Apple has just released Java for Mac OS X 10.5 version 6 and Mac OS X 10.6 version 1 updates. The Java update for Leopard disables Java version 1.4.2 since it’s no longer being updated for bug fixes and security issues.
Mac OS X 10.5 version 6 delivers improved reliability, security, and compatibility for J2SE 5.0 [...]
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How does getting 84% off on $251 worth of awesome graphics applications for the Mac sound?
The MacGraPhoto bundle features seven different apps for editing, enhancing, geotagging, and converting images and graphics for only $39.99. The bundle includes the following:
Picturesque
(Original price $30)
Easily enhance pictures with an awesome 3D perspective, 1-click Reflections, curves, shadows, glows & strokes, [...]
For a limited time only, get 1Password Pro for iPhone for free!
Agile Web Solutions announced yesterday that they are offering the pro version of their password management app for the iPhone and iPod touch as a free download`. 1Password Pro is regularly priced at $7.99, but it’s going to have the fantastic price of free [...]
MacHeist is at it again and this time they’re offering a bundle of apps at the fantastic price of free!
Called MacHeist nanoBundle, this offer bundles together six different apps and a participant doesn’t need to do anything except provide their name and email address. The participant has the option to which app they will allow [...]
VLC 1.0.2 released
Sep 30
VLC, my favorite third-party media player, has just been updated to include security fixes and the port to 64-bit. Other fixes include SSA decoding, v4l2, MacOS interface, ogg/theora, and x264 modules. The new version also adds two new languages (Kazakh and Croatian).
Mac OS X 10.4 users are warned that this release is NOT compatible with [...]
According to a MacNN report, Google has updated their own free, standalone photo editing app and now features facial recognition and Google Map integration.
In Picasa 3.5, one of the new features is the name tag feature which uses Google’s clustering technology to automatically search and group similar faces in a user’s photo collection. A user [...]
Two developers have released a Facebook Desktop Notification application for the Mac. The app notifies users about new activities and updates on Facebook via drop-down notification feeds from the menu bar or via pop-ups. The developers caution would-be users that the application is still in the experimental stage and has only been tested on Mac [...]
Pixelmator 1.5 released
Sep 9
My favorite image editing app for the Mac has been updated. The Pixelmator team announced the release of Pixelmator 1.5 codenamed Spider Tuesday. New features include Save for Web, a Slice tool, a Trim tool, Info Labels, and more. Pixelmator 1.5 now also supports Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
The new Web tools in Pixelmator [...]
Mac software bundles are, in my opinion, a great way for developers to get eyeballs, and at the same time help discourage piracy.
TUAW reports on the latest Mac software bundle, The Mac Sale, which offers ten different Mac apps worth $450 for only $49. The apps included are:
Flux ($65) – web design tool
Scribbles ($19.95) – [...]
How does getting $458 worth of software for only $49 sound?
That’s what MacBundleBox 5 is offering again: twelve applications with a combined worth of $458 for only $49. To top it off, this time around 10% of the revenue from this sale will go to Charity: Water, a non-profit effort to bring clean, safe drinking [...]
Adobe has released updated Mac, Windows and Linux distributions of Flash Player, bringing old and new editions of the software up to v9.0.246.0 and v10.0.32.18, respectively… Some 12 Flash vulnerabilities are said to have been closed in Adobe software, 10 of which could be used to assume full or partial control of a computer.
Hackers have [...]
Skype 2.8 is out
Jul 22
Skype v2.8 has been released and new to this update is the ability to do screen sharing. The new version also adds support for Skype Access and changes in chat with the ability to sort and prioritize conversations. The chat feature also allows the adding of people into a chat via the new Quick Add [...]
Got these two recommendations via Plurk. One’s an iPhone-related website and the other, a Mac application.
FreeAppAlert.com notifies iPhone or iPod touch users when a paid app becomes free. Notifications are sent via Twitter, Facebook or RSS.
If I hadn’t gotten the story about Carina Software’s free iPhone astronomy apps on TUAW then FreeAppAlert would’ve been the right [...]
To help commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first manned lunar mission, Carina Software is offering two of their applications as free downloads for a very limited time.
SkyVoyager and SkyGazer are astronomy apps for the iPhone and Mac, respectively. These are excellent tools for people like me who enjoy watching the night sky.
These two apps [...]
