Mac Software Review: CleanApp 3 (beta)

Synium Software Cleanup Mac shareware
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For Mac, not many software developers include an uninstaller program in their software package. Rare ones are Symantec and Microsoft. For example, Norton AntiVirus for Mac v.11 comes with an uninstaller program called Symantec Uninstaller. Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac also comes with an installer program called Remove Office.

When Austin Sarner and Brian Ball introduced AppZapper to the Mac community several years ago, it turned out to be a hit. The idea was so simple. It’s just that other software developers didn’t do it successfully before.

Now, we have at least one more choice for removing unwanted applications. A German software developer called Synium Software has an affordable solution to removing software titles. The latest version, CleanApp 3, is still in beta. According to the software developer, this version is Leopard-compatible. CleanApp 2.4.1 is not.  Continue reading

Mac Software Review: ImageWell 3.5

Mac shareware Xtralean ImageWell
Mac software review

ImageWell is an affordable image editor from Xtralean Software. It only costs CAD19.95. That’s about US$19.50 or 12.62€. Application size is only 2.3 MB. Compare it with Adobe Fireworks CS3, whose application is 308.8 MB in file size. Yet, despite its price and size, ImageWell is quite versatile. Some of the useful features are framing and watermarking images and adding comment shapes and non-linear arrows. So let’s see what we can do with it.  Continue reading

Briefly: Apple Releasing Security Update 2008-003

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TOKYO (MacHouse) – Yesterday, Apple, Inc. released an OS update for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. The company also released a security update, which applies not just to OS X 10.5.3 but also to 10.4.11. This security update covers a number of areas including Apache, AppKit, Flash Player Plug-in, Help Viewer, iCal, Image Capture, Mail and more.






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