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Press release edited by Applelinks senior editor Kirk Hiner

Xupport is a multipurpose system utility for Mac OS X. It provides many features to configure hidden Mac OS X and Unix options, to increase system security and performance, to maintain and backup Mac OS X, and to dig deeper into the world of Unix. Xupport 3 is fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther), and is available as Universal Application for Intel Macs.

Changes in Xupport 3.1.8:

• New Unix manual pages conversion
• Improved compatibility with unusual installation locations
• Some fixes concerning the "Universal" version
• Some minor fixes and improvements

Key Features:

• Access hidden System, Finder and Dock settings
• Run native maintenance scripts
• Reset file type settings (Rebuild Desktop)
• Reset Finder information (.DS_Store)
• Clean system and application log files
• Clean browser caches, cookies, web icons...
• Delete files and folders with administrator privileges
• Network optimizer
• Virtual memory optimizer (swap)
• Access hidden server settings (afp, http, ssh, ftp, smb)
• Create additional shared directories (Share Points)
• Advanced firewall interface (ipfw)
• Create bootable backups
• Create backup disk images for software restoration
• Browse hidden system files and folders
• Display system integrated unix manual pages (man)
• Mac OS X shortcuts collection
• Mac OS X error codes collection
• ASCII table and conversion

A Xupport single user license costs $19.90, while the single user upgrade price is $9.90. Volume discounts and site lincenses are available. Xupport requires Mac OS X v10.3 or higher, and is available in English, German and Japanese (Italian, French and Spanish will follow). For more information, visit www.computer-support.ch.