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MainMenu1.4.2 Maintenance, Cleaning And Optimization Menulet [OS X 10.3 up]
ShowVolumeFragmentation 0.64 Shows File & Freespace Fragmentation [OS X 10.3 up]
ImageJ 1.34r Free Image Processing & Analysis In Java [OS X]
Xsanity Defrag 1.1 Xsan Defragmentation App
Gizmo 0.8.0.44 P2P telephony client using the SIP protocol [OS X 10.3 up]
FileChute 1.9 Sends Large Files Easily [OS 10.2 up]
Gmail Notifier 1.0b2 Notifies You Of New Mail In Your Gmail Account [OS X 10.3 up]
SophoKeys 1.2.2 - Polytonic Greek for Mac OS X [OS 10.2 up]
Bochs 2.0.2 Cross Platform IA-32 Emulator





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MainMenu1.4.2 Maintenance, Cleaning And Optimization Menulet [OS X 10.3 up]

MainMenu is an easy-to-use menubar item that allows you to run a large set of Mac OS X maintenance, cleaning and optimization tasks. MainMenu can repair permissions, update prebindings, clean system and users caches, empty many browsers caches/history, force empty the trash, clean logs, repair disks, and much more. Most tasks provide feedback in the log window during execution. The batch task function allows you to run many routines at once. Bug reports, feature requests, feedback (positive as well as negative) and anything else are welcome. MainMenu is and will always be free, but donations to support development and future projects are appreciated.

Primary Features
• Repair OS X Permissions
• Run System Maintenance Scripts
• Update Prebindings
• Clean System, User & Browser Caches
• Clean Logs, Preferences & Trashes
• Feedback in Log Window
• Repair & Eject Disks
• Batch Task Execution
• Much More

New in this version:
• Big bug fix: MainMenu would crash on next launch if "I have donated" preference was set. Thanks to all who reported this (and who donated )
• Bug fix: Menu icon (default set) sometimes looked ugly when being clicked if a task was running
• Improved overall stability
• Fixed bug where "Show Log Window" didn't turn into "Hide Log Window"
• New feature (!): Erase free space [Tiger only] (Zero Out, 7-Pass erasure, or 35-Pass erasure). Files deleted in the Finder are not actually removed from the HD. Data can be recovered. However, once one of the erase free space features are used, data recovery of deleted files is near impossible. Thanks goes to Leon Calderon for this feature request.
• Fixed issues with update prebinding and update locate database (there was an accidental /bin/ in the command)
• New feature: Rebuild LaunchServices database (useful if Finder's "Open With" menu shows applications no longer installed, or shows some as duplicates). Thanks Tohru Okai for the suggestion
• New website (some pages still under construction though), new domain name (http://www.santasw.com)
• Empty trash, when part of the batch tasks list, no longer asks for confirmation, thanks to Tony Yazbeck for pointing this out
• MainMenu's menu bar icon now sits to the left of MenuExtras and to the right of StatusItems, so it won't disappear due to lack of menubar space
• Changed bundle identifier from nr.co.rakka.MainMenu to com.santasw.MainMenu (this is the last time, as the domain name is proper now)
• Fixed issue where Mail.app was used for bug reports instead of the user's default mail application, e.g Entourage. Thanks to Alastair Scott (thebrix) for this
• Moved various application related menu items (e.g Preferences, Quit, About) to a submenu named "MainMenu". The menu is now much more compact
• Moved preference verifying and removal menu items to a submenu named "Preference Files". Menu has become even shorter
• When MainMenu is started, a small window will appear briefly (except after authorizing) indicating that it is located in the user's menu bar (many users don't read the product description prior to downloading it. This will help them)

System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) or 10.4 (Tiger)
• BSD Subsystem (installation default)
• Administrator name and passphrase

MainMenu is freeware

For more information, visit:
http://www.santasw.com/products.html









ShowVolumeFragmentation 0.64 Shows File & Freespace Fragmentation [OS X 10.3 up]

ShowVolumeFragmentation is freeware

ShowVolumeFragmentation is an GUI around hfsdebug from Mr. Amit Singh http://www.kernelthread.com/software/hfsdebug/.

