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Things 1.0.4

Cultured Code — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:25:16 -0500

Organize your tasks in an elegant and intuitive way. Things combines powerful features with simplicity through the use of tags and its intelligent filter bar. A Leopard style source list allows for quick and easy focusing. Together with a beautiful user interface, Things aims at the seemingly impossible: making task management both easy and fun.

REQUIREMENTS: Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later

To download a demo copy of Things 1.0.4 (4.3MB), click here.

Productivity: Full Software List

The Software Vault — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:27:23 -0500

Here's a list of all the demos, trials, freeware, shareware, and donationware in the Productivity section of the Software Vault. Check back often to see what's new and what's been updated.

Just click on any software title for more information and a download link.

Sponsors:

Liquid Ledger 2 Demo - The complete personal finance solution for everyone.

EasyEnvelopes 1.0.7 freeware - EasyEnvelopes is a widget for Dashboard, so it is instantly available no matter what application you are using.

F10 Launch Studio 1.5.1 demo - The premier launch management suite for Macintosh.

FileMaker Pro 9 trial - A powerful, full-featured database system wrapped in an award-winning design.

iClipboard 1.1 demo - The ultimate clipboard manager.

SOHO Business Cards 2.5.1 trial - Design and print stunning business cards in minutes.

SOHO Labels 3.6.0 trial - The fastest way to print labels (including CD/DVD labels), envelopes, and letterhead.

NoteBook 2.1 trial - Clip, annotate, and share unstructured information with this outliner and free-form database.
OmniGraffle 4.1.2 trial - Easily create diagrams, family trees, flow charts, org charts, layouts, and more.
OmniOutliner 3.6.1 demo - This app is just what you need for outlining and organizing information.
ShredIt X 5.7 demo - Easily shreds any file so that its data can never be recovered.

SOHO Notes 6.5 .4 trial - Capture, organize, and share all of your personal and workgroup information.

SOHO Organizer 6.5.4 trial - Forget about missing a meeting or losing a contact with this outstanding organizer.
StuffIt Standard Mac 11.0.2 trial - Solve all your basic compression needs quickly and easily.

Editors' Picks:

StoryMill demo - Writing a novel has never been easier.

Montage demo - Create, write and submit scripts.

MacJournal demo - Mac journaling and blog software

AccountEdge trial - Automate, organize, and process all your business tasks and financial information.

Application Wizard 2.3.1 shareware - Spend less time accessing your applications, documents and pictures and more time on the things that matter.
BBEdit 8.6.2 demo - Here's the latest version of the undisputed champion of all text editors.

Birthday Buzzer 1.1.1 demo - Don't be a dope and forget yet another birthday.

ChatterBlocker 1.1.2 demo - A more polite alternative to telling your co-workers to shut up.

ChronoSync 3.3.5 demo - Efficiently synchronize files and folders from one disk location to another.

Clean Text 5.0 shareware - De-junkify text quickly and easily. Great for Web scrapings and email.

Daylite 3.2.2 trial - Keep your work life - and your mind - organized and free of clutter.
Debt Quencher 1.0 demo - Debt management made easy with immediate feedback when you enter your credit card balances.

Debtinator 2.3.2 shareware - This software will terminate your debts with extreme prejudice.

Default Folder X 3.0.6 demo - Save your files effortlessly and open your folders instantly.
FirstEdge trial - Easily manage any small business with straightforward management and accounting needs.

GhostReader 1.1 demo - Just like a ghostwriter writes for someone else, GhostReader can read for you.

iClip 4 demo - Here's a multi-level, easy-to-use, scrapbook and clipboard expander.
iList Data 3.5 demo - A powerful, single-user database for the Macintosh.
JABMenu 1.2 shareware - A system-wide menu provides an easy way to access your Address Book data.
Jotz 1.3.52u trial - A powerful, linkable notepad and database app.

Keep It Together 1.3.8 trial - Keep your stuff together, and find it again instantly.

MacJournal 4.1.2 trial - Keep your journal at your fingertips, even when you're on the road.
MailSteward 7.6.1 demo - MailSteward will archive all of your email in a database for easy retrieval.

MemoBlock 4.7 donationware - This notepad utility incldes styling, alarms, iPod integration, and more.

Montage 1.2.2 demo - Professional-grade screenwriting software developed exclusively for Mac OS X
Opal 1.0.7 trial - Organize ideas, reports, lists, notes, projects, and graphics in outline form.
PasswordVault Lite 5.2 trial - This password manager offers auto-filling of Web forms, detailed reports, and much more.
PCalc 3.2 shareware - Possibly the most versatile Mac calculator imaginable.
PDFpen 3.2 demo - Split, combine, reorder, sign, and augment PDFs with text, image overlays, and watermarks.
Savvy Clipboard 2.1 shareware - Add easy-to-use multiple-clipboard capability to your Mac.

