Year: 2004

Chance to win iPod mini with purchase of Cocktail

Posted by | Jan 16, 2004 | |

From January 15 through February 15, every order of Cocktail, the popular general purpose utility for Mac OS X, will be entered in a drawing to win one of five iPod minis. The US$11.95 software lets you enable or disable journaling, set disk spindown time, update or re-prebind files, repair permissions, run cron scripts, delete cache files, recreate alias to Mac OS 9 desktop, force empty trash, delete locked items, customize look and features of Finder and Dock, and more.

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ChronoSync synchronization tool gets updated

Posted by | Jan 16, 2004 | |

Econ Technologies has released ChronoSync 2.0.4, an update to its automated synchronization and backup application for Mac OS X. The update improves speed when performing sequential syncs without closing the sync document. Additionally, if a sync contains errors, they are not only included in email messages but now the subject text reads “w/errors”. ChronoSync sells for US$30.

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Speck announces first case for iPod mini

Posted by | Jan 15, 2004 | |

Speck Products has announced a newly designed rubberized skin for the recently announced iPod mini. The company said it hopes to have the iPod mini Skin cases available when Apple begins shipping the devices in February. The case features shock-absorbing Dynaflex rubberized plastic construction, cutouts for the headphone, FireWire port, and hold switch, and will be introduced in translucent colors inspired from the 5 new iPod mini colors. The Skins will be sold in 3-Packs for US$29.95 and individually for $19.95.

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