Display details of all fragmented files on any available disk volume (HD, CD/DVD, mounted .DMG) , unfragmented freespace and the hotfiles .

To use this app, you need an Admin user account, standard account (can´t run sudo shells) don´t work, But no root account needed.

Planned: using standard autorisation (V06X)

New in this version:
• changed : major GUI cleanup
• added: help tags, shown if your mouse stay on an GUI item, ON /OFF in the menu
• changed: Print file fragmentation list moved into the menu

New in version 063:
• changed V063: more understandable freespace fragmentation lsit (Thanks to George)
• added: Pie Chart shows also total freespace (as in the list)
• added: you can save the state of freespace fragmentation (pie chart) and compare it later. You see cleaning up´s of your HD now at one sight
changed: minor GUI changes

System requirements:
OS X 10.3 or Tiger, 10.3 Users can use the Tiger Version of hfsdebug.
App guides you to the download page of hfsdebug

For more information, visit:
http://people.freenet.de/amichalak/index.html








ImageJ 1.34r Free Image Processing & Analysis In Java [OS X]

ImageJ is a public domain Java image processing program inspired by NIH Image for the Macintosh. It runs, either as an online applet or as a downloadable application, on any computer with a Java 1.1 or later virtual machine.

ImageJ Features

Runs Everywhere:
ImageJ runs on Linux, Mac OS 9, Mac OS X and Windows.
Data Types:
8-bit grayscale or indexed color, 16-bit unsigned integer, 32-bit floating-point and 32-bit RGB color.
File Formats:
Open and save all supported data types as TIFF (uncompressed) or as raw data. Open and save GIF, JPEG, BMP and ASCII. Open DICOM, FITS, PNG and PGM. Open TIFFs, GIFs, JPEGs, DICOMs and raw data using a URL. Open and save many other formats using plugins.
Speed:
ImageJ is the world's fastest pure Java image processing program. It can filter a 2048x2048 image in 0.1 seconds (*). That's 40 million pixels per second!
Macros:
Automate tasks and create custom tools using macros. More than 120 example macros are available on the ImageJ Web site.
Plugins:
Extend ImageJ by developing plugins using ImageJ's built in command recorder, editor and Java compiler. Over 100 plugins are available.
Toolkit:
Use ImageJ as a image processing toolkit (class library) to develop applets, servlets or applications.
Image display:
Tools are provided for zooming (1:32 to 32:1) and scrolling images. All analysis and processing functions work at any magnification factor.
Regions of Interest:
Create rectangular, elliptical or irregular regions of interest (ROIs). Draw, fill, clear, filter or measure ROIs. Transfer an ROI to another image.
Image Enhancement:
Supports smoothing, sharpening, edge detection, median filtering and thresholding on both 8-bit grayscale and RGB color images. Interactively adjust brightness and contrast of 8, 16 and 32-bit images.
Geometric Operations:
Crop, scale, resize and rotate. Flip vertically or horizontally.
Analysis:
Measure area, mean, standard deviation, min and max of ROI or entire image. Measure lengths and angles. Use real world measurement units such as millimeters. Calibrate using density standards. Generate histograms and profile plots.
Editing:
Cut, copy or paste images or selections. Paste using AND, OR, XOR or "Blend" modes. Add text, arrows, rectangles, ellipses or polygons to images.
Color Processing:
Split a 32-bit color image into RGB or HSV components. Merge 8-bit components into a color image. Convert an RGB image to 8-bit indexed color. Apply pseudo-color palettes to grayscale images.
Stacks:
Display a "stack" of related images in a single window. Process an entire stack using a single command. Open a folder of images as a stack. Save stacks as multi-image TIFF files.

(*) Process/Smooth command, 8-bit image, 3GHz Windows PC, IE 6.0, Microsoft Java 1.1.4.

