Here is a roundup of what Omni brought to demo at Macworld:

New Apps

Omni Outliner launched last spring after Macworld, and brought the same level of simplicity and power for outlining that desktop Omni users have enjoyed for years. Outliner takes a spreadsheet-style view of outlines, with two fixed default columns on the left: indentation/level info in the lefthand column, and then flexible columns that can be changed, reordered, and used to track rich info such as hyperlinks or images.  As on the desktop, the interface is spare and puts the focus firmly on content.

New for MacWorld 2012 is the iPad version of Omni Plan, Omni’s project management and scheduling tool. With no version of Microsoft Project available for Mac or iPad, Omni Plan is one of the best options for managing and scheduling projects for Apple-using business folks. The Omni Plan interface provides a lightweight outline-based task scheduling view which allows for quick building of a project plan. Capabilities include task scheduling, resource leveling, task-dependency setting, and outline or Gannt view.

Mirroring the Mac version, Omni Plan for iPad also contains collaborative features, including the ability to store project plans on a WebDAV server and the ability to track changes and approve/reject them as a team. To facilitate the iPad’s unique multitouch abilities and more limited screen real estate, Plan for iPad’s interface is completely multitouch enabled. Tasks in Gannt view are tappable anddraggable to change task length, inspector panes from the desktop version show up as popover menus for full feature parity with the desktop version, and best of all the interface zooms intelligently. When zooming, the app ensures that text scales so no matter how far out you zoom, task descriptions are still readable (MS Project users will rejoice, as that app makes everything too small to read no matter what zoom level is set).

APP UPDATES

While not new, the remaining Omni apps—including Graffle, Focus, GraphSketcher, and Sketch—are all being updated for 2012. New features include enhanced collaboration/document management features driven by iCloud and WebDAV integration. Rather than a CoverFlow-style interface showing one doc at a time, the new grid layout allows for easier access to multiple documents, while synchronization ensures the latest versions of documents are pushed from iCloud or read from the WebDAV server. Future releases will bring real-time updating, so changes on one iCloud-connected device will automatically appear on all other devices running an Omni app.

Other new announcements at Macworld include an icon refresh for the entire family of apps to present a unified look and feel (each app features a silhouette depicting the app’s purpose against a solid color background pulled from the rainbow—they look quite nice grouped together in an iOS folder). Omni Focus on the iPad is also informing an interface refresh for the desktop version, as the iOS app’s simplicity makes the desktop version’s interface seem cluttered. Siri support is also coming to the apps, so reminders can be added to Omni Focus by utilizing Siri’s scheduling capabilities; Focus is even smart enough to copy over Reminders from the built-in app and then delete the duplicate so you do not receive multiple reminders.

To check out Omni’s 2012 lineup, visit www.omnigroup.com.

ConceptDraw Office is composed of ConceptDraw MINDMAP v7, ConceptDraw PROJECT v6, and ConceptDraw PRO v9. The three products utilize CS Odessa’s sophisticated INGYRE2 technology to deliver powerful integration features that streamline everyday workflows and unlock creativity.

Given Apple’s growing share of the business computing market, CS Odessa felt that now is the time for ConceptDraw to shine. In this spirit, they are taking to the floor at Macworld | iWorld this year to engage Apple customers and spread the word about ConceptDraw products to the attendees.

CS Odessa will be offering demos of and savings on ConceptDraw at booth #625 at Moscone Center West. If you’ll be attending Macworld | iWorld this Thursday through Saturday, be sure to stop by.

Product [ConceptDraw Office]

