Utilities — Backup

Clone’X($50 ) , from Tri / Edre ( www.tri-edre.com ): This miserable trivial backup utility does only damage ( October 2003 ) .

DV Backup 1.1($45 ) , from coolatoola ( www.coolatoola.com ): This apt shareware cab lets you back up computer file to a domestic DV or Digital8 camcorder through your Firewire port ( November 2003 ) .

Utilities — Communication

24U Email OSAX 2.2($17 ) , from 24U ( www.24usoftware.com ): This little widget is an AppleScript tool that lets you send east - postal service messages without having to open your e - ring armour programme ( December 2003 ) .

job Card Composer 1.1($40 ) , from BeLight Software ( www.belightsoft.com ): Create , set out , and print professional - looking line of work bill of fare with this wanton - to - usance program ( December 2003 ) .

disclabel 1.1($30 ) , from SmileOnMyMac ( www.smileonmymac.com ): disclabel get you create real disc labels and design CD and DVD case covers and tray inserts , right down to the text on the spine . What really sets this record - label software system apart is its cagey integration with the iLife suite of products ( November 2003 ) .

EvoCam 3.1($20 ) , from Evological ( www.evological.com ): EvoCam is a powerful but prosperous - to - manipulation program that turns any QuickTime - compatible FireWire video camera into a Web cam . You have access to QuickTime consequence , so you may award yourself any fashion you like ( September 2003 ) .

Page Sender 3.0($30 ) , from SmileOnMyMac ( www.smileonmymac.com ): This leisurely - to - function , Mac OS X - compatible fax program knocked our socks off by doing everything a facsimile machine machine does — except getting jammed ( June 2003 ) .

Utilities — Productivity

Addressix 1.3($13 ) , from A Sharp ( www.a-sharp.com ): This software program can print envelopes in any of 12 U.S. and external sizing , and lets you create impost size . Addressix is smart , and it does its task very well ( July 2003 ) .

AvantGo USB sync 1.2.1(free ) , from Tom Whittaker and Florent Pillet ( http://homepage.mac.com/s_d/malsyncx/malsyncx_en.html ): This utility helps AvantGo drug addict correct the Mac OS X problem . It combines malsync and USB - TCP Bridge to retrieve data point from the Internet and broadcast it to your Palm over USB ( February 2004 ) .

CaptainFTP 2.6($25 ) , from Xnet Communications ( http://captainftp.xdsnet.de ): This FTP customer furnish accelerated downloads for slower Internet connexion and patronise Rendezvous . The port is a little quirky — for example , many clitoris have inscrutable icon ( September 2003 ) .

Cookie Muncher 1.0.6($8 ) , from dot software ( www.dotsw.com ): Despite some minor inconveniences , Cookie Muncher is a tasty solution for Web surfers who want to keep their web web browser cookie - free ( December 2003 ) .

CopyPaste - X 1.5($20 ) , from Script Software ( www.scriptsoftware.com ): CopyPaste - X goes well beyond just providing multiple Clipboard item that are available disregarding of the app you ’re using . One decent extra is the basic Holy Writ mainframe with support for fonts , color , and text stylus ( June 2003 ) .

F10 Launch Studio 1.2($29 ) , from Chronos ( http:// chronos.iserver.net ): This piffling utility attempt to make your Mac life sentence easier by putting all your app , folders , and documents on a single launch inking pad . While it has several utilitarian features , it ’s no match for TLA ’s DragThing ( August 2003 ) .

Faxstf X Pro($90 ) , from Smith Micro ( www.smithmicro.com ): This version is importantly practiced than its precursor , but its price , mutual exclusiveness in take in faxes , and special address - book compatibility mean it ’s no equal for SmileOnMyMac ’s Page Sender ( July 2003 ) .

Fetch 4.0.3($25 ) , from Fetch Softworks ( www.fetchsoftworks.com ): This FTP guest with a long history has some great lineament for previewing and editing graphics and text file before download , even though it hide these feature away in menus . But there are definitely near FTP clients ( September 2003 ) .

FTP Client 4.0.1($35 ) , from Vicomsoft ( www.vicomsoft.com ): This FTP client has a well - designed substance abuser port and performs exceptionally well . It also gives you the invaluable power to create fast - memory access droplets ( September 2003 ) .

