Utilities

 

Textpander saves you typing and time

Peter Maurer has released version 1.0 of a great little Mac OS X utility which monitors your typing and inserts pre-defined phrases when you type the associated abbreviation: Textpander.
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EasyEnvelopes Makes Addressing Envelopes, well, Easy

EasyEnvelopes is a Dashboard widget that allows you to quickly create custom-addressed envelopes and print them.
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New Device Driver for the Mighty Mouse

Plentycom Systems in Japan is already marketing a device driver for Apple's Mighty Mouse which adds functionality Apple should have provided.
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Vending machine for widgets

There are already oodles of widgets available for Dashboard, but this is pretty clever: A vending machine for independently-developed widgets.
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Tool Converts PDF Files for Viewing on Sony PSP

Michael Heinz has written a cool tool which converts PDF files into JPEGs which are suitable for viewing on the PSP called PDF 2 PSP.
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iSale eBay Auction Tool

Aspyr Media has announced the iSale tool for composing, launching, and monitoring auction ads on eBay.
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Create, Edit, and Play WMV in QuickTime

Telestream has introduced a set of digital media tools which allow you to not only play Windows Media in QuickTime, but also to create and edit WMV files: Flip4Mac WMV Components.
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Missing Sync for the Sidekick II

My daughter really wants a Sidekick II (and she could get one now for free and make $50 on the deal with rebates), but it wouldn't sync with her Mac... until now.
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iSpeak It 2.0 Turns Documents into Audio Books

ZappTek has just released version 2.0 of iSpeak It, their convenient text-to-audio file utility.
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iScroll2 makes you PowerBook feel new

Were you envious when the newly-announced PowerBooks boasted two-finger scrolling? I was. It was hard enough living without a backlit keyboard all these years...
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Virtue is the final word in Virtual Desktop Managers

Virtue is an open source Virtual Desktop Manager which gives the the ability to switch between an unlimited number of desktops...
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delicious2safari integrates bookmark capabilities

If you use Safari as a browser, and you also use del.icio.us to manage your bookmarks (if you don't, you should take a look at it), you better get delicious2safari.
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PocketMac for BlackBerry - Sync with your Mac

BlackBerrys are cool, except they don't work with Macs... until now. PocketMac has announced their PocketMac for BlackBerry, a complete sync solution if you have a Mac and a BlackBerry.
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NetShade2 protects your anonymity

Rayner Software has announced the release of NetShade 2, a program for your Mac which allows you to browse the web without revealing your true IP address.
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SaveMe automatically saves from any Mac application

GoldfishSoft has released the initial version of SaveMe, a utility that automates saving from "virtually every Mac OS X program in existence."
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