Scrivener 1.0 trial - If you're a creative writer, this comprehensive app will help you move from first idea to final draft.

Springy 1.2.2 shareware - Manage all your compressed-file archives with ease and elegance.
TaskTime4 v4.3.5 shareware - Keeps track of time spent on projects, and generates invoices.
Temporis 1.0.1 shareware - Create elegant timeline graphics easilly and quickly.

TextExpander 1.4.2 demo - This customizable typing timesaver expands abbreviations as you type.
TextWrangler 2.2.1 and 2.1.3 freeware - BBEdit's little brother of a text editor is astonishingly powerful for its price - which is zero.

Think 1.1 trial - The world is full of distractions, and so is your Mac. Think helps you concentrate on the task at hand.
TimeCache 6.1.8 trial - TimeCache simplifies the tracking, reporting, and billing of time spent on projects.
TinyBooks 5.0.0 trial - This ultra-simple accounting and bookkeeping app is designed for home and small businesses.

Vela Clock 2.1.1 demo - Though your Mac has a clock, it doesn't have a clock even remotely like this.
Virtual TimeClock Pro 5.3 trial - Effortlessly track your employee's hours and overtime.

WriteRoom 2.1 demo - Block out all unnecessary distrations with this screen-clearing writing tool.
Yojimbo 1.4.2 demo - This effortless information organizer keeps all your information organized and accessible.

Liquid Ledger 2

Modeless Software — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:22:06 -0500

Liquid Ledger is the complete money management solution for anyone who wishes to better understand where their money comes from and where it goes. Whether you’'ve been using accounting software for years or you're just starting out, Liquid Ledger makes it easy to record bank and credit card transactions; track your investments; analyze income and expenses; schedule upcoming transactions; design and print checks; manage a household budget; migrate existing data from Quicken or MS Money; and much more. Liquid Ledger is also the only personal finance solution to offer full support for working in multiple currencies, so you can record transactions in any currency and easily transfer funds between home and foreign currency accounts.

REQUIREMENTS: Mac OS X 10.4 or later

To download a save-disabled copy of Liquid Ledger 2 (3.8MB), click here. A free and fully functional 60-day trial licence can be requested by visiting the Liquid Ledger web site.

Updated: Application Wizard 2.3.1

MaBaSoft — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:24:16 -0600

Application Wizard lets you quickly open, quit, show and hide applications, open them automatically at startup and force them to open using Rosetta, turn single application mode on and quit background-only applications and the Finder. With Application Wizard you can also navigate volumes and frequently used folders to quickly open enclosed items, easily access favorite files, recent folders and your iPhoto or Aperture library, preview images, music, movies and PDF files, copy pictures and display slideshows, view the metadata associated with files and check system memory usage.

REQUIREMENTS: Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later

To download a shareware copy of Application Wizard 2.3.1 (3.4MB), click here.

New: iClipboard 1.1

Chronos — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:12:18 -0600

iClipboard is the ultimate clipboard manager. It keeps a history of everything you copy to the clipboard from any application. When you need to go back and paste a clipping from the history, iClipboard appears from the side of your screen so you can preview and paste any clipping—you're no longer limited to pasting just the last thing copied to the clipboard.

REQUIREMENTS: Mac OS X v10.5 or later

To download a copy of iClipboard1.1 (6.3MB), click here.

New: F10 Launch Studio 1.5.1

Chronos — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:02:34 -0600

F10 Launch Studio is the premier launch management suite for Mac OS X. Its patent pending design delivers an extraordinarily fast and efficient way to launch applications and documents. It will literally change the way you use your computer by streamlining the most commonly performed task: launching. Launch applications and documents without knowing where they're located. F10 Launch Studio's ground-breaking Auto-Discovery feature will even search your hard disk and intelligently categorize all your applications. Plus, the built-in Application Switcher makes it a breeze to switch between running programs using a simple hot key.

REQUIREMENTS: Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

To download a copy of F10 Launch Studio 1.5.1 (3.7MB), click here.

New: SOHO Labels 3.6.0

Chronos — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:51:04 -0600

SOHO Labels (the official successor to SOHO Labels & Envelopes) is the fastest way to design and print professional labels and envelopes on your Macintosh. Its next generation design eliminates the headaches typically associated with printing these items so you can get your work done faster.

REQUIREMENTS: Mac OS 10.4.9 or later

To download a trial copy of SOHO Labels 3.6.0 (24.3MB), click here.

New: SOHO Business Cards 2.5.1

Chronos — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:44:35 -0600

First impressions are important. Your business card is often the first promotional material a person receives from your company. It's also the thing most people keep to remember you by. SOHO Business Cards will help you create a professional and memorable impression every time.

REQUIREMENTS: Mac OS 10.4.9 or later

To download a trial copy of SOHO Business Cards 2.5.1 (22.2MB), click here.