New in this version:
• Added the imageCalculator() macro function.
• Added a "Text File" type to Plugins/New.
• Plugins/New now uses "My_Plugin", "Filter_Plugin" and "Plugin_Frame" as the default plugin names.
• Fixed a bug that could cause bogus "There are no images open" errors in batch mode macros.
• Fixed a bug in Plugins/New that caused the generated plugin frame to use a tiny window.

System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.0 or higher

ImageJ is freeware

For more information, visit:
http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/








Xsanity Defrag 1.1 Xsan Defragmentation App

Xsanity Defrag runs the command line utility, snfsdefrag (the Xsan File System Defrag Utility that ships with Xsan), to defragment files on Xsan volumes or storage pools.

The much-anticipated Xsan 1.1 updates are finally available for download. While each of the three above are obtainable via Software Update, you might prefer to check out these standalone installers. The release brings Tiger compatibility, new documentations, and a number of performance improvements, but few new features. The updates are free, and your existing Xsan serial numbers will of course continue to work.

What's new in this version:
Xsanity Defrag 1.1 has been updated for Xsan 1.1. The app is a GUI wrapped around the snfsdefrag command-line utility that ships with Xsan, allowing you to defragment files on Xsan volumes or storage pools with ease. It indicates the level of fragmentation on your Xsan volumes or storage pools, and allows you to monitor the progress of the defragmentation process.

System requirements:
Apple's Xsan

Important Notes: If any system in your SAN is running Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.4, then your metadata controllers must also run the same. You can't use a metadata controller running on Mac OS X v10.3 if any client is running Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.4.

We read this to mean the following: If all your systems are running OS 10.3, a mix of Xsan 1.0.1 and 1.1 is O.K. But if any client has OS 10.4 and Xsan 1.1, then you must upgrade your metadata controllers to OS 10.4 and Xsan 1.1.

Xsanity Defrag is freeware

For more information, visit:
http://www.xsanity.com/








Gizmo 0.8.0.44 P2P telephony client using the SIP protocol [OS X 10.3 up]

Gizmo is a Free Phone for Your Computer

That makes calling as easy as instant messaging

An internet telephone. As simple as an instant messenger. Now you’re talking.

Make all your calls from the comfort of your desktop. With Gizmo, it’s point, click, talk. For free.

Say goodbye to high price calling, and say “hello” to anyone online, anywhere on earth.

Why use Gizmo?
• It’s free!
• Free calls to all Gizmo users.
• Free Voicemail and Conference Calls.
• Super clear call quality.
• Inexpensive add-ons that let you make and receive calls from any mobile phone or landline.

System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.3 or higher
Microphone
Internet connection (Dialup 33.6 kbs or broadband including cable, DSL, LAN, etc. Results may vary on satellite, EDGE/GPRS connections)

Gizmo is freeware

For more information, visit:
http://www.gizmoproject.com/








FileChute 1.9 Sends Large Files Easily [OS 10.2 up]

FileChute is an easy-to-use app that turns sending multi-megabyte files from a pain to a simple drag-and-drop. FileChute even lets you send multiple files or folders in one single step. Just drop them in the chute and off it goes - automatically creating your choice of a dmg, zip or tar on the fly. Your recipient simply clicks on the link to retrieve the file. Since no special software is required on the receiving end, it doesn't matter whether she uses a Mac or a Windows PC.

Why use FileChute?

Anyone who has ever tried to send large files as e-mail attachments knows the headache - either the mails won't get through at all, or the recipients' mailboxes get flooded. When you use FileChute, you're sending links to the files rather than the files themselves, so sending files hundreds of megabytes in size is just as easy as sending any file. FileChute doesn't stop there, it provides a host of features to make your life easier:

• On-the-fly archiving (zip, tar or dmg) so sending multiple files or folders is as easy as sending a single file.
• Automatic obfuscating of filenames to keep your files more secure.
• On-the-fly encryption (.dmg only) for even better security.
• Auto delete files on server after a configurable number of days.
• Generate short URLs using SnipURL

