget, released on April 29, 2005 when Mac OS X 10.4 was introduced. After almost four years on the market, the VelaClock widget continues to appear frequently in Apple’s Top 50 widgets list and has users in over 80 countries. Vela Design Group is based in Berkeley, California.

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Friday, April 10th, 2009 iPhone Hacks, Tips and Tricks Comments Off

Hyperbolic Software releases Tidy Up! 2: Duplicate Finder & Disk Tidying

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Burolo, Italy – Mac applications publisher Hyperbolic Software has announced the release of Tidy Up! 2, the latest version of the company’s award-winning duplicate finder and disk tidying utility. For a limited time, the regular price of $39 (USD) is being reduced to $30.

Tidy Up! has become a must-have utility for Mac owners seeking to reclaim disk space being taken up by duplicate files and packages. Employing a fast search algorithm that quickly scans any mounted drive volumes (hard drives, optical discs and portable drives) without writing an index, Tidy Up! locates duplicate items using a wide range of criteria including: owner application, time created or modified, name, label, extension and content. Tidy Up! also offers the capability to scan the databases of popular Apple applications such as iPhoto, Aperture, iTunes and Mail. Tidy Up! makes use of “Smart Baskets” for quick and easy organization of found items, with the ability to trash, move or archive duplicates, as well as the option to export a list of found items as HTML or text files.

Version 2 of Tidy Up! introduces nearly 50 new features to this already comprehensive tool. Among the key improvements are:

* A new Basic Search mode with over 90 predefined search types
* EXIF information supported through new search criteria and Smart Basket criteria
* The ability to exclude any supported applications (iTunes, iPhoto, Aperture and Mail) from the search, allowing for identification of items not included in their databases
* Smart Basket capability to identify items belonging to a particular album, playlist or mailbox
* Moved and trashed items may now be replaced with an alias or symbolic link
* A new and improved interface, including additional information displayed when selecting a found item
* New user manual

Pricing and Availability:
Version 2 of Tidy Up! requires OSX 10.5 or greater; for machines running earlier versions of Tiger and Leopard, Tidy Up! versions 1.2.11 and 1.4.10 are still available. For a limited time, Tidy Up! 2 can be purchased for $30 instead of the regular $39; users of Tidy Up! version 1.x can upgrade for $20.

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Hyperbolic Software has been creating award-winning software exclusively for the Macintosh since 1996. In addition to Tidy Up! the company publishes MacGizmo, Smart Trash, iTunes Dupe Barrier, Maigret and Doublet Scan (the Mac Classic only predecessor to Tidy Up!). Products may be purchased online.