App development has taken off in the last few years, making it increasingly difficult to stay on top of all the latest versions. To help all of you out, we here at
MacNN are dedicated to sorting through new update releases, and highlighting some of the important ones, as well as showcasing apps that we find to be interesting. Today, we are procrastination eliminator
Vitamin-R 2, as well as detailing updates to encryption tool MacFort, audio editor TwistedWave, text expander Typinator, screenshot utility SnapNDrag Pro, scanning software VueScan, and Twitter client Tweetbot.
Featured App of the Day
Professional procrastinators beware,
Vitamin-R 2 has been reduced in price from $25 down to $1 for a limited time. Designed to help organize work into short bursts of highly-focused activity, Vitamin-R can effectively undo years of perfecting your personal distraction methods. When the software is enabled it will monitor activity and provide customizable visual, audio, and speech notifications that attempt to nudge you back to your original project. In addition, Vitamin-R 2 integrates directly with a number of to-do list managers and can sync across all of your Mac and iOS devices via Dropbox.
MacFort v4.9.9
$25
MacFort can be used to encrypt and password protect individual files and folders, as well as applications and any of their associated files. The v4.9.9 update now works much better under OS X El Capitan and includes the ability to encrypt Day One Journal with Password Protection. In addition, encryption support has also been added for Notes and Reminders.
Download - 4.3MB
TwistedWave v1.14.3
$80
TwistedWave is an audio editor that features support for Audio Unit plug-ins and a wide range of file formats. The software also includes multichannel support for adding, removing, and reordering channels, as well as an unlimited undo/redo feature. Compatibility with OS X 10.6 has been restored with the v1.14.3 update.
Download - 27.4MB
Typinator v6.7
$29
Typinator can be used to automatically fill in repeating text and/or pictures. Users can set a list of commonly used words or images, and then define text fragments that trigger each item. Version 6.7 is now fully scriptable with support for writing scripts in both AppleScript and JavaScript. A new built-in function for inserting arbitrary Unicode characters in expansions is also included, along with fixes for a number of known issues.
Download - 7.4MB
SnapNDrag Pro v4.0
$10
SnapNDrag Pro is a screenshot utility that features tools for annotating, organizing, and sharing screenshots. Version 4.0 moves the library out of Application Support and into the Pictures folder, which makes it easier to back up or move to another Mac.
Download - 3.5MB
VueScan v9.5.27
$40
VueScan is a scanning utility that includes support for most flatbed and film scanners. The software uses ICC profiles and IT8 calibration to ensure accurate colors, and features a number of advanced features for tweaking scans. The latest update adds support for 37 new Epson multifunction printers, as well as new options for disabling scanners. In addition, a problem with some Fujitsu scanners has also been addressed.
Download - 8.1MB
Tweetbot v2.1
$10
Tweetbot for Mac is a desktop Twitter client that offers support for multiple timelines, multiple windows and columns, Mountain Lion's Notification Center, and Retina displays. The v2.1 update adds a new Activity view, and will also now display any quoted tweets in the mentions pane. Other changes include the ability to play Twitter, Instagram, and Vine view directly within the app, as well as to pinch to zoom images within the image view window.
Download - 11.8MB
Top