Huevos 1.1(free ) , from Ranchero Software ( www.ranchero.com ): If you spend a lot of prison term searching the vane , this keyboard - based , nonrational background hunt tool that accesses 15 different sites is a tremendous fourth dimension - saver ( September 2003 ) .

Imprint 1.1($20 ) , from Ampersandbox ( www.ampersandbox.com ): This little utility can print labels , as well as envelope , and it include more than 100 label guide . The interface is n’t as smooth as Addressix ’s , but the course of study is powerful ( July 2003 ) .

Interarchy 6.2($45 ) , from Stairways Software ( www.interarchy.com ): This FTP customer has been around a long prison term , but it has hug Mac OS X ’s navigation flair , along with some Web - web web browser port conventions ( September 2003 ) .

Internet Cleanup 1.0 ( $ 30 ) , from Aladdin Systems ( www.aladdinsys.com ): This programme move out internet browser - related file and blocks pop - ups . If you use Internet Explorer , you may find it useful , but fans of other browsers should look elsewhere ( January 2004 ) .

iSeek 1.0($15 ) , from Ambrosia Software ( www.ambrosiasw.com ): you’re able to search the Internet for almost anything from within any software without take on your fingers off the keyboard , thanks to this cunning hunting tool ( January 2004 ) .

KeyStrokes 3($250 ) , from Niemeijer Consult ( www.assistiveware.com ): KeyStrokes 3 is an on - screenland keyboard for citizenry with disability . The program allows you to use a black eye or a mouse imitator to inscribe text edition , sport shortcuts for unremarkably used text , and even offers Word of God foretelling ( November 2003 ) .

MacMaid 2.1($10 ) , from Realmac Software ( www.realmacsoftware.com ): This limited maintenance public utility represents a practiced start . you’re able to set it to mechanically move files with a sure extension ( such as .jpg ) to a sure folder ( such as Images ) . However , you may neither create multiple if - then that execute simultaneously , nor create a rule base on a data file ’s form — so this utility ’s service program is limited ( November 2003 ) .

MacResponder 1.02($20 ) , from Bruno Blondeau ( www.brunoblondeau.com ): MacResponder lets you easily place up and customise automated replies for your vitamin E - mail . It can not only send different letter to unlike senders , but also handle multiple chronicle ( December 2003 ) .

The Missing Sync for Internet Sharing and AvantGo 1.0.1($20 ) , from Mark / Space ( www.markspace.com ): This app basically turns your Palm into another computer on the internet , for unspoiled and bad . Along with enable AvantGo , it allows you to send and receive e - postal service on your Palm ( February 2004 ) .

More Internet 1.0(free ) , from Monkeyfood Software ( www.monkeyfood.com/software ): This great public utility allows you to tailor-make which Internet help app program handles a given Internet communications protocol . The welcome enhancement bring back one of the few great feature of Mac OS 9 that did n’t make it into OS X ( November 2003 ) .

PDF web browser Plugin 1.2(free ) , from Manfred Schubert ( www.schubert-it.com ): This barren plug - in turn your internet internet browser into a very subject PDF looker . However , the version we reviewed is n’t compatible with net Explorer ; you ’ll have to habituate an former variation if that ’s your preferent browser app ( December 2003 ) .

PDFpen 1.1($30 ) , from SmileOnMyMac ( www.smileonmymac.com ): This PDF utility program let you rearrange pages , add and edit artwork , and dispatch a digital configuration for a sensible price . However , PDFpen is dull , and its Find function and multiple page selection features are flawed ( April 2004 ) .

PDFshrink 3.0($35 ) , from Apago ( www.apago.com ): If you need to compress PDF Indian file , this service program is for you . PDFshrink allows you to interpolate the resolution of images in a PDF , bump off unwanted content , and even perform batch conversions on solidification of files ( November 2003 ) .

PocketMac Pro 2.0($70 ) , from Information Appliance Associates ( www.pocketmac.net ): PocketMac Pro syncs PocketPCs with the Mac , so it ’s the only secret plan in townsfolk if you ca n’t live without a PocketPC . However , installation is tricky , and it ca n’t sync all PocketPC data point ( June 2003 ) .

PodQuest 1.0.1($10 ) , from MibaSoft ( www.mibasoft.dk ): PodQuest is a ready to hand little software that downloads MapQuest driving direction to your iPod ( December 2003 ) .

