Year: 2010

LittleFin Software has updated Compartments (http://www.littlefin.com/compartments.html) for Mac OS X (10.5 and higher), to version 1.1. Advanced reports system has been introduced in the new version, allowing the user to customize the information displayed on the report. The user can also attach receipts or other files to items in this release.

Compartments allows household items to be entered, searched and sorted by location, type, value or any custom tag. Drag and drop photos and other info can be added to each item listing.

DTP Tools has released Layer Groups 2.0 plug-in (http://www.dtptools.com/layergroups), which more than doubles the feature set of the previous version. The plug-in is Adobe Creative Suite 5 ready.

Layer Groups 2.0 adds: listing of objects in the layer on current spread; listing of objects in the layer in the document; and importing layers including structure and content from other documents. Also, users can enjoy the listing and naming of objects within a layer introduced in CS5 in any InDesign version from CS up with additional settings filtering objects for spread or document.

Pro2col (http://www.pro2col.com), specialists in the secure large file transfer arena, has released StingRay 2.6, an update of the file transfer server.

The latest firmware release for this multi-protocol file transfer server provides users with an entirely new file sending named, Quicksend. Intended for one-off transmissions, the Quicksend feature enables users to send large files instantaneously via the StingRay Client application (Mac version 2.0.2) by simply entering an email address,.

HighPoint Technologies (http://www.highpoint-tech.com/) has announced the RocketRAID Quad eSATA 6Gbs host adapter for the Mac Pro. The company says it’s the industry’s first PCI-Express Gen 2.0 x4 host adapter with quad independent 6Gb/s eSATA connections.

The RocketRAID Quad eSATA 6Gb/s for Mac supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD for performance and data protection. RAID 0 and 10 boost performance with striping technology and RAID 1 protects data from a single drive failure with mirroring technology. RAID 5 delivers performance and protection against a failed drive.