• BundlesForMac has announced the New Years 2012 Bundle; 8 great apps being sold for more than 90% off through January 14, 2012. The included apps are a good selection of useful tools: DVD Maker, SWF Converter, Pulp Motion, Concealer, Yummy FTP, Fantashow, PDF Converter for Mac, and iCash. These tools are great utilities to extend any Mac users library of quality software.
• As has been the tradition for the past five years, Mariner Software has opened the doors to its online store and has discounted its non-upgrade, Mac and Windows desktop apps by 50%. This includes the popular creative writing products of: StoryMill, Contour, Montage, Desktop Poet and Narrator. Also included are the home and office products of: MacGourmet Deluxe, Paperless, Mariner Write and Mariner Calc, as well as the popular bundles of: the Journal Pak (MacJournal and WinJournal), the MarinerPak (Mariner Calc and Mariner Write), and the Mariner Writers Suite, which includes 7 of their most popular writing apps. As in past years, the end-of-year event will end at 11:59pm Central on Saturday, January 1,2012. Use code EY2011 when checking out.
• Tropical Software has announced its TopXNotes Mac note and password protection application is available for 50% off its regular retail price through midnight EDT, Sunday, January 1, 2012. TopXNotes is a very popular full-featured personal note manager and and password protection application. Create, view, organize, secure, and instantly access your Mac notes with TopXNotes. For this exclusive promotion TopXNotes Mac is also available in CD form, 2 for the price of 1.
• Dear Panda LLC is celebrating the holidays with a sale on CourseNotes, their top selling iPad and Mac apps which helps students take notes and stay organized. The must-have apps for students will be on sale for a low price for both iPad and for Mac through January 1st. Dear Panda also announced that they will provide promo codes as a gift to educators to try the app for free, while supplies last. CourseNotes lets you take notes during your classes.
• Global Delight is running some great discounts for their products: Boom is 50% off ($4.99) and Voila is 33% off ($19.99) until January 2, 2012.
• Bias is wishing you happy holidays by offering 20% off any new product. Buy a new retail copy of any Bias product and get 20% off from now until the end of the year.
• Eltima Software has launched their Christmas bundle, which includes their 3 best-selling apps for Mac. Additional Christmas discounts for other Eltima apps are also available. SyncMate Expert is a powerful sync tool, Folx is an Internet download manager and torrent client for Mac, and Elmedia Player PRO is a media player for Mac. The Christmas Bundle can be purchased at Eltima website and costs only $49.95 instead of $79.85 (the original price for these 3 apps if purchased separately). The offer is valid through January 5, 2012 only. But that’s not all gifts Eltima brings to you this Christmas. Additionally, 25% Christmas discounts are offered on various other Mac apps.
• Paragon Software Group has announced holiday discounts on some of its most popular mobile reference and productivity software applications for iOS and desktop Mac. From December 16 through January 10, 2012, all world-famous dictionary brands, including Britannica, Collins, Duden, Merriam-Webster, Oxford, PONS, Wahrig and Paragon’s own Slovoed, along with best-selling utility apps Handy Safe Desktop and PenReader, will be available at up to 50% off the regular retail prices.
• As the world counts down to Christmas and New Year, MacXDVD Software has announced a brand new promotion that sure to spark the Xmas and New Year holiday spirit. To celebrate the upcoming holiday season, they prepared two product giveaways: MacX DVD to MKV Ripper and MacX Video Converter Pro from Dec 15, 2011 to Jan 5, 2012. Consumers looking for Christmas freebie or the chance to win some fantastic prizes should give the MacXDVD Holiday special offer a go.
• Yazsoft has announced a special mega bundle package for the holidays. During the month of December, get all their applications at one low price. This includes multiple licenses of Playback, ShareTool, and Speed Download 5. It also includes Unblunder and Attachments Menu. It’s the perfect time to add all these popular utilities to your Mac or even better, gift them to someone close.

Games

• To celebrate the New Year, Realore Studios has announced a 30 to 70% price drop on all of its games on Apple App and Mac Stores. Such renowned titles as Roads of Rome, Island Tribe, Farm Mania and Jane’s Hotel go on sale. The offer will last through January 2. Don’t miss your chance to get the game you have wanted all year because there won’t be a better time to do it.
• The Steam Holiday Sale is on now through Sunday, January 1, 2012. In addition to huge savings throughout the store, the 2011 sale features two special promotions that allow you to win like never before. The Great Gift Pile challenges gamers to complete up to six objectives each day. Completion of each objective grants the chance to win a free game or discount coupons for select games available on Steam. If you don’t win, no worries, you’ll be given a piece of coal. But hold onto that coal. Why? Coal is the ticket to enter the Epic Holiday Giveaway.

Utilities/Productivity

• New - VeprIT has announced a 30% Christmas discount for its flagship product Photo Sense. Photo Sense is an easy photo editing software for Mac OS and iOS. It uses a unique automatic image enhancement algorithm to make photographs more attractive quickly and easily, either completely automatically or with a minimum user effort. Photo Sense allows to save a lot of time and money on learning, purchasing, and using professional photo editing software.
  
• New - iWeb Themes Park sends the warmest greetings to every iWeb user and wishes merry Christmas and happy New Year events. In addition, four free iWeb Templates for December-ending festivals are being offered: Christmas Bells, Green Christmas, Christmas Holidays and Christmas Night. Furthermore, five new iWeb Themes have been launched for the magic events of this month. Renew your website for Christmas and New Year holidays with the highest quality iWeb Templates and be prepared for Santa’s presents.
• New - Tropical Software today announced their award-winning TopXNotes for Mac is on sale for 25% Off, and 2Remember and Kitchen Timer are also discounted. Also, during this period, TopXNotes touch is free. TopXNotes for Mac is an award-winning full-featured personal note manager. Get Organized With TopXNotes on Mac and Apple touch device. Simple, easy to learn, and easy-to-use. Tropical Software, Inc. offers these discounts through Sunday, January 1, 2012.
• New - MacPhun has set up a special Christmas Sale on its best apps for a limited period. Snapheal is $5.99 instead of $19.99, FX Photo Studio is $5.99 instead of $19.99, FX Photo Studio Pro  is $19.99 instead of $39.99, and Color Splash Studio is $0.99 instead of $4.99.
  
• New - Dear Panda LLC is celebrating the holidays with a sale on CourseNotes, their top selling iPad and Mac apps which helps students take notes and stay organized. The must-have apps for students will be on sale for a low price for both iPad and for Mac through January 1st. Dear Panda also announced that they will provide promo codes as a gift to educators to try the app for free, while supplies last. CourseNotes lets you take notes during your classes.
  