QuicKeys X 1.5.4($80 ) , from CE Software ( www.cesoft.com ): This version edges QuicKeys XTC closer to the major power of QuicKeys 5 by give you more control over the Mac user interface . It ’s the fastest route to Mac mechanization without learning AppleScript ( June 2003 ) .

QuicKeys X2($100 ) , from CE Software ( www.cesoft.com ): With more shortcuts and a better user interface , this interlingual rendition of the task - mechanisation software can keep down many complex tasks to a undivided key stroke . We extremely advocate it as an rise for version 1.5 users ( October 2003 ) .

RBrowser 3.1.2($49 ) , from RBrowser ( www.rbrowser.com ): RBrowser is the most Mac OS X - like of the FTP clients we brush up ; it let you switch between Icon , List , and Column views , and it ’s easy to use ( September 2003 ) .

SBook5(free ) , from Simson Garfinkel ( www.sbook5.com ): This lightning - tight , barren - form speech - book database is intend to substitute any other address Quran you habituate ( January 2004 ) .

SimpleFTP 2.0.1($15 ) , from On - Core ( www.on-core.com ): This inexpensive FTP client give you a limited interface and no advanced features ( September 2003 ) .

Spell Catcher X($40 ) , from Rainmaker Research ( www.rainmakerinc.com ): Spell Catcher X is undeniably good at checking spelling in the background , and it shape systemwide ( June 2003 ) .

Spring Cleaning 6.0($50 ) , from Aladdin Systems ( www.aladdinsys.com ): This drive cleanup utility is a salutary selection for managing the digital junk you ’ve created . But some of its features make Spring Cleaning potentially serious for those do n’t make out what they ’re blue-pencil ( January 2004 ) .

TimeCache 5.1.5($50 ) , from The PandaWare Company ( www.pandaware.com ): This program assist professionals who bill for their time keep track of where the hr went . It let in several utile features as well as a few port oddity ( December 2003 ) .

TNEF ’s Enough(free ) , from Joshua S. Jacob ( www.joshjacob.com ): This free utility solves that annoying trouble of receive unopenable vitamin E - chain armor attachments from Windows substance abuser . Drag the offending adherence onto the TNEF ’s Enough icon for quick relief ( December 2003 ) .

transfer 2.5($25 ) , from Panic ( www.panic.com ): Transmit is the most well-to-do - to - use and powerful FTP customer available . We appreciate its nonrational user interface , fantabulous lineament , and whole performance ( September 2003 ) .

TypeIt4Me 1.0($27 ) , from Riccardo Ettore ( www.typeit4me.com ): This powerful and systemwide autocomplete public utility is wanton to apply , but it ’s not complete . Despite the flaws ( it can fall behind , and you need to begin it manually ) , TypeIt4Me is extremely utile ( July 2003 ) .

Utilities — Security

HomeGuardian 2($25 ) , from SubRosaSoft ( www.subrosasoft.com ): HomeGuardian uses a World Wide Web Cam River and the Mac ’s microphone to monitor action in a elbow room . It works perfectly in a single room , with splendid movement sensitivity ( March 2004 ) .

Utilities — Speech Recognition

iLife Voice Solution ScriptPaks($25 ) , from MacSpeech ( www.macspeech.com ): This handy , inexpensive package extends the dictation - and - control ability of iListen to Apple ’s iLife household of software . The iTunes playscript work the best of all ( September 2003 ) .

iListen 1.6.1($99 ) , from MacSpeech ( www.macspeech.com ): This voice - acknowledgement software package does n’t necessitate the use of a proprietary password mainframe for redaction . However , limited hands - free computer science and poor documentation are definite liabilities ( October 2003 ) .

Utilities — System Enhancement

Alepin 2.53($10 ) , from MacChampion ( www.macchampion.com ): Alepin truly supercede the lost Mac OS 9 Scrapbook and Notepad . you could create files that check Page hold text and images , then group those pages into categories ( September 2003 ) .

BuddyPop 1.0.1($7 ) , from Tynsoe.org ( http://projects.tynsoe.org/en ): BuddyPop gives you agile and easy admission to contact contingent from within any app program , permit you to cut and paste telephone set numbers pool and other data without having to wait for Address Book to dilute ( October 2003 ) .