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Prosoft Engineering (https://www.prosofteng.com) has released Drive Genius 5, an update of the macOS utility that optimizes and automates your hard drive maintenance. The upgrade sports new Malware Scan and (APFS Apple Files System) compatibility.

The new Malware Scan tool allows you to scan drives for malware. Drive Pulse performs “Live” malware scans of well-known download folders automatically. There’s also improved support for 10.12.x Bootwell drive creation.

Drive Genius 5 requires macOS 10.10 or higher. Pricing starts at $99, and a demo is available for download.

Apple has released developer betas of macOS 10.12.5, iOS 10.3.2, watchOS 3.2.2 and tvOS 10.2.1. Registered developers Developers can obtain them at the Apple Developer Center.

ToneBands (http://tonebands.com) has launched a line of sport-style silicone bands for the Apple Watch. The initial line comes in three colors: white, gray and lavender.

All three colors come with black latching pins to match space gray and space black watches. In the future, ToneBands hopes to expand into offering a wider variety of colors and styles, and to expand into other colored pins as well, according to company co-founder, Cameron Banga.

The bands retail for $18 individually, or $39 for a three-pac. They’re available for purchase now.

B-Eng has introduced Anti Virus Plus for macOS. It’s a virus scanner and vulnerability detector that the company says recognizes more than six million different viruses.

Anti Virus Plus comes with a full vulnerability detector, a port scanner and an automatic directory scanner, as well as a drag and drop scanner where newly added files are scanned automatically. The vulnerability scanner detects loopholes and unsecure security settings for encrypted viruses, malware, adware and trojans.

Macubes has announced VDOMint 1.1 (http://vdomint.com/), an update to the free app that provides Mac users with a menu bar for YouTube. Features include a shortcut key setting for go-to, quick access and more.

Offering new user interface refinements, version 1.1 also includes drag and drop support in the status bar and player window from YouTube URLs, as well as bug fixes. VDOMint 1.1 requires macOS 10.10 or later.