• New - As a special Christmas gift, Synium Software offers a Christmas discount of up to 50% off many of their Mac and iOS titles. This offer is valid from December 22nd to December 29th 2011.
• New - Coppertino Inc. has announced big sales for the Christmas holiday season: 50% off the price on their apps Wallpaper Wizard and Focus. Now you can get each of them at MacAppStore for a low price. Hurry up, as the deal is time-limited and available only through December 25, 2011. Wallpaper Wizard is a great wallpaper changer for Mac, that gives you an access to 100,000+ wallpapers. Focus is a simple, lightweight but powerful tool to improve your photos.
• MacPaw kicks off the 2011 holiday season by offering CleanMyMac and CleanMyPC for a low price, a generous 40% discount off of their respective retail prices, as well as 40% discounts on its other great software products. MacPaw also offers a convenient ‘gifting’ services where customers can electronically gift CleanMyMac or CleanMyPC at the same 40% discount. Extremely easy-to-use and beautifully crafted, CleanMyMac is the ultimate tool for keeping the Mac operating system and hard drives clean.
• Global Delight is running some great discounts for their products: Boom is 50% off ($4.99) and Voila is 33% off ($19.99) until January 2, 2012.
• Bias is wishing you happy holidays by offering 20% off any new product. Buy a new retail copy of any Bias product and get 20% off from now until the end of the year.
• The Roxio Holiday Gift Guide includes something for everyone on your list. Wrap up great savings on titles such as Easy VHS to DVD, Anime Studio 8, Manga Studio Debut 4 and Parallels Desktop 7.
• Eltima Software has launched their Christmas bundle, which includes their 3 best-selling apps for Mac. Additional Christmas discounts for other Eltima apps are also available. SyncMate Expert is a powerful sync tool, Folx is an Internet download manager and torrent client for Mac, and Elmedia Player PRO is a media player for Mac. The Christmas Bundle can be purchased at Eltima website and costs only $49.95 instead of $79.85 (the original price for these 3 apps if purchased separately). The offer is valid through January 5, 2012 only. But that’s not all gifts Eltima brings to you this Christmas. Additionally, 25% Christmas discounts are offered on various other Mac apps.
• Paragon Software Group has announced holiday discounts on some of its most popular mobile reference and productivity software applications for iOS and desktop Mac. From December 16 through January 10, 2012, all world-famous dictionary brands, including Britannica, Collins, Duden, Merriam-Webster, Oxford, PONS, Wahrig and Paragon’s own Slovoed, along with best-selling utility apps Handy Safe Desktop and PenReader, will be available at up to 50% off the regular retail prices.
• As the world counts down to Christmas and New Year, MacXDVD Software has announced a brand new promotion that sure to spark the Xmas and New Year holiday spirit. To celebrate the upcoming holiday season, they prepared two product giveaways: MacX DVD to MKV Ripper and MacX Video Converter Pro from Dec 15, 2011 to Jan 5, 2012. Consumers looking for Christmas freebie or the chance to win some fantastic prizes should give the MacXDVD Holiday special offer a go.
• Ambiera has announced their holiday sale. Save 20% on four of their most popular products: WebsitePainter, CopperCube, Image Size Reducer and irrFuscator. The discount is granted both on the Mac OS X version of each software as well as on the Windows version. This is the first time that Ambiera offers their award winning software WebsitePainter on this holiday sale. In order to use this offer, simply enter the discount code ENDOF2011 on the order page.
• Yazsoft has announced a special mega bundle package for the holidays. During the month of December, get all their applications at one low price. This includes multiple licenses of Playback, ShareTool, and Speed Download 5. It also includes Unblunder and Attachments Menu. It’s the perfect time to add all these popular utilities to your Mac or even better, gift them to someone close.
• Slinkware has announced the Slink Christmas Special: purchase Slink at a huge 50% off until 25 December, 2011. Slink is the easiest way to remotely access your home network. Slink’s network magic makes your home network appear to be connected and all shared services automatically appear in the Finder, iTunes, iPhoto and other applications, just as they do at home. Listen to your iTunes music and watch your movies from anywhere, get the files from your home Mac or Time Capsule and more.

