Type of Article: MacNews Web Site

Yum update cooks up redesigned interface

Dare to be Creative has updated Yum, a recipe manager for Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”), to version 4. The user interface was redesigned from the ground up by Apple Design Award winner Dietmar Kerschner.

The new interface features a corkboard to browse recipes by photo, the ability to search recipes with simple text or advanced filters, and an option to view recipes in full screen.

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MacNotables looks at input devices, iOS apps

The latest edition of “MacNotables” (http://www.macnotables.com/wordpress), a podcast that serves as home to Mac personalities who will comment on the latest news and opinions in the Mac community, is available.

Adam Engst discusses his preferences of input devices, from the Tactile Pro Keyboard to an unusual pointing device. As a professional writer, he spends lots of time putting material into his Mac, so things like keyboard feel, pointing device precision, mouse acceleration curves and more are important to him.

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iWisdom grows wiser with version 2.10

PowerSurge Publishing has just released iWisdom 2.10 for Mac OS X and Windows. The new version adds the ability to import quotations from WikiQuote.org. This new feature can import quotations from both author and work (i.e., book and movie) pages, and supports multiple languages.   

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Flux web page creation app revved to version 3

The Escapers has released Flux 3.0 (http://theescapers.com/flux2), an update of the Mac OS X app that allows drag ‘n drop creation of web pages without the need of knowledge of XHTMLICSS (though you can twiddle with the code if you like). Major new features include:

° Tab support in Page Designer, which lets you make the most of your screen real estate by viewing all your pages in tabs;

° List & tree views in File manager, for making the managing large and complex sites easier and quicker;

° Widget palette, for creating easy galleries, jQuery effects, using Dojo widgets and more;

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Power Manager for Mac OS X updated to version 4.0.1

DssW has updated Power Manager (http://www.dssw.co.uk/powermanager/), a Mac OS X utility designed to help users save energy by automating Macs, to version 4.0.1. The upgrade includes bug fixes and minor refinements.

With Power Manager, users can schedule their Macs to start up or wake, shut down, restart, log out, switch to the log-in window, and sleep. A 30-day demo is available for download. Power Manager costs approximately US$52 for a single-user license and $387 for Power Manager Professinal. Volume discounts for 100-plus Macs are available.

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