Macintosh/iPhone software update roundup – July 14, 2009

Macintosh and iPhone/iPod updates and announcements for July 14, 2009:

Macintosh

• app4mac has released the final version of CheckUp 2.5, an innovative tool that allows you to check the health and monitor the behavior of a Mac computer. Built from the ground up with Mac OS X technologies, CheckUp features an amazing user interface. CheckUp is designed to check your disks and memory but also to monitor the usage of CPU, Memory, Disk Drives and Network Adapters in a very visual way. CheckUp works with any Mac with a PowerPC G4, G5 or Intel Processor.
• Geeksuit has announced Client Folder Maker 3.0, a major update to their popular folder creation and management tool for Mac OS X. Client Folder Maker is a simple to use, general purpose folder creation and management tool for the busy desktop publisher, prepress operator or web designer. It allows the user to set up a hierarchy of folders once, then re-create that hierarchy anywhere in the filesystem with just a few clicks from the Finder.
• Ergonis Software has announced the release of SharewarePublisher 1.1, an improved version of their new software submission tool and assistant for Mac OS X. The new version adds a new feature to automatically copy the product’s category from the submission form to the SharewarePublisher database and delivers a number of other improvements and fixes. SharewarePublisher helps to semi-automatically submit software products to leading software listing sites and repositories.
• Insider Software has released Smasher 1.7, its automatic, preventive maintenance utility for Macintosh. New features include support for Adobe CS4, QuarkXPress 8, and Microsoft Office. Smasher works unattended, automatically eliminating corruption of font caches and temporary files, the #1 cause of font-related problems and workflow interruptions. Smasher eliminates common font problems such as garbled text, erroneous font substitutions, fonts not appearing in application menus, and more.
• Softpress Systems has launched version 5.4 of Freeway, its award-winning website design software. This latest update features an extended CSS menu creation tool and an AddThis social bookmarking Action. It also includes several other enhancements and bug fixes. Famous for its ease-of-use and clean standards-compliant code generation, Freeway is the tool of choice for professionals and home Mac users who want total design freedom and prefer to focus on design issues, not on coding.
• Sandvox Web Designs has announced the “4 Corners” design, a brand new design for the popular website creation tool Sandvox. Serving as a professional design with easy to use features. “4 Corners” offers users some new and unique features which make creating their website as easy as possible. 2, 3, or 4 column snippets along with “Boxes” snippets are included to help you get up and running in the shortest amount of time possible.
• Mien Software has released MediaEdit 3.1.6 for the Mac, a consumer-level video editing tool which supports standard painting tools and multiple layers. Designed specifically for moviemakers, amateur photographers and new creative artists, MediaEdit 3 can edit virtually all QuickTime compatible formats. This update improves stability. Built completely from the ground up with the latest video editing technologies. Add video, audio, photo, and text with ease.

iPhone/iPod

• The two brothers behind the PocketMac brand of Macintosh tools, announce RingtoneStudio 2.0 for iPhone, the most powerful, complete, and easy way to create iPhone ringtones. This new version aims to be the “Final Cut” of ringtone creation tools, complete with robust editing tools.
• About Objects has announce da partnership with Northern Technology Institute Leeds to offer iPhone 3.0 developer training in the UK. NTI Leeds will begin immediately to offer the iPhone Development course licensed from About Objects, with the first 3-day class scheduled to run July 20 through July 22, 2009. The class will be held at NTI Leeds headquarters in the Old Broadcasting House in the Civic Quarter, Leeds, UK.
• SintraWorks has announced Metron 1.0, a professional digital metronome for iPhone and iPod Touch. Metron offers a high-precision engine and a bar based sequencer to provide detailed control over tempo settings and time signatures, including accelerandos and ritardandos. Metron also incorporates a tuner that can be calibrated to cent level.
• Readdle has announced an update to Readdle Storage, their iPhone friendly cloud file storage solution, that improves saving email attachments to the service. The update brings support for more types of attachments and fixes several issues with popular email clients. This announcement further extends usage of Readdle Storage combined with ReaddleDocs, Readdle’s popular document and file management solution for the iPhone, for saving email attachment to the iPhone.
• Vogster Entertainment has unveiled a new online destination for fans of their upcoming Robocalypse games. Gamers looking for more information about Robocalypse – Beaver Defense (WiiWare™) and Robocalypse – Mobile Mayhem (iPhone), can visit www.robocalypse.com and discover a wealth of game information, artwork and images from both titles.
• Chillingo has announced Crystal, the social gaming platform for the iPhone, at Develop Conference in Brighton. Crystal will embrace the powerful features of the new iPhone OS 3.0 and provide developers with a fully integrated and transparent framework to include social features in their games. Crystal is iPhone’s answer to Microsoft’s Xbox Live.
• The App Orchard has announced Bon Mot! for iPhone and iPod touch. The main thing that distinguishes Bon Mot! from other word games is that Bon Mot! is super simple to get started with and yet surprisingly sophisticated once you get to know it. Bon Mot! is actually 3 games in one app: Bon Mot!, Spellissimo! and Free Spell.
• Idle Diversions has announced the release of its latest title, Bailout Bucks, for iPhone OS 3.0. Bailout Bucks lets you take a new or existing photo and add it to a high-denomination US Dollar Bill. Bills from 100 Million to 500 Trillion can be customized with a photo and a signature. Each Bailout Buck can be saved or emailed directly from the device.