Games

• New – Four Aspyr classics are on sale in one awesome $20 holiday bundle: Sid Meier’s Civilization IV, Star Wars: The Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition, The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, and Neverwinter Nights 2. In addition, they’re offering 33% off all Aspyr games in the Mac App Store.
• New - The Steam Holiday Sale is on now through Sunday, January 1, 2012. In addition to huge savings throughout the store, the 2011 sale features two special promotions that allow you to win like never before. The Great Gift Pile challenges gamers to complete up to six objectives each day. Completion of each objective grants the chance to win a free game or discount coupons for select games available on Steam. If you don’t win, no worries, you’ll be given a piece of coal. But hold onto that coal. Why? Coal is the ticket to enter the Epic Holiday Giveaway.
• Macgamestore is having its biggest sale ever, just in time for the holiday season. Save on over hundreds of Macintosh games including Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Deluxe Edition, Machinarium, Neverwinter Nights 2, Grand Theft Auto, and much more. Plus, order any game between now and December 18th and get Bugdom 2 absolutely FREE! This offer will be updated with a new game on December 18th.
• Following their Black Friday StarCraft II deals, Blizzard Entertainment is now offering players epic savings of up to 75% on select World of Warcraft products through the online Blizzard Store: WoW: Battle Chest for $5 (reg. $19.99), Cataclysm for $20 (reg. $39.99), Wrath of the Lich King for $10 (reg. $39.99), Celestial Steed mount for $10 (reg. $25) and Pandaren Monk pet for $5 (reg. $10). These World of Warcraft holiday savings are available through the online Blizzard Store between now and December 19, 2011.

Hardware

• UNIEA is offering the “Perfect Storm of Christmas Sales.” First, customers can get 25% off their entire order at uniea.com by using promo code XMAS11. Plus, all orders feature $5.95 flat rate shipping worldwide. Second, customers who spend $50 or more get a free pink/white U-Feel iPhone 4/4S case (a $19.95 value). Third, spend $99 or more by 12/18 and get guaranteed express delivery before Christmas at no extra charge.
• Get a free Eye-Fi Connect X2 card when you buy Eye-Fi Premium. This offer is only valid for Eye-Fi customers in the USA while supplies last. Supplies are limited, so act now. Shipping is free. Eye-Fi Premium is $49.99 per year. Enter coupon code HOLIDAY2011CN when checking out to get your free Eye-Fi Connect X2.

For additional gift ideas, be sure to check out the Appletell Holiday Gift Guide.

Organized

• Elfster, a free online Secret Santa organizer and social networking platform, today announced an extension of their Elfster.com service into the social networking space as well as onto iPhone and Android apps. Make creating a Secret Santa your easiest project this year either on the go or simply by sharing the Facebook app with your friends, whose lists you can use to give them they gifts they really want.
• FileMaker has announced The Bento 4 Holiday Kit, a free, fun way to get organized for the holiday season—on a Mac or on the go using an iPhone or iPad. The Bento 4 Holiday Kit organizes your holiday cards and mailing labels, helps you plan parties, track gift lists, send thank you notes and accomplish other holiday tasks with style and ease.
• This year, you can take care of all your Christmas cards quickly and easily. Whether you’re sending Christmas dinner invitations, Christmas cards to family and friends or your annual family newsletter – the new Season’s Greetings Vol. 4 has 25 fresh ideas for all your messages. Plus: Take advantage of the new timeline to give you an overview of all the holidays and choose the perfect template for every occasion.
• It’s time to wish your friends and family a Merry Christmas. Why not skip the postcards this year and send everyone a personalized christmas card by email instead? Don’t worry, it’s really easy. Mail Designer helps you give your Christmas cards that personal touch. Mail Designer is available for only $69.95 in the equinux online store.

Festive

• Atomic Flavor has announced that Christmas Shooter, their new addictive game based on physics and social component, is now available for Mac OS X, iOS devices and Android. The goal of the game is to get the maximum distance within a limited time. Shoot gifts to people for more time and achieve a distance record to share on your favorite social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, then compare your rankings in the global GameCenter leader board.

Learn about even more Macintosh holiday software by reading our Festive Apple series.

iOS

Draw Lights

Lightsphere LLC, creator of the Holiday Bells app, has introcuced Draw Lights 1.0, a new app for the 2011 season for creating Christmas lights on the iPhone or iPod touch. Decorate your own photos or choose one of the application’s holiday-themed backgrounds, then swipe to draw lights. There are 30 different lights to choose from, including mini lights, snowflakes, stars, and luminarias.

Draw Lights can use a photo taken with the iPhone or iPod’s camera, or an existing photo from the user’s photo album. Photos can be tinted so daylight photos can be darkened to look like night shots. The app also comes with nine holiday-themed backgrounds such as Christmas trees and reindeer. Once the image is selected, lights can be drawn with a swipe of a finger.

App Features:

• 30 different Christmas lights, including mini lights, snowflakes, stars, and luminarias
• Choose solid or flashing lights
• 9 holiday-themed backgrounds
• Retina-quality graphics

Once created, lights images can be saved to the in-app lights album, saved to the iPhone’s camera roll, or shared via email or Twitter (for iOS 5 users).

Use Draw Lights to design your outdoor holiday lights display, keep the kids entertained, or just for your own touch of Christmas cheer.

Draw Lights 1.0 is $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store.

Product [Draw Lights]

OS X

NightLights Desktop

Who needs all those headaches competing with the neighbors? All you need is a copy of NightLights to get your festive spirit across. It’s cheap, and the bulbs never burn out. NightLights comes with mini, C7 and novelty shaped light bulbs. You can mix and match, choose from various blink modes, and more.

Install NightLights, turn off the lights, and kick back with a hot cup of Cocoa.

NightLights Features:

• Choose the number of bulbs
• Scale the lights larger, or smaller
• Frame the lights around your screen, or scatter them randomly
• Choose from a selection of blink effects: Off, On, Random, Sequential, and Flicker
• Control the blink speed
• Set the Ambient Light, Brightness, and Opacity of the bulbs
• Lots of Background options
• Change Background Colors
• Load a photo
• Weather effects
• Fire
• Text Message
• Audio Playback
• Can also be used as a Screensaver or set to run on your Desktop

NightLights requires Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later and costs $0.99 in the Mac App Store.

Product [NightLights Desktop]

MacLampsX 2.0

MacLampsX is a Mac OS X native app that is similar in function to the old and now discontinued Holiday Lights for Mac OS 9 (see below).

You can add bulbs to MacLampsX. Bulbs go in “~/Library/Application Support/MacLampsX/” or in “/Library/Application Support/MacLampsX/”. You can install bulbs that you find or you can make your own using the instructions that are linked from the MacLampX Web page.

You can download bulb and theme sets of lights fot MacLamps X.

Version 2.0 adds a lot of new features, such as a screensaver with snow, support for multiple displays, a music player, and new bulb options to allow different sizes and animation patterns.

MacLampsX requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later and is free for PPC and Intel Macs.

Product
MacLampsX

Software

• Dolly Drive, online backup for Apple’s Time Machine, will now offer Mac users free seeding on 250 GB and higher online storage plans. The “Seed for Speed” program gives Dolly Drive subscribers with large initial backups the fastest means for getting their data securely in the cloud. Dolly Drive was named MacLife’s Best Software and Best of Show at MacWorld 2011, and recently announced it will be including online storage and file syncing as part of its complete cloud storage offering.
• For the first time ever, BundleHunt.com is offering a holiday bundle of deeply discounted Mac apps, icons, WordPress themes and ebooks about art + copy – all hand-selected for Mac users and designers. This bundle, called the “BundleHunt Mega Holiday Bundle”, has a retail value of over $1100, but we’re offering it for much, much, much less.
• Macbundler has launched a sister site called Deals2Have. Deals2Have will offer deals on creative items, web application subscriptions and Mac deals. Deals will run weekly and be discounted for up to 10 days before ending. Professional designers, developers and web businesses have the opportunity to monetize their content by offering them at discounts to thousands of our customers.
• Tropical Software, Inc. has announced that Bodega Mac App Store is holding a 2 week “Manager’s Special Sale” starting today and extending until Dec. 11, 2011. TopXNotes is an award-winning full-featured personal note manager. Tropical Software in partnership with Bodega offers TopXNotes at a discount of 25 percent starting immediately until Dec. 11, 2011. TopXNotes is great for holiday gift lists, party and menu planning, recipes, travel notes and directions.
• 3y3.net has announced the new version 3.0 of Email Marketing for Mac OS X and MS Windows. New features allows you to search not only for emails but for any regular expression including mobile numbers, full address, postal codes and any expression you can imagine. There is also a Windows version of Email Marketing. You can store the resulting lists or export to CSV (adequate for databases or Outlook) and VCF (adequate for GMail, Apple Agenda and many other email systems).
• Rapid Turtle Games has announced the release of Zombie Area, an adrenaline-pumping survival game for iOS devices and Mac. Enter a world where zombies overrun the streets, where your zombie killing skills will be put to the test, loaded with a shotgun, alone, and against the raving hordes of zombies. The player controls a furious survivor, who stood up to stop the zombies. The advancing zombies must be shot down before they reach the survivor, and make a meal out of him.
• Improve the sound quality from your headphones, internal or external speakers with Hear. Hear can add 3D sound and other various special effects to the sound output of your Windows and Mac. Improve the sound from iTunes and make your music, movies, games or any other application sound amazing. Hear also gives you the ability to customize the sound to your preference with a 10 to 96-band equalizer.
• Age of Enigma combines puzzle solving, mini-games, and story in an intriguing mix of casual and adventure gameplay. After waking from a terrifying nightmare about a house engulfed in flames, medium Ashley Reeves receives an unsigned letter summoning her to this very place, where six restless ghosts are trapped. After gaining their trust, Ashley must channel each ghost and return to its homeland — exotic locales ranging from ancient Egypt to classical Japan to pirate-infested seas — so she can reconcile their unresolved deaths. Only after she has helped the ghosts find peace will Ashley understand why she’s been called here and what is truly at stake.

Hardware

• Lusso Cartella has announced the latest addition to its collection of fine handmade luxury cases for all of your gadgets: Apple MacBook Air Sleeves. Featuring Artisanal leathers and one of a kind craftsmanship, now you can protect your MacBook Air with old-world luxury and style. Lusso Cartella MacBook Air cases are designed to protect your precious notebook with natures’ finest leather, while giving you the look of luxury you have been searching for.

