26Nov2010

Apps: LightFrame, Application Wizard, ForkLift

LightFrame 2.0 ($30) – LightFrame is a utility for framing digital images on a Mac. The software features a built-in library, flexible frame stacks, and several different material choices. Version 2.0 brings an updated user interface, as well as a new rendering engine that has been rewritten from scratch. [Download - 25.2MB]

Application Wizard 2.5.2 ($19) – The software allows users to quickly access applications, documents, and pictures. Application Wizard includes tools for opening and closing programs, making application active, navigating volumes, accessing favorite files, and more. The latest release allows the Open menu to list Dock applications in the same order that they appear in the Dock. Additionally, on Mac OS X 10.5 or later, the Special menu is able to preview several new types of documents, such as web archives, Word documents, and OpenDocument text files. [Download - 4.1MB]

ForkLift 2.0 ($30) – Forklift is a file manager for Mac OS X that connects to FTP or SFTP servers and manages Amazon S3 accounts or mobile devices over Bluetooth. Version 2.0 has been completely rewritten and is now only compatible with Snow Leopard. New features include: a transfer queue, disklets, additional view modes, improved archive handling, stacks, workspaces, and more. [Download - 12.9MB]

BackupLoupe 2.1.2 ($5) – BackupLoupe 2.1.3 allows users to browse Time Machine backups and find frequently copied items. The software shows users how many versions of a specific item are available within the backups, along with the date that each was created. The latest update addresses an issue that prevented background indexing from working on Mac OS X 10.6.5. Additionally, a crash that could occur when searching an item “in currently selected snapshot” when no snapshot is selected has been fixed. [Download - 2.4MB]

GraphicConverter 7.0.2 ($40) – Lemke Software has unveiled a new version of its photo editing and conversion utility, Graphic Converter. Support for importing Office Document Imaging greyscale TIFs has been added in the new release, along with a new menu command for opening a special folder in the browser added. The update also includes enhancements for several existing features, as well as a number of bug fixes. [Download - 107MB]

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