New in this version:
• Transport engine rewritten to make use of Apple's dotMac SDK
• Setting up for .Mac use is now easier than ever if you already have iDisk set up on your Mac
• Updated Japanese localizations

System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.2 or later
• One of the following:
° Apple .Mac account
° EarthLink account
° Account on a WebDAV-enabled webserver
° Account on an FTP-accessible webserver

FileChute is $15.00 shareware

For more information, visit:
http://www.yellowmug.com/filechute/








Gmail Notifier 1.0b2 Notifies You Of New Mail In Your Gmail Account [OS X 10.3 up]

Gmail Notifier for Mac OS X is an application that lives in your dock and provides easy access to your Gmail account. Not only does it alert you when you've received new Gmail, but it also provides Dock Menu access to your new messages and the Compose Mail screen. Furthermore, it redirects "mailto:" URLs to Gmail so that clicking on an email link on the web will bring you to Gmail rather than to Apple Mail or Entourage.

System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.3 or later

Gmail Notifier is $5 donationware

For more information, visit:
http://david.kleinschmidt.name/gmail-notifier/








SophoKeys 1.2.2 - Polytonic Greek for Mac OS X [OS 10.2 up]

SophoKeys provides an easy to use and standardized method for writing Ancient Greek on the Macintosh, taking advantage of the well-known Beta Code of Thesaurus Linguae Graecae. Producing platform independent Unicode output, SophoKeys is a perfect tool perfect for the modern publishing world. Creating complex documents is simple, requiring no deadkeys or modifiers except shift -- simply type in Beta Code and watch your properly marked text appear on the screen, with live-updated cues as you type!

Alternatively, SophoKeys also comes with an Express layout, which enables very rapid text entry. Features include all common breathings, accents and other marks available with a single keystroke and vowel deadkeys - type accents after letters! Furthermore, SophoKeys Express allows capital letters to be entered in the simpler shift-letter format.

Implementation details:
• Lower and upper case characters
• All accents
• All subscripts
• All breathing marks
• Macron, breve, and dieresis marks
• Most archaic characters
• All punctuation marks
• All TLG Beta Code quotation marks
• All TLG Beta Code parentheses
• 100 TLG Beta Code additional marks
• 100 TLG Beta Code additional characters

System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

SophoKeys is freeware

For more information, visit:
http://www.sourcecod.com/sophokeys/








Bochs 2.0.2 Cross Platform IA-32 Emulator

Bochs is a highly portable open source IA-32 (x86) PC emulator written in C++, that runs on most popular platforms. It includes emulation of the Intel x86 CPU, common I/O devices, and a custom BIOS. Currently, bochs can be compiled to emulate a 386, 486 or Pentium CPU. Bochs is capable of running most Operating Systems inside the emulation including Linux, Windows® 95, DOS, and recently Windows® NT 4. Bochs was written by Kevin Lawton and is currently maintained by this project.

Bochs can be compiled and used in a variety of modes, some which are still in development. The 'typical' use of bochs is to provide complete x86 PC emulation, including the x86 processor, hardware devices, and memory. This allows you to run OS's and software within the emulator on your workstation, much like you have a machine inside of a machine. For instance, let's say your workstation is a Unix/X11 workstation, but you want to run Win'95 applications. Bochs will allow you to run Win 95 and associated software on your Unix/X11 workstation, displaying a window on your workstation, simulating a monitor on a PC.

New in this version:
• fix possible segfault in wxWindows (Volker Ruppert)
• fix instrumentation (Stanislav Shwartsman)
• fix cdrom read_toc() function for
• BSD (Keith Matthew Jones)
• fix NetBSD boot from cdrom (Christophe Bothamy)
• fix cmos checksum (Volker)
• fix "refresh bit" behaviour in pit (Volker)
• fix .bochsrc parsing (Volker)
• fix vga resize/redraw problems (Volker)
• fix compilation issues on Irix and Tru64 (Christophe)
• fix MMX/SSE bugs (Stanislav, Peter Tattam)

For more information, visit:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580&release_id=129437




Charles W. Moore

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