Software

• ExactCODE GmbH has announced another milestone release of ExactScan Pro 2. The new “all automatic” features for automatic detection of the page’s color content, and the source mode. These features avoid to manually switch between color, gray or black & white scans. By analyzing color distribution of the page, ExactScan Pro now allows to detects whether to save a color, gray or black & white document – further optimizing storage space and manual intervention. The automatic source selection avoid the need to manually switch between an automatic document feeder (ADF) or Flatbed, and automatically scans wherever paper is detected.
• CleverFiles has announced Disk Drill 1.5, free data recovery software for Mac OS with intuitive user interface, bonus data protection features and powerful recovery algorithms. Disk Drill features Quick Scan that recovers files that have been accidentally deleted and helps in less severe data recovery cases, Deep Scan that looks for files based on their structure, and Search for Lost Partitions, a fast way to scan for any file systems still recoverable on a disk.
• Singular Software has announced Presto 2.0 for OS X with support for Adobe Premiere Pro. Singular Software Presto automates the tedious task of editing video presentations. Simple to use, Presto’s underlying visual tracking and image-tracking technology works alongside the non-linear editing application to automatically synchronize the footage of the presenter and the presentation slides, using a video taken of the screen.
• World of Warcraft: Hour of Twilight—the third content update for Cataclysm—is available now for all World of Warcraft players. Blizzard has also released the official World of Warcraft: Hour of Twilight (patch 4.3) trailer. Patch 4.3 provides players with a ton of new content: Raid Finder, Dragon Soul, Transmogrification, Three new 5-person dungeons, Void Storage, Fangs of the Father and the all-new Darkmoon Faire.
• Frozenbyte has announced that the Steam version of Trine 2 will support cross-platform multiplayer between PC and Mac thanks to Steam Play. The currently ongoing Trine 2 Beta has been made available for the Mac, making cross-platform multiplayer available right now for gamers who have pre-purchased Trine 2.

We’ve seen a few leaks this week on Apple’s annual one-day-only Black Friday sales event. The savings on Apple products were accurately slight, but as in years past, Apple is offering significant savings on compatible third-party products. Save over $100 on Bowers & Wilkins speaker docks and various laptop bags, and you can get fun accessories like the Parrot AR.Drone for under $250.00.

The biggest savings from Apple come from their biggest products: Saving $101 on the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and iMac. The iPad 2 starts at $458 on Black Friday only, with the lower end iPod touch coming in at $178 and iPad nano at $118. In addition, the Magic Trackpad, Apple Magic Mouse, AirPort Express Base Station with 802.11n and Apple Wireless Keyboard are all $11.00 off the regular price.

The savings get better on third-party products, which Apple has split the sale into various categories. Some of the highlights follow:

Surround them in sound:

• Bowers & Wilkins C5 In-Ear Headphones – $128.00 (save $51.95)
• M-Audio KeyStudio 49 USB MIDI Controller – $68.00 (save $31.95)
• Palo Alto Audio Design Cubik Digital Hi-Fi Multimedia Speakers – $148.00 (save $51.95)
• Philips DC390 Dual Dock Clock Radio with Remote – $98.00 (save $51.95)

Keep their stuff safe, secure, and stylish:

• kate spade new york Janine Notebook Carrying Case – $398.00 (save $101.95)
• Cole Haan 15″ Leather Messenger Bag for MacBook Pro – $298.00 (save $101.95)
• Michael Kors Wallet Clutch for iPhone 4S – $58.00 (save $21.95)
• Incase Terra Campus Backpack for MacBook Pro – $78.00 (save $21.95)

Show them new ways to play:

• Scosche myTREK Wireless Pulse Monitor – $98.00 (save $31.95)
• Silverlit Interactive Bluetooth Remote Control Enzo Ferrari Car – $58.00 (save $21.95)

Help them work wonders:

• G-Technology 750GB G-DRIVE mobile Portable Hard Drive – $98.00 (save $71.95)
• Mobee Magic Charger for Apple Magic Mouse – $38.00 (save $11.95)

Read [One-Day Apple Shopping Event 2011]

Black Friday is upon us. If you’re like me, and I certainly hope you’re not, you’re not out shopping today, you’re at work pretending to get stuff done while following your hockey team’s score. But you still have shopping to do, so why not get it done online? To help, we’ve rounded up the Macintosh software and hardware Black Friday deals right here, and will continue to update them as last-minute specials are announced between now and Cyber Monday.

Utilities/Productivity

• New – Sound the trumpets and queue the band, skip the lines and shop online. equinox is celebrating Black Friday with some of the greatest deals in town. From this very second through to Monday November 28, 2011, we are offering a 50% discount on almost every equinox product.
• New – For the first time ever, MacPhun has dropped the price for FX Photo Studio PRO for Mac to $16,99 – this is over 55% off the regular price for the Mac app that doesn’t usually go on sale. The offer is valid on Friday only. FX Photo Studio for Mac is available for just $7.99 till Cyber Monday (regular price is $9.99). The app features over 172 photo effects, which comes to around $0.04 per effect:) plus masking tool, adjustable parameters for all effects, variety of sharing options and more. No other Mac App offers the same.
• New – Softpress has announced a massive discount of 33% on their best-selling web design application Freeway Pro. With its visual, no coding approach to web design, Freeway Pro makes it simple to create professional websites with galleries and slideshows, flexible CSS layouts, and site search. This discount is available for a limited period only and even includes upgrades from previous versions, making it one not to be missed.
• New – nova media is celebrating Black Friday this Thanksgiving by offering a 80% discount on each application UberMask and FrameLoader, available in the Mac App Store. Each app is available for US-$ 1.99 only on Friday, November 25th.
• New – Tropical Software, Inc. has announced their TopXNotes Thanksgiving/Black Friday promotion. TopXNotes is an award-winning full-featured personal note manager. TopXNotes is great for holiday gift lists, party and menu planning, recipes, travel notes and directions, and organizing all the little bits of information cluttering your desktop. Tropical Software offers TopXNotes at a discount of 25 percent starting immediately through Black Friday, November 25, 2011.
• New – Get Dealy has today launched its largest sale ever, with over 18 separate promotions and sales live over the weekend running from Thanksgiving, Thursday November 24th until Tuesday November 29th. There is a lot to be saved, celebrating Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday in one huge set of sales. All the sales featured are discounted at more than 50% off, with some as high as 97% off. All the deals have a time limit and will never be available again after November 29th 2011.
• New – DEVONtechnologies, LLC offers 25 percent discount on all new purchases of its software products as well as on all upgrades on Black Friday through Cyber Monday weekend starting November 25, 2011. DEVONthink offers a one and only database solution for all digital files, be they PDFs, emails, Word documents or even multimedia files. DEVONnote helps taking notes and keeping them organized. Exclusively, traditionally, and only on Black Friday weekend.
• New – Jumsoft has announced a special Black Friday promotion for its entire range of products. From Friday, November 25 until Monday, November 28, all of Jumsoft’s applications and template packs will be half price. The deal applies to products available on Jumsoft’s website as well as the Mac App Store and the iTunes App Store. To get the 50% discount on purchases from Jumsoft’s website, customers should enter “BF2011″ in the Coupon Code field when filling out the purchase form.
• New – Ergonis Software is glad to announce a special Black Friday promotion for their popular productivity tools PopChar, Typinator, and KeyCue. With PopChar, thousands of special characters are only a few clicks away. Typinator automates the process of inserting frequently used text and auto-correcting typing errors. KeyCue is a tool for learning and remembering keyboard shortcuts. Customers visiting the company’s online store before Monday, Nov. 28th, can save of up to 51%.
• New – It’s that time of year again and we’re offering deep discounts—60% off most software in our online store—from now until November 30th. If you’re looking for incredible Black Friday deals, start saving now with Smith Micro. Use coupon code: BLACKFRIDAY2011.
• This Black Friday don’t stand in line for hours for gifts. Instead, Give the gift of Glo Premium for the best price ever of $34.99. That’s the same price as upgrading in-app. Plus you will receive the “In His Shoes” DVD ($19.99 value), 3 DVDs with Glo content to install on your Mac and PC and free shipping anywhere in the USA. It’s the perfect gift at an amazing value.
• Parallels is offering Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac at $20.00 off the normal price through November 30th. Run Windows applications on your Mac for only $59.99. Upgrades are available at $10.00 off.
• CleverFiles, the leading provider of data recovery software for Mac OS, has announced the availability of the new version of its popular data recovery solution: Disk Drill Media Recovery 1.5. Launched in the very beginning of 2011 and available now on the Mac App Store, the app is priced only $19.99 for a limited time (usually $49.99).
• Vito Technology has scheduled giveaways, contests, and special sale pricing for Star Walk both iPhone and iPad versions, Solar Walk, Solar Walk for Mac and Geo Walk on Nov. 25 – 29.
• In the spirit of Thanksgiving and upcoming Black Friday, Apparent Software is proud to announce a 40% discount on some of their applications, including Cashculator and ImageFramer.
• HTML5 development powerhouse, appMobi today announced that on Black Friday (November 25) it will open source key elements of its mobile technology to further accelerate the industry’s migration to HTML5. The newly open sourced technology will include the appMobi cross-platform device APIs, which support HTML5 development for both Android and iOS platforms. appMobi will also release the source code for its much heralded “mobiUs” browser, which allows HTML5 Web apps to perform identically to native apps. The bounty of technology made available to HTML5 developers is rounded out with appMobi’s “DirectCanvas” technology, which accelerates HTML5 canvas rendering, physics calculations and sound by as much as 1500 percent, providing native performance to HTML5-based games.
• ScreenCastsOnline is delighted to offer a 50% discount on both new ScreenCastsOnline Memberships for people joining over the Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend, plus the new SCOtutor for Lion App, recently launched in the Mac App Store. Acknowledged as one of the premier sources for Mac based video tutorials on the Internet since launching in 2005, ScreenCastsOnline has established itself as a favourite with many thousands of delighted Mac users throughout the world.
• It’s the right time to get accustomed with HDR Photography using the brand new Hydra 3. It is on sale on the Mac App Store for Black Friday: the Express version costs $24.99 / 19,99€, and the Pro version $49.99 / 39,99€. That’s 50% off for a few days.
• Karelia Software has announced Cyber Monday special pricing of US$49.99 for Sandvox, website building software for the rest of us, on the Mac App Store and directly from Karelia Software. Sandvox will be available on the Mac App Store for US$49.99 (regularly
  priced at US$79.99) only on Cyber Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. Sandvox will also be available directly from Karelia Software for US$49.99 (regularly priced at US$79.99) only on Cyber Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, by using the coupon code CYBERMONDAY.

• MACXDVD Software has unveiled a week-long holiday promotion offering users a wide variety of special sales for Black Friday on high-quality gifts, which including buy-one-get-one-free offer, 60% discount off for DVD video converter software pack, along with 30,000 copies DVD ripper giveaway. As part of the week-long promotion, anyone who purchased MacX DVD Ripper Pro, will be rewarded MacX iPhone Video Converter for free. These deep discounts will be valid before Nov. 29.
• Adobe is offering special pricing beginning from Nov. 23-29. Photoshop Elements 10 and Premiere Elements 10 will sell for $49.99 each (normally $99.99 each) or as a bundle for $74.99 (a $149.99 value).
• Wooden Brain Concepts has announced Mac users can enjoy both iDupe and CaliBrate, two of Wooden Brain Concepts’ flagship products, at a great discount from now until Christmas. Wooden Brain Concepts, a software company specializing in practical tools for Mac home users, has partnered with TheMacBundles for an exclusive discount in this month’s bundle as well as in its innovative Build Your Own Bundle stores, where people can put together their own discounted software packages.
• ArtRage 3.5 Studio is only $19.90 (previously $40) and ArtRage 3.5 Studio Pro is only $49.90 (previously $80) at www.artrage.com starting November 16, 2011.

Games

• New – The Steam Autumn Sale is on now. To kick off the holiday season the sale begins today with huge savings on catalog discounts and daily deals beginning with Portal 2 (66% off), Call of Duty: Black Ops (50% off), Duke Nukem Forever (66% off), and more.
• New – Macgamestore.com has announced its massive Black Friday sale with savings of up to 75% off on over 300 Macintosh games. All Mac titles are available as digital downloads so customers simply purchase and download the games to their Mac with a click of a button. Macgamestore.com’s Black Friday sale is on right now and ends on this Monday, November 28th, at the stroke of midnight Pacific time.
• Runesoft will be celebrating Black Friday this Thanksgiving with you via the Mac Appstore. Starting Thanksgiving most of our titles will be available at discounts of upto 60% from normal retail prices. Among the reduced titles we hopefully have something for everyone: Strategy gamers might enjoy “Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood”, whereas adventure lovers could find “Jack Keane” and “Ankh” to their liking. Business guys might want to run their own airline with “Airline Tycoon Deluxe”.
• Deliver2Mac is offering a couple of 50% off bundle deals for Black Friday. In the X3 Bundle you can get X3 Reunion and X3 Terran Conflict for only$17.49. Bundle 2 includes Europa Universalis III: Chronicles and Victoria 2 for $29.99. In addition, all games in the store are 25%, not including the bundle deals.

Hardware

• New – KB Covers is holding their biggest sales event of the year: 25% off everything storewide from through November 28th. Use promo code BLACK2011 when checking out.
• New – PowerMax decided to keep it simple and just put out their very best prices and run it from the time you read this through Cyber Monday. Their employees stay at home with their families on weekends, so you can call your favorite PowerMax rep Friday or Monday, or order online. Either way, these deals are gonna be as good as it gets anywhere.
• While America is “talking turkey” in preparation for Thanksgiving tomorrow, UNIEA is looking ahead to the day after—Black Friday—and a huge Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale at uniea.com that they think is going to top all of the other case companies out there. From Thanksgiving Day until midnight on Cyber Monday, shoppers can get 40% off their entire order at uniea.com, plus $5.95 flat rate shipping worldwide. The promo code for the 40% off sale is BLACK40, and the $5.95 flat rate shipping will be automatically applied to all orders.
• iTwin is offering 20% off iTwin at iTwin.com and Amazon.com on Nov. 25 and Nov. 28. iTwin is a “limitless” USB device that enables users to simply and safely access, edit and share files between any two computers. No code is required.
• Verbatim is selling their 4GB Clip-It USB Drives on Cyber Monday (Nov. 28) at Staples for an amazingly low $7.99 (MSRP $22.99). The award-winning multi-functional paperclip USB drive comes in five stylish colors.
• SuperTooth is offering a 15% discount on every product at the company’s website from Nov. 21-27, including the SuperTooth Disco; the only portable speaker on the market to wirelessly stream 28 watts of explosive sound.
• Buy.com is offering Elgato’s EyeTV One for $39.95 (normally $99.95) from